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
Cristina is worried about Beto's dark face. Apparently, it's some heavy news what he intends to tell Pamela."Excuse me, young man, but where do you know my daughter?""I work with her at the supermarket. And Wallace Freire is my subordinate." Beto responds coldly."Oh yeah, come in! She's gone upstairs, she must have gone to bathe and change clothes to see Wallace. The TV report mentioning the robbery just came out."Raymond in turn enters the house and meets the visitor. "Good night, wife! Why is Teodoro's son here?""You can rest assured that he is not my lover." Cristina scoffs, "He's friends with Pamela at the supermarket."Raymond smiles and nods, he already knew it.Moments later, Pamela runs downstairs, socially dressed for the hospital. She comes across Beto and is startled. "Beto, what are you doing here?""All this posh look is to see your boyfriend?" Beto asks sarcastically.""He's an ex-boyfriend!" Raymond e
That night, Melissa and William decided to show up at the hospital to find out about Wallace. The family along with Josias awaits news in the hallway.Doctor Silvana approaches them and reassures them: "Family Freire?""We are here, doctor." Harold introduces himself."I'm Dr. Silvana. I came to inform you that Wallace no longer has any problems other than those that have already been identified. No hidden fractures or internal bleeding."Everyone is relieved that the situation has not gotten worse."How will my boy's recovery be, Doctor?" Isabel asks in a pleading tone."He will be here in the hospital for a few days under observation, treating the wounds on his face and his arm in a cast. Depending on the speed of his recovery, he will be released next week, but his arm will be in a cast for at least three weeks.""I'm glad my boy lives with us." Isabel is relieved, "Imagine if he were alone in Teodoro's building, who would do thing
Vera is being accused of being naughty and immoral in front of the Freire family and people she doesn't even know. Her face is flushed with embarrassment and her voice starts to tremble."Pamela, please... We drink a lot of wine...""When Beto and I stopped dancing on the dance floor, we didn't find you anymore!" Pamela accuses her, "But Wally was only found passed out on the street early in the morning! Why did he take so long to get back? It was around eleven at night when you guys disappeared! Do I need to continue telling the story?"Josias left the back of the group and stood beside Vera. "No, no need! Now get out of here!"Pamela stares at Josias defiantly: "I want to see if you can get me out of here! Wally is still my boyfriend and I have the right to visit him!""He needs to rest." Isabel disagrees."He's going to rest and I'm going to rest after venturing everything that's stuck in my throat!" Pamela takes a breath and continues, "
After leaving the ladies' room with her face washed, Vera questions Beto about the progress of the plan."Beto, what's going on? Again you and Dad leave me out of the next steps. I am completely lost!"Beto smiles lightly: "Calm down, little sister. Our father wants genuine reactions. He explained to me that nothing happened between you and Wallace, but he let me react in anger for my actions to be true. That way, Wallace can't accuse me of faking it. And now, your equally genuine reaction of shock and surprise has left the Freire family feeling sorry for you. You can be sure that they will forgive the fact that you 'bedded' their son and will still promote you as their daughter-in-law.""Will Pamela give up so easily?" Vera is incredulous."She said she was determined to end the courtship while we were coming here." He replies confidently."Then let's wait for Wally to recover, the dust to settle so I can continue with my part of the plan." Vera s
Ernesto enters José Augusto's dark office. He finds his boss walking in circles and worried."Did something happen, boss?" He asks, solicitous.José Augusto stops walking and turns to him. "We're going to have to buy land in Sunset Village. The official launch will already happen this Saturday!"Ernesto's eyes widen. He didn't think they would have so little time."Sir, if I may..." Ernesto clears his throat, "I think it would be a case of us introducing ourselves at once to Josias Rocha and telling him what we want.""You mean, open the game at once?" José Augusto raises one of his eyebrows."That's right." Ernesto opines respectfully.José Augusto is thinking fast and snapping his fingers. Then he gives a slight smile."OK, I need to prepare myself well to make the right move. So here's what we'll do: let the launch happen, and we'll be quiet. The idiots will think we'll show up to buy it. When the
A few weeks have passed, and Teodoro is precisely listening to Culture Club's "Time (The Clock of the Heart)" on the usual radio. As he updates the bulletin board and wonders if he should put Wallace's apartment up for rent, he appears with his family.Teodoro stops whistling as if losing all the air in his lungs. He did not expect to see Wallace again with his face deflated and his arm now in a sling."Hello, Seu Teodoro!" Harold greets him cheerfully, "My son is back! He's moving back into his apartment."Teodoro sees a huge suitcase in Uélton's hand and another smaller suitcase in Isabel's hand."Ah, how wonderful!" Teodoro barely disguises his surprise, "And how are you feeling, young man?"Wallace replies: "Ready for another, as they say." Was there a tone of debauchery and defiance in his words?Teodoro feels chills run down his spine. He clears his throat and helps Isabel with her suitcase.As they enter the apartment, W
After Wallace's family leaves, Teodoro closes the door and turns to the tenant with anger in his gaze. "Now can you explain to me what is going on?"Wallace takes off his good guy mask and falls into laughter like a perfect Hollywood villain. "That's so funny! I'm the one who should be asking that question!"Teodoro approaches. "Look here, boy, my time is short.""Then let's get right to the point!" Wallace leans back against the headboard of the bed, "I've been reflecting on these weeks that have passed in the hospital. Even though I was drunk, I can't exactly remember either taking Vera to her apartment or voluntarily coming here.""You just said it yourself: you were too drunk to remember!" Teodoro replies angrily."That may be, but there is a possibility that none of that happened. After all, why did you tell everyone that you found me beaten up in downtown? Why didn't anyone tell you that it was Beto who beat me up? And why did Beto threaten t