Despite being indifferent to her own feelings, Nathalia realized that little by little something was changing inside her, since she lost Vinicius due to the slip she made during the tour. After seeing him with another she felt jealous, she was no longer the same. Jealousy trembled at the base and was bothered by the possibility of never returning to dating again.

The days passed and at school it became more and more difficult to have to live with the criticism of the other young people who laughed at the comic situation she lived in, while her ex-boyfriend was enjoying with another one right under her nose. Thus, he decided that he would abandon his studies so that he would no longer have to live with that humiliation for a single day. Before making that decision, however, he asked for advice from his best friend who always listened to her and gave him good guidance.

— Dad, we need to talk!

— Is there a problem, young lady?

— Many! Will you buy me a snack?

— Sure, come on your uncle ...

While walking down the street where they lived, towards the snack car, she started to talk to her father about what bothered her and to receive from him the necessary guidance to choose the next step towards the future.

 — My daughter, we cannot force you to continue your studies if what you want at that moment is to stop, but I can show you the consequences of your decision: Stop a little and think, what future will you have if you don't finish at least high school and learn a profession so you can have a good job? How will you survive in an increasingly competitive world?

— I totally agree with you, I know you care about me, but Dad, there are other ways to win in life, besides running after work!

— Truth? And what means would these be, entering the world of crime? Becoming a drug dealer or becoming a prostitute? Do you think about using your beauty to make money, becoming a showgirl like many others out there?

— Are you crazy, Dad?" Me, huh!

— Then how else could it be, what do you have in mind? Yes, because the golden egg duck you dated has already fallen out of your life ...

— Yeah, I know that more than anyone else! And that is the main reason for having decided to drop out of school, you can’t continue to be snubbed by that fat boy playboy!

— Now things are clearer

— Good night, beautiful uncle!

— Hello, my favorite niece, will you always?

— Yes, with everything I have the right!

While savoring the succulent snack in his father's pleasant company, he vented his pains and sorrows, always receiving support and advice that he considered opportune and indispensable, he was very lucky to be able to count on his friendship, since his mother had no words of encouragement used to hear.

After returning home, he remained awake for most of the night in bed, unable to sleep, being held hostage by a terrible insomnia. But everything seemed to contribute to its own good, as it was possible for him to reflect a little more on everything he heard and learned from Carlos and to make his decisions.

 The following week she wasted no more time and closed her school enrollment, would take a break from her studies and pursue her dream of becoming a rich and important woman through other means.

She was a good-looking, tall and attractive young woman, surely there was some other way to achieve her goals. Who did not like to know that she had dropped out of high school was her friend who did not miss the chance to give her a terrible scolding:

— Freaked out, was it crazy? Near the end of the year and are you ready for one of these? Why don't you at least finish your studies and then run after those crazy dreams of yours?

— Sorry, Vi, but I can't stay here at school. It will be unbearable to see this rascal of a fig, mocking me. He makes fun of my face with this watery white girl!

— And since when has it shaken you, woman, whenever a guy like that wanted to humiliate you, he wouldn't immediately put several others in front of them?" After all, what is happening to you, my friend, has softened for this rich man?

— I don't know, it could be! Now I just want to get out of here and fix it far away from that place!

— She is in love and that is very bad, really terrible!

— I will not be regretting, but raise your head and move on! And I'll let you know, if I tell someone I left school because of him, I'll kill you, see?

— Credo, are you crazy?

— Be warned, if you spread this story around, I forget our friendship and break your face!

— Mercy ...

The two friends returned home together, as they were neighbors. Upon arriving at the home, she already found Dona Luiza ready to want further explanations from her daughter about the fact that she had blocked enrollment at the school, since the secretary would have already called the neighbor's phone and reported what had happened. It would get complicated for the teenager, her inconsequence irritated her mother, always agitated and nervous about everything.

— What business is it that I was told on the phone at the school, young lady, that you had her enrollment canceled? Are you crazy for good? Do you have any idea how difficult it was to get a place for you to study at that blessed school?

— I didn't cancel the registration, mom, I just asked them to lock up until next year, then I'll see if I start again!

— And what are you going to do all this time, bum around, roll the bag around corners?

Yes, my daughter, because of two or one, you study to become decent people or become a whore!

