At Simeon's house, in the kitchen, the pressure cooker beeps. Dora is attentive. Simeon enters and approaches her.

"It's almost done, dear." She says as if that is what Simeon wanted to know.

However, Simeon asks, "Honey, can I say something about Melissa?"

Dora turns off the stove and turns to him. "What happened to Melissa?"

Without them noticing, William approaches the kitchen but stops walking when listening to the conversation and keeps spying.

Simeon goes on: "Yesterday Melissa informed me that Josias is being accused of having sex with Pamela in the men's bathroom at Seu Teodoro's boardinghouse."

Dora snorts. "Yes, she told me that slander."

Simeon sighs, "Honey,...