SANDRO PALMEIRA WAS OUT OF THE ROOM by Claudiano Totti completely silent, thinking about everything he had heard inside.
It was all too crazy, thought Sandro, how are they going to make it? Now that I know who they are, it's easy to put the pieces together, but...
THE JOY OF HUGGING THE DAUGHTER was incommensible, they had not touched a single hair of her.
Sandro got close to Bernardo.
–– What happened, Sandro?
–– It is too crazy, the world would never be able to live with another great war, Einstein himself said that he would not know what the Third World War would be like, but that the Fourth would be with stone and stick.
–– I know, but if we can prevent it, we have to prevent it.
–– These crazy people are light years ahead of us, I don't even know what their next steps will be.
–– I'm the one they want.
–– I doubt it, I believe what they said about you being the true Templar heir, but some piece is still missing.
–– What is your theory?
–– I believe Henrique Cardeñas knows something else that we don't know, and if I can imagine that, I think they can too.
–– I don't know for sure, but old Cardeñas must have said something that blocked his brain in some way, I'm sure the numbers he wrote to Henrique.
Bernardo's cell phone rings.
"Hello... hi Camila, it's okay now... yes... Vitória is fine, without any scratches, they kept their word, yes... me too... I don't see where they want to go with this... of course... but... I understand, I'll see what I can, this information is very important... I know... bye... "
–– What she wanted?
–– He discovered who is the head who is behind everything.
-- Hmm! She followed the right track.
–– Right track?
–– Never mind, then we solve this, but her research opened my mind, the important thing is that she managed, now, let's see Henrique and end this case as soon as possible.
Bernardo was holding his daughter when she fell asleep.
BERNARDO WAS BORN in Barcelona and was six years old when he came to Brazil to live with his paternal grandparents.
Godofredo Garcia and Carmen di Payens – Garcia, his parents, were the best parents in the world, at least for little Bernardo, not because they were rich and famous, but because they were parents present in his life, granting him a life of pure happiness and joy.
Like any family belonging to the nobility, yours also had its secrets.
GODOFREDO GARCIA WAS BORN in a poor neighborhood and knew misery as the most intimate of friends, and learned the trickery in the streets, and with prostitutes he learned the refined language of Spanish high society.
Godofredo Garcia turned eighteen years old and was an expert in all types of illicit transactions.
CARMEN IN turn was quite the opposite of Godofredo. She was from a noble family, studied in the best schools and attended the most coveted circles of high society in Barcelona, in addition to having a spectacular dowry, was the owner of a unique beauty, beautiful curves, full breasts – the famous...
"Spanish beauty..."
Her face was compared to that of the most beautiful Hollywood actresses of her time, mainly because of her blue eyes.
She was engaged to an English lord the day he met Godofredo, who in turn was engaged to three women at the same time, and had already dealt with seven others, but when he met her, Godofredo realized that his life would never be the same, and it really wasn't...
Despite Carmen's fiance being the best of men, the passion that arose between them was overwhelming. They fled to Paris, where they spent three years – until the money from the jewelry she sold ran out – and decided to return home with their tails between their legs, and full of debts.
The two introduced themselves to Carmen's parents, but she was already two months pregnant. Her mother welcomed her as the prodigal son, but her father never spoke to her again.
Despite the silence of Count di Payens, the pregnancy went smoothly, and even the day of Bernardo's birth was a great party without equal for Carmen's mother, but her father traveled and a week after her sudden disappearance, the news came. of his death, committing suicide, leaving a letter:
"Dear daughter...
I don't want you to cry for what I did... unfortunately the disgust for life was too great, not because you married the most unfortunate of men, but rather, the worst of all... someone who was the ruin of many women, and who just waits for the opportunity to do it too.
It is very difficult to see what is most precious to us being thrown in the trash that way, I know I am no better than you - for doing what I am going to do, but... "
The letter was unfinished.
Carmen read the letter and did not show it to Godofredo, she burned it shortly thereafter, wiped away her tears and continued her life as if nothing had happened.
Godofredo no longer acted the same way, as soon as Bernardo was born, the sexual desire for Carmen disappeared completely. He started an extramarital affair with his secretary - since he took over the management of the Payens family company, and each day he came home late, with the excuse of endless meetings, until the day that Godofredo arrived completely drunk at home and raped her. wife himself.
The years passed and Carmen never forgot the savagery with which she had been treated - as if it were rubbish by Godofredo - the only thing that kept her in that front wedding was her son.
Godofredo was more and more out of each day, sometimes he stayed away for days, and Carmen thanked God for that, she couldn't stand looking at her executioner every day before going to sleep. Until the day she saw Ambassador Wilhorn von Cielo's son leave the library with a gun in his hand.
Carmen ran to Bernardo's room, picked him up and ran to the maid's room – which was off that day – where she had an emergency exit. She ran to the basement where the engine that cleaned the pool was, and there she prayed to God for their safety.
They stayed there for hours, until daylight.
Who found the body of Godofredo dead in the library was Carmen's mother, which left her completely psychologically disturbed, after all, two suicides had occurred in that cursed family in such a short time.
Carmen knew that Godofredo had not killed himself, but that he had been killed by young von Cielo.
ONE DAY, at a PARTY of the high nobility, Carmen came close to Andromacus and said:
–– Thanks...
