Flávia and Uélton meet again at Harold's house to celebrate the acquisition of the new house.Isabel was pouring glasses of mango juice for everyone. The living room radio was playing “Vulnerable” by Roxette.“Do you have cake, grandma?” Reuben asks sweetly.Isabel laughs, “Grandma has carrot cake in the kitchen, do you want it?”Flavia stops him, “No, Izzy, this will spoil his appetite.”Uélton, as always, releases and allows everything, “Ah, honey, we're going to eat right here. Let our heir have fun just for today.”“Thanks, dad!” Reuben runs to the kitchen.Flávia surrenders to the men in her life and smiles again, “And the best of all is that the house is not far from here. Just three blocks away.”Wallace asks, “Does the house need renovation?”Uélton turns to him, “No, bro, my wife didn't choose a ramshackle house.”Flávia notices the discomfort and tries to fix it, “Well, there are some walls that need to be repainted.”Harold offers, “Leave it to me. And Wallace can help.”Re
1996Josias is taking the elevator up to the Mountain Penthouse. His face was serious and worried, trying to prepare himself to bring up a difficult subject to deal with. A personal and family affair, not exactly his family.When he got into the hallway, he walked unhurriedly to the double doors and pressed the bell. The residents of the penthouse already knew he was coming.With that, the door was opened. Melissa greeted him with the same concern visible on her face, “Good morning, Josias. Glad you can help us.”“I don't know exactly what to do.” Josias enters. He noticed that the penthouse had undergone a renovation.The wall with the radio and phone table is now orange, and the zebra-striped sofas have been replaced by more modern sand-colored ones.On one of the sofas, Maggie is still in her nightgown and pink robe, with no makeup, looking like she has the flu, but in fact, she's been crying. Kelvin is sitting in the armchair that used to be Josias's.“Good morning, everyone.” Jos
In the Mountain Penthouse, Maggie is being interrogated about her marriage and her job.After much thought, she decided to reply, “I want both. I want my marriage back and my job too.”“Excellent answer, Maggie.” Melissa compliments her, “We're proud of you.”Josias is a little embarrassed, “Excuse me, but isn't this about...?”Kelvin replies to him, “That's right, Josias. The intrigue between my mother and sister has reached this point.”“I never thought my mother could actually carry out the threat.” Maggie sniffles, “Or worse, that Bernie could have believed it! Because my mother has already hinted at it several times... But he never believed it...”“And I don't believe it either!” Kelvin thunders, “A strong accusation like that wouldn't go unnoticed! If it were true, how did Uncle Frank know and Daryl and I didn't?"Before Josias asks exactly what they are talking about, the doorbell rings. Kelvin gets up to answer it.Opening the door, it's Daryl, “Hello, little brother. How is M
In the Mountain Penthouse, Josias has realized that he is not welcome to help with Daryl's family problems.But he looks at Melissa, Kelvin, and Maggie and sees they're embarrassed.In order not to cause any more problems, he decides to withdraw, “Well, if you ever need me, I'll be there for you.”“We don't want to bother you, Josias.” Daryl reaffirms the decision firmly, “You have your family problems. Has that Angela Souza stopped causing trouble?”“She still hasn't shown up this year.” Josias chuckles, “See you, guys.”Josias hastily withdraws and closes the door.Maggie is the first to voice, “Daryl, you didn't need that!”“Josias came here willingly.” Melissa echoes what Maggie said.Daryl sits where Josias was, “I didn't mean to sound rude, girls, but Josias has a business to run and four kids to take care of. Two of these children came from the wombs of two histrionics women.”“Careful, bro.” Kelvin chuckles, “One of them hit the jackpot.”“Anyway, I want to know what Maggie in
In the Mountain penthouse, Maggie answers Daryl's crucial question. Melissa and Kelvin wait anxiously.Face straight and serious, she replies, “No, Daryl. I was not a prostitute. My mother lied.”Listeners are shocked to the extreme.Melissa stands up abruptly, “So this is the truth? We need to speak to Bernie immediately!”Maggie turns to her sister-in-law, “Melissa, didn't you know I already tried? I've written a thousand letters, faxed, phoned, but he seems to guess when I'm the one calling. Last week, Elza informed me that he no longer allowed my calls to be forwarded to his suite.”Daryl wiggles, “So someone needs to visit him. Or you can go to the company, little sister.”“Daryl is right.” Kelvin adds, “And before you got here, bro, Josias was talking about Maggie not giving up her job as editor-in-chief.”Daryl doesn't show impatience in front of the ladies, “Okay, this needs to be sorted out too. The public still doesn’t know that the great Marçal couple is separated.”Melissa
On Tuesday, Josias finishes having breakfast with his two children.“Boys, when you get back from school, Ernesto will take you guys to the Mountain penthouse. Alan and Caroline are waiting to play.”“That's great,” David exclaims not so enthusiastically.Josias senses the lack of courage, “What happened, son?”“Dad, I miss Mom.” David answers with his head down, “Why doesn't she want to come back?”Josias doesn't know how to respond in a way that David understands, “Son, your father and mother are not getting along.”“Is it because of that friend?” David pouts, “I don't like him, Dad. He took my mom away!”J.J looks at his older brother without understanding what is happening.Josias pats David's head, “Don't worry, David. You will not be without your mother.”David calms down and goes back to eating his ham bread.******At Uélton's house, Flávia is anxious to know how it did between him and Wallace yesterday. Uélton is listening to the song “These Days”, by Bon Jovi, as if he wants
Angela remains disgusted with life, living in Gustavo's apartment. She is knitting a wool coat for David as she listens to the radio playing “Jesus to a Child” by George Michael.Gustavo appears in the uniform of the Ramos Supermarket warehouse. Against his expectation, Gustavo indeed strengthened and stout his body thanks to so many times that he carried heavy boxes of goods. This makes Angela have second thoughts about her friend.“Gus, you're getting into the same muscular shape as Will Campos.” She slyly insinuates, “Did you get a girlfriend?”“No, and I don't want to date you.” Gustavo sits in the armchair, disgusted with the world, “You'd better think of a way to at least get your son back.”Angela sighs, “If I only knew how to defeat my future ex-husband...”Someone knocks on the door. Angela pretends she didn't hear and continues with her knitting. Gustavo snorts and goes to answer......To Josias.“What the hell are you doing here?” Gustavo quacks.“Good morning, Gustavo. I n
Angela turns off the radio forcefully, very upset with Josias announcing that David wants to see her without Gustavo around.She folds her arms and grimaces in disgust, “You didn't have to denigrate Gus's image for our son.”“You don't understand what's on our son's mind.” Josias replies icily, “He saw you taking your boyfriend to my mansion. David thinks he is to blame for our breakup.”“But that's not true!” Angela is amazed, “Gus and I are not dating! Josias, you must tell our son the truth!”Gustavo returns to the living room, “Mr. Rocha, you can rest assured that I have no interest in getting close to your son. I just want my best friend to have her rights as a mother.”Josias looks at Gustavo as if he were an insect, “Angela will have her socializing life with David under my terms.”“Hey, aren't we formally arranging at the Family Court?”Angela rolls her eyes and looks at Gustavo impatiently. She knows that any judge will corroborate and collaborate with Josias's demands, so wh