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"Have you used up the money you made from selling the cupcakes?" - Asked Lysandra.

— I used a part. As Mom didn't have any money, I took out three hundred meticais, paid the registration fee, two hundred and twenty-five, and the rest, I bought two notebooks and two pens. - Adriana said.

- You did well.

— Ehhh aunt… I only did well to save the money. I'm going to take a part to buy the uniform, and the rest of the school supplies, because Mom says she doesn't have any money yet.

— You are a good girl, Adriana, I would love to have a daughter like you.

— Ahhhh aunt, sis Mariza is beautiful and very good.

Lisandra swallowed the thought of Mariza just smiled, just to not tell what her daughter was actually like.

Adriana didn't have room for fries, and continued to take the cookies to school to sell. Despite the jokes she suffered with some colleagues, she didn't care, she went on anyway, every day, selling Dona Lili's cookies.

After so many years, in the midst of so many arguments between the couple, without knowing how, Helena became pregnant and only found out when the pregnancy was five months old, she was one more mouth to feed and take care of. Bernardo was upset, blamed Helena for being careless, and said he couldn't support him.

After the baby was born, Helena hardly had time to take care of him because of work. Who took care of the baby was Adriana, she adored her brother. She gladly shared her time with little Isaac. She bathed him, fed him, played with him, taught him to pick up toys, walk, talk, everything she could.

Well, then Helena found out from a friend who worked at the school where Adriana studied, that her daughter sold cookies. Without further ado, she went to explain things to Lili, but the neighbor said that Adriana guaranteed that she had her parents' consent.

Helena was very upset with her daughter, she had never had any problems with her, as she was obedient and respectful.

— Lying to Dona Lisandra, and hiding something so serious from me, like that? Where do you think you are girl? - Asked Helen.

— Mom, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it. - Adriana said.

— Don't make that little angel face of yours, Dri, because today I'm going to hit you right.

— Mom, please!

— Cecilia, go get my belt.

“Mom, please let her explain. - Cecilia said.

- Mind your business! Go get my belt before I s***k you too. - Helen shouted.

— Some parents beat their children because they are criminals, others beat their children because they earn honest money. You parents are complicated. - Said Alex.

“I'm going to hit her because she lied, and she kept things from me. That's what I'm dealing with. - Said Helen.

— Mom, she was wrong, call her attention. You don't need to hit him. - Said Alex.

— Mom, have you ever wondered how she managed to have a new uniform, a new folder, new notebooks? - Asked Cecília, and further questioned:

"How did she manage to pay school fees?"

Helena swallowed and shut up, a little embarrassed, because she hadn't even noticed that her daughter had those things, and had even forgotten the girl's registration.

— It was thanks to that money, from the sale of the dumplings. - Cecilia said.

— Mom, I know I was wrong. Forgive me! I promise that I will never hide anything from you again. - Adriana said.

— Children should only study. I don't ever want to hear you sell stuff at school again. - Said Helen.

— But Mom. - Adriana complained.

“That matter is over. -She closed Helena, and retired to her room.

— Don't insist, Dri, Mom is very upset. - Cecilia said.

“Talk to her tomorrow, after she's calmed down. He drools at you with that little angel face of yours, no one can resist. - Said Alex.

“Thanks a lot, bros. If it weren't for you, I would have been fine today. - Adriana said.

— It wasn't free, I want half of what you got. - Said Alex.

— Hmm… bro, that doesn't look good. Leave the girl alone. - Cecilia said.

— At least two hundred contos. - Said Alex.

— Bro, stop it. You've been working at the pumps there for a long time, we know you make good money, you never gave us anything here. - Cecilia said.

— They are having a conversation. They know I have unpaid expenses for my son and my school.

— Hmm… Bro, don't lie to us, we know you don't go to school anymore. - Adriana said.

— I'm at the bazaar. - And so, Alex fled the conversation.

A few days later, Adriana talked to her mother in a good way, with that face of a little angel. The mother said that she earned between twelve and fifteen contos a day, she used the money for copies and worksheets at school, and the other part she kept. Helena had no arguments, even knowing that her daughter was a minor, she would rather have done that than get involved in something risky, she ended up authorizing it. They went together to speak with Lisandra, giving them permission to continue the business.

Adriana not knowing why, without having done anything, she started to have enemies at school. Especially with those who didn't like her to stand out.

“You're not going to sit here. - Said Carol.

“Leave her alone. - Said Rose.

'Don't mess with Rose. - Said Carol.

— They had chosen me, to be part of the commission of the reception of the visit.

— They hadn't chosen you, Professor Fátima said she proposed that it be you, but the other professors chose Adriana, what wrong did she do?

— Who told you to read the text, if I already said I was going to read it

“When you said that, she wasn't with us, she didn't even know you wanted to be on the committee. And let's face it, Carol, Adriana reads much better than you, she has a good voice, she knows how to express herself with charisma. She deserved the nomination.