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,"
Josias and Melissa are shocked when they find out that Vernon has returned to the same post at Maggiezine. How will Isabel react?Josias's mind works fast. He clears his throat, "Well, I also had news to share.""Which?" Melissa asks abruptly, wanting to forget about Vernon's news."Rocha Constructions will build a five-star hotel here in Lagoon City with the support of the city." Josias smiles confidently that his news is better than Vernon's.Indeed, Elza and João Paulo applaud enthusiastically."Son, congratulations." Elza congratulates him."And there's more. Mom, would you like to take care of this hotel?"Josias remains with a radiant smile while the others gaped.Elza is dumbfounded, "Son... me? Hotel manager?""Five stars." Josias adds, "You're the only one in the family who has experience with glamor and sophistication. I'm still learning." Josias jokes.Vernon is upset about losing the general att
Isabel returns home very upset that Vernon is back at Maggiezine. Do you mean she was wrong to demand redress for Wallace's mention of the article about men beating women?Harold was watching the fishing show when he sees his wife annoyed, "What happened, honey?""Do you want to know why they called me at Marçal Publishing?" Isabel turns to him, her face red in indignation, "Mr. Marçal declared that they put Vernon Queiroz back in Maggiezine, and they even scolded me for accusing me of being Diva!"Harold turns off the TV with the remote and stands up, "You iron my dress shirt immediately. I'm going to punch that idiot now!"Isabel holds her husband by the arms, "That won't do any good, honey.""Of course, it will. The husband must defend his wife from any injustice. I promised that to your father."Isabel smiles slightly, "Looks like we're still twenty years old. Never mind, honey. At least they'll print my second book."<
Pamela is quietly working at her desk when Miguel emerges from his office with his usual predatory smile. Pamela wonders how long she'll hold out...Miguel approaches her and is already saying, "Pam, what did the doctors say in the prenatal checkup? Is our son okay?"Pamela misses the stamp on an all-important document, "Shit! Look what you did to me!"Miguel just smiles like he's a teacher scolding the female rowdy student, "Tsk, tsk... what a pity, Pam. You'll have to write the whole contract and ask my client to sign it again. Oh, and if he scolds you because of the inconvenience, swallow it all and say 'thank you' and 'yes sir'.""I'm not used to being insulted so submissively," Pamela growls."Oh, you're one of those who do whatever you want, correct?" Miguel sits at her desk, "That's why you're always willing and urging to make love to me!"Pamela doesn't even know if she'll be able to type anything. Her heart tells her to rip her clot