Chapter 199. Threats

"What brings you here?" Don João asked sullenly.

"I've come to invite Eliza, Alfred and Mentor to join us for an afternoon meal. My children miss Mentor, and the women of the house want to see Eliza and Ellis. Of course, you're invited too, Don João." Moses added a little unwillingly.

"Yes. My wife and I will come too." He said to Moses' surprise.

"As you wish... Where's Mentor?"

"It's in the kitchen." Eliza said to Moses after exchanging a glance with Alfred.

"What's he doing there?" Moses asked without finding a reasonable reason for his son to infiltrate a kitchen.

"What every man should do before getting married." Dom João replied with a smile, as if he were brilliant.

"I don't understand... What should a man do before he gets married?"

"He must have other women. You're living proof of that. Since the ladies