LUCIANA I feel like my eyeballs are about to pop out from the shock of news that is getting to my ears. What did she just say? I want to ask her to pardon that, but that’s no way to respond to someone who’s probably still grieving. I fidget on my seat searching for words to say but Thiago beats me to it. What he says makes me feel better about the fact that I wanted her to pardon her statement. He is worse. “Are you sure about that?” He asks. I shoot him a perplexed look. For goodness’ sake, the woman just shared the sad news about someone who was probably so close to her. I’m sitting beside him where we are directly opposite to the lady. I’m starting to wonder if Thiago read something in the lady’s eyes. Does he have that skill too? Or am I the one who is gullible? “How can you eve

