Chapter 9 Hope De Luca

• Hope de Luca
• I received a shower of petals and the affection of all the people who came to honor me. I looked to the side and there was my father with a proud smile, standing and applauding. I bowed to the audience for their warm reception.
• To my surprise, I noticed that Ruslan was in the front row. I looked again at the box where my parents were and felt the absence of Guilherme, who had neither appeared nor called me today. I raised my eyes to the boxes and focused on the man in the tuxedo smiling down at me.