"this year my vacation was a little diferent from other years.:" "for the first time in my life I spent some time with my father." "All other years I would just go to Sintra, with my mother and my grandma." "We used to stay in an old, huge house that belonged to my granfather," "And we spent the entire summer there." "But this year was diferent:" "It happened what I've always dreamed of" "I spent the vacation with my father." "I'd never been with my father before." "At home,i would never see him because he used to arrive late," "When I'was already sleeping." "All his life was only about reunions and travelling," "Or he would get stuck to his laptop or phone," "He never had time to be with me." "Every night I'd stay in my bedroom waiting for him to come." "But he never have entered my room," "He never cared about me." "But This year, one night, my father arrived home earlier," "He just got changed, picked his bag," "Walked into my bedroom, and sat on my bed" "He said.." "Filipe, this year we'll spend the vacation together!" "Jus the two of us!" "I was so overwhelmed and so happy, I just could't utter a word." "Would you like it or not?" "Yeah..." " Are we going by plane?" " yeah..." "I'll show you the most beautifull place I have ever seen!" "It was the first time I ever travelled by plane," "But I wasn't scared." "We flew above the clouds, as we were crossing a sea of cotton." "he wanted to show me Açores islands." "It was later that i recalled my mother talking about these islands." "My dad slept the entire trip." "He looked very tired." "I wonder if he intends to spend his vacations sleeping?" "Ladys and gentlemen, we have began our descend." "Please fasten your safety belts." "Wanna hold my hand during landing?" "I was in heaven," "For the first time ever we would hold our hands together." "I tought, maybe i should pinch myself" "Just to be sure I wasn't dreaming." "When we arrived to Açores, the first thing my dad did was to buy some newspapers." "At the store I asked him if he could buy me some crayons and a notepad so I could draw." "Why haven't you brought some pencils and paper with you?" "Because I didn't know if I would want to draw something..." " And when did you know?" " When I saw you buy those newspapers!" "The Taxi-driver was a very tall african with very gentle eyes." "When we looked at him we felt he was going to hug us." "Would you have liked to go to Sintra instead?" "No..." "Won't you miss your grandma and mother?" "Why?" "I spend all year alone with them!" "We stayed at a lady's house named D. Paula" "She always walked around with her pockets full of little birds..." "Ms. Paula was limping and once in a while, when she grabbed her glasses to ask questions, she reminded me of my teacher." "The house was smaller and poorer then ours." "It was a simple house filled with little furnitures, but all pretty." "In one of the rooms there was a painting with a face of a sailor..." "It's my dad." "He was a sailor and a republican." "He died during the Spanish war..." "I was three years old when he died." "I don't remember him or if i ever set on his lap or holding him or listening to his stories." "I've been looking at the picture for 60 years now" "Imagining of how would my father's voice sound, and his smell would be like." "You know your father's smell, don't you?" "would you like a little bird?" "Thank you, Ms.Paula. We like this house and we're going to settle in." "Come on, Filipe, et's choose your bedroom." "Like this house?" "Don't feel like chatting?" "The things Ms.Paula said about her father was sad..." "Sad?" "what?" "that she doesn't remember her father?" "No, not that, since she was a little girl when he died, and couldn't remember him... so what do you think it's sad?" "that he never told her stories.." "didn't your father tell you stories when you were little boy?" "yes..." " were they pretty?" " yes... my dad enjoyed telling stories very much, and listening to as well... he said that life without storytellers woudn't be good." "my teacher said that when we tell a story we're really saying who we are and what we like... why have you come to my bedroom?" "because we've never been together... that much I know!" "but why do you want to be with me all of a sudden?" "because I suddently realized that I have a 13 years old son whom I don't know, who doesn't know me, and maybe he needs a father..." "Right?" "Filipe, I never told you stories, because I wouldn't know how." "Everybody knows how ..." "There are plenty of things that We haven't done together, but