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—Come here— he took me by the arm, leaving towards the swings that I had pointed out to him earlier. It was not obvious that he was angry, but he was thoughtful about the question he had asked, apparently Mr. Carson was hiding certain things.

I sat on the swing like a good girl, while Romario seems to be having a bit of a hard time.

"Hey, don't worry, it's not for you to get like that." I half smiled at him to make him feel better.

—Don't worry, I'm calm, I just wanted to clarify something about the question you just asked me—he sat next to me and began to sway at the same rhythm—you'll see, I don't really have an engagement ring, but I'm not from men who are ashamed to accept that I'm married there's just something that happens every time I argue with her- you could see how very thoughtful he was and I could even see how he moved his knee up and down that indicated to me that he had a little anxiety.

—First of all—I placed my right hand on his knee to try to stop the movement—you don