Josias shows up at the police station to talk to Amoreira.The detective is once again in his office, luxuriating in the Maggiezine. A double-page ad featured gorgeous models in lingerie.“Wow, if I were fifteen years younger...”The door opens and Josias enters, “Good afternoon, Detective Amoreira. Shall I interrupt?”Amoreira smiles from end to end when he finds Josias, “Mr. Rocha! Come in, please! No, you don’t disturb me. I’ll be more than happy to help you.”Josias smiles and sits down facing each other, “OK. Can you help me with something?”“Tell me.”“Did you happen to be the one who told Daryl Mountain that William Campos was the anonymous sender?”Amoreira becomes more professional and less friendly, “Hmm... You are referring to the email with your photographs, the ones in which you are with Gabriela Alves, which catapulted the divorce between you and Katherine Bezerra...”“...And which resulted in her and my son’s death.” Josias completes in a sinister tone.Amoreira feels t
The day of the entrance exam for Alan and Caio has arrived.Both were at the entrance to Lagoon City College, located in the Saint Gabriel neighborhood. Their families showed up to bring good luck.William has mixed emotions. The neighborhood always reminds him of what happened in 1982. The player from this neighborhood team, in desperation to prevent William from scoring, intercepted him in such a way that it looked like football and not soccer. It was the first time William had broken his leg.He now looks at the brace he needs to use to walk...But he decides to swallow those thoughts and focus on his son, “Caio, pay close attention to the questions, especially the math ones. If you don’t do well in that part, the teachers who correct the test are unlikely to believe that you want to be an architect.”Caio smiles, “Don’t worry, Dad. Alan and I focused a lot on math. After all, without it, it’s impossible to run a company.”William turns to Alan, “You have a good test too, nephew.”
The smaller children were playing with car toys, dolls, and a Spandex tunnel that they crawled through, from one end to the other. The tunnel was a gift from Josias to Alan and Caroline.The tunnel was narrow, even though it was made of stretchable material, and children like Henrique didn’t dare enter it. Only Mary, Ignacio, Sandra, and Maycon ventured out.Reuben had indeed gone to the bathroom and on returning through the side passageway in his swim trunks, he found the children enjoying themselves. Maycon had just left.“Wow, what a cool tunnel. Aren’t you afraid when you’re in there?”“Not really, Reuben, we are brave!” Maycon says.Reuben narrows his eyes, “But this tunnel is kind of long, huh? Are you sure this is a children’s toy?”“We do.” Ignacio nods.Henrique answers, “It serves to train our proprioception. Now, you’ll have to ask my father what that is.”“Can I try?” Reuben asks with a smirk, “Maybe I need to practice that stuff too. I never had one in my childhood.”The
After finishing the entrance exams, Alan and Caio are having lunch at the nearest snack bar. They didn’t want to go to the mansion hungry. The radio is playing “Come Clean” by Hillary Duff.“Now we’re eating coxinha and sugarcane juice.” Alan laughs, “But beef ribs, chicken wings, and pork chops await us at the mansion.”“It’s just so we don’t pass out from hunger during the journey.” Caio chuckles as he chews, “So, are you confident?”“Yes, I am. We’ll pass and study with honors.” Alan sighs, “Our parents deserve this happiness.”“Uncle Josias never went to college, did he?” Caio is curious.“No, he took a technical course at SENAI. But nowadays, people demand a higher qualification a lot. We don’t want to be unprepared when our turn comes.” Alan spreads ketchup on his coxinha.“In your case,
The next day, the sun shone once more on Sunset Village.However, it was Monday, and the people had to work once more.Josias had his guests enjoy a hearty breakfast before they left. And they didn’t refuse.“Wow, I could get used to this.” Elza comments jokingly, “I’m the manager of the Rocha Hotel and my husband is the supervisor of the editorial team at LCN. Vernon, what are we waiting for?”“The same financial condition as our son.” Vernon comments, making everyone laugh.Dora turns to Melissa, “See, daughter? This is the life you always deserved.”“And I’m glad you and Dad weren’t left out. I would never forgive myself.” Melissa comments.Sitting down at the end of the table, Josias looks away, thinking of something, then suggests, “Hey, I have an idea. Simeon, Dora, have you ever thought of living with us?”Simeon chokes on his
At Crystal Blue, Daryl turns off the radio to talk to Patrick.“Pat, sit down. We need to talk about something very serious with you.”“I wonder what it is, sir.” Patrick sits up, feeling himself headed for the slaughter, “I was slandered by your son, as usual.”Daryl fusses, “See? That’s what I don’t understand. How come you already assumed that our conversation has something to do with Felipe?”“Has it not, then?” Patrick smiles wryly.“You don’t seem to appreciate your job.” Daryl shakes his head, “You act as if you could stay in the company humiliating the boss’s son.”“I didn’t humiliate anyone.” Patrick blatantly lies, “You know it’s always been the other way around. Your son got angry with me and accused me of mistreating him when I had never seen him in my life. To this day, he refuses to explain i
Josias finishes getting dressed to go to work in the master suite. Melissa is combing her hair in front of the dressing table. “Thank you so much, darling, for sheltering my parents here.” She is grateful when she sees Josias through the mirror’s reflection, “I needed this. Mom no longer works as she used to, taking care of the twins in the penthouse. She never got around to asking Daryl for a cleaning job, so...” “Here, she won’t work either.” Josias comments good-naturedly, “Before, Melissa, we didn’t have employees on the Rocha Penthouse. Now it’s different. We have Hector and more to help us, so your mother will rest, taking care of the twins while you... What do you want to do now, honey?” Melissa scratches her chin, narrowing her eyes, “That’s an interesting question, darling.” “Yes, because I want you to work on something you like.” Josias leans down and kisses her forehead. Melissa starts to think, “It’s such a shame that ‘Sweet Love’ ended. LCN has another writer and ano
Josias is meeting with Octavio and Alfred to discuss the new thing he intends to do at Rocha Constructions. Everyone is in the conference room.“Guys, my plan is as follows.” Josias begins, sitting at the end of the table, “I want to take care of more charitable work, helping the city hall, so Melissa will be at the forefront of our projects. Thus, she has some work to do and we’ll raise our company’s name higher, earning the respect of those who want to do good to society.”Octavio applauds, “I have nothing to say against it, Josias! Your idea is spectacular, as always.”“Now, we need to check out the next project to get her involved.” Alfred scratches his chin.Octavio suggests, “Wasn’t there a fashion show last year in Lagoon City with some of the proceeds going to charity? Maybe we can get involved in that this year if they want to.”Josias nods, “Very good, Octavio. Let’s check the possibility.”Alfred jokes, “It would be great if Melissa was one of the models, preferably the sho