Chapter 47

Gabriel finally returned to the company after several days away, but his expression was heavy, burdened with a sadness that showed in every gesture. He walked through the hallways with his gaze fixed ahead, as if trying to distance himself from everything around him, but memories of Jussara followed him like an unwanted shadow.

Marcos had learned that his father would return to work that day and decided to go see him before lunchtime. He felt he needed to talk, needed to vent, but ab