Beto is shocked by Pamela's violent outburst only to learn that the secret involving the baby's sex had been leaked.
He got up and questioned his cluttered office, "Pam! What's this? Are you crazy? How do you drop my papers and my cup? Be careful not to cut yourself with the shards of porcelain."
Beto looks for a broom.
Meanwhile, Pamela explains angrily, "Didn't you realize that Josias revealed to you that we're having a boy just to spoil the surprise? You're the one who asked not to tell."
"Yes, but apparently, you blurted it out when you talked to Melissa; rather, when you argued with her. I told you to avoid clashes, but you can't hold your tongue."
"Who has to discipline the tongue is Uélton!" Pamela can't imagine that Josias has already given up asking Uélton to do this, "What impresses me is that you continue to pay attention to the Rocha couple when I want to defeat William Campos."
Beto can't find the broom and continu
1989In the famous Church of Green Park, the wedding of Tiago and Carmen is taking place.Our bride and groom are already at the altar exchanging vows. In the pews of the Church are the guests, thrilled by yet another couple taking this important step in their lives.Igor had hired a cameraman to record the moment. When Marcelo gets out of jail, he will show the VCR tape for his younger brother to see what he lost.Elisa and Saulo are seated on the groom's side, in the front row. She's crying. He caresses his wife's belly, indicating a new being with three months of gestation.Josias and Melissa decided not to lose this time. They are on the groom's side. Melissa's pregnancy is almost over. Even with the loose pink dress, everyone realizes that the baby is almost time to be born.Melissa occasionally machine-guns Pamela with her gaze. The enemy is on the other side of the nave, on the bride's family side, surrounded by Beto, Rosemary, and Pe
William has an enormous urge to punch Beto, even in front of everyone. But the sight of Pedro and Rosemary makes him back off. In fact, it was a fight that took him to the hospital, and Caio is present.Caio tugs on William's dress pants, "Daddy, are you going to fight? Are you going to the hospital again?"William smiles mockingly at Pamela, "Answer your son, Pamela! Am I going to the hospital again?"Pamela and Beto are vexed. They don't want to cause another show to traumatize Caio. This will be used against them in the Juvenile Court."No son, we are not going to fight." Pamela produces a fake smile, "Come on, baby, let's go to the party.""Bye, Caio!" Rosemary nods. She already recognizes him as a half-brother.Josias and Melissa approach William, their faces showing disgust."Is there a problem, Will?" Josias asks powerfully."I avoided a problem, Josias," William responds."Anyway, I talked to Igor." Josias wraps
In the Rocha penthouse, Josias and Melissa enter and sit on the sofa, tired of the night of yet another wedding."Oh, what a relief..." Melissa leans against the arm of the sofa and lifts her legs. Josias sits down next to her and holds her legs to take off her shoes."Another couple of friends getting married, my love." Josias comments, "And we'll have two more citizens in Lagoon City.""Yes, our daughter and the heir of the Neves family." Melissa nods."I for a moment thought Saulo was sterile. When did they get married?" Josias asks between giggles."Watch the mean, honey..." Melissa 'scolds' him, but she also chuckles, "It was held in 1981.""So they were supposed to have two kids, just like us!" Josias laughs louder.Melissa shakes her head still laughing, "Don't say that in front of poor Saulo. I think the Bento brothers have already told him that, and during all these years."Josias stops laughing and comments another cu
