Heavy rain pounded against the towering stained-glass windows of an elite funeral hall in São Paulo as dozens of guests dressed in black stood silently around a snow-white coffin surrounded by expensive flowers and flickering candlelight. The air inside felt heavy and suffocating, as if death itself had slowly filled the room and stolen everyone’s ability to breathe normally.
Some people cried quietly in the corners while others nervously held their handkerchiefs, trying not to look at the face of the young
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