At Lafayette Studio, Thierry met with Rosemary, Claudio, and Karen. Karen smiled arrogantly at Thierry, lustfully at Claudio, and dropped her smile every time she looked at Rosemary.“Does anyone have any question about what we intend?” Thierry recapped the project, “Claudio and Karen will pose together, while Rosemary will pose alone or with a police officer who wants to act.”“That’s fine with me.” Rosemary nodded calmly.Karen snorted and said to herself, “As if it’s up to her... she’s being written off because she’s uglier than me, but she’s acting like it’s no big deal. Deep down, she is jealous of me because I’ll pose with the hot Claudio Guzman!”“KAREN!” Thierry was calling her, but Karen was daydreaming.“OOPS! Yes, yes, yes, I agree. What will the photos look like?” Karen asked suddenly.Thierry frowned. “I just told you. You can ask your partner when you’re interested.”Rosemary covered her mouth to keep from laughing.Thierry got up to attend to other matters. Rosemary fol
At Rocha Constructions, Alan, Caio, and Octavio were studying the floor plan of a residential complex that the City Hall wanted to build for the less fortunate.“Caio, did you produce this plant ALONE?”“Hey, don’t think this happened overnight.” Caio laughs, “It took months of taking measurements, adding up, calculating, planning, studying the soil, and so on...” Caio laughed, proud of his work.“What do you think, Alan?” Octavio is smiling.“I’m amazed! Wow... City Hall will be very pleased with this. I’ll email them immediately, as Alfred is in Rio with my father.”Alan goes to his computer. When he opened his inbox, he saw an email that Reuben had missed.“Oh... look here, guys!”Caio and Octavio wouldn’t dare to see the email inbox of the President of Rocha Constructions. But since the heir calls them...After they approached, Alan pointed to the screen, “With the commotion from earlier, I forgot to tell David about this: another email from his mother, thinking my father is readi
A few days later, Hector was surprised when he received a text message from the front gate.He went down the stairs and ran to the lobby of the Rocha Mansion to meet those who were arriving... or returning...Upon opening the double doors, he surprised a lady wanting to press the doorbell.“Mrs. Rocha!” He exclaimed, “You don’t need to ring the doorbell. Come, come in! The guys at the reception told me that you returned safely!”Josias laughs as he enters. “Aren’t we supposed to come back in one piece?”“Of course, Mr. Rocha, of course!” Hector tries to correct himself. “Anyway, we know how famous Rio de Janeiro is. If the Bento family knew how to provide protection, with Everaldo providing divine protection, then your trip occurred naturally, correct?”Melissa puts her bags on the floor. “Yes, everything went perfectly well.”“I’ll call the family.” Hector was about to leave, but he halted his steps and turned back, “Ah, Young Alan and Sofia came equally safe from their honeymoon. Th
At Rocha Mansion, everyone is at the breakfast table. Those in the mansion had already breakfasted, but they wanted to continue talking to Josias and Melissa.And it was the opportunity to tell them what happened.“The twins won’t understand our conversation,” Josias warned them, “but I want to talk about Angela and David. How did they behave?”Caroline took the floor, “The store has opened. And David... well, he’s been trying.”“What has he been trying?” Melissa asked, already aware of what Flávia had told her.“He’s been trying to get closer to us and be our friend and half-brother.” Caroline felt Melissa’s gaze too penetrating.Josias continued to question while sweetening his coffee. “And how did Alan react?”“Alan and Reuben didn’t give David an opportunity.” Caroline lowered her head.Melissa didn’t let the matter drop, “But was that insensitive of them? Or did David do something to justify it?”Caroline raised her head and looked at her mother. “Did Mrs. Freire call you?”“Your
David appears again at Café Montanha, aiming to talk to Felipe about the impressions he had. The coffee shop radio plays “You Know I’m Not Good” by Amy Winehouse.“Good morning, Mr. Mountain? Or can I call you Felipe?”Felipe stays on guard. “What do you want, my customer?”David smiles kindly, “I think we’d better leave the formality behind. I’m David, and you’re Felipe. After all, we are the same.”Felipe frowned, “How exactly are we the same? I’m an adopted son, and you were born from a lover’s womb.”David swallowed this insult so as not to divert his plan. “Ehr... We’re the same in the sense that we have the same idea about Caroline. We don’t agree with her choice of boyfriend.”Felipe took a flannel to clean the countertop. “I’m listening to you without compromise.”David felt that Felipe already realized that he intended to propose something. “OK, since you want to get straight to the point... Well then. The other day when we were together in this coffee shop, I felt like you i
At the Happiness Slum police station, Amoreira was talking to Dylan about the photo shoot.“Dad, do you want ME to pose with Rosemary? Thierry is going to kill me!”“Thierry is the photoshoot director,” Amoreira responded calmly. “Don’t be scared, son.”Dylan took offense, “I work at a police station located in the favela! How can I be fearful?”Amoreira scratched his head, feeling that this didn’t make sense. “OK, think about it with me: are you in love with Rosemary Reis?”“No.”“Are you in love with Rosemary Reis and jealous of Thierry Lafayette?”“No.” Dylan rolled his eyes.“Do you intend to fall in love with Rosemary Reis one fine day and avoid the temptation by not posing with her now?”“Dad, where are you getting at with these ridiculous questions?” Dylan crosses his arms.“I want to show you that there is no reason for you to be afraid of posing with Rosemary.” Amoreira extends his thumb, “Can we start?”“The cell we reserved is this.” Dylan points to an empty, clean cell.“O
The new edition of Maggiezine contained photos from the Cardozo Perfumes advertising campaign. To Karen’s delight, the photo where she is with Cláudio became the centerfold.As a result, people began to crowd the Cardozo store or empty the sales stand in Ibrahim Square. Looks like Nicole wasn’t an ‘idiot’ at all...At Maggiezine, Maggie popped champagne with writers, editors, and designers. Bernardo and Henrique were present, as were Kelvin and Felipe.“Here’s to another successful edition of our magazine!” Maggie exclaimed.“Cheers!” Everyone shouts excitedly.Kelvin took the bottle and started pouring the drinks. Bernardo approached his wife and kissed her on the cheek.“Congratulations, dear. Seeing you succeed is all I wanted in my life.”“And we’re paving the way for Henrique,” Maggie responded, excited.“I already said the magazine will go to Carol and Mary!” Henrique crossed his arms, upset. He doesn’t want to take over the magazine, ever!Maggie giggles and strokes her son’s h
At the Teodoro Building, Rosemary asked Pedro about the repercussions of her photo shoot, but Pedro stood back and was afraid to answer.“Come on, bro, don’t hide from me. Did people not like it? Was I very well behaved while Cláudio Guzman and Karen Britton rocked the sensual poses?” Rosemary insisted.Pedro finally decided to answer, “That’s not quite right, little sister. Step over to this side of the counter, you’ll understand.”Rosemary walked around the counter and saw the computer. Pedro scrolled through the LCN page with readers’ comments.He selected some comments with the mouse and Rosemary read them. After that, she became uncomfortable.“Why do people think I make a great pair with the police officer? Don’t they know I’m dating Thierry Lafayette?”“Looks like they don’t know yet, little sis.” Pedro scratched the back of his head, “I, for example, have never seen an explanatory article.”Beto appeared coming from the apartment with the newspaper in hand, also questioning th