At Crystal Blue, Stacy is sweeping like a standalone. She doesn't realize she's been sweeping the same place all the time, as she's standing in the middle of the salon.
Marcelo approaches her and notices the waitress hypnotized, "Stacy! What's going on?"
Stacy wakes up from her sleepwalking and reacts angrily, "How dare you to ask what's going on? My engagement is over because of us!"
Marcelo turns pale, "William knows we—"
Stacy orders him to immediately shut up, "Schi! No, he didn't, but he sure suspects."
"What exactly happened?"
"The day before yesterday we were making out, about to go to bed and get laid until the next day, but I moaned your name instead of Will's name!"
Obnoxiously, Marcelo smiles proudly, "Oh, you mean you enjoyed my performance on the beach! See, Stacy? You're mine, you love me! Take advantage of William's fury with you and accept the separation."
Extremely shocked, Stacy slaps Marcelo and runs to
Moacyr is at home, drinking green tea on the couch, relaxing to the song "Songbird" by Kenny G.Adrian comes up behind him and greets him, "Hello, Dad!"Moacyr jumps on the couch, "Wow! Watch out, son, don't kill your old daddy to the heart."Adrian stands in front of him, "You're going to live for many years, Dad. Anyway, I came to tell you wonderful news.""Really? I rejoice a lot."Adrian is slightly embarrassed by his father's interest, "Aren't you upset about yesterday's fight?"Moacyr replies philosophizing wisely, "A father is never angry with his son. At least, not to the point of hating him. We have our disagreements, but I don't hold a grudge."Adrian becomes more embarrassed, "Well, even so, I apologize for the rudeness. I promise I won't let Vera Reis destroy our lives and our coexistence anymore."Moved, Moacyr gets up and hugs his son, "Well done, son! Now, what news do you want to give me?"The embrace of
William shocks Adolfo and Simeon by talking rudely about him and Stacy. The two older men sit on the other sofa and face the younger.Simeon takes the canned beer from William."I think you did drink too much."William replies in a drunken tone, “You should have seen how humiliated I was, Dad! I was right here in this room, doing what every man has to do with a woman, and she asked 'Marcelo' to slow down! It means that the 'Marcelo' guy was more fierce and violent than me!"Adolfo is embarrassed when he hears William's intimacy, "Nephew, I thought you and your fiancée were going to wait until the wedding, just like your sister Melissa! Did you want to repeat the same mistake as your cousin Flavia?"William shrugs, "I can see you're Mom's brother, Uncle. That's exactly what she said."Simeon gets angry, "And she's completely right! If you've teased and lit Stacy's fire before, don't blame her if she decided to indulge herself wit
Cristina nods to Carmen and her daughter opens the living room door for Uélton and Flávia. They enter."Thank you, girls. Ah, there you are, Mrs. Chaves."Cristina smiles slightly, "Good evening, Uélton.""My wife and I have come to find out if you are going to be the landlady of poor Seu Teodoro's building again."Cristina sits in the armchair like a diva, "Absolutely. Do you guys want to rent one of the apartments yet?"Uélton replies elated, "Yes, we want the number five on the first floor! With Reuben, we won't be able to climb stairs."Cristina nods, "OK, consider your apartment now. When the opening happens, you can move in there."Flávia humbly thanks, "Thank you very much, Mrs. Chaves!"Raymond walks through the open door and meets everyone, "Good evening! Ah, young Freire, what a pleasure."Uélton and Flávia turn to the owner of the house and feel embarrassed.
