Tiempo 3. un minuto

1 de julio 2008

Sólo fue un minuto. Lo que tardó en llegar hasta el lugar donde ella se había precipitado desde la primera cubierta de aquella embarcación por el amazonas. Todo había ocurrido tan sólo un minuto antes, en aquella noche tibia y despejada subiendo el Amazonas. Hubo quien dijo que fue un accidente y quien busco un suicidio en aquella romántica forma de acabar con su vida. Justo en el punto del «encontro das aguas», el lugar donde se juntaban, sin mezclarse durante varios kilómetros las aguas del rio Negro y el Solimones. Nadie supo nunca la causa por la que ua joven de apenas veinte años se arrojaba a aquellas aguas chocolate en su primera noche de bodas. Ni sus padres, ni familiares, ni amigos. Ni siquiera el joven marido, que dormía apaciblemente en el camarote especial que la agencia les había reservado. Nadie, excepto él, que corrió en su búsqueda apenas un minuto después de que ella saltase de la cubierta del Mango Manaus.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        .