Chapter 135
I didn’t know Henriques very well, and my understanding of him was based mainly on what Isabel
asionally told me. The Ribeiro Familia were rich and powerful, so it really wouldn’t require much
from them to deal with Carlos.
But would he help me? I shook my head. I didn’t know Henriques well enough, but even if I did, he
might not agree to help in such a matter.
However, the words that Henriques said to Carlos during the fight, as well as the exchanges between
Carlos and Joana,
came back to my memory.
It was clear that Henriques and Carlos had a grudge against each other, and if I used that as a reason
to cause discord, would that make this request an exception?
I knew it was a risky spection, but as long as there was still a glimmer of hope, I told myself I
wouldn’t let it go.
Now, I needed to find out what grudge existed before, so I can use it to my advantage.
Just as I was thinking about how to carry out my n, I heard Victoria’s voiceing from the living
room. “You guys are back!”
Then came my mother-inw’s happy voice. “Yes we are. Victoria, bring me a ss of water, please.”
Vitória grunted and went to ask my father-inw: “Mr. Morales, what do you want? Fruit juice or tea?”
“I’m going to have some tea.” My father-inw looked a little different than usual.
Hearing this, I quickly jumped out of bed and stopped next to my door. Through the gap, I saw that my
father-inw and mother-inw were sitting on the sofa, looking happy.
After that, I went outside and asked: “Mom, Dad, where did youe from? Is there something to
celebrate? Why do you look so happy?”
“Nothing,” replied my mother-inw. “We were just helping Joana with the discharge paperwork”.
I didn’t believe this exnation. There must have been something else that they were hiding from me.
Only one in three things could make them happy: first, a windfall; second, something good happens to
their child; third, something good happened to their daughter.
It couldn’t be Carlos due to the bruises on his face, so it was the first or third reason. Since it couldn’t
be a windfall, my gut told me it must have something to do with Pam.
On that note, I hadn’t seen Pam in a few days, and that solidified my spection. But what kind of
good news would Pam have?
Pam never got good grades in school, and the only reason she was able to go to college was
because Carlos saved up enough money to pay her tuition. Besides showing everyone how rich she
was, she never had any achievements in
school.
I suddenly remembered that Pam’s twenty-second birthday was just days away. Could this be
it? But she celebrated her birthday every year, so that shouldn’t be the reason.
After dinner, I went for a walk alone while Carlos continued to work in the room with a bruised face and
Joana went back to the room to rest a little.
Alone, I walked along the bridge into the greenbelt heading north and sat down to clear my head after
finding a quiet spot with a few more trees.
Before I knew it, it was dark and the streetlights were on; it felt kind of cold. At that point, I finally
decided to head back home, but before I got very far, I heard a sultry voiceing from the
bushes. “My dear, I missed you
Why did that voice ring a bell? Feeling scared, I stopped in my tracks and looked towards the voice
only to see a man and woman kissing amongst the trees. Even if I only saw his back, I could still tell
who the guy was based on his voice.
One of them was Carlos’ father, while thedy’s face was blocked so I couldn’t see her face. The only
thing I saw was the yellow shirt she was wearing, and she definitely wasn’t my mother-inw.
Like father Like Son! I snorted, deciding to leave this filthy ce as quickly as possible as I hurried
away.
It was beyond me to see my father-inw get involved in things like this one. In my opinion, he was a
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man of few words and always seemed kind and good-natured. I always saw him as a down to earth
person, but I was shocked to find out that someone like him would also cheat on his wife.