"But of course it will be worth it!" Octavio exclaims to Josias when they were having a beer in a night bar Downtown. Octavio had wanted to go to the same nightclub, but Josias had refused for fear of unpleasant surprises.
Bonnie Tyler's song "Holding Out for a Hero" sets the night bar.
"Are you aware of what you are saying, Octavio?" Josias asks fearfully, "We are talking about letting someone kill the loan shark so he will stop threatening us. I have never done anything like that, I believe in the power of the law."
Octavio gives a good laugh. "Where is the law when it refuses to investigate the loan shark? Okay, they don't want to investigate your father's murder because it's been too long; but what about recent crimes? Was that mansion built in a working-class neighborhood with clean money?"
"Seu Moacyr said it was for you to unite against the bandit," Josias says with a hint of hope.
But, Octavio shakes his head. "No chance. Maybe Mr. Barbosa,
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