At the same Church in Green Park, all the guests are crowding in for the big day.Diane is not sure if the location of the ceremony would not evoke bad memories in Cristina and Moacyr, especially when Tiago drove by in the exact place where the accident took place.But Cristina and Moacyr were not disturbed. Both have wide smiles on their faces. Everyone loves Melissa and wishes the best for her.Josias parks his car and notices that Melissa has already arrived. She is probably waiting in some Church compartment. Francisco is standing next to the car talking to a volunteer gardener.“Mr. Mountain.” Josias greets him, “I believe Melissa is ready.”“Yes, and very happy.” Francisco smiles, “She got a call from that Everaldo saying that no one will be cursed.”Josias smiles, “That's good. I wanted to know this personally. Now it's up to me to be happy.”Only then does Francisco notice the absence of the “future” Mrs. Rocha, “Where is your bride?”“She didn't want to come,” Josias responds
All guests are present at Green Park Church. Shirley addresses Francisco but stops for a few seconds to admire her brother-in-law's elegant look. Francisco is wearing a gray vest under his tuxedo and has a small artificial flower in his pocket.Francisco also scrutinizes his sister-in-law and admires the brown, ankle-length, slightly belted dress. Shirley was wearing makeup in a style that made her look younger.“Did you consult makeup tips from your daughter’s magazine?” Francisco asks gallantly.“No way, it was your daughter who helped me.” Shirley comments without losing her temper, “If I were up to Maggie, I'd come here in rags.”“Well, let's think about Kelvin and Melissa's happiness today.” Francisco looks at the altar and observes the groom.“Frank, you can go up to the altar now, it's time.” Shirley points to the altar and walks away.She catches up to Simeon and Dora, “Mr. Campos, you can fetch your daughter.”Dora comments, “Shirley, you can call us by our first names. I tho
Outside the church, the volunteer gardener watched a 10-year-old car pull up awkwardly on the sidewalk, violating traffic laws.Gustavo and Angela run away. Gustavo was still wearing casual clothes while Angela tripped over her black dress and high heels, wanting to run as fast as possible.“Calm down, Angie! If you trip and fall, I'll laugh, huh?”“Shut up, Gus! Help me, I need to get to the ‘Forever hold your peace’ part!”Gustavo, instead of hurrying, freezes his steps, astonished, “Why do you want to interrupt the ceremony? I thought you wanted to talk to Josias!”Angela rolls her eyes impatiently, “Just help me, Gus, JUST HELP ME!”Gustavo snorts but takes Angela's arm to help her not fall.When they climb the stairs and enter the nave, indeed, it is in the part that Angela wants.“And if anyone knows of anything that could prevent this beautiful couple from coming together, speak up now, or forever hold your peace.”Everyone was reassured that nothing would happen, until...“I O
But before the newlyweds came down from the altar and received the rain of rice, Josias turned to Angela who was waiting for him and pulled her by the arm again out of the Church.“Let's go away from the holy ground so I don't get punished for swearing!” Josias speaks through gritted teeth.“Honey, what's going on?” Angela still tries to make a fool of herself, “Why are you treating me this way? I thought you would be happy with my presence!”“HAPPY?” After they walk away and reach the parking lot, Josias lets go of her arm, “What do you mean? You don't show up here when I wanted to, and then decide to come with another guy and make a scene on top of that?”Angela rages, “I wouldn't have come if that minx hadn't said on camera that you were fair game!”Josias realizes that it was Katherine, “OK, and now you've made a point of appearing in front of the same cameras paying the biggest embarrassment and favoring public opinion for the other!”“No honey, I still love you!” Angela tries to
Vernon gestures and exclaims to all the journalists and Lisandro Torres, “HEY, EVERYBODY HERE, HURRY UP! MY SON CANCELED HIS WEDDING!”Like a swarm of bees, all the journalists and Lisandro ran like crazy after this juicy news!Angela, however, removed her high heels and ran away to avoid being humiliated by the media. She met Gustavo who couldn't stop his nosebleed.“What happened?” He speaks in a slurred voice.Angela grimaces as she sees the red waterfall running down Gustavo's fingers and staining his shirt, “Argh, let's go to the General Hospital before you pass out from so much blood you've lost!”“And your fiancé?” Gustavo insists on never doing what Angela asks right away.And that's why Angela gets impatient and tugs at him, “Let's get out of here now, or I'll leave you there bleeding to death!”“Idiot Will Campos crashed into my car!” Gustavo whimpers instead of leaving as soon as Angela had asked.Angela huffs and does the unthinkable: she sees that William's car had the ke
A few days passed. At William's house, Caio approaches the telephone that rings incessantly.“Hello?”“Hello, can we speak to William Campos?” It was a male voice.“It's my father, who wants it?”“Municipal Traffic Department, young man.”Caio puts the mouthpiece on the dresser and goes to his father's bedroom door. As he knocks it, he announces, “Dad, there's someone from traffic wanting to talk to you.”William opens, totally hung over from recent events, “Who? From traffic?”Caio shrugs and seems like he doesn't understand.William goes into the living room in just his boxers and answers the phone, “Hello, William Campos speaking.”“Do I have the privilege of speaking with the illustrious soccer player Will Campos?” The male voice becomes excited and amazed.“Yes, who speaks?” William rubs his eyes with his free hand.“This is from the Municipal Traffic Department. We located your abandoned car in the General Hospital parking lot. Can you take it out of our depot?”William smiles i
William is at Ramos supermarket talking to Beto about what happened.“Beto, they found my car abandoned in the General Hospital parking lot!” He exclaims excitedly, “Why did I never think to look for it there?”Beto chuckles, “The more we are desperate, the less we think about the more obvious options.”William is still standing, “Can I go to the DMV to get it out of storage?”“Yes, go there. You will definitely have to fill out a lot of paperwork and formalities.”William rolls his eyes impatiently, “Argh... I'm glad the driver's license was with me. If I knew the address of that Gustavo...”Beto narrows his eyes, “What's that guy got to do with it?”“I suspect it was him. I was so desperate to save my sister that I left my car keys in the ignition. And I hit the rear of his jalopy. Is it a coincidence that when he and Angela ran from the journalists, they ‘mistaken’ and got into my car instead of theirs?”Beto smiles from the corner of his mouth and nods, “These people are trouble.
Josias is in the library waiting for Angela and talking to Ernesto about David's future.“I was heartbroken when my son asked to stay.” Josias comments, leaning against the desk.Ernesto clears his throat, “Boss, if you think it's better, ask for full custody of David, just like you did with J.J. Angela Souza is a terrible mother, and that was proved by your stepfather.”Josias smiles. Vernon's news story buried all the reputation Angela had earned in Lagoon City.“Well, if I try, no court or Family Court will deny my request.” Josias smiles mischievously, “The problem is, while I punish Angie, I'm seriously thinking about relieving Katherine.”Ernesto is surprised, “Do you want to share guard again with the other viper?”“What do you think, Ernesto?” Josias suddenly transforms himself from boss to simple friend of the secretary, “Should I give Katherine Bezerra a second chance? Or do you think her current behavior is pure pretense just to marry me?”Ernesto ponders before replying so
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