POLICE STATION - DAY
Miriam assaulted Carina and is making a scene, totally insane; she accuses Carina of wanting to kiss Carlos. Carlos shakes Miriam and tries to stop her.
"How do you know all this? Carina had her back to you!"
"I know and that's it, this hooker never deceived me! Weren't you in rampant behavior with Ricardo Oliveira?"
Carina gets up with difficulty, "Shut up and leave me alone!"
"You leave my boyfriend alone or there will be much more! I already returned one of the slaps you gave me! Unworthy, filthy, whore, Jezebel!"
Carina runs out of control. Carlos doesn't know where to hide. Miriam smiles at him, crazy.
STREETRicardo and Carina are walking upset for different reasons. They end up meeting on the same sidewalk."Carina! For all that is sacred, what happened to you?"Ricardo gets closer and takes Carina's face very carefully as if it were china porcelain. He goes on serious, furious, and protective, "It was him, right? Did Carlos do this to you?"Carina is very sick, "No, he even tried to protect me, but the other tells him to walk away and he walks away. Always her first, always!""Who are we talking about? Miriam?""Herself. She slapped me, in revenge because I already gave her twice.""An angel like you can't appeal to
RICARDO'S LIVING ROOM - EVENINGCarina is sitting on the couch, with a sad face. The hand goes to her face; she still feels Miriam's aggression. Ricardo appears from the kitchen with two cups of steaming tea, gives one to Carina, and sits not too close to her. Carina smiles slightly, accepts the cup, and drinks slowly while talking."Thank you very much, Ricardo.""We can talk about it, or other subjects.""It seems that when we met, you were also upset."Ricardo takes a sip, no silly smile this time, "Nonsense compared to you. Do you remember that I was researching companies and programmers for the billing generation and payment control software for the police station, for the residents who joined the campaign?"
RICARDO'S LIVING ROOMCarina leaves her empty cup on the coffee table. Ricardo still has his."At least your noble gesture in helping makes me happy."Ricardo smiles, "In addition to helping the neighborhood, I want to make you happy, Carina. But, it seems that everyone is closing the door just because of the cat's history.""Keep it up, that one hour they will understand that you want to help, that you are interested. Don't be that guy I saw the first time, aggressive and awful. If I gave you a second chance, they will also give you.""But, it seems that they are not an angel as you are."Carina turns red, "I find it so beautiful when you say who I am... That's why I
RICARDO'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHTRicardo had hung up the phone because Carina was approaching. She smiles at him, and Ricardo has a nervous smile.Carina asks, "Someone important on the phone?"Ricardo disguises himself, "A bore to talk about business, but when I saw you approaching, I hung up. The most important subject I want to deal with is in front of me."Carina smiles, "I hope I have not interrupted any commercial transaction that will define Royal Hill's future or your fortune.""I am looking for my fortune."Carina reacts awkwardly, which makes her sweeter and cuter, "Oh, Ricardo... For a friend, you are praising me too much."
GRANJA SQUARECássio leaves the bus stop and approaches Célio, who is strategically hidden in the square behind a tree. Both are already impatient."Aurélio has already opened," Cássio informs him.Célio looks at his wristwatch, "Yeah... How strange, 7:30 am and no Luis or white van. Did Ed make a mistake?""I doubt that kid was wrong.""I don't say what he saw, but the car model. It could have been a kombi orFiorino.""Kindahard to confuse kombi with the van, Ed is not that dumb."Célio jokes, "Smarter than you,
CARINA’S STUDIO - DAYMiriam breaks a painting of Carina thinking she was going to give it to Carlos. Carina gets horrified."Have you gone completely crazy? This painting was not for your boyfriend!"Miriam talks mockingly, "Oops! It was bad... now that you tell me? Why did not you say it before?"Carina is getting angry, "Something tells me that you were going to break anyway! It wasn't for Roldão because it doesn't portray his reality! If it were for him it would be an erotic picture!""What are you talking about?""Your fame as a conqueror is spreading across the neighborhood!""Spread the word that I'm
CARINA’S STUDIOFabio and Monica enter and find the pandemonium: there are more broken, thrown, trampled paintings, all in a bigger mess than in the previous scene. Miriam and Carina are pulling another painting as a tug of war."No, not this one!""Let it go too!"Monica shouts, "What's going on here?"Miriam lets go and Carina goes back, and almost falls. Fábio feels sad about it."What a tragedy..."Miriam addresses him with disdain, "Don't tell me you are also one of those sissies who think this is worth something?""As seen, you have no sense of taste for
