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Curro desafía a Lorenzo y Catalina provoca la ira del barón
En el próximo episodio, las tensiones alcanzan un punto crítico. Curro, desesperado y al límite, está decidido a dar el paso más arriesgado de su vida: denunciar a Lorenzo ante la Guardia Civil. Catalina, por su parte, en un gesto valiente pero imprudente, humilla al barón de Valladares con un acto que desata consecuencias inesperadas y peligrosas para los Luján.
Mientras Leocadia presiona con dureza al capitán Lorenzo por el destino d ...
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Curro desafía a Lorenzo y Catalina provoca la ira del barón
En el próximo episodio, las tensiones alcanzan un punto crítico. Curro, desesperado y al límite, está decidido a dar el paso más arriesgado de su vida: denunciar a Lorenzo ante la Guardia Civil. Catalina, por su parte, en un gesto valiente pero imprudente, humilla al barón de Valladares con un acto que desata consecuencias inesperadas y peligrosas para los Luján.
Mientras Leocadia presiona con dureza al capitán Lorenzo por el destino d ...
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00:00Curro challenges Lorenzo and Catalina provokes the man's wrath.
00:09In the next episode, tensions reach a critical point.
00:15Curro, desperate and on edge, is determined to take the riskiest step of his life,
00:20reporting Lorenzo to the civil guard.
00:26Catalina, for her part, in a brave but reckless move,
00:29humiliates the Valladares man with an act that unleashes unexpected and dangerous consequences for the Lujans.
00:38While Leocadia puts harsh pressure on Captain Lorenzo about Angela's fate,
00:43Santos continues his cruel game against Ricardo with Cristobal's complicity.
00:50At the same time, Tonio discovers the truth about his father
00:53and decides to reconcile with Simona in one of the most emotional scenes of the episode.
00:59But there is no calm in the palace.
01:04Maria Fernandez pays dearly for her night of excesses and a new incident in the gardens
01:08confronts Petra and Cristobal head-on, increasing the tension even more.
01:12Intrigue, secrets, revenge and emotions on the edge will make this episode one of the most intense and surprising of the season.
01:22The dawn of Tuesday, September 9, was spreading over the fields of promise with deceptive slowness.
01:31A veil of low-lying mist clung to the earth, softening the contours of the ancient oaks and giving the landscape an ethereal, almost dreamlike quality.
01:43The air was crisp, heralding an autumn that was already settling into the heart of the region, and it smelled of damp earth and dead leaves.
01:54Within the palace walls, however, the atmosphere was not one of peace, but of a tense calm, the stillness that precedes a storm.
02:05Every soul that inhabited that house, from the lords in their opulent bedrooms to the last servant in the servants' quarters, felt in their bones that the day that was beginning would not be just another one.
02:18It was a day of consequences. Adriano, the Count of Indigo, was among the first to feel the weight of that premonition.
02:31He awoke long before the first rays of sunlight managed to pierce the mist, with his heart pounding in his chest and cold sweat beating on his forehead.
02:42Beside him, Catalina slept with the placidity of someone with a clear conscience and an indomitable spirit.
02:48Seeing her like that, so serene, so oblivious to the storm that he was sure was looming over them, provoked a mixture of infinite tenderness and absolute panic in him.
03:03He loved her precisely for that courage, for that bravery that drove her to defy tyrants like the man from Valladares.
03:09But it was that same bravery that now put them in the eye of the hurricane.
03:17He got up stealthily, trying not to make the slightest noise that could disturb her sleep.
03:21He looked out the window of his room, watching as the pale light of dawn began to dye the horizon gray and mauve.
03:31The image of the previous day repeated itself in his mind in a tortuous loop.
03:40Catalina, standing with her chin high, directing the day laborers to unload entire wheelbarrows of manure at the gates of the man's palace.
03:47An act of defiance, a symbolic and odorous declaration of war.
03:56At the time, a part of him had vibrated with pride.
03:58Finally, someone had stood up to this despot, but the euphoria had faded as quickly as the smell of manure had permeated the air, giving way to a visceral and paralyzing fear.
04:16He knew men like the man from Valladares.
04:19They were predators who did not tolerate humiliation.
04:21Their power lay not solely in their lands or their fortunes, but in the fear they instilled.
04:33And Catalina had not only lost that fear, she had publicly mocked him.
04:42Adriano ran a hand through his hair, feeling anxiety tightening his stomach.
04:45The man was not a man for direct answers.
