Novels by Jéssica Amaral

A few months passed after I started training. Now my father - finally - let me jump the highest ones, but he was all the time standing close and watching every wrong move I made. And no, they were not the highest hurdles. He said that it takes time and to stop being stubborn. This stubbornness irritated both of us. His stubbornness in persisting in the same place, when I was already able to go ahead, and mine in insisting to increase.In the end he would get angry and take me home.When I told my mother about this, she laughed at me and it also made me angry. Don't they understand that I am not five years old anymore?But there was also a good side to all this... Sometimes my father couldn't stay and left Murilo with me to watch me. In these moments I would jum

I got up very early. I was very anxious. I hardly slept at all. Finally my father was going to let me start jump training with Lightning. It had been an argument for months, but finally he let me, but he will be by my side the whole time.My mom said that he did this to her too, but after a while he started to trust. Only it seems that with me he will never trust. I don't understand why that is. Lightning and I get along very well.I was sitting on the couch and waiting for him to show up. What's taking so long?“Are you ready yet?”I looked back and my father stared at me with his arms crossed. “We agreed on eight o'clock.”“Yes, and it

After telling Daniel the news and seeing that he was excited, I relaxed. I wasn't planning to have any more children, but I went soft on the medication and now I have an extra little gift...“Are you going to prophesy sex again?” I asked debauched.We had just left Manuela in her room and went to ours. I was dead tired! Too many children...“This time I don't know. I didn't even imagine that we would have another child.”“Me neither” I said thoughtfully.“Didn't you like it?”“I didn't want another child, I won't lie, but since it came...” I shrugged my shoulders.

It was Manuela's fifth birthday. Lara was back and forth tidying up for the party. The little girl kept watching and talking when she didn't like something they put on the table. Lara gave her that look that only the little girl understood. That "shut up now or I will shut you up" look. That was infallible. She always lost.The girl left them alone in the living room finishing tidying up. Apparently her opinion didn't count there.She pulled the stool out of the kitchen and tried to climb up. She almost fell, because it was high. Daniel always told her not to sit there, because she could fall and hurt herself.“What are you doing?”The girl looked to the side and Daniel was looking at her with his arms crossed.

I was waiting for Lara to appear. She was standing with her arms crossed at the gate of one of the stables' paddocks. I don't know how she managed to convince me of this, but...Manuela was beside me and very excited about her crazy mother's idea. Minutes passed and Lara appeared with Teci. “Mom, wasn't that going to be my horse?”“Another day. For the first assembly you will go with me.”I breathed a little relieved. She's not that crazy. I thought she was going to put Manuela on the horse and let her ride alone...Lara climbed on Teci and asked me to put Manuela on. I put her in front of Lara.

[Lara]We went on to where Teci was. The colt was a cutie. Black and white. The most beautiful thing I have ever seen! I can't believe I didn't like the idea when I found out she was pregnant. Daniel smiled looking at the little one. It was getting fed. “Is it male?”“Yes.” “He's very handsome.”“I know!” I said smiling.“For those who don't like the idea, you're pretty excited” he said sarcastically.“I changed my mind. Becau