I got on the plane and watched as my friends became nothing more than a spec on the ground until they disappeared completely. The days turned to weeks then to months. I was going back and forth between Rio and Boston every month for my meetings. The school year was coming to a close and I had just taken my finals online. I had a pretty good handle on the company and we even secured new investors. Things were turning around and I couldn’t be happier knowing my family's company was once again back in the game.
My Avó on the other hand wasn’t doing so well. She had her lucid days but those were few and far between. She mostly talked to me as if I was my mother, talking about her childhood and things I never knew about my mother. I was so much like her and I never knew it.
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