At night, Moacyr appears in the living room wearing a blue robe, as he has just come out of the bath. The door is being violently knocked.
"I'm coming!" He yells and opens the door. Adrian looms inside like a hurricane.
"Dad, I thought it was too late!" Adrian exclaimed in despair.
Moacyr does 'tsk' with his tongue and closes the door. "Oh, it's you. I was in the shower. What happened so urgently that you wanted to talk to me like that? Couldn't you call?"
"These things aren't said over the phone!" Adrian sits down on the couch. His look is conveying dread.
"What happened, son, speak up!" Moacyr takes a seat in the armchair, "It's scaring me."
"You're scaring me!" Adrian complains, "Do you really need to declare war on the moneylender?"
Moacyr chuckles, understanding the conversation, "I believe Octavio told you about it."
"Have you talked to him yet?" Adrian exclaims unrepentantly.
"Yes, he came here, got my address fro
At Josias's house, William and Stacy were standing in the living room, trying to convince Melissa and Josias to go with them to the same nightclub where the others from the previous chapter are.But, Josias and Melissa are slumped on the sofa, showing fatigue and lack of will."Come on guys, it's going to be fun!" William was trying to coax them."You guys go." Josias replies in a tired tone, "Today was heavy."Dora is feeding Caio a bottle and giggles: "Look, my grandson: your father is working hard at that construction site and is willing to go to a disco; your uncles who work in the air conditioning room are dead tired!""Come on Melissa, you're the one who worked the least!" Stacy tries to encourage her."Girl, I had to put out a symbolic office fire today." Melissa regrets."But after all," William asks, "How do you hope to achieve great things, according to Everaldo's prophecy, if you don't leave the house? This nightclub is a g
"So, let's go back to the table?" Pamela asks.She tries to turn around to go back to the table, but Beto quickly stops her with his arms. "Shall we dance some more?"However, the next song the DJ put on was "Heartbreaker" by Dionne Warwick. Only older couples remained on the dance floor."Oh no, this one is for lovers," Pamela responds with laughter.She tries again to walk to the table, but Beto keeps holding her and putting himself in front of her, so she doesn't see the table. "Let's dance, then!"Pamela stares at Beto, smiling and wide-eyed. Is he falling in love with her?The problem is that Pamela is already too drunk to suspect why Beto doesn't even let her look at the table they were at. She leans against his chest and the two continue dancing slowly. But, Beto does everything possible not to turn towards the table.Meanwhile, Wallace and Vera are so focused on kissing that they forget about everything and everyone. When they
Wallace hunts his clothes with his eyes, and when he finds them scattered on the floor, he gets up, collects the clothes, and hurriedly begins to dress, blushing with embarrassment.There are more and more noises and indications that someone was using the toilet.When he's dressed in his underwear, Bermuda shorts, and has his shirt in his hands, the bathroom door opens and Vera comes out wearing one of Pamela's robes and another towel wrapped around her head. She is smiling and feeling victorious.She appears in the living room and finds Wallace gaping and terrified. Wallace's face makes her laugh."Good morning, Wally!" She jokes, "I didn't think you thought I was pretty when you saw me early in the morning. I don't have makeup on.""What are we doing here?" His roar sounds like an angry lion.But Vera shakes her head in the negative, joking and mocking. "Oh no! Don't give me that 'I drank too much and I don't remember' trick it won't stick
José Augusto is extremely upset when he hears that the residents of Rainbow Garden want his arrest.He stands up abruptly: "But why are they doing this?"Adrian speaks in a pleading tone: "This is just a remote idea my father has. My father has become fond of Josias and thinks it's doing him good. I tried in every way to get this idea out of his head, but to no avail, we end up arguing. That's why I came here beforehand to spare my father's life. He hates me, but I still love him."José Augusto shakes his head. "That's a little confusing. What does your father have to do with this story? What do they want police after me for?"Adrian purses his lips. "Sorry, sir, but don't you remember Josias Rocha?"José Augusto ponders a little and remembers the person: "If you're talking about his father, Tony Rocha, I'll explain that it was never my intention to kill the deadbeat. I wanted to get my money. Those idiots almost ruined my repu
Wallace still thinks he's drunk because out of the blue Beto says he's going to marry Vera. Is this a joke?"Wait a minute, am I still drunk?" He asks outrageously, "Do you want me to marry Vera like we're in the 19th century?""If we were in the 19th century, you would already be dead!" Beto roars."Stop talking about death, for God's sake!" Vera begs and covers her ears with her hands."Vera, let's let them both sort themselves out!" Teodoro decides.Wallace widens his eyes. If they leave him and Beto alone, his furious brother will kill him!Vera senses this too and refuses to leave. So, Teodoro grabs his daughter and drags her out by force."No! Let go of me, daddy, he's going to kill Wally! He's going to kill Wally! Noooooo!"Teodoro drags Vera out and closes the door. He pushes his daughter away and stands at the door with his hand on the handle to stop her from trying to open it.Vera is pale and terrified: "Fathe
Josias is extremely upset to discover that the police refuse to investigate his father's murder. He pulls out a chair and sits down, frowning.Melissa stands beside him and puts her hand on his shoulder. "Take it easy, dear.""Do they consider this a cold case?" Josias asks Moacyr."No, they consider the case is closed." Moacyr explains, "Your father's killers have been arrested, but they have denied connection to the moneylender. It appears that this is standard procedure.""Of course, they don't denounce the moneylender, and the bastard remains free and loose, recruiting new henchmen." Josias shakes his head, "The policeman who attended me said there would be that possibility.""He said we can denounce the moneylender for some recent crime, but that didn't happen," Moacyr informs.Melissa impatiently opines: "Of course! After they killed Mr. Rocha, the moneylender must have ordered the remaining henchmen to be more careful and discreet."
Everyone stares at Adrian due to his lateness. Adrian doesn't want to reveal that he's been talking to the loan shark.He just adopts a petulant attitude and replies, "Well, guys, the first time I'm late and you guys react like I committed a crime?""It should never exist the first time." Tiago scolds him, "And be more humble in answering us, you don't own this place.""Rest assured, I won't cheat the clocking in." Adrian makes this little joke and retreats to the kitchen.Josias has a feeling. "How strange, even though he doesn't like the job, he always arrived on time.""The traffic was normal and he has a car," Melissa informs."Well guys," Josias informs, "I'm going to the Hospital. Sure enough, the Freire family went to see their son and I want to be there for moral support.""Send him a hug, dear," Melissa asks him for it.Josias says goodbye to everyone and leaves.******Meanwhile, Pamela is sleepy and aga
Teodoro is washing the lunch dishes with the radio on. He is whistling the song "My Kind of Lady" by Supertramp. Vera stomps into the kitchen and turns off the radio.Teodoro notices the song being interrupted and turns to see who turned off the radio. "Oh, it's you, daughter.""Are you satisfied? I've been told that Wally is unconscious in the hospital, with an arm in a cast and an eye so black and swollen it doesn't want to open it!" Vera roars with her arms crossed.Teodoro turns off the faucet of the sink and turns to his daughter, shaking his wet hands. "Daughter, you need to understand that your brother would do the same thing to anyone who violated you.""But none of that happened, what the hell!" Vera stamps her foot."However, your brother's reaction was indispensable to our plan. When Wallace recovers, he'll keep thinking he had the first time with you and will marry you. Then he'll discard Pamela as the bitch she is!"Vera calms d