Chapter Thirty Four

IMPULSIVE WORDS

He told Shay that everything was fine, that he would do it for any friend.

"You know I stand up for my own, right?" he said as she pulled away from him with teary eyes.

"I know that, Boy, but, you know, I know my dad has this problem, we fight a lot because of it, but he...my dad is all I have. That's why I'm so grateful to you."

Shay left, wiping her eyes, and Túlio went to the small room in his grandmother's house. After lying down, he thought not only about what the girl had said about her father being all she had, but also about the resemblance she had to Cloe. His old Cloe. This disturbed him, and before he knew it, he was grabbing his helmet and going to talk to Fat.

This time the man took a while to answer. He was busy in his office and Túlio was playing ball with his grandchildren in the backyard until he was called by Estela, Fat's wife, who, unlike her husband, was immense. Her weight burdened her and she looked like a duck, waddling to the backyard and calli