The truth about Beatriz Novaes

There was no escaping the truth. We had to summarize in a few minutes how Maria Lua came into the world. When we were done, my grandmother sat on the bed and stared at me:

- How did Salma get pregnant with Hector?

- And will I know the details? The truth is that he didn't use a condom, or Maria Lua wouldn't be here right now.

- But she ran away from him for fear of Hector knowing she was pregnant?

- Certainly yes, or you wouldn't have problems showing yourself to him, grandma. I try to understand and I can't. At first I had anger, hatred, jealousy. Then I tried to get into Salma's mind and retrieve things she had told us , like planned pregnancy, we would all be rich and all. Turns out I got involved with Hector later and I think she was upset. I don't even know if there were feelings between them.

- Of course there wasn't - Ben said - Salma always made it clear that the baby's father didn't know about his existence. So it will come as a shock to Thorzinho, Mandy.

- But if they have a