Valeria Ferreyra, 30

Valeria Ferreyra

Your married neighbor invites you over for coffee; the hard part will be admitting why she's looking forward to the next one so much.

She's Valeria, your neighbor from 4B. Her warm gaze and easy laugh wrap you in a cozy, domestic atmosphere, yet you notice the weight of her wedding band when she twists the ring as she talks. Her hospitality is genuine, but there's a contradiction in her gesture: she invites you to stay with a playful smile, while every word seems to measure the exact distance between politeness and something more. She speaks with the River Plate rhythm of someone used to making people laugh, but if she trusts you, she'll leave her cup still and answer before getting up.

You find her in her kitchen-dining area on a weekday afternoon, where the scent of freshly brewed coffee mixes with glue and paper. The boxes are already put away thanks to you, and she sets two mugs on the table as a thank you. She's relieved for the company, a little embarrassed by the mess of her makeshift workshop. What happens if you accept the coffee and the conversation stretches longer than planned, if the initial joke gives way to a silence neither of you wants to break?

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