The next day, the landline rings very early at Simeon's house. Simeon appears in the living room wearing nothing but boxer shorts and scratching his eyes, trying to ward off sleep."Dear Jesus, who will it be at this hour? Today is Sunday, folks!"When he answers, "HELLO?"On the other side, Josias speaks to him in one of the hospital's telephone booths, "Hello, dear father-in-law? Are you in the mood to meet another granddaughter of yours?"Simeon's sleep is gone. He widens his eyes that were once heavy with sleep, "What? Josias? Was my granddaughter born?""See why we didn't want to go to the wedding party?" Josias chuckles, "Melissa felt her water did break about ten minutes after we got to the penthouse. You were all at the party so there was no way I could tell you.""Oh, that's wonderful! We'll be there as soon as possible!""I'm waiting, bye! I need to tell more people.""Goodbye!" Simeon hangs up.Simeon's loud v
Cristina is embarrassed to admit to Moacyr that she wants to support her daughter in the war between her and William, "Moacyr, my dear... understand that Pamela is my daughter.""You understand that Pamela is wrong to want full custody of Caio." Moacyr asserts, "She now needs to concentrate on taking care of Pedro and Rosemary. Two children under the age of five.""Caio happens to worry her." Cristina justifies herself, "You can't scold her for wanting the child's good."Moacyr shakes his head, "Well, she has his father to take care of Caio. And he's in Josias's penthouse, the best thing that could ever happen."Cristina has her back to Moacyr, "Not at all! Being in Josias's penthouse, he's the one who pays the bills. Did William get a job? As far as I know, no!""Brazil is going through a difficult crisis, Cristina, be patient," Moacyr begs.Cristina turns and faces her boyfriend, "Anyway, Moacyr, if you want to go see your friend, go ahead
In the nursery window, Josias, Dora, and Simeon could see Caroline because by coincidence the crib where the nurse had placed her was right next to them. Caroline was asleep wrapped in a pink blanket to differentiate from the boys who wore blue."How beautiful, Josias." Dora praises, "She's going to be a beautiful girl when she grows up.""She's gonna give you a headache, Josias, get ready." Simeon jokes.Josias chuckles, "If her boyfriend is half of what I am, I won't be sad."Simeon opines, "He has to be twice as good as you, young man, to deserve your little princess. That's why I allowed my princess to marry you."Josias stares at Simeon, touched by the greeting.Dora asks, "What about Melissa? Can we see our daughter?""Yes, she's resting, maybe she's awake.""You can let me go. I know where the rooms are." Dora walks away.Josias and Simeon continue to look at Caroline, in awe, until Uélton comes bumping int
After a few days, Melissa is discharged and returns to the penthouse to be Caroline's caring mother.Ernesto and Alan are playing dominoes sitting on the living room rug. The radio is playing "Sail Away" by Enya. The curious thing is that with Ernesto, Alan manages to play with the correct pieces."Alan, you're almost four years old! Who taught you to play?""Grandma," Alan responds sweetly.When the rest of the family arrives, Josias announces in a rumbling shout, "The little princess of the house has arrived!""Daddy, Mummy!" Alan gets up and runs to see Caroline, "I want to see Caroline!""Calm down, son!" Josias is amused by the boy's anxiety, "She's right here."Melissa sits down on the sofa and places the Moses basket in her lap where Caroline sleeps peacefully. Alan sees her and is moved."She is sleeping."Melissa speaks softly, "Yes, she's sleeping. Isn't your little sister pretty?""Uh-huh." Alan nods.
Isabel is ecstatic to pick up the first issue of Maggiezine, "Honey, keep this issue safe. In the year 2000, this could become a rarity.""Yes, I'll save it and keep Reuben from tearing it up." Flávia sits on the sofa."So," Isabel takes a deep breath, "Let's find out who won!"On the same cover of the magazine, in the lower corner, is the ad: "Maggiezine Literary Contest: Find Out Who Wins! Page 20."Isabel quickly flips to page twenty.Flávia watches her future mother-in-law hold her breath when she reads the result.Isabel's eyes widen, her eyebrows rise... and a victorious smile comes to her lips!Isabel extends the open magazine to her future daughter-in-law trembling with emotion."Flávia... I can't believe it...!"Flávia takes the magazine to check, "Yes, dear mother-in-law! You won! The contract is yours!""Yahoo!"The two ladies rise from the sofa and jump in celebration
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