Josias is talking to Tiago and Romualdo in the last room, the door is closed. Romualdo is in his presidential seat, his suit and tie giving him a CEO-worthy appearance. Tiago and Josias still wore a dress shirt and pants; they dare not wear a tie.
"Another client in Green Park, in the neighborhood where you live, Josias," Romualdo announces, "We are out of the necessary workers for so much demand."
"Soon the competition starts to advertise more aggressively." Tiago speaks as if he is rooting for it, he smiles with excitement, "Come on! We guarantee ourselves."
"God is blessing us." Josias opines, remembering Everaldo.
"Speaking of God, have you ever met Everaldo at Green Park Church?" Romualdo asks.
Josias shakes his head. "The pastor there said that Everaldo left on a Mission and will only be back next year."
The disappointment in Josias's tone is evident. He had only moved to Green Park to be reunited with Everaldo. Tiago takes the floor.<
Pamela is paralyzed with dread when she finds out that they are trying to snatch Caio out of her arms. What a revolting injustice! She barely got used to the idea of being a mother, she is still learning to apply talcum powder and put diapers on her son!"Wallace is about to arrive, so we'd better talk to you in detail tomorrow." She tries to close the door, but Jeremiah stops her by placing his hand."You still haven't confirmed me. Caio's father is Josias or William?" Jeremiah is insistent and inconvenient. Does he not realize the danger of being caught by Wallace?"Let's talk tomorrow!" She hisses, "You already know the answer!"As Pamela feared, someone enters the corridor and finds the two of them talking. But, it is not Wallace. It's Vera Reis."Pamela? Are you all right?" She asks.Pamela looks paler than when she was giving birth. Jeremiah wants to dig a hole to bury himself. He should have left while it was time! Now it's another
The next day, Vera is talking to Teodoro and Beto at her father's apartment. They decided not to talk in the kitchen so as not to be caught by Pamela or Jeremiah."After he showered, Pamela got up immediately and took the clean clothes for Wallace to put on in the bathroom, to prevent Wallace from leaving the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his waist." Vera laughs, "Too bad, she didn't let me see the 'husband's' ripped body..."Beto no longer finds it so funny. "Watch out, sis, don't get contaminated by the promiscuous one.""Hey, we're talking about my future husband." Vera replies in a mocking tone, "I will see a lot more on the honeymoon."Beto purses his lips and Teodoro is embarrassed, "Calm down, dear daughter, one step at a time. No rush, so as not to spoil the plan.""I need to continue to come right at this time when he comes home from work." Vera goes on to say, "Coming here with her alone is not enough.""Now with me, th
"Josias, my love, can we talk in the kitchen?" Melissa asks. Her serious, dark face is making Josias worried."God, what was that calling about?" Josias asks and decides to follow Melissa into the kitchen. The phone rings again and Romualdo answers it."Silva Construction Company, Romualdo Silva, how can I help you?" He frowns, "Ah, young Mr. Barbosa... what was it this time?"While Adrian tells the whole story of yesterday in his version, omitting everything wrong he did, Josias and Melissa are already talking in the kitchen."Josias, I want to be straightforward. Since we're getting married, we can't have any secrets between us. A while ago, Adrian got in touch over the phone, we started talking and he said he's dating Carmen. She spoke a lot of lies about us. I was furious and started to disprove it, so Adrian said we could meet up to talk in person."Josias puts his hand on her shoulder, patient and understanding. "And you went."Melissa
Wallace is ready to leave for work when Pamela catches his eye. She is breastfeeding Caio. "Honey, how about we register our son as soon as possible?"Wallace stops walking and turns to her with a smile. "Yes, dear, we need to do this. My job... anyway, I'm going to talk to the supervisor and ask for tomorrow's day off so we can go out and go to the registry office."Pamela smiles with relief. She thinks that with Wallace registering Caio as his son, Josias would have no chance of taking her son. "And what's the full name?""We will call him Caio Chaves Freire, as it should be." Wallace shrugs, "Never that it will be Caio Rocha, because the other refuses to admit that he is a father, right?""Okay, let's get him out of the boy's life." Pamela snarls, "Caio will never know that he had a father who rejected him, the poor guy can grow up traumatized by that.""Well then, honey, I'm going to work. See you later." Wallace exchanges a light kiss on Pamel
Pamela is more and more surprised by what Cristina said. Was that her mother, that lady who just wanted to sit on the couch and religiously follow the soap operas?Cristina had a different attitude: that meekness and passivity of yore had disappeared and now we see a strong and determined Cristina to help her daughter.Pamela pulls out two chairs for the two of them to sit on; the daughter with more urgency to sits down. "Mom, what are you saying?""You are the mother of this baby, and it is not fair to take my grandson out of your arms just because people don't like you." Cristina reasoned with her.Pamela decides to pretend that she didn't know this, so as not to reveal that she is in cahoots with Jeremiah. "But, mother... this is horrible! Will I ever be at peace? Wallace is already willing to take over my son and tomorrow we are going to the registry office. Why do these people want to complicate things?""It's because they believe you will be
At night, Josias is talking to the Campos family. He is sitting in Simeon's armchair while the others are on the sofa."And then, dear," Melissa asks, "What did Igor tell you?""He said the ideal option would be for William to be eighteen and have a stable life." Josias answers.William reacts discouraged. "By then, Wallace has already registered my son as his."Josias smiles and reassures him. "Don't worry, Will. Igor made sure this is not irreversible. The biological father always has more rights than his stepfather. It will be much better for you to fight for your son when you can provide for him. And preferably, married.""This is still going to take time," William responds with relief. The rest laugh."So it would be the case that we try." Simeon says, "Raymond agrees. Cristina is out of the cards.""Yes, Igor prefers that you plead for custody of the baby in court until William reaches the age of majority," Josias explains.
The discussion continues, now with William actively participating. He is angry, he even trembles with rage, and he can't take Pamela anymore. Pamela would rather die than admit that William is Caio's father, so she smiles weakly and begins to disguise: "Don't be a clown, William! I know you are dying to own my body, but we never—" "Enough of lies, you crazy!" William screams, frightening the others, "Everyone here already knows that the father is me! Caio, is that my son's name? So that's it, Caio is our son!" Pamela's mouth opens, and then she reacts: "And how are you going to prove that you are the father?" "In the same way that you will have to prove that the father is Josias," William replies. Pamela gulps. "Well, we never—" "Of course, Pamela, don't you remember?" William takes a deep breath to continue, "That night when we had a soccer game on the field here, and I caught you talking to Josias, thinking that the two of you were c
"Getting married, Pamela?" Wallace is gaping when he hears Pamela ask if he wants to marry her. "Have you become a lesbian? It's the man who asks the woman to marry him."Pamela takes offense at the question and crosses her arms. "So you're gay, because we have been dating for centuries, lived together, raised a child, but you never asked me to marry you! Do you want to stay like this all your life?"Wallace feels pummeled by the Reason. Pamela is right; they are already practically a family, without the required documentation!"Let's take advantage of that you have time off tomorrow to get married, so it will be easier for us to register Caio with your last name!" Pamela tries to coax him with some exasperation.It is Pamela's anxiety that makes Wallace curious. "Is something going on, Pamela? I agree that we need to get married, but that idea came a bit suddenly, don't you think?""There is nothing sudden!" Pamela snorts, pushes a chair, and sits