04:53He wouldn't send his thugs to beat them up, would he?
04:58His revenge would be more subtle, more cruel, and above all, more lasting.
05:03He would strike where it hurt the most, his estate, his honor, and the safety of his family.
05:11The Lujans, his new allies, were also in the crosshairs.
05:16Catalina's recklessness, born of the most righteous of angers, had affected them all.
05:24He went down to the library, seeking solitude and silence to collect his thoughts.
05:32He poured himself a glass of cognac despite the early hour.
05:36He needed something to calm the trembling in his hands.
05:38As the liquor burned his throat, he mentally reviewed the possible scenarios, a complaint for offenses, a maneuver to ruin his crops, an attack on his reputation in the circles of power in the region.
05:54Anything was possible with an unscrupulous man like Valladares.
06:00It was then that Catalina entered the library, already dressed for the day, with her usual overflowing energy.
06:09Seeing him with the glass in his hand and his blank stare, her smile faded.
06:18Adriano, what are you doing up so early?
06:21And as he drank, his voice, usually so vibrant, sounded full of concern.
06:26He turned to look at her.
06:31The dawn light coming through the window outlined her silhouette, making her an almost celestial figure.
06:36But he knew that her fragility was only apparent.
06:43He couldn't sleep, he confessed, his voice hoarse.
06:49He couldn't stop thinking about yesterday, Catalina.
06:52She approached him, taking his free hand in hers.
06:58Her hands were warm, strong.
07:00Oh my gosh, Adriano, we've already talked about this.
07:04Someone had to put that wretch in his place.
07:09He deserved it.
07:10He deserved that and much more for what he's doing to the day laborers.
07:17I'm not saying he didn't deserve it.
07:19Of course I did, he replied, raising his voice a little, unable to contain his nervousness.
07:27But have you thought about the consequences?
07:30Have you thought about what a man like him is capable of doing?
07:34He is not just an angry landowner, Catalina is a poisonous snake.
07:41He will wait for the right moment and bite us when we least expect it.
07:47Well, let him bite, she replied with a firmness that seemed almost suicidal to him.
07:51I'm not afraid of him, and if he thinks we're going to cower, he's dead wrong.
07:59The days when nobles could trample on the people without expecting a response are over.
08:03This isn't a question of bravery, it's a question of prudence.
08:11You've exposed us all.
08:15You, me, your family.
08:17A man doesn't distinguish between those who throw manure and those who shelter him.
08:21To him, we're all enemies now.
08:27And with great honor, she said, dropping his hand and crossing her arms.
08:31There was a gleam of defiance in her eyes.
08:36I'd rather be the enemy of a tyrant than the friend of injustice.
08:39I thought you understood.
08:44I thought you were with me in this.
08:46I'm with you.
08:47I'm always with you, for God's sake, Hadrian exclaimed.
08:50Setting his goblet down on a table with a sharp thud that made the glass tinkle.
08:56But my love for you doesn't blind me to danger.
09:00I love you too much to stand idly by while you rush into a squabble without protection.
09:04My duty is to protect you, even from yourself if necessary.
09:11Quote, necessary.
09:13The conversation hung in the air, charged with a tension that rarely existed between them.
09:21They looked at each other in silence.
09:23He with anguish reflected in every feature of his face.
09:26She with a mixture of frustration and a glimpse of understanding.
09:29She knew that Adriana's fear was born of love, but she couldn't.
09:36She didn't want to let that fear dictate her actions.
09:43The dreaded consequence was not long in coming, but as Adriana had sensed,
09:47it did not come in the form of a physical threat or a shouted insult.
09:50It arrived with a mid-morning mail in an envelope made of thick paper and with an imposing seal.
10:02It was a legal document, a notarial request that, convoluted and almost incomprehensible legal jargon,
10:09came to say something devastatingly simple.
10:11The man from Valladares was initiating a process to claim ownership of a significant portion of the lands of promise,
10:18alleging an old dispute of the Indies that went back several generations.
10:25A dispute that everyone believed had been settled and forgotten,
10:28but that the man, with the with the help of unscrupulous lawyers, it had risen from its ashes.
10:33The document was not addressed to Catalina or Adriano.
10:39It was addressed to Don Alonso Lujan, Marquis of Lujan.
10:45The attack was not a simple act of revenge, it was a masterpiece of strategic evil.
10:53By striking at the heart of the promise, the man was not only punishing Catalina's insolence,
10:58he was also fracturing the alliance.
