Chapter 136


    I suddenly felt sick to my stomach , even though I thought how happy it would make me to


    see my mother – in –w ‘s face when she found out about


    it . Was n’t she trying to protect her son ‘s mistress ? Would she react well if she found out her husband


    didthe same ?


    At this point , I regretted not having recorded everything I saw before with my cell


    phone to show my mother – in  –w and the


    Carlos.


    When I got home , my mother-in –


    w and Joana were watching TV in the living room . Seeing that I was back , they . _ asked indifferentl


    y : “ Why did you stay away so long ? _ _ ”


    “ I just wanted to get some fresh air . _ ”


    “ Linda , would you like some water ? _ _ Joan asked fondly .  _ _


    “ No , I ‘m not thirsty .”


    When I was about to go back to my room , my mother -in-


    “ Not really . _ What ‘s going on ? ”


    “ She ‘s been out emptying the trash too long . Why hasn’t shee back yet ? my mother – in-


    “ Maybe she had something else to take care of . ”


    “ Should n’t she tell me first ? She ca n’t just do what she


    wants , can she ? Now I need her , but she ‘s nowhere to be found . ”


    Ignoring my mother-in-w ‘sints , I returned to my room . Just as I


    was undressed and ready to step into the shower , I heard my mother -in –w ‘s voice . “ What took


    you so long ? ”


    “ I met a friend down there , so we talked a little and forgot about the time ” , replied Vitória .


    “ Please do your job properly as a maid . _ _ If everyone is like you , who will dare to hire


    a maid again ? ” My mother-inw seemed quite adamant .


    “ Why are you being so difficult with her ? _ Housemaids are people too . _ They are not ves . you c


    a  n’t


    speak well with her ? ” My father-in-w ‘s voice sounded . I


    think he came back from meeting his mistress , but I never thought he would speak for Victoria .


    “ How does that make me a difficult person ? We pay her so


    much , so she should be avable twenty – four hours a day , my mother- in –w  began to growl .


    “ Are n’t you being difficult now ? Go ask around and see if anyone is as unreasonable as you are . Afte


    r


    all , Victoria was not hired by you . Linda and Carlos hired her to help them . _ Can you stop yelling at h


    er _every day ? _ If you ‘re not happy , you might as well go back to your hometown .”


    Thest sentence was powerful and instantly shut up my mother-in-


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    d to get some water in the kitchen and bumped into Vitória , who smiledfor me . “ Beautiful , what would


    you like to have ? ”


    “ I ‘m just getting some water .  ”


    “ Let me help you . _ _ ”


    I


    didn’t reject her offer , so I started to sit down in a chair . Very quickly Victoria brought me a ss of wa


    ter . _ I felt a little bad after seeing how dedicated she was . _ _ “ Victoria , please do n’t take it tothe pe


    rsonal side what my mother-in –w said “ .


    “ It’s normal for someone


    who does this kind of work . I wo  n’t take it personally ” , Victoria smiled as she said this .


    “ That ‘s good to hear . When I was


    about to leave after drinking my water , Victoria stopped me . “ Linda , you know what Mr. _ _ and Mrs.


    _ _ Morals did when they left earlier today ? “