Chapter 75

Augusto watched the landscape pass by through the window of the private jet, but his thoughts were miles away. As soon as he boarded for the return to São Paulo, he opened the new phone, now with his old number reactivated. The first thing he did was write to Patrícia.

"Patrícia, please answer me. Where are you?"

He waited a few minutes. No reply. He tried again.

"I need to hear your voice, to know that you’re okay…"

More silence.

With his eyes fixed on the screen, he typed another m