Hours later, Harold and Wallace are waiting for their test results at the General Hospital.“Wallace, are you okay with your mother calling you by the forbidden nickname?” Harold takes a risk while they are helping themselves to coffee in the lounge.“Who said calling me Wally was forbidden?” Wallace chuckles.“Uélton.” Harold takes a sip, “He said we can't remind you of the bitches who called you that name.”“That's true, but I don't want to be a coward.” Wallace helps himself too, “I need to remember the past from time to time so I don't repeat the mistakes in my future.”“That's nice.” Harold smiles, “So if all goes well, will you take the job Josias offers?”“Looks like we’ll have spots on Uélton’s team, right?” Wallace takes a sip, “Melissa's uncle is moving to Victoria, and Seu Simeon is approaching retirement age. Yes, I think I will.”Harold nods, but he doesn't want to say that Josias will probably put Wallace on another team, not the same one as Uélton, so there's no Indian
Flávia meets Isabel in the corridors of LCN. She has a victorious smile and her mother-in-law already understands what this is about.“No need to tell me: you got the house!”“I got it, Izzy!” Flavia exclaims exultantly, “We're going to live in Green Park!”The two ladies hug each other, excited.After the hug, Isabel sighs, “Now I just need to hear about my son. If he doesn't have any disease contracted from prison, Uélton will have one less reason to show prejudice.”Flavia loses some of the joy, “Izzy, I've been trying hard to instill common sense in his head. What else should I do?”“We must bend the knee and pray to the Lord, may Uélton become reasonable.” Isabel raises her hands to heaven as if she was a prophetess, “And let the harlots not return to the city.”“From what I've heard from Vera Reis, she will die of STDs before she can even think about coming back,” Flavia responds contemptuously.“Continuing the matter, Josias offered Wally a job. With your dad moving, there's on
In the Mountain Penthouse, Kelvin enters after a day at the restaurant. He finds Alan and Caroline play of dancing country music to the song “Any Man of Mine” by Shania Twain.Kelvin laughs, “Okay, looks like we're in a dance contest!”“I'm teaching her, Kelvin,” Alan responds with a wink.“And where is your mother?”“She's writing in the office,” Caroline responds.Kelvin lets the kids have fun and heads to the office.There, Melissa is intent on writing more episodes of “Sweet Love.” Kelvin notices that his wife is typing too hard and her gaze is narrowed, expressing anger.“Honey, are you writing a murder scene?” Kelvin closes the door.“Only if I write a scene like that with Angela Souza to use real bullets!” Melissa presses 'enter' very hard, almost sinking the button.Kelvin approaches her from behind and massages Melissa's shoulders, “Tell me what happened.”“She tried to break into Rocha Constructions.” Melissa reports in outrage, “I went to say goodbye to my uncles and Ben, a
Flávia and Uélton meet again at Harold's house to celebrate the acquisition of the new house.Isabel was pouring glasses of mango juice for everyone. The living room radio was playing “Vulnerable” by Roxette.“Do you have cake, grandma?” Reuben asks sweetly.Isabel laughs, “Grandma has carrot cake in the kitchen, do you want it?”Flavia stops him, “No, Izzy, this will spoil his appetite.”Uélton, as always, releases and allows everything, “Ah, honey, we're going to eat right here. Let our heir have fun just for today.”“Thanks, dad!” Reuben runs to the kitchen.Flávia surrenders to the men in her life and smiles again, “And the best of all is that the house is not far from here. Just three blocks away.”Wallace asks, “Does the house need renovation?”Uélton turns to him, “No, bro, my wife didn't choose a ramshackle house.”Flávia notices the discomfort and tries to fix it, “Well, there are some walls that need to be repainted.”Harold offers, “Leave it to me. And Wallace can help.”Re
1996Josias is taking the elevator up to the Mountain Penthouse. His face was serious and worried, trying to prepare himself to bring up a difficult subject to deal with. A personal and family affair, not exactly his family.When he got into the hallway, he walked unhurriedly to the double doors and pressed the bell. The residents of the penthouse already knew he was coming.With that, the door was opened. Melissa greeted him with the same concern visible on her face, “Good morning, Josias. Glad you can help us.”“I don't know exactly what to do.” Josias enters. He noticed that the penthouse had undergone a renovation.The wall with the radio and phone table is now orange, and the zebra-striped sofas have been replaced by more modern sand-colored ones.On one of the sofas, Maggie is still in her nightgown and pink robe, with no makeup, looking like she has the flu, but in fact, she's been crying. Kelvin is sitting in the armchair that used to be Josias's.“Good morning, everyone.” Jos
In the Mountain Penthouse, Maggie is being interrogated about her marriage and her job.After much thought, she decided to reply, “I want both. I want my marriage back and my job too.”“Excellent answer, Maggie.” Melissa compliments her, “We're proud of you.”Josias is a little embarrassed, “Excuse me, but isn't this about...?”Kelvin replies to him, “That's right, Josias. The intrigue between my mother and sister has reached this point.”“I never thought my mother could actually carry out the threat.” Maggie sniffles, “Or worse, that Bernie could have believed it! Because my mother has already hinted at it several times... But he never believed it...”“And I don't believe it either!” Kelvin thunders, “A strong accusation like that wouldn't go unnoticed! If it were true, how did Uncle Frank know and Daryl and I didn't?"Before Josias asks exactly what they are talking about, the doorbell rings. Kelvin gets up to answer it.Opening the door, it's Daryl, “Hello, little brother. How is M
In the Mountain Penthouse, Josias has realized that he is not welcome to help with Daryl's family problems.But he looks at Melissa, Kelvin, and Maggie and sees they're embarrassed.In order not to cause any more problems, he decides to withdraw, “Well, if you ever need me, I'll be there for you.”“We don't want to bother you, Josias.” Daryl reaffirms the decision firmly, “You have your family problems. Has that Angela Souza stopped causing trouble?”“She still hasn't shown up this year.” Josias chuckles, “See you, guys.”Josias hastily withdraws and closes the door.Maggie is the first to voice, “Daryl, you didn't need that!”“Josias came here willingly.” Melissa echoes what Maggie said.Daryl sits where Josias was, “I didn't mean to sound rude, girls, but Josias has a business to run and four kids to take care of. Two of these children came from the wombs of two histrionics women.”“Careful, bro.” Kelvin chuckles, “One of them hit the jackpot.”“Anyway, I want to know what Maggie in
In the Mountain penthouse, Maggie answers Daryl's crucial question. Melissa and Kelvin wait anxiously.Face straight and serious, she replies, “No, Daryl. I was not a prostitute. My mother lied.”Listeners are shocked to the extreme.Melissa stands up abruptly, “So this is the truth? We need to speak to Bernie immediately!”Maggie turns to her sister-in-law, “Melissa, didn't you know I already tried? I've written a thousand letters, faxed, phoned, but he seems to guess when I'm the one calling. Last week, Elza informed me that he no longer allowed my calls to be forwarded to his suite.”Daryl wiggles, “So someone needs to visit him. Or you can go to the company, little sister.”“Daryl is right.” Kelvin adds, “And before you got here, bro, Josias was talking about Maggie not giving up her job as editor-in-chief.”Daryl doesn't show impatience in front of the ladies, “Okay, this needs to be sorted out too. The public still doesn’t know that the great Marçal couple is separated.”Melissa