CHAPTER 154

THE HOSPITAL EVASION

Cilmo returned to the room, feeling a bit dazed and smiling like a clown.

"What's with that strange smile, girl?" Dália asked her.

"Guys, I think Cupid has struck me!" she exclaimed, sitting down in the chair in front of Márcia's bed.

"You mean that shy nurse?" Márcia asked.

"He is really timid, isn't he?" Cilmo asked.

"Very much so. I've never seen anything like it. He's one of those people who, when they're embarrassed, tend to keep talking without being able to stop," Márcia recounted.

"I once watched a show where they matched people up, you know, the guys would come on the show and the girls too. It was a show that was really popular in the 80s and 90s," Dália began to share. "There was this guy, I'll never forget, Rômulo. My husband used to watch it with me every Sunday. Well, there was this guy, and he stayed on the show, unlike those who were eliminated on the first day because they were rejected by the girls. But this guy, he lasted four weeks, appearing a