— Good God, mother, do you need to talk to her like that?

— I talk to your sister as you see fit, don't get involved where you are not called!

— Poor thing...

— Poor thing is the rat that was born naked, this one does not deserve to be treated like people, he always makes mistakes! Now to finish dropping out of studies in order to be loitering, this girl still kills me with disgust!

For the first time, Nathalia does not respond badly to her mother and listens to the affronts in silence, even her sister found her behavior strange. After being placed under the sewer by the one who was supposed to hear and understand her inner anguish, she climbs the old wooden staircase and is secluded in the cramped room located at the top of the house made of rotten wood, where she slept with her sister

Next week she would be eighteen, it would certainly be the same as always, she would not receive gifts or wishes for happy birthday, she would just be older and without a future.

From the father he would still receive a strong hug and if there were some change left in the wallet they would celebrate in the old style, they would go to the snack car and there he would devour that sandwich on a whim.

Lying on the tanned foam mattress, covered with a sheet extracted from an old hammock, quite thick and prickly on the skin, she looked at the ceiling made of cheap woods and clay tiles.

 Stained with mud and decorated with the junk that the insects spread there. I was already used to sharing the space with the cockroaches and spiders that lived there. The sister approaches and tries to give a strength.

— Hi sis, I came here to hear you, in case you need to let off steam. Mommy took it hard with the words today

— Just today? And since when did Dona Luiza treat me with less ignorance than she did now?

— Give her a discount, my sister, our mother is a bitter and unhappy woman due to the difficult life she always had with our father

— I know that, for this very reason I decided to shut up and not confront it head on as I used to do before, I grew up and understood the reasons for her revolt! And that is why I do not intend to marry a poor man I do not want to one day become a frustrated woman like our mother or to vent my revolt on my children! Well, I don't think that's fair, after all, what is my fault if she wavered and didn't know how to choose the right person to marry?

— You are absolutely right, sis, now I begin to understand your reasons for living trying to get along in life, you don't want to make the same mistake that she did

— Yes, and I advise you to do the same, because this talk of uniting our lives to someone for love is pure idiocy, that idiotic feeling may even bring the illusion of happiness for a while, but then, when children and fantasy are born ends up giving way to reality, what remains is what we see in our parents. The inheritance of what they planted in their failed lives was just total frustration!

— Wow, today you are inspired, talking pretty

— You always saw me as a dumb tomboy, without any wisdom. Empty-headed, isn't it? Well, know that I let myself pass by the donkey of the house and allowed you to occupy the place of genius all the time, snub me and gloat over me. But I talk a lot with our father, who is not a doctor of this or that, in fact poor guy never even finished his primary studies, but he has a knowledge of life that you can't even imagine!

— Oh really? Our father?

— Yes, and listening to your advice I learned more from life than you know by reading these heaps of books!

— Gosh, Nathalia, good to know that I've been cheating with you all this time. But what do you intend to do now that you have abandoned your studies? Are you going to work in a family home or somewhere else?

— Do you know that you just gave me a great idea?

— As well?

— Remember that Dad said that his boss's wife was without a nanny for his little son and asked him to find a girl here in the neighborhood? Has she found someone yet?

— I don't know, just asking

— That's what I will do as soon as he gets home!

Suddenly the two girls start to hear a serious dispute at the bottom of the house, their parents argued vehemently about the question of the daughter leaving school, while Luiza accused the girl of being disinterested, Carlos defended her.

— Nobody is obliged to do what they don't like, woman! For example I was not born with an open mind for this study business and I didn't die of hunger for that reason. I learned several trades and I never get unemployed

— Ah, but of course, your daughter really took after you! An illiterate father and mother, number one enemy of sitting on a school bench!

— You're right, I didn't really study and I'm the son of a humble couple who didn't study either, but I have much more good manners than you who studied so much

— Do you want to know why I studied and did nothing in life? For the simple reason that I met you and let me be deceived by your appearance as a heartthrob, that's why I screwed myself and today I'm here in this filthy pigsty!

— You have no right to place the blame for your failure on my shoulders, several times I warned you that I was not the right man to enter your life, I am not to blame if you did everything to become my wife

— Anyone who sees you saying these things may even think that I tied a rope around your neck!

