Tamíris saw him first, hiding by the church door.
Instead of asking them to remove him, she whispered something no one expected: that he should stay. The dog, with no owner and his body marked by life on the streets, stayed there throughout the ceremony, still, as if he knew that day was important for him too. When Douglas and Tamíris emerged as husband and wife, the dog ran toward them wagging his tail, and that was all the answer they needed.
They named him Caramelo de Jesus and took him home that same night, without thinking twice. Today, four years later, Caramelo is still there: running, playing, and filling every corner of the home he almost didn’t find with life. They didn’t just adopt him—he adopted them too.