When the hooker Rosely is stabbed seven times in the Boca do Lixo, her costumer Manoel is accused of the murder. However, the defense lawyer Gabriel Reis defends Manoel that is released free of charge. Gabriel learns that the killer is Pé de Anjo, who was murdered in a simulation of suicide by Jairo Korfi. Jairo is a powerful trafficker of white slaves, drug dealer and owner of brothels, and he wants to retrieve documents that incriminate him that were in the possession of Rosely; however, she had delivered these documents to Gabriel. Now the lawyer is using these documents to self-protection. Gabriel's friend Sérgio owns a construction company in the seacoast and invites Gabriel to work with him. Gabriel is introduced to the fiancée of his friend, Lúcia and to their friend Wilma and they have a love affair. When the foreman of the company is found murdered, the worker João Nestor assumes the murder. However, Gabriel is sure that the violent worker Avelino is the killer and presses him Avelino shots him on the chest and when Gabriel is recovered, he learns that the foreman was a federal agent investigating Jairo Korfi. Gabriel leaves the hospital dating the former wife of Avelino, Odete. Meanwhile Jairo Korfi discovers the truth about the origin of his stepdaughter Lídia.