2023-06-22 20:04:17Josias welcomes Teresa with curiosity. He leads her to one of the sofas and gestures to the drinks table.
“Can I get you anything, Tess?”
“No thanks, Josias. I need your help with a sensitive matter. Last year, you said you could always help us.”
“I’m always willing to help my people.” Josias smiles and sits down on the other couch, “Tell me, Tess, what’s the matter? Money? Beto needs to undergo an urgent operation and you want me to shelter Pedro in the mansion?”
“Beto is fine, but he will indeed have a heart attack caused by Rosemary, just as Vera unintentionally triggered my late father-in-law’s cardiac arrest.”
Josias is even more worried, “Oh, God, what happened to Rosemary?”
“She wrote me a letter asking me not to tell her father.” Teresa begins to explain awkwardly, “She wrote that she met a boy from an important family and they
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