Starring Tarcísio Meira, Glória Menezes, Cláudia Raia, Edson Celulari, Letícia Sabatella, Marcos Palmeira, Adriana Esteves, Juca de Oliveira, Natália do Vale, Maitê Proença and Tony Ramos in the lead roles.
During the feast of the ridge, where engineers and workers gather to celebrate the laying of the slab work, Clementino's wife flirts with several men.
Although he tries to rebuild his life, Clementino remains obsessed by the desire to seek revenge against César Toledo, whom he deems largely responsible for his conviction.
A young law student who resents still being dependent on financial help from his father, he wishes to complete his studies before leaving home.
A drug addict and social outcast, he keeps fleeing from rehab clinics and trying to extort money from relatives and friends to support his habit.
Guilherme later gets arrested for the homicide of a drug trafficker to whom he owed a lot of money and in spite of the help provided from his family to have him released from jail, he eventually dies a tragic death.
Following the liberation of José Clementino from jail, he and his family work and live in the junkyard of his father, Agenor, a cruel and violent man who physically and psychologically tortures his children and grand-children.
There live Clementino's two half-brothers, Gustinho and Boneca, as well as Shirley, his youngest daughter, a sweet and gracious young woman who suffers from a physical defect in the leg.
She takes care of Jamanta, a person with mental disability who lives with the family and works in the junkyard with her uncles, managing a diner that prepares meals for blue collar workers.
In that cold and lifeless environment, there are some of the best comedic moments of the telenovela, thanks to the interaction of Gustinho and Boneca - making fun of and engaging with one another - and the intricacies of Jamanta, a character who fell into the graces of the public.
Josefa only changes her mind upon being informed by Martha that a finger ring belonging to Vilma was found in Angela Vidal's car.
Upon learning of that development the desperate Angela jumps from the top of the Maksoud Hotel committing suicide, following an attempt to take Celeste's son Emilio as hostage.
Lucia also patches up with Martha, helping her and César to rebuff the attempts of Leda Sampaio who was trying to become the majority shareholder of Tropical Towers.
Towards the end of the novela, having finally admitted the real character of Sandrinha, Alexandre ultimately decides to stay with her ex-love of the father.
Bruno admits to Martha that while he loves her, his hatred for César remains profound and he is determined to bring him down by any means necessary to gain revenge.
Martha thus suspects that Bruno may well have set up the explosion at Tropical Towers in order to damage both the business operations and the reputation of her husband.
José Clementino is on the run from police, having been sent back to a detention centre after his daughter Sandrinha denounced him for breaking into César Toledo's office at night.
Agenor explains that he was indeed involved in such a project and was paid by Ângela Vidal to execute part of the dirty work, using the plans that had been drawn by Clementino.
In spite of the latter's denials she is immediately arrested by police, with several of the wedding guests able to provide testimonies about the role she played on the night of the explosion.