", o churl!" "drunk all, and left no friend(y drop to he(p me after, I will kiss thy lips," "No, damn it!" "It doesn't work like that!" "It has to be slower, sadder." "Come on, start again." "DOOMED LOVE" ", o churl!" "drunk all, and left no friendly drop to help me after, I will kiss thy lips," "Hap(ysome poison yet doth hang on them or make me die with a restorative," "thy lips are warm," "Lead, boy, Which way?" "Yea, noise?" "Turn your head!" "Look at them!" "then i'll be brief, No, Start from the beginning," "Yea, noise?" "then i'll be brief," "You didn't turn again, for Pete's sake!" "Yea, noise?" "then i'll be brief," "O, happy dagger!" "this is thy sheath," "Shit!" "It's my no good brother." "Fuck it!" "Simão." "Simão was my favorite brother, He was super cute, and wasn't afraid of anything, I was twelve and he was the on(y one who treated me like a grown up," "the other, manuel, was a s(y one, always clinging to Mother's dress," "At that time, I didn't even believe that he was my real brother at all," "He didn't resemble my mother, or my father, nor did he resemble me," "My brother, most definite(y, was Simão, lf he weren't I would have liked to be married to him," "father on(y ever played when he was alone," "As though he didn't want to share it with anyone," "Hello?" "is he going to make the appeal or not?" "Yes Albuquerque." "Whose lawyer are you anyway?" "The Pope's?" "If he does, he'll screw up." "If he doesn't end up in prison, he'll be left without a shirt." "Speak to you later, thank you." "Albuquerque was father's sworn enemy, I never understood why," "Mother said it was because he kept father from becoming a Minister," "But I don't believe that father real(y wanted to become a Minister," "He carries a gun, Mom!" "Simão?" "With a real gun?" "No!" "It's this big." "Nonsense!" "But where did he get one, anyway?" "I've no idea." "If you saw his gang..." "He even brings them into the school!" " What gang?" " l don't know..." "Blacks, immigrants, bums..." "That type... anyway, I'm not going back while he's still there." "He's a psychopath." "He might end up shooting me." "Enough already!" "He's your brother, he's not a psychopath!" "There are no psychopaths in my family." "I hope you drown!" "You witch!" "Stop that, Manuel!" "Rita don't provoke your brother." " Leave her be." "She's just like the other." " Manuel stop!" "Alright, alright, I'll stop." "But I'm not going back to that school." "Remember what your father told you:. you go back, or else it's off to the military academy." "I prefer the military academy!" "Zé Xavier!" "My robe." "Are you sure that's what you want?" "I'm sure." "I'll speak with your uncle to see what he can do." "But not a word about it to your father." "I don't want any fuss." "Don't talk about guns, shootings, or his friends." "In our family, we all lived side by side," "Not together, Side by side," "But maybe all families live like that," "When I found the canay dead, I had a premonition," "So dark that it gave me a chill," "Was it you?" "An(PICTURE)y, it's better off than in the cage." " l'm going to embalm him." " Go for it!" "What's going on here at home?" " Is it true you have a real gun?" " Old, tiny." " Show it to me!" " Maybe... if you're naughty." " Was it the parrot that told you?" " No, Mother." " He told her you're a psychopath." " Bastard!" "You're not, are you?" "Maybe I am." "The wacko has arrived!" "Once again, tucked away in Rita's room." "An Mk5?" "What's an Mk5?" "It's a machine gun!" "900 rounds per minute." "With an Mk5, I could clean out the school in thirteen minutes." " You're not going to do that, right?" " Maybe I will." "You didn't knock or I didn't hear?" "Manuel doesn't want to return to school after the holidays." "Why not?" "Some story about Simão." "He prefers the military academy." "What do you think?" "In any event, with or without Simão, he can't go much further." "Do what you think is best." "He's your son." " It seems that Simão carries a weapon." " It seems?" "To whom?" "To Manuel?" "Simão's grades." "Two A's." "His lowest score is a B." "You think he got these marks with a pistol in his hand?" " Hands up!" " Idiot!" " Don't tell me you're reading this stupidity?" " "Doomed Love" is not stupid at all!" "What are you looking at?" "The volleyball game that I filmed last week." "We won!" " Stop it there." " Why?" " Who's that?" " It's Teresa Albuquerque." " She's in your