After some time, the people of Lagoon City returned to their normal lives.Except for Maggie and Bernardo.In their apartment, Bernardo got the biggest shock when he heard the sounds of vomiting coming from the bathroom.“Honey, what's going on?” He knocks on the door.“I think dinner made me sick.” Maggie struggles to respond, panting.“Allow me to come in and help you.”“No, my love, it's disgusting in here. I’ll clean it.”Bernardo has a mental snap. Did their plan to try for a child come to fruition?Later, in the kitchen, they have breakfast. Maggie is chewing slowly, afraid of getting sick again.“Honey, did our plan to have a child work out?” Bernardo breaks the silence.Maggie's eyes widen, “Could be, honey!”“Go to the doctor. There is a lady named Doctor Silvana who is famous for taking care of everyone we know, including Miss Campos.”“Miss Campos who will become Mrs. Mountain, with my mother's blessing.” Maggie smiles sweetly.“Darling, you haven't talked to your mother si
At Crystal Blue, Daryl is surprised by Beto's presence. What does the manager of the Ramos supermarket want with him?“Mr. Reis, what a surprise. Want something?”Beto is serious and suspicious, “I want to talk to you in private.”“Let's go to my office.” Daryl gestures for Beto to join him.After that, they go there.Frederick asks with narrowed eyes, “Have I missed something?”“This guy was the husband of Pamela who is now called Mrs. Damascene.” Benjamin explains, “He is the son of the lord who took in Josias Rocha when he was eighteen and ran away from home.”Frederick nods in understanding.Inside the office, Daryl and Beto sit down.“You have made me curious, Mr. Reis.”“Let's get straight to the point.” Beto maintains the pose of a serious man, “Are you really going to date Diane Barbosa?”Daryl is surprised, “What do you mean, Mr. Reis? I've been dating Diane Barbosa for over a month now.”“So there was no bond strong enough to resist the break.” Beto smiles slightly, “I sugge
At Dr. Silvana's office, Maggie is back awaiting the result with Bernardo, who is still reading the brochure about babies.“Do you think we'll make it, honey?” Bernardo asks with his eyes on the brochure.“Get pregnant? You didn't disappoint on the tests, honey.” Maggie responds with conviction.“No, I meant are we going to be able to take care of the baby with love and care. How are we going to manage Maggiezine? Are you taking maternity leave? Will we have to hire a nanny?”Maggie smiles, “These are questions we'll know the answer to in time. At the moment what I can tell you is that I am very excited and confident that we will be good parents.”Bernardo stops reading and leaves the brochure on the desk, “And what are we going to do about Shirley?”Maggie snorts, “Did you have to spoil the moment?”“We need to talk about our son's grandmother.”“She can take care of her grandson as long as she holds back the comments about his mother,” Maggie responds sourly.“Do you think Shirley w
William is surprised to see Jock chatting comfortably on the storeroom phone. And Jock also notices the Head of Engineering's perplexity and decides to end the conversation.“I need to hang up and get back to work.”“You still haven't brought my daughter back,” Ephraim grumbles like a child on the other side.“It takes time. I'm working hard and she barely leaves the penthouse.”“Have your way, I'll wait.”“But Ephraim, you don't talk about your grandson—” The call goes silent on the other end. Ephraim definitely doesn't care about his grandson!William crosses his arms and stands on the threshold so Jock doesn't come out.“How funny! People have been saying that I forbade the workers to use the phone here, even for emergencies like my grandfather's death. Should I punish you, Jock?”Jock's eyes widen. He realizes that Dora reported the slander to her son!“Sir, I'm not aware of that order.”“You don't know because this order doesn't exist!” William snaps, “Of course, I don't want you
In Teodoro's building, Diane is explaining to Cristina how the days were when she and Beto stayed together while her aunt and uncle were on their honeymoon. The lobby radio plays "Have I Told You Lately" by Rod Stewart. “Aunt Cris, how was your relationship with Roberto and Cousin Pam?” Cristina is surprised by the question, “They were married in 1985 and Rosemary was born in the same year, a few months earlier. In 1988 Pedro was born.” Diane is stunned, “Wow, so they've been married for years!” “Yes, and they weren't unhappy years.” Cristina lowers her head, “I'm ashamed to say that it was Pam's fault that the marriage fell apart. They could have been calm until today.” “Pam's current husband doesn't have something to do with this?” Cristina purses her lips, “Unfortunately, yes. I don't think I need to tell you the rest of the story.” “Well, now Roberto has got it into his head that he needs to have something with me.” Diane reveals, “He thinks I should correspond with him like
At Marçal Publishing, Bernardo is checking with Jack about the draft of the second book he intends to publish.The publishing house owner reads with an interested smile, “Jack, it looks like this book is going to outsell the first one!”“Will my work be adapted into a TV soap opera, like ‘A rose in the desert’?” Jack asks anxiously.“Who knows... if LCN is interested, we won't object to copyright. Everything can be done by arrangement. The TV station representative who came here was a very good person.”Bernardo holds out the draft and Jack takes it back, “Thank you very much, sir.”“I thank you for making my company earn money. There was a time when I thought about closing down here and firing everybody. First, we had the biography of Josias Rocha as our salvation, then the books by Isabel Freire, and now your books. We will be forever grateful.”Jack and Bernardo shake hands. Maggie enters next.“Honey, my entire team was thrilled with my pregnancy— hello, Mr. Motta.”“Hello, Mrs. M
At Crystal Blue, Kelvin is talking to Melissa on the phone. Melissa is on a spare phone in one of the LCN studios.“So, my love, how are things at the restaurant?” Melissa asks in a honeyed tone, “Do we have the famous grilled salmon today?”Kelvin smiles, “We'll always have it for you, honey.”“Great. I'm taking some friends for lunch. Do you already know Flávia Freire, Isabel's daughter-in-law?”“Yes, I know her as a customer. Everyone wonders how such a beautiful girl got married to a big-eared one.”Melissa laughs, “Careful, I talk to his mom about this and she freaks out.”Daryl bursts into the office huffing like a Spanish bull.“Honey, my big brother is here and we need to talk.”“You can keep dating, little brother.” Daryl gestures.But Melissa is already saying on the other side, “OK, we're going to start shooting another episode and the director is asking for silence. Bye, kiss!”Kelvin sends kisses over the phone and hangs up.Daryl sits in the chair, unhappy with the story
Elza has no desire to discuss her marriage to William. Why is the boy interested in this?She helps herself to more butter cookies, “I'm sorry, young man. You and I are not intimate enough to discuss personal matters.”“Then you shouldn't talk to yourself like a madwoman.” William asserts.“I was stunned by my husband's outburst, but overall we are very happy.”William nods, “Yeah, you can tell you're happy. I should pay more attention to you guys to understand why Josias has become such a scoundrel and irresponsible.”Elza slams her cup on the table, “My son is the president of this company, how can he be irresponsible?”“He's quite a good brain for business.” William scoffs, “But when it comes to love...”“You know very well that it was two sluts who plotted against my son!” Elza yells.“And they did, huh? The two became pregnant and mothered two bastards.”“Don't offend my grandchildren, it's not their fault!”“You call bastards 'grandchildren'? It's explained. Josias is crooked be
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