Realizing that everyone was still trying to process what had just happened, Henri quietly slipped away and followed after Eloá.

He walked down the dark road but couldn't find her. When he reached her house and saw she wasn't there either, he assumed she had taken the road toward Vila São Caetano.

Without hesitation, he got into his car and drove slowly toward the village.

Just as he suspected, he soon spotted a silhouette sitting beneath a tree, almost hidden by the darkness.

He knew immediatel