Chapter 4 FIRST MEETING

Alex - All lies daughter, it is gossip from these magazines to make money, I only have one woman in my life, and that woman is you, daddy loves you very much.

Bella - I love you too daddy, so auntie, are you and Dani going with us?

Maria - Okay, you won, but you have to wait until 12 o'clock, I can't leave before Mother Superior won't allow Dani and me to leave before 12 o'clock.

Bella - ebaaaaaa

Alex - No problem, we will wait for 1 hour and we will meet you at the entrance

Maria - If you want you can come to the room with me and you can see how your daughter's class is, in fact, how sweet she is, everyone is worried about her.

Alex - Is it okay if you want me to watch your daughter's class?

Bella - Yes daddy, then everyone will see that my daddy is the most beautiful daddy in the world.

Maria - Then let us go because my little sister, Fabiana, is in my place and it must be a mess.

The three go into the living room and as Maria said it was a huge mess, she comes in and whistles and the whole room becomes quiet

Maria - What kind of mess is this? Where is Sister Fabiana? - She gets up from the floor all dirty and with her face full of stickers - Sister, what have they done to you?

Sister Fabiana - Nothing, Sweetie. I mean, teacher, we were just playing and everyone was worried about Bella.

Maria - I know, well I am back, thank you Sister, I will finish my class.

Dani - Auntie, I mean teacher, how is Bella?

Maria - Everyone sit down - Bella is fine and she will be right back in class, but we have a very special visitor who is going to come in with her.

Dani - who?

Maria - Bella can come in and so can the visitor - Alex enters with Bella on his lap - children this is Mr. Alex, Bella's father, and he will be attending your class, I hope you all behave yourselves

Peter - But aren't you a little old to be attending classes in the 5th grade?

Mary - Stop your nonsense Peter, he is a visitor not a student, he is the father of a student. Princess, you can go back to your seat - Bella sits down next to Dani - And you can choose a seat, feel free.

Laurinha - Wow Bel, your daddy is even more handsome than he looks in the magazines and on TV.

Barbara - He looks like a prince charming.

Peter - Aunt Mah, could you ask these girls to stop talking and stop bothering me?

Maria - But I haven't even started teaching the class yet - laughs - but you are right Peter, girls now is not the time for small talk and more respect to Mr. Mesquita

Alex - Don't worry, they are just kids

Maria - There is very little time left before the end of the class so I will just correct your homework and call each one of you to my desk. Meanwhile you can draw a very nice picture about the folklore we were studying last class, I will give you a grade, so be careful.

Maria calls each one to her desk and corrects the task with them, answers any questions and leaves a stamp with her signature. The children all leave happy with the stamp and Alex looks on in amazement as she gets along so well with the children, especially her daughter.

Maria - Well, class is almost over and as you know today is the birthday of two of your classmates, Daniela and Bella, come to the front and let's sing happy birthday to you here, since neither of them will have lunch at school today, let's sing here.

Alex - Well, I think the class is over, can we go now miss?

Maria - I said that you can call me Maria or Mah, yes we can go

Alex - Only if you stop calling me "Sir", call me Alexander or Alex

Maria - Okay Alex, let's go then

Dani - Auntie are we really going to go for a walk with Bella and Uncle Alex and see mommy?

Alex - Yes princess, today you three are going to go for a walk with me and we are going to visit your mommy in the hospital, what do you say we go to a flower shop and buy some beautiful flowers so that she heals faster and comes back home?

Dani - Come on - hugs him all happy - thank you Uncle Alex

Maria - You don't need all this, Alex, just the fact of taking her to see her mother makes me happy

Alex - I know, but I want to give flowers to the mother of one of my daughter's friends, it must be horrible to stay in the hospital, even more so on a special day like today

Maria - Ok, you won once again, let's go then?

Dani gives her hand to Maria and the other to Bella who gives her hand to her father and they leave the school as if they were a beautiful family. They get in Alex's car and he stops at a flower shop to buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a breakfast basket so the children can each get a gift.

Dani - mommy! - runs to Annie's bed - look what Bella and I brought for you, Uncle Alex said that this way you would get better faster so you can go home.

Annie - Wow, how many things princesses, this way I will heal very fast, thank you, can you put it there for me because now I want lots of hugs and kisses from my birthdays

Bella - Does auntie know that today is my birthday?

Annie - How could she not? Dani only knows how to talk about her twin sister, but enough talk, I want hugs and kisses - girls climb on the bed, hug and kiss Annie a lot - this is the best medicine in the world, so soon I will be back home, isn't it my love? - looks at Rodrigo

Rodrigo - Of course, soon you will be back home my queen

Annie - Hello Alex, long time no see?

Alex - Yes, many years Annie, I had no idea you were Dani's mother, I have seen Dani countless times the times she has been home with Bella, but I did not know you were the mother

Children - Do you know each other?