Their company continued to thrive, now with a branch in Canada. And there was another piece of news many spoke about with joy: Luzia, Gabriel’s mother, had married an American widower with no children, finding at his side a new chance at love.

Isabela and Felipe were there as well, accompanied by their adopted children, ten-year-old Lorenzo and six-year-old Larissa. Choosing to welcome siblings so they would not be separated showed exactly who they had become: a family that chose love every sin