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Sophie stretches out on the sofa, afternoon naps always make her drowsy and sleepy, she opens her eyes and thinks it would be a good idea to get some refreshment or not, better a coffee. That, a coffee with that should shake off the laziness of Sunday afternoons. She gets up with a little jump and with a graceful run she walks the distance that separates her from the kitchen, she takes her favorite cup from the cabinet and pours herself a steaming cup of coffee, while she blows away the heat, leaning on the kitchen counter she can't help remembering her dad with whom she used to have coffee in the afternoon and talk about anything, that was one of her favorite moments before that sudden illness took him away a little more than a year ago. She blew the coffee cup harder as if she wanted to keep the sadness away too. She distracted herself thinking about the things she had to do because the next day she had to travel to another state and start his college life.
Her mom had told her to look through her dad's things, surely some of his books could be useful in the studies she would start, Sophie went straight to the room where all her dad's things were kept and to avoid sinking into sadness she went straight to the boxes of books, there were many in fact, her father was a professor and researcher of botany and zoology. Each box Sophie went through reminded her so much of her dad, many of those books he used to show her in her childhood and hence Sophie's fondness and interest in Natural Life. She had already chosen some books when she found at the bottom of a box one of her father's favorite books, a volume dedicated to the study of insects, Sophie's eyes filled with tears, she took it with affection and as she began to leaf through it she found an envelope inside, a yellowed and worn envelope that was dated a couple of years before Sophie's birth with an address in some remote region of Brazil.
She opened the envelope and pulled out a letter, sat down on the edge of the desk and began to read it:
"Dear Patrick, I have thought long and hard to send you these lines, they will be the last I'm afraid, my stay here on the plantation will go on indefinitely and I don't want you to stop your life waiting for my return. It is not about someone else and I hope you can believe me. I want you to get on with your life and do your best, remember that I will always love you very much. As far as the coffee crop was being affected, you were right, it was that insect you told me about, we have already taken measures to control it, I am sorry I changed the subject but I know you were very interested and maybe it will serve as a case study for your research. I must say goodbye without first telling you that you will always be in my heart.
Forever Sophia."
The sound of the front door brought Sophie out of her reading, she quickly put the letter away in the envelope and left it in the book right where she found it, she took the book and put it and others in the box she would take with her. As she went downstairs she met her mom who behind the shopping bags asked her if she had already picked out what she would take. Sophie helped her mother with the packages and as they headed to the kitchen she told her mother to tell her about the work she did on a coffee plantation in Brazil as they shared a cup.
The end.
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Originall text by @clarysa, translate by DeepL free version.
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