— But it was like it was

— Limp, man, did I force you to marry me?

— Yes, she got pregnant on purpose just to arrest me

— My dear, I didn't force you to go to bed with me and if I got pregnant it was because we didn't take the necessary care to avoid the worst!

— Stop talking, woman, you know very well what you did

— Oh yes? And what did I do? Explain me?

— You got pregnant on purpose just to trap me in this filthy, disgusting and unhappy relationship! That's what you did! I knew I never loved you, so you played dirty!

They argued and did not even notice the presence of the two daughters there in the narrow room and the son who had just arrived from work. The most shaken of all with those revelations was Nathalia, who was the oldest and felt the pivot of her parents' unhappiness. Paralyzed, she couldn't get out of the place, run, hide.

They finally realized the situation and the terrible mistake they made in revealing their worst secrets to their children in ways they had never done before. But it was too late, now how to explain to the daughter he loved most that despite everything he did not see her as the culprit for the destruction of her happiness.

It is painful for anyone to imagine that at birth it caused someone's unhappiness and, especially, if they were their parents. Nathalia realized that her mother despised her, but did not understand the real reasons. However, from that moment on everything became clear, she was a child generated without the slightest planning, used as a device by a badly intentioned woman in order to arrest a man who did not love her.

His head became a knot and everything around him seems to have collapsed, it was like suddenly things in his life started to go wrong in sequence, one after the other. Sitting on the curb at the corner of the street in Morava, she is surprised by the arrival of her best friend, who went to explain herself and apologize.

— I'm sorry, daughter, it was not my intention to give you the misconception that your arrival in our lives was a mistake

— But that's exactly what I heard you say to mom!

— Yes, honey, I know, and that's why I came here to explain myself. Really, her mother used her pregnancy in bad faith to force me to marry her. For I knew that even though I am poor, I am a just man of character, I would never abandon a daughter. However, after you were born you made me a very happy man and even today it is the biggest reason for me to live in this world of so much suffering. Things are not easy for us, as you have seen, but having it makes up for all my day-to-day efforts.

— Wow, Dad, speaking like that you even move me!

— So, forgive my harsh words and we will return home, it is not safe to stay here at this time of night

Father and daughter hug and return home, where they had already ended the screams and scandals of hours ago. On the same occasion, Nathalia takes advantage and talks to Carlos about the possibility of working as a nanny for her bosses.

— Father, did your mistress ever find the person she was looking for to take care of her young son?

— I do not know why?

— I want to work, earn my own money and be independent!

— The ideal would be to finish your studies and learn a good profession

— The important thing is to earn money honestly, my father, no matter the job!

— That's right. If you want to work, I'll talk to the boss and see what I can

The Mendes mansion was the largest in the city, located on the main avenue and on the corner with the Museum, it occupied a wide area of ​​privileged commercial location. That morning, when the mistress practiced her routine Yoga in the garden, next to the pool, Carlos takes advantage and asks her some questions related to the possible chance of a job for her daughter.

— Good morning, missus, please forgive me for the inconvenience

— Yeah, what is it about?

— It's just that a few days ago you asked me if I wouldn't meet a girl interested in babysitting your son

— Yes, in fact I asked you this question, but it is for companions

— Is that I now have a girl who is available to the service, in case you still need

— Well, we have a lady in the job at the moment, but we still don't know for sure if it will work, because in these cases the ideal would be a younger person. My son, Mr. Carlos, is a child who needs special care. He is autistic and his companion must be patient, docile and willing to follow his daily routine, which is not very easy.

— I understand, I believe that the candidate I intend to introduce you to fits this profile

— Well, let's do it like this: As soon as the thirty days of experience with the lady who is working on this job with our son is over, I will fire her and put this young woman to the test

— Okay, ma'am, let me know the right time to be able to bring you

— Very well

Although not yet a definitive confirmation, it was almost right. That she would have the chance to apply for his first job, he excited the girl who immediately started making plans on how she would use the salary she would receive for the job. However, his father warned him of the need to comply with the boss's demands-

— My daughter, pay close attention: to remain in the position you will receive at the employer's residence, you must be able to perform the function correctly

— I know it!

— I worry, because one of the things she highlighted is that the boy is special

— Special, how?

