Wednesday. Josias enters Beto's building, noticing the presence of police officer Prates guarding the place. He doesn't ask questions and goes upstairs.When he arrives on the floor of Beto's apartment, he knocks on the door.Vera opens right away wearing a white and lacy nightgown, made of transparent fabric except for the private parts.She widens her eyes, visibly embarrassed. "Oh, Josias! What a fright, I thought it was—""Wallace?" Josias roars past her and enters, "Are you still in love with the man who wants to attack you?"Vera slams the door shut, frowning. Why is everyone thinking this about her?"But of course not! I thought it was the policeman downstairs protecting me."Josias sits in the armchair smiling mischievously. Lois Lane Syndrome? Well, it's better than Stockholm Syndrome!"I want to talk to your brother." He announces."I'll see if he's awake." Vera heads to his room.Moments later, Be

Tiago and Igor are meeting in Romualdo's room with Josias to talk about Marcelo's idea. Everyone is seated and Carmen has already served coffee."Well then, the Bento brothers have the floor," Romualdo says.Tiago begins: "Our younger brother visited us suggesting that we sponsor the Happiness Slum's soccer team. Stacy is hired as a waitress and she talked about how the team is excelling.""They are in the semi-finals." Josias completes, satisfied."All this is thanks to William Campos." Romualdo nods. As seen, everyone is watching the championship."It is the first time that a team from the lower class has achieved an excellent result." Igor continues, "If it's their competence to win this year, surely other companies will want to sponsor them. So Marcelo thought: why not us?""We have every reason to be the sponsors." Tiago concludes, "We live in the favela, the top scorer is Mr. Rocha's brother-in-law, and so the team is on an equal footi

Beto continues to tell how Teodoro's plan ended up turning against the Reis family and contributing to Wallace's transformation into a monster. However, as we saw earlier, Beto omits some details that could directly implicate him.He has not yet told Josias that Wallace was not robbed but rather beaten by him.Josias is flushed with indignation, "He knew there was no sexual intercourse, but he made Vera think he'd believed her lie just to continue the charade and get back at her later, on the honeymoon... who is this Wallace ?""I don't know, Josias." Beto shrugs, "If I knew Wallace back when he was a churchgoer, I would have the same question.""The worst thing is that his family is the complete opposite!" Josias scratches his chin, "Harold Freire is a good man, honest and hardworking. Isabel Freire is a sweet wife and mother. And Uélton Freire has become my best friend. They must be suffering a lot.""So, Josias, what do you decide?"<

Josias looks quickly at Harold and then at Uélton. Both men understand that Josias needs to help the police arrest Wallace. They nod slightly.Then, Josias looks at Isabel and smiles reassuringly: "Don't worry, Mrs. Freire. I will not be directly involved in capturing Wallace."Isabel collapses to her knees and cries on Josias's knees. "Thank you so much, my son! I feel calmer.""I still don't understand your objection, Mom." Uélton starts to get annoyed, "Are you thinking that Wallace is above the law?"Isabel gets up and wipes her tears. "It's not like that, son. I believe that what will help Wallace is love and understanding. Maybe he'll have to leave Seu Teodoro's building and come back to live with us. When he was with us, he was an angel.""Nothing like that, Mom!" Uélton strongly objects, "Wallace is already 25 years old, if he hasn't learned how to treat a woman with his family, he'll have to learn in jail! You're too o

Melissa quickly appears in the living room to find out what has happened. At the same time, the bell is rung.Flavia is desperate, not because of the broken china, but because of the doorbell. She knows it could be Elza or Elisa, or both.If they see what happened, they'll throw Flavia from the balcony!"Don't answer guys, DON'T ANSWER!" Flavia screams desperately.Uélton bursts out laughing. For him, everything is a joke.Melissa heads for the door. "Flávia, don't talk nonsense. Clean up this mess while I answer the door.""No, cousin, NO!"Flávia feels her body freeze as if her soul had abandoned her.However, when Melissa opens the door, it's Vernon and João Paulo."Hello, Melissa." Vernon greets her, "Elza asked to know if João Paulo could spend the morning here to keep his nephew company."Melissa smiles and makes room for them both. "Well, of course, you do! Come in." She a