11:03He was creating a problem that directly confronted the Lujans with Catalina's cause.
11:11He was putting them in the position of having to choose between defending her
11:14and risking losing part of their wealth or pressuring her to apologize and appease the beast.
11:22When Alonso read the document in his office, his face became a mask of disbelief and fury.
11:27Cruz and Manuel, present in the room, could not believe it.
11:35That scoundrel, Alonso roared, pounding the desk with his fist.
11:42He knew he was a vile man, but this was beyond all limits.
11:47Reviving a dispute from a century ago.
11:49This was a declaration of war.
11:53It's Catalina's fault, of course.
11:56Cruz hissed, venom dripping from every syllable.
12:01I warned you, Alonso.
12:03I warned you that taking that revolutionary under our roof would only bring us trouble.
12:10And here it is.
12:11Now she intends to steal our lands because of her stupid bravado.
12:17Manuel, more pragmatic, took the document and re-read it carefully.
12:22Father, mother, calm down.
12:28This could just be a scare tactic.
12:30It probably has no legal basis.
12:32We'll have to call our lawyer immediately.
12:38Whether it has any basis or not, the damage has already been done, Alonso replied, running his hands over his face, visibly dejected.
12:49A land dispute can last for years, years of expense, uncertainty, of having our name dragged through the mud.
12:58It's her way of slowly suffocating us.
13:00It's the man's revenge, a cold revenge, calculating and terribly effective.
13:08The turn of events left everyone shocked.
13:12Catalina's protest, an act of solidarity and justice, had turned into a threat.
13:17Existential for the Lujan legacy.
13:22The man had moved his peace and the check was for everyone.
13:25While the commotion over the man's maneuver spread through the noble halls of the promise,
13:31in the darkest corridors and in the servants, quarters, other personal dramas, no less intense, continued their relentless course.
13:42Leo Katia had been feeling like an icy claw was squeezing her soul for days.
13:46The absence of news from Angela, her daughter, had become a constant torture.
13:51Every minute of silence was a deafening scream in her head.
13:59She trusted Captain Lorenzo de la Mata, or rather she had forced herself to trust him.
14:03He had promised her that he would take care of everything, that he would get Angela to safety, far from the clutches of Cristobal.
14:13But promises, as Leo Katia knew well, were often empty words and patience had a limit.
14:26Hers had run out.
14:28She searched for Lorenzo with the determination of a cornered she-wolf.
14:34She found him in the hall of weapons, polishing one of his hunting rifles with a comm that seemed obscene to her.
14:43The smell of oil and metal filled the air.
14:46Captain, he said, his voice sounding firmer than he felt inside.
14:53He paused in the doorway, not daring to fully enter the space that smelled of gunpowder and danger.
15:03Lorenzo looked up from his weapon, and a lazy, condescending smile played on his lips.
15:07Leo Katia, my dear, what an unexpected visitor, have you come to admire my collection?
15:16I have come to demand answers, she replied, stepping forward.
15:23Her hands, hidden in the folds of her apron, were clenched into tight fists.
15:28You promised me news of my daughter.
15:33You promised me you would hear from her.
15:35Tell me where she is, assure me she is well.
15:41Days have passed, and all I have received is silence from you.
15:45Lorenzo placed the shotgun on the table with exaggerated care and leaned against its edge, crossing his arms.
15:50His posture was one of calculated arrogance.
15:56Patience is a virtue, Leo Katia.
16:01And in matters as delicate as this, it is a necessity.
16:05I told you I would take care of it and I have.
16:07Angela is sure.
16:12That is all you need to know for now.
16:14No, it is not all I need to know.
16:17She burst out, anguish finally breaking through the barriers of her self-control.
16:24I am her mother.
16:25I have the right to know where my daughter is.
16:27I have the right to talk to her, to hear her voice, to know that she is breathing,
16:31that nothing has happened to her.
16:33She just does not understand the torment I am experiencing.
16:37I understand your situation perfectly, Lorenzo said, savoring the word as if it were aged wine.
16:47But I also understand that discretion is our best ally.
16:51The fewer people know Angela's whereabouts, the safer she will be.
16:56And you too, by extension?
16:59Or do you want Cristobal to find out about our little agreement?
17:03I don't think he was amused at all.
17:07The threat was veiled, but as sharp as a stiletto.
17:11Leo Katia felt a shiver.
17:15She knew she was caught in that man's web.
17:18Man, a man as dangerous as Cristobal himself, though in a different way.
