Meanwhile, at Pamela's apartment, she is on the stove fiddling with pots and pans. The door opens and Wallace enters. In the background, he gets closer."What are you doing, dear?"Pamela smiles: "I am making a stew with chicken and potatoes. I am craving it and I know you will like it too.""Yes, I will..." Wallace smiles with her. When he is right next to Pamela..."Where have you been?" Pamela had asked unpretentiously, but Wallace cleared his throat and spoke suspiciously."I was around, I went for a walk."Pamela remains attentive in the pans and does not notice the withdrawn tone. "Josias is gone. Now we are going to have some peace in our lives.""Yeah, I noticed. There is already a 'for rent' ad on the lobby wall."Pamela turns off the stove and tries the stew by putting a little in the palm of her hand. A knock on the door makes Wallace go to it and open it. Pamela decides to go with him. When Wallace opens the door, P
At the Freire family home, Harold, Isabel, and Uélton are at the table for lunch. The three are holding hands, heads bowed, offering the prayer of thanks."... And we thank you, Lord, for the food placed on our table. Amen." Harold ends the prayer."Amen!" Mother and son said. Everybody starts to help themselves."So, how was our day?" Harold asks."Josias's new home is beautiful, Dad!" Uélton replies in awe, "It is not a mansion, but it was very spacious with his few pieces of furniture."Harold chuckles. "Over time he buys more stuff.""He doesn't even have a stove."Isabel drops her fork. "Wow, didn't he waited to buy a stove to cook? How is he going to feed himself?""He will probably subsist on snacks and fast food until he marries Melissa, as every single man does."Harold laughs, but Isabel purses her lips. "Not that, young man! At least I taught you and your brother to do the basics."Harold
Simeon accuses Josias of having sex with Pamela in the men's bathroom of Seu Teodoro's building. Josias is nervous and fearful."Simeon, this charge is false. You cannot prove it. I would not have the courage to betray—"Unexpectedly, Simeon reacts nonchalantly. "Okay, okay, young man, you can stop. I know very well that you want to have a dignified image for me, but I understand very well."Josias thinks the other's calm is strange. "Do you understand?"Simeon smiles: "Yes! I understand that Pamela invaded the men's room in Seu Teodoro's building to provoke you and you, like every man, made love to her. I will not judge you for that!"Josias is wide-eyed. What more clueless thing is Simeon saying?"Nothing happened, Simeon!" He screams."Of course it did, Josias." He chuckles, "You are a man, you did what had to be done since it was Pamela who voluntarily went into the bathroom."Josias is outraged. "If that were true, w
Great commotion on the lawn and at the entrance of the Church by all the faithful when they saw Wallace dressed in a suit and tie and with the Bible in his hand. He smiles and greets everyone like he's never been gone for months. The Freire family is ecstatic about the return of the prodigal son."Wallace! Dear son!" Isabel runs over to him.Wallace replies smiling: "Mother, look at the embarrassment! It looks like I came back from the dead.""But, that's exactly what happened!" Mother and son embrace each other with emotion and everyone claps their hands.Harold approaches and greets him, "Son, you don't know how happy I was now.""Forgive me for the absence from the Church, father. This will not be repeated."Uélton approaches them. "Bro, bro, I miss you..."The two brothers also embrace. Isabel is crying.A little distant from them, Josias and Melissa are approaching and are going to come across the scene."Oh,
At Simeon's house, in the kitchen, the pressure cooker beeps. Dora is attentive. Simeon enters and approaches her."It's almost done, dear." She says as if that is what Simeon wanted to know.However, Simeon asks, "Honey, can I say something about Melissa?"Dora turns off the stove and turns to him. "What happened to Melissa?"Without them noticing, William approaches the kitchen but stops walking when listening to the conversation and keeps spying.Simeon goes on: "Yesterday Melissa informed me that Josias is being accused of having sex with Pamela in the men's bathroom at Seu Teodoro's boardinghouse."Dora snorts. "Yes, she told me that slander."Simeon sighs, "Honey, I believe this was not some slander."Dora and William's eyes widen."Why do you believe that Josias betrayed our daughter?" Dora hisses the question."He didn't cheat because he wanted to, woman." Simeon repeats his weird thesis, "He... He couldn'
Pamela is about to pass out due to Wallace's questions. But, Wallace doesn't care and continues to question her with harshness and ferocity."Come on, Pam! Answer me what happened!"Pamela starts to cry. "I have nothing to do with what happened! How am I supposed to know? I've been here all the time!""Idly, doing nothing?" Wallace raises his eyebrows.Pamela walks away to the living room and Wallace follows her."I... I didn't feel well. Pregnancy stuff, Wally, I'm a first-time mom, remember that.""So it was just that? Did you feel unwell and that's why you didn't make the lunch I deserve?"Pamela starts to get angry. Wallace is already thinking he's the demanding husband!"Yes, dear, it was not intentional. I am sorry that I did not receive you as you deserve. Especially because you went to Church, as you should have been.""My family loved my presence and nobody argued about you."Pamela smiles, "See? That's w
Josias visits Teodoro, the two are sitting in his office."So, young man, how was the house?""I'll give you the address.""Write it down here." Teodoro passes Josias a pen and paper.While Josias writes, Teodoro wonders if he should say what he saw today."Ready!" Josias hands over the paper but notices Teodoro's face. "Is there a problem, Seu Teodoro?"At the exact moment that Teodoro was going to start talking, over Josias's shoulder he saw Jeremiah appear at the door, looking menacingly inside."There is no problem, son." He disguises, "I'm curious about your moving. Did you have lunch?"Josias chuckles, "Everyone knows I don't have a stove. I'm going to buy one tomorrow.""Then let's go get something to eat in the kitchen." Teodoro offers."Okay, I already had lunch at Uélton's family home. They miss Wallace. It was good that he went to Church today."Teodoro exchanges an angry look and Jeremias
Dora is sweeping with the radio playing Jeffrey Osbourne's song "All the Wings of Love" when William returns from the street.He greets her wearily: "Hello, mother!""So, son, did you get a job?"William collapses on the couch. "Well, I've been offering myself out there. Some have asked me for a resume.""We don't have a typewriter. Maybe one of the neighbors...""The Chaves have one." William has tremors, "I think I will continue without a resume at all."Dora chuckles. "They never greeted us again after they threw out their daughters."William's eyes sparkle with interest. "This is what I never understood: why did they expel the eldest?""They are crazy, which is why they spawned two crazy daughters." Dora shrugs.William takes a deep breath. "Maybe Carmen was an accomplice to some nonsense.""She was the least crazy. What could she have done?"William doesn't respond, he just meditates, "I will try again