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2024-10-29 19:42:56The week after the release of the third issue of Maggiezine, Vernon told Elza and João Paulo that he wasn't going to go to work.
In the kitchen, he has a strange cough.
Elza finishes brewing her coffee and stares at her husband suspiciously, "Are you going to have breakfast to warm up, or do you want me to make you some orange tea?"
"Where's the orange tree around here?" Vernon sneezes loudly and "blows" his nose with great emphasis.
João Paulo is aloof when he appears, "Oops, what's that crazy flu, Dad? Mom, I'm going to eat in the living room, it can be contagious."
"No, it's your father who's going to leave here." Elza determines, "Go to bed, honey, I'll get your breakfast in bed."
Vernon smirks when he learns that he will be pampered by his wife. He retreats sneezing more dramatically than ever.
"What happened to him? Allergy?" João Paulo doesn't want to let the matter drop.
"Let's see, I hope there isn
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