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Catalina desafía el chantaje; Lope encuentra a Vera
La noche no trae paz a La Promesa: Catalina convierte su “venganza” en una guerra abierta cuando Beltrán de Arbizu llega exigiendo libros de contabilidad y silencio. La familia, acorralada, decide contraatacar: Martina destapa una red de blanqueo en el Patronato y Alonso y Manuel mueven hilos en Madrid.
En paralelo, Curro y Ángela tienden una trampa mortal a Lorenzo y lo entregan con una confesión que lo hunde; y a cientos de kilómetros, Lope ...
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Catalina desafía el chantaje; Lope encuentra a Vera
La noche no trae paz a La Promesa: Catalina convierte su “venganza” en una guerra abierta cuando Beltrán de Arbizu llega exigiendo libros de contabilidad y silencio. La familia, acorralada, decide contraatacar: Martina destapa una red de blanqueo en el Patronato y Alonso y Manuel mueven hilos en Madrid.
En paralelo, Curro y Ángela tienden una trampa mortal a Lorenzo y lo entregan con una confesión que lo hunde; y a cientos de kilómetros, Lope ...
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00:00Catalina defies blackmail. Loé finds Vera. The night brings no peace to the promise.
00:12Catalina turns her revenge into open warfare when Beltrán de Arbusu arrives demanding account books and silence.
00:20The cornered family decides to fight back.
00:23Martina uncovers a money laundering network in the board of trustees and Alonso and Manuel pull strings in Madrid.
00:30Meanwhile, Curro and Ángeles set a deadly trap for Lorenzo and hand him over with a confession that sinks him.
00:37And hundreds of kilometers away, López follows a hunch to an Asturán lighthouse, where Vera, Elena, welcomes him amidst tears and the sea, sealing an unexpected return.
00:49The night that followed Catalina's confession was not a night of rest for the promise.
00:53It was a living entity, a monster of shadows and whispers that slithered through the marble corridors and servants' quarters with equal impunity.
01:07The very air seemed to have thickened, burdened with the weight of a truth that once released refused to be contained.
01:12Catalina's revenge against the man from Valladares, an act that for her represented the purest form of poetic justice, had become a time bomb placed in the heart of the Luján family and its ticking sounded in everyone's ears.
01:28Alonso, the marquis of Luján, could find no refuge and sleep.
01:36He paced his office like a caged lion, the moonlight casting his restless silhouette on the Persian carpets.
01:42Every object, every book, every family portrait seemed to regard him with an air of reproach.
01:53He had failed.
01:55He had failed to protect his daughter from the poison of his own pain and now that poison threatened to consume everything they had built.
02:01It was not just the reputation of the marquisate that was at stake.
02:07A concern that although present seemed superficial in the immensity of his anguish.
02:13It was Catalina's soul.
02:16He feared that by seeking justice on his own, he had opened a door inside himself to a darkness from which it would be impossible to return.
02:23What kind of man was he if he could not guide his own daughter away from the abyss?
02:31The conversation with Manuel, that fragile but necessary truce, had been a momentary bomb.
02:37But the wound caused by Catalina's revelation was deep, a wound that festered with fear.
02:44In another part of the palace, in her austere chambers, Leocatio was not sleeping either.
02:49Her confrontation with Catalina had not brought her peace, but a bitter confirmation of her worst fears.
02:57She saw in the young woman the same spark of untamed rebellion that had defined her own mother, but corrupted by a thirst for revenge that terrified her.
03:07For Leocatio, honor and justice were not concepts that could be molded at will.
03:12They were immovable pillars, and Catalina had dynamited them.
03:16The harshness of her words toward the young woman came not from disdain, but from visceral panic.
03:25She knew, with the certainty that comes with years and experience, that enemies like the man from Bayadares do not simply disappear.
03:33They leave behind ghosts, blood debts that others would be more than willing to collect.
03:37While the aristocracy drowned in their sleeplessness in the kitchens, the silence was even thicker, more painful.
03:49Lopez felt an emptiness in his chest as vast as the ocean.
03:53Vera's absence was a physical presence, a chill that seeped into his bones and that not even the heat of the stove could dispel.
