Helena Vasconcelos called on a Friday morning and invited Camila to lunch.
Not through Leonardo's office. Not through a solicitor. She called Camila's number directly — Bianca's theory was that Helena had got it from Rafael, who had got it from Dra. Tavares, and that the whole chain had occurred in approximately forty minutes, which was a reasonable estimate of how quickly Helena operated when she decided to do something.
The invitation was phrased as an invitation and meant as a summons, which Camila recognised but accepted anyway, because Helena Vasconcelos was Daniel's grandmother and the sooner that was acknowledged in person, the better it would be for everyone involved.
She took the taxi to Lapa, to an address that turned out to be a house rather than a restaurant — a townhouse be
