Diane returns from the grocery store with vegetables for lunch. She finds the lobby empty and the radio playing “Lately” by Jodeci. “Is Pamela already gone? She said she would help me.” Diane heads to the cafeteria to prepare lunch. It's only when the pots are on the stove that Pamela reappears weary and panting as if she's been running a marathon. Diane had no idea that Pamela and Beto were mating like dogs. “Pam! Where were you? I thought you were gone.” Pamela draws in a breath, “I was strolling through the building. I had never seen the reconstructed site up close. When I lived here, there was a communal bathroom here on the first floor.” “Thank God this is in the past.” Diane smiles, “Now every tenant has their own bathroom. Can you help me serve the dishes?” “Yes, let’s feed the tenants. Beto decided to stay in the lobby.” Pamela responds quickly and Diane doesn't notice her guilty tone. ****** Uélton goes to Rocha Hotel. William surprises him by arriving quite late. “W
The next day, Shirley is serving breakfast to the kids. The radio is playing "I Don't Wanna Fight" by Tina Turner.Daryl starts the conversation as if he were motivated by the song, “Mom, you owe Maggie forgiveness.”Shirley sits at the table, “The one who should apologize is Maggie for pushing me. Imagine if I hit my head on the stool? I could have gone to the hospital.”“But you were the one who started this story about Maggie getting pregnant with another guy.” Kelvin reminds her.“If she continues to be friends with Pamela Damascene, that's what will happen.” Shirley snorts.“Let's forget about that lady.” Daryl takes his mother's hand, “Mom, you need to have a good conversation with your daughter. If she does get pregnant, will you reject your grandson?”“I won’t be cruel to the child. I will know how to separate things.” Shirley shrugs.Kelvin and Daryl give up. They don't want to spoil another morning with arguments.******At Adolfo's apartment, Benjamin talks about what happe
At Rocha Constructions, Uélton is complaining about William's attitude towards Josias. The friend wasted no time in seeking justice.“Josias, I know that at certain times we will have to behave like a boss and an employee.” Uélton sits in the visitors' seat, “But William doesn't have the right to humiliate me in front of countless workers!”Josias leans back in the presidential chair, “What did my ex-brother-in-law do?”“I had to save my mother's career and visited the office of the dramaturgy director at LCN.” Uélton explains simply, bluntly, “And I did it. Wouldn't you do anything to save your mother?”Josias smiles slightly, “Absolutely.”“Well, when I was happy to do something useful in this world, here comes William wanting to get satisfaction as if I were a mere intern! He wasn't like that when Jock punched my father-in-law.”Josias nods, understanding the situation: William was rude to Uélton because he is Josias's best friend.“Uélton, don't worry about it. We know that you ar
Vernon pays the heaviest shame by crying out at the top of his lungs like a possessed man in the halls of LCN. Elza pretends she doesn't know her husband and tiptoes away.“What are you looking at? Get lost, move around! Mind your own business, you idiots!”“Who gave you the freedom to talk to us like that?” Melissa crosses her arms, “Did you drink, Vernon?”“You are the one who is drunk when you say that Isabel Freire will be your successor. A slum dweller cannot be on the cover of Maggiezine.” Vernon speaks venomously.“It turns out that Isabel no longer lives in the favela,” Melissa informs him.“That for me is the least. She will never be someone noble like my wife.”“Besides, where is she?”Everyone turns around and realizes that Elza had escaped, dying of shame.Melissa smirks at Vernon and the nut walks away with everyone laughing behind him.Flavia approaches, “Did I miss something?”“You missed your cousin humiliating Josias's stepfather.” Melissa responds with a smugy smile,
Lilian is already abusing Pamela's generosity by calling Rocha Constructions without permission. On the other side, Ernesto talks to her in Josias's office.“Honey, I've already been hired!” Lilian speaks quickly, fearing she'll get caught, “Isn't that exciting?”Ernesto smiles, “Really, it's really exciting.”“And the slut promised to pay me twice as much as Melissa! Should I lie about how much Melissa paid me to cheat on Pamela?”“Of course, darling!” Ernesto laughs, “Tell your stupid lady boss that Melissa paid you R$250.00 a month so she would pay you R$500.00!”Lilian smiles evilly, “That's right. I need to hang up to learn about Damascene House. She is big!”“Good luck, sweetheart!” Ernesto says goodbye to his wife and hangs up.Coincidentally, Lilian hangs up before Pamela approaches her with Maggie. The mistress did not notice the maid's indiscretion.“Lilian, serve two coffees with cream and mint in my office.”“Does the cook know how to make that kind of coffee— yes ma'am, e
Following day. At Simeon's house, the family is having breakfast. Melissa has scripts for the upcoming episodes of 'Love Just Happens' on the table, next to the toast.Dora admonishes her, “Daughter, eat breakfast first.”“Sorry, mom. Isabel is very busy and I am helping her.”Simeon tries to sneak a peek, “What's going to happen in the next episode?”Melissa quickly pushes the script away from her father, causing the others to laugh.Alan drops the spoon on the plate, “I finished my cereal, Mom.”“There, son. Go get ready for school.”“What about me, Mom?” Caroline also wants to go to school.“You're only four, sweetheart. Next year we'll enroll you in a kindergarten, okay?”“Okay...” Caroline tries to drink the orange juice with her little hands holding the glass.Grandpa Carlos holds the glass, fearing that his great-granddaughter will drop it.Simeon analyzes his father, “Is everything okay, Dad? I am noticing you pale.”“I'm fine, my son. Get on with your life.” Carlos answers.S
At Simeon's house, everyone left except Dora and Carlos. The patriarch of the Campos family tries to rest on the sofa, but it is clear that he is not feeling well.The radio is playing “The River of Dreams” by Billy Joel.Dora goes to sweep and notices that her father-in-law is resting.“Are you feeling okay, Carlos?” She asks good-naturedly, “I'd better turn off the radio.”As soon as Dora does so, she realizes that Carlos is breathing hard. Dora approaches her father-in-law and checks his pulse.“Carlos, wake up!” She shakes him, “Can't you hear me?”After a few seconds, Dora decides not to wait any longer. She rushes to the phone and desperately dials the hotel's construction site.On the other side, Jock answers the phone.“Hello?”“Hello, good morning! I need to speak to the master builder, Simeon Campos!”“Who wants?”“It's his wife!”“Surely the matter can wait, can it not, ma'am? William Campos is here and behaving like a tyrant, no one can interrupt what he is doing to gossip
Josias is unhappy that William has made such a decision about answering the phone. He still doesn't know that it was actually Jock who answered, being very rude to Dora.He asks after taking a deep breath, “Dora, how's grandpa Carlos doing?”“I still do not know. He's in the ER, but he needs a room. If I register him on my own, they will put him in a common ward.”“I understood. I will communicate with everyone here, don't worry.”“Thank you, Josias...”Dora hangs up and runs to the emergency room.On the other side, Josias slams the receiver on the phone and stands up. He runs to Tiago's room.“Master, what happened?”“A tragedy, Tiago! Grandpa Carlos went to the hospital. It seems...” Josias feels a lump in his throat, “It seems his time has come.”Tiago stands up abruptly, “Don't think the worst, Josias!”“I'm not thinking the worst, I just remember that grandpa Carlos is over eighty years old...”“Well, you can go to the hospital and we'll take care of everything around here.”“Do