03:59Every corner, every aroma, every sound reminded him of her.
04:07The clink of a spoon, the smell of fresh thyme, the way the morning light streamed through the window.
04:11He repeated his last words to himself.
04:16I'm tired of feeling judged, and each syllable was a dagger in his conscience.
04:23He had judged her, perhaps yes, not with malice, but with the clumsiness of someone who loves and fears,
04:29of someone who doesn't understand the scars he can't see.
04:31The idea of her returning to her home, to that past she had fled, made him feel unbearably nauseous.
04:41He couldn't allow it.
04:43Love was evident in the stillness of that desolate kitchen.
04:46It wasn't just feeling, it was acting.
04:50And he hadn't dared to act bravely enough.
04:54Morning arrived like an unwelcome guest, dragging with it the inevitable continuation of the drama.
04:59Martina, with dark circles under her eyes that betrayed her own sleepless night,
05:05dressed with somber elegance for her first meeting with the patronage of the Milagrosa.
05:11She felt like a sacrificial piece on a chessboard, moved to protect the king and queen.
05:19She accepted her role with the resignation of someone who understood duty,
05:23but a dull rage boiled beneath her skin.
05:25All to cleanse the family's image.
05:30An image that for her was stained not so much by Catalina's vengeance
05:33as by the secrets and hypocrisies that had made it necessary.
05:40Meanwhile, in a secluded corner of the gardens,
05:42where the dew still glistened on the leaves of the rose bushes,
05:45Kuro and Angela shared a moment of stolen peace.
05:48Their hands sought each other.
05:52Their eyes spoke of a love that had survived terror.
05:57The kidnapping had united them with the strength of steel forged in fire,
06:01but freedom was incomplete.
06:06Lorenzo's shadow loomed over them,
06:08a poisonous presence that contaminated their happiness.
06:10We know it was him, Angela, Kuro whispered,
06:16his voice a mix of certainty and frustration.
06:21But knowing isn't enough without proof.
06:24It's just our word against that of an army captain.
06:29Angela pressed herself against him, seeking warmth and security.
06:32Then we'll find them, Kuro, or we'll make him give them to us himself.
06:38There was no fear in her eyes, but a cold, sharp determination.
06:45Tenderness hadn't quenched her survival instinct, it had strengthened it.
06:49The day slowly unraveled, each hour bringing new tension.
06:56Pia and Ricardo tried to steal glances and knowing smiles from each other
06:59as they supervised the tasks of the servants,
07:02silently building the foundations of the future they dreamed of.
07:07But Cristobal's presence was a constant threat.
07:11The new butler imposed by the Dukes of Infantes
07:13moved through the promise with a blood-curdling arrogance.
07:18His eyes followed Pia with a predatory intensity
07:21and his interactions with Ricardo were charged with barely-veiled contempt.
07:25The war between them was silent but brutal,
07:30a struggle for control and power that played out with every order given,
07:33every gesture analyzed.
07:38Petra, for her part, fanned the flames,
07:41seeing in Cristobal an ally to undermine Ricardo and Pia's authority,
07:44her loyalty to the old mistress Cruz stronger than any sense of decency.
07:48Downstairs in the laundry room,
07:53Maria Fernandez scrubbed the clothes with renewed energy,
07:56the memory of her hangover assuaged by gratitude.
08:02Samuel's kindness,
08:03his genuine care after her night of excess,
08:06had been an unexpected bomb.
08:10He had not judged her,
08:12he had not mocked her,
08:13he had simply helped her.
08:14When he passed by with a basket of firewood,
08:17their eyes met and a spontaneous smile blossomed on Maria's face.
08:23Thank you again, Samuel.
08:25Seriously, he nodded,
08:27an almost imperceptible blush staining his cheeks.
08:31Anyone else would have done the same,
08:33but they both knew better.
08:35In that gesture,
08:36in that wordless connection,
08:38something new and delicate began to sprout.
08:41A small flower of hope in a garden full of thorns.
08:43Tonyo,
08:46oblivious to the storms brewing over the palace,
08:49lived in his own bubble of happiness.
08:53Anora had filled his life with a light he didn't think he deserved.