17:22You gave me your word, Captain, he insisted, lowering his tone but not the intensity of his gaze.
17:34You told me you would keep your word, and I will keep it, but in my own way and in my own time he approached her, invading her personal space.
17:41He spoke to her in a whisper that was more intimidating than a shout.
17:48You have been very brave, Leo Katia.
17:53You have done what you had to do to protect your daughter.
17:56Don't ruin it all now by having a nervous breakdown.
17:59Go back to your duties and wait.
18:04When I have something to tell you, I will let you know.
18:10And now, if you will excuse me, I have to finish this.
18:15Hunting season is about to begin and I want my weapons in perfect condition.
18:18He turned away, returning to his shotgun, ending the conversation.
18:27Leo Katia stood there for a moment, feeling the humiliation and helplessness like a poison coursing through her veins.
18:38Lorenzo's coldness, his absolute his disdain for her maternal suffering ignited a new flame in her.
18:43It was no longer just fear that she felt, it was rage, a dull and deep rage that made her understand that she could not continue waiting.
18:56If Lorenzo did not keep his word, she would have to find other ways.
19:00She was not going to allow anyone to play with her daughter's life.
19:06Not Cristobal, not Lorenzo, no one.
19:09In another part of the palace, a very different tormented soul was about to make the most momentous decision of her life.
19:19Kuro had been living in a personal hell for weeks, months.
19:23The discovery that Lorenzo was not only the man who had abused his mother to the point of suicide,
19:28but that he was also her biological father.
19:31It had shattered the foundations of his existence.
19:33He had tried to confront him, to seek personal justice, but had only found mockery and threats.
19:43Helplessness was consuming him, eating away at him from the inside like a cancer.
19:51That morning something inside him had finally broken.
19:57Perhaps it was the site of other people's happiness,
20:00the laughter of some servants in the courtyard are the simple beauty of a ray of sunlight filtering through the window.
20:05Small details of a normal life that were hidden from him.
20:12She looked in the mirror in her room and didn't recognize the young man staring back at her.
20:19His eyes were sunken, surrounded by dark circles.
20:23There was a hardness in his jaw and a desperation in his expression that didn't belong to him.
20:27Lorenzo was stealing the life from her, even from a distance she felt the urgent need to talk to Yana.
20:40She was his anchor, his only confidant in that madness.
20:44He found her in the service area helping to fold sheets.
20:50He pulled her to a corner with an urgency that scared her.
20:53Yana, I have to talk to you now, Kuro.
21:00What's wrong?
21:01Your pail is wax.
21:03He grabbed her hands.
21:05His were icy.
21:09I can't take it anymore, Yana.
21:11I can't go on like this.
21:12I can't wake up every morning knowing that that monster roams freely through this house.
21:17Smiling as if he had done nothing.
21:19I can't live knowing that my mother's death goes unpunished.
21:25I know, Kuro.
21:27I know, she said, her voice full of compassion.
21:32It kills me inside too, but what can we do?
21:36We have no proof.
21:38It's his word against a dead woman's.
21:41Quote.
21:42That's what has to change, he said.
21:45And a new light shone in his eyes, a light of feverish resolve.
21:48I've been thinking, turning it over and over, and I've come to a conclusion.
21:59The only one there is.
22:00What conclusion, Kuro?
22:02You're scaring me.
22:04He took a deep breath, as if the words he was about to utter weighed tons.
22:10I'm going to report him.
22:11I'm going to go to the Guardia Civil Barracks and talk to Sergeant Berdina.
22:18I'll tell him everything, everything I know, what Eugenia told me, what I've discovered,
22:23the threats, the suspicions about his shady dealings, everything.
22:31Yana gasped.
22:32The audacity of the idea was as great as it's danger.
22:36Kuro, no, that's crazy.
22:38It's suicide.
22:41Lorenzo is an army captain, a powerful man with connections.
22:44Who do you think is going to believe a boy like you?
22:52Will they laugh in your face or worse, accuse you of defamation?
22:59And Lorenzo, Lorenzo will destroy you.
23:02Will destroy everyone.
23:03And what is the alternative?
23:05Yana.
23:06Keep quiet.
23:07Let him get away with it.
23:08Wait for him to destroy us anyway.
23:10But little by little, at his own pace.
23:13Kuro's voice cracked with emotion.
23:18I won't refuse.
23:20I'd rather go down fighting than live on my knees.
23:23My mother deserves justice and if no one else is going to give it to her, I will.
23:28But you have no solid evidence.
