Maggiezine released the latest issue to newsstands and the online version.Cardozo Perfumes’ advertising campaign wasn’t well highlighted, so readers were taken by surprise when leafing through the magazine or browsing the website.As Sofia feared, the uproar among the women was intense. As soon as the first readers saw Alan’s seductive photo in the men’s perfume commercial, they told their friends to run and check it out.She received countless emails and text messages from her friends praising her boyfriend’s firm and strong body. On the Internet, women in droves were commenting on ‘how the heir to Rocha Constructions has grown’.Adelaide was thrilled with the repercussions. Amoreira watched her while they ate breakfast.“Honey, I’m going to feel threatened when you look at this magazine so much.” He comments jokingly.Adelaide didn’t get the joke. “You don’t nee
Flávia appears in the building where her son is. As she approaches the door, she can hear “When You Were Young” by The Killers.Intrigued, she rings the doorbell.“We’re coming!” Someone warns Flavia. She could not discern who it was.The door opens. Flávia sees Neilton getting ready for Café Mountain. The dress shirt had the buttons open and the belt was still unfastened.“Neil, good morning,” Flávia smiles, “That’s not a suitable look for receiving visitors.”“Ehr... Forgive me, Mrs. Freire. I thought you were someone less formal.” Neilton explains himself a little embarrassed.Flávia smiles lightly. Who would deserve to be received in this way? Any girlfriend of Neilton’s that she doesn’t know about?After making room, Flávia enters the living room, which is orderly. She nods in approval.“I see
In the Teodoro building, Caroline and Rosemary talk in the canteen about the repercussions of the advertising campaign. They can hear Fort Minor’s song “Where’d You Go” blaring from the lobby.“So, my friend? How do you feel about being famous and in demand?” Caroline asks with a wide smile.“I haven’t been called for more interviews yet, friend.” Rosemary laughs, “But the feeling of being famous is awesome.”A tenant approaches shyly, “Miss Reis, could you give me an autograph?”“Sure!” Rosemary takes the magazine and pen from her ‘fan’ and signs it.“Thanks!” The tenant grins and walks away, amazed at the privilege.Caroline giggles, “I’m not telling you? You’re a famous girl. You should be proud of that.”“You’re the one who knows, my dear.” Rosemary sighs, thinking about the future, “I owe it to Thierry.”“How about you look for him, Rose?” Caroline encourages her, “This could deepen your friendship even further.”Rosemary smiles contentedly, thinking about it.******However, bef
At the Mountain Penthouse, Felipe is upset because Kelvin told others about his problems.“Uncle, you didn’t need to say things like that. Especially when it’s a misunderstanding!”Kelvin becomes impatient, “Are you still going to deny that you were trying to kill yourself, my friend? That wasn’t diving, not here, not in China! You were submerged and still! It wasn’t crawl swimming or butterfly swimming!”Felipe takes a deep breath. “OK, I wasn’t exactly swimming. I was testing my ability to stay submerged. I should call someone to time how long I could stay underwater.”“But are you just now telling me this?” Kelvin walks away from the fridge, “And who do you plan to call? Other than Caroline, I don’t see you socializing with anyone else. You need to improve that, Felipe. Otherwise, you’d better go closer to your father.”Felipe, however, shakes his head. No, he doesn’t want to move to Victoria. He wants to stay in Lagoon City... But who will he socialize with?After finishing eating
Cláudio is in his office, watching the commercial on the Internet with a victorious smile. The commercial was barred to anyone under 18 and he had to prove his identity before accessing it.“Wow, if after this commercial I’m still single, then there’s something wrong with me!”The door opens and Kelvin says angrily, “Yes, you don’t hold back on getting revenge!”Cláudio is startled and looks at the door with wide eyes. “YOW! What are you doing here?”“Don’t think I never came to this place.” Kelvin approaches him.Cláudio quickly pauses the video and opens another window to disguise it.Kelvin smiles mockingly, “What happened? Were you accessing immoral websites? Does your mother know about your perverted taste?”“It’s none of your business what content I browse!” Cláudio stands up, “I imagine you came to complain about your nephew, huh?”With the door ajar, Josias stops it and watches the conversation from here.“Yes, I heard he resigned. What did you do to stop such madness?”“ME?”
Olivia and Erasmo are ecstatic with the turn of events. If before they felt that everything was lost, now their hopes have been renewed.Father, mother, and daughter collectively hug.“Congratulations, daughter! You applied my advice!” Erasmo exclaims excitedly.“I just understood Alan’s side, Dad.” Sofia breaks the hug, wiping away tears of emotion.Olivia was also crying, “How emotional... I thought we lost everything.”“No way. It won’t be sexy pictures of my man that will separate me from him.” Sofia shakes her index finger. “And what’s more, if this continues, I’d rather make my own collection.”Olivia and Sofia smile in complicity.Erasmo, however, becomes serious. “Calm down, ladies, let’s not be vulgar. It was just an advertising campaign. The next photo of Alan will be wearing a pinstripe suit, in his father’s office. The people of Lagoon City cannot mistake him for a gigolo.”“What’s that, my dear...” Olivia protests, smiling.“Dad, don’t worry. I don’t think Alan will want
At the Lafayette mansion, Thierry meets Rosemary in the living room. Ingrid had left to put the couple at ease.“Hello, Rose. Did you come to thank me for the photo in the magazine?” Thierry smiles gently.“Yes. It looked magnificent. What did you do?” Rosemary asks curiously.Thierry sits next to her, “I added a filter. I’m happy to see the result pleasing the public... especially you.”“I started signing some magazines for some tenants.” Rosemary giggles, “I’m becoming a celebrity because of you.”“You deserve this, Rose,” Thierry speaks gallantly.“Wouldn’t you have a problem if I actually became famous?” Rosemary asks cautiously, “Your father and mother informed me of the previous visit.”“Sofia Vasquez.” Thierry sighs impatiently, “What the hell. How can Alan put up with a grumpy woman like that? I’m aware that her mother is redecorating the entire mansion just because she was jealous of João Paulo and Helen Queiroz’s furniture.”Rosemary laughs. “Oh, God, some petty people. Caro
At Rocha Mansion, Josias is awaiting Hector’s pronouncement. The butler, in turn, is afraid to reveal what happened.“Come on, Hector. I don’t have all day. Did something happen?” Josias insists.“Mr. Rocha... There’s a buzz going on among the residents here. It’s about your son and his girlfriend. It looks like they’re going to take the next step.”“Did they set an engagement date?” Josias is amazed.“Yes. And Mrs. Rocha is worried because she wasn’t consulted. Would you, by any chance...?”Josias shakes his head. No, he didn’t even know that Alan and Sofia made up!“Where is your mistress?”“In the master suite, boss.”Josias nods and heads there.Inside, he finds Melissa in a bathrobe, fresh from the shower and drying her hair with a hairdryer. Her contrite face was reflected in the dressing table mirror.“Good evening, my dear.” Josias greets her.“Good evening, my love.” Melissa answers him, “How was work?”“It was good, as usual.” Josias takes off his suit and tie, “I hear the m
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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