Chapter 41

After dinner, Gabriel, Jussara, and Dona Amélia headed to the opera. The theater was packed, filled with elegantly dressed people chatting animatedly while waiting for the performance to begin. Gabriel felt satisfied with the evening, but that changed the moment he spotted Débora, an ex-girlfriend he hadn’t seen in a long time, walking in the opposite direction.

She looked exactly the same, wearing the same confident smile and a striking red dress. As soon as she recognized him, her