23:31Only hearsay, suspicions, they will destroy you under interrogation.
23:40I may not have enough evidence to put him away for life, but I have enough for them to open
23:44a formal investigation, to focus on him, to start asking questions.
23:51A man like Lorenzo, with so many dark secrets, can't stand scrutiny like this.
23:56If they start finishing, they'll find something, I'm sure.
24:03Yana looked at him, torn between panic and admiration.
24:09She saw in his eyes the same determination that had guided her own steps in her search
24:13for the truth.
24:17She knew she couldn't dissuade him.
24:20She knew that deep down he had reason.
24:22The silence was killing them.
24:26It's very risky, Kuro, she whispered, caressing his cheek.
24:31The greatest risk is to do nothing, he replied with a conviction that put an end to any possible
24:36debate.
24:40I've decided, Yana.
24:42I'll go see Sergeant Berdina today, no matter what happens next.
24:48The decision had been made.
24:50It was a leap into the void, a desperate move in a chess game in which he was a mere pawn
24:55facing a rook.
25:00But in his desperation, Kuro had found a strange form of freedom, the freedom of someone who
25:05no longer had anything to lose.
25:11Far from the intrigues of power and desperate decisions, in the warm and bustling heart of
25:16the kitchens, a scene of very different but equally profound emotional intensity was unfolding.
25:20Tonyo, Simona's son, had returned to his promise with his heart heavy with reproaches and old
25:31wounds.
25:34His relationship with his mother was a minefield of misunderstandings and silence pain.
25:38But now his wife, a woman of great sensitivity and wisdom, was there.
25:47Immense, had been working patiently to bridge that gap.
25:50That morning she achieved the seemingly impossible, seating Simona and Tonio together at the large
26:00wooden kitchen table with the excuse of sharing a coffee.
26:02Candela, discreet but present, worked in the background, creating an atmosphere of normalcy that would
26:12help the words flow.
26:17At first, the silence was dense, almost palpable.
26:21Tonio stared at his cup as if the fate of the universe were written on it.
26:25Simona wrung a tea towel in her hands, her gaze lost in some point in her painful past.
26:37It was Anora who broke the ice.
26:39Simona said softly.
26:41Tonio has questions.
26:46Questions that have weighed on him his entire life and I think he deserves to hear the answers
26:49from your mouth.
26:50Simona looked up, her eyes met her son's and in them she saw the same pain she felt in her own chest.
27:03She took a deep breath and nodded.
27:05Your wife is right.
27:07Questions, you deserve answers.
27:09Shoot, son.
27:13I don't have the strength to keep hiding.
27:16Tonio swallowed.
27:17The first question came out with difficulty, as if it had been stuck in his throat for years.
27:25Why, mom?
27:26Why did you leave us?
27:28Why did you go with him?
27:31She was referring to her father, a man she barely remembered, but whose shadow had loomed
27:35over her entire childhood.
27:42Simona closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them they were flooded with tears
27:46that she would not shed.
27:51She began to speak and her voice was a low murmur laden with the weight of decades of suffering.
27:59She told her story, not the sugar-coated version that is sometimes told to children,
28:04but the raw, unvarnished truth.
28:05She spoke of her youth, of how she fell in love with a man who seemed like a prince and turned
28:13out to be a demon.
28:17She described the abuse, first subtle, with words that hurt like lashes, and then physical.
28:22She recounted the beatings, the humiliations, the constant fear she lived with, the fear
28:33for herself, but above all the fear for her son, for that little boy who witnessed everything
28:37with terrified eyes.
28:39Quote
28:39I went with him because I had nowhere else to go, she confessed, her voice breaking,
28:46because he made me believe that I was worthless, that no one would love me, that without him
28:50I would be lost.
28:54And I left for you, Tonyo, because he threatened to hurt you and tried to leave him.
28:58I stayed to protect you.
29:03Every blow he received, I thought it was a blow that wasn't for you.
29:08Then her story intertwined with Candela's.
29:13She spoke of her husband, a good and hardworking man, who saw the hell Simona was living in
29:18and tried to help her.
29:21She recounted how Candela's husband confronted her abuser and how that triggered the final
29:25tragedy.
29:28An accident, a death, an event that marked them both forever and united them in a pact
29:36of silence and shared pain.
29:38Quote
29:39I had to run away, my son, Simona continued, tears now flowing freely down her cheeks.
29:48I did what I did so that you could have a life, a life away from that monster.
29:52Leaving you was the hardest thing I've ever done.
