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“I don’t know, I have the impression that very soon Marcos will make an explosion of colors rain on that word.”
“He will, won’t he?”
“Probably.”
“You better be armored, then,” she celebrates, and I smile faintly.I mean, it’s not like I have any feelings other than fun and a sense of opportunism towards Asshole Marcos, but if there’s one thing that’s already become clear to me, it’s that my body doesn’t have the same opinion.
Just thinking about it makes the image of his bare torso fills my thoughts.God!The man is handsome, hot, and apparently has the habit of walking around the house half-naked.
Of course, he does! It’s his house, Antonella, where, until five minutes ago, he lived completely alone!
“Antonella!”
“Hi,” I respond, startled by Grazi’s scream, turning my face in different directions, before actually returning to focus on the phone screen in my hands.
“Did you listen to anything I’ve said?”
“Uh… no…” I admit, sitting on the bed, and she twists her lips.
“Where was your little head?”
“On college” I lie.
“True! What are you gonna do now? You don’t have to study at night anymore.”
“No, I don’t have to, but I still have nowhere to leave Bella and it wouldn’t be fair to ask Carmen to look at her every day for so many hours. Marcos suggested I find a nanny.But honestly, I have no idea where to start.Where to find someone you trust?”
“Wait, one thing at a time!How did Carmen react?I mean, one day you were her subordinate, the next day the boss.”
“I’m nobody’s boss, Grazi! Are you nuts?”
“Of course you are! For the next two years, you’re the owner of this house, sis!It doesn’t matter if the marriage is with total separation of property, if you live there, the house is yours.”
“It doesn’t matter, and Carmen reacted naturally, as if it happened every day, which is very strange if I think about it.But she’s known Marcos since he was a kid, I think she babysat him.And more than once, she told me she couldn’t wait for him to finally get his act together.I’m pretty sure she knows this is all a hoax, but I think she’s hoping it’ll become some kind of Cinderella story...” I laugh. “She’s probably waiting for pumpkins to become ball carriages.”
“What ball?”
“What happened to one thing at a time, Grazi?”
“It’s your fault, you keep dropping all the interesting matters at once!” she accuses, and I laugh. “I’ll help you with the search for a babysitter!Now tell me about college so we can talk about the ball.”
I think I’ll request a leave of absence for this period.It will take me a while to trust leaving someone alone with Bella, I can’t put this function on Carmen’s shoulders anymore, it would be the same as asking her to take care of Isabella, and it makes no sense to put her in a day-care if I can be at home. I’ll go back on the next period.”
“I’m sorry,” she says, knowing how important college is to me
“That’s ok, it’s a choice, right? And now the most difficult I already have, which is money to pay the tuition and time to study, the rest settles!”
“Right! Positive thoughts!”
“Always!”
“Can we talk about the ball now?” she asks, with eyes from the puss in boots.
“Ah!” I close my eyes, realizing that she will probably want to be something like my fairy godmother. “Next week, Saturday, apparently, I have a ball to go to.Marcos warned me just now last night.” Grazi tilts her head to the side, thoughtfully, and after a few moments in silence, her eyes widen, as if she had just made a great discovery.
“The Valente & Camil charity event?”
“I don’t know, he just said gala.But if there’s an event from his firm on the same weekend, I imagine that’s where we’re going.”
