THE TWINS

THE TWINS

THE TWINS, SALOMÃO AND SALOMÉ, BORN INTO THE NOBILITY OF A WEALTHY FAMILY, CHILDREN OF THE HUMBLE, COMPASSIONATE, AND GOOD-NATURED MR. MORDOQUEU SANTIAGO, AND THE NOT-SO-KIND MRS. LUCEFA SANTIAGO.

ROUGH, RUDE, AND COLD, THE SPANISH COUPLE CAME TO SANTOS IN 1950, THEY WERE BOTH 30 YEARS OLD, THEY ARRIVED BRINGING WITH THEM SOME GOLD BAR, WHICH, SUPPORTED BY SPANISH SOCIETY IN SANTOS, MADE NUMEROUS INVESTMENTS.

THE BIGGEST OF THEM IS A RESTAURANT CHAIN, WHICH WAS MANAGED, BY THE IRON ARM AND HARD HEART, MRS. LUCEFA SANTIAGO, WHO LOVED THE MONEY AND THE FAMILY FORTUNE, WHICH THEY MADE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, WAS ALWAYS ATTENTIVE TO EVERY DAILY BILLING. .

SALOMÃO AND SALOMÉ WERE BORN IN SANTOS IN 1968, WHERE THE ELECTED MAYOR AT THAT TIME WAS MR. ESMERALDO TARQUÍNIO, THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTOS.

BUT DUE TO THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, HE COULDN'T TAKE OFFICE, THE TWINS WERE BORN WITH THE BEAUTY OF THEIR PARENTS, SALOMÃO AND SALOMÉ, BOTH DARK-HAIRED, AND BEAUTIFUL GREEN EYES, EVERYONE WAS ENCHANTED WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

THEY EVEN POSED FOR A MAGAZINE OF THE TIME, AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF SAINTS, THE PARENTS WERE FULL

OF PRIDE, MR. MORDOQUEU SANTIAGO, HE KEPT THE MAGAZINE IN A SAFE IN THE BANK, HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIS SONS, THE TWINS THEY WERE PAMPERED BY TWO BABAS.

BUT SENHOR MORDECAI WAS ALWAYS WITH THEM ON HIS LAP, OR RUNNING AROUND THE ENTIRE MANSION, PLAYING WITH THE PUPPIES, AS HE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED HIS CHILDREN.

MRS. LUCEFA DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR THE CHILDREN, SHE WAS ON THE PHONE ALL DAY, CALLING THE MANAGERS OF THEIR RESTAURANTS TO FIND OUT THE BILLING AND NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS, SHE SPENT A FORTUNE ON CALLS.

AND WHEN SHE WASN'T SATISFIED WITH THE INFORMATION SHE FOUND ELUSIVE, SHE'D GET IN THE CAR AND GO PERSONALLY TO CHECK IT OUT, RESTAURANT BY RESTAURANT, THE EMPLOYEES WERE SCARED AND TERRIFIED WHEN SHE ARRIVED CHIRPING THE POOR IN SPANISH.

TO CONFUSE THEM, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE PRAISING OR CALLING THEM INCOMPETENT AND MISERABLE, MRS. LUCEFA SANTIAGO WAS RUDE, SHE DIDN'T ALLOW THE EMPLOYEES TO LOOK AT HER FACE, EVERYONE HAD TO GREET HER WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN, IN THE ORIENTAL CUSTOM, IT WAS NAUSEATING, AND AROUSING HATRED IN SOME, FOR THE WAY SHE TREATED HER EMPLOYEES, SHE WAS CALLED LADY LUCIFER BY SOME.

MR. MORDOQUEU SANTIAGO, AND

THE CHILDREN SALOMÃO AND SALOMÉ, SOMETIMES WITNESSED THE LADY WITH HER ARROGANT AIR HUMILIATING THE EMPLOYEES, HE APOLOGIZED ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE, AND ENDED UP GIVING A BONUS IN PAYMENT TO COMPENSATE THE HUMILIATION THAT THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED.

MR. MORDECAI HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUMAN PERSON, HUMBLE AND CHARITABLE, HE RESERVED EVERY FRIDAY TO HOLD A CHARITY NIGHT, AND TOGETHER WITH THE TWINS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES, HE DISTRIBUTED A HEARTY MEAL, ACCOMPANIED BY SOFT DRINKS, DESSERTS AND A HOT COFFEE, TO THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND ANYONE PASSING BY.

A HUGE QUEUE WAS FORMED ON THE BEACHFRONT, WHOLE FAMILIES WHO HAD NOTHING TO EAT IN THEIR HOMES ALSO CAME, SOME EVEN REPORTED TO MR. MORDECAI THAT THEY WERE EAGERLY AWAITING THE FRIDAY OF CHARITY, TO EAT A GOOD STEAK, OR A ROAST CHICKEN, MORDECAI AND THE TWINS LISTENED AND WERE MOVED, LETTING TEARS FLOW DISCREETLY.

SENHORA LUCEFA DIDN'T FOLLOW, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T ACCEPT AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT CHARITABLE ACT OF HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY, AND SHE WAS ALSO DISGUSTED BY THE POOR, BUT GOD ALWAYS BLESSED THE SANTIAGO FAMILY TWICE.

AND THIS WAS WHAT LUCEFA DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS