What Bianca Knew
Bianca had a theory about the Vasconcelos family that she'd been developing for several years and which she shared with Camila over wine that Sunday evening, in the small apartment Bianca rented in Mouraria with a terrace that looked out over the castle.
"They're not actually cold," Bianca said, refilling her own glass. "The men. Leonardo, his father before him. Everyone calls them cold. But cold isn't the right word." She considered. "Pressurised. Like — they've had so much packed into them from the outside for so long that nothing moves. But it's not absence. It's containment under force." She looked at Camila. "How was he? Yesterday."
"He held it together," Camila said.
"He would."
"Until the very end." She told Bianca about Daniel saying you're alright. Watched Bi
