Chapter 2 But today

Miguel Solano. "I got up from my seat andthank you for the applause. — Miguel Solano was born in Brazil, in the city of NovaPrimavera, and graduated from the London Fashion School, in London, andat the Superior School of Arts and Design in his hometown. Standing, I walked down the great hall, being applauded by theaudience, with each step I took, I felt free and with therenewed energies. In fact, I missed that human warmth.I stood next to the presenter and soon he passed the microphone tomy hands, the premiere of the event will be broadcast live byan internet channel and my sister will definitive watch it. "I'd like to say a little thank you first, asI'm not much for words, but today is a special day, the dayof my return as a painter, I confess that it has been the best experience I've had; for fve years, i kept myself secluded from everything and all. As always we need time to get our heads in place, for those who have followed me since the beginning of my career, know what I'm talking about. I will not return to this subject, my focus is on the future. I also want to thank my advisor, my sister Milena, for all your help. — I ended my speech by thanking you. In a few hours, all the paintings were sold and the feeling of accomplishment flled my chest. fresh start was the word that ft at that moment in my life.

some food I made, make my day. And today this little girl left happy. I was talking to both of them during the trip, the mother da Maria told me that they are also going to the same city that I, her husband is a foreman and has lived in the city for about five months; over the months, she saved enough money to send for both. Thank God I met them, I'll stay in same pension as both. Sueli said that as soon as we arrive in the city, will call her husband to ask if where he lives have any vacant rooms. We had only one stop until we reached the city, we got off and we went to the bathroom at the gas station. We buy soft drinks and we ate it with the rest of the sandwiches that were left. When it was about nine o'clock at night, the little talkative fell asleep, I couldn't, I was thinking about my life,I was very agitated, I laid my head on the back of the seat and I closed my eyes, imagining a happy life in the new city. A week after arriving at Nova Primavera and looking forgot employment in my profession or as a helper, but I only had answers such as “there is no vacancy”, I did not let myself be discouraged, I never went to faint in the face of difculties. I usually say that music helps me a lot, whenever I'm facing some difculty, I put on my headphones listening to music and I start to dance, Sueli says that the sadness will touch at the time, she never saw anyone as happy as I was. I always say that there is no way to die if you are with health, we run after things. With the little money I had left, I bought meat for prepare some lunchboxes for Seu Álvaro, Sueli's husband,sell at the construction site where he works, he said that not everyone takes food from home and you have to walk to the restaurant and that the food isa little pricey. I'm living in the room next to theirs, I confess that they have helped me a lot, I don't feel alone, and I have the company of Maria, who says she will also be a chef when she grows up. Every day I talk to my mother, I'm dying miss her; as usual, she asks me if i need it of money. Thank God that the little savings I have are giving to keep me. I arrived around five in the afternoon and got nothing again, tomorrow I'll go to the restaurants in the north zone, it's far,but I can't choose anything at the moment, I paid for two months rent in advance, good thing the room already has a bed,a stove, a fridge, for me, that's enough. After the shower, I put on some comfortable clothes and stayed for a while.inside the news, I placed my cell phone on the small table and I sat nearby to watch the news, my cell phone is so old it's of those who have a television, I've had it for almost four years,degree in gastronomy still haven't afforded me the luxury of buying one better mobile. I yawned as soon as the presenter said goodnight, got up,taking a bottle from the fridge, taking it to the small room with the cell phone. I lay down on the small single bed, soon it started to fall heavy rain with lightning and thunder, two things i'm more afraid, I put the blanket covering my whole body and keep your eyes closed, if you run out of energy, it will be worse. But what a big mouth I have, I barely finished talking and it was all dark, I grabbed my cell phone on the side table; to calm me down,I put on a soft song, closed my eyes and started to accompany the melody, I didn't even see the time go by, and to complete the my bad luck, a small leak began to drip into the my head, the way was to get up and go get a container to trim the water so as not to wet the bed. A few hours later, the power came back. How was without sleep, I decided to clean up the small room, another thing that I know how to do very well is to fx a house. Enjoy and wash my clothes that I was going to wash at the end of the week and I washed the only three pairs of sneakers I own. I went back to bed at two-thirty in the morning, I would have to wake up at five to prepare lunchboxes for Álvaro to take to sell at work. Two days later, returning from yet another job search, I saw Sueli in front of the pension watching Maria playing with the other children. I sat down beside her and sighed heavily. She looked at me and I noticed that in her hand she was holding anew paper, I asked to read it quickly and went straight to the page of classifieds, I took out my notebook and jotted down an address fora vacancy as a cook in the house of a painter of paintings. I finished to write the address and handed the paper back to Sueli, she