Bernardo approaches the bar and strikes up a conversation with Daryl after Kelvin goes to his post at the entrance to Crystal Blue.Daryl is impressed by his brother-in-law's visit, “Bernie, how are you?”“I'm in big trouble, Daryl. I was wondering if you and Kelvin can help me.” Bernardo looks both ways, fearing that Shirley is nearby, “I want to know what this is all about that your mother is in love with me.”Daryl drops a crystal goblet to the floor. All employees turn their heads to what happened.Frederick approaches with a broom and dustpan, “Don't worry sir, I'll clean it up.”Daryl walks away and nervously leads Bernardo to the office.When the two gentlemen enter, Daryl closes the door. He's tense and worried, “Bernie, where did you get that idea?”Bernardo narrows his eyes as he analyzes Daryl. Is this an 'idea'? Why so much nervousness?“It doesn’t just sound like an old wives’ tale to me.” Bernardo correctly observes, “Maggie keeps accusing her mother of this, and Shirley
“I'm warning you, Caio: if next time your father goes to the beach with us, we'll bury him in the beach sand and we'll 'forget' his location!”At school, Alan warns Caio about William behaving hatefully towards his nephews and sister.The cousins eat their lunch on one of the benches in the schoolyard. Around them, other colleagues who have already eaten are playing and running.“My dad is a pain in the ass.” Caio responds without explaining where he learned this verbal expression from, “He won't stop complaining about your father for a second.”“The bad thing is you didn't go to the beach with us.” Alan regrets.“Did you call? Dad forbade me to answer the phone.” Caio responds, leaving Alan intrigued.“And how are you?” Alan asks before biting the ham sandwich.“My dad's been taking some girls to our home and I can't even sleep with the laughter and screaming the girls do. It feels like they are being assaulted by my father, but they beg for more.”The kids continue to talk without
Melissa returns home. Simeon, Dora, Carlos, and Alan are waiting anxiously. Caroline continues playing with dolls on the living room rug.“And then, daughter?” Dora anxiously asks, “Are you going to replace Nadine on 'Love Just Happens'?”Melissa bursts out laughing as she closes the door, “You guys are hilarious. No, I told Mr. Oliveira that I would start from the bottom.”“And that means?” Carlos asks, “Mr. Oliveira is one of the executives?”“Nothing, just the dramaturgy director.” Melissa sits on the couch and hugs her son, “How was school, son?”“Caio is complaining that Uncle Will is bringing women to their house and Caio can't sleep,” Alan speaks innocently.However, the adults got the message and are embarrassed. William is always perverted when he lives alone! But now he has his son!Melissa returns to the subject, “Anyway, I'm going to stay by Isabel and Flávia's side for guidance. Mr. Oliveira hinted that I could participate in acting, but I have no talent.”Simeon grins, “
At Teodoro's building, Cristina is receiving a bouquet from a delivery man. She signs the receipt and gives the guy a tip.“Thank you very much, madam.”“You're welcome! Have a good work.”The delivery man leaves whistling the Bon Jovi song “Bed of Roses” that was playing on the radio.Diane approaches her, “Good morning, aunt... wow! Uncle Moacyr bought you these flowers?”Cristina excitedly approaches her niece, “No, Diane. Look at the dedication!”At the top of the bouquet, Diane visualizes a card written in silver letters. She picks it up and reads it, and then smiles.“It's from Daryl.”“Put those red roses in a vase before they wither!” Cristina encourages her.“Yes, Auntie, excuse me.”Diane takes the bouquet and leaves. Cristina sighs, feeling that love is in the air.******On the Rocha penthouse, João Paulo and Josias have breakfast. With no more Ernesto and Lilian, they had to prepare and serve themselves.“Kate didn’t make breakfast?” João Paulo asks.“Kate is still sleepi