— Autistic

— What's that?

— I don't understand much of the subject, but it seems to be a little crazy

— Good God, people, how much lack of information. Autism is a psychiatric illness that causes children to have difficulty communicating, is not very sociable and feels bad in environments with many people. It requires special care, companionship and a lot of patience, who takes care of autistic people cannot scream speak too much self or use the voice with a tone of extreme authority has to be docile with the child

— So, I'm chipped, because as everyone knows, I only talk screaming!

— Yes, my daughter, that's why I said I was worried if you would be the most ideal person to take care of this boy

— My sister, if you really want this job, you will have to work hard to change your rude way of being

— And how am I going to do that in such a short time, Chris, am I a shame to change things?

— Take it easy, I can help you. When are you going to start taking care of him?

— Dad said it could be a month from now, more or less!

— Yes, that's what the boss said

— Great, that's enough. So, let's start training right now

— Now?

— That's right, and to start with, try to lower the tone of your voice as much as possible ...

From that night on, Christina started to educate Nathalia voice, helping her with the correct intonation, teaching the ways to express herself in all ways, both in speaking and in posture. The month passed quickly and it was time to show up for work for an interview with her future employer.

The interview took place in the mansion's spacious living room and the poor girl who was raised far from great refinements could fail to show her admiration for such luxury, her eyes sparkled as she contemplated the chandeliers attached to the high ceiling, the very expensive furniture, the tip and even the floor of the place.

It was all made of black porcelain that matched the pearl yellow color of the walls. Carlos, silently observed all the charm in the gleaming look of the teenager who seemed to be in another world, previously existing only in her dreams of Cinderella. She always wished one day to become a very rich woman, to live the rest of her days in complete luxury and comfort, something worthy of fairy tales, but despite having the beauty of a beautiful princess. And even having the name of a star in television soap operas, she was born in the most complete poverty and only in her adolescent ambition was she able to imagine such greatness.

— I see that you were enchanted with our house

— There is? Sorry, ma'am, I was just watching. Your house is really beautiful

— No need to apologize, I am aware of the beauty of this place, because I decorated it myself

— Mrs. Bárbara is a decorator of fine environments like this, my daughter

— Really...?

— Actually, I have exercised this craft in the past, today I am the owner of the five largest architecture and interior design companies in the State. But I see that you are the young lady that Mr. Carlos was to bring to the interview, he just didn’t know it was his daughter

— Yes, sorry to have omitted this detail, it was pure carelessness on my part

— Okay, it doesn't matter. It is even more comfortable that it be, because you have worked with us for many years and we trust you. But what is your name again, my dear?

— Nathalia, lady. Nathalia do Valle

-— But what a beautiful name, was it the father or mother who had that good taste?

— Her mother, missus, but I approved because I thought he was magnificent

— Very well, then she is already delivered in good hands…

You can go back to your duties I will take this girl to my office, where we will have a more formal conversation

— Okay, ma'am, excuse me

— All

— Thank you

From that moment on, the two started the long-awaited interview. Bárbara Mendes was a woman who held a prominent position in the society of Pará, her reputation as an architect, designer and businesswoman, used to overlap others in the field and not even her husband, Edgar Mendes, a renowned engineer and with such prestige had greater admiration on the part of elite.

Talking to a person of such social importance, looking into his eyes and giving precise answers was not easy, but the girl from the favela faced that test without fear and did not fail for a second. This led the millionaire to admire her, accepting her as the new caregiver for her special son and on the same day started her services.

To her delight, João Pedro, the autistic person, immediately became attached to her and they spent all their time playing, interacting admirably. It seemed that the boy's chronic sadness was gone with his arrival. They played ball, swam in the children's pool, used the swings placed near the large garden, watched TV and ate popcorn.

The businesswoman was amazed at the evolution of her son's socialization and thanked God for the new employee. At nightfall father and daughter returned together from work for the first time and when she gets home, she makes a point of exposing everything she saw and lived in that place of her dreams.

Christina placed herself as a listener and did not miss the chance to correct her sister's expression errors, with the intention of keeping her qualified to remain in her first job.

— My sister I never imagined being able to work in a place as wonderful as that one day, it is like in fairy tales, full of luxury and charm everywhere. Everything there is spectacular: the furniture scattered around the house the floor made of large black tiles ...

