He mentions his private secretary during a sip of hot chocolate, “your schedule is full Bruce and, not to mention that there are about six meetings that are about to be on the agenda...” and he adds, “who would have thought that one day I would I would be telling you this and seeing you like this in a suit and tie. "That doesn't change the fact that I hate all this travel... and the meetings! I'll be honest with you, Mike... The only thing that gives me pause is the fact that now my wife Finally, she had a successful pregnancy!” She is happy and takes the leather gloves off her hands for a moment.A miracle seemed to be being experienced by him and his wife, considering that a pregnancy had never reached this far in terms of months. “Friend, everyone comments that... taking into account the rigor of the treatment and all the apparatus, even a dry tree trunk... would give birth to a healthy child.” he laughs and takes another sip before get
Later, after waking upReflecting Bruce says,“That inviting sound never left my mind...”“Are you referring to the ambient sound of the bar... or the torrential rain that falls outside?” asks the waiter who serves you at the table.“Both... bring me pleasant sensations...However, now I can't hear the rain as much as when I was in the room, so I was referring to the music...”, he responds slowly, as if he were already in a trance.“About the music, I admit that it also keeps playing in my mind..., but I spend weekend nights always listening to it while I work....” jokes the bar employee.“The human being, Thiago, takes time to get used to pain, however it is very different when it comes to what gives pleasure... and if something that relates appears or reminds you of something good appears... it ends up activating desire...” philosophizes about feelings and memories.“You're right..., our heads put the pieces together and recreate the emotion...” shows Thiago, the waiter, who underst
After recovering from the shock, the boss decides to go down first, following the route that the car took, while his team goes down through another easily accessible, safer, but longer location.“Should we call an ambulance sir!?” asks one of the three, shouting.“No, not now!”, the boss responds, confidently and in an orderly tone.As soon as the men arrive at the car, they notice that, strangely, Bruce is not inside it.“Sir... we arrived at the car and only found the woman's body and... lifeless...” he informs via radio due to the distance.There is no doubt that the woman is dead, trapped in the hardware and in the belt. The completely disfigured face wrapped in long, blood-soaked hair.About ten minutes after radioing the chief, the team simply looks around and waits for Torres to arrive at the wreckage.“What’s taking him so long?” asks the most impatient.When they lower the lights of their own lanterns and fix their vision looking at the bank, at the location of the light from
It's already past 10pm...The torrential rain takes a break. It's as if the clouds needed time to position themselves until they returned with full steam. The night is full moon and a trace of its light tries hard to lighten the ground, reflecting a gray glow in the huge pools of water. There is a total calm interrupted only by the sound of the heavy stamping of the galoshes of one of the farm's security guards, who walks with firm steps towards the teacher's house.“Bring her... even by force and in your arms!”, ordered the boss to the big black man, before he left. The distance is relatively short. And it became much smaller due to his haste and his naturally wide steps, his strong and long legs.After completing the order to pick up the pregnant woman, who in this case was brought without reluctance, Rúbia dismisses the requested employee, “thank you Grandão, now you can return to your post...”“Eleonora, forgive me for having to take you out of the comfort of your home at this tim
At that moment the weather changes more than the climate outside the mansion, where thunder and lightning flash, shaking and illuminating the environment they are in.The rich and powerful woman, ironically, cannot find the right words to express herself and begins to show tension.“I'm sorry... I confess that I don't know where to start... I'm feeling that, throughout our lives, we don't just play with actions, but also with words, don't we?” she tries to reduce the tension with another analogy and giving a slight, weak smile.In some moments she looks at her master and sees herself as a pregnant mother who has also been carrying with her a child who, even before he was born, made her love him by simply feeling the life within her in small movements that seemed like hers, but she knew they were involuntary so they belonged to a new being.Inside the strategist there were still remnants of the old and insecure Rúbia and this forced the lady to even play against herself.“Certainly...
“Shall we put an end to this impasse, friend?”, suggests Rúbia in light of the cascade of information about who Eleonora is. “Yes, it’s your turn…”, he uses the language that pleases the Lady most.“Anyway... I just want you to know that in addition to this fortune I'm offering you, I also give you anonymity, or better yet, I guarantee that the crimes you committed will not be made public, which includes your stupid husband, just for the record. And the fact that I created several false identities until I got here and played a trustworthy teacher to educate children and teenagers.”, she expresses haughtily.“Continue, please…”, worried and anxious, but trying to remain calm in the face of the fact that she was pregnant.“Do you feel “checked”? It may not be a “checkmate”, depending on you, from now on... it will depend exclusively on you “Eleonora”.” Rúbia creates even more suspense, but the objective is for the teacher to reflect well before she gives an answer afte
The rain intensifies, as does the thunder and lightning that occasionally shake the entire environment where the two are. After hearing and seeing the younger sister's serene and calm state, the teacher calms down a little. Even though she is aware that her appearance is due to the fact that until then the truth of the seriousness of their situation is still hidden from her sister, who is still hopeful when it comes to the life they have in Romantics.“I don’t have time to go into details or prepare your heart for what I have to say. But in short: We need to run away again and... this time it won't be as simple as other times, unfortunately nothing is in our favor, not even the weather and the climate situation.”, he whispers into his sister's ear, still talking. with difficulty."What!? I didn't understand! Why!? No, no, it doesn't make sense...! You promised me and... you even confirmed to me a few days ago that this was over... here, right here!?” complains the sister, looking conf
"Calm. I didn't betray him...., if that's what you thought, or worse, what I implied.The thing is much more complex... and inexplicable and what's worse, unacceptable. I want you to promise that you will listen to me, trying not to interrupt me.”, she requests while taking a deep breath, as she is almost running out of breath and, she becomes even more nervous, every time she looks at the clock that is right next to her bed.“I’m listening…” she settles down once again, sitting across from her sister.“First of all, know that I am who you know I have always been.Do you remember the night of Rúbia and my civil wedding anniversary that ended with a ceremony?“Yes, and I ended up losing because of the lack of three nurses on duty who showed up late and without warning! How could I forget not being able to attend my only sister’s wedding.”, she laments.“This detail now makes sense, just like my husband having to take guests to their homes all night after our ceremony, everything falls