They said she was expecting something.
A house?
A will?
Or compassion?
But Clara didn’t explain.
She simply showed up every day.
Even when it rained.
Even when I had a fever.
Then, one afternoon, Mr. Antônio fainted in the kitchen.
Clara was the one who found him.
He called an ambulance.
It was together at the hospital.
He signed the admission form as an « emergency contact ».
The doctor said that if they had waited another ten minutes… he might not have survived.
The news spread throughout the neighborhood.
