"Samantha"

As the days passed, the memory of Reinaldo's attack faded, becoming just a very bad moment in the back of my mind. I no longer thought about what had happened, and I no longer had nightmares.

Rômulo had disappeared; that should have calmed me down, but I knew that him leaving me alone for a few days meant he was up to something, and that made me wary. And Nicole, who now appeared frequently near the company building, wouldn't let me forget that Rômulo was still a threat.

To make matters worse, Isabella decided to make an appearance in my life, and it was getting unnerving. The slutty little brat was now causing a scene wherever she saw me, and according to what Melissa told me, she was after Heitor. Even though he had forbidden her from entering the company, she would surround him outside. But neither Isabella nor Nicole scared me; only Rômulo haunted me now. Even so, I tried to carry on with my life as normally as possible.

Mid-afternoon, I had a huge craving for empanadas