2021-10-25 19:08:28Isabel and Flávia are talking about Adolfo's news. The two are sitting on the sofa. The radio plays "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel.
"Jeez, I'm still digesting."
Isabel comments patiently, "I know it's hard for you, Flávia, but try to see the positive side."
Flavia gets annoyed, "What positive side? I can only see the fact that my mother was so bitter that she literally forced my father to be an adulterer!"
Isabel doesn't know how to counter that argument, "Yeah, your mom really wasn't easy."
"I wonder if she found out that my father had another wife and a child, what would it have been? Surely she would have murdered him, as she had tried many times."
Isabel doesn't settle for this detail, "Forgive me for asking, dear, but... did your mother never think of taking a psych exam?"
Flávia sinks into the sofa with an ironic laugh, "My mother was one of those people who thought she was the only sane person in the world
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