Episode 4

Alice: Lorenzo accessing the cameras in his house, starts watching from the moment Alice arrived, he sees her talking to Theo about Suzi and gets angry. He starts breaking everything in his office.

Bernardo: What are you doing?

Lorenzo: You better leave!

Bernardo: Takes Lorenzo's phone and watches the new nanny talking to Theo about Suzi. If he wasn't so submerged in the pain of losing her, he would see the beauty of this video. Calm down Lorenzo.

Lorenzo: It's easy for you to ask for calm, damn it. Where is your wife? Tell me where Julia is right now!

Bernardo: I approach and Lorenzo moves away. You don't help yourself and you don't let anyone help you.

Lorenzo: Do you really want to help me?

Bernardo: Of course I do.

Lorenzo: Bring her back!

Bernardo: Lorenzo, understand that it's impossible, but there are other ways I can help you.

Lorenzo: Leaving here is a way to help me!

Bernardo: Where are you going?

Lorenzo: Since you don't want to leave, I will.

Bernardo: I look around and everything is broken, I ask for someone to come and clean up and replace the furniture again. I call my father and he tells me about Alice's arm, I watch the footage and can't believe that Lorenzo was capable of assaulting a woman, especially Lorenzo. I am completely stunned.

Lorenzo: I go to the cemetery, sit next to Suzi's tombstone.

Suzi, I am lost, without you here I don't know what I'm doing. Everything is a mess! Why can't you come back? Just look how everything is wrong and you'll see that I need you. It's not working anymore, I can't get out of this hole I'm stuck in. Come back, come back to me...

I lose track of the hours I spend crying like a child sitting on Suzi's grave, how much I miss her. I get up and go to the mansion late at night, I enter and everyone is asleep. There is a covered plate of food on the table, I open it and see that the food is very different from what is usually served here. I eat to try it and I really like it, I need to make sure this new cook doesn't quit, the food is good. I put the dishes in the sink and notice everything is clean, in fact the whole house seems clean. I go to my room, take a shower and change. I look through the window and see Alice sitting on the lawn looking at the sky, I don't know how she can stay outside in this cold weather, I lay down and the hours pass. I look out the window again and she is still there, I go down and silently approach her, I hear her crying softly. I think for a moment and one fact is that I would only make her worse than I found her, so I just go back inside and lay down. I quickly fall asleep, ignoring that little woman crying in the cold outside!

Alice: I stay in the cold trying to ease the pain I feel, the hours pass and finally sleep comes, I tip-toe into the house and go straight to the room that Daniela provided for me to sleep in. The room faces Theo's and is next to Lorenzo's. I open the windows and fall asleep.

Lorenzo: I wake up and go about my routine, I come downstairs and see Alice setting the breakfast table. There are pancakes in the shape of cars, freshly squeezed orange juice, warm cheese bread, honey, strawberry syrup, and fruit. A very different breakfast, but it stimulates my appetite and I sit down to eat.

Alice: Good morning, Mr. Lorenzo, I am just brewing the coffee.

Lorenzo: Alice speaks and I don't reply, I just think about what she said, brewing coffee? Isn't it just made in the machine? Soon she brings a cup of coffee and puts it in front of me. I take a sip and it's delicious.

Alice: I don't know what you all are used to eating, so I made what I thought you might like.

Lorenzo eats without saying a word, I go upstairs to wake up Theo. He wakes up excited when he sees me, he quickly does his hygiene routine and changes clothes. I help him only to choose an outfit that matches and we go downstairs. As soon as he sees the pancakes, he gives me a hug that makes Lorenzo give me a cold disapproving look.

Lorenzo: Good morning, son.

Theo: Good morning, Lorenzo.

Lorenzo: I try not to get irritated early in the morning with Theo's disdain and leave for work without saying anything.

Alice: Did you like breakfast?

Theo: I liked everything, Alice. You would be a great mother.

Alice: I try to hold back the tears, disguise it by kissing Theo's head and I go to the kitchen. I compose myself and when I return, Daniela and Bruno are at the table.

Bruno: Did you do all this, Alice?

Alice: Yes, I did. I hope you like it.

Daniela: It's delicious. Alice, I came to talk about your salary. We think it's fair to make a change since you are doing much more than what you were hired to do. We can hire some new employees and increase your salary.

Alice: I already receive more than I should. You don't need to worry.

Daniela: Of course, I do. You have a contract and working hours, but you are doing much more than you should.

Theo: I have a Mary Poppins nanny, grandma.

Alice: I start laughing at Theo. Theo, today is Saturday and it's sunny. How about swimming a little?

Theo: I don't know how to swim, Alice.

Alice: Can I teach him, Daniela?

Daniela: Of course, dear.

Theo: Yay! That sounds great.

Alice: I put on a modest pool outfit with shorts and a sleeved shirt, and I spend hours with Theo teaching him the basic principles of swimming. We have a lot of fun in the pool. Lorenzo comes home and looks at me with a terrible expression of contempt, I feel embarrassed. I help Theo get out and go upstairs to take a shower. I'm closing the bedroom door when Lorenzo opens it abruptly.

Lorenzo: I was waiting for Alice to come in, who does she think she is to want to teach Theo how to swim? If I didn't come home earlier, I wouldn't even know about this absurdity. If anything happens to my son, anything at all, you'll wish you had died.

Alice: What's missing?

Lorenzo: Are you a swimming instructor, by any chance?

Alice: I won't let him get hurt, I wouldn't teach him if I didn't know what I'm doing.

Lorenzo: Just know that I won't show mercy if Theo even gets scared because of your irresponsibility. I stare at Alice with the desire to strangle her.

Alice: You've already invaded my room and threatened me, now you can leave.

Lorenzo: You made one mistake, it's my room, my house, my son, got it?

Alice: Yes, are you satisfied? Lorenzo leaves and I lock the door, take a shower, change clothes, and go to make lunch.

Lorenzo: I leave and go check on Theo. He is literally singing in the shower. I'll have to work less to spend more time at home keeping an eye on this insolent woman.

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