Josias and Melissa are having dinner. She cooked beef in the pressure cooker and made a sauce with mushrooms. Rice and vegetables complement the dish. Caio was in the living room watching a children's tv program.

Melissa breaks the silence: "What's your mother's name?"

"Elza. Now she bears the surname Queiroz." Josias responds bitterly.

"You never got a chance to talk about what happened, right?" Melissa tries to understand the situation carefully.

"No. I was about ten years old when she got tired of my dad's idle life and left us. She was so mad she didn't want to fight for my custody. So I never heard from her again....