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
At the Lafayette Supermarket, Nadia is offended and outraged by what Shirley is implying. Rodrigo also gets up to see if his girlfriend needs protection.Shirley continues with the posture of someone who is having fun, “Why do you have that look on your face and that alert pose? You seemed to be at ease, dating... in a place of work, I must point out, but hey! Who am I to say something—”“You’re absolutely right!” Nadia explodes, “You have no right to say ANYTHING!”Shirley, as always, lashes out and feels entitled to be offended, “I’m sorry, young lady, but what have I done to you to deserve so much hate?”Nadia rolls her eyes, “Mrs. Mountain, maybe you don’t know, but I’m dating your nephew. That obviously means I know who you are and why you weren’t here when I moved to the city in 2000.”“Well, I left town in 1997 after—” She looks at Rodrigo and smiles, “Nephew, you didn’t tell her, did you?”“I told her everything, aunt.” Rodrigo responds with a dark face, “And you’re not right
At Rocha Constructions, João Paulo doesn’t know if he willingly accepts Josias’s advice.“Bro, there’s no way you’re willing to believe Sofia Vasquez’s lies.”Josias narrows his eyes, “And how do you know Sofia is lying?”“She’s like that, gentle and sheepish, but when she wants to, she turns into a voracious wolf!” João Paulo complains, “She already went to the LCN premises to complain about my articles and slapped me! She also disrespected our father. That’s why I didn’t buy her performance at the dinner we had. That docile, submissive wife was pure acting!”Josias ponders the information that is given, “Do you think she slapped you gratuitously, or are there reasons, little brother?”“There are never reasons for aggression. Wow, Josias, I thought you knew that!”Josias shakes his head, “João Paulo, what I want with this conversation is to make you aware of the danger you’re running by aiming your rifle only at Vaztrans. Don’t deny it: You turned this series of articles into an act
Josias arrives at Rocha Mansion and is surprised to find Caroline waiting for him in the foyer.“Dad, let’s talk in my room, please?” Caroline had a desperate expression.Josias feels his heart bleed. Who did this to his little princess?“Let’s go immediately!” Josias goes ahead, and it’s Caroline who has to follow him at a large pace.Inside her room, Caroline closes the door.“What do you want to talk about, honey?”“You have a lot of commitments with the company and I know I shouldn’t dump any more drama on your head.” Caroline begins, “But there’s something that interests you, Dad. The family, to be honest.”“I’m listening.” Josias sits on her bed.“Today, Alan called Sofia and said that I would meet her at Café Montanha. Then he came to tell me, at the last minute, as if he didn’t want to give me time to refuse.”Josias narrows his eyes. What is this, Alan?“Go on.”“I went, and Mom decided to go with me. We talked to Sofia and she seemed polite and civil. There was everything we
As Josias advised, the members of his family who opposed the Vasquez family decided to take a break to see if they could get their act together.But the result was negative.João Paulo deliberately let emails accumulate from readers complaining about rusty Vaztrans buses. He continued his column by highlighting other important issues taking place around the city, such as Josias’s charity fashion show.The event took place normally, with no switching dressing rooms or models being shot on the catwalk live on TV. Surveillance was doubled and men stood in line in their underwear to be searched. The men who liked freeballing were extremely embarrassed in front of the policemen.Cláudio asked to model in the black & tie collection, perhaps thinking about not stealing the spotlight this time. But it was impossible: the simple fact that the model appeared parading in a tuxedo was enough for the women to go into an uproar.“AHHHHH! How handsome!”“I want him for myself NOW!”“Friend, you’re m
At Rocha Mansion, it's Caroline's turn to enter Alan's room to ask him a question about friendships.“Hello, little brother. I wanted to ask you a question.”Alan is playing on his laptop, but he stops what he is doing and looks at his sister, “Yes, sis.”“How is your friendship with Felipe Mountain?”Alan gets embarrassed. He lowers his head, waits a few seconds, and then answers, “He hasn't been nice to me since his adoptive father was punished.”Caroline nods, “Well, at the party Uncle Bernie threw, he was there, and we talked civilly.”Alan looks up, “And how is he?”“We didn’t mention the restaurant thing.” Caroline sits on his bed, “We chatted casually. He treated me well.”Alan smiles slightly, “No one would mistreat the Princess of Lagoon City.”“Nah... I think it's more than that. Maybe if you try with him...” Caroline suggests sweetly.Alan doubts it, but he doesn't want to press the issue. Then he remembers Sofia, “Sister, taking advantage of you being here, Sofia told me s
In Ibrahim Square, Olivia feels trapped by Cláudio's question. He smiles teasingly at her, following Melissa's instructions.“I... I wasn't talking about myself...” Olivia tries to hide her sinful emotions.“Ah, okay...” Cláudio pretends to believe, “That's good, Olivia. If you weren't married, I'd say you were jealous. Those girls just wanted my autograph.”“You don’t need to explain to me.” Olivia lies through her teeth, “I need to go. And congratulations on this year’s fashion show, I couldn’t help you this time.”“Your husband didn’t donate, right?” Cláudio asks mockingly, “That’s the talk that went on in the dressing rooms. When are you going to give up and declare bankruptcy, Olivia?”"NEVER!" Olivia screams at the top of her lungs, “We’re going to get out of this! Without João Paulo Rocha Queiroz's slanderous articles, we will turn things around! In fact, it looks like someone finally put a cork in his mouth.”“On his fingers, you mean.” Cláudio jokes."It doesn't matter." Oliv
At Rocha Mansion, Melissa meets Caroline getting ready to go out with friends to the mall. She was wearing Calvin Klein jeans and a boat neck blouse from Vasconcelos Tecidos. Sitting at the dressing table, Caroline was applying lipstick and the makeup kit was available.“Wow, daughter, what a cool look!” Melissa approaches, “Are you going out?”“I arranged with some friends via chat,” Caroline responds as she finishes sliding the lipstick across her lips.“And is Sofia Vasquez included?” Melissa sits on her bed.“No, because she’s not part of my circle of friends,” Caroline answers coldly. She opens the case, takes a cotton swab, chooses an eyeshadow color, and applies it to her eyelids.“What a shame. I talked to your brother.” Melissa tries to be cautious, “He definitely takes after Josias, Carol. He hopes the two of you become friends. And I feel like Sofia is different from her parents.”“Why didn’t you invite her Mom to this year’s fashion festival?” Caroline asks arrogantly.“Be