I- THE SEPARATION It wasn't news to anybody, not even to Magali - our slow faithful old tortoise - that my marriage was over. Beto's constant cheating allied to his lack of ability to bringing money home made our desire fade away in a calm and constant movement similar to Magali's pace. Along with each step of the tortoise around the room a flame of the ember inside me went out. My desire for other men had been intense for years, but at those sleepless nights among thoughts and disappointments, even the lust for Carlinhos - the new clinic psychologist - waned.
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