MALTHUS SNACK BAR - DAYCélio, Cássio, and Aurélio get the conclusion that there’s a hidden and suspicious organization where Wellington and Luis are trapped.Cassio gets up, "A minute, I'll be back, guys."Cássio goes to the bathroom. Aurélio takes advantage."Célio, how's Monica and Fábio doing? I still don't know the boy."Célio riled up, "His stomach is fragile and delicate to eat Ed's cheese pastry. He always goes straight to the Cascais bakery.""I still feel—"Célio is human to Aurélio, he knows that Aurélio is about to blame
BAKERY CASCAIS - DAYFábio enters the bakery and is amazed by what he sees: Monica prostrated in the chair, finishing crying, with Annie sitting next to her, comforting her and assuring her that she was not a bad friend for Carina. Jonas continues to serve customers, sometimes taking a look at both.Fábio approaches the two girls with concern, “Monica! What happened?”He kneels to her. Monica smiles slightly, touched by his concern, “It’s okay, Fábio. I was worse. I just remembered Carina and the worst step she’s going to take in her life.”“You are thinking about the lunch she has with the damn parents.”Annie explains, “It’s just that Monica is feeling guilty for not preventing Carina from going to that lunch.”Fábio caresses Monica’s hair, “My love, you tried, but Carina needs to make her decision. After all, everyone has to carry their load.”“She is going to suffer, Fábio. At least I asked her to keep an eye on the family. She could take advantage of the fact that she is going to
PENHA’S HOUSE - DAYEverybody took the day to ask Ricardo trick questions. However, he felt it was not the time to answer or lie to the inquirers.He just weaves his classic silly little smile and avoids the subject, “Calm down, Penha, you don’t need to create conspiracy theories. The guy disappears from the bar for three days without giving any satisfaction. I thought he moved out of the neighborhood. I didn’t understand the disappearance.”Penha narrows her eyes, hardly believing what she heard. He kidnaps Wellington and then asks “why did he disappear?”“I hope he disappears. I always thought he was too good for your business. You were in danger of being reported by him.”Penha already knew the truth, since Wellington had told her. She just teased Ricardo, as if she had fun with it. She wanted to see his reaction.Ricardo was more nervous, tense, taking a deep breath, and “counting to three” so as not to reveal himself more than he did at the Malthus snack bar. Not with Penha.“Any
MALTHUS SNACK BAR - DAYAurélio is teaching Luís how to properly serve customers. Wellington is sweeping. Nobody notices the window, where Ricardo is looking at the three with dismay.Ricardo goes back a few steps and enters the snack bar even with the “closed” sign on the door. The three men turn their attention to the door opening and closing and are surprised.“Ricardo?” the owner says, “We haven’t opened it yet, but we already have snacks in the showcase.”Ricardo looks with disgust at the snacks, “I don’t want to be a victim of the ‘Salmonella bar’ anymore. What are these two doing here?”Disgusted, Wellington drops the broom and approaches him, “You can ask us, directly. We are here!”Aurélio gestures for Wellington to calm down.Ricardo goes on talking, “And you, Wellington? Are you working here now? Aren’t you going back to the bar? Rubens is waiting for you until now!”Wellington looks at Aurélio in doubt, Aurélio responds affirmatively with a slight nod.“No, Ricardo, I won’
PENHA’S HOUSE - NIGHTPenha is disgusted by Ricardo’s unexpected visit just to ask if she is going to lunch tomorrow. Because she had no intention of going.Even with her clear body language: pouting, arms crossed and one foot hitting the ground, Ricardo does not undo the classic little silly smile.“Did you interrupt my movie... for this?”Ricardo sits in the armchair closest to the coffee table and puts his feet on top. Penha can see from the soles of one of his shoes that Ricardo stepped on ox feces.“Get those dirty feet off my coffee table!”“You haven’t confirmed me yet, sis. The dress that Carina chose is beautiful. Did you choose yours?”“Get outta my house now!”Ricardo threatens to rub his foot with his dirty shoe, showing that he knows the situation of his shoe.“Come on, sis, say yes! A family lunch, with dad and mom...”Penha is about to cry, she is very nervous. She just wants Ricardo to leave, “Please, Ricardo, stop this clowning! I’m not going to show up for lunch to h
