I DEDICATE THIS WORK OF FICTION TO THE CITY OF SAINTS, AND TO ALL PEOPLE, WHO ARE BORN WITH A HEART READY TO HELP OTHERS, WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN, JUST WITH THE DESIRE TO GIVE WITHOUT EXPECTING TO RECEIVE.
THE TWINS
THE TWINS, SALOMÃO AND SALOMÉ, BORN INTO THE NOBILITY OF A WEALTHY FAMILY, CHILDREN OF THE HUMBLE, COMPASSIONATE, AND GOOD-NATURED MR. MORDOQUEU SANTIAGO, AND THE NOT-SO-KIND MRS. LUCEFA SANTIAGO.
ROUGH, RUDE, AND COLD, THE SPANISH COUPLE CAME TO SANTOS IN 1950, THEY WERE BOTH 30 YEARS OLD, THEY ARRIVED BRINGING WITH THEM SOME GOLD BAR, WHICH, SUPPORTED BY SPANISH SOCIETY IN SANTOS, MADE NUMEROUS INVESTMENTS.
THE BIGGEST OF THEM IS A RESTAURANT CHAIN, WHICH WAS MANAGED, BY THE IRON ARM AND HARD HEART, MRS. LUCEFA SANTIAGO, WHO LOVED THE MONEY AND THE FAMILY FORTUNE, WHICH THEY MADE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, WAS ALWAYS ATTENTIVE TO EVERY DAILY BILLING. .
SALOMÃO AND SALOMÉ WERE BORN IN SANTOS IN 1968, WHERE THE ELECTED MAYOR AT THAT TIME WAS MR. ESMERALDO TARQUÍNIO, THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTOS.
BUT DUE TO THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, HE COULDN'T TAKE OFFICE, THE TWINS WERE BORN WITH THE BEAUTY OF THEIR PARENTS, SALOMÃO AND SALOMÉ, BOTH DARK-HAIRED, AND BEAUTIFUL GREEN EYES, EVERYONE WAS ENCHANTED WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
THEY EVEN POSED FOR A MAGAZINE OF THE TIME, AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF SAINTS, THE PARENTS WERE FULL
INDIA RUDÁ LEFT THE FOREST TO CHARM THE WORLD WITH ITS FOOTBALL.
THE KAZARRANS SISTERS, DID NOT KNOW THEIR PAST, BUT THEY LIVED INTENSIVELY ALL THE PRESENT, LOVE, POWER AND FAME WERE INTERRUPTED BY A TRAGIC FUTURE.
CHRONICLE TELLS THE STORY OF A COURAGEOUS WOMAN WHO FOUND IN THE PROFESSION OF DAY DAY ARTIST A WAY TO LIVE HAPPILY AND SHARING THE PAIN AND JOYS OF HER DAY DAY DAY FRIENDS.
SHE JUST WANTED PROTECTION, RESPECT AND RECOGNITION, AND THE DESIRE TO BE A SOCIALITE, AT ANY COST.
WORK TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO LIVED A TRUE AND FAITHFUL SUBMISSION OF LOVE
WORK TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS BORN AND LIVED WITH A GIFT THAT WAS HIS GIFT TO SEE AND SPEAK WITH DEATH
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