A Wounded Heart

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wn, go. Tell me another one that would be nice" João Pedro in

d until he got it, and I didn't have the patience to debate the same question for several minutes

ite shirt with t

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was no point in disagreeing with João Pe

t also the best frie

et me, and we

with his parents, Mr. Rodolfo and Mrs. Marta Mendes

ready worked for the family for over 30 years, since JP's grandparents, who were Mr. Rodolfo's parents, were

same school, as Mr. Rodolfo always insisted on paying for my stu

nk that's why we were such good friends. Unlike his brother,

of Felipe's closest friends, Ricardo Alcântara. As always happened, JP wanted to take me with him, and we

ided which outfit he was going to wear and just w

of wealthy families since I'd studied with them since I was a little girl. I continued to be a per

t willingly and even though I was still very young, I understood her, because even though I was amon

ones who always made sure to point out the differences between us an

eady? We're going to be la

ve being late to places, all to make an entrance t

this party. I just want to see Alicia's face, knowing João

ink about JP's antics at the moment. He loved to gossip and make fun of the girls who mistreated m

o go to that party, which would be full of nasty people, who never treated me well, always making a po

being there, on what he called his farewell to the country because he was going to travel to the United States

m from afar and that would be enough for me, considering that he would spend years living in

lized that Ricardo Alcântara and João Felipe were talking, and since they weren'

f, and I stopped to listen better to what they were saying, it only confi

. Tears welled up in my eyes, and my heart ached with the realization that no