Andromacus stood looking at her, pretending to know absolutely nothing about what he was talking about.
–– Thanks to you, I am the happiest woman in the world.
–– Sorry, Mrs. Garcia, but, I don't understand anything of what you are talking about.
She smiled, raised her glass as if she were going to toast him and left.
BERNARDO WAS SIX YEARS OLD when Carmen disappeared, and her grandmother was no longer physically or psychologically able to care for him.
Carmen's body appeared five days later, the victim of a kidnapping and followed by death, Manuela di Payens, her mother, committed suicide shortly after seeing the photo of her daughter on all the newspaper covers.
BERNARDO SEEN ALONE in the world and the judge decided that he would live with his paternal grandparents in Brazil.
His grandparents – as well as his son, Godofredo – were not worth a broken penny, so much so that, at the age of fifteen, he was completely broke, his grandparents had spent all of his family's fortune, and the only thing he had left was his savings he kept from his pensions.
His grandparents had abandoned him, died three years later, murdered because they owed it to the Rio drug trafficking mafia.
BERNARDO HERDARA The genius of the family and a lot of money, now, he only had the genius and the natural gift of being a reporter.
Bernardo was studying at USP when he met Vitória's mother, Beatriz, and they immediately fell in love with each other.
Beatriz was a blonde girl, of medium height, a body in the right measure, she dressed very well, and her voice was so soft and sweet that it drove him crazy.
Without a doubt – he thought – she will work as an anchor on some important TV channel...
After two years of relationship, and recently graduated from college, Beatriz told Bernardo about the pregnancy, and they went to dinner.
Bernardo asked for Beatriz's hand in marriage, followed by an unforgettable, emotional and resounding "yes".
They were married on a farm, and the ceremony was chaired by a friend of the couple who was a judge of peace - since no priest agreed to make the wedding, as they were not confirmed in the Catholic Church. After the wedding, they had no doubts about the choice of the person to celebrate, everything was extraordinarily wonderful.
Beatriz moved to the apartment Bernardo had rented, and the pregnancy was smooth and Vitória was born without any complications.
THE MARRIED LIFE WAS WONDERFUL, until the worst day of her life happened.
Beatriz suffered a fatal car accident, she died a few minutes after the accident, and by a miracle from God, Vitória had not suffered a single scratch.
Bernardo left his daughter with Beatriz's parents and disappeared around the world, nobody knew her whereabouts.
Bernardo went to the Tietê bus station, stopped at the first ticket window and bought a ticket to Pernambuco, took four days to get there.
During those four days he wept a lot and did not understand why God had done this to him.
Precisely with him...
It was no longer enough to have lost his parents, his entire inheritance and now half of him, the woman of his dreams, the woman he planned to spend every day of his life with.
Life? – He thought – what life? He would rather have died... I must be cursed...
–– Are you alright? – Asked a lady beside him.
Bernardo wiped away his tears and replied:
–– To tell you the truth, I don't know, to be honest, I'd rather be dead.
–– I know... – replied the lady – do you mean that you are tired of living?
–– Not really, but to live without Beatriz is better to die.
–– Do you have children, boy?
–– Yes... a beautiful princess...
–– And where is she?
–– With her maternal grandparents, I don't know if I am able to take care of her.
–– If you, who are her father, are not able to care, nobody will love you more than you love her.
–– Bernardo was thoughtful for the rest of the trip.
When he arrived in Recife, he took the first plane to São Paulo and went straight to his in-laws' house to pick up his daughter, he had never realized that he loved his daughter as much as at that time.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT to start a new life, especially for Bernardo, after all, the daughter was an identical copy of her mother, especially her smile.
It seemed that the more depressed Bernardo became because of Beatriz's death, the more his fame grew, he received more and more awards, and two tributes from the governor for his excellent investigative work.
Bernardo took eight months to sleep a peaceful night without crying.
CERTAIN NIGHT SOMETHING HAPPENED, it was almost ten o'clock at night and his doorbell rang.
Bernardo answered and was his friend Professor Cardeñas.
–– Good night, can I come in?
–– Of course, professor, please come in.
Carlos Cardeñas sat on the sofa and for a few moments he seemed to relax a little.
–– How can I be useful, teacher?
–– I'm getting old, Bernardo.
His voice came out as an outburst.
–– Old and without heir.
–– And your grandson? As far as I know, you have a grandson, teacher.
–– Rico is my blood heir, Bernardo, as much as I think Rico is a stray with no future, he is my grandson, I am talking about an heir of my knowledge.
–– I don't understand, professor...
Carlos Cardeñas laughed.
–– Did you know that I knew your grandfather, Bernardo? He was a magnificent person.
–– I still don't understand this conversation, Professor Cardeñas.
–– Have you never stopped to think why your grandparents and parents died in such a strange and mysterious way?
Bernardo continued to find that meaningless conversation strange.
–– His grandfather and I were given a task as a child, to continue the Templar legacy, unfortunately, they discovered who he was and eliminated him before he passed on his legacy.
–– Honestly, professor, I do not understand bulhufas what you are talking about.
–– I am saying that you are the last descendant of the Knights Templar.
BERNARDO WAS THOUGHTING for many days, about everything that Professor Carlos Cardeñas said about his family, the revealed truths, he never thought his family was involved in so many mysteries.
It all made sense now...