in this vacation you'll have me by your side every day and all nights, ok?" "What Would you like to do tomorrow?" "I don't know..." "Wanna go fishing?" "ok..." "Do You know how to fish?" " No..." " never mind, I'll teach you!" "What are you reading?" "Do You like to read?" "And also write, too?" "Sometimes..." "Don't you have a diary?" "No..." "I had one when I was your age," "I used to write about everything that happened to me..." "I started to write diary when my father died..." "Well... cya tomorrow... cya tomorrow." "sleep well." "are you happy to be with me?" "I was happy to be with my father for the first time ever but I also felt he wasn't as happy as he looked and I tought it was very strange to be with him in this house and on this island, all by ourselves..." "Pass me the bait and a hook please." "pass me the hook." "pull it there." "yeah. go on, keep pulling, slowly, slowly, this is done slowly." "yeah, that's right." "done." "dad!" "I'm glad you held on to your fishing rod." "you don't have a high fever... here, drink." "O, shit!" "it's hot and bitter!" "It must be, it's good for you." "Do you want me to bring your magazines?" "I got a headache... the best you can do is to try to get some sleep." "if you want to pee, do it here." "don't go to the toilet, just in case you catch a cold." "Do you think you'll do a poo?" "then you don't need toilet paper." "Is there anything else you would like?" "what are you going to do?" "I will just go for a walk... don't worry, I won't get lost." "close the curtains a bit, if you please... have you ever been fishing?" "Do you ask because of what i did today?" "you don't need to do stuff you don't know about just to please me." "first time I saw Joana, was from behind, in the midle of the room, playing violin:" "looked like an angel." "I was so stunned that I totally forgot about my dad" "Then i realised what it mean to fall in love from the first site" "who are you?" "I'm Filipe..." "I'm Pedro..." "How old are you?" "thirteen..." "I'm forteen already." "what's your shoe size?" "37... mine is 42." " do you have a girlfriend?" " No... never had one?" " so..never touched a girl?" "!" " No... never kissed?" "I'm gonna have to teach you all about it." "are you here on vacation with your family?" "I'm alone with my dad." "what about you you guys?" "we're alone, without our dad!" "is he dead?" "No... two years ago he went to America to work..." "And has never come back." "Now he wants to divorce our mum." " why?" " because he met another woman!" "our father fell in love with an american woman," "and wants to marry her..." "What are you going to do about it?" " we're going to get him back!" " are you going to America?" "Yes, we are." "If your father left you wouldn't you go get him back?" "I am not sure..." "Joana, is it hard to live without a dad?" "hard enough, if he leaves and doesn't care about us." "and what if you live with him but he doesn't care about you?" "I don't know, Filipe, but it's probably worse... why don't we get used to live without a dad?" "if he dies, we have to get used it, right?" "!" "yes...if he dies we have to get used to it..." "I was chatting with Joana about my dad, but what I really wanted was to ask her" "Now that I know you, could you please don't go?" "what are you drawing?" " My father..." " Your father?" "Doing what?" "That's my father when he was a baby, with his mother changing his nappies..." "Who's that man in uniform that is looking at the baby?" "He is a sailor..." "It's your grand -grandpa, who is shouting at him." "Why is he shouting?" "My Grandpa was a sailor like yours and when he came back from the sea" "He used to shout at my father." "He didn't like him much" "He would say that my father wasn't his real son..." "Oh, Filipe!" "what a nonsens is that?" "!" "father was a sailor too?" "No, Ms. Paula, my father was a high-school teacher, he didnt know how to swim and hated to be on a boat!" "Why do you do this to your father?" "Ms. Paula didn't know us or aything about our lives, that's why she didn't know what i was drawing," "I wanted to set things straight with my dad." "And the light that the sun gives me isn't enough to warm me up" "The love that the world offers doesn't come to say that all is ok." "you were never with me." "And i grow up just behind you Without even seeing your eyes" "Looking at the mirror and calling for someone in hope to find you here." "I'm never with you." "I can't change the past, Filipe..." "I'm very sorry, but i can't." "I would like that this holiday may