A week later, it wasn't Uélton's battery-powered radio, now it was a powerful stereo that played "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles.The building of Teodoro Reis was inaugurated.According to Josias's wishes, a party was held for the tenants who decided to return. Nothing too extravagant to get the attention of too many people.The building's old kitchen was expanded and Josias had ordered bigger tables to be bought. Now the place has turned into a proper mess hall.Beto is constantly wiping his tears of emotion because the building reminds him of his deceased father. Pamela comforts him.A huge portrait of Teodoro was framed and nailed to the lobby wall in homage. The residents are amazed at this noble gesture by Josias.Cristina is at the counter already receiving documentation from future tenants. As Isabel had predicted, the completely rebuilt building would catch Happiness Slum's attention.Thanks to Ernesto, the local
In the dining hall, Josias is sitting at one of the tables with the family eating cake. Caio, Junior, and João Paulo make the biggest mess.João Paulo declares, "The one who eats last is the priest's wife!"Junior complains, "But, I'm not a woman, I'm a man!"Melissa explains laughing, "We know that, Junior."Josias admonishes them good-naturedly, "And you eat slowly, no competition. This cake delight should be enjoyed slowly."Josias chews a forkful with exaggerated slowness and the children laugh.Elza has Alan on her lap."Josias, this building is very well constructed. You must be proud."Vernon asks eagerly, "Surely you will allow me to add this to the fourth edition of your biography, correct?"Josias chokes on the cake. The kids think he's playing again and burst out laughing.Melissa slaps his back hard and Josias chokes off."Phew! I don't know, Vernon...""Your biography just
Moacyr finds Josias already up while the others are still eating."My great friend Josias, thank you very much for the invitation. The building was very well built! As always are the constructions of Silva Constructions.""Imagine, Seu Moacyr, when we have our twenty-story buildings?"Moacyr nods and moves even closer to Josias, speaking lower, "I want to take the opportunity and tell you a bombshell. My son decided to go to Victoria to sell your apartments and forget about Vera."Josias has mixed emotions, "Well... congratulations. That's what I wanted before."Moacyr shakes his head, "I still didn't want to. Having my puppy near me not only reassures me about the distance but reassures me about Vera."Josias puts a hand to his chin, "Do you think she went to Victoria?""We don't know, thankfully. He asked me last week and got very wrathful, but we've already forgiven each other. However, girls like Vera usually go to the Capital whe
Josias and Melissa are horrified to see that Raymond and Abigail were fornicating in their bed.Melissa screams sickly, "Get out of my bed now, you shameless ones! Get out of here, you two! This is absurd, how could you do such a thing?"Abigail begs to cry, "Please, ma'am, have mercy..."Melissa responds angrily, "Mercy? Are you kidding me? Is this such a posture expected of a maid?"Melissa grabs Abigail by the arm and yanks her off her bed, exposing her bra and panties to the men.Josias respectfully turns away.Melissa orders imperially, "Finish dressing, pack your things and get out of my penthouse! You're summarily fired! And if you're too smart, you won't reference me!"Raymond is still covering himself with his pillow, "Melissa, please don't fire Abigail because of me!"Melissa turns to him mockingly, "Have you dropped my husband's pillow yet? You mean you dragged her here like a legitimate rapist?" She laughs, "Of cour
Cristina and Carmen are outraged by what happened in the Rocha penthouse.Carmen explodes in anger, "Mom, this can't be! I think I'm really going to pack my bags, I won't put up with this!"Cristina shakes her head in disgust, "They mated in Josias and Melissa's bed and got caught in the act! How disgusting those two are! Gross, they'll probably burn the mattress!""She was fired?" Carmen asks urgently.Cristina laughs, "Oh, sure! That's why she comes here, the idiot will take her in because of his son.""But Dad said he wasn't going to marry her."Cristina concludes determinedly, "Bad luck for him! I'm the one who doesn't get married to him anymore! So, are you really going to Tiago's house?"Carmen licks her lips imagining the endless, animalistic, sickly, raw, and violent nights of love that await her if she lives with Tiago. However, she wipes away the imaginary drool.She decides, composing herself, "No, Mom. I'm going to
