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
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
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
The next day, Caio is reporting to William the conversation he had with João Paulo. Both are in William’s living room, on the couch.William was smearing some cream on his left leg, “WHAT? He admitted he was nervous because I condemned him for indecency on Sunset Village beach? And what does João Paulo want me to do? Give him a badge for good behavior? If Josias finds out what his little brother is up to—”“That’s the question, Dad: shouldn’t Uncle Josias know about it?” Caio interrupts him, “Uncle João Paulo already has Sandra as a lesson. Yes, I admit that at the moment I went after him and had fun with the beauties. But, since you’re so displeased...”William pats his son on the head, “I just want a different future for you son.”“And I’m having it!” Caio smiles, “I love studying at the university, and Mr. Motta is thinking of showing me some things. One of the architects is being integrated into the Belo Horizonte office and with that, a vacancy has appeared for me.”“Yes, I’m awa
Teresa notices that Beto is grimacing in pain.“Honey, is your heart hurting again? Do you want some medicine? Do you want to go to the doctor?”Before, Teresa would ask these questions in a desperate tone, but as she now knows her husband’s condition, she is speaking as if she were a mother coaxing her son.Beto takes a deep breath and relieves himself, “It was just a scare, dear. But indeed, it’s almost time to take another pill. I think all this emotion of my little sister leaving...”“Yes, we need to take it slow. She asked me to let you know if anything happens.”Beto smiles, “She’s probably still unpacking and unboxing things in her new house. Let’s let her get settled in first.”Teresa smiles at him, calmer. She goes to the counter drawer and takes out the pill pack, “So, shall we buy the computer?”“Yes, let’s go, I want to leave things more modern for when Pedro takes over the building.” Beto takes the card, nodding.******At the Mountain Penthouse, Daryl enters Felipe’s roo
At Rocha Constructions, Josias comments about Rosemary not being Beto’s daughter as if he knew the truth, but he still doesn’t. Still, the mere mention made William momentarily tense.“Really? Jeremiah wasn’t that annoying guy who stalked you and worked at the auto repair shop with my Dad?”“Yes, the rapist who was lynched.” Josias hides that it was Tiago’s ‘boys’ who did it, “But Beto assumed paternity just in time to avoid Wallace trying again with Pamela. It even seems like it was scripted.”William decides to change the subject before he can’t take it anymore and confesses everything, “So, Josias, I came here to talk about another subject. If you’re not interested, you can dismiss me.”Josias takes a sip of the brandy and smiles. When has he NOT been interested in helping his protegés?“Tell me, Will.”“It’s about the articles your brother is doing. I could very well leave you in the dark and repeat one of my wars. But this time, I want to do something different. Did you read the
At Crystal Blue, Diane sees Daryl about to strangle Patrick. She decides to act.“Pat, I know the chat is good, but we need to work. And you, please, don’t say that nonsense as if I don’t care. I’m Felipe’s adoptive mother and I don’t want him to leave the restaurant.”“OK, I’m just making it clear that my anger isn’t with you or Mr. Mountain. It’s not your fault if you adopted a crazy person who thinks he was mistreated by me somewhere in the past. Excuse me.”Patrick retreats and sees Daryl behind him. But instead of feeling intimidated, he smiles cheekily.Daryl approaches the bar, “Honey, you should have broken one of the glasses over the idiot’s head!”“How could I do such a thing?” Diane gasps, “I’m thankful you didn’t use the gun.”“Thanks to Sergeant Moraes, I had my revolver confiscated and I probably won’t get another weapon even if I bought it on the black market.” Daryl grumbles, “But why does Patrick insist on hating our son like that?”Diane takes a deep breath, tired of
João Paulo appears at Rocha Constructions and goes to his older brother’s office.“Hi, bro! Where’s Pollyanna?” João Paulo tries to be friendly, but inside, he is aloof, aware of what Josias wants to talk about.“Pollyanna and Ritchie have been transferred to Belo Horizonte. They’re getting married and I facilitated their union. Reuben will be my replacement.” Josias announces dryly.João Paulo swallows hard. There is a faint stain on his neck, “Anyway, our mother said you wanted to talk to me.”“I’m not even going to touch on the subject of Will Campos for now.” Josias begins to speak coldly, “Let’s talk about you being taken to the hospital, almost dead from strangulation.”João Paulo sits on the couch, “I understand you’re upset, bro.”“You understand I’m INDEED upset, but you don’t understand WHY?” Josias questions him, “Well, I’ll answer you. There was a time when you despised our father because he was behaving the same way you are now.”João Paulo swallows hard, “Josias, I assur