However, Elza is warning her husband as they have breakfast. “Man, forget about this revenge bullshit. Isabel Freire has a closed body and nothing we do bothers or harms her.” Vernon frowns, “I thought you hated her.” “I hate the maid, Flavia. She married into the Freire family and with that, we hate them by association.” “But it was just the maid who caught me with Mrs. Marçal and threatened to report this to her husband,” Vernon says this to bring Elza to his side. Indeed, Elza chokes on her sip of coffee, “What? It was her? So, darling, we urgently need revenge!” “To know that Mrs. Marçal does not agree with the promotion of the illiterate woman’s book give us a chance.” Vernon chews the buttered bread. “We have to go unnoticed by Melissa. She has already declared her support for the soap opera. Let's hope the ratings fail!” Elza and Vernon toast with their cups. ****** Maggie and Bernardo have breakfast at Crystal Blue, before Kelvin and the waiters start cleaning up. Th
Josias is talking to Ernesto in his apartment. Frederick had already left for work.“Ernesto, get ready for the next step.” Josias announces with a serious face, “You will tell the Bento brothers that I am alive.”Ernesto leans back on the sofa, “Are you sure?”“Yes. The bank canceled my bank account and passed all my earnings to Melissa, as I instructed in the will. I'm going to need Tiago to help me. And there's more.”“What?”“The Bento brothers have this strange scheme of figuring things out. Let it stay between us, Ernesto, but they discovered the whereabouts of Jeremiah Ramos and took justice into their own hands.”Ernesto is startled by the information, “Was it that idiot who pestered you when you lived in Seu Teodoro's building?”“Yes, the one that nearly raped their sister and I saved her. How they discovered Jeremiah's whereabouts is beyond me, so I decided to ask them for help.”“The Bento brothers idolize the ground you walk on, sir; for sure they will protect you from tha
Raymond is very upset with Moacyr letting it slip that his and Cristina's car accident was criminal. Cristina's jaw drops, “Can you explain to me what's going on?” Moacyr is quick to say, “Very simple, honey: Raymond cut the brake wires and I couldn't stop when that car came parallel; so we crashed and you were in a coma!” “IT'S A LIE!” Raymond yells until he is hoarse, “It was your son who tried to kill you!” Cristina puts her hand on her head, “This can only be a nightmare...” Raymond grabs Cristina by the shoulders, “Cris, for God's sake, don't listen to this crazy guy! Remember the countless times his hideous son swore at you and insulted you. Remember how many times he ceased relations with his father. Why would I do something knowing it would harm you?” “But it turns out I didn't get hurt.” Cristina breaks away from Raymond, disgusted, “It was my husband who was harmed. He was paralyzed and will never get out of this wheelchair again. Exactly what you wanted.” Raymond wigg
A few more days go by. At the Bezerra farm, Katherine is lulling Josias Junior in her arms, sitting on the sofa, like any loving mother. Adelina approaches with the bottle.“Here, miss. Although I think the baby should be nourished by breast milk.”“Shut up, here you only obey orders!” With one hand, Katherine snatches the bottle roughly.Jock appears after hearing the altercation, “Is there a problem here, folks?”Katherine rolls her eyes. Here comes the affectionate husband!Jock smiles at the sight of the baby, “And how's my boy doing?”“He is not your boy! He is the son of Josias Rocha!” Katherine screams as if possessed.Adelina is disgusted, “Now, that's enough! Miss Bezerra, respect your husband! He knows whose baby it is!”“Don't worry, Adelina.” Jock always responds calmly and kindly, “Tell your father I'm going to Lagoon City as he ordered.”Katherine's eyes widen and a lightbulb goes on in her mind, “Jock, can I go with you?”“Of course, after all, it will be good for you t
At Rocha Constructions, Carmen notices that Tiago and Igor walked in together and smiling.“Darling, I thought you were here. Good morning, Igor.”“Good morning, sister-in-law.” Igor greets her.“Melissa arrived?” Tiago asks.“Yes, she's in Josias's old room.”At the mention of Josias, the Bento brothers continue to smile. Carmen frowns and gets suspicious.But, the two gentlemen will not answer for the time being. They go to the presidential room and find Melissa reading the report on the work at the Rocha Hotel.“Shouldn't William be around with these reports?” Tiago questions her.Melissa nods at them, “He's still upset that he's not the one sitting in the presidential chair.”“Well then, let him get ready to whimper even more.” Tiago announces with a chuckle, “We have some great news for you, Melissa.”“Seeing you two smiling like that, it looks like Josias has come back from the dead.” Melissa jokes.However, the sudden silence of the two men made Melissa look serious and suspici
Melissa is furious to find the farmer's daughter who kidnapped Josias and made everyone think he was dead. However, in her mind, there was still a doubt.If Josias was captive on the Bezerra farm, then is Katherine's baby really his? If true, why did Josias do this, knowing he was still married to her?Melissa urgently needed to resolve this doubt, “Listen, you crazy woman, don't think you're going to take money from me! I can see that the baby is wearing quality clothes and the stroller is not a cheap brand.”“I was lucky to be born in a golden cradle.” Katherine brags, “And I was lucky to have my first time with a male as hot and virile as your husband, ha ha ha!”Melissa leaves, but not before slapping the scoundrel.“Ouch! Get back here, you—”Katherine is unable to follow Melissa because of Josias Junior. She controls herself and takes a deep breath.“Well, at least I accomplished my mission! Now she's going to go crazy wanting to know how her dead husband got me pregnant. Or may
Melissa is upset when Josias confirms with a straight face that Katherine Bezerra's baby is his. She sits on the couch.“Josias, I thought our reunion was to reactivate and strengthen the marriage even more.” She ponders, “But it looks like you're not committed anymore.”Josias sits on the other sofa, vis-à-vis, “Melissa, allow me to explain. This family of farmers helped me get my health back. However, I realized that Ephraim Bezerra was purposely keeping me prisoner for me to marry his daughter and take over the farm when he retires.”“Did he say that clearly?” Melissa purses her lips.“No, I understood everything when Katherine showed that she was attracted to me and when her father offered me a homemade wine so strong I could get drunk on the first goblet.”“Did you hear that we had a funeral thinking you had drowned in the river?”Josias gets angry and gets up, “Yes, I saw... Ephraim Bezerra didn't have a radio or TV, but by 'coincidence' he managed to get the newspaper reporting
Pamela is in a red armchair in the living room drinking a cup of coffee and cream. The radio is playing “Wishing on a Star”, a version by The Cover Girls.Miguel strides in to communicate something urgent to his wife, “Darling, I'm sorry to disturb your peace.”“If it's something urgent, I won't be upset.” Pamela smiles reassuringly.The radio interrupts the music and the announcer tells the same news that Miguel wanted to say, “We interrupt our programming for a piece of urgent news: Lagoon City police arrested real estate agent Adrian Barbosa this morning, accused of having sabotaged his father's car when he was going on his honeymoon with his stepmother Cristina Chaves. The current Mrs. Barbosa was in a coma for months and Mr. Barbosa got paralyzed after the accident. Now let's continue with the local programming.”The music starts playing again, but Pamela can't appreciate it. She puts the cup on the saucer and stands up, stunned.“Honey!” Pamela stares at Miguel, “Is the case fin