class?" " She's much older than me." "I only see her at volleyball." "She never goes out." "They don't let her." "Why not?" "They say she's a little bit crazy, but she doesn't seem to be." "Zé Xavier!" " Fuck, man!" " What happened to you?" "It's nothing." "Now you drive with sunglasses on at night?" "It's to make an impression." "But what happened?" " l was in that club, Flash!" " At Flash, what?" " They don't want black people in there!" " They don't want?" "Who?" " Three guys!" "Animals!" " Put your bike somewhere and get in." " It's not worth it." "It's just a scratch." " Get in!" "Zé Xavier's family had worked for our family for centuries or at least, since the time of our great- -grandfather, whom they called 'Cauldron' because, according to the legend, he'd been scalded by the cannibals in Africa," "Simão and Zé Xavier grew up practical(y together," "well, enough for Simão to have broken his nose on two or three occasions," "Hey, you can't park here." "That hurts, man!" "Stop it!" "Zé Xavier later confessed that Simão wasn't himself, he seemed total(y crazy," "Mariana told me after that Simão on that night seemed to be an angel, a fearful exterminator magnificent," "Stop, fuck!" "You'll kill him!" "Stop it!" "That's enough, man!" " That's enough!" "That's enough!" " But what is it you want, huh?" "You want to give him a little kiss, is that it?" "Give him a kiss!" "Go on, give him a little kiss." "Why don't you give him a little kiss, huh?" "Simão, you're crazy!" "Send me a copy of the victims' statements." "Yes, fax them to me, exactly." "Zé!" "You had Simão arrested!" " Sorry?" " You had Simão arrested." " Ball." " Don't deny it." "You had him arrested!" "Mourão told me." "Did he also tell you about the bastards he maimed the bones he broke of the damage he caused?" "Last week it didn't seem important that he was going around armed with a pistol." "Manuel's whining is one thing, a public complaint is another." "Did you have him arrested or not?" "Hello?" "Yes?" "Ah they dropped the charges?" "All of them?" "Thank you." "They dropped all charges against Simão." "How much did that cost you?" " A son of mine does not get arrested." " l don't want him in my house." "If he wants to eat let him eat in the kitchen." "Your house?" "Mother convinced them all to drop the charges." "It must've cost her a lot of money." "Father is furious about the Mercedes and the golf club, too." "He wanted to throw Zé Xavier out but Mother wouldn't let him." "Wasn't it Zé Xavier's great-grandfather that charred the bones of our great-grandfather?" " Fried!" " (PICTURE)at?" ""Cauldron" wasn't roasted he was fried." "Do you think it was his great-grandfather?" "No!" "His great-grandfather was from Cape Verde!" "Cauldron was stewed in Angola!" " Do you think it was so they could eat him?" " l guess!" " It's a shame, really." " That they ate him?" " That it wasn't his great-grandfather!" " Why?" "Because then Zé Xavier would still have our blood in him." "Rita!" "I don't know why, but when I saw Simão waiting for me, I had that same premonition as when I found the dead canay," " Did you hurt yourself?" " No." "Simão!" "What's with you?" "Nothing." "It's nothing. I came to get you." "You even brought the Mercedes!" "Father will end up having you arrested!" " Why did you say that she's crazy?" " Crazy?" "Who's crazy?" "Ah!" "Teresa Albuquerque!" "The one from volleyball?" " Why do you say she's crazy?" " Crazy as in crazy, no." "Affected!" "A kind of autism. I don't know!" "She doesn't talk to anyone." "They don't let her go out alone." "the holidays had ended, and Simão still hadn't returned to school, I had no idea of what strategy he'd invented this time," "Doctor Sequeira arranged medical excuses of the most incredible diseases even tropical diseases, I never quite understood how Simão convinced him to do so," "Shouldn't you have gone back to school?" "I've got the mumps!" "I sent them a doctor's note." " These days no one has the mumps!" " l have." "Look..." " Do you have her phone number?" " Whose number?" "Hers." "Teresa's?" "No." "But I can get it for you... I don't give a damn." "I want him to get the maximum." "Why don't you get a couch?" " Where's the Mercedes?" " l took it to the mechanic, Sir." "No, no I'm not available to anyone." " Which mechanic?" " João da Cruz." "I have nothing else to say to the lawyer." "If Albuquerque wants something, he can ask me for