CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR

CELEBRATION WITH JUICES AND SOFT DRINKS

"We didn't really prepare ourselves for this, Marya came home looking like a madwoman, made Dad and me grab clothes from the closet as if we were going to a bomb shelter, but now I'm relieved and very happy we came, Clara," said David, the calmest of the three brothers, the most relaxed and centred of the trio. David had a hand on his sister's shoulder throughout their walk around the house.

"But it was Luca who drove me crazy, we went to your house with him telling me to just tell you guys to get in the car, didn't even turn it off, did you see him honking non-stop?" They now laughed at their panic. "Luckily, he saw her on the call, or he would have sent the police!"

"Dad, you have to see the lake, or lagoon, I don't know what it is, that's here!" Clara said, while Marya prepared dinner for them. The smell of spices in the air.

"Can we fish?" She laughed at the question she knew he would ask.

"I think so, you know, according to Otávio, ther