The Tide of Fortune novel Chapter 8

In the master suite, Reginaldo is changing clothes even though he hasn't showered to get the sand out of the sea. He does it pretty hurriedly.

"It's six in the evening still, there must be a store around here that's open!"

He almost falls as he puts on a pair of jeans in such a hurry.

As he goes down to the foyer, Reginaldo goes on tiptoe, looking toward the kitchen door, but Laura and Eduardo don't see him leave. They are too busy talking to each other. Reginaldo leaves and carefully closes the door.

In the commercial part of Sunset Village, Reginaldo enters the bank and goes straight to one of the ATMs. He takes his wallet out of his pocket, takes his bank card, and sticks it in the machine. After entering the password and a few commands...

The screen confirms that R$100,000.00 have been deposited for him!

"It had to be my father." He concludes smiling, "The old man really wants to re-establish family ties. I already gave Anestor my answer... however... this money comes in handy..."

Because it's already dark and there are few people around, Reginaldo decides to leave without withdrawing any money for fear of being robbed.

Later, Reginaldo is entering a men's clothing store and examines the hangers of social clothing. Cotton shirts, ties, suits, jackets, belts, slim-toed shoes... he contemplates everything with a smile on his face.

A salesman approaches him, but first, he looks at the window pane. Reginaldo's old car is the only one in the front parking lot.

"Can I help you, sir?" He asks dismissively.

Reginaldo moves toward the most expensive mannequin, "I want to try on that suit."

The salesman keeps incredulous, "You can see from the tag that it’s quite expensive. Wouldn't you like to examine other options?"

Reginaldo thinks it's because of his sportswear.

A sardonic smile follows the question, "Come on, in 2021 and we still have this nonsense of judging people by their appearance? I live here, buddy!"

"Yes, and here in Sunset Village, we have stores for the middle class. But, this is definitely not it, so if you'll excuse me, we're about to close."

The salesman walks away, but another one, a younger, intern-liked salesman promptly approaches.