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Obstacles in the Path
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2024-03-31 00:07:16Karen
The room was already beginning to empty, and people around me were applauding as I realized the conference was coming to a close. In automatic motion, I joined them, but inside, I deeply lamented having missed the last presentations. My mind was elsewhere, engulfed in tumultuous thoughts. Throughout the morning, I couldn't hear a single word from the speakers, so absorbed was I by the anguish consuming me.
The weight of the truth that I would have to reveal to my parents and, especially, to Otávio, left me paralyzed. How could I find the right words to explain everything? The feeling of discomfort only grew as I approached the inevitable moment of facing this difficult conversation.
I left the auditorium with an uncomfortable feeling of having missed something important. The rest of the gr
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