CHAPTER HUNDRED

PARALYZE OR ACT?

Lara still had one more thing to ask him, and she felt selfish after what she had already asked, but she would muster up the courage later and ask him.

"I will clean your house tomorrow, right?" she asked between bites of pancake.

"Yes, you can come later because unlike you, I sleep in. I like to wake up at eight-thirty. I've slept until noon before, and I don't mind," he laughed at her.

"Okay, then I'll see you tomorrow at eight-thirty, you sleepyhead, and not a minute later!" She took her plate to the sink. "I'll just clean your house tomorrow, you wash the breakfast dishes, and don't leave them for tomorrow, okay?"

"Damn it."

"Seriously, Lipe, dirty dishes attract ants and even roaches. We caught a big roach at Otávio's house yesterday!"

"Okay, I'll wash them."

Then Lara went to Megay's house, where she would do the cleaning today, and had arranged with Patrícia for their first therapy session at five in the afternoon. The first session wouldn't count, according to