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Julian

I left Eloíse at her house and went to meet Agnelo, from that moment on I would have to race against time to fix the shit I did. I don't regret having shot the Barierre to save my love, with hot blood I didn't think about the consequences of having shot with a weapon that I didn't have the right to have. Now, the sounds of bitches, in addition to destroying my life for years, denounced me for having shot them and Antonio was in a bad way because the shot hit him in the ribs.

Shit, shit, shit! Would the hell in my life never pass?

Brenda was arrested after confessing everything she and her family did, also giving tips where they contained more evidence about Antônio and his dirty schemes, which did not concern me, she was diagnosed with several mental disorders. Harry was the one who denounced me, perhaps with his imbecile and impossible passion for my wife, he increased his hatred towards me.

On top of that, there's still the fortune that the family would have to pay me, along with the government and the psychiatric hospital. They were more angry than ever, and I would have to find a way to get rid of that accusation again. But probably before that I would have to spend some time away from her, the reason for all my fighting.

In the moments we spent together, I tried to make the most of it, maybe I demanded more than I should of her, of her body, but I needed to feel every inch of her being, look at her, hear her beautiful voice. She should have noticed, she was very smart and sometimes she just didn't talk so as not to be inconvenient.

"So, what's in it for me?" I asked Agnelo, shaking his hand when I arrived at the agreed place.

"Here's the thing, the police really want to arrest you, because of Harry's report of you shooting them all. The big problem was the fucking gun! What the fuck were you doing with a fucking illegal gun?" he raged.

"Fuck, it was the only way to save my girl! Understand my side if it was up to you?" I exclaimed feeling guilty for the direction this shit was going to take.

"Well then, my friend. You were free from the asylum, but now you will have to face jail." Said it like it was nothing.

"Are you going to help me or not? Hell!" I shouted, upset with Agnelo's negativism.

"I will. Because as always I'm cleaning up your shit! But that's the plan, you have to turn yourself in, otherwise your name will visit the newspapers again, then I'll take care of the boy out here, he's on the run, some of my partners are trying to find him. When I get my hands on the kid, I'll find a way, that only I know how, to make him withdraw the complaint, do you really think the police are caring about who shoots that little shit? The big problem is the influences of motherfuckers." He explained it to me and I stayed attentive, listening to everything with my heart in my hand.

"So does that mean I have to go to jail? What the fuck!" I snapped angrily. "And until they find that brat? My girl is going to be out there alone with no one to protect her! She's going to be really mad at me, shit I can't do that to her." I regretted trying to hold back the urge to run back to her and take her in my arms, get into my car and escape the world, just the two of us.

"Worse will be if your name goes back to the papers, and another thing, it's temporary. I already said I'll fix it as possible. I'll protect the girl for you soon, nothing bad will happen to her. You have my word." I took several deep breaths, adrenaline was coursing through my veins, my heart was like a drum. But I trusted Agnelo.

It was the only way. But I wouldn't do another stupid thing, first of all I would tell her the truth, as my little girl was wonderful and understanding, I was sure she would understand and face this together with me. If she really loved me, as I loved her and was willing to go into another captivity just to spend the rest of my days by her side.

I settled the last details with my friend and went home, I needed that moment alone to think about many things, including how to tell Eloíse that I was going to jail and the promise to never leave her would no longer be valid.

I spent the last eight hours without sleeping a wink, I even forgot my cell phone, when I got scared it kept ringing. I looked at the screen and the name made my heart race and a smile appeared on my lips. It was my love.

"Julian! I'm glad you answered!" Her voice was full of fear, she was tense and nervous, she sounded like she was crying.

Eloise

Julian dropped me off at home and I couldn't help the grip in my heart gnawing away. It even hurt sometimes, Julian was hiding something from me, I was sure of it, but he was supposed to tell me when he felt good. We said goodbye with warmth, as always our kisses were hot and full of desire for each other.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw my grandmother dressed up talking on the phone with someone, I went to the kitchen and drank some water, my legs were wobbly and I could barely walk with them closed, there was also the bandage of the cuts that Brenda had done in me, what I decided not to tell grandma.

She was kind of distant the last few days, went out a lot and didn't smile as often, every time she looked at me I saw a different sparkle in her eyes, it was like she communicated with me with her eyes, her hair was also expected, I even complimented her on changing her look, she looked beautiful.

"Daughter." She said entering the kitchen. I automatically missed the warm smile that never left his face, he wasn't there that time, again, and that made my heart squeeze even more.

