She helped an elderly man every day… until his grandson arrived with lawyers and changed everything.

Not fast either.

Not even insistent.

As if he were afraid of bothering those who were inside.

Mr. Antônio was already expecting her.

People in the neighborhood said he used to be a rich man. A landowner. A shop owner. He once had a large family.

But now he lived alone.

The son died young.

The daughter-in-law left for another city.