it personally." " Why?" " It was making a strange noise, Sir." "Stop it with all the titles!" "He's not a man of title!" "Pass me to Mourão." "Did you take the car to João da Cruz or was it Simão?" "Simão doesn't have his driver's license, Sir." "Prepare the mandate for Albuquerque." "I'll sign it when I arrive. I'll be there shortly." " Why didn't you tell me this before?" " l was going to, Sir." "You have the Volvo, there." "I just finished washing it." "What are you doing?" "You scared me!" "If Mother catches you in here, she'll fry you!" "She went to the movies with Manuel she'll only be back at dinner time." "Such a cute thing!" " Now clean it off!" " Sit down." "What is this?" "What's going on here?" "Disgusting!" " Simão!" " Leave me alone!" "Come on, that's enough." " Who's that guy?" " It's her cousin, Baltasar." "Simão!" "What's the meaning of all this?" "Don't touch me." "If one day I touch you, it'll be only once." "Simão changed from that point on, You could see he was someone else," "Even though he seemed the same," "Don't you think Simão is different?" "He seems like another person." "You think so?" "To me, he seems more and more the same." "father had final(y accepted Simão to return and eat at the dinner table, for Mother, it was a small victory in her conjugal war, for Simão it was no big deal, Maybe he even preferred to eat in the kitchen," "Zé!" "Did you see Simão?" "Did you see Simão or not?" "Don't waste saliva it's expensive!" ""On the eve of his departure for Coimbra he was bidding farewell to the sighing girl"" ""when, suddenly, she was torn from the window."" "Didn't you hear me calling?" "I've got her phone number." "Hello?" "Yes?" "I know, I meant to call you." "He had temptations to kill himself over his impotence in rescuing her, the remaining hours of that evening were spent in rage, with thoughts of vengeance," " Simão?" " Yes?" " l'm the, - l know." "I meant to call you." " No need for courtesies?" " No, do you want?" " No, of course we can talk normally." " l want to see you." "I can't, We can't," " Why can't we see each other?" " It's impossible, they don't let me," " Who doesn't?" " My father, He doesn't allow it," " Only if we run away," " So we'll run away." " What's the problem?" "We'll run away." " When?" "Now!" "Today!" "Tonight!" "Whenever you want." "And where to?" "Where will we run away to?" "I don't know, to America, to China, far away, wherever you want to go," " Teresa?" " No, really, Simão." "We cannot." "We have to wait." "Later on, I don't know." "Are you able?" "Will you wait?" "I'll wait," "Of course, I'm able to." "But I want to see you!" "I have to see you!" "I want to see you, too," "When?" "today?" "When you get out from school?" "He won't let me go to school." "He locked me in." "My cousin told the whole story." "He was furious." "He knows everything, who you are, about your father... I'll talk to him," "No." "Don't do that." "Otherwise they will have me committed." "Committed, where?" "to a place, to a clinic, I'd rather die," "He committed me once two years ago, Promise me you won't tell him anything," " But what clinic?" "Why?" " Promise me!" "I promise." "Okay, I promise." " l have to hang up." " Wait, don't hang up," " Do you think I'm too skinny?" " too what?" "Do you think I'm too skinny?" "No, what kind of an idea is that?" "I think you're perfect!" "I really have to hang up now, I'll call you tomorrow," " l'll call you." " Never do that!" "I'll call you, Goodbye," "I'm not sure how many times they spoke on the telephone or even what they said to one another," "Simão closed himself off even more and stopped confiding in me, I also never discovered how my father found it all out, two days later he sent for Simão," " What are you doing here?" " Didn't you send for me?" "You also come in now without knocking first?" " The door was open." " So, shut it!" "Sit down." " No, thank you. I'm alright standing." " As you wish." "What is it you think you're doing with Albuquerque's daughter?" " Did you hear me?" " l heard." " So?" " Nothing!" " What nothing?" " l'm not doing anything." "Don't play games with me." "It was Albuquerque's lawyer that told me." " He lied." " l'm going to be frank." "Do whatever you want as long as it doesn't interfere with my personal affairs." "Don't think I forgot about that incident in the discotheque." "I turned a blind eye once, but I won't do it twice." "I didn't