It’s not easy.

 ’Hmm, I know’’ the blonde said ironically

’’I’ve been going to church and church services’’ K said ‘’Of course, I receive visitors, I visit ladies, and in my house I sit humbly, in silence, while some of them explain to me the right way to run a home, how to dress and eat’’
’The blonde started laughing hatefully. I couldn’t hide it either, and I laughed.
’Women don’t forget things easily. A kind of unfinished sentence seemed to thunder in the blonde’s mouth, without leaving her mouth.
’’ I showed up, bringing another beer. Maybe it helped K, at that critical moment.
’’ Surely, K knew that Juiz de Fora was a small town, where it is easier for someone like him to do evil. He seemed full of strange secrets.
’’We won’t lose anything by making peace, before you leave’’ K said suddenly.
’’ He looked at his watch again, he wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible.
’’ ‘’You live in a dream world’’ the blonde said
‘’I only want to talk to you about matters of well-being. You and our baby, I care’’ K said
‘’That’s it, she was pissed.
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‘’I struggle to keep the boring outer shell of my respectability intact. It’s not easy.