She was due to return to therapy in a week, but the circle of violence grew when Massiel told Luis that she no longer wanted to be by his side, that they should divide the profits from their joint food business for the best relationship for both of them.

For Luis it was hard, the moment did not accept weaknesses, nor breaks in this deadly circle, and Massiel did her best to maintain her integrity, impartiality and empathy to get out of the circle vitiated by violence.

It is never easy to end a relationship, Massiel thought out loud, I feel so hurt and weakened by your mistreatment Luis, besides you have me emotionally devastated, you beat me, you rape me, what more do you want from me, I don't want to be by your side anymore, so the best thing for both of us is to make the decision and separate the assets that unite us.

Luis remained silent, did not utter another word and left the house, enraged, and maybe hurt in his wounded male... Massiel thought that now it was time to get out of here, and began to gather her things to go to the house of a relative who also knew about this violence in the couple.

Massiel decided to sit in the kitchen and have a cup of coffee before leaving the house, also gathering her personal belongings. After that heated argument with Luis, she thought that everything was going to get better in her life.

But it didn't, Luis came back and started arguing with Massiel, she was still in the kitchen defending herself.

The argument was so brutal that they ended up hitting each other, her body revealed it, multiple contusions, lacerations, bruises, groin stigmata (marks) from sexual violence, and manual strangulation marks on her neck.

Massiel had just had a heated argument with her husband Luis... (They had marital problems, commented many of the neighbors, who heard the gunshot and were around the house).

Finally, that man, fed up with the marital conflicts that had no solution, decided to let himself be carried away by his impulses; they lacked love, a lot of love... they were not capable of facing their emotions.

They were afraid to live without each other... but that day he did not decide, his impulses controlled him, he took out his firearm and approaching her, he aimed it at her face and shot her; he remained motionless when he understood what he had done with his life, and with hers; what followed was not the best solution either.

Luis was deprived of his freedom, his humanity was left in an evident state of malnutrition, with a serious respiratory infection and he had no other opportunity to rejoin society, not even to be pardoned.

The forensic examiner in that last shift found that woman (Massiel) rigid and cold on the autopsy table, she had something to show; between her hands a cup of coffee (without content, it had spilled during the transfer) she pressed it as if expressing the surprising death that awaited her.

Generally, breakups in circles of violence are painful and debilitating processes. In addition to the emotional complications, they sometimes involve important decisions such as the separation of assets and the future of the children (if any).

Massiel's story is the story of many women who cannot get out of the circle of violence in which they grow up, live and finally end up being victims of those who claim to love them.

Learning to choose a better partner in the future and being able to maintain healthy boundaries is possible to navigate the breakup process with the respect and compassion they deserve.

Every human being falls in love at some point in their life. Or several. But why do we fall in love with emotionally stable people?

Undoubtedly, it influences every story, culture and evolution that revolves largely around love.

Whether or not soul mates exist, every couple, every soul, is a reflection of our own and an opportunity to recognize ourselves in the eyes of the other.

A healthy relationship in a couple goes beyond sex, it involves trust, complicity, allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and knowing well what the other wants.

La idea del alma gemela, del encuentro con esa persona destinada para nosotros que viene a completarnos en cuerpo y alma, no solo ha inspirado a muchos pensadores y poetas, sino que para muchos se ha convertido en una aspiración casi siempre inalcanzable.