"Hi grandma. How are you?" I asked in a thin voice, I felt an uncontrollable urge to cry at that moment, her eyes were so sad that I felt in an abyss to see them like that.

"I'm going to go out now. I'll be back in a little while, take care of the house for me. I love you, my princess." She said and kissed my head.

"Where are you going? Can I go with you?" I insisted realizing that she wasn't really well.

"No, it's fine. Wait for me at home, I won't be long. Mister Mollina will accompany me." She said and walked towards the door.

"Fine. I love you." I had the need to speak at that moment.

After she left the door, I felt a cold wind enter through the windows and a strange shiver ran through me, a chill invaded me, I scolded those strange sensations and went to my room. As soon as I got in I went to the bathroom and took a long shower, I started crying compulsively, out of nowhere, I just started crying like crazy. No apparent reasons.

When I got out of the shower, I put on some comfortable old clothes, put my hair in a bun and lay down on my bed. I took the cell phone Julian gave me and sent messages to my friends, Olivia and João, to tell them I had a new cell phone, then sent a message to Julian asking if he was ok, for his non-existent response I didn' t already have one. so sure things around me had finally fallen into place.

Suddenly it started to rain, with that it had been a few hours since I was alone, I dozed a little but I woke up with the noise of the strong wind opening the windows of the house, I ran through all the rooms closing the windows with the latch from the inside . When leaving my grandmother's room, I noticed some dirty papers with red stains inside the trash can, I rummaged through the trash and it looked like blood, what were those bloods there? I felt my heart skip a beat when I heard the door bang open downstairs.

"Link!" It was her voice. Run down the stairs.

"Hi, I'm here. How are you?" I asked and she just smiled.

"I'm fine, have you had dinner? I'll prepare something for you." She said and I noticed her tactic to change the subject.

"Grandma please, I want to know what's going on." I demanded and held her face, her eyes filled with tears at that moment, I saw myself in those eyes, I saw the size of the love there.

"My beautiful granddaughter..." She babbled and started to cry, tears started coming out of my eyes.

"What's up, what's going on?" I asked in a soft voice and held her until she felt better enough to speak.

"I'm sick daughter! I'm dying, your old grandmother is dying..." She confessed between intense tears.

"What are you saying? You're going to live a long time yet." I smirked. "Go see your great-grandchildren, go to my graduation, we're still going to take care of each other a lot... Stop talking nonsense..." I naively wanted her to tell me it was a lie. What kind of bad joke was that grandma?

"It's true my love. You'll have to learn to live without me, okay?" He spoke and my heart broke into countless pieces.

"Never, I don't want to. I don't want to learn to live without you. Please stop saying that, it's making me sad..." I begged once more for me to be in a nightmare and wake up soon .

"I discovered cancer, breast cancer. Daughter, tell the women of the world to prevent themselves against this, it's very painful. It's very advanced and you need to take care of yourself too. I didn't even want to know how many more days I have." I said through tears and at that moment I didn't even have the voice to say anything. We just held each other for hours.

I stroked her hair and felt a few strands come out in my hands. It was my turn to comfort her, my turn to show her that she wasn't alone, that she had me. My world was on the ground, she was my world, Dona Florence, the best woman in the world, that news was like a thud, it was as if the whole universe had been shattered and with it my heart and soul. I was so sad that I didn't even want to breathe, but I needed to show her that I could be strong for both of us, that the whiny girl she raised and spoiled, had turned into a strong woman who could withstand adversity.

A few hours later, she went to bed with my help, later she told me that she had just finished a chemotherapy session and that it was her second, I made a soup with a recipe from the internet and helped her to eat, as well automatically . the memories of when she was the one who did that to me came into my mind.

When she started coughing and the towel came out with blood, I had to control myself as much as possible not to go into my room and cry for hours, she needed me, Dona Florence, my grandmother, my world. Everything about me came down to her, she made me who I am, and I never needed a whole family when I had the woman with the biggest heart in the whole wide world.

We ended up falling asleep in her bed, during the night I woke up feeling her trembling body next to me, I recognized those signs, I had already seen videos on the internet about her, she was having a crisis and was burning with fever. I went into despair not knowing what to do, the only thing that occurred to me was to call Julian, so that he would come and help us.

I grabbed my cell phone while trying to hold his body with my shaking hands, I dialed Julian's number, it was emergency speed dial, quickly he answered.

"Julian! I'm glad you answered!" I exclaimed. "Come to my house quickly! And call an ambulance too." I asked and hung up quickly.

Then I tried to calm my grandmother down and get her attention.