For about an hour, Júlia was hugging Jade, seeking calm amid her sobs, feeling so strange, but sleep and exhaustion overcame her, and she eventually fell asleep. Jade let her friend rest, then left the room, running into her father in the hallway, who was very worried, pacing back and forth since the incident occurred.
“Dad...”
“Sweetheart... I was coming to see if everything was okay,” he lied, having been there for more than an hour.
“I think it is now; Júlia ended up sleeping. Dad, ban my mother from coming in here,” said Jade without hesitation.
“Are you sure?”
“I am. She came here just to bother...” Jade let out a long sigh, then continued speaking. “She didn't come here to see me like she said. I know, and you know too, that she doesn't care about anything, only about her own we
