6 - Reasons

Loise: IS THIS MAN CRAZY OR IS HE PRETENDING TO BE?! - Loise asks her mother while Cecília tells her daughter and sister everything Gustavo said. - You're not... She is. - Loise says, getting up and going to her room.

Cecília: ELOISE KATHERINE SOARES DON'T YOU DARE... - Cecília says and Loise closes the bedroom door tightly and angrily - And she closed it... - Cecília says and looks back at her sister, her look was not at all good... - Not you either. - Cecília says in resignation, she wouldn't be 100% crazy, would she?

Lena: Do you have any idea what you're thinking of doing? - Lena asks her sister sincerely. - She's angry and rightly so.

Cecília: I want to give Eloise a future Lena! - Cecília exclaims.

Lena: But at what price, Cecília?! - Alex asks her sister. - At what price will it cost to be tied to a relationship where you literally sold yourself and your daughter just to see her have a future?

Cecília: Exactly - She says - Think of the opportunities she has! - Cecília starts talking excitedly - She would study at the best schools, have the best teachers, would never have financial problems and would still have a company to inherit. - Cecília says to her sister.

Lena: So you don't understand why Eloise is angry. - Lena says and Cecília shakes her head. - She's angry because until now you've only said Loise, Loise and Loise. But you've never said: Cecília.

Cecília: But that's exactly it! - Cecília says to her sister - I want a better life opportunity for my daughter than I had. I want her to be able to be whatever she wants! And Gustavo can provide that. He's already said that the two of us will just be friends inside the house, he's like me! Always focused on work and never leaving room for other people to enter our lives, this marriage will benefit both of us! He will take the advice off his back and have someone competent to inherit G-Corp, and I will benefit from Loise's happiness and prosperity.

Lena: Okay, Cecilia... - Lena says, standing up - But I just advise you not to make any decisions without first having a private conversation with Eloise. - Lena says to her sister - After all, she will be the one whose life will change the most. - The older sister then kisses her younger sister's forehead and leaves the apartment, leaving her alone and with an angry teenage daughter to deal with.

Was what she was doing wrong? Was it wrong to want to see her daughter's well-being above herself? What limit would a mother go to just to see her daughter's happiness? Cecilia was convinced that this would be the best for her and her daughter, especially the latter. There were reports of mothers doubling their physical strength to save their children during adrenaline rushes, so why couldn't Cecília do something simple like a marriage of convenience?

Cecília: Hey... - Cecília says, leaning against the door of Loise's room while the girl read a book in bed. - Can we talk? - Cecília says, and since the girl closed the book and put it on the dresser, she took that as a yes. So the woman just sat on the bed and looked at her daughter. She knew she wanted to start. She would only be there to defend her point of view. The main part of the conversation would come from Eloise.

Loise: I'm reading a book... - Loise says, and picks up the book she was reading before her mother came in and shows it to the woman. It was a copy of Pride and Prejudice. - Pride and Prejudice is the name of it. - She says, Mom. - Have you read it? - The girl says, and Cecília nods.

Cecília: A long time ago, in high school.

Loise: Great, so you know more or less what it was about. - Loise says and Cecilia nods. - It takes place more or less in 19th century society. It basically talks about the Bennet family and the mother of the 5 sisters who wanted to give her daughters a good marriage. Because "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" or something like that she says. In short: You need to marry a rich person to have a good and prosperous life... - Loise says and Cecilia finally understands where the girl was going with this. Loise would use what she knew best after studying economics, they argued. - Mother... do you realize that you are being Mrs. Bennet? You are wanting a marriage of convenience just because of Mr. Giordano's possessions.

Cecilia: What do you want with this, Loise? - Cecilia asks.

Loise: I want you to give me just one argument, an argument other than: He will give you a great future. A different argument from that, mother... that's all I need. - The girl speaks and tears begin to fall from her eyes - Because I don't want to spend the rest of my life with the weight on my conscience that my mother married a stranger just so she could have a future - The girl speaks crying and Cecília gets up from the bed only to go to the other end and hug her daughter, the two of them sharing the bed there hugging each other for a while, Cecília remained silent, both to wait for her daughter to stop crying and to think about whether or not to reveal her other reason.

Cecília: The other reason is for me - She reveals and Loise looks at her mother confused, Cecília takes off her glasses and places them on the headboard on her side of the bed while she takes off her daughter's glasses next, placing them in the same place. Cecília found it incredible how much her daughter had inherited almost nothing from her paternal father, perhaps the only trace of him would be her hair tone mixed between Cecilia's blond and Mike's brown, but the rest was entirely blonde, and that's why Cecília knew the girl would understand. - You know that after your father's deception I didn't have anyone. I used the argument that I was a mother and a college student to justify that I didn't need anyone in my life, or rather... that I didn't want anyone. So I closed myself off and didn't let anyone in, just like Gustavo. It resulted in both of us having no one and having difficulty relating to anyone else. This marriage could also be good for me, El... whether we like it or not, Gustavo and I will be friends at the very least. Who knows, maybe something more than that will happen in the future? - She says to her daughter, who nods. - We've spent too much time being just the Soares against the world. It's time for us to step it up a notch. Maybe the Soares-Giordanos against the world will be more intimidating? - The blonde says, hugging her daughter tightly. - So? What do you think?

Loise: Soares-Giordano? - Loise says as if she were savoring the sound of the surname. - Sounds good to me...

Cecília: Are you going to start calling me Mrs. Bennet or Gustavo Darcy? - Cecília asks, still hugging her daughter.

Loise: You bet you will... Well, until I get over it and get used to my new stepfather. - Loise says, and Cecilia laughs out loud. Her daughter had a special way of dealing with things around her.