Chapter 64

After a few hours of resting Tom and Alice showered together between kisses and caresses, they were in a good and light mood.

Luna was in her room taking a bath and thinking about the happy day she had with her parents. Especially her mother, she was so happy to have her mother so calm and participative in her life and hoped that this would not end.

Tom finishes getting ready first Alice gets ready and goes to her daughter's room that was undecided about the Make, but her mother helps and fixes her hair too

Luna - Mom always wanted this

Alice - What daughter?

Luna - You dressed me up without my asking, in fact begging you. You came because you wanted to

Alice - Listen daughter, I know I am a terrible mother, I swear I am trying to improve, but it is not easy for me, I was not always this horrible person you know. But life has made me this way and I am sorry to tell you but it is much easier to be horrible than to be this Alice and mother who is here with you and your father.

Luna - I know mama, I promise to be patient, but don't give up the first time you make a mistake... promise me ?

Alice - I promise daughter - kisses your forehead, daughter is ready and you look beautiful, now let's go your father must be waiting

Luna - come on

The two go to the living room to find Tom

Tom - how wonderful the women in my life are. It was worth the wait, taking his daughter's hand and twirling, stealing a kiss from his wife.

Alice and Luna - me too

They go down to the hotel, there would be a New Year's Eve party with typical food, drinks, lots of music and some rituals.

They ate a lot while.

Luna couldn't let go of her camera and took pictures of everything, she was delighted with everything. Tom was very proud to see that his daughter was as interested in photography as he was, it was something he had taught her since she was a little girl, and it was a moment that was unique to them where they had a genuine connection. They talked, loved the freshwater fish made from banana leaves, the typical fruit juices, and Alice of course enjoyed the caipirinhas.

They stayed there until close to midnight when a young woman who lived in Brazil taught us the ritual of eating grapes and lentils and making requests. Another gave us white roses and asked us to write our dreams on a piece of paper and pin them on it, throwing them into the river.

Request Luna - that my country will always be together and my mother will continue to be closer to me every day

Tom - that my daughter and Alice will always be with me

Alice - that someday I will be able to get all this sorrow out of me and I will be able to be a good mother to my daughter.

These were each other's wishes, of course, no one saw the other's wish. When it was midnight a beautiful shower of fireworks spread across the sky without noise, everyone around did their rituals, hugged and kissed each other wishing a happy new year and good things to each other.

Tom, Alice and Luna did the same, they ate their grapes and dropped their roses into the water, hugged and kissed each other wishing a happy new year, and made the promise that everything would be different between them.

Alice and Tom tenderly kissed, sealing the promise that they would fight for their family no matter what the cost, and Luna was very happy to see her parents so well, jumping on top of them and hugging them.

The three of them stayed there for a long time hugging and amazingly Alice didn't try to leave that family hug.

Luna soon made friends with two native girls her own age and her parents let her go dancing with them. They watched for a while having fun with their new friends and learning a new culture and language.

Tom and Alice stood there for the first time dating after all they started everything inside out and never had this moment of dating and couplehood. It was a moment that they were enjoying very much. They hugged and kissed each other all the time, forgetting all the problems they had in Sydney.

They enjoyed every moment of the party until the sun came up, when they decided to get some sleep to enjoy the next day. Back in their rooms Luna went to her own room to take a shower and soon surrendered to sleep.

Tom and Alice still had Pique to have sex, they had sex in the bathtub killing the longing they had for each other and soon after the "bath" they went to bed