help you to forget the past.." "I know that you suffered because I'd never had time to be with you, but now we are here..." "just the two of us together and we can do things we'd never done before... why haven't you had any time to be with me?" "Because of my work and of my success... they were more important than you." "And i was afraid to get tied up with looking after you..." "You have never played soccer with me... you have never entered my bedroom, not even when i was sick... you never wanted to know anything about my school... you have never asked me if i had a girlfriend... and do you have a girlfriend?" "Dad, you didn't really want me to be born, did you?" "You didn't, did you?" "No, Filipe, i didn't want to..." "I always told your mother that i didn't want to have any children!" "Why?" "Because i always thought that kids tie up one's life, they make us become dependent on them, they don't let us live our lives the way we would like to!" "Then why was i born in the first place?" "Because your mother wanted so." "Filipe, i love you very much." "Why have we came here?" "because I haven't got much time left to live." " Are you sick?" " Yes." "Do you have AIDS?" "No.." "I've a lungs cancer ..." "And it has no cure?" "No, there isn't any..." "Not,if discovered too late." "When you are going to die?" "In few months perhaps..." "Once i heard mother saying to grandma that you were always dreaming to die in Açores..." " Is it why we came here?" " Yes..." "When i first visited this islands, you weren't even born yet, i wrote to your mother saying" "That once i get old I would wish to come to die here" "Does it mean that after this holiday I'll return back home alone?" "Yes, that what it means..." "I felt inside me a huge burn as if someone was pokeing a hot iron in to my chest..." "I didn't want my father to see me crying," "I just swallowed all the tears in never ending silence." "Are these oxens going to be killed now?" "Yes, tomorrow." "Today they are on disply to see if they make a good meal to see how fat they are." "And God likes them to be killed?" "It seems, He does." " Have you ever seen the way they are killed?" " Yes, with the ax blow to the heads," "Then they open their chests and let the blood out to a bowls." "what a horror..." "That's the way." "Are we going to have a snack?" "During the war, in Angola, I killed many blacks!" "Old, Young, you name it, anybody that crossed my path." "Only in one day, I had killed over 20 Blacks, when suddenlly..." "Bang!" "I stapped on a mine and it blasted me 20 meters up!" "I fell down with no legs left and i was almost dead." "And do you know who carried me on his back," "For 2 days and 2 nights, through the jungle?" "A Black man!" "Yes, sir. a Black!" "I had been enjoying myself by killing blacks and it was one of them who saved my life!" "Two days and nights, through the rain, with me on his back, back to the camp!" "One Black..." "Big bastard." "Do you know what he said after i thanked him?" "Don't thank me just because you feel guilty and sad" "Because these feelings will hount you for the rest of your life" "They will be worse than if you just dropped dead" "And you!" " will you pay for Rodinhas' beer?" "We will!" "Father, Have you killed Blacks in Africa too?" "Yes..." "With a machine-gun?" "Yes..." "Wasn't it hard for you to kill them?" "Yes, Filipe it was very hard..." "If i didn't have to defend my life i would never have killed anybody." "Did you suffer a lot in Africa?" "A little bit..." "I've seen some of my friends die... others became like Rodinhas." "It was the war that has changed you, didn't it?" "Why do you ask this?" "Because of your old photos:" "before you had long hair, and you would never wear a tie you were always amongst your friends, you used to hug mother a lot..." "It wasn't only the war..." "After the war ended there was a big celebration in the country," "And with all that joy many people hoped that their lives and the world will change for the better." "But when the party was over we realized that nothing will change, and the world remains the same as it was yesterday and will be the same tomorrow." "It is only us, the people that will change, Filipe," "As we grow up and stop dreaming." "Did you stop dreaming?" "I would like you to, dad." "After i learnt my father and all about his life," "It helped me to understand mine and the world around me." "And once we understand it we are ready to accept it." "Do you like the Portuguese people?" "Oh, yes... they are wonderful people, very kind... I like very