In the Rocha penthouse, Melissa is talking to Dora and Carlos about William and Caio's problem.
Dora comments, "I figured this would cause trouble. When Caio has his birthday, we won't be inviting these pesky peeps."
Melissa wiggles, "On the contrary, Mom. I'm seriously considering inviting them in just to rub it in their faces how wrong they are to extend the feud to the kids."
Carlos warns his daughter-in-law, "Kids don't know how to hate, Dora."
Dora is intrigued, "So are you going to invite Pamela, Beto, and everyone from the Chaves family to Caio's birthday?"
Melissa grins mischievously, "Why not? I'd love to leave this bunch with a guilty conscience. Never again will they use their kids to hurt us."
Carlos also warns Melissa, "You have to be careful, my granddaughter. Children cannot be affected by the animosity that reigns."
Melissa replies, "If they don't want to stay, at least bring the kids. As much as we hate the adu
Following day. Adrian walks through the hospital corridors until he enters the room where Moacyr is. He is awake being cared for by a very attractive female nurse."Here it is, Seu Moacyr, breakfast: jelly and bread with hazelnut butter spread on it. Can you drink the coffee? I don't want the cup to run and the coffee to burn you."Adrian gets jealous of his own father, thinking he's the one flirting with the nurse, "'Seu' Moacyr? Isn't he Mr. Barbosa?"Moacyr and the nurse notice the annoying son's presence.Moacyr pleads in a funereal tone, "Leave us alone, nurse."The nurse leaves, glaring at Adrian.Adrian says as he approaches, "Looks like I've stopped some flirting."Moacyr scolds him, "Stop being a pervert. All you think about is 'that'. The good, kind nurse was serving me breakfast.""For that, you have a son. Only ONE son."Adrian fits the portable table into the hospital bed and calibrates the bed so Moacyr can
In Teodoro's building, as usual, the radio is playing "My Romance" by Carly Simon and the office landline is also ringing.Cristina is organizing the mural by pinning an unobtrusive warning: 'Please, neighbors, don't disturb each other with the radio at full volume in the wee hours of the night!'Cristina hears the phone ring and runs to the office.She answers promptly, "Hello?"In one of the hospital's phone booths, Adrian is grumpy, "Hello, Mrs. Chaves? I want to be brief so I don't get ear cancer."Cristina reacts furiously. She doesn't have all day for nonsense, "Who the hell's talking?"Adrian feels entitled to be snobbish, "I suggest you show respect! This is your boyfriend's son, the only one."Cristina rolls her eyes. Adrian, as seen, will be forever competing with Josias."I know you're an only child. What happened, any message from Moacyr?""He had an accident yesterday and asked me to let you know." Adrian cl
At the General Hospital, Cristina arrives just as Adrian is leaving Moacyr's room. They look at each other with suspicion and rancor.Adrian accuses her, "You came real quick to see your boyfriend, huh?"Cristina narrows her eyes. She just wants to see her boyfriend, but his annoying son is blocking her way!"What do you mean by that?"Adrian offends her, "For someone your age, you should be more demure and discreet. Ah, but for someone who had a libertine and promiscuous daughter like Pamela..."Cristina was about to raise her hand to slap Adrian, but Moacyr calls out to her."Cristina? Is that you, honey?"Adrian makes a disgusted face and walks away. Cristina enters the room and approaches her lover.Cristina is very worried, "Moacyr, my dear... what happened? You broke your right arm..."Moacyr is calm and smiles kindly, "Don't worry, I'll recover."Cristina quickly tries to help him, "Well, you just broke the