At Crystal Blue, Kelvin is flannelling the counter where he serves customers as a maître d'. Daryl walks past him eagerly.“Did she get the red roses?” Daryl asks again.“That's three times already, bro,” Kelvin responds good-naturedly.“You go mocking.” Daryl pretends he's offended, “Soon Miss Campos walk through that door and it's your turn.”As if Daryl had foreseen it, Melissa enters the restaurant at this moment.“Hello, friends! How are you?”Daryl hides a laugh, “I'm doing great, Melissa. The little boy here wanted to talk to you.”Daryl walks away, leaving Kelvin intrigued. It wasn't in his plans to talk to Melissa.Melissa approaches the counter, “Kelvin, are you aware that I'm going to work at LCN?”Kelvin smiles and gets interested in the subject, “Really? Will we see you in 'A Rose in the Desert'?Melissa blushes slightly. She imagined herself playing opposite the muscular and handsome actor who is stoking the fires of the female spectators, “No, I'm going to stay with Isa
In Moacyr's apartment, he is struggling to move from the wheelchair to the sofa. Diane holds the wheelchair tight so it doesn't move and doesn’t end up knocking Moacyr down.When he manages to transfer himself to the couch, Diane hands him the TV remote.As soon as Moacyr turns on the TV, the music video for 4 Non-Blondes, “What’s Up” makes Diane sway like an odalisque.Moacyr laughs at his niece, “Is this all happiness for having received the bouquet of roses?”Diane turns as red as the roses, “Uncle, did you notice too?”“I'm noticing that the best thing you did was to come here,” Moacyr responds in a naughty tone.“I wrote a letter to my parents.” Diane comments sitting on the couch next to him, “Let's see if they approve.”“And have you ever thanked him?”Diane feels an impact as if she wakes up from amnesia, “No...”Moacyr laughs more, “Diane, how cruel you are! Poor Daryl must be climbing the walls thinking you didn't get or didn't like the flowers! Call him and end the agony.”
At Crystal Blue, Melissa is sitting at one of the tables trying to decipher the script. It became her life's mission.“‘Teaser’ must be the part that precedes the opening. Scene 01. 'INT.' must be 'interior', since the scene will be in the living room of the Carvalho mansion.”Kelvin approaches her and sits down beside her, “Having fun, my friend?”Melissa lifts her head, “That's okay. I'm almost having a headache trying to figure this script out.”“Different from reading the book?”“For sure!” Melissa laughs, “It's all technical and professional here. And they're doing it on the computer, because of that letter they call Courier. It reminds me that I might need to take a computer course.”“Yes, my friend, these machines are retiring the typewriter. Did you see that Ramos Supermarket put computers at every checkout?” Kelvin scratches his head.“Isabel said she's going to buy hers to write the next book.”“Book? Is she not going to establish herself in soap operas?” Kelvin narrows his
Some days are gone. In the Rocha penthouse, Katherine looks like she's sucked on a spoiled orange. She is toiling in the kitchen, trying to do the dishes, something she never did when she lived on the Bezerra Farm.João Paulo enters the kitchen and smiles when he sees her distress, “What happened, Kate? Didn't you want to be the lady of this penthouse? So act like a housewife and do the corresponding chores!”“Melissa had maids and servants!” Catarina Rose.“Yeah, but Melissa also performed all the household chores with mastery. She needed a maid because there were a lot of people living here. Now that it's just you, Josias, J.J, and me, there's no need for someone else to clean up here. And see if those glasses are properly rinsed!”João Paulo takes an apple and leaves the kitchen laughing. Katherine feels like breaking a glass, but she fears that Josias will force her to buy another one.******Meanwhile, Josias visited Angela's apartment. Her radio was playing “Rain” by Madonna.“Y