much the American women..." "Oh yeah?" "!" "Why?" "Because they are special!" " Do you have a boyfriend?" " No... has ever a boy asked you to be your boyfriend?" "yes, but i always declined." "Why did you?" "Becuase I didn't like them." "Were they younger than you?" "Some were younger , others were not." "I've never imagined that i would ever see a sunrise with you..." "Dad, what was your age when your father died?" " I was around your age..." " How did he died?" " he killed himself..." " Why?" " he was unhappy about his life..." " Did you miss him a lot?" "I did..." "My father was a very good man, he had a lot of patience with me." "We were also great friends... if he loved you so much, how could he leave you like that?" "I've never learnt why he commited suicide" "Mother never talked about it But she grieved over it a lot... people kill themselves as a result of great suffering." "So.. you and grandmother were poor?" "We were..." "Why do you ask all that?" "did you marry mum to become rich?" "No, Filipe, when i married your mom i was already a lawyer!" " But in her father's office..." " Who told you that?" "I used to hear grandma Mariana saying to mum that you married her to inherit grandpa's office..." "Your grandma Mariana never liked me..." "Why have you married mum?" "When your mother got pregnant, your grandpa learnt about it and became furious." "I was just a simple trainee in his office... he demanded that your mother would not have that baby, but she wanted you ..." "So your grandpa forced us to get married... after that he made me his partner." " But You could refuse to get married?" " I suppose, I could..." "And if you hadn't married mum maybe I would't have been born..." "Dad, are you affraid of dying?" "Yes, I am..." "Affraid of loosing me or loosing your office and your success?" "for loosing you, Filipe." "Hey, hey you,there!" "~you can't just swim naked!" "Im sorry, But we didn't know..." "This is not France here!" "where people can swim naked but not here!" "what if a lady or a girl walks by?" "and see you this way?" "Did you think of that?" "are you normal?" "We just thought that at this time of the day nobody would walk here..." "So you thought?" "Well, you are wrong!" "You didn't think of me passing by, did you?" "What if i take your clothes?" "ha?" "How would you get back home?" "What do you really want?" "!" "Do you want me to come and talk to you, is that it?" "!" "I want to see you walking naked!" "Are you dumb or what?" "how ungratefull..." "One day you will miss me here..." "When i won't be here looking after you you will regret that..." "And you, my boy, arn't you worry that you'll get your..." "Ungratefull..." "Bunch of ungratefull bastards ..." "Were you born in Africa?" "Yes..." " And what did you do in Africa?" " I used to tame elephants." " The big ones?" "!" " The big ones and small as well." " How did you do that?" " By talking to them," "I would give them a bath, walk with them, and play with them and at night i would tell them stories." " Is that so?" " Yes, it's the truth!" "And they never stepped on you?" "Never." "The elephants are very carefull with people they like." "Do you miss them?" "I do a lot." "Why don't you go back ?" "Because there is a war and a famine in Africa at the moment." "and all the elephants are dying." "Girls are same as us:" "they only think of sex!" "Maybe even more than us, it seems!" "They all want what we want:" "a bull fight!" "Do you know Paula from the pharmacy?" "hasn't she ever invited you to weigh yourself when her father isn't there?" "guess not... you are still a youngster..." "She let people like myself in and weigh us and then there is a great bull fight." " Why?" " Because what takes your weight is the table" " What does she do?" "everything!" "everything goes!" "we only can't brake her verginity," "All the rest is allowed!" "Pedro  do you think your sister is like all the others?" "The hell she isn't!" "I haven't cought her yet" "But I bet that she and her teacher don't just play violin!" "How old is her teacher?" "How would I know?" "!" "about you dad's age?" "Sometimes young girls prefer an older man..." "They think that the oldies have more experience than us!" "One more beer please!" "you are very quiet..." " Its because of Joana?" " yes..." " Are you in love with her?" " I think so..." " How long?" " Since the day I've met her..." " And does she know?" " No..." " Aren't you thinking of telling her?" " I am not sure..." "What do men do when men like women?" "well, we tell her..." " Or we show