Josias almost witnesses Beto admit that Rosemary is not his legitimate daughter, but Beto restrained himself in time. However, Josias remains to wait for what Beto was going to say. Josias smiles slightly, feeling that a revelation was about to come out of Beto's mouth, "Rosemary isn't... what?" Beto shakes his head, "Forget it, I was going to say something stupid." Josias decides not to insist for the time being, "Is there greater nonsense than lying saying that William didn't want to take Caio to your apartment?" Beto tries his best to make Josias not ask what he was going to say about Rosemary again. "Come on, Josias, are you serious when you say we're invited to the brat's birthday?" Josias shrugs, "If you don't want to stay in the penthouse, just take the kids. I'm sure Seu Raymond will gladly take Junior." Pamela shows up at her husband's office and is shocked by Josias's presence, "What's going on here?" Josias t
At the General Hospital, Moacyr and Cristina are upset to see that they won't be able to escape the thorny conversation with Raymond. Raymond scoffs at the sight of the lovebirds, "You don't think about dating quietly when Junior's world is about to fall apart, do you?" Moacyr sourly responds, "Mr. Chaves, the related matter is about you and your son. I'm in an injured man and my girlfriend came to visit me. Is this that urgent?" Raymond hardens his gaze, "Since it was you who did the favor of opening your mouth and putting doubts in my son's heart, yes, the matter has become urgent!" Cristina nudges Moacyr, "See, honey? I told you not to meddle." Moacyr retracts his body, "Watch out for my arm in a cast, honey." Raymond rolls his eyes and crosses his arms, "Looks like nobody gives a shit about my son." Moacyr reacts irritated, "Stop talking like he was Cristina's son too! Do I need to remind you of the way he was generated?"
Pamela is dumbfounded when Beto bluntly asks her who Rosemary's legitimate father is."Beto... Roberto Reis..." She finally gets angry, "Don't ever ask me that question again. EVER!"Pamela turns on her heel to leave, but Beto is faster and takes her by the elbow."Answer my question! Why the mystery?"Pamela counters, "Why do you want to know about it NOW?"Beto is intrigued. Does Pamela want to keep this forever?"It's because I only assumed paternity of Rosemary to keep you from going back to Wallace! He needed to stay with Vera… at that time."Pamela smiles evilly, "Yeah, because then you saw how violent Wallace became. Glad I got rid of that big problem."Beto insists, "Now Pamela, after five years, can you satisfy my curiosity? It's pretty clear how much darker Rosemary is than all of us."Pamela refuses to say, shaking her head frantically, "Never mind, Roberto, you better not know. You just admitted you al
In the hospital phone booth, Cristina is dialing Josias's number."Hello, Josias? This is Cristina. I'm calling to let you know that Seu Moacyr had an accident and is here at the hospital."In Josias's office, he stands up as if propelled by springs, "How? What happened? What kind of accident? Why am I only being informed of this now?"Cristina giggles, "Calm down, Josias. I was taking care of everything here, and I'm sure you're done with the busyness."Josias answers with grief, "I could cancel meetings just to be with my old friend. Just now I was talking to my stepbrother about how I miss a father figure."Cristina consoles him, "We're at the usual Hospital.""As soon as possible I'll be there."We stayed in Josias's office. When he hangs up, the door opens and Melissa walks in with Caroline."Look at Daddy, honey!"Josias was going to run to the hospital, but he decides to pay attention to his wife and daughter. He
Raymond enters the presidential room. Josias leads him to the visitors' seat."It's a pleasure to have you with us, Mr. Chaves. How is Junior?"Raymond replies sullenly, "He is growing up, and with his body, doubts as to his mother's whereabouts."The two gentlemen sit down.Josias tries to extract what is happening, "I thought it was all right to say that Abigail is hanging around Paris."Raymond clears his throat, "Josias... for the last few weeks Moacyr has been insinuating the truth to my son, just to tease me. He knows I still love Cristina and want her back as my wife and takes revenge by hitting Junior."Josias gapes. He didn't know any of this."But has Seu Moacyr lost his mind?"Raymond smirks, "That's what I ask myself. Everyone talks about him with such praise... but the point is: he's now getting involved, not only in this, but in every other matter of the Chaves family, and that's embarrassing my daughters."