We never left the house without saying goodbye. For the six years we were together, he left the house early every day but first he woke me up, gave me a kiss and said “Good morning, I love you”.
That day he kissed me and told me he loved me before leaving the house, like he did every day. He was excited because some students had canceled and he could come home earlier in the evening.
A friend of ours came to the school where I worked and said that Hélio had been in an accident but was fine. I was worried and scared and when I got to the hospital they called me for an interview and said he was in the operating room.
Hélio had a fracture in his shoulder and another in his wrist, and they had to amputate his leg. He also had a serious injury to his abdomen and was bleeding. My world stopped because he was going to lose a leg and I knew he would suffer.
The nurse asked, “Are you Hélio’s wife?” He said I could only give the ring to Isabela.