it to her..." " How do you show it?" "By being close to her, giving her attention, offering presents, by shoing planty of affection and kindness ," "By showing an interest in her life, and life of her family..." "Does her brother knows that you are in love for her?" "I think so..." "He told me that when I masturbate I must do it while thining of his sister!" "Do you masturbate?" "No." "But i tell Pedro that i do, just not to upset him!" "What else did Pedro taught you?" "Everything all about it!" "..." " Everything?" "!" "..." " Yes, everything!" "..." "Dad..." "What?" "what if i go to America with them?" "Would you leave your mother?" "No..." "I would go with them to America, I would get a job there," "First I would marry Joana, and then I would come to get mum." "In America people earn a lot of money!" "that's nice... it doesn't seem bad to me... but i guess, you should think it over." "It's a serious decision..." "Why?" "because it is always dangerous to leave behind people we love." "We might loose them." "But in that case I will loose Joana..." "It's a choice you have to make." "Do we always have to make choices?" "One of the most dreadful thing in our lives is the life itself," "It's the choices that we must always make.." "Sometimes I almost fear to grow up..." "And where are we going at this time of the night?" " Nowhere..." " Nowhere?" "So, your father knows where his boy is going at night, doesn't he?" "Or are we going to ask your dad?" "where is the boy going at this time of the night?" " Nowhere!" "let me go!" " Let's ask your dad." "Filipe!" "Filipe!" "Come here Filipe!" "So ungrateful." "Such a bunch of ungratefulls." "Are you really going to America?" "yes..." " Can I go with you?" " Yes, what about your father, though?" "my father isn't the only person I love!" "But your father will die soon..." "Why do you want to come with me to America anyway?" "Because I like you." "I like you to, but it's bit too early for you to leave your family." "you are more important to me than my family." "When you get older, and if you sill like me," "You could meet me then.." "You will get a boyfriend before I grow up." "No." "I promise not to." "take this, so as to remember your promise." "Did you go out yesterday?" "yes, i did..." "Did you go to see Joana?" "Yes,I did..." "Did you tell her that you were in love with her?" "No." " You didnt kiss her either?" " No." "Why do you and mom make a love only when you go out at night?" "or on Sunday mornings?" "What?" "!" "How do you know that?" "!" "Because many times i was at the door of your bedroom listening to you both making love." " Did you actually walked into our bedroom?" "Only to the door... have you ever entered?" "No..." "I was always afraid to see..." "See what?" "At first, I didn't know what it was all about," "I thought that you were hurting mum." "When i already knew what you were doing," "I was afraid to see... please..." " What do you want?" " One tonic gin..." "Tonic gin?" "!" "do you drink tonic gin?" "No..." "I was only joking." "I want a coke." "A coke, a cofee and a sparkling water, please." "Do you want a newspaper?" "No..." "Don't worry about me, you could read freely It does not bother me." "Have you ever talked to mum about your journeys to our bedroom door?" "Are you crazy?" "!" "These aren't the type of conversations to have with one's mother!" "No, they are not.." "I didn't speak with mum, but I spoke with grandma Mariana ..." "Have you spoken with grandma?" "!" "Yes." "Who else would you want me to talk to?" "to the neighbours?" "No..." "I would't want you to talk to the neighbours about it..." "Anyway, what did she tell you?" "that if I eves drop again and hear you and mum in bed..." "She would make a real hell out of our living!" " It would had to be!" " Excuse me..." "Have you made love with other women, besides mum?" " I did..." " Are they all the same?" " In what way "the same"?" " in making love." "Are they all the same in it?" "They are... well, then they aren't..." " I dont know!" "I really dont know..." " Don't you?" "!" "What the hell of a conversation is that?" "why do you want to talk about all this?" "And With grandma in it?" "I definately don't want you to speak with grandma ..." "I want you to speak with me..." "Then tell me if women are all the same during making love!" "yes...they are all the same..." "Basically women and men are the same..." "Like animals, like dogs, and cats... then there are also differences..." "People differ from each other" "There are some to be more interested... with