Lily to he
t with the broom and various other tasks I had been doing since I woke up in the morning. It's always like this in the summer, especiall
nd meeting up with my boyfriend. I was in the process of putting away the cleaning tools for the guests'
"I know you were finishing your shift, but one of our best guest
.." I began
pted. "What's the harm in leaving
y aunt always caters to his every wh
ng for nearly twelve hours, Aunt," I pointed out with wearin
most a month without a single day off since the summer began in Gostoso, one of the most
Luciano always prefers to be attended to by you. After delivering
my aunt. She could become quite cruel when angry, and I wasn't in the physical condition to e
aid, turning away without botherin
ch had become quite common in the last few months. Our relationship had been getting mor
of people, especially young women like me, who had been deceived and fallen for scams involving wor
hen I remembered my aunt's crude words telling me to use my bea
girl," she repeated whenever she had the chance. "If Juliana had your beauty, I'm sure she wouldn't b
ns, as Juliana wasn't the person her mother believed her to be. Besides being quite introverted, she always told me th
packaged and ready for use. I quickly went to one of the chalets in the inn, even though my aunt hadn't told me which one her VIP guest wa
o commented with obvious satisfac
id, trying to hand over the packag
ed in a friendly tone. "I
even though I hadn't given any indication of that. But to avoid my aunt losing customers, I always kept
, "but I made plans to meet with my boyfriend
do that because a simple "no" should be enough. But I couldn't afford to leave a
but then an unwanted suggestion came, "Won't y
dn't want to imply anything remotely personal
my boyfriend,
ssion, I just smiled and excused myself
alked to my aunt's house, conveniently located just a few meters away from the main build
t night, as she would surely assign me some last-minute task. I needed a long and
e were a few pieces of furniture and some visible repairs to be done, but that didn't bother me. Worse than anything else was her personalit
ce with a strong tourist appeal, I might not be able to find a job in any other establishment. Every
who, for some dark mystery, raised me since her sister Lourdes left with a
how kind she was for raising a child who wasn't hers, even though s
y a two-year difference. My cousin and I are very close friends, and despite her mother's difficult
ion at a university in Natal, the state capital, over a hundred kilometers away from SĂŁo M
friend, whom I hadn't seen for days. I decided to surprise Samuel and go to his house. I was sure he would be very happy to see me after s
the waterfront of Gostoso and then take a stro
hes I was wearing into a light and white strappy dress. The night was war
ont of Samuel's house, which was all dark, indicating he wasn't home. As the house had no front walls and was surrounded b
emained silent and stood up. Probably someone had taken advantage of the absence of the homeowners
cluded that I shouldn't report the couple of lovers-it was becoming increas
e people were and was about to descend the veranda stairs and leave
er, S
ize that
, my
ian