Josias visits the Rocha Hotel since he didn’t have a day off for the staff. In the management room, Eugenio gathered David, Benjamin, and Sybil. “Why is that mere cook present at this meeting?” David asked disparagingly. “Because that’s how our boss ordered it,” Eugenio replied dryly. “I didn’t say anything and didn’t call this meeting, so if you’ll excuse me...” Benjamin and Sybil were horrified to see David leaving the meeting just like that. However, when he opened the door, David came face to face with his father. “David, where do you think you’re going?” “DAD!” David exclaimed, extremely surprised. “I didn’t know you were coming!” “Didn’t Eugenio tell you I was coming?” Josias asked with a scowl. David understood who the ‘boss’ was. Benjamin and Sybil felt vindicated. Josias sat down at the desk, taking Eugenio’s seat, while the manager remained humbly standing. “Very well,” Josias began the meeting in a formal tone, “I’m here just to make things crystal clear. First
Melissa and Mary visit the Mountain Café.“A guava juice for me, Mr. Mountain!” Mary requested, smiling sweetly.“Of course, my princess!” Rodrigo replied, thinking Mary was very adorable. “Neil will make a delicious cup for you.”“Thank you. But the princess is Carol,” Mary responded, striking a serious pose.Melissa and Rodrigo laughed heartily. Mary is something else...“Rod, how has it been managing the café in your father’s absence?” Melissa asked seriously.Rodrigo served a baked chicken pastry with ketchup to Mary. “I'm getting by, Melissa. Josias was here earlier, more concerned about my loss than his own, as always. Isn’t he supposed to be resting?”Melissa nodded. “My husband is like that: he only relaxes when all of us are relaxed.”“An impossible mission because of certain people.”Neilton approached with the glass. “Who ordered a guava juice?”“I DID!” Mary grabbed the glass and went to a table.Melissa leaned forward, “Neil, Rod, how are Daryl and Diane? Behaving?”“Cont
At João Paulo’s house, he and Josias were about to have a significant conversation.“Walter, do you want to go with your mom to the kitchen?” João Paulo asked, looking at Helen. “I think she made some walnut cake.”“It was carrot cake,” Sandra replied, already getting up from the couch.“You got it.” Helen appeared and picked up Walter in her arms. “Let’s let Dad and Uncle Josias talk.”“Bye, Uncle!” Walter waved goodbye to Josias.“Bye-bye, I want a piece later!” Josias chuckled.Once alone with João Paulo, Josias became serious. “Don’t let anything or anyone ruin this family scenario, little brother.”“I’m fine. No one wants to ruin anything,” João Paulo replied casually.“Well, I hope David hasn’t caused you any trouble.”“He probably doesn’t even know I exist, man.” João Paulo shrugged.“But I stopped by Café Montanha and found out that the Vasquez family has replaced the Mountain family as the ‘annoying people.’”João Paulo sighed in disappointment. “Yeah. They—”The doorbell ran
Josias visits Café Montanha for a coffee and finds Rodrigo there. “Rod, how have you been?” Rodrigo is taken aback. “How am I? You’re the one who suffered a horrific loss recently!” “But you also lost your father. We’re in the same situation,” Josias explained as he sat down on a stool. “I’m okay, Josias. Life has a way of cheering me up. For example, I’m back at the diner after Thierry decided to take his place at the supermarket.” Rodrigo smiled. “What about the photography studio?” Josias smiled back. “It’s still going to operate, and Thierry will make periodic visits. But he’s going to appoint one of the staff to manage the studio.” Rodrigo served a pizza pastry to Josias. “Thank you. Well, I hope everything is alright between you two. I need to visit Rosemary and meet Jean Luc — is that the name of the baby?” “Yes, the name of the supermarket heir. Meanwhile, Frank will be here or somewhere else.” Josias interjected, “If Frank wants to work at Rocha Constructions, count
