Melissa more than quickly puts the check in her purse. The women's plan paid off.
"Congratulations on the wise decision, Mr. Marçal." Melissa stands up, "It's good to see that you care about the well-being of your contract authors, not just how much money they generate in your pocket."
Bernardo faces Isabel, "Mrs. Freire, if something happens again, come promptly to my office. We won't take long to correct any injustice."
Flávia gets up and concludes in a threatening tone, "I hope there are no more injustices, Mr. Marçal! Isabel, give him the manuscript."
Isabel pushes the manuscript closer to Bernardo and he takes it as if it were his son.
The three ladies say goodbye and leave.
Once the door is closed, Maggie asks, "Honey, are we really going to take Vernon Queiroz out of my magazine editorial? Just now that he's produced a great story?"
Bernardo stares at his wife as if to say 'what the f**k?', "Honey, I think
João Paulo visits Benjamin and finds him attentively watching a cooking show on TV. He has a notebook in hand, writing down the recipe and watching the chef perform the preparation."Hello, buddy! Do I get in the way?" João Paulo greets him."No, you can come close," Benjamin responds without taking his eyes off the TV.João Paulo sits on the sofa and follows the televised attraction, "Will you learn to make four-cheese lasagna?""I found it interesting," Benjamin responds almost hypnotized.João Paulo smiles, thinking that his friend has found something else to do besides boxing.******After lunch, Bernardo calls Vernon to his office. The poor editor can hardly imagine that he is being taken to the slaughter."Hello, my dear boss!" Vernon sits down without waiting for a request, "Did you call me to congratulate me on my work on your wife's magazine?""Vernon, while I recognize you have talen
Vernon arrives at home in a huff, slamming the door. The radio is on and Surface's song "The First Time" is playing, but no one is present."Nobody's listening to this radio? So I'm going to turn it off, huh?"Elza appears from the kitchen, worried about her husband's hysterical scream, "What's wrong, honey? Why are you so stressed? I'm afraid one day your body won't take it.""And?" Vernon throws his briefcase on the couch violently, "Nobody cares.""This is not true." Elza lies to calm her husband, "Come on, sit down and I'll make you some tea to calm down."But, it will be impossible for Vernon to calm down when he wants to talk about what happened. "Bernardo removed me from the Maggiezine team! And he didn't even dignify to explain why!"Elza is discouraged. She thought that for once Vernon's antics would go unnoticed and they might annoy Isabel. But apparently, they went to complain to Bernardo.She is surprised that Vernon doesn
Days later, Josias is standing at the phone in the living room of his penthouse, shirtless and wearing plaid pajama bottoms. He stares at the phone book they have, thinking of Tobias Ibrahim's number.William approaches him already in a suit, ready to work, "Hello, Josias. Thinking about life?""Thinking if I should call Mayor Ibrahim." Josias turns to his brother-in-law, "I may seem ambitious and nosy, but sometimes I think they have a project for Rocha Constructions."William cheers, "Maybe that's right, and they're just waiting for your call."Josias takes a deep breath, "Well, it's still early. I'll call when I'm in the office properly dressed."William laughs. Caio and Alan appear with Ernesto."Do you have your lunch boxes?" Ernesto always asks this, and the boys always laugh. They will never forget their lunch."Bye, boys. Behave and study properly." Josias says goodbye to the young men."Goodbye!" They wave and follow E
Josias is properly seated in his presidential chair, reading the construction reports of the Melissa Building in Victoria.He stares at the phone on his desk and then at his datebook. Should he call Tobias?William enters his office with a list in hand, "Josias, here are the teams that are free for an upcoming project.""Mayor Ibrahim's project?" Josias takes the sheet, good-naturedly.William is surprised, "Do we have some Mayor's project?""Not yet, but you already know how I feel." Josias leans back in the upholstered chair, "That's why I asked you this before." He looks at the list, "Ah, the main team is busy...""A house in Saint Gabriel," William responds."All right, let's call." Josias takes courage, picks up the phone, and dials it.On the other side, Tobias attends the call in his apartment with a towel wrapped around his waist, he had just gotten out of the shower, "Hello?""Tobias? This is Josias Rocha."
Now Tobias is properly dressed, dry, hair combed, and smiling before Josias in his office. Tiago and Octavio are standing next to the boss."I didn't expect such an audience to announce what my father had in mind." Tobias watches playfully."We look forward to cooperating with the city, Mr. Ibrahim." Tiago eagerly declares."Well, my dad was wondering..." Tobias starts talking about the city's need, "...when will we have a top-notch hotel in Lagoon City."Josias takes a deep breath and leans back in his chair, "Go on.""Our city has surpassed 250,000 inhabitants." Tobias continues, "And we can expect the population to continue to increase thanks to neighborhoods like Sunset Village that are coming to life with new residents. So, a city this size like ours starts to attract a lot of businesses.""And have we attracted a lot of business?" Josias asks, very interested."Yes." Tobias proudly responds, "In addition to Marçal Publish
Josias, Octavio, William, Tiago, and Igor are gathered in the meeting room."Gentlemen," Josias begins the meeting, "we are gathered here to discuss Mayor Ibrahim's proposal. He wants us to build a more sophisticated hotel for the upper class that is pouring into our city.""I still can't believe it." Octavio wonders, "A TV station based in Lagoon City?""Our city will overtake the capital." Igor jokes, "It will be like New York and Washington.""Yes, Washington is the capital, but New York is THE city," William adds."What do you guys think about it?" Josias wants to stick to the subject."I'm in." Tiago says, "With the blessings of God and Everaldo, we will achieve this feat.""Did you speak with Everaldo last year, Josias?" William asks anxiously.For everyone, it is already a tradition for Everaldo to say a blessing to Josias every end of the year.But, Josias remembers that in 1990 it wasn't exactly a prophetic bles
On the Rocha penthouse, Carlos is resting in the lounge chair while listening to Enigma's song "Sadeness Part 1". He has his eyes closed, peaceful, tapping his feet in time to the music.The landline phone rings and ruins the harmony from before. Carlos mutters through his teeth and gets up to answer it."Hello?""Who is talking?" Vernon clucks on the other end of the line."This is Carlos Campos, patriarch of the Rocha family," Carlos commands respect and authority.But Vernon doesn't give a damn, "If you're the patriarch of the Rocha family, why the last name Campos?"Carlos is indignant, "Don't you read the newspapers? I'm the grandfather of Josias Rocha's wife, and I'm the oldest member of the family, understand? Campos and Rochas are one family.""OK, no need to teach me the family tree." Vernon continues petulantly, "I just remembered you, we met at some social events. I'm Josias's stepfather and I want to invite him to dinner."
Shirley appears at Crystal Blue at the shift change to the night shift. Waiters who worked in the morning leave and those who work at night come in.Daryl and Kelvin are talking when they see their mother come in with a plastic bag."Hello, mother." Daryl greets her, "How was the service? What bag is that?""There are some butter cookies left. Do you want them?"Of course, Daryl and Kelvin want it. The shortbread cookie recipe is a Shirley specialty passed down from her grandmother to her mother.However, Maggie adamantly refuses to learn the recipe, which only increases the mother's hatred for her daughter.So when Maggie enters the restaurant, Shirley quickly eats the last cookie and leaves Maggie without trying it."Hey, no cookies left?" Maggie's gaze goes straight to the empty bag. Daryl and Kelvin are embarrassed."What brings you here, little sister?" Kelvin breaks the ice."I came to see how my family is doing,"