HOLD ON TO THE MEMORIES
“Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you
And I will cling to you"[34]
Months later...
She tried, every day, to surprise him. And every time, in those almost nine months of pregnancy, she had failed miserably. Ian had a certain amount of cleverness to always discover what she was up to, especially because Maria Beatriz was completely transparent to him. So, she planned romantic dinners at home – he found out. She planned romantic dinners out – he found out. She planned picnics at dusk – he found out. Everything related to her seemed simple to him. And it was.
And even though she felt frustrated because she couldn't really surprise him, in the end, he felt surprised every day. Because with each attempt she made, which in his mind was a failure, he notic
