Knowing how to say enough is enough

We continue with the publication of the micro-stories of the first edition of the competition: High Altitude Storieswe let you enjoy with "Saber decir basta", by César Redondo Ortega.

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-by César Redondo Ortega-

-I'm fine," I replied.

It had been days since I had seen another person, and just then, as I was trying to rest sitting on a rock in the middle of that lonely mountain range, another mountaineer appeared.

Escaping from the everyday, following my dreams, walking restlessly through those valleys and hills, I had believed for too long that I had managed to forget the demons that lived in the depths of my mind. Thinking that everything was starting to go well.

But it wasn't like that. I had endured too much, in life and on the road. And nothing seemed to have changed.

-I'm fine," I repeated.

But there was no one there.

I was lonely and tired as it started to get dark all around me...