Next Monday, Vera is having breakfast while listening to Loverboy's song "Heaven in Your Eyes" on her walkman. Just as she's about to take a sip of grape juice, someone knocks on the door.
She gets annoyed and leaves the glass on the table, then getting up. "Did everyone decide to visit me early in the morning?"
She strides to the door and opens it without asking. She sees a bailiff with a summons for her to appear at the Family Court.
"Who are you, man? Can't you see I'm having coffee?"
"No, I don't see it." The man replies, "Mrs. Freire?"
Vera smiles proudly at being called 'Mrs. Freire', "Now and forever!"
"It won't be forever." He holds out the manila envelope, "Here is your subpoena to appear at the Family Court to arrange for the annulment of the marriage."
Vera reacts openmouthed. She takes the envelope like a robot. "Divorce?"
"Your husband Wallace Freire has decided to seek an annulment, which is different from a divor
Marcelo is walking through Crystal Blue's kitchen. Around him, the cooks and sous chefs do the mise en place and check the stoves so that they don't have unforeseen problems during the service.Stacy is checking the dishes of the day with a young female cook who befriended her. Marcelo smiles when he sees Stacy, remembering the conversation he had with Tiago last Saturday.When the two girls walk away, Stacy retreats towards Marcelo and he intercepts her."Hello, Stacy! How was your Sunday?""It was wonderful. I don't need to ask how yours went, because it sure was way better than mine."Marcelo smiles kindly, "Oh, not really... I just spent the day at the beach where the Sunset Village neighborhood will be.""Well, you must have pleased countless women by strolling at the beach only in trunks." Stacy, without realizing it, flirts with her boss.It is known by all women that the Bento brothers own sculptural bodies, and Marcelo is no
Romualdo is appalled to see such confusion in his company. "What's going on here?"Vera justifies, "Sir, I came here to complain about this citizen who interfered with my marriage to Wallace Freire!"Romualdo looks wide. He was thinking that Josias had stopped meddling in other people's affairs and had focused on his service.Josias and Tiago burn with anger that Vera has revealed the truth they wanted to hide. What a stroke of bad luck!Romualdo turns to Josias, frowning: "Is that true, Josias? Are you again neglecting your duties?""I'm not neglecting my job!" Josias asserts."Romualdo, stay calm." Tiago expresses, "This matter about Wallace Freire was already being dealt with by us before you made the request. Now the lawyer appointed by Igor will take care of this matter so that we can return to focusing on the company. It was this hysterical woman who showed up here unexpectedly.""The lobby downstairs tried to call, but I was ha
Stacy has no problem talking to Marcelo. In addition to being her boss, he is handsome, hot, seductive, and she has no prejudice because Marcelo is black.The problem is that when she sees Simeon and Uélton standing at the door of Crystal Blue, they might think she's cheating on William.However, it is precisely Stacy's fear that makes Simeon think that she is wanting to get preggo with Marcelo.The usual receptionist appears and attends Simeon and Uélton. The two go to an empty table and Stacy hands them the menu.Simeon curtly greets Stacy while Uélton is more effusive."What's slop today?"Stacy rolls her eyes, "Does your food card reach enough for caviar?""I need to eat something to fill my tummy, dear Stacy." Uélton responds between giggles, "See me this grilled salmon with vegetables and garlic sauce."Stacy widens her eyes. This salmon dish is low in calories and fat! Didn't Uélton wan
Days later, William and the Happiness Slum soccer team return to Lagoon City. William had departed under honor and glory, he was all confident and smiling.Now he returns depressed and disappointed. When the executive bus parks at the entrance to the favela, a good part of the crowd of fans applauds all the players who get off the bus. But, the other part starts booing and cursing the players, as they expected the team to bring the cup.When William gets off the bus, the applause and boos intensify. Someone threw a rotten egg, almost hitting the boy. Those nearby revolts and William turns pale."Hey, who threw this here?""Whoever came to riot, go away!"Dora also expresses, "How absurd! After so many goals my son scored!""Calm down Mom, unfortunately, you can't please everyone," Melissa responds.Josias stands next to William and picks up his bags, "Don't worry about it Will, it's part of the game.""Looks like I failed for r
Hours later, everyone was at the table enjoying the feast made by Stacy.William proudly praises her, "Honey, are you the waitress or are you the chef of the restaurant?"Stacy smiles awkwardly. She doesn't want to talk about the restaurant, otherwise, she'll end up talking about the desire she had to see her boss only in beach trunks.Simeon notices Stacy's nervousness and pours more gasoline into the fire, "I'm glad Marcelo Bento gave you the day off."Stacy drops her fork noisily onto her dish as if she has paralysis in her right hand.William doesn't understand her fear. "Thankfully, the girlfriend needs to receive her distant boyfriend. Then we'll catch up, right, darling?""I need to do the dishes and clean up the mess I made," Stacy speaks with her head down."No way, future daughter-in-law!" Dora speaks up, "Let me take care of the dishes. You go to the living room to talk to my son."Stacy can't eat the stroganoff anym
Simeon widens his eyes in true astonishment when he hears his son joyfully proclaim that there will be a wedding.William chuckles at his father's grimace, "What's wrong, Dad? You look like you're surprised!""But of course I'm surprised." Simeon enters the room and leaves the door open, "I suspected you were going to talk about it, but not that emphatically."William smiles not understanding what his father meant. "I thought we were late.""Sure, we're late!" Stacy doesn't accept to delay what she wants, "Simeon, we've loved each other since 1983, and 1986 is ending. Time flies. I don't want to wait any longer to be part of your family. And I don't think Caio can wait for more time."Simeon nods, but something inside him is beeping, an inner alarm. "I understand. Caio needs to get out of Josias's penthouse before he calls his uncle 'father.' But are you willing to live in my old house?"Stacy smiles, "If Will's career progresses, we won't b
The next day, Wallace is waiting in the parlor with the face of someone who is fed up with so many visitors. His appearance has deteriorated, his beard is untamed and the deep dark circles under his eyes indicate he is not sleeping well.He is shocked to discover that the one who has come to visit him is the wife he no longer wants.Vera sits down vis-à-vis and smiles in wonder at seeing in front of the man she "loves", even though he is in the situation described.Wallace gets angry and questions this, "Stop smiling like I'm an Australian soap heartthrob! Can't you see I'm all sloppy?""Yeah, but when you're in love with someone, we don't really care about looks. I understand you can't keep yourself clean because of the limitations of this place.""Place where I left off because of you!" Wallace growls.Vera has her first shock of reality. She bounces in her chair and breaks her smirk, "What? Why are you blaming me, Wally?""I
Days later, the residents of Happiness Slum are dazzled to see tractors driving and leveling the vacant lot that will be the future soccer field for their beloved team.Josias and Octavio soothe Romualdo's heart and are present on the first day of work.Two workers nail a sign to the ground announcing the construction of the new field with the Silva Constructions logo."Look, we'll have a decent soccer field with a locker room and stands!""Thank God, we deserved it!""After so much prominence thanks to Will Campos, it was the least."Raymond appears among the people to also see up close. He meets with Josiah."Hello, Josias! I saw the sign. Are you really going to build the soccer field for us mere dweller slums?"Josias smiles, "Hello, Mr. Chaves. Yes, I think you deserve it. How can the team have been performing excellently since last year and not have a decent training venue? Not to mention that when the team is not trainin