MONICA’S LIVING ROOM - DAYMonica is typing on the computer, producing more pages from her book, concentrating; until she looks to the side. She sees the novel purchased by Fábia Peres. Monica stops and reflects on what she will do. Knocks on the door make her wake up and stand up to answer.Monica opens the door and Annie enters anxiously, breathing badly."Monica! Something serious has happened, we have to do something!""Annie! What happened? Calm down, girl, let's sit down."Monica takes Annie to the sofa. She breathes deeply. Monica goes to the kitchen. Annie tries to calm down. Annie ends up seeing the book on Monica's desk. Monica returns with a cup of water."There—"Annie asked, "Monica, what is this? Are you drawing inspiration for your book like that, the naughty ones? Is that what your romance is about?""Hey girl, who do you take me for? Of course not! I found it in the garbage of Fábia: in the garbage that she insists on leaving near my door and at night, for the dogs to
RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATIONCássio and Célio are sitting at the table taking care of the correspondence. Tito passes to them and is leaving."Seu Tito, are you going to talk to Seu Aurélio today?""I said just yesterday, Célio. I managed to find him at the snack bar.""And then he is going to release the money?"Tito dodges, "Well, guys, he's going to withdraw from the bank.""Our neighborhood was awarded a Lottery House with an ATM," says Cássio."Ah, that's what he said to me, who knows; maybe he doesn't do that anyway? I'm going to get out in a little while. Keep taking care of this for me, ok?"Tito leaves nervous, fearing to have talked too much. Edward passes him uniformly.Cássio questions him, "Hey, Ed, are you going to school? Won't you be late?""There's still time. So, are you going to be paid for this service too?""Of course," Cássio says, "No way I'm going to work for free!"Célio adds jokingly, "We are not as lucky as Luis."But Ed informs them, "Seu Tito is also not having t
RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION - DAYCélio and Cássio start responding to letters in the name of the mayor.Cássio is typing, angry, "Okay, I think even my dad bought a computer."Célio scoffs at him, "Who ordered your calligraphy to be a scribble? If you write in your usual way, nobody would believe that it belongs to Tito.""And they really aren't, we are doing ideological forgery.""And are you a communist to falsify Tito's ideology?"Célio laughs, but Cássio remains swinging.Célio stops laughing and asks in amazement, "You're going to tell me you didn't get the joke.""Was that a joke?" Cássio ignores it."Yeah, I have to fix the soccer field for you to practice; in politics, you have no future.""You boring..." An instant of silence, "Huh, what do you think of Ed's information?""I doubt very much that Seu Tito wants to divert funds to renovate the car while the police station barely has a computer to record events.""Ah, dude, I don't know. We don't know him very well.""I'm concerned a
COR-DE-ROSA STATIONERYRosa is back to his post, following Monica's book. Carina enters. Rosa stops reading to attend to her."Good afternoon, Carina. What do you want today?""Ink for the common printer I have.""Are you still participating in the campaign for the police station?"Carina smiles, "I bet the girls told you. Yes, I am responsible for the illustration. I'll take care of the image editor, Rosa. I want to give my heart to this project, as it's to motivate people to action, and to help with the police station.""Yeah, I'm glad you're thinking like that. Because it seems like there are people who aren't taking it seriously..."Carina becomes apprehensive, "What do you mean? Should I know?"Rosa looks around, takes advantage that has no one, and speaks, "Miriam."Carina rolls her eyes, "What about her?""I was at the snack bar. Miriam was with another girl behind me, and they were talking as if I wasn't there. I heard Miriam talking about wanting to take sexy photos of Chief R
MONICA’S LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOONFábio questions Monica about the origin of her books with the book that Fábia Peres threw away.Monica defends herself, "You know me, Fábio. I don't like these readings. My style is more Clarice Lispector..."Fabio still doesn't believe it, "So what the hell is this book doing on your desk? Besides the drafts? What did you intend? I came here to apologize for Monday's words, but —"Monica smiles, "Did you come to apologize?""Yes, but now I don't know if it's worth it.""Fábio, first of all, apologies accepted. Now, as I told you, this book is not mine. On the contrary, I was intending to show it to you."Fábio raises one of his eyebrows, "This muscular guy doesn't attract me much for reading..."Monica laughs, she’s calmer, "No, Fabinho, it's not for you to read. It's just that I found it in the garbage of Fábia Peres. She insists on leaving the bags ahead of time and I caught dogs wanting to rip the plastic bags. When I went to chase them away, one of
MONICA’S LIVING ROOM Fábio is still balanced with the discovery, and Monica is trying to clean up her image. "Believe me, Fábio. I haven't even put my garbage out yet. Fábia doesn't even have a tall basket, and she insists on putting the garbage next to mine... As if it were on purpose." "She's fumbling." "Anyway, I hope you understand that I just wanted to open your eyes. And again I'm sorry for being suspicious of you." Fábio smiles and approaches Monica, "Monica, I —" We hear the voice of Fábia Peres, "Monica, you bastard!" Fábio takes two steps before Fábia catches him with Monica. She lets out an exclamation of impatience. Fábia emerges from the door and widens. "I got the curse, damn you! Didn't I tell you several times to stay away from my boyfriend? But, no! You bring him here!" Fábio answers firmly, "Fábia, I came here on my own. I came to apologize for what happened, for the harsh words I said to her." "And he ended up making it easier for me to show him that." Moni
MONICA’S LIVING ROOM - DAYFábia Peres lies to Fábio, in the presence of Monica, that the book found in the trash is not hers. Monica gets outraged by the bolder one."How do you dare to lie like that?"Fábia addresses Fábio, "Honey, don't you realize that it's another trick of this bastard to separate us? I've never read this book in my life!"Fábio is analyzing the situation, "Calm down, Fábia. You first came here screaming like crazy, what is it?""I wanted to ask why this meddlesome put my trash in her basket!"Monica puts her hand on her forehead, "Is it possible? I had just told Fábio that you once again dumped the trash ahead of time."Fábia Peres is always stupid, "The truck passes today; I put it yesterday to anticipate.""It was the dogs' time to enjoy it! Luckily I was still awake writing the book when I saw their movement. At the same time, the dogs came and I put everything in my basket. Only the scumbag where this book was already torn, it was like that I found.""It does
CASCAIS BAKERYAnnie is in front of an angry Jonas, hearing the news about Aurélio. She is very happy."He did it, Jonas! Seu Aurélio got the loan and he's going to pay for the printer!""No! It can't be!"Annie hugs Jonas and does not correctly interpret his reaction, "Yes, it seems impossible, hard to believe. But, that's right; he went to the bank with the face and courage, the firm determination to help in our cause. Isn't that awesome? For a moment I thought we had to ask Ricardo for help."The hug is broken."Who is Ricardo?" Jonas asks, frowning.Annie purses her lips, "A bad guy who lives near Monica and Carina. He was trying to help, but of course, we denied it."Jonas speaks rationally, "If he was trying to help, who are we to deny it?""We are decent people, Jon! I won't take a cent from the guy accused of fomenting the first electric cat in the neighborhood. It's the same guy I hit the bottle in his head, who I thought was going to rape Carina right here in his bakery!"Jon
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