you to move in

ied smile and leaned

decide that. Suddenly she's thinking of living in the mansion. I will never take away

wounded pride. At that moment Mistress Cleuza arrived with a tra

red of her husband in her eyes. She had been married to him for a long tim

Flauber said quietly. "T

id not know how, got a glimpse of her younger. She was a young woman still. She must have gotten p

been placed on the table. He noticed that Erick's rema

aid and turned to Mistress Cleusa. "Thank you Ms. Cleuza. Both the dinner and

was closed, and turned off the lamp. And so she went room by room. When she climbed the stairs to the bedrooms, she saw light underneath Sigrid's room. She looked at the door opposite hers, which was Astrid's room, and saw that it was unlit. She knocked. As there was no answer, she went in, imagining that she might have slept with the candle lit. B

to marry the man you love and they will be able to have

her suffer with his rejection. She was furious with her mother. Even though she understood that her mother should have had no way out. Her grandfather had bought her a husband so that she would not have the fate of

igrid. I... I don't eve

eginning. I want t

uza sighe

as my father's

You were

ught we were going out for ice cream, we were just making an excuse to meet each other out of their sight. And so we had our first kiss. All our experiences were unique and first time for both of us. His eyes were the same color as yours. He also had golden hair. He was a good man. Erick started visiting my parents around this time. I didn't pay much attention, because he was eight years older than me, and that, in adolescence, is a big age difference. Then he asked for my hand. But I made a scandal and did not accept. By this time, I was already fourteen years old and had already crossed the limits of decency with his father. I became pregnant. The two of us were two children. We didn't k

eing held hostage by this man.... Be

es. An etern

t you try to look

made sure we never saw each other again. Our country is huge. And I ended up on a farm. I would have no way to meet him again. I'm sorry, my daughter. May

o you stil

her eyes. Her daughte

pped loving him. It's a kin

Do you stil

ing for me. That's why you and Astrid are four years apart. Erick had been pushi

e with me and Flauber as

of interest pass throu

n't leave her with only her father's influence. I want you to b

ds me, I promised him we'd talk about it bef

k her to remote places, memories hidden by

coming to finish the deal with y

n't gotten

hat candle and go to sleep. I'm going to

ter. She knew she would be happy. And sh