Viviane

The days passed with impressive rapidity, given all that was happening in the Mendes de Albuquerque family. I went to the appointment with Mrs. Marta the day after our conversation and we were fully aware of everything that would happen from that day on.

She had stage II breast cancer, which meant that the lumps were already of a size that it would not be possible to remove them, without affecting the breasts. Which meant that she would have to remove the entire breast and do the reconstruction later, as soon as possible. This news left her even more shaken than she already was and it was very difficult to follow her suffering in the face of such a fact.

It was a very delicate situation and she would still have to go through radiotherapy. These would be complicated days, and for this very reason, soon after the consultation, I managed to convince her to at least her Rodolfo and João Pedro, since I made such a point of not interfering in João Felipe's perfectly planned life.