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2024-10-29 19:42:56Inside the hospital ward where João Paulo is, Elza and Vernon are watching him sleep quietly. The conversation continues in a low tone.
"Content, husband, with your work?" Elza asks with grief.
"I didn’t want to leave my son here." Vernon grumbles, "But it was the only way I could find to make him respect me."
"How do you expect him to respect you from now on?" Elza questions him impatiently.
"If he doesn’t want to come back here, that’s how it will be. I’m tired of him seeing the male role model in Josias." Vernon folds his arms.
"Darling, remember what I told you: It’s no use you disputing anything with Josias because you’ll lose. My son has the protective hand of God and that Everaldo."
"Do you really believe these fairy tales?" Vernon disdains in an atheistic tone.
Elza gives her husband a push.
"I imagine your dear son has ordered you to divorce me." Vernon continues, bitter as a
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