more spirit... more..." "Damn it!" "I don't know!" "I just don't know!" "I don't know any more!" "When you grow up you will see for yourself!" "What was your age when you made love for the first time?" "16 years old... that late?" "!" "Can't we make love erlier?" "we can, of course we can..." "Then why didn't you do it ?" "I didn't do it because an opportunity wasn't there!" "What a conversation!" "Don't you like to talk about women?" "yes,I do but..." "What do you think of Joana?" "She is funny..." "Do you think i can ask her to make love with me?" "I dont know... well..." "maybe it's better... better What?" "..." "Maybe you shouldn't invite her..." " Is she too old for me?" " well...." "And also..." "Alright then... i won't ask her." "Poor father." "He became so uncomfortable with my questions that" "He wouldn't even realise, it was the most beautifull day in my holiday ." "Finally i could talk with him." "Like a man to man about the subject, every man likes to talk about," "The women!" "Can't you see it, whitie?" "Your father married Joana!" "And you?" "Don't you want to marry me?" "well?" "Don't you?" "Catch the whitie, catch him!" "Catch the whitie who is going to marry me, Catch him!" "Catch the whitie who is going to marry me, Catch him!" "Catch that white boy!" "He is going to marry me, Catch him!" "Catch the whitie!" "Catch this white boy -he is going to marry me!" "Catch him!" "You shouldn't have left your mother!" "Its your all fault!" "We must never leave our mothers!" "Mother..." "Mother..." "Mother..." "Wake up Filipe!" "there, there son, Wake up son!" "it's over, it's all over... there...there now.." "it was just a dream... but the pain in my chest was huge all the same." "In dreams it is harder to run away from the things that make us suffer, becuase they are inside us, inside our heads." "just calm down, im going to get some water." "Filipe, you have a visitor." "Can I come in?" "of course you can!" "..." " How do you feel?" " Well..." "Do you still have fever?" "I'm affraid so..." "Who told you that I am sick?" " Your father..." " My father?" "!" "Yes..." " Are you leaving tomorrow?" " Yes..." "Filipe..." "I like you very much." "And I will never forget you." "It was my first love kiss..." "that day..." "until it got dark I haven't opened the eyes nor have I moved my mouth" "So as not to let escape that hot and permfumed smell." "On the day that Joana and Pedro left I realized that the holiday has ended and after that it was only me who had to leave." "Do you miss your mother and grandma?" "No..." " is it hard to deal with them?" " Sometimes..." "The scary empire of women!" "Have you enjoyed this holiday?" "Have you sorted out everything between us?" "Don't be sad." "You will always remember me and this holiday!" "A gift for you." "I would like that the first thing you could write in that diary would be a story about me." "would you?" "Good... now, could you come over and sit here next to me... on your lap?" "The music that I always listen to is written be a man who's name is Bach." "He was a great composer, a splendid organist," "And, above all, a great man, loved by everybody" "By wife, sons and many other people." "Then he had to leave for a while then returned home only to learn that his wife and two children were dead." "He visited their graves, praying for their souls..." "After the return back home he wrote in his diary:" "Please,God, don't rob me of all the happiness i have left inside me" "My father didn't want to take me to the airport." "He told me that leaving by a taxi isn't the same as leaving by a plane." "When someone gets into a taxi nobody says goodbye for ever..." "Suddenly, my father started dancing." "It was an attempt to leave me with an illusion that it wasn't a goodbye" "And for me to remember him filled with happiness" "Back home.." "I could smell dad's scent trapped in the clothes." "He will never leave my heart." "Have you finished your essay, Filipe?" "Yes, Mis.." "Leave it up here on the desk..." "What is it?" ""Goodbye, father"?" "..." " Has he left you, Filipe?" " No, Mis..." "Perhaps you've left him?" "No, Mis... my father has died..." "What?" "!" "Filipe!" "..." "Filipe!" "..." "Where are you going at this time?" "Nowhere!" "..home let me go home!" "And who authorized you to go home, my boy?" "Let me go!" "leave me alone!" "Filipe!" "Filipe!" "Come back, Filipe!" "Filipe, come here!" "So ungratefull!" "..." "Hello Filipe..." "Hi." "Your magazines haven't arrived yet." " I wanted to buy this diary." " Buying for yourself