The owner of the bar already turns down the volume of the radio and the customers who played dominoes interrupt the game. Elisa pulls the boy by the arm.

"Come on, honey, don't bother with that drunk."

"Honey? Is that moron your boyfriend?" Jeremiah gets up, stumbling and fumbling.

"Where do you know my fiancée from, you drunk?" The boy asks in a firm and austere voice. Josias identifies with the boy and this time decides not to interfere.

"I said, she was in my room last year, right there in Seu Teodoro's building..." Jeremiah lets out a disgusting burp, which bothers even the third girl.

The boy turns to...