29:59Every day of my life, every minute, I've thought about you.
30:04I've wondered if you were okay, if you hated me, and you had every right to hate me.
30:09Quote
30:09Tonya listened, motionless.
30:15Every word his mother said was like a piece of a puzzle that finally fit together.
30:19The story was brutal, terrible, but in it he found the understanding he had sought for so long.
30:28The father they barely remembered was not a ghost, he was a villain.
30:36And his mother was not the woman who had abandoned him, she was a victim who had fought to survive and to save him.
30:41When Simona finished speaking, a deep, guttural roar escaped from Tonyo's chest, a deep, guttural roar that released years of anger and pain.
30:55He stood up, walked around the table, and knelt beside his mother.
31:00Mother!
31:01He hugged her tightly, burying his face in her lap, as he had when he was a child seeking comfort.
31:07Forgive me, mom, he cried.
31:12Forgive me for judging you, for not understanding, for all the pain I've caused you.
31:20Simona hugged him, stroking his hair, crying with him.
31:25They were tears of sadness for the past lost, but also of relief for the present regained.
31:32There is nothing to forgive, son.
31:34Nothing.
31:35Honora watched them from the other side of the table, her heart brimming with emotion and pride.
31:43Tears were also streaming down her face, but they were tears of happiness.
31:48She had fought for that moment, she had believed in the possibility of reconciliation, and now it was happening.
31:57The wound was finally beginning to heal.
32:00Love, buried beneath layers of pain and resentment, was blooming again in the kitchen of promise.
32:10Not all relationships in the palace, however, found their way to redemption.
32:14Some, on the contrary, sank deeper and deeper into a well of bitterness and cruelty.
32:22Such was the dynamic between Santos, the new and sinister butler, and Ricardo, the Marquis of Lujan, who had fallen into disgrace and been relegated to servant duties.
32:34Santos had found in Ricardo the perfect target for his frustrations and sadism.
32:42He took great pleasure in humiliating the man who had once been his superior, and he did so with the blessing and even encouragement of Don Cristobal, who saw his cousin suffering as a way of reasserting his own power.
32:54That morning the humiliation was particularly refined.
33:06Cristobal had asked for breakfast to be brought to his office.
33:12Santos, instead of entrusting the task to a lackey, entrusted it personally to Ricardo.
33:17The young master wants his breakfast and he wants it perfect, he told him with a mischievous smile.
33:29The silver tray well polished, the coffee freshly made and steaming, the eggs perfectly cooked.
33:38Not a single mistake, do you understand?
33:41Ricardo, we know you've been a bit clumsy lately.
33:43Ricardo gritted his teeth, but he nodded silently.
33:50He prepared the tray with a care that bordered on obsession.
33:55Each piece of cutlery was aligned to the millimeter.
33:59The linen napkin folded with geometric precision.
34:04He wasn't going to give them the pleasure of finding the slightest flaw.
34:08With the tray in his hands, he went up the stairs and headed for Cristobal's office.
34:13Just as he was about to enter, Santos appeared out of nowhere like a shadow.
34:20Let me see that, he said, stopping him.
34:25He inspected the tray with a critical eye, looking for a flaw.
34:29When he couldn't find one, his smile twisted into a frown.
34:32But then, with a quick and almost imperceptible movement, he slightly moved one of the cups,
34:41so that a small drop of coffee spilled onto the immaculate placemat of the tray.
34:45Oh, oh, Ricardo, he said, clicking his tongue with fake regret.
34:55What is this?
34:56You can't even carry a tray without staining it anymore.
34:59What a disaster.
35:03The young master won't like it at all.
35:06Ricardo looked at him, and his eyes reflected impotent fury.
35:09He knew perfectly well what he had done.
35:14It was a cruel and perverse game.
35:16You have been, he muttered under his breath.
35:21What do you mean?
35:23I have only come to supervise your work and what I see is a botched job.
35:26Come in, the young master is waiting for you.
35:33Ricardo had no choice but to enter the office.
35:38Cristobal was sitting behind his desk going over some papers.
35:42He looked up impatiently.
35:46It was about time.
35:48May I ask why you stopped when you saw the small stain on the tray?
35:54What does this mean?
35:56It is a small accident, sir, Ricardo said, his voice choked with humiliation.
36:04Santos, who had entered behind him, intervened in his servile and venomous tone.
36:09Quote, I am deeply sorry, young master.
