Chapter 681

• Ria
• She spends her days with her mother in the hospital or with Philippe, also in another hospital. Her Capo is able to speak and has begun to attend physiotherapy, gentle ones, and exercises that do not strain him too much.
• Ria notes, jealously, that the young woman who helps him is a pretty black woman, her mass of black curls pinned on top of her head. She is laughing with Philippe as she holds his waist and helps him to walk.