— Porcelain, daughter, the correct name is porcelain

— Ah, yes, it is. And on the ceiling a huge thing, full of several lamps

— It's called chandelier, you silly

— Have you seen it?

— Only in books and magazines, so it is important to read

— Because I saw it live, sis, they are beautiful!

— Look at the tone of the voice, Nathalia, beware of the intonation

— Okay, but let me finish talking to you: Girl, the house is so big, but so huge that I almost got lost there

— Did you walk around the house instead of the child's caregiver, you crazy?

— Of course not, woman, I was with the crazy guy all the time

— My daughter, don't talk about the child that way, respect his disability

— Okay, dad, sorry. Look, Pedro and I played ball and even took a bath in the pool, everything was wonderful. I can't wait to return tomorrow.

— Congratulations, sis, I wish you luck

— Thanks

— Try to be strong and don't do anything stupid

Nathalia remained firm in exercising her activity as a caregiver for the boy Pedro, spent the whole day at the Mendes' mansion and only returned in the late afternoon, always in the company of her father. Gradually she managed to convince him to interact with other children on weekends or holidays.

 Accompanying him through the city parks, but always with his mother and father. Although the two entrepreneurs had little free time, they agreed to contribute to the therapy. Pedro was ten years old, but he had the mental characteristics of a much younger child, as he spent most of his time indoors.

And only left when taken to the doctor or school for autistic people, a place he hated. With the arrival of the young woman he was more comfortable and let go of the psychological bonds that previously afflicted him.

Going on walks in the company of the teenager did her so well that her mother asked the girl to live permanently in the mansion, which made her jump with joy. But in order for this to be possible, full authorization from his parents was necessary, as he was still a minor, and that weekend the whole family gathered in the small room to make this decision at the request of Carlos.

— And that's it, guys, the boss wants Nathalia to move to her job permanently and I decided to bring everyone together here to resolve this issue, I would like to hear the opinion of each one of you on this

— I give full support, I believe she has matured a lot during the time she started working and I believe it is something positive for her life, she even learned to communicate better

— Yes, thanks to you my sister

— It also depended a lot on your efforts, sis

— I stay with Chris, if it's working it should go on, when I started working in the workshop, I felt more useful at home

— Thanks bro

— What about you, as a mother, what do you have to say?

There was a brief wordless space in the room before an answer was heard, then the silence was broken:

— I have nothing against this girl working is better than hanging around wandering around with these idle, molasses in this slum. But it is good to take this opportunity seriously, you tomboy, see if you are not going to get ready there and put everything to waste. Do not cause problems in someone else's home to avoid harming your father, as he has worked there for many years and is a trusted employee of the bosses, do not embarrass him

— Do not worry, although you always see me as a problem, I guarantee that I will not be responsible for Dad's dismissal from the job

— Hey, shall we control the mood? We don't gather here for that!

— Didn't they ask for my opinion? So, that's what I had to say on the subject. Talk to your daughter, Carlos, be careful not to complicate your life with your bosses, because where she puts her feet only causes damage!

After these words Luiza withdraws and leaves behind a disappointing silence that blew the eldest daughter's heart, seemed to take pleasure in causing her incurable wounds and did it again with such criticism.

And through such harsh words:

— Calm down, my sister, don't mind our mother's bitterness

— That's it, raise your head and move on sis

— Well, now that my princess is employed and will be full of money in a few days, it's time to repay and pay snacks for all of us!

— That's right!

— Opportunists!

The young woman spent a last weekend at home, with her family and on Monday she left with her belongings for the Mendes mansion, starting a new chapter in her history there. However, it would actually be the worst part of his sad existence.

Until then, the new employee of the mansion imagined that the Mendes were limited to the existence of only three members, their bosses and little Pedro. But, to his surprise, after six months a young couple arrived at the mansion and were announced as the oldest children of Barbara and Edgar, their bosses.

As Nathalia had free access to all rooms of the house, it was easy to meet her daily with the newly arrived boy and in the first contact of the two her eyes met in a special way, causing a strange sensation inside that beautiful girl of blue eyes and long hair, able to bewitch any heart. Leaving her groundless, lost in her feelings.