MIRIAM'S BEDROOMMiriam and Sandra are sitting on the bed, with photographs spread out before them. Sandra takes one. She sees Carlos posing as a friendly cop, smiling."I think this one could be the chosen one. It shows an apparently angry and serious authority in a friendlier, companionable pose as if to say 'you can trust'."Miriam is oblivious to the comment, "And he looks cute too when he smiles."Sandra slaps her hand on the photographs, "Honey, focus!""You're asking me for the impossible when it comes to Carlos!""It's necessary! Do you want to wash his uniforms? Do you want to marry him with the corporation by shooting in the air? Do you want to have your honeymoon in Paris?""Yes, yes, I do!""Then never repeat this story of trying to take pictures of him as if it were for those calendars!""What does it cost for a little one pic...?"Sandra slaps the deluded face of Miriam. She is steadfast, the voice of reason."Do you know what it costs you? Do you know what it costs you?
FÁBIO'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHTFábio questions Fábia's motivations for trusting him. He was increasingly disappointed, "I don't understand, Fábia! You say that Monica wants to separate us, but she says something negative about me and you readily believe her! That is, you didn't fulfill our agreement from the heart, and Monica was the pretext that you wanted to violate our pact!""Stop this pact thing that I don't get involved with Satan!"Fábio sinks into the armchair, "God makes covenants too... Instead of reading those books, why don't you read the Bible?""Oh, and you with that collection in your wardrobe read the Bible too, right?""It doesn't prevent me from having some basic knowledge... unlike you who are not interested in anything!""What did you say?""You didn't even read the book, just bought by the cover! It was a thick book of over two hundred pages. But, it was too much for your limited head, right?""Are you calling me stupid?"Fábio now bounces on the chair, "Am I always g
FÁBIO'S LIVING ROOMFábio and Fábia Peres are already at the limit of the discussion."Fábio Dance, tell me what kind of dating is this in which the girlfriend hears the same insults from her archenemy?"Fábio walks around, "Maybe it's time to rethink this relationship.""Yes, we are going to rethink because the way it is, we cannot go on."Fábio laments with his head, she doesn't understand again, "That's what I'm talking about. We can't even communicate properly. I would have to force myself to be stupid like you, and I don't want that."Fábia Peres reacts with contempt, "Do you want me to be an intellectual like Monica?""There is another question: for you, everything is about Monica. You are the one who talks more about her than I do, and then I am the one who does not forget her!""That woman got into our lives and never left!""Is it really her? Well, I don't want you to be intellectual 'like Monica', but at least, you could prove that you went to high school!""You know how hard
MIRIAM’S BEDROOM - DAYMiriam was extremely disgusted because Carina tore the photos of Carlos in front of her, "What are you doing, you idiot?""I am discarding these photos. They aren't conveying the spirit and impact that the campaign is aiming for. And I have been informed, Miriam, that your interests in participating are anything but noble."Miriam glares at Carina and says, "I got it. Do you understand that I'm interested in Carlos, and are you doing this dirty thing? I'm glad I have the negatives!""Miriam, nobody forced you to participate. You could take the photo you wanted with the officer at any time. Making us all believe that you were interested in helping... Was that really necessary?""Don't come to my house to question my reasons, creature! Since the photos didn't ‘fit’, and I put giant quotes because you didn't even look at them, so —" she points her thumb, "I suggest you get out of my home!"Carina with a slight smile managed to destabilize the madwoman, "You didn't n
MALTHUS SNACK BAR Rosa is at the diner door, anxious, and worried. Aurélio leaves also hurried and alarmed. "What is it, Rosa? You said it was urgent!" "And it is! Look at that over there!" Aurélio looks. From his vision, the crowd is formed and cheering for the fight between Monica and Fábia Peres, but the two are hardly seen because of the crowd. "Did an accident happen?" Aurélio asks. "No, it's just that you can't see right! But, a crazy woman appeared out of nowhere while I was talking to Monica and accused her of stealing her boyfriend." "Monica is not like that." "It seems that Monica knows the boy, the insane girl blames her for the breakup and offended her non-stop, Monica gave in." "Yeah, today I already had one annoying me with insults too. Where is the education of these people?" "And look, nobody is good at stopping the fight, they are cheering!" "I'm going to end this." Back to the turmoil, Aurélio is in the background striding closer to the scene of the fight.
MALTHUS SNACK BAR - DAYMonica is calmer, sitting at a table, and drinking sugarcane juice. Rosa is sitting on the other side and Aurélio is standing, his big dad worried."Now can you tell me why that crazy blonde was beating you, dear Monica?""Oh, Seu Aurélio, the story is long; it goes back to our childhood. I always liked Fabinho—" she corrects herself, "Fábio... But, he never took me seriously to date. It's that classic 'let's go be friends'."Aurélio becomes mysterious, "I know very well...""Then he met this girl called Fábia Peres who is just blonde hair and a hot body. Of course, he fell in love and wanted to be with her. Since then she has been seeing me as a threat. But I have always respected their courtship, although hurts inside me.""Poor girl..." laments Rosa."When we moved here, things between them started to get worse. No more high school, we started adulthood. Like that movie, ‘St. Elmo's Fire’. Fábia Peres seems to have been stuck in High School because in the rea
DEDÉ BARRicardo is talking with Rubens. The bar is still empty, and they are readying for one more working night."I came to get young Wellington's report. How did he behave?"Rubens is funny, "To wash glasses, he does very well. I want to see him serve customers as a waiter.Ricardo is a joker, "That's right; these young people don't take courses, don't study, and don't pay attention in class... Then high school is over, the break is over, and dad already wants them to do something... Mom doesn't give that allowance anymore, and no longer cleans the room or washes the clothes... The good life ends and they wake up too late for reality.""I'm glad we're not like that, right, buddy?""Of course not, my parents paid me for the best school, the best college, and even though I didn't work in the area where I graduated, I never had a problem facing adult life. I knew that the good life of a teenager was going to end and I prepared myself psychologically. In the meantime we have Luis having
FÁBIO'S LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOONFábio and Monica talk about his breakup."Thank you very much for coming here to check on me, Monica."Monica smiles, "Look, something was telling me that I wasn't going to find you in tears, but I wanted to come anyway."Fábio laughs, "Not really! Well, I'm not going to say dramatic things like 'Fábia was the worst mistake of my life' because in a way I liked her.""Yes, you liked her and I never interfered."Fábio takes two steps forward, "Never interfered... But, you never accepted."Monica lowers her head; she doesn't want to be the one who detonates the competitor, "Well, I wanted to keep the respect and distance between you. But it didn't help."Fábio complains, "Never! It was twenty-four hours complaining about something about you. 'Monica said that', 'Monica did that to me', 'Monica thought', 'Monica wants to separate us'. I don't understand why you became a threat to her."Monica speaks compassionately, "Gee, Fábio; it must have been difficult f