ask you for anything." "I don't want Albuquerque to use you against me, understand?" "He won't hesitate." "He's been waiting for this for quite some time." "Forget the girl." "Besides, she isn't quite right in the head." "Forget her." "There are lots of other girls." "Don't force me to shoot Albuquerque." " Shoot 'em." " What?" "Shoot him." "Go on!" "I bet you anything you won't." "I don't know if that talk was what made him decide to go back to school, or if he hoped that, in his absence, Teresa's father would let her resume her normal life, lf it was, he was wrong," "Death must come easier to one with a tranquil heart, lt does not matter if there is nothing beyond this life, ln the least, to die is to forget," "Don't miss life even though reason tells you that you could have been happy if you had not met me on the journey that led to your death," "I'll profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine" "My lips, two blushing pilgrims;" "ready stand to smooth that rough touch" "With a tender kiss" "Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much," "Which manner(y devotion shows in this,:" "for saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch" "And palm to palm, ls holy palmers' kiss" "Have not saints' lips, and holy palmers too?" "Ay, lips that they must use in pray'" "O, then, dear saint Let lips do what hands do" "Damn it, Bé!" "Are you here to work or are you here to get it on?" "Sorry." "Come on, let's try again." "Just that last part." "thus from my lips, by thine my sin is purged" "Sin from my lips' O trespass sweetly urged!" "Give me my sin again" "You kiss by th' book" "Who's that bastard?" "Sorry, I didn't see it was you." "Yes?" "Teresa?" "What?" "He made you choose between what?" "I can't hear you so well." "I'm hiding so he won't hear me." "He took away my phone this morning." "If he sees this one he'll take it away, too." "You were saying he made you choose between what." "What?" "Putting me in the clinic or getting married." "What?" "Married to whom?" "To Baltasar, to my cousin." "I'd rather die." "I'll kill him." "I'll go there and kill him." "I'm coming to get you." "I'll come!" "Don't come!" "I don't want them to hurt you." "Teresa?" "Can you hear me?" "Shit!" "Don't call again or I'll kill you," "What are you doing?" "is that your phone?" "Did you break that locker open?" "Hello!" "It's me, come get me." "I don't care!" "Come get me!" "Find a way!" "Simão?" "The headmaster wants to see you." "He wants to speak with you." "It seems it's an urgent matter." "Less than an hour later the headmaster told father that Simão had assaulted a monitor and had disappeared with all of his personal belongings," " Where did you find this piece of shit?" " l borrowed it." " Did you want me to come on the scooter?" " What about the Mercedes, you wimp?" "So that your father could rip me in two?" "If you saw how he's been, you'd know." "This time it's really serious." "He's livid with you." "What?" "He's got it in for you this time!" "If I were you, I wouldn't show up at the house." " Rita also thinks that you shouldn't go home." " Rita told you that?" " She told me that they might turn you in." " To the cops?" "Yeah!" "And it's true, too!" " l can arrange a place for you tonight." " Where?" "João da Cruz!" " The mechanic!" " l don't know him." "He knows you!" "father forbade us to allow Simão to enter the house, then he shut himself alone and began to play," " What are you doing here?" " Didn't you get my message?" " Albuquerque has made a formal complaint." " A complaint about what?" "How should I know?" "Father is in bad shape." "Above all, because it's Albuquerque." "He wants to throw you out of the house." "Don't you worry about it." "It's of no importance." "Did you run away from school?" "The headmaster called." "You can't stay here." "Father is likely to turn you in." "What are you going to do?" "Zé Xavier got me a place to go." "He's downstairs waiting for me." " Will you call me?" " Of course." "Do you need money?" "Is there anything you want me to do?" "I don't need anything." "If I do I'll say so." "I love you." "Me too, Rita." "I love you, too." "Make yourself at home. I have a debt with your father." "The kind you can never pay." "Mariana!" "That's my daughter Mariana." " Go get my room ready for him." " No, not a chance." "This house is yours, but I'm the boss of the rooms." "Go on inside." "Zé