throughout the story. Simone prefers to be with her poor mother than with her rich father. The Medeiros family goes bankrupt. Nice continues to dominate and manipulate everyone in the house until she despairs and finds herself in love with Rodrigo. Cast in order of opening of the novela Medeiros family Novaes family Alzira Machado family Jordão Ferraz family Garcia family Noronha family Furtado family And more Twins Presenting External links 1997 Brazilian television series debuts 1997 telenovelas TV Globo telenovelas 1998 Brazilian television series endings Brazilian telenovelas Portuguese-language telenovelas Nannies in fiction