or for a gift?" " It's for me." " Then a gift for you it is." "Thank you very much." " Hello." " Hi..." " would you like to go for a walk?" " no... have you messed up something at school?" "No..." "My parents are signing divorce papers today" "Is your father here, then?" "No... his lawyer will sign them." "We both are going to spend Christmas holiday with him!" "I've already found out whom my sister is going out with!" " whom with?" "..." " Bruno from the fifth floor!" "I've seen both in the garden holding hands, kissing and hugging each other..." "He rubbed her breasts and put the hands under her skirt..." "A couple more dates and my sister's virginity is gone!" "Who is it?" "Is Pedro at home?" "No." "He is riding his bike." "Are you Filipe by chance?" "Yes..." "Would you like to leave a message for my brother?" "No." "I am sorry, I am in the middle of a violin lesson - got to go." "Maria has come from London." "She brought some beautiful suits." "A bit excentric for my taste." "You should go there for shopping." "That way you would also rest." " I don't need to go out, mother." " Yes you do, take a trip somewhere, do some shopping, meet interesting people." "I used to do this when your father went overseas." "You're very quiet... how was your day at school?" "was it nice?" "Yes, it was..." "Anything new?" "The same things as yesterday..." "Haven't you done anything today?" " I've written an essay..." " About what?" "My last holiday..." "What have you written?" "I guess..about our last trip to Sintra?" "and about the fall of your grandma?" "Surely in the way I taught you..." "It surely helped you, didn't it?" "May I come in, madam?" "Yes." "The doctor's driver brought some groceries." " Do you want anything from him?" " Yes, I do." "Ask him to come over." "Filipe, do you know why your teacher wants to talk to me?" "No..." "She's rang and asked if I could drop in to school tomorrow." "Have you done anything wrong?" "Good afternoon, madam." "Mrs. Mariana..." "Hello..." " Good afternoon, young Filipe." " Good afternoon." "Mr. Amadeu, tomorrow afternoon I will need you to pick me up" "I must go to Fillipe's school" " What time, madam?" " About 3 o'clock." "Is that OK?" "Alright, madam." "The Doctor has already told me he wouldn't need me for the whole day..." "And you are planning to take Fillipe to the fooball match, Don't you?" "Yes I woould like to,madam!" "It's going to be a great game!" " Is the doctor coming this afternoon?" " I wouldn't know, madam." "The Doctor asked me to bring the shopping and pick him up, but he didn't say what time he is going to go back home..." "Okay then, Mr. Amadeu, thank you very much..." "See you tomoorow." "See you tomorrow, madam." "Madam Mariana..." "Good afternoon, little Filipe." "See you on Sunday." "Good afternoon." "You will only go after you go to the church with me!" "For almost a month you are giving me excuses not to go with me!" " Mother..." " What?" "Do you rather he goes to watch football with that nigger than to go to church?" "God knows what that man teaches him!" "Mother, can I go to my bedroom?" "Yes..." "Mother, why haven't you done what your father had wanted?" "My father?" "..." " What did he want?" " He didn't want me to be born!" "Let him see what he can get, tell him to use diferent names if he has to." "And about the small donation.." "OK, we'll go in now..." "About the one outside, speak with Sharon." "and tell her to buy some gold..." "off shore Gibraltar..." "No, no, just the 2 millions we released last week." "This is getting pretty difficult with Yeltsin in power." "IF the guy goes crazy it will be a big mess... yes, indeed, it's better to jump in now..." "Fine, That's all for now." "I'll call him tomorrow from Paris." "Ok..." "See you tomorrow." "Thanks..." "Hi?" "Carmo?" "Is everything alright?" "Is Joao at home?" "How are the kids?" "Yes he is." "He is fine, must be asleep, I haven't seen him today yet." "Kisses." "Joao?" "How did that happen?" "Congratulations!" "Our friend Jardim must be dying, mustn't he?" "One thing more- our first one will be a bit streched!" "Look, for me that's totally irrelevant." "No, that's not the problem." "If somehow, he falls, I will completely go down." "No, it isn't just the bag." "The question is that I have guys stuck in a set of constructions, in "Expo" and "Nova Ponte"." "If this change..." "I'm completely screwed up." "I can't, I'm going to Paris, to the nautic saloon." "To see if i can replace the little boat." "OK, we will lunch her next week, Deal." "Bye, take care."