The next day, when Abril woke up, it was already noon. She saw Alessandro sitting at the table by the window. He was staring intently at the stones in a glass jar. She sat on the bed and asked him,
"Lessan, how are you?"
Alessandro put aside what he was doing, approached the bed, kissed Abril on the forehead, and said,
"I'm perfectly fine, and that's thanks to you. How are you?"
"I'm fine."
"Are you hungry?"
"Yes, I'll go ask for the food to be brought to us."
Alessandro got up and headed to the door. Before he left, Abril remembered the children and said to him,
"The children..."
"Don't worry about them, I've already asked for them to be taken care of."
"Thank you."
After Alessandro left, Abril got up. After washing and changing her clothes, she felt curious about the jar of st
