Evandro is at the cafeteria serving his customers. Among them, Moacyr is drinking another cane juice and eating ground beef pastry.
Octavio strides up and slams both hands on the counter, all cheerful and excited. "I don't drink beer, but I'm going to celebrate with cane juice! Evandro, serve me a very cold cane juice and see me that stuffed pizza pastry!"
Evandro and Moacyr are infected with the boy's joy.
Moacyr risks asking: "Any news?"
Octavio does not know Moacyr, but he is so happy that he decides to answer: "Do you know Silva Construction Company? I will have the privilege of working for them as an architect! A nice girl just called me asking to come to the office tomorrow!"
"That deserves a little song!" Evandro opines. He goes to the radio and turns it on. Ironically, it is sounding "She Works Hard for the Money" by Donna Summer.
"Hey, I know enough English to know that this song is not talking about men," Octavio informs, and the r
Adrian is visiting Moacyr. Moacyr's new house is now furnished. The sofa and armchair are lined with white cloths sewn by Moacyr's late wife. Moacyr is sitting in the armchair while Adrian is standing in front of him, examining him as if he were a doctor. Moacyr's appearance is not good; he is pale and is complaining of a headache."Dad, we have to go to the doctor. You may be having a stroke." Adrian, despite being a sucker, is an extremely loyal son to his father.Moacyr smiles weakly, indicating that it is not so much. "I'm fine, son. I'm not indicating the classic symptoms of a stroke.""So that must be a lot of blood sugar." Adrian walks away and folds his arms, "Have you been eating again at Evandro's cafeteria? Watch out, Dad, you may be or maybe you already have diabetes. I, who am younger, don't keep stuffing myself with these fatty snacks."Moacyr licks his lips as if he wants to eat more. He smiles just like Teodoro: "Actually, I killed myself
Wallace is in mixed emotions. He doesn't want Pamela to think that he is cheating on her with Vera, at the same time he is happy to see that Pamela is jealous; because that would be an indication that she loves him."What is the matter, Pamela?" Wallace smiles very slightly, by the corner of his mouth, "Are you jealous?"Pamela takes another cup and throws it violently at Wallace. He ducks and the cup goes away, crashing into a wall."You bastard, idiot! And then do you complain that I want to marry Josias? He's not an idiot and blind like you!"Wallace gets angry and loses his temper with his girlfriend. "But, then, don't you like Vera's visits? Why do you consider her as her friend, after all?""I liked Vera until I saw she's having feelings for you and you're responding! You miserable dog!" Pamela roars feeling entitled to be jealous, when she goes to bed with Jeremiah whenever they can."That's enough! You are not going to the supermarke
Moacyr is thrilled with the news from Romualdo, that Adrian will have a job at Silva Constructions. He stands up and extends his hand to greet him: "Thank you so much, Mr. Silva! I'm sure my son won't waste this opportunity!"Romualdo hesitantly shakes Moacyr's hand. He does not want to tell the deluded father what he is planning for the indigestible Adrian.After Moacyr leaves, Josias and Melissa are almost having a heart attack when they hear the news."He what?" Melissa yells the exclamation, "Mr. Silva, don't spoil the mood of my day!"Romualdo smiles from the corner of his mouth. "Calm down, my daughter; the poor Mr. Barbosa came here practically to plead with his stray son to have a job, I couldn't resist.""And what is he going to do in here?" Josias asks incredulously, "It's because I don't believe you are going to give him anything to do on the construction sites. Adrian is too proud to work as a bricklayer assistant.""If you put h
On Thursday, Josias is at the dinner table, checking how much money he has in his wallet. He hears footsteps and quickly hides the wallet in his dress pants pocket.Melissa appears and notices his sudden movements. "Are you hiding something, dear?"Josias turns and sees his girlfriend still wearing a nightgown. "No, honey, I was just putting away my wallet.""Be careful not to be mugged, the streets are very dangerous," Melissa responds with a smile and goes to the stove to make coffee.Simeon still appears in boxer shorts, sitting at the table with a worried expression. Josias perceives the countenance of the future father-in-law."Did something happen, Simeon? Weren't you able to resign from the auto shop?""That's what I'm thinking about." He replies with a frown, "The boys from the Bento family showed up to talk to Jeremiah and he reacted all terrified. It looked like the two of them were going to kill him."Josias is also uncomfo
Josias appears somewhat suspicious in the office. Melissa is typing the employment contracts for Octavio and Simeon to sign. She glances at him suspiciously, as Josias has tried to pass right through."Josias? Good morning to you too!"Josias stakes and spins on his heels for her like Michael Jackson. "Good Morning.""Look, in the movies, when the man is so suspicious, it's because he's hiding something," Melissa states with a mischievous smile.Josias returns the smile. "Is it any use telling you I'm not hiding anything?""Of course not, you liar," Melissa burst out laughing. When we are in love, we laugh at any nonsense."So, be on the lookout, as I won't spoil the surprise," Josias speaks gallantly and goes to the kitchen.Melissa feels chills down her spine. What is it that Josias is up to? Do they go to the movies to watch "Flashdance?" Everyone is talking about this movie...At her lunch break, she arranged to have lunch
Vera is trying to be the most convincing friend possible. She smiles and tries to reassure her, "Pamela, you don't have to worry about anything. I didn't come to visit you on purpose. I came to visit my father and he informed me that he had only seen Wallace leave. But if you're too busy, I'll be back some other day. I thought you wanted to talk to someone."In fact, Pamela wanted to talk to someone. Despite the suspicion, Vera was the only friend Pamela had. Jenny went to Cléber's house and never again showed signs of life, as previously mentioned.Thus, Pamela gives space and Vera enters. The two sat at the table and Pamela serves coffee before Vera says something to spill coffee on the tablecloth."Can I know what happened?" Vera asked cautiously."Wallace forbade me to go to work," Pamela responds grimly.Vera chuckles before taking a sip. "What? Are we in the 19th century for women to be banned from work?""No, but I fear that Wa
Moacyr is completely disappointed in Adrian. This is not the education he had given him. His mother, if she were still alive, would die of heartbreak, even more, because he had sex with a slut and didn't even put on his underwear to sleep, so drunk he was."You are the shame of the Barbosa family!" Moacyr exclaims, his face burning, "How do you expect to keep this house? Do you think I'm going to live forever? You never wanted to look for a job again after you left the last one.""I'm looking, but it's hard to find, Dad," Adrian says that lame excuse. The truth is: Adrian doesn't give a damn about looking for a job."Listen, I came here to tell you that I got you something to do at Silva Constructions," Moacyr speaks a little more calmly.If Moacyr has calmed down, Adrian is the one who becomes most shocked and desperate. He immediately gets up and screams, "Silva Construction Company? Are you crazy? Me, working at that damn company?"Moacyr crouch
Wallace narrows his eyes in such a way that it looks like he's firing a laser beam to exterminate Pamela. He clenches his fists and takes two steps towards the cashier, wanting to spank Pamela and drag her away by her hair. But, Beto notices his movement and stops him by the shoulder.Beto grabs Wallace's shoulder so tightly that Wallace complains of pain. "Oh, man, so you dislocate my shoulder! I will consider this an accident at work.""What did you intend to do, a scandal?" Beto speaks in whispers so as not to get Pamela's attention.But, Pamela is so focused on her task that she paid no attention to them."I told her not to come to work, that she was banned! Who encouraged her?" Wallace growls."She probably decided on her own. Pamela doesn't strike me as one of those swayable women." Beto responds with the naughtiest smile there is.Wallace looks at him with more outrage. "And since when do you know what she looks like?"Beto dis