Josias visits the Rocha Hotel since he didn’t have a day off for the staff. In the management room, Eugenio gathered David, Benjamin, and Sybil. “Why is that mere cook present at this meeting?” David asked disparagingly. “Because that’s how our boss ordered it,” Eugenio replied dryly. “I didn’t say anything and didn’t call this meeting, so if you’ll excuse me...” Benjamin and Sybil were horrified to see David leaving the meeting just like that. However, when he opened the door, David came face to face with his father. “David, where do you think you’re going?” “DAD!” David exclaimed, extremely surprised. “I didn’t know you were coming!” “Didn’t Eugenio tell you I was coming?” Josias asked with a scowl. David understood who the ‘boss’ was. Benjamin and Sybil felt vindicated. Josias sat down at the desk, taking Eugenio’s seat, while the manager remained humbly standing. “Very well,” Josias began the meeting in a formal tone, “I’m here just to make things crystal clear. First
Melissa and Mary visit the Mountain Café.“A guava juice for me, Mr. Mountain!” Mary requested, smiling sweetly.“Of course, my princess!” Rodrigo replied, thinking Mary was very adorable. “Neil will make a delicious cup for you.”“Thank you. But the princess is Carol,” Mary responded, striking a serious pose.Melissa and Rodrigo laughed heartily. Mary is something else...“Rod, how has it been managing the café in your father’s absence?” Melissa asked seriously.Rodrigo served a baked chicken pastry with ketchup to Mary. “I'm getting by, Melissa. Josias was here earlier, more concerned about my loss than his own, as always. Isn’t he supposed to be resting?”Melissa nodded. “My husband is like that: he only relaxes when all of us are relaxed.”“An impossible mission because of certain people.”Neilton approached with the glass. “Who ordered a guava juice?”“I DID!” Mary grabbed the glass and went to a table.Melissa leaned forward, “Neil, Rod, how are Daryl and Diane? Behaving?”“Cont
At João Paulo’s house, he and Josias were about to have a significant conversation.“Walter, do you want to go with your mom to the kitchen?” João Paulo asked, looking at Helen. “I think she made some walnut cake.”“It was carrot cake,” Sandra replied, already getting up from the couch.“You got it.” Helen appeared and picked up Walter in her arms. “Let’s let Dad and Uncle Josias talk.”“Bye, Uncle!” Walter waved goodbye to Josias.“Bye-bye, I want a piece later!” Josias chuckled.Once alone with João Paulo, Josias became serious. “Don’t let anything or anyone ruin this family scenario, little brother.”“I’m fine. No one wants to ruin anything,” João Paulo replied casually.“Well, I hope David hasn’t caused you any trouble.”“He probably doesn’t even know I exist, man.” João Paulo shrugged.“But I stopped by Café Montanha and found out that the Vasquez family has replaced the Mountain family as the ‘annoying people.’”João Paulo sighed in disappointment. “Yeah. They—”The doorbell ran
Josias visits Café Montanha for a coffee and finds Rodrigo there. “Rod, how have you been?” Rodrigo is taken aback. “How am I? You’re the one who suffered a horrific loss recently!” “But you also lost your father. We’re in the same situation,” Josias explained as he sat down on a stool. “I’m okay, Josias. Life has a way of cheering me up. For example, I’m back at the diner after Thierry decided to take his place at the supermarket.” Rodrigo smiled. “What about the photography studio?” Josias smiled back. “It’s still going to operate, and Thierry will make periodic visits. But he’s going to appoint one of the staff to manage the studio.” Rodrigo served a pizza pastry to Josias. “Thank you. Well, I hope everything is alright between you two. I need to visit Rosemary and meet Jean Luc — is that the name of the baby?” “Yes, the name of the supermarket heir. Meanwhile, Frank will be here or somewhere else.” Josias interjected, “If Frank wants to work at Rocha Constructions, count
At the Rocha Mansion, Josias receives a visit from Benjamin. “How have you been, Ben? Any news about your parents?” The two embrace. “Actually, that’s what I want to talk about.” Benjamin scratches the back of his neck. The embrace breaks. “Let’s go to my office.” The two gentlemen enter Josias’s imposing office. “Any problems with Adolfo?” Josias asks, becoming serious. “Not yet, but I hope not to have any,” Benjamin replies with some sadness. “You know, Josias, what happened with your father made me think about my family, about how important it is for all of us to be together in the final moments.” “That’s true. João Paulo can tell you that better than I can.” “I think you can say it too. Vernon was the father you never had.” Benjamin clears his throat. “So, I’ve been looking into some hotels and realized there’s a demand at the Rocha Hotel in Victoria.” Josias looks at Benjamin, understanding where he’s going with this. “You want to go to Victoria to be close to your pare
