From victim to mobster

in the gate, thanki

so as not to miss the closing of the gates and it was a long way from there to home again. He'd eaten a packet

nting, or something else, but my head would start to ache absurdly when I was about to fill in the answer sheet and it wouldn't stop until I was asleep. So she was looking forward to this moment, bu

when she saw the note nailed to the fr

n the kitchen. I hope you don't intend to go to bed leaving this kitchen in th

she shared with her sisters, got some clothes and went to take a shower. She put her hair up in a ponytail and cleaned the entire ki

nths' time. She had to find a way to get out of her mother's house, whether or not she passed the entrance exam. I

ed a public technical college. They call it vestibulinho, because it would be a technical course together with h

faces, wrote "bichete" on their foreheads, sprayed cheap deodorant and shaving cream

tention than the huge smile on her face. Everyone who got on the bus and looked at her smiled and congratulated her. And when she got home, her mother went crazy, tell

er dedication to her studies, convinced her mother t

ls, brushed her teeth and went to bed before her parents arrived with her sisters. She wante

As it was finals week, everyone was focused

he was blond, green-eyed, with perfect teeth, tall, athletic, with dimples in his cheeks. Polite, kind, a very nice person. If he wasn't involved in cri

table and Paola welcomed him. He walked in with a very serious face, and Alicia's heart stopped a beat. What would the nex

s hand and kissed No

rought you some

Fernando. W

of the house next year, because in February, a dentist st

ers jumped together and started screaming with happiness, then Paola went

o reason to. Alícia was hugging her father, who was cong

ple do you know who got into USP? It's ve

o know that. But you're not clever. You passed, but you're not going to stu

not going t

just 4 hours like at school. You'll have to leave early and come back late. Who's going to do your chores around the house? What's worse, you won't have to pay tuition and registration fees, but you

. I'll manage, but I'm g

have to look after th

house and look after your daughters, as if I were the woman of the house. But now it's my future, my choices, I'm a

h to your sister, your father and F

in the living room, her mother tu

guardian. If you wait until you're of age, you'll mis

a father,

r father is going to do s

ou want to

before you enroll, and get m

know who I'm going t

ment. You'll already be enrolled. So you'll seal the engagement with the fir