"Of course you accepted!" Uélton exclaims in a rectangular room, where the future garage of Tiago's new house will be, "You are not even asking me for permission, but confirming that you have accepted."
"Actually, scandalous guy, I am asking for your opinion." Josias was regretting seeing Uélton. It looks like he didn't promise at the New Year's party that he would discipline the mouth.
Uélton burst out laughing as if he were an Italian. "My Beloved Father... the all-wise man comes to me, asking for my opinion on something so obvious!"
"It's not that obvious." Josias defends himself, frowning, "Accepting to be their supervisor implies taking on a leadership position. It means that we will no longer be co-workers; it means that I will have to keep an eye on you if you are screwing the switches correctly; if Milton is doing the electrical installation properly so the house doesn't catch fire... do you understand now?"
Uélton stop
The two visitors remain standing next to Pamela. She struggles to continue with the smile."Boys, thank you so much for visiting me! How are things going?""We came to hear from you first, Pamela." Wallace says vehemently, "Any news?""Next week I will leave here, I will finish my recovery at home," Pamela speaks with a single breath.Pamela, looking at Josias who is calm, begins to wonder what happened to the older sister's promise. Did Carmen ever tell Melissa that Josias got her pregnant? Melissa and Josias already fought? She decided to take a chance."And you, Josias, how are you doing with Melissa? Is everything okay with my best friend?""We look great. She already told you that we are dating, right?" Josias replies smiling.Pamela strengthens her smile even more, when in fact she wants to scream in anger. "Yes, my congratulations. Everything indicated that this was really going to happen. Did she forget Fabrício?"<
However, Pamela also remembers Wallace. Another guy she's crazy to get along with. Wallace would be the perfect husband: calm, humble, gentleman, handsome, manly, and hot. Who should Pamela choose?While Pamela is undecided, at least she already knows who NOT to choose. However, it's precisely the failed candidate who appears in the room, hours after Josias and Wallace leave."It's already past visiting hours," Pamela informs her as soon as she sees someone's shadows at the door.The person, ignoring the information, runs his hand over the wall until he finds the switch and turns on the light, revealing Pamela's astonished and terrified face.Fabrício is smiling with a package in his hands."If you take another step," Pamela threatens in a low voice so as not to wake the other patients, "I scream for the nurses!"Fabrício approaches her and Pamela shouts nothing."These threats are not going to intimidate me." Fabr&iacut
Carmen is again at Melissa's house, but this time it is not to reveal the 'truth' about Pamela's pregnancy."And where does Josias live, is around here?" She asks, pretending to be casual."Yes, do you know Teodoro's building on Hope Street? It's there. It's one of the little rooms, suitable for single men.""Have you seen what his room looks like?" Carmen asks without disguising the intention.Melissa shakes her head frantically. "I never was and I will never go! I will only be alone with Josias in our master bedroom, after the honeymoon!"Carmen smiles ironically. She thinks, 'While you protect yourself from him, he is already impregnating your friends.' And she says, "Well, I better get going, it's late. Next week Pamela will be back.""I'm praying for her, girl..."From here William is walking down the corridor to the living room and ends up listening to Melissa's final words."... Even more after learning that she suffered
Melissa hugs Josias, touched by the news. William can barely contain himself in anger.With the screams, Simeon and Dora appear from the kitchen."What happened, people?" Simeon asks."Daddy," Melissa breaks the hug and turns to him, "you are looking at the new construction supervisor! Josias will no longer be the bricklayer assistant that so many despise!"William feels personally struck by Melissa's speech.Simeon and Dora vibrate together with Melissa. The owner of the house addresses the future son-in-law."Congratulations, future son-in-law!" The two men embrace."I hope I have enough money to pay for the wedding party." Josias jokes."The father here has to contribute as well." Simeon scratches his head, "But, are you already thinking about marriage? Isn't it too soon?""Yeah, I agree too!" William protests."Son, get a clue." Dora scolds him, "Soon you will also have your little girlfriend and you will want
Josias says goodbye to Melissa, Simeon, and Dora and leaves for his house. Even though he was used to the atmosphere of Happiness Slum, he never wanted to be late at night on the streets.He barely imagines that upon arriving at Seu Teodoro's building, Josias will find another problem to solve.Teodoro is annoyed by Jeremiah's attempt to discredit Carmen concerning Josias."Don't be so mean, Jeremiah. Are you forgetting the day that Josias saved your skin?" He counters.Jeremiah breaks the smile. Damn, Josias told him! If the word gets out, everyone will think he's a coward, that a kid saved his skin."We talked about it, but he didn't want to raise the peace flag." Jeremiah shrugs and says that lame excuse.Carmen shakes her head. "Josias is not a good boy; but, much less you, huh? I already understand the type of residents of this building.""Oh, miss, don't you dare!" Teodoro turns to Carmen, his index finger raised, his brow furro
Now two men are lying in bed, thinking about Pamela's short pregnancy.William, lying in his underwear, cannot sleep. He has already listened to the AC/DC tape three times. Yes, when he was with Pamela, she 'Shook him all night long'. He thought she was an attractive girl and realized that she had the same opinion.However, losing his virginity with her was not the thing described in the soap operas that his mother watches. After the pleasure, guilt and shame came. And now, the depression in knowing that he had managed to get Pamela pregnant, only for her to lose the child that had barely begun to form in her womb.William shifts his position, trying to sleep. He takes the blanket and covers himself up to his neck; today the weather is cool and pleasant. He closes his eyes, but in his mind, he can see Pamela avoiding the accident, but after a few weeks, vomiting and fainting, being questioned by the family and Melissa, getting fat, having wishes, the womb becomi
Josias has a malicious, somewhat devilish smile. "Hello, Carmen! Will you let me in? It seems that yesterday we were not clear and specific with the conversation.""But, of course, you can't get in!" Carmen looks back, nervous, apprehensive."What's wrong, is your father still there?" Josias gets even closer, "He can't know that you were yesterday in the building where I live, making scandal and baseless accusations, right?""Get out, because he is actually about to leave to work!" Carmen speaks in a whisper, afraid someone will hear her."Yeah, someone has to keep this big house. If you were an operator or a secretary, you could help with household expenses." Josias scoffs at her and is having a lot of fun with it, "But since you have free time to go around making slanderous accusations, you also have time to listen to the other side and his defense."Carmen smiles slightly, showing disdain. "Defense on the other side? What defense do you have?"
Carmen is upset at having to go to the cafeteria chosen by Josias. Crossing the avenue near the school reminds her of the accident and her dear sister lying on a hospital bed with a cast on her leg. For a moment Carmen thought she was not going to survive! She could be forever paralyzed! But, worst of all, she had lost a baby that was barely past the embryonic stage! Did it affect her uterus? Will Pamela return to having children?She hopes Pamela finds out much later, with her husband, and not with Josias!The cafeteria was commonly frequented by the school's students, which makes Carmen more melancholy. Was Josias purposely torturing her?Upon entering, she finds Josias already seated at one of the wooden tables. As it was January, the cafeteria was almost empty. Only a few tables were occupied.Carmen did not pay attention to a man in his forties not far from them, all suspicious and stealthy, barely disguising that he was not trying to pay attention t