Someone rings the doorbell at João Paulo’s house. The homeowner goes to answer after taking a shower and putting on clean clothes. But when he opened the door, João Paulo felt like slamming it in the visitor’s face. “Don’t be rude!” Erasmo exclaimed. “What do you want, you old bore?” João Paulo shot back. Erasmo barged into João Paulo’s foyer. “The mourning is over. Let’s pick up where we left off.” “Are you crazy? Who decides how long mourning lasts? We just got back from the trip!” “Not exactly, it’s been a day. Life goes on, my friend!” Erasmo replied mockingly. João Paulo remained serious. “But I don’t want to continue living this way, where fights and intrigues are the order of the day. Mr. Vasquez, you have a business to run, and I have a family to raise.” “But you found time to slap my son-in-law when he was here defending his family, didn’t you?” “Alan was extremely rude, but that was some time ago.” João Paulo frowned. “I don’t feel the same anger as before.” “So a
At the Vasquez Mansion, Alan could hardly believe that the people were thinking about more intrigues and disputes. “Guys, don’t you understand that I even forgot the reason I slapped Uncle João Paulo?” “Ridiculous!” Erasmo gestured. “You just maintained respect because it was a difficult occasion. But now, the mourning is OVER!” “Do you think João Paulo will rest, dear?” Sofia asked, sitting next to him. Alan shook his head. “If Uncle João Paulo doesn’t want to rest, then he is truly despicable. But my dad is back in town. He wouldn’t dare to do that.” The news should have been uplifting, but the members of the Vasquez family merely exchanged silent glances. With Josias present, it’s quite likely that he will put a stop to their fighting. Alan turned to Olivia. “In the meantime, we should celebrate the recovery of my dear mother-in-law!” Olivia and Sofia smiled awkwardly because of the secret they were keeping. “That’s right, let’s celebrate life!” Erasmo wrapped his arm arou
Josias Rocha and his family returned to Lagoon City. Those who were waiting for them stayed in the mansion and greeted them cheerfully in the foyer. “WELCOME BACK!” Melissa, crying, embraced her parents, William, and the twins fervently. Josias greeted them with a light smile. “Where’s João Paulo?” William asked. “He went straight to his house. His kids needed to rest from the trip.” Melissa wiped her tears with her fingers. “Alan went straight to his mansion. Especially now that his mother-in-law has woken up from the coma.” “That was a scare; I thought we’d have two funerals,” Simeon commented. Everyone headed to the living room. “Is Paris very beautiful, Mom?” Mary asked. “Yes, sweetheart, it’s stunning. We’ll go shopping together another time, okay?” “Do you have pictures?” Ignacio asked anxiously. “Yes, son, we took some pictures.” Melissa sat on the couch, pulling out a package from her bag. Josias sat in the armchair, taking a deep breath. William approached him.
At Café Montanha, Daryl walks in for a coffee and finds Rodrigo at the counter while Neilton serves the others. “Hey, are we back to the old tradition?” “Don’t be a clown, man.” Rodrigo laughs. “Yes, Thierry is at the supermarket, as we agreed.” “Hi, Neil. Can you make me a cappuccino while I enjoy a natural sandwich?” Daryl places his order. “Sure thing, Mr. Mountain.” Neilton heads to the back. Daryl sits on the stool. “So, how do you feel after getting back to your element?” “I don’t regret at all helping my dear wife at the supermarket, Daryl,” Rodrigo admitted while preparing the natural sandwich. “I’m not talking about regrets.” Daryl joked. “But it’s undeniable that after Uncle Francisco’s passing, you prefer to stay here, carrying on the legacy he left.” “Just like Crystal Blue.” Rodrigo smiled. “Hey, I’m aware that you’re looking to open another restaurant in Sunset Village. Do you think you can manage it? How’s the prospecting going?” Daryl picks up the sandwich but