36:13It seems that Ricardo's hands are shaking, due to age, I suppose, or perhaps due to lack
36:18of work experience.
36:23I assure you that it won't happen again.
36:26I'll assign him tasks more suited to his abilities.
36:32Perhaps mopping the patio floors.
36:34Quote, Cristobal smiled.
36:36It was an icy smile, devoid of any warmth.
36:41He enjoyed the show.
36:42Yes, Santos, I think that would be an excellent idea, he said, looking at Ricardo with absolute
36:49contempt.
36:51We can't afford this kind of negligence.
36:53The promise must maintain a standard of excellence, even in the smallest details.
37:02You can go, Ricardo, and take this crap with you.
37:06I have no appetite anymore.
37:08Quote, Ricardo froze for a moment, the tray shaking in his hands.
37:12The humiliation was so intense that he felt nauseous.
37:18He turned and walked out of the office, followed by Santos's muffled laughter.
37:22As he walked down the hallway, his eyes fixed on the floor, he swore to himself that he would
37:30find a way to get revenge.
37:34He didn't know how or when, but he did.
37:37Would.
37:37The misfortune she was living in had not extinguished her pride, it had only turned it into a smoldering
37:43coal of hatred, waiting for the right moment to start a fire.
37:50In the maid's wing, another reality, much less solemn, but equally embarrassing, was taking place.
38:01Maria Fernandez woke up with the feeling that a marching band was rehearsing inside her skull.
38:07The light filtering through the window was a direct assault on her eyes and her mouth was
38:14as dry as a spartoe grass.
38:19Slowly, the fragmented memories of the previous night began to come to her mind, blurry and
38:24confused.
38:28She remembered going to the village tavern with Lopez and Salvador.
38:32She remembered laughter, wine, more wine and then a haze.
38:37She sat up in bed, holding her head in both hands.
38:43And that was when Teresa and Samuel entered the room.
38:49The expression on their faces was a mixture of concern and stern disapproval.
38:53Good morning, sleeping beauty, Teresa said, crossing her arms.
39:02Or should I say good afternoon?
39:06Maria blinked in confusion.
39:08What time is it?
39:10Time for you to explain to us what you were thinking about last night.
39:13Samuel intervened in his always calmer but no less serious tone.
39:17We were very worried about you.
39:22I don't remember very well, Maria stammered, feeling a blush of embarrassment rising up her neck.
39:31We drank a little too much, I think.
39:34Teresa let out a humorless laugh.
39:36A little too much.
39:38Maria, you arrived at the palace in a deplorable state.
39:41If we hadn't gone out to look for you, you probably would have woken up sleeping in a ditch.
39:51Little by little, with implacable patience, they recounted the details of their shameful arrival.
39:57They told her how they found her singing out-of-tune folk songs at the top of her lungs and trying to dance a jay with a bush in the garden.
40:11They described how she had tripped at the service entrance, spilling the contents of a bucket of water and almost dragging her foot down in her fall.
40:18And to top off the embarrassing scene, how had she declared her undying love to a scarecrow that the gardeners had installed in the orchard?
40:33Maria listened with her head bowed, wishing the earth would swallow her up.
40:37Each word was a new pang of mortification.
40:39We had to drag you to your bed, Teresa concluded, softening her tone a little when she saw the genuine anguish on her friend's face.
40:52Maria, you can't go on like this.
40:55We understand that you're going through a bad time, that the situation with Salvador is complicated, but drowning your sorrows in alcohol is not the solution.
41:02It only brings you more problems and damages your reputation, Samuel added, and that of all of us.
41:13We're a team, and if one of us falls, it affects us all.
41:17Quote.
41:18Maria looked up, her eyes filled with tears of regret.
41:24I'm sorry, she whispered.
41:26You're right, I don't know what happened to me.
41:28It got out of hand.
41:29I'm sorry for worrying you and embarrassing you.
41:32I'm an idiot, quote.
41:36You're not an idiot, Teresa said, sitting down next to her and hugging her.
41:42You're our friend, and that's why we're telling you this.
41:46We want to help you, not judge you, but you have to face this, Maria.
41:52You have to stop running away.
41:54The physical hangover was terrible, but the moral hangover was infinitely worse.
41:58Forced to face the reality of her actions, Maria Fernandez felt that she had hit rock bottom.
42:10Maybe, just maybe, that was the push she needed to start rebuilding her life.
42:14The day, already fraught with tension, still had one last incident to close the circle of conflicts.
42:27Petra, the marchioness's personal maid, had always maintained a thorny relationship with the rest of the staff.