Xavier!" " Where is he?" " Where is who, sir?" "I don't know, sir. I swear!" "If I knew I would tell you." "Tell him to never step foot at home, and that he should solve this himself." "This time, it's really over." " Understood?" " Yes, yes" "Stop that." " Did you see him?" " You, as well?" "How's he doing?" "What's he going to do?" "Cause shit as always." "What do you want him to do?" " l wouldn't get involved." " So why do you get involved?" "Because I'm just a big idiot!" " Zé Xavier?" " Yes, Madame!" "Fuck!" "I'm fucked!" "This was all I needed!" " Where is he?" " l don't know." " You're lying." " l think he's alright." " He has a bed at least?" "He's eating?" " l think so." "Don't worry." " What did my husband tell you?" " He doesn't want him here at the house." "Don't tell him that." "Relax, I won't tell him anything." "I don't even know where he is." "Come here." "Give him this." "Don't tell him it was me." "You can't sleep?" "I practically don't sleep since Angola." "The heat, the mosquitoes, the fright...?" "Since then I doze and I smoke." "I feed the cancer." "Help yourself." "No thank you. I don't smoke." "Zé Xavier told me about it. I know those people, I worked for them before." "Maybe there are worse, but I've never seen it." "Sorry." "I thought I heard something." "Another "scar" from Africa." "The ear of a sentinel." "Getting back to your story, if I understood correctly, you've lost contact with the girl." "Forgive me if I'm putting my nose where it's not wanted." "No, no it's not that." "They took away her cell phone." "I see." "My daughter knows a girl that works at the house." "Actually, she's a maid." "They went to school together." "She can make some inquiries, that is, if you're thinking about going over there." " l am." " Alright." "It's always better to know what to expect." "With those people you can't be too careful." "I didn't want to get you into any trouble." "It's enough to let me stay." "Don't wry." "I never needed anyone to get myself into trouble, I get into it enough on my own." "You're all mine, I don't know my purpose in life, unless it's to sacrifice it to save yours, I believe in you," "You'll be faithful to me in life and death," "Do not suffer with patience, fight with heroism," "Submission is an ignominy," "Submission is an ignominy," "Master Simão, I'm sorry." "I just came to make the bed." "Simão, without the master." "You can take it." "I've already read it twice." "In that case, I will." "I saw the movie and liked it a lot." " What was it that you liked most?" " The ending." "The death of the other girl, the letters floating." "It's funny!" " When I saw it I thought of you." " Of me?" "Why?" " Because of that night in the discotheque." " In the discotheque?" "Yes I was there. I saw it all." " l even dreamed about you." " About me how?" "Dreams..." "Alright, but what was I doing?" "How was I in the dream?" "Dead." "Dead?" "Dead, but it also doesn't really matter." "I'll tell you about it later, my father's calling me." " l didn't hear anything." " l did." "And I'll be back to tidy the room." "When Simão said he wanted to see me I didn't even excuse myself to the teacher's, I stormed out of the classroom and didn't even close the door," "the disguise was ridiculous, but his eyes and smile were very sad," "You look like a soap opera star." "No one will take you seriously." "Two of her cousins no longer speak to me." "Not even good morning..." "But a friend of theirs told me that they've announced the wedding." "Where?" " At the church, where'd you think?" " Okay, but which church?" "I didn't ask, but I can find out." "Find out." "Nothing else?" "What happened?" "It seems that she stopped eating." " l'll kill 'em!" " Don't say that!" "Come on!" "Forget I said it." " What are you going to do?" " We'll run away and live off the hunt." "You shouldn't get Rita involved in this." "She's just a girl." " What is this?" " From your mother." " Give it back to her." " Don't be an idiot, you're going to need it." "I don't want anything from them, I'd rather steal." "Did you see her?" " What is it?" " Sorry, it's alright." "I saw her, by the window, behind the curtains." "She's very beautiful." "Didn't you speak to her?" "I spoke with Ana, my friend, the maid." "Her father is hosting a party tonight to announce the engagement." "Teresa only accepted to get out of her room." "She wants you there at eleven in the garden." " Don't