It was Saturday morning, I was at home playing with Pedro on the carpet and Melissa was lying on the couch. We were chatting very animatedly. The meetings at Alessandro's house didn't happen every Saturday anymore, only when Alencar had something very important to inform. But today we would have the day off and we were planning what to do.

My cell phone rang on the kitchen counter and I went to answer it. When I looked at the screen, I recognized the number as belonging to the doctor's office a