CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT

LIPE

Lipe's house was completely different from the others in the condominium. As a carpenter, he had made all his furniture to measure. It was charming and Lara's favourite house to clean. The furniture was unique, not only in style but also in size, which was carefully thought out to fit each room. Lara used to tell her friend that his house seemed to be dressed with furniture, as he had fitted everything uniformly and it was all very exclusive. It took Lipe more than two years to finish furnishing the whole house, as he would say that new furniture models and raw materials would come out every day, making his decision difficult and he was almost always modifying or exchanging some piece of furniture since he manufactured them himself.

Even the backyard, he had turned into his carpentry workshop. He used to work there when he was a freelancer, but now the machines were no longer there. Lipe was always called by his friends to modify or create some furniture in the condominium and he