Josias and Angela join the manager of Rocha Hotel. Vernon is feigning concern, but he wants one more scoop to denigrate Katherine.Elza is snorting and yelling, “She's not back yet. Now that Miguel Damascene is gone, she has gone out to indulge herself with other men!”“I'm going to get my son. Mom, call the company, Ernesto should be there waiting for me.”“Absolutely, son.” Elza is already on the phone.Josias finally notices his stepfather, “What are you doing here, Dad?”“I needed to come to give you moral support.” Vernon lies blatantly.Josias believes the story and calls him to get J.J. Angela remains in the office listening to Elza.“Hello, Mr. Paterson? This is Elza Rocha Queiroz. I need you to tell my son's secretary to come to Rocha Hotel to take J.J to the Rocha Mansion. Thanks.” She hangs up and turns to Angela, “Is his wife Lilian there already?”“Yes ma'am. When they take J.J., he will be keeping David company.”Elza smiles in satisfaction, “Angela, we still haven't had
At Rocha Hotel, Ernesto appears in the manager's office and Josias hands him the baby carriage. J.J is sleeping peacefully.“Ernesto, take my son to the Rocha mansion.”“Again, sir?” Ernesto asks without being disrespectful, “Where is this creature's mother?”“I wonder where she must be.” Josias grinds his teeth in disgust.Elza looks at her sleeping grandson, “Son, if you need a phone, you can use mine.”“Thank you, mother.” Josias picks up the hook and dials a number.Vernon takes the opportunity to cleverly slip away, “Honey, I need to go to work. Who knows, maybe we’ll have something on the midday news?”Elza slyly winks at her mischievous husband, “Tell them to do their best, eh?”Vernon gives his wife a light kiss on the cheek and runs away.Meanwhile, Josias is asking, “Hello, Simeon. This is Josias. Can you tell me if Jock Russo showed up there?”On the other side, in the storeroom of another construction site, Simeon wiggles, “No, he didn't show up today. Did something go wro
Angela is acting as secretary replacing Carmen. She works with excellence and the others have nothing to complain about.Octavio enters the company and she hands him a sheaf of letters, “Mr. Motta, mail for you.”Octavio smiles gratefully, “Thanks, Angela. How is work, are you enjoying it?”“Yes, it is very engaging and the company is wonderful.” Angela shows kindness.Shirley enters the company with a huge bag full of fresh cookies. The good smell catches everyone within a two-kilometer radius.“Good morning, Shirley.” Angela greets her, "Please don't leave me behind when you serve your famous cookies.”“And who said I leave you behind?” Shirley's voice sounds like a wall brawl.Angela is startled, “Prove me wrong by serving me today, duh!”“Just what I needed...” Shirley hurries into the kitchen.Octavio and Angela look at each other without understanding.******At Frederick's apartment, he opens the door with his key. Inside, the radio is playing “Animal” by Pearl Jam.A very exha
In the corridors of LCN, Isabel alertly explains to Flávia her situation at the TV station.“Daniel Oliveira wants at all costs that someone from our environment plays a soap opera heartthrob. Jack Motta didn't want it, now he wants Kelvin Mountain.”“Doesn't he want Uélton?” Flavia jokes, “If you make my husband's ears smaller with technological tricks, the ladies of Lagoon City will love him, and everyone will know why I married him.”Isabel is embarrassed, “Flávia, we know very well why you married my naughty son.”Flavia, however, continues to smile, “Do you still think I've held a grudge since 1986? Izzy, marrying your son was the best thing that ever happened to me. Uélton saved me from a greater embarrassment.”“You were very angry at the time.”“It is because I was deluded by an impossible and forbidden love.”Before Flávia reveals to Isabel that she wanted to be pregnant with William, not with Uélton, Vernon approaches with bared teeth.“Hello, ladies! Get ready for the midda
The next day, a fresh edition of Maggiezine came out with a photo of Angela very powerful and imposing, still with a kind smile, and the headline in bold letters: “It's definitive, meet the next Mrs. Rocha.”At the Rocha mansion, in Angela’s private office, she smiles in wonder when she receives the copy from Lilian's hands, “See, Lilian, it's me! Josias authorized them to announce our engagement!”“Congratulations, ma'am. You have shown yourself more worthy than the other.” Lilian comments.“I appreciate your support and that of your husband.” Lilian opens the magazine to the indicated page.The doorbell rings and Lilian goes to answer it. Angela is delighted with the magazine.“The young Angela Sousa, a former resident of the Capital, came to Lagoon City looking for help to support her and Josias Rocha's son, David. When everyone thought Josias Rocha was dead, his wife at the time, Melissa Campos, generously decided to help. Now with Josias Rocha back and with the divorce between hi
Bernardo is extremely shocked by Shirley's declaration of love. So, Maggie's suspicions weren't just suspicions, it was the truth.He wiggles frantically as if in a nightmare, “No, it can't be! You don't know what love is when you only think the worst of your daughter!”“Why do you insist on putting the whore in the middle?” Shirley tries to approach him, “Can't you see we need to do just the opposite? We need to eliminate Maggie from our midst for our love to finally prevail!”“What 'our' love? There is no 'our', there is no 'us', you freak from hell!” Bernardo shakes his clenched fist. He really wants to punch Shirley.“Always existed. You who are dumb and blind and never noticed. I loved you first, your daughter found out I loved you and stole you from me. I never had a chance, Bernie!”“Stop calling me 'Bernie'!” Bernardo takes a deep breath, “After that, you will never see your grandson again! We will take all legal steps to make that happen!”“What? Don't punish my grandson for
Katherine is still recovering from yesterday's double journey. Didn't Jock say he was tired, that she got him crashed? Where did such energy come from for him to continue?“At this point, I am either pregnant again or with AIDS. I haven't seen Jock put on that protection the TV has been encouraging men to wear.”With a lot of effort, she manages to lean against the head of the bed. She hears the door open and close. Katherine smiles, thinking it's room service.However, it's Josias wheeling a moveable table, just like Shirley usually wheels. Katherine visualized a mysterious tray covered with a cloche.“My love, you came to bring me breakfast.”Josiah smiles mysteriously, “Here is something I prepared especially for you.”Katherine removes the cloche and is surprised to see that it is just a glass of water.“What? What stupidity is that? Your future wife needs a hearty breakfast!”“My future wife spent all her strength copulating nonstop with one of my workers, was that it?” Josias as
Katherine again uses the survival instinct to get rid of the announced death. If before she was exhausted and sore, that didn't stop her from running to the bathroom to throw up.Josias laughs evilly and goes after her, being careful not to step on the broken glass.When he enters the bathroom, Katherine is already throwing up like she has bulimia.“What do you think you're doing, Kate?”Katherine straightens up and turns to Josias with a terrified look, “What do you mean? You poisoned me with arsenic and you still ask what I'm doing? I don’t wanna die! How did you get this poison?”“In Agatha Christie's books, everybody gets that easily,” Josias responds jokingly.“I'm not in the mood for jokes, bastard!” Katherine roars like the lioness.“Control yourself, you crazy girl!” Josias breaks the mocking smile, “You weren't poisoned, it was just tap water!”Katherine no longer knows what to do. What is a lie and what is true?Josias continues as if he were her Chemistry teacher, “Do you t
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