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Chapter 5

  • Raquel
  • After David left, I swear to God my heart felt like it was going to break. I jumped when I heard my cell ring and ran to answer it, and when I saw his name on the call display, my heart skipped a beat. I take his call and we talk and when we end the call I miss him and I know he does too.
  • — What the hell, Raquel, the man went to work — I call my attention. I head towards the kitchen and make myself some tea to see if I can calm myself down. While I put the water on to boil, I decided to go into the room to see how Duda was doing, who, as usual, was sleeping like a rock.
  • This girl was a mixture of Nella and Diogo, poor girl who had a very possessive father and an uncle who was also almost on the same possessive level as his friend.
  • Ah, one day I want to have a baby from me and Davi. Was it too early to be dreaming about it? I wanted to be a mother, to feel what Nella said she felt during Duda's pregnancy. I am a woman who does have that desire and who knows, maybe one day, if God blesses me, I want to have a little girl like Duda, although the way Davi behaves, he was quite capable of wanting a son.
  • I check one more time to see how Duda was doing and go downstairs to check if the water was already boiling. I take the mate tea and I know I said it should be a calming tea, but I can't drink that kind of tea. And when I'm done making it, I sweeten it and start drinking it to see if it helps me calm down, even though it's hard, since it contains caffeine. I hear a ring on my cell phone and pick it up, seeing that it was Nella saying she was coming to pick up Dudley. I barely have time to answer when I hear the doorbell ring.
  • - I'm going! I yell, heading for the door. I look through the peephole to see if it was really Nella, and when I see her, I pick up.
  • — Hi, friend, sorry, did we take so long? - Nella asks awkwardly and right behind her comes Diogo, who can't take his hands off his wife, I'm a little jealous of the way he looks at her. I remember that until recently I was feeling Davi's hands on my body. And I missed him immensely.
  • — Hi, Raquel, I'm really sorry, we're going to do everything we can to not keep bothering you — Diogo says, greeting me with a kiss on the cheek, and he was the only man, apart from Davi, that I let touch me.
  • - For us! You know I'm more than happy to take care of Duda! I reply, forcing myself to forget for now that David was here. And I open the door wider for them to come in. I watch Nella go upstairs to her room and we follow her. When we got there, Nella stood there and looked at Diogo.
  • "She's sleeping so well!" She speaks with pity, and I understand her.
  • "Yes, she really is!" - he says heading towards my bed and picks up Duda, who wakes up and looks at Diogo, recognizing him with a beautiful smile.
  • Doubt goes back to sleep. And, God, my heart practically explodes at the sight of the cuteness there. And it made me wish I had a Duda or a Davizinho.
  • — Ah, Diogo, will she wake up again? Nella asks with a little trepidation.
  • - I think not! But we better go soon, as soon as we get home, we'll put her in the crib - he says, and he looks at me and says: - Thank you, Raquel, for keeping our daughter.
  • — Oh, stop, Diogo! And you remember, you know you can count on me, always! - I declare sincerely for both.
  • — We know that Duda is the luckiest in the world to have a wonderful godmother like you! – Antonella declares and, by God, I almost cry, this is becoming routine.
  • “Let's stop this molasses, Nella! — I mumble awkwardly, and Diogo laughs softly, knowing what the relationship was like.
  • "Darling, let's go, love!" he asks, and I look at him gratefully. I knew very well that by the time they left I would either end up crying like melted butter or I could lie in my bed reading a beautiful novel and thinking about my own Prince Charming.
  • — Yes, go away, I have to read a hot book here! I ask, shooing them away. Diogo starts to laugh and Nella looks at me and says:
  • “Are you so weird? she asks, curious.
  • — Me, stranger? Of course not! — I do fast.
  • "I know..." she says suspiciously.
  • "Oh, for God's sake, woman, go to sleep, sleep is your illness!" — I deflect.
  • "I... I will, but tomorrow we're going to have a talk!" She says it like she doesn't believe me, and she was right, she just didn't want to tell me what had happened yet.
  • "You don't have any books to write, do you?" — I provoke.
  • "Actually, I do!" But today I went to the police station to talk to Davi... — she starts and I stand there waiting for her to continue. 'I told him I was writing a story about a priest and he was shocked! - she says laughing a lot! And laughs even more when the shocked look at her. While Nella shouldn't be surprised, this woman is a badass writer.
  • "I can imagine your brother's face when he heard that!" - I comment, laughing after the scare I got and I end up smiling too much, and Antonella looks at me and pulls me out room and says:
  • -Spit it out? she asks, I mean ask no, she practically orders, and I drop her down the hall, heading back to the bedroom. I look at Diogo and say:
  • - Your fault! — I warn, angry with him.
  • 'Why is it my fault?' he asks, confused, not understanding anything.
  • "Do you keep training her to ask questions?" I ask him ironically.
  • “I have nothing to do with this! He defends himself. And I look at Nella, who looks back at me and says:
  • — Come on, spill it! she asks, crossing her arms and waiting for me to tell.
  • "Nella, I have nothing to talk to you about!" — I deflect and, God, if she wasn't my best friend, I would send her to that place.
  • -Yes he has! And you got your eyes shining and, also, smiling! she grumbles.
  • — Oh, Nella! You are imagining things! - I declare, debating.
  • - Not even! — Antonella speaks with great conviction and continues: — You are very different from the time we arrived here to leave our daughter.
  • "You're seeing things that aren't there!" - I talk again.
  • — I know you, Dona Raquel, and I know you're lying! She declares and looks at me. "And I'll find out what it is!"
  • “My God, Antonella, stop reading books on interrogation,” I say ironically.
  • — I'll be waiting, you'll tell me anyway! she says, and I look at her with a sigh of relief.
  • "Honey, we have to go!" — Diogo calls her, who rolls his eyes at me, and I look at Diogo and thank him, moving his lips, he smiles.
  • "Now go home, take care of your husband and see you tomorrow!" I grumble, wanting her to go away so I can think about what happened today.
  • "I'm going, but we'll be back tomorrow!" she says, and I know she's really going to come back, this woman was a tough nut to crack. When Nella gets one thing on her mind, only God helps us.
  • We leave the room and I lead them to the door. When Antonella hugs me, she whispers in my ear:
  • “I can't wait to find out what you're hiding from me,” she warns, I smile and kiss them.
  • I say goodbye to them and close the door. I go back to the kitchen and grab a soda, since the juice I've made is gone. I pick up my cell phone, which I've left on the table, and start checking it while I drink the rest of my soda.
  • And I almost choke when I notice that I had a message from Davi and I end up smiling like a teenager in love, yes, I just fell in love with him all over again while I read his message that said:
  • I miss you so much, my beautiful sorceress!