“You know, Luís, I’m feeling weak, I need to go back in. We’ll play more tomorrow. Cable cars and whatever else you want.”
He nodded and slowly followed me back to the house. He was still too young to know the truth.
I didn’t want to go anywhere near the ditch or the Amazon river. I didn’t want to see Pinkie with his spell broken.
Luís didn’t know that the tiny white flower had been our goodbye.
Chapter Eight
MANY ARE THE OLD TREES
The news was confirmed before nightfall. Apparently peace was to reign once again over our home and family.
Father took me by the hand and sat me on his lap in front of everyone. He rocked the chair slowly so I wouldn’t get dizzy.
“It’s all over, son. Everything. One day you’ll be a father and you’ll see how difficult certain moments in a man’s life are.
Nothing seems to go right, and you feel a desperation that’s never-ending. But not any more. I’ve been made a manager at the Santo Aleixo Factory.
Your shoes will never be empty at Christmas again.He paused. He would never forget that Christmas for the rest of his life.
“We’re going to travel a lot. Mother won’t need to work any more, or your sisters. Do you still have the medallion with the Indian on it?”
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