At the Rocha Mansion, Josias receives a visit from Benjamin. “How have you been, Ben? Any news about your parents?” The two embrace. “Actually, that’s what I want to talk about.” Benjamin scratches the back of his neck. The embrace breaks. “Let’s go to my office.” The two gentlemen enter Josias’s imposing office. “Any problems with Adolfo?” Josias asks, becoming serious. “Not yet, but I hope not to have any,” Benjamin replies with some sadness. “You know, Josias, what happened with your father made me think about my family, about how important it is for all of us to be together in the final moments.” “That’s true. João Paulo can tell you that better than I can.” “I think you can say it too. Vernon was the father you never had.” Benjamin clears his throat. “So, I’ve been looking into some hotels and realized there’s a demand at the Rocha Hotel in Victoria.” Josias looks at Benjamin, understanding where he’s going with this. “You want to go to Victoria to be close to your pare
Someone rings the doorbell at João Paulo’s house. The homeowner goes to answer after taking a shower and putting on clean clothes. But when he opened the door, João Paulo felt like slamming it in the visitor’s face. “Don’t be rude!” Erasmo exclaimed. “What do you want, you old bore?” João Paulo shot back. Erasmo barged into João Paulo’s foyer. “The mourning is over. Let’s pick up where we left off.” “Are you crazy? Who decides how long mourning lasts? We just got back from the trip!” “Not exactly, it’s been a day. Life goes on, my friend!” Erasmo replied mockingly. João Paulo remained serious. “But I don’t want to continue living this way, where fights and intrigues are the order of the day. Mr. Vasquez, you have a business to run, and I have a family to raise.” “But you found time to slap my son-in-law when he was here defending his family, didn’t you?” “Alan was extremely rude, but that was some time ago.” João Paulo frowned. “I don’t feel the same anger as before.” “So a
At the Vasquez Mansion, Alan could hardly believe that the people were thinking about more intrigues and disputes. “Guys, don’t you understand that I even forgot the reason I slapped Uncle João Paulo?” “Ridiculous!” Erasmo gestured. “You just maintained respect because it was a difficult occasion. But now, the mourning is OVER!” “Do you think João Paulo will rest, dear?” Sofia asked, sitting next to him. Alan shook his head. “If Uncle João Paulo doesn’t want to rest, then he is truly despicable. But my dad is back in town. He wouldn’t dare to do that.” The news should have been uplifting, but the members of the Vasquez family merely exchanged silent glances. With Josias present, it’s quite likely that he will put a stop to their fighting. Alan turned to Olivia. “In the meantime, we should celebrate the recovery of my dear mother-in-law!” Olivia and Sofia smiled awkwardly because of the secret they were keeping. “That’s right, let’s celebrate life!” Erasmo wrapped his arm arou
Josias Rocha and his family returned to Lagoon City. Those who were waiting for them stayed in the mansion and greeted them cheerfully in the foyer. “WELCOME BACK!” Melissa, crying, embraced her parents, William, and the twins fervently. Josias greeted them with a light smile. “Where’s João Paulo?” William asked. “He went straight to his house. His kids needed to rest from the trip.” Melissa wiped her tears with her fingers. “Alan went straight to his mansion. Especially now that his mother-in-law has woken up from the coma.” “That was a scare; I thought we’d have two funerals,” Simeon commented. Everyone headed to the living room. “Is Paris very beautiful, Mom?” Mary asked. “Yes, sweetheart, it’s stunning. We’ll go shopping together another time, okay?” “Do you have pictures?” Ignacio asked anxiously. “Yes, son, we took some pictures.” Melissa sat on the couch, pulling out a package from her bag. Josias sat in the armchair, taking a deep breath. William approached him.
At Café Montanha, Daryl walks in for a coffee and finds Rodrigo at the counter while Neilton serves the others. “Hey, are we back to the old tradition?” “Don’t be a clown, man.” Rodrigo laughs. “Yes, Thierry is at the supermarket, as we agreed.” “Hi, Neil. Can you make me a cappuccino while I enjoy a natural sandwich?” Daryl places his order. “Sure thing, Mr. Mountain.” Neilton heads to the back. Daryl sits on the stool. “So, how do you feel after getting back to your element?” “I don’t regret at all helping my dear wife at the supermarket, Daryl,” Rodrigo admitted while preparing the natural sandwich. “I’m not talking about regrets.” Daryl joked. “But it’s undeniable that after Uncle Francisco’s passing, you prefer to stay here, carrying on the legacy he left.” “Just like Crystal Blue.” Rodrigo smiled. “Hey, I’m aware that you’re looking to open another restaurant in Sunset Village. Do you think you can manage it? How’s the prospecting going?” Daryl picks up the sandwich but