Strange Attitude

João Felipe I realized that Lúcia spoke more to herself and that information bothered me a lot. I decided it was time to face João Pedro and whatever was leaving him in that state so different from his usual. I hurried out of the kitchen as I was going to confront my brother and it would be now. There was no more reason to postpone. "Aren't you going to eat, Felipe? " I still heard Lúcia ask when I was leaving the kitchen. She must have been even more confused, I figured. I met João Pedro already in the corridor that led to our rooms and when he was arriving in front of his door, I questioned him. "What's your problem? " He stopped his hand in the lock of the door. His face was a mask of coldness and it didn't resemble the ever-loving brother I had lived with since I was a child. " Is there a problem?" he replied with another question, his eyebrow arched and his tone was icy. "I don't know. Tell me you. " He opened the door and went into the room. When I realized he was goin

Hurt by Him

VivianeI looked at him in surprise and was utterly speechless. What João Pedro was proposing was something very serious. It would be lying to everyone involved and I couldn't handle it." It's not solved at all!" I said as soon as I could make some sound. "You can only be joking... ""I would never play with something so serious, Vivi. Think carefully and you will conclude that this is the best solution for everyone. Your parents will accept me very well as their son-in-law and my parents are already waiting for something like this from us... ""I'm so confused by all this! I don't know what to think... ""Do just that... Think! But think carefully and weigh all the pros and cons and you will see that we will not be doing any harm in taking c

A Great Circus?

João FelipeI still couldn't believe that Viviane was going to marry my brother. Soon with him, someone I never suspected might come to have a relationship with her, for they were like brothers.I backtracked, for I always had a certain suspicion that there might be something between them. They were very united, they did almost everything with each other. Not to mention that they were always with gestures of affection to each other and should have only protected this feeling. I had no idea of his motives since João Pedro was never afraid to go against his mother or the whole of São Paulo society to be with Vivi. He always stood up to everyone and if I didn't realize I had something else in it, now I realized that he should always have loved Vivi.Just like me. But

I lost the game

João FelipeI decided to go home, I would travel the next day, and given that I was not yielding anything, sitting there in that chair, looking out the window of my office. The best thing was to go get some rest and say goodbye to my parents properly since I didn't intend to be traveling constantly from there to here and would spend at least a few months without seeing them. They always visited me in New York for the past few years, at least four to five times a year, which I considered very little and was something my mother complained about a lot.But she didn't travel without Daddy and he had a whole schedule of appointments and work, which prevented him from always traveling, as my mother wished. Either way, I would continue to avoid my own home. I had to assume, at least to myself, that the reason that led me to keep all this estrangement, then and again now, was Viv

Marta is in trouble

Truth Ignored

VivianeJoão Felipe wouldn't want to know that he traveled and was working normally, while his mother was probably, apparently, facing a serious health problem."Daughter, you know I've been working for the Mendes of Albuquerque since Mr. Rodolfo was just a kid. I followed the whole story between him and Mrs. Marta, and so I can safely say that if she is facing any more serious health problems, it will shake the whole family and especially Mr. Rodolfo. ""I understand that I do, Dad. This is a very delicate subject. We can't be sure of anything just by a snippet of conversation my mom overheard. ""But you, as Mrs. Marta's future daughter-in-law, can have a conversation, so that it makes her understand that you can't be hiding something like this from your own family, regardless of your m

Realising Goals

João FelipeI kept quiet during the brief dialogue between the two men, I didn't even know what to say to Jack in the face of such a situation. I was unaware that he was married, much less that he was already a father. It didn't seem to suit him, the fact that he already had a family formed. It shouldn't even be twenty-five yet."A beautiful family Jack has. ""Do you know them? ""I was at your wedding a few years ago. He's the brother of an ex-girlfriend and I have him on my social media. ""Small world, isn't it? You never commented that you knew Jack so well " Something I found strange, now that I knew the fact."I only heard about his hiring when we got here a mo

Facing Problems

VivianeThe last few months have not been easy. So much had happened, that I felt stunned just to think about the changes that had happened in my life.After the conversation between me and my parents, I decided that I had a small share of the blame for the strained relationship with Marta. I never even tried to greet her, during all these years of living together. I just understood that she didn't like the situation and I started to treat her coldly as well.Given this, I decided to try an approximation, on behalf of my son and the home that I would like to offer him, in which there was love and affection, as well as a lot of respect.I did not tell João Pedro anything that my parents told me, since he was reconciling the last semes