Karina, barely fifteen years old, built a world with her first boyfriend, who was fifteen years older than her.

Together, Karina and Armando embarked on a path that finally led them to the altar to consolidate a marriage.

It took three years for the happy couple to achieve their first accomplishment. They bought a small apartment with the income earned from a small fast food business they both ran.

As you can read, Karina and Antonio were self-employed. Step by step, with perseverance and perseverance they were flooded with success and prosperity even more when their three children arrived.

Happiness could not have been greater. The couple had practically everything, love, home, family, business and health to move forward. What more could one ask from life with so many blessings?

My friend, as she told us her story over a melody and a cup of coffee, began to look back. Her younger sister, who was with us at the time, made some criticisms.

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Karina was and still is a successful woman, it is true. But there was one great flaw in her, her obsessive jealousy. Her sister, in a good way, saw the opportune moment to make the observation.

Karina, with tears in her eyes, assumed that truth. We did not understand at that moment why the tears. Something was about to be revealed and none of us were prepared to listen.

This great woman's eyes filled with tears because her mind was filled with memories. Because of her compulsive jealousy she ended relationships with great friends and actually ended her own business.

Every woman who entered the store to share ended up in conflict because of her jealousy. Karina always saw her husband as attractive and innocent in the eyes of women. This situation led her to have big problems to the point of hitting other women in her shop.

To tell the truth, we already had some information about the matter but we didn't know that the problem had escalated to the point of destruction.

Karina continues to tell her story. She attributes her helplessness to selective blindness. She detonates the conflict and realizes her situation when her best friend arrives from a trip, receives her at the premises and notices that Antonio, her husband, begins to seduce Miriam.

This time, Karina did not want to turn a blind eye. Something was going on with her husband and she was tired of it. Miriam, very sorry with Karina, decides to leave. The next day she calls her to apologize. She did not want to cause conflict but clearly let her know her opinion about Antonio's behavior.

From that moment on Karina was attentive, she took off her blindfold. For years she believed in her husband, for years she defended her marriage tooth and nail, for years she created a barrier so that no one would come close to harm her work, but finally, she realized the sad reality.

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Her beloved husband was nothing more than an inveterate womanizer who was attracted to every woman for no apparent reason. Three cups of coffee on the table were instantly emptied at the moment of the revelation of a hidden or disguised truth.

Thirty-five years of marriage went down the drain in five minutes. Show's over, that's how Karina called it. There is no turning back now. I am sorry for all the offenses, sorry for having lost so many friendships, sorry for having fallen so low with this unhealthy love.

Antonio is not the only one responsible for my misfortune, I played dumb, I played deaf, I played blind hiding my truth. These were Karina's words.

Today I do not come here to lament, neither do I come here to cry nor to turn the afternoon into a space of tragedy. Sharing this cup of coffee with you, I just want to let you know that today I am starting a new stage without Antonio, the divorce is about to be finalized, the assets will be distributed in equal parts, each one will go his own way.

I only ask you for another opportunity, I ask for forgiveness for my attitude, only you have remained by my side, for that I thank you and I consider it fair to repay you for your attentions.

The meeting ended with a toast between cups of coffee, no more words, only glances...