42:32Her unwavering loyalty to Doña Cruz and her haughty nature had earned her little sympathy.
42:44However, her relationship with Cristobal was a separate chapter, a story of mutual resentment and an antipathy that bordered on hatred.
42:52That afternoon, Petra was in the palace gardens.
42:59It wasn't one of his usual tasks, but Cruz had asked him to personally supervise the pruning of his favorite rose bushes, as he did not trust the new gardener.
43:11Letra carried out the order with his usual diligence, although with obvious annoyance.
43:16The afternoon sun was warm and a gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the trees.
43:22For a moment it could almost have been a peaceful scene.
43:28As he walked along one of the gravel paths, he failed to notice a hose that had been left stretched out on the ground.
43:36He tripped over it and, to keep from falling, grabbed the first thing he could find, a large terracotta pot that adorned the edge of the path.
43:46The weight of his body was too much for the precarious balance of the pot, which wobbled and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces and scattering dirt and flowers everywhere.
44:01The noise attracted the attention of Cristobal, who happened to be on the terrace that overlooked that part of the garden smoking a cigarette.
44:07He ran down the stairs with a quick step and an expression of fury on his face.
44:17Well, I wonder what the hell he did, he roared, stopping in front of Petra, who was still trying to regain her balance and composure.
44:23It was an accident, young master, she defended herself, visibly upset.
44:32I tripped.
44:35I didn't do it on purpose.
44:38An accident, he repeated sarcastically.
44:41Do you know how much that flower pot cost?
44:43It was an imported piece.
44:44Or is it that his clumsiness is so great that he can't tell the difference between an antique and a simple flower pot?
44:55I repeat, I'm sorry.
44:57I tripped over the hose that someone left in the way, Petra insisted, pointing out the culprit of her stumble.
45:05Her tone, although respectful, contained a note of defiance.
45:09She was not going to be intimidated.
45:13Don't come to me with excuses, Cristobal shouted, growing increasingly angry.
45:18The incident with the flower pot was just a pretext.
45:24His dislike of Petra came from afar, fueled by the suspicion that she knew more than she let on about the family's secrets and by her dog-like loyalty to Cruz, whom he detested.
45:33You're always where you shouldn't be, snooping, meddling.
45:41You're a pest, quote.
45:43The accusation was the last straw for Petra.
45:49Her loyalty to the Martianess was her pride.
45:52To be accused of being a busybody was an intolerable insult.
45:55I don't snoop anywhere, he replied, raising his voice, forgetting for a moment the distance between lord and servant.
46:09I carry out the orders of the Martianess and if it bothers you, perhaps the problem is with you and not me.
46:18Perhaps it bothers her that in this house there are still people loyal to the true lords of the promise.
46:25The blow was direct and accurate.
46:29Petra had touched Cristobal's most sensitive spot.
46:32His sense of usurpation, his resentment at not being the main air.
46:40Cristobal's face contorted into a sharp accent of anger.
46:43He took a menacing step toward her.
46:46Be very careful what you say, woman.
46:51Very careful.
46:53Do not forget your place in this house.
46:54You are a simple servant.
46:56And servants, if they are not useful, can be fired.
47:02Or worse.
47:04The threat hung in the air, heavy and ominous.
47:08They stared at each other, his eyes blazing with rage,
47:11hers with a mixture of fear and stubborn arrogance.
47:13The broken flower pot at their feet was the perfect symbol of their relationship, shattered beyond repair.
47:23The tension between them had soared to a new level, making it clear that their differences were not only far from resolved, but threatened to explode into a conflict with unforeseeable consequences.
47:37And so, as the afternoon settled over the promise, dyeing the sky shades of orange and purple, the pieces on the palace's intricate chessboard had shifted, creating new threats and forging unexpected alliances.
47:52The day had been a whirlwind of emotions and irrevocable decisions.
47:59The man's denunciation hummed like a sword of Damocles over the Lujans.
48:08Leo Katia burned with a silent rage that drove her to action.
48:11Simona Antonio had finally found peace, a small beacon of hope in an ocean of storms.
48:21And at the civil guard barracks in a nearby town, a young man named Curo de la Mata steeled himself in front of Sgt. Verdina's office door.
48:28He took a last deep breath, raised his hand, and knocked.
48:35The sound of his knuckles against the wood resounded like the first clap of thunder of a storm that was about to break over them all.
48:45The future of the promise and all who inhabited it was about to change forever.
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