The revelation hit the celebration like a bomb.

For a moment, time seemed to stop.

The conversations died. Smiles froze. Everyone exchanged confused glances, trying to process what Eloá—still standing in the center of the gathering—had just said.

Denise slowly approached her, eyes wide and lips parted as if searching for words that simply wouldn't come.

Saulo, meanwhile, remained frozen in place, his gaze locked on his daughter as he tried to comprehend the true weight of what he had just heard