MALTHUS SNACK BAR - AFTERNOONAurélio mentally disapproves of Monica's stolen and adulterated book, especially with such an appealing cover. However, Fábio makes fun of him, thinking that Aurélio only bothered with the muscular guy on the cover.He calls the attention of his customer's boyfriend, "It's not just the shirtless guy, young man. Everything here is obscene, not just sexual. Regardless of the cover, what happened was a crime!"Monica tries to contain his spirits, "We have been informed, Seu Aurélio, that if I try to appeal in court, they will claim my failure to obtain the ISBN. And they are right."Fábio addresses Monica, "Yeah, my love, you were pasting those campaign posters to the police station, you could have seen those registers to protect the book. You need to focus on your career if you want to stand out."Aurélio is even less fond of Fábio. He pours sugarcane juice into a glass, just for Monica. Fábio doesn't even notice. Monica accepts the juice and drinks it. On
CARINA'S STUDIO - EVENINGRicardo's eyes widen and he catches his breath when he realizes his stupidity. When introducing Carina to his parents, she will also expect to see his "sister" Penha. He was so bewitched by Carina's purity that he hadn't realized it. Would Penha accept it?Carina notices the sudden silence and moves away from Ricardo's chest to see if something was wrong, "How are you, dear? You were suddenly quiet.""Nothing, dear, just thinking about the things I discovered."Carina understands that Ricardo is referring to Officer Ramos's revelations. She smiles slightly when she says, "You know, today I was at the police station."Ricardo positions his head to look deeply into Carina's eyes, with total concern for her. Carina continues smiling, all sweet and innocent."You are a pure and no evil angel, Carina. Don't you know that the best thing to do is get away from Carlos Roldão for good? But, no, you don't hold a grudge; you always see goodness in people!""Is this real
WELLINGTON'S KITCHENETTE - NIGHTWellington opens the door for Célio and Cássio to enter. Luis is already inside, sitting on the bed. There are a few plastic chairs and a few cans of beer in the sink."Look," Cassio says, "I think it gives space for a small dining table here."Wellington speaks going to the sink, "Be patient that I can, one day, add the money to buy. With these services without a formal contract, we can't count on buying things in installments. You have to pay everything in cash."Célio and Cássio accept the cans willingly."You are covered in reason." Célio says, "Cássio has his nose in the air because tomorrow is his first day at work."Wellington still didn't know, "Look how cool! Congratulations, Cássio, I still didn't know.""I knew it," Luis said, proud to be at least one step ahead, "So, shall we play a game?"Wellington reacts with his head, a slight grimace, "Wait a minute, Luis. You won't be able to play cards with five guys.""Five? Who's still missing?"Th
MONICA'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHTAt the meeting of friends, Sandra asks Carina if she gave up on love in general or just with Carlos. Silence and expectation. Monica already knows that Carina is dating Ricardo, but Carina wants to keep it a secret. So...Carina answers, "Well, Sandra, I'm going to keep my hopes open for love. I don't want to be bitter for the rest of my life."No one noticed that Monica suddenly leaned against the sofa as if she were relieved."Oh, how nice to hear that," Sandra hadn't finished the attack, "So, I heard around... Okay, I confess, it was when I was still friends with Miriam, and she hinted that there was another boy in the area."Annie and Sandra still don't notice Monica's body language. Monica is sinking her back on the couch, her gaze strained, "drinking" juice from an empty glass.Carina, as always innocent, doesn’t understand Sandra's real intentions and goes on to answer what she wants to know, "Well, friend, you must be talking about Ricardo. He's a
WELLINGTON'S KITCHENETTE - DAYAfter thinking for a while, Wellington lets Penha in. She thanks him and he closes the door."Does your boyfriend know you're here?"Penha sighs in displeasure. Wellington pulls out a plastic chair for her to sit on. Penha sits down and notices the domino pieces scattered on the floor.Wellington sits on the bed, not to be too close to her, "Sorry, but I was still asleep and I didn't tidy anything.""I have the habit of waking people up. I get up as if I were in the fields."Wellington smiles slightly.Penha continues, "And to answer your question: no, he doesn't know, and if it depends on events, he won't be my boyfriend anymore."Wellington's smile is gone. He leans forward, "Are you really serious? I'm sorry, Dona Penha.""You can cut the 'Dona'. You are an educated boy, I congratulate you. You are a good boy for the little I know you, so I wanted to check if you are aware of what you are getting into."Wellington is more interested in the conversatio
CARINA’S STUDIO - DAY"And here is where it all happened, Mr. Lawyer," Carina says in her usual silky voice, "The wretch girl broke all those paintings that I intended to sell.""Violation of private property and material damage. Your victory will be easy, Miss Sousa. I will do anything to satisfy my client."Carina's lack of malice again, "You will satisfy me too, will you, Mr. Cardozo?"Cardozo's eyes widen. See, what a problem that Ricardo brings to him!POLICE STATIONMiriam hurries in and goes to meet Carlos. She stops suddenly when she realizes that the computer is new."Carlos! Have they started paying the police ticket? The useless Célio hasn't printed my booklet yet."Carlos looks from the monitor to Miriam. It looks like he hasn't seen her for five years. He smiles and gestures for her to approach. Miriam strides and sits down."How can I help you, Miriam?""I'm aware that you managed to adjust the screws in your mind. Congratulations, Chief."Carlos tries to maintain his jo
WELLINGTON'S KITCHENETTE - DAYWellington decides to tell Penha what he knows about Ricardo, even though he fears that this could harm his own. If she feels it can be dangerous, why take the risk of wanting him to tell her everything and break up?Penha realizes Wellington's fear and tries to calm him down, "Let's make one thing very clear, Wellington: you don't have to be afraid that Ricardo will kill me. That will never happen.""Usually in the movies, the thug's girlfriend who reveals the scheme to the authorities gone bad if he isn't arrested first.""He is not going to do that because Ricardo never wanted to draw undue attention to himself. Murder is something very serious, which requires a lot of investigation. And he cannot afford to want the police to investigate him."Wellington bounces on the mattress, "But, he helped the police station campaign, or at least tried it, according to what they told me!""Did your friend Carina help?"Wellington looks like someone who got the ri
POLICE STATIONCarlos is concerned that he could be sued for everything bad he did to Carina and Ricardo. But when he specifically remembers Ricardo, an idea comes to mind, "Is this lawsuit being voluntarily raised by Carina? Isn't anyone taking advantage of the girl's suffering?""Oh, oh, suffering..." Miriam mocks.Carlos gets upset, "Now, Miriam, don't tell me that you don't feel even an ounce of regret for having destroyed so many pictures of Carina! I should have given you a concealer.""But you didn't do it because you love me, or you loved me at the time."Miriam says these words with a slight smile, without indicating whether she was being sarcastic or genuine.Carlos frowns and continues, "I think that the indigestible Ricardo Oliveira is encouraging Carina to raise this case against you, but he will take advantage of it to hit me because I arrested him. Because if we know Carina well, she wouldn’t have either the courage or the conditions.""Really?""Pay attention to the la