PENHA HOUSE - NIGHTAfter Penha and Wellington cancel the lease agreement, the two say goodbye and Wellington leaves. Carlos leaves behind, without saying a single word, just smiled mysteriously at Penha, as if he knew she had just slept with Rubens.Then she takes a forgotten flannel in a corner and begins to try to clean the spilled coffee on the sofa, as it has practically dried, staining the fabric. Rubens, sensing the empty house, leaves the room furious and in long strides.Rubens takes Penha violently by the arm and makes her turn to him. Penha is startled by being taken by surprise and widens her eyes.“Hey, what are you doing?”“What did that kid come to do here?”Penha tries to get rid of Rubens, but he won’t let her go.“Let go of me! He just came to end the lease! He won’t be living in the kitchenette anymore!”“Did you send him to the bar today?”“I was so shocked by his decision that I didn’t even remember!”Rubens squeezes Penha’s arm tighter and she screams more, “You
WELLINGTON KITCHENETTE - DAYCarlos cornered Rosa asking her to explain to everyone how Penha is Ricardo’s sister. She gulps, nervous.Wellington looks at her more deeply than the others.Finally, she decided it was time to end the mysteries. She gets up to explain better, “Yes, people. It’s true. Ricardo is Penha’s younger brother. However, since they moved here and built the building, they have presented themselves as lovers.”“But, why is that disgusting lie?” Everybody notices Wellington’s afflicted and distressing tone.“Because Ricardo believes that by presenting himself as a boyfriend, he prevents other men from flirting and taking Penha to bed.”The girls are embarrassed.Annie blushes and asks, “Doesn’t Penha know how to simply say ‘no’ to the perverts?”“No. She deliberately accepts to sleep with anyone who invites her. She has a boyfriend who is in Europe doing a Master’s or Doctorate and doesn’t even dream that his darling is horning him.”Wellington is very ashamed of him
RHODIA AVENUE - AFTERNOONMore people gather to see Célio’s rescue, which hung in the window of Wellington’s kitchenette. Even Aurélio and his clients left the snack bar to see.“Guys, these windows... Who was the idiot who bought these big windows?”Monica, Sandra, and Annie exchange mocking gazes: they all imagined it was Ricardo’s idea with the masons.WELLINGTON’S KITCHENETTECarlos strides in and goes to the window.“Hang in there, boys!”With another strong man, it was easier to pull Célio back safely. When they finally succeed, he can hear the palms and cheers of those present from below. Célio runs to Wellington’s bathroom to throw up, he’s still scared.Wellington and Luís laugh out loud. Carlos then notices the boxes and suitcases, “Hey, what’s going on here?”Wellington stops laughing and announces to Carlos, “Officer, I’m moving out of here. I don’t think is right to live in the place where I have to pay rent for my kidnapper’s girlfriend.”Carlos smiles in understanding,
PENHA’S HOUSE - DAYPenha opens the door for Rubens, who hurries in and looks worried. She closes the door and signals him to sit down.“I was going to offer you coffee, but you need chamomile tea.”“This is no time for jokes, Penha! The situation is getting more complicated.”Penha purses her lips in indifference; everyday things are complicated. She sits in the other armchair, “Every day you live in confusion. You guys don’t seem to want to live in peace. And if I guess, it has to do with Monica and her friends.”Rubens doesn’t like the tone of Penha’s voice and replies harshly, “It has to do with that bastard Wellington who didn’t come to the bar neither Wednesday nor yesterday! What is he thinking?”Penha, on the outside, remains calm and indifferent; but inside, she is overflowing with relief. It was what she wanted most, for Wellington to get out of that snake’s nest, “You’ll see, he found a better job and couldn’t even tell you.”“We paid above the minimum!”Penha is irritated
MIRIAM’S ROOM - DAYMiriam is talking to Fábia Peres. The two got on well again after Sandra’s advice. Cleverly, Miriam leads the conversation to the topic of lawsuits.“Oh, Fábia, you don’t know the worst: I talked to Carlos and he said that he won’t insist on objecting to his fate at the trial. That he will acknowledge that he was wrong and accept the punishment.”Fábia Peres is gaping. Then the officer who always behaved like a warrior, dropping the towel so easily?“What does the officer have in mind, Miriam?”“He said he doesn’t mind losing the case, as long as he can get Ricardo behind bars. He’s gathering proofs and evidence.”“And is Carina going to marry this guy?”“Hopefully, she’ll fall flat on her face when she finds out the whole truth on her honeymoon, with the police invading their suite, ha, ha!”The two girls giggle maliciously.“Girl, on the subject of the trial, I’ve been thinking about something. If the officer is not offended, I can ask my father to pay the compen