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Building My Life Chapter 2453 Public Request for Pardon
The next day, Daryl Mountain was suffering the most humiliating punishment of his life (in his opinion). He was in front of the cameras, in the studios of Lisandro’s Show, uttering the request for forgiveness that he was ordered. Lisandro gives the buddy push, “So, folks, let’s hear what our manager Daryl Mountain has to say.” Daryl takes a deep breath and speaks with a shaky voice and shallow eyes. Some would say that Daryl was faking these reactions to impact viewers, but Daryl was really holding back from crying. “Dear citizens of Lagoon City. I, Daryl Mountain, with great regret, come here publicly to plead guilty to the shot that hit Cláudio Guzman. I’m aware that there will be a new fashion show in 2004, but people are afraid of something like that happening again. Please do not be afraid. Support the fashion show and help those in need. I was a fool and I deeply ask that you forgive me. To make it clear that I am not just talking, I announce here live that I am paying an ind
Building My Life Chapter 2454 Nowhere Else to Go
In a VIP suite at the Rocha Hotel, Shirley opens the door to her firstborn.“DARYL! My boy, come in, come in!” Shirley makes room.Daryl walks in and is taken aback by the suite's art deco decor, “Mom, this suite is costing you a lot of money! How are you managing to pay for this room?”“With my shortbread cookies,” Shirley answers with a sweet smile.For a few seconds, Daryl actually believed in the possibility that his mother was COOKING inside a luxurious suite, but he woke up to reality, shaking his head, “Don’t make fun of me, Mom. If you are having difficulties...”Shirley wags her index finger, “Don't even start, son. You need money to support your wife and child, now that Josias Rocha has stolen your livelihood.”Daryl takes a deep breath, “Fourteen years giving my blood to that restaurant.”“Son, what are you thinking of doing now?” Shirley leads him to the overstuffed sofa.Daryl sits up, “I don't know yet, Mom. I don't know if Claudio is going to kick me out or keep me as h
Building My Life Chapter 2455 Opportunity Denied
At Café Montanha, Shirley visits the venue to discuss Daryl with Francisco. Isabel is present and is bothered by the invasion.“The other one came here to get another slap.”“You’re the one who’s going to get slapped, you soap opera writer!” Shirley retorts, “But I didn’t come here for that. I need to talk to Francisco.”Since Shirley didn’t call Francisco ‘my man’, Isabel decided to allow it this time. She turns to her husband, “She wants to talk to you.”Isabel turns on the radio and Pink’s song “God is a DJ” echoes through the cafeteria.Francisco approaches, but remains behind the counter, “Let’s stay at a safe distance, Shirley.”“Frank, how can you still look hot even with white hair? The years don’t pass you by.” Shirley bites her bottom lip, feeling like a 25-year-old woman, “Anyway, flirting aside, I want to know what you’ve been doing to comfort your nephew.”Isabel stifles a laugh with her hand over her mouth. Is this serious?Francisco is equally embarrassed, “Shirley, wha
Building My Life Chapter 2456 Transfer Is Security
At Café Montanha, Cláudio approaches and faces Shirley for the first time. Francisco and Isabel wonder if young Guzman knows who he is dealing with. Shirley, for her part, maintains a smile of arrogance and superiority.“So you’re the hot model who ruined Josias Rocha’s marriage, causing his wife to die?” Shirley teases him, “I missed the fun.”Claudio smiles ironically, lifting the left corner of his lips, “How funny. Who started the whole story, enlisting a poor beginner journalist to replace Katherine was your son. He learned from you to be a rogue and a schemer.”Shirley loses some of the arrogance, “Don’t insult my son! He lost the restaurant because YOU accused him—”“I’ve been in a coma for months, ma’am!” Cláudio cuts her off, “When I woke up, I was already informed that Daryl spent Christmas in pre-trial detention. He should have gone straight to jail if it wasn’t for Josias Rocha showing mercy.”“MERCY?” Shirley angrily yells, “Snatching the restaurant and forcing him to apo
Building My Life Chapter 2457 Role Switching
The time has passed. Daryl had to settle for working at Crystal Blue as an accountant and merchandise checker. It was basically what he did before, with the difference that he would now receive a salary for it.Josias showed up at the restaurant to find his nemesis in the same office, working with half his old enthusiasm.“Josias? What do you think you’re doing here?” Daryl frowns, “It’s not enough for everything you’ve done. You still need to come here and rub your victory in my face?”“Daryl, I’m just checking things out,” Josias answers coldly, unfazed by the loser’s neigh.“Well, the loser is now working as a proletarian, not as the owner of the hottest restaurant in Lagoon City. There, you know how I am. Now get the f**k out, I need to check the salmon supply.”“I’m waiting on my shrimp risotto. Excuse me.” Josias was about to leave, but he stopped in the doorway and added, “It didn’t have to end like this, Daryl.”Daryl huffs, rolls his eyes and punches the desk. Is Josias NOT G
