RESIDENT ASSOCIATION - DAYTito and Célio are extremely shocked when they hear from Wellington that he witnessed a cold-blooded execution.And Wellington, who has always been strong and tough, can’t take it anymore and starts to cry. He needed to put out everything that he felt.The mere possibility of being him and not the other boy to be murdered was too much for him. Worse, it could be Luís.And what revolts him most is that Ricardo swore that Rubens did not kill a cockroach. No, they don’t kill, they COMMAND other people to kill, to do the dirty work for them!Tito and Célio put each one, a hand on each shoulder of Wellington. No mockery or telling him to “be a man”. Tito was more agonized than him.“I think it’s past time to have a little chat with Chief Roldão. Whenever you want, Wellington, we can go together.”Between tears, Wellington raises his head, “I want to see Luís first. Where is he, how is he?”Célio quickly tries to calm him down, “Luís slept at my house, Well. Don’t
MONICA’S LIVING ROOM - DAYMonica gets up to make lunch, “Guys, I need to make lunch. If you stay, we’ll have meatballs.”Everyone is excited but decides to leave it for another time.Rosa also gets up, “Better get back to the stationery. My clients must be wondering what happened to me. Maybe Wellington is back already, or he was asleep.”Luís starts to worry, “Look, guys, we better look for Célio and Seu Tito to see if Wellington is still missing. I think I’ll go with you, Rosa.”Monica leads Rosa to leave. Luís also gets up. From the window of the open room, Rosa, when approaching, ends up seeing Carina walking along the sidewalk with Penha.Rosa gestures for Monica to approach, “Look, Monica! There is Carina with Penha. Did the two of them go out... together?”Monica follows her with her eyes and sees Penha for the first time. They notice shopping bags. Fábio runs close to the women.“Isn’t that one of the bags from my store?”“Yes, dear,” Monica answers, “they bought something at
CÉLIO’S LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOONCélio did not return to the Residents’ Association, he is at home waiting for Luís to return since his pieces of luggage are still in place. He’s taking the mattress to the bedroom.Luís returns as soon as Célio finishes putting away the mattress and leaves the room, startled by his presence.“Luís! For the love of God, man, don’t do this to us anymore!”Luís sits on the sofa without understanding, “What happened, Célio? I just went home for lunch, there was nothing here.”Célio is indignant. If Louis had returned earlier, he would have eaten with him, “I came back and did something. You didn’t have to take any chances. Ricardo is looking for you at this point. You didn’t show up with sales yesterday and the day before yesterday.”“Ah, you don’t have to remember me.”Célio sits in the armchair, “So, what do you intend to do now? Go back to your father’s house until the dust settles?”Luís shakes his head, “No, man, I don’t want to involve my dad in this
MONICA LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOONCarina starts to make her friends think about the (real) possibility of Penha being Ricardo’s sister, not a lover or girlfriend. Because the lie confuses others.Monica asks, “Why has Penha been introduced as a girlfriend, then?”Carina snorts with anger, “I don’t know! You who invented the lie!”Monica restrains the urge to slap Carina, “Stop it, girl! I’m saying that we’re hearing revelations from Luís and Wellington.”“These two threatened to beat Ed because he overheard their conversation wanting to investigate Ricardo. I don’t forgive them for that!”Monica, Annie, and Fábio lose their patience. Apparently, Carina won’t take anyone’s word for it.Annie tries, “Carina, Luís revealed that the cassette system he sells at the fair is made illegally. Ricardo was the one who helped him. And we are not finding Wellington at his house.”“What’s more, are they going to say that Cardo kidnapped him?”Gee, that’s exactly what happened!“Take it easy, Carina.”
CARINA’S STUDIO - AFTERNOONCarina is slow to answer Ricardo about what is happening. Because if she just says that Monica slapped her, he might want to take revenge. If she says that more friends are suspicious of him, things will only get worse.So she decided not to facilitate a Third World War, “Nothing happened for you to worry about, honey. Forget about it.”Carina wipes her tears and gets up from the stool. Ricardo, however, doesn’t want to let it go, “That can’t be, honey. Someone slapped you, and I can imagine who it is. I’m going to your neighbor’s house right now—”Carina turns to him and looks at him with irritation, “You are not going to make a fuss! I don’t want you to take revenge for me.”Ricardo doesn’t understand, he is slightly gaping.Carina goes on to explain how she can, “I argued, nothing much. It doesn’t matter with whom. You keep complaining that Monica attributes everything bad to you, but you’re already assuming that she was the one who hit me.”“And wasn’t
PENHA HOUSE - EVENINGPenha is about to be beaten by Ricardo for challenging him and insulting Carina.She exclaims, “I can’t be blamed if your fiancée behaves like a slum girl! Is she going to show up with a black eye at our exquisite dinner?”Ricardo moves away from Penha; the temptation to slap her is enormous, “I’m warning you, Penha! Continue to provoke and make Carina feel bad that you’re going to be locked up in a convent! Maybe just this way God forgives all your filth, your depravity!”While Ricardo holds the urge to slap her, it’s Penha who hits him in the face with a slap. Who understands?“Naughty, rascal! How dare you talk about me? You say my friends wanted to catch you with a pregnancy trick, but that didn’t stop you from taking them to bed anyway! You even liked it!”Ricardo makes his classic stupid little smile, although it hurts one side, “Of course I took advantage; despite cheaters, your friends were hot!”Another slap on Ricardo’s other cheek. Now he has both side
CARLOS’S LIVING ROOM - DAYFriday. Carlos is already in uniform, getting ready to work. There is a knock on the door. Carlos is going to open it with the car keys in his hand. Miriam is waiting on the other side.“Ah, good morning, Miriam. Come in.”Miriam enters, normally, friendly, without hesitation this time.“Carlos, I came here to inform you that Monday the lawyer of Fábia Peres’s family wants to talk to you. Here is his phone.”Miriam hands Carlos the Ferreira’s business card. When Carlos goes to pick it up, the fingers of the two of them touch. Very cliché, but that’s what happened.Carlos stares at the business card and Miriam gets a little shiver. It has been a long time since she has been touched by Carlos.“Thank you very much, Miriam. What about your situation?”Miriam crosses her arms and purses her lips, “On Monday I will see Mr. Ferreira, for what they call a conciliatory hearing. So, maybe we can resolve the matter without actually taking the case to court.”“Miriam,
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