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us to help me out. - How much did he ask for again? - Carol asked, sipping her tea. It was chamomile. Perfect for trying to calm me down, although not even a benzodiazepine would probably
n't think he's as much of a tyrant as people say - I commented, half not realizing what I was doing. My head felt like a sea of āāunconnected thoughts, so it wouldn't
ld continue talking, because my cell phone started ringing. The phone almost fell to the floor, I was so desperate to fiddle with it, and it took me a while to find the button to answer the call. It could have been anything, even an inconvenient telemarketing call, but I soon recognized JoĆ£o's
. Even when he was little, he didn't usually cry over almost anything. If he fell, he would just get up and keep playing. But at that moment, I was torn apart hearing his choked voice
ve us a reasonably good life. JoĆ£o had a childish spirit for many things, he still liked to play, to play ball with the boys in the building, but when it came to serious conversations, he put on the little man's cap of the house. "But I'll find a way. You're going to come h
ow what that bastard did, but JoĆ£o grunted on the other end of the line. - He's fine. But if you take too long, I can't promise that ot
n a nightmare, for sure. Something that would disappear if I just opened my eyes. But it wasn't. It was my reality. I felt a delicate hand on my shoulder, trying to comfort me. On the other side, thin arms wrapped around me, and I realized that they were my fr
e across Nicolas's photo in the middle of what looked like an article from one of those really shitty gossip websites. I was immediately curious, especially because of the headline: "MILLIONAIRE CONSIDER SURROGACY TO BECOME A FATHER". I l
g to a friend, revealing his desire to be a father, even considering the illegal practice of surrogacy to make his dream come true. We had audios
est, Di... do you know anything? - I don't know anything, but it's not like we're friends. - And I don't think we even have to talk about it. - Carol snatched the cell phone from my hand. - If he was so pissed off with th
lly true?" I still doubted it. "I know he lost a son a few years ago, but there's no way he needs to resort to these things. The guy must have a line of women after him." "But it's not easy to trust someone to be the mother of your child, especially
d he be willing to pay more than a hundred thousand for it? Maybe even more... Would he pay when signing the contract? How would it work? "