Pamela and Beto approach the counter where Vera and Wallace are. The two are so surprised by Pamela's sudden appearance that they don't even question why she's with Beto.
"Pamela, there's nothing much to explain." Wallace defends himself, clearing his throat.
"Are you by any chance unpleasant about Melissa and Josias's engagement?" Pamela stares at him steadily, arms are crossed.
"Where have you been?" Wallace tries to deflect the subject.
But this only makes it worse, as Pamela responds with a huff: "Humph! I was there! I was invited by Tiago Bento and my sister, but they said it was just a barbecue to celebrate the expansion of Silva Constructions. When I arrived, there were the two suckers in the middle of the backyard exchanging rings and acting like lovebirds!"
Pamela knew they were going to celebrate their engagement, but she pretends not to know so she doesn't say she knew from Jeremiah.
Vera then notices the older brother. "Wow, Beto
A month passes. Romualdo paid the last month's rent agreed with the landlord and now Silva Constructions Company will move into the new commercial building.The Vargas Building is a newly constructed building, with four years of existence, contains 20 floors and two more floors of parking. In this building, there are private medical offices, real estate agencies, law firms, the headquarters of a telephone company in the city, and now, the company of Romualdo, Tiago, and Josias.Instead of a modest building with a barred gate that is opened by secretaries, the Vargas Building has a huge lobby. It contains sandstone-colored floors and white walls, wood furniture to match the floor, three elevators occupied with numerous people ascending and descending, a huge bench where receptionists control the entry of people through identification and turnstiles.The receptionists' clothes are in the same line as Melissa's clothes that were bought by Elisa; she mentally thanke
And so the routine at Silva Construction Company's new office begins. Later, Josias, Octavio, and Igor chose their rooms. Adrian noticed that there was still a vacant room and fervently wished it was the office boy's room.As he voiced his wish to Romualdo, the boss laughed so hard that he almost collapsed from his presidential seat. "My boy, you definitely don't know what the job you were hired for means. You'll be very lucky if Tiago leaves you a table."Adrian's face turns grim and he rushes out of the boss's room. He walks to the entrance, where Melissa is at her secretarial post and now also acting as a receptionist. She's on the phone."Yes ma'am, we've changed our address. That graffiti building is left behind. Our address is now the Vargas Building, fourteenth floor, room 1403. You're going to love our new location..."Adrian waits patiently for Melissa until she ends the phone call. When she does, she cocks her head at the office boy."My
Later, Pamela is at the kitchen table having breakfast with her parents. She's chewing bread with peanut butter like crushed glass."Is the peanut butter bad, daughter?" Cristina asks."No Mom, the peanut butter is great." She replies grumpily, "It's the article I read in the Economy column. They interviewed Silva Constructions. They moved to a more chic and modern building, close to the Main Square.""And why are you so angry?" Raymond asks, "You should rejoice or leave them alone.""So much stress can harm you, daughter," Cristina warns her with genuine concern.Pamela remains thoughtful, trying to decide what to do.Later, Pamela appears in the lobby of the Vargas Building. The huge enclosure leaves her speechless. Countless people in business clothes pass by. Pamela is in a plain print blouse and a pair of worn jeans, so she makes an easy target for receptionists.They understand that Pamela is not a regular in the building and so
Josias leaves Octavio's room and goes to the entrance. He finds Melissa typing and Adrian sitting in a chair near a shelf, reading the newspaper and listening to music on his walkman. He nods to Taco's song "Putting on the Ritz."Josias gets furious when he sees his rival idly, with nothing to do. Romualdo didn't assign him any task? He approaches and slaps Adrian's head, trying to rip the headphones off.Adrian's walkman is of a better make and newer model than Melissa's. That's why Adrian is scared and afraid of the functioning of his device. He carefully removes the headphones and strafes Josias with his gaze. "Hey, watch out, this walkman is new!""And which money did you buy this walkman?" Josias asks sternly, drawing Melissa's attention."Not everyone has a careless father like yours!" Adrian insists on poking at Josias's wound, his father's absence, "I feel that deep down you are jealous of me, so you try to stay close to my father, wanting to stea
Moments after Josias inspects the work, he approaches the room where the second bedroom will be. Uélton was resting from lunch sitting on the cardboard stretched out on the floor. A battery radio played "Always Something There to Remind Me", by Naked Eyes. Uélton didn't know English, but the music reminded him of the girl who helped him with the stairs.Milton went after Josias and reported the needs. "It's necessary to check the company you buy the cement from. Our guys are complaining that it's not coming in the same quality as before. We don't want a wall to fall or a plaster to crumble.""Don't worry, Milton," Josias assures seriously, "I'll talk to Romualdo and let him know we need the best materials.""Is it true, sir, that we will soon be building houses in Sunset Village?" Milton asks with his eyes shining. His dream is to build rich people's houses.Josias smiles from the corner of his mouth. "It's good that you guys are looking for
Pamela is at the supermarket checkout, checking out customers' purchases with her grim-faced. Customers don't risk starting a chat for fear of pissing her off even more.Wallace walks and approaches her. A supermarket watchman is on alert, remembering the attack."Pam, why were you late today? Do you think you managed to go unnoticed? Jorge was screwing my patience." He speaks harshly."You need to stop being afraid of Jorge." She responds with a shrug.Pamela is so nervous that it let her bewildered. A package of frozen chicken cost $5.20 and she typed $2.50 into the cash register."He is now the manager of the store. If before he had supervisory powers, imagine now!" Wallace speaks in awe."Jorge cannot fire any employee at his pleasure." Pamela keeps adding up the wrong prices for the goods. The lady is startled when she discovers that her purchases came out cheaper than she thought."Have you been wandering around somewhere else?"
Adrian knows that Josias was in the driving class. Josias's desolate, weary face betrays that he was terrible once again. "What's wrong, couldn't you keep the engine running for fifteen minutes? You're going to end up ruining the car's engine and the School Driver will charge you for the repair!"Josias approaches Adrian with slow but intimidating steps. "What else is missing for me to punch you?""It's missing the fact that I could sue Silva Constructions for assaulting a simple employee. The Labor Court will love to hear about it.""We have money to pay any compensation and we have Igor Bento as a lawyer.""Ah, but there's also my father!" Adrian always touches Josias's wound, "He's going to love knowing that the boy he so admires assaulted his real son."Josias stops and takes a deep breath. He doesn't want to lose Moacyr's favor.If Moacyr learns that Josias punched Adrian, he might be furious and decide to report him to the loan shark!<
Josias shakes his head regretfully. His voice came out weak and dismayed: "I can't, Octavio, I can't against this guy." "What's so deterring you from seeking justice?" Octavio insists firmly. "The guy is powerful. That's it when I ran away in 1980. Three years went by and no one did anything, imagine what he must be like now?" Octavio ponders, "Well, his house looks like it's from Europe Garden, and he'll probably be Sunset Village's first resident." Josias has a start and shivers. "We can never let the shameless choose our company!" "And how will we know if we don't even know his name? I've only seen him once or twice myself, I wouldn't recognize him if he appeared in front of me today." Josias heaves a sigh. What a difficult situation! Octavio gets up. "Let's go out, cool off a bit. You need it." Josias looks at him piously. "It's true. I hope he doesn't find me." Octavio chuckles. Sometimes Josias's fear is so irrational that it's funny. ****** Pamela comes home from work