be frightened." "It's me." " What are you doing here?" "You wanted me to let you come alone?" "I know that guy, he's a guard from the cousin's factory and I spotted another one inside." "They're a couple of animals!" " They're waiting for me?" " They're certainly not waiting for me." "Best to hurry and get inside." "I'll stay here and keep an eye on them." "Be careful, huh?" "These guys don't play around." "Simão?" "My lady?" "Come quick, they've noticed your absence." "You can't stay here, Simão." "Go now, please." "Go!" "lrseu?" "There's no one here." "Stop!" "Courage!" "Stay calm." "Careful don't step on the 'other one." "Wait, I'll call my father." "Dad?" "He's awake!" "The army did me some good." "Don't worry, it's really nothing." "The bullet went in and out just scratching the bone." " In a week you'll be as good as new." " l'm sorry I got you into all this, really!" "Forget it!" "As I told you, no one gets me into anything that I don't want to get into!" "It's because of my father?" "That debt?" "A little bit." "But what the hell kind of debt is that?" "Or is it a secret?" "We'd caught a couple of new recruits." "Two kids." "Fourteen, fifteen years old." "Frozen with fear." "Lieutenant Sottomayor had locked himself away with them." "When I entered the cell, he had raped one, and was about to rape the other." "I got in between and he pointed a machete at me." "It was either him or me." "Nobody believed my side of the story." "If your father hadn't taken me out of the hands of those sons of bitches I don't know where l'd be now, but I wouldn't be here to tell the story, for sure." "I didn't even know he'd been in Angola." "He never told me about it." "He's got his faults like everyone, but he's a fair man." "At least with me he was." "Ah, here comes the changing of the guard, good as new." "I'll be back to make a round before I retire." "Get some rest." "See you later." "He told me not to bother you with small talk but he can't contain himself." "Another complaint against your son." "Albuquerque." "Attempted kidnapping." "It's absurd!" "I don't believe a word of it it's just an attempt to get back at you." "Of course, but your son is doing everything to help him." "Forget about this ridiculous story!" "Simão, is also your son." "No son of mine gets involved with the daughter of Albuquerque." "I don't want to know where he is so long as he surrenders to the police." "I'll get him a lawyer, the best." "It's time to put an end to this game." "Are you going out?" " l'm going to the theatre." " With the other one?" "Yes, with Manuel." "Why?" "Tell him I'll discount the three cigars he stole from this month's allowance." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." "Did you go over there?" "Did you speak to the maid?" "No, I spoke with her." "You spoke to Teresa?" "Ana let me in the father had gone!" "out." " Simão, you're hurting me." " l'm sorry." "I wasn't there very long." "Ana was afraid the father would come back." "How is she doing?" "She's not well at all." "Ana said that she doesn't eat at all." "But she was happy to see me, to know that I was coming to see you afterwards." "What did she say?" "She said..." "Wait, I wrote it all down so I wouldn't forget." "But all I had with me was this..." "She thinks about you all day, every day, and all night." "Ana says she doesn't sleep at all." "She also said  that she dreamed of you last night," "that you both were on a train." "The two of you." "Alone on a train." "And then she started laughing." "She's so beautiful." "She has a beautiful smile." "Sorry..." "She also said that she still has your scent on her hands because she hasn't washed them since the other day." "She made me smell them." "She has your smell on her hands." "I don't believe it." "She really has your smell on her hands." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." " And she has a picture of you." " A picture?" "What picture?" "A picture she stole from the office at the high school." "You're about thirteen or fourteen." "Skinny!" "You looked like a string bean." "I've got to get her out of there." "I'm going to get her out of there." "I came for you this time, but don't think I'm your chauffeur." "And stop with all the girly stuff, that's not how you can buy me." "Come on!" "Let's go!" "Hey stop that, otherwise you'll walk home on foot." " So then take me there." " Don't even think about it." "Why not?" "He doesn't want it, not even me." "Yesterday he threw me out." "He doesn't want anyone else to get involved." "Did you tell him that Albuquerque made another complaint?" "He doesn't care at all." "Soon, when he's better..." "Better?" "But what's wrong?" "Is he sick?" " No, nothing, he hurt himself, he fell." " That's not true." " l'm telling you!" "He fell and hurt himself!" " l don't believe it, but alright." " What will he do when he gets better?" " He's going to get her and run away." " He's gone crazy!" " Gone crazy?" "He was born crazy." "Want an ice cream?" "She continues to not want to eat." "They force her." "But when their backs are turned she vomits it all." "Ana says she can barely stand." "She talks a lot about dying..." "She laughs..." "She says that at least up in heaven no one can keep her from being with you." "She laughs while saying that she'll wait for you there." "And she asked Ana to ask you  if you believe in eternal life." "You don't, do you?" "No." "But tell Ana to tell her yes." "She didn't say anything else?" "Her father is going to put her in an asylum." "The doctors have already signed the papers." "When?" " l don't know." "She didn't know." " Today?" "This afternoon." "Simão!" "Dad?" "Teresa!" "Stop!" "Simão was arrested." "He killed a man." "Santos Sousa." "I don't know if you remember me, I had dinner a few times at your house." "I'm not going to keep you long, just a quick meeting to make contact." "Obviously we're going to plead self defense." "No." " l didn't understand." "No what?" " There was no legitimate defense." "I killed him." "Period." "Let me decide that." " l'm the lawyer, okay?" " l don't need a lawyer." " l don't understand." "Your father..." " l have nothing to do with my father." "I don't want anything from him and I don't need anything." "He refused the lawyer, he refused self defense and he refused all visits," "Even mine," "He on(y allowed Mariana to see him," "She took him news about Teresa Al- buquerque, as told to herby the maid," "Her state got worse and worse," "According to Mariana, Simão practical(y didn't speak a word," "He listened to her in silence, Without reacting," "Teresa Albuquerque died three days after going into a coma, the maid told Mariana that Albuquerque had said he preferred to see her like that than to see her with a murderer," "I killed her." " Don't say that, it's not true!" " It was me." "So?" "He stopped talking and eating." "They've forbidden his visits." "They are going to transfer him to a hospital." " l'll go get dressed so I can help you." " There's no hurry." " João da Cruz!" " That's me." "I am the son of lieutenant Sottomayor!" "I've come to avenge my father!" "With the help of Mother's connections," "Mariana obtained authorization to visit Simão in the hospital, I sold the shop" "and rented a room nearby." "You can see the river." "Today I went to her grave." "I took her flowers, but I didn't know which flowers you like." "I took her dahlias does that sound good?" "They force fed him, With tubes," "He wouldn't stop undoing them, they would start again and he would undo them as soon as they weren't looking," "They found him in a sea of blood, He'd opened his carotid with a scalpel," "They never discovered where he'd gotten it from," "Ana says Teresa can barely stand," "She said she thinks about you all day, every day, and all night," "Ana says she doesn't sleep at all!" "And talks about dying," "She laughs, she says that up in heaven no one can stop her from being with you," "She laughs while saying that she'll wait for you there," "And she asked Ana to ask you if you believe in eternal life," " You don't, do you?" " Rita!" "Mariana didn't go to the funeral, She stopped sending news," "She didn't answer the phone," "The smell of gas alerted the neighbors," "She held the notebook and appeared to be smiling," "The police concluded that it was an accidental death," "there was no one to go to the cemetery with Mariana," "Just me and Zé Xavier," "I want to see you," " l can't, We can't," " Why?" " Why can't we see each other?" " It's impossible, they don't let me," " Who doesn't?" " My father, He doesn't allow it," " Only if we run away," " So we'll run away," "What's the problem?" "When?" "Now!" "Today!" "Tonight!" " Whenever you want," " And where to?" "I don't know, to America, to China," "We'll go far away, Wherever you want to go," "Translation Christian Campeau"