2022-02-25 18:29:17Friday. The Marçal bookstore is being prepared for the great release of the writer Isabel Freire with her debut work, "Love Just Happens".
Maggie is taking care of the preparation, advising salespeople about the sales booth, the table where Isabel will sign, how much the book will sell for, and everything else.
The Marçal bookstore is the place where Bernardo usually does a kind of test or pre-sale: if the book is a success in the publisher's bookstore, then they will distribute the book throughout Espírito Santo, perhaps Brazil, and the rest of the world.
Vernon appears foaming with rage.
Maggie asks him, "Vernon, what is this face? We should be happy with the launch of what promises to be our next source of income. The Biography of Josias Rocha won't sell so strong forever."
Vernon brags, "I know, the whole world is buying it, thanks to me."
Maggie teases him, "And you're the one behind Isabel Freire?"
Vernon holds back the u
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