CHAPTER FORTY SIX

HORROR CINEMA SESSION

“ I don't understand how he kept talking to her like she wasn't his mother, Kelly!”

Clara was stunned by Gildo and Maria's strange conversation. It didn't make any sense to her, and she couldn't wait until they left to ask her stepmother about it. They were in the car after loading it with fruits and meats that Santa gave her.

“ Thank you for not asking both of us anything.”

“ But I really wanted to.”

“ I understood, so I asked you not to. Alzheimer's disease, little princess, steals a person's memory. Maria, for some years now you can't remember anything or anyone.”

“ But her own son?”

“ Sad, no? But the disease is sad indeed. It affects the memory and erases some memories, good or bad. And he, her son, visits her every weekend, he loves her very much and even though she doesn't remember him, he remembers her, you know?”

“ I think so. That's really sad. Are all old people like that, do they forget?”

“ Thank God no. She doesn't forget to eat.”

“ Doesn't she forge