Building My Life Chapter 2458 Thanks for the Help
Josias is surprised by Felipe and Patrick fighting at the entrance to the most exquisite restaurant in Lagoon City.“What do you two think you’re doing?” He approaches them, “Did Claudio Guzman approve of this altercation?”“No, he doesn’t even know that,” Felipe complains.Patrick smirks, “Actually, he knows and he sentenced us to change.”Felipe turns to Josias, “Mr. Rocha, look what you’ve caused! I was the maître d’, but Mr. Guzman decided to have that imbecile replace me without notifying me in advance.”Josias crosses his arms, “And you would have obediently accepted being demoted?”“NO!” Felipe roars, “It’s because of attitudes like these that I doubt that model will give me back the restaurant when I want to assume my inheritance.”“He will. I’ll be around to make sure of it.” Josias asserts decisively.“And may your homicidal father not make another fuss.” Patrick teases.Insulted, Felipe walks away into the restaurant.Josias shakes his head, “Now, THAT wasn’t cool, Pat. Wha
Building My Life Chapter 2459 How to Explain to the Son?
At the Mountain Penthouse, Felipe is talking to Diane about his new situation.“Mom, I don’t know if I’ll accept this for long.” He sits on the sofa, “Mr. Cláudio replaced me as maître d’ without telling me, and he just replaced me with Patrick, who now feels like the king of Egypt!”“Your father can talk to him.” Diane tries to lighten the situation.“I don’t know if that would do any good. They both hate each other.” Felipe frowns, “Damn it, why did Mr. Rocha have to do something like that?”Diane narrows her eyes at her son. She sits down next to him and asks in a motherly tone, “Felipe, what’s going on? Don’t you like Josias Rocha anymore?”Felipe looks at his mother, and she is startled by the ferocity she finds in her son’s gaze.“How am I supposed to like him, Mom? I don’t want to have anything to do with the Rocha family anymore. They’re indeed nice and kind, but if you let them down, they get overly cruel!”Diane gets up from the couch. She still doesn’t know how to express w
Building My Life Chapter 2460 My Dad Isn’t a Drug Addict
At the Rocha Hotel, Josias approaches Shirley as if he were walking on slippery ground, and beside him, there is a canyon. If Josias wasn’t careful, he could slip and fall into the abyss.Shirley notices this and mocks the businessman, “You can approach me without fear. I don’t bite.”“You do worse things than bite.” Josias retorts somberly. He stops some distance away from the old woman, “Tell me what you want.”“I want you to stop, just stop, with this ridiculous war as if you two were bigwigs from the underworld.” Shirley crosses her arms, “My son isn’t a bad person. That’s why he only loses to you. You’ve changed, Josias, and I wonder if that’s due to the bad influence of the Bento family.”“No one from the Bento family is around anymore, except Elisa Neves who is my neighbor.” Josias responds with some mockery, “You’re delusional, Shirley. Wouldn’t it be better for you to talk to your son and convince him that he shouldn’t go around with guns, shooting people?”“I don’t need to t
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Chapter 3148 Josias Is Insane
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
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Chapter 3147 Josias Instructs His Firstborn
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
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Chapter 3146 We Need to Talk - Dad
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
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Chapter 3145 João Paulo Is a Good Father
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
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Chapter 3144 Benjamin Requests a Transfer
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
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Chapter 3143 Return
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
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Chapter 3142 Let’s Launch Another Biography
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
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Chapter 3141 Respect the Mourning
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.
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Chapter 3140 Let’s Request a Transfer
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
