João Pedro won’t go to his father’s wedding

Still devastated after losing Mariana (Theresa Fonseca) to his father, he is unable to attend their wedding ceremony. While the entire farm is in the frenzy of organizing the big party, he retreats to the riverbank to fish.

Reborn: João Pedro inherits land from ‘almost assassin’ José Inocêncio

Zinha (Samantha Jones), always by the boy’s side who she says she considers like a brother, tries to convince him to go home and dress for the occasion, but he remains unyielding. Devastated by her suffering, she even suggests madness.

José Inocêncio’s eldest son keeps a shameful secret

In the chapter that will air this Friday, February 16, Zinha tells João Pedro that her brothers José Bento (Marcello Melo Jr) and José Venâncio (Rodrigo Simas) are already ready alongside their wives Kika (Juliane Araújo) and Buba (Gabriela Medeiros), but João Pedro remains firm in his purpose.

Inocêncio and Mariana’s wedding becomes a bomb in Renascer

“Morena says she has never seen a prettier bride”, he will say. Excited João Pedro guarantees: “I don’t want to see it. So you won’t have to cry!”

“Well then, go there… And steal her from your father! Come on, João… be a man, steal her away… or what kind of love do you have?”, the boy responds, describing his pain. “I don’t have a lover at all… He’s dead… Everything is dead… I don’t have anything left draining me…”, he will confess.

See summaries of this week’s chapters

Some time later, from the top of the platform where he spends his days treading cocoa, João Pedro watches his father and Mariana walk towards the altar. From above he watches all the movement and lets himself be consumed by the pain.

Later, when talking to Deocleciano, he confesses his plan to leave the farm so he doesn’t have to live with the couple.