Mrs. Chaves is wearing an apron and is with her arms crossed, tired of witnessing her daughter's tantrums. Sooner or later she falls to the ground having an epileptic seizure or a heart attack.
“Don't worry, mom,” Pamela disguises, “he's a boring kid from school.”
“Your dad used to tease me like that.” Mrs. Chaves replies sternly, “And when I found out myself, I was naked in his bed, getting pregnant with your sister.”
“MOM!” Pamela screams wildly. The mere idea of Pamela being in the same situation with Fabrício makes her shiver and sweat coldly, “Stop talking nonsense!”
“Who is this boy who is pestering you? Your father mentioned to me that someone is calling you. Your sister already told me that you are upset after talking on the phone. Are you feeling pressured by someone? “
Pamela refuses to speak to her mother; she shakes her head and walks away. &ldq
Simeão is taken aback by Pamela's trick question. Is Josias the right boyfriend for Melissa?“You see, Pamela, both are happy, and Josias is not making my daughter suffer, I think the answer is yes,” Simeão responds with a smile.Pamela has to control herself not to be seduced by Simeão's smile (even though he doesn't mean to) and replies, “I meant if Josias is the right boyfriend. I didn't want to talk about happiness. I'm asking about necessity.”Simeão raises an eyebrow, he is feeling the conversation quite amused. “Oh, Pamela, then you went over the top. I don't know; do you have another objection?”“It’s his mysterious past that he refuses to say.” She utters the phrase in one breath, “Dona Dora asked and he was all embarrassed. Like you, I didn't know him until months ago; at the barbecue that we had at home.”“Do you suspect that there is some
When Josias returns from work, sweaty and dirty with cement due to the ceiling slab hitting, Teodoro has a cheeky smile, with the clothes he rescued from Josias's old house, ironed and folded on the counter. Next to the clothes are the comics.Josias's eyes shine when he sees things that he had not seen for months, and which he did think he had already lost.“Thank you very much, Seu Teodoro.” Josias is grateful.“I cleaned the suitcase properly and kept it in my office. Now you need to buy a new wardrobe or dresser to store it all. That one up there is falling apart due to moths and termites.”“That's true, but I didn't want to complain,” Josias speaks in a joking tone.“You joker.” Teodoro giggles. Josias goes to the office and picks up the suitcase. Then he comes back and puts everything in it. Then he goes up to the room and enters.In the bedroom, Josias looks at the old dresser and makes
The next day, Wednesday, Melissa is surprised by Fabrício's presence so early in the day.Really early, because Simeão is still leaving for work, wearing jumpsuits and William is wearing school uniform shorts.“Fabrício?” Simeão asks with a visible strangeness, “Did you lose anything here?”“Mr. Campos, good morning. Is Melissa at home?” Fabrício asks trying to captivate with a smile.“Of course she is.” Simeão does not mean to be rude, “If you doubt it, she must still be asleep.”William gives a sarcastic laugh and puts the backpack on his back. Fabrício realizes that William will not accept him as a brother-in-law and asks him out of teasing.“Are you going to school without a uniform shirt? Do they let you in?”William just smiles as if to say 'I can do it' and leaves, bumping into Fabrício violently, inti
Josias informs Fabrício that he and Melissa are going to date. Fabrício decides to insist on this dispute.“She will be? This means that she is not yet. So she is not cheating on you for seeing me.”“It won't be for long. Soon I will not allow you to approach her.” Josias responds boldly.However, Fabrício tilts his head back and lets out a hearty laugh. “What are you going to do about it, my comrade? I have more money and power than you. You are just a bricklayer helper. You can't afford to give Melissa a decent future.”“And you have? What is your job?”Josias's question takes a little pride out of Fabrício. It takes a few seconds before responding. “Well, I'm going to study Economics.”“Attend class, not work as an economist!” Josias burst out laughing, “Let me guess: you are the one who will spend all your twenty years studying, stud
"That's right, Mom, I was forgetting about the graduation party!" Melissa collapses on the couch, her eyes wide."But, I haven't forgotten." Dora spoke with a smart smile, “I'm almost done with your dress at the sewing machine. It will be cute, my daughter.”"If it looks like the mold magazine you showed me, I can be crowned the prom queen!" Melissa maintained that illusion."And how are you going to be queen without a king?" Dora remembers it.Melissa has a jolt, she feels like she's fallen out of the clouds. The mother still doesn't know that Josias ran away from home with only the clothes on. Obviously, Josias does not have an Italian-cut suit stored in his dresser.How does Josias go to the prom?If she invites him, that will be the excuse for him not to go. ‘Sorry, Melissa, but I don’t have a suit’.However, she remembered that Josias's clothes he wore at Pamela's barbecue were from Wallace. And when
The first time Pamela fell to the ground, Josias did not hear about this story. Melissa didn't tell him. Now the boy is witnessing this same situation.Pamela doesn't know what to do. Fabrício wants her to seduce Josias so he can be with Melissa. Now Josias is in front of her, concerned about her fall. Was this an opportunity?“Josias, don't worry.” Pamela knows this trick. She tells men ‘don't worry’ and they do the exact opposite.“What do you mean, don't worry?” Josias reaches out and lifts Pamela off the floor like a gentleman, “Did you get hurt? I think Seu Teodoro has something in the lobby.”Luckily there were no serious wounds or bloody scratches like the last time.“You don't have to, I didn't have a scratch. It’s just the scare.” She responds sweetly with a smile.Josias is surprised. This Pamela, who is in front of him, sweet and pleasant, is much better than
“Josias, I'm really sorry about things that happened. I had no idea.” Pamela speaks in a regretful tone.In other circumstances, she would be genuinely moved by Josias's suffering. However now she is pretending for him to think that she has her good side.'A boy who had this disastrous background will never be able to rise in life!' Thought Pamela with contempt, although she was smiling at Josias, ‘This filthy room, with cracked walls, and very little furniture is all he will get. That’s why his best clothes are donated.’“Now you understand my situation.” Josias speaks relieved to see that she is reacting ‘favorably’.“Yes, I was a fool to judge you too hastily.” Pamela does not face Josias when she says this, a sign that she is lying and knows it.“Now we can understand each other better and stop causing problems and headaches for your best friend.” Josias is more excit
On Thursday, Josias is at the construction site, excited about the service. Now he is learning to lay tiles in the bathroom. Robson is an excellent teacher.“Ready for another day of lessons, Josias?”“Always ready, Robson.” Josias smiles at him.“That's right. Keep going so you will be promoted soon. You know, Romualdo has been telling me a few things.”Uélton approaches and unceremoniously leans his ear to listen to what seemed to be confidential information. Robson notices Uélton eavesdropping, but just smiles slightly and goes on, “It looks like Romualdo is getting another client, another house to build. If things go right, some of us will go for this new work.”Josias and Uélton look at each other.“As if Romualdo was a construction company?” Josias asks.“It’s that. At the moment, Romualdo informally deals with business. But, he is very