Igor is stunned, talking with Tiago and Josias about what Melissa said.
"Didn't you guys tell her that the loan shark's death was ordered by us?"
Tiago puts his index finger to his mouth. "Schi! Keep your voice down, any moment Adrian might hear us."
Josias confirms, "No, Igor, we haven't told Melissa. She feels like she's going to faint just hearing the hypothesis from Adrian's mouth. That's why I didn't have the courage."
"Adrian is being fired today, at least." Tiago shrugs, unconcerned.
Igor smiles, "Well, here I am in case he wants to make trouble."
The door of his room unexpectedly opens and Adrian enters, with a victorious countenance. "Ah, the Gossip Marys are here! I've come to say goodbye to this company I should never have joined!"
Tiago doesn't miss the chance to ridicule him, "You couldn't bear to leave without saying goodbye to Josias, your male, right?"
Adrian retorts exploding, "Look, I can punch you now, you ba
Natalia looks for Wallace in the warehouse, but he is too busy unloading a truckload of soybean oil cans. Vera is checking the invoices, but when she sees her rival she frowns and strides over to her."What are you doing here? You're disturbing the workplace!"Natalia behaves debauched. "Is this a workplace? If you don't speak up, I would never know!"Vera doesn't shy away. "If you've come to talk to Wally, you can forget. He's already asked me for forgiveness."Natalia pretends she wasn't impacted by the information and tries to disguise it, "You look ridiculous with that nickname the other one gave him."Vera is puzzled. "And how can you have an opinion about that? By 'the other' do you mean Pamela?""You don't remember me, right? Of course not, with so many people who took your mask off that day in the hospital. I was there."Vera's eyes widen, she remembers the day Melissa and her friends accused her of stealing Wallace from Pamel
Adrian reacts angrily when he learns that it was Moacyr who asked him to be fired. Moacyr doesn't show any fear of his son."Son, if I continue to have these fits of anger, the one who will go six feet under will be you."Adrian repeats the question in a furious tone, "Did you once again talk to Josias and ask them to fire me?"Moacyr narrows his eyes. "I thought I was doing you a favor! Didn't you ask for your resignation and they refused?"Adrian continues with his paranoia, "Yes, but by you meddling in this matter, it only makes it more obvious that Josias wants to steal you from me!"Moacyr finishes drinking his tea and places the cup on the coffee table. "Son, stop being absurd.""Yes, it was absurd last year that you said you would rather have Josias as a son."Moacyr apologizes, "I didn't mean it, and even if I wanted to, that would be impossible. You are my son, you have my blood," he sighs, "Unfortunately, since that conversa
At the construction site, Josias is talking to Uelton about the same subject. "At this hour Melissa is talking to your mother."Uélton is crestfallen. "Poor little mother. She's expecting a dream wedding, just like yours."Josias calms him with his hand on Uélton's shoulder, "But, there's still time to stop it. I've always wondered about the way things turned out.""It was a stroke of bad luck for all of us that Wallace was robbed. Pamela could have broken it up without that."Josias frowned. "I still can't get over that coincidence that Wallace stayed with Vera while Pamela was dancing with Beto. The couples were switched.""What does Seu Teodoro say about it?""He doesn't talk about it, he huffs and puffs, and he gets nervous, so I don't insist."Maybe you're not the right person to insist." Uélton smiles lightly and changes the subject, "Hey, we know about the loan shark."Josias sighs in relief. "Phew,
Vera is sitting waiting for Wallace to finish bathing. She drinks a cup of coffee.When Wallace has finished bathing, he comes out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his waist.Vera's eyes widen and she raves about Wallace's well-built and muscular body, something she has always wanted to witness and Pamela had prevented her from doing.Wallace gives a cheeky grin. "Pamela never let you witness this here, did she?"Vera shakes her head, waking up from her reveries. "Sorry, Wally. You must think I'm a skank."Wallace goes to the closet, looking for clothes. "No, never. However, you are a woman, and a woman always likes a strong, virile, masculine body. Be thankful for the boxes and crates I have to carry every day.""Yes, but I never complained to Pamela about her not letting you out of the bathroom like that. I understood and would do the same."Wallace scoffs, "Good thing you're not her."After Wallace chooses hi
Vera announces to Teodoro and Beto that she will have to lose her virginity if she wants the plan to continue working. The news shocks both men.Teodoro almost cries as he says, "Dear little daughter, there must be another way."Vera is undeterred. "There is no other way, father. If Wally finds out that I'm not a virgin, then he would rape me just to get revenge. And then he will tell Pamela and Josias everything."Beto crosses his arms. "But how will you do that? You're not like that, Vera."Vera remains cold, "I need to be. What do you want, anyway? Yesterday Wally appeared with a towel wrapped around his waist and I reacted like a damsel. I should have shown naturalness. He even questioned that I had seen him like this before. Did he get suspicious?Beto becomes very frowny. "I ordered him to show more respect for you."Vera shakes her head. "I don't understand you two! Is there something going on that I need to know about?"Father
Uélton and Stacy are already inside Josiah's house sitting on the sofas. Stacy is alone with William.On the radio, the song "All Night Long" by Lionel Richie is being played on the record player.Dora approaches excitedly: "I bought the record this week and I love it! If you guys want to listen to something else...""Okay, Mom," William replies, "Caio's enjoying it."Caio approaches Stacy crawling. "Mom!"Uélton holds himself to keep from laughing.Josias speaks seriously: "Uélton, to 1985—"Uélton cuts him off, "I know, I should discipline my tongue. I think I'll ask for it at once to see if my life has meaning."Josias is impatient. Uélton needs to stop whining! "Buddy, is Natalia worth your tears?"Uélton playfully replies, "Oh, who's to hold their tongue? Her cousin is listening to you."Stacy still laughs: "You can talk all you want. Today she approached me wan
At Josias's house, everyone mentioned in the previous chapter is having coffee with nut cookies served by Dora. The record continues, now everyone is listening to "Stuck on You."Someone claps his hands outside. Josias stands up. "I wonder if we'll have any more visitors."When he answers, the smile is shattered on the spot. Natalia is standing outside."Hello, Josias. Is Melissa at home?"Melissa spits out her sip of coffee as she recognizes the voice. "Stacy, your cousin is here!""What a..."William covers Caio's ears, but Stacy doesn't finish the swearing.Josias wonders what to do, "What's up, guys?"Melissa confidently decides, "Let her in, honey."When Natalia enters, she is shocked to see Uélton. He stares at her furiously.Natalia pretends Uélton doesn't exist and faces Melissa: "Melissa, can we talk alone?"Melissa is harsh: "Anything you speak can be said in front of everyone."
Josias drives around the neighborhood in his car looking for Uélton. "If he throws himself in front of a car and dies, it will be all this Natalia's fault. How can someone be so cruel? Did she need to humiliate him like that?"Finally, Josias finds Uélton walking awkwardly with his head down, steps quickening and occasionally bumping into passersby. Josias honks his horn and Uélton sees him."Get in the car, big fella." Josias practically orders."Don't waste your time with this loser."Josias insists patiently, "Come on, I'll take you home."Uélton has a mental snap and realizes what he was doing. He heads to the car and gets in. He still has time to be playful, "Okay, I want to get into a Ford Escort."Josias giggles.*******************************************************At Moacyr's house, he observes Adrian dressed up in new jeans and a long-sleeved shirt."Son, where do you go all dresse