Chapter 78

MELISSA

I lay my head on Jacob's shoulder, and I see our hands intertwined. We're together and dating now, and everything seems fine between him and me.

I'd been looking forward to this trip for months, and now that we're on a plane going to Brazil, I still haven't told my mother about my kidnapping because that would make her too worried about me, and I don't want that.

I've worried about my mother many times in the past, I've cried with her many times, and I'm excited to hug her.

She was very happy when I told her I was going to Brazil with my boyfriend, she was looking forward to meeting Jacob.

The flight continues, and hours later we are at São Paulo airport. I close my eyes when I hear the people around me talking in Portuguese. Before our first trip together, I taught Jacob a few words and expressions in Portuguese.

He came to Brazil a long time ago, but he didn't know anything about my language, and I don't know how he'll feel when he's wit