In spite of the emancipation and total freedom in ours epoch of modern times the woman continues prey to the orders of the heart, becoming a lot of times, victim of your own feelings. We know that in our quotidian, the hard reality of the life forces to be us less sentimental, to have the feet in the ground and not to let to wrap up for passing sentimental pulses, that most of the time leaves us with the heart bleeding.

Let us see Lady Lucimar's history (Lady Lú for the intimate), young lady, forty eight years old, well conserved, (looking thirty), that after several years married, she saw herself suddenly abandoned for the husband, that changed her for a much younger woman, leaving her alone with a daughter for creating.

With passing of the years, the time was curing the wounds of your heart, little by little, just remaining scars. She ripened with the life and became lady of your acts and less sentimental, swearing never again to let to betray with frustrating loves. Lady Lu took the responsibility courageously of alone to create her daughter Letícia, at that time with only ten years. The father paid her a small pension, that badly gave for feeding and the rent of the small apartment in the city of Santos.

In spite of your suffered existence Lady Lú didn't surrender to the negative behaviour. She was cheerful, liked to dance ...liked of living. A beautiful day, she decided to arrange an employment, that provided her better survival conditions. She knew, that was still young, that had good appearance and that provoked glances and masculine courtships, when she walked with Dolly (your female dog Poodle), in the large sidewalk of the beach.

Hopeful for better days, although with the " closed " heart (your favorite sentence), she liked of frequenting the agitated dances in the clubs of the cheerful city from Santos, perhaps, unconsciously, also in search of another solitary heart, a " partner " for her dances, a companion and confidant for her sentimental crisis.

Lady Lú, got an employment as maidservant and a constant pair in the dances of Saturdays Nights. Your name was Irineu and he has just been divorced, an identical situation hers and a lot of likeness. He was a very nice gentleman, used glasses, he was a little bald and much older than her. Little by little, they felt to born again the fire of the love and every day increased the need of they be together. Her, however, continued struggling against that sensation, because " of cold water, scalded cat is afraid " and she was afraid of suffering another deception. It is like this, she went " cooking " the courtship, that little by little, it went " boiling ".

With relationship to the employment, she had not noticed in any, because the people ended up abusing of your generosity and a lot of times she sacrificed working overtimes, without any remuneration or gratefulness.

Until that one day was to work home of a military one, major with more of sixty years'old, retired, calm, kind and very educated. He was widower, without children and lived alone in a beautiful covering (a biggest apartament) with view for the sea, in Gonzaga's beach. Owner of an envy financial situation, he was consider as a " good catch man " for any woman, that wanted a calm and unworried life. In spite of the age Major Rodrigo had an athletic posture, result of several years of Military Academy. The hair voluminous, all white contrasted with the tan tone of the burned skin of sun, it provided him a beautiful and virile figure. In fact, it could be said that was a beautiful man.

In the course of time, the elegant major was taking if of loves for the sweet and usefulness Lady Lú that, for her time, soon she noticed the intentions of the boss and she was placed in the defensive position. What to do? She liked the employment, but after all she won't let to seduce. That not! She had been always a honest woman and besides, she still had Irineu, for who had a lot of affection and respect (in spite of he was a " hard man "(no money) , because he was a retired of the " Mail and Telegraphs ") and in spite of this, she would continue beside her faithful companion.

Major Rodrigo noticing Lady Lú's indecision and took a decision: to do her a proposal, but a worthy and respectful proposal, inside of the moral principles. It is like this, in a rainy afternoon in that Lady Lú with your deep green eyes and your delicacy served him the tea, Rodrigo asked that her sat down to his side and catching her the hands, kissed them and he made her the proposal of coming to live to his side with perspectives of a future marriage, besides becoming the lady of the house, lady of your life, of your credit card, of your checkbooks and of a luxurious automobile Vectra 2001 with driver and everything, being always at your disposal to take her the one where she wanted. It was a true dream of Cinderela. It would be the end of your financial problems; she would not need more to work as maidservant.

Lady Lu paralyzed didn't know what to answer him. She remembered to speak him of the adolescent daughter and of the female dog Dolly. The major replyed smiling that there would not be any problem, because they would form a beautiful family. He would just demand, that to stamp the agreement, starting from that moment, she should sleep in the employment, it would be as a test of " matrimonial " coexistence, to see if everything would go well. In this point. Lady Lú was behind with a foot. Is it been not of that right one? The indecision and distrust took care of your heart. She got afraid and asked for a time to think. The major agreed and Lady Lú went home to contemplate better about the new situation. Only that took time too much contemplating to decide.

In a beautiful morning, she coming back to the work as of habit she did, but she had a great surprise when being received frigidly by a beautiful and elegant lady, that asked her:

Before she answered the major entered in the room smiling and made the presentations:

- " This is my new maid, Dona Valdete. Excuse-me, Lady Lucimar, but you disappeared many days, you didn't call, didn't order any message, then I decided to dismiss you and..."

- " Because you didn't also accept to sleep in the employment, do you remind?

And Dona Valdete accepted everything in the same moment, besides she brought the two smaller children, parrot and your inseparable estimate little dog ".

Lady Lú looked afraid for the nestling of " Pit-Bul " that looked at her with distrust and after stuttering some excuses, disappeared of there quickly, before she turned dog food. The worked days she would receive later with more calm.

It is, the Major had not wasted time, he had already taken your providences. It was really everything in family: him, Valdete, the children and the bugs. To the Lady Lú it only remained to return for your old " apezinho " (small apartment), for your " hard ", but honest Irineu and the " agitated dances " of Saturday nights. That proposal had weighed her in the shoulders. Now she was light and very happy. Better a bird in the hand, that two flying. Irineu was a captive bird, the others flew on your head with fantasies and deceptions.

(Story published in Publisher Arnaldo Giraldo's Anthology " Latent " Energy, of São Paulo - 2002 pages 52 to 55).

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