08:57Every day by her side was a gift,
08:59and the desire to make it permanent,
09:01to seal their love with a promise,
09:03had become overwhelming.
09:07He planned the proposal in his mind with the care of a craftsman,
09:10the perfect place,
09:11the exact words,
09:12the ring that would symbolize their future.
09:17But now,
09:18although he returned her love with equal passion,
09:21he felt the weight of the world more acutely.
09:23Let's go slowly,
09:27my love,
09:27his soft but firm voice had told her.
09:30Let's give time time.
09:33Her caution was not a lack of love,
09:35but a shield against the fragility of happiness in a place like promise.
09:39And then the first domino fell,
09:44setting off a cascade of events that no one could have foreseen.
09:51Far from returning to the oppressive safety of her home,
09:54she had taken a different path.
09:55With what little money she had,
10:00she had bought a train ticket north,
10:01to a small coastal village in Asturias,
10:04where once,
10:04as a child,
10:05she had been happy for a summer.
10:11She sought anonymity,
10:12a place where her past could not find her,
10:14where Vera's name would not be tied to lies or judgment.
10:17But the past has long and patient tentacles.
10:21Lo,
10:23unable to bear another minute of inaction,
10:25made a drastic decision that same afternoon.
10:31After a brief,
10:32tense conversation with Ricardo
10:33in which she could barely articulate her torment,
10:36she hung up her apron and left a note for her companions,
10:39a brief I will return.
10:42And with his savings sewn into the lining of his jacket,
10:45he abandoned the promise.
10:48He had no clear plan,
10:50only a compass in his heart
10:52that pointed in the direction she had gone.
10:58His first stop would be the town to ask questions,
11:00to look for any trace,
11:02any clue to the whereabouts of the woman he loved.
11:05He would not give up.
11:07He would fight for her,
11:09even if she no longer wanted to fight for herself.
11:14Lopez's departure created a shock wave in the service.
11:17Salvador and Maria Fernandez
11:18found the note and a cold panic invaded them.
11:23Where had he gone?
11:24It was fine.
11:26The concern for their friend mixed with the pain of the breakup,
11:29which now seemed even more definitive.
11:31Meanwhile,
11:32in the world of the Luhans,
11:35the perfect storm was beginning to form.
11:38That same afternoon,
11:40a carriage of ostentatious luxury,
11:42lacquered in black and pulled by four impeccable horses of almost unreal perfection,
11:47arrived at the promise.
11:48A middle-aged man got out,
11:53impeccably dressed in a London suit that screamed power and money.
11:59His face was a mask of arrogance,
12:01but his steely gray eyes observed everything with a predatory keenness.
12:05He introduced himself to Alonso as Mr. Beltran de Arbusu,
12:11executor and business partner of the late Mr. Valladares.
12:14The visit,
12:17he said,
12:18was a mere formality to discuss some pending matters of the man's estate.
12:22But from the moment he sat down in the main room,
12:27an icy atmosphere settled over the room.
12:32Cruz and Alonso,
12:34flanking him,
12:35felt an invisible pressure that made their skin crawl.
12:39Beltran spoke in a soft,
12:41honeyed voice.
12:42But his words were loaded with ominous meaning.
12:47The man began by turning a glass of brandy between his fingers.
12:52He was a man of many appetites and many partners,
12:56partners who greatly valued discretion.
13:00His premature and,
13:02let's say,
13:03unfortunate death has caused considerable unease in certain circles.
13:08Alonso tensed.
13:09I don't understand what you're getting at,
13:11Mr. de Arbusu.
13:13Beltran smiled,
13:14a smile that didn't reach his eyes.
13:18Oh,
13:19I think you understand perfectly,
13:21Marquis.
13:22Reputation,
13:22as you well know,
13:23is a very fragile commodity.
13:29And the man's,
13:30despite his eccentricities,
13:31was intimately linked to that of very influential people.
13:34People who would not look favorably on certain details of their joint business dealings coming to light.
13:39He paused,
13:40letting the weight of his words sink in.
13:46A truly incredible story has reached our ears.
13:50A rumor of revenge,
13:51a public humiliation orchestrated from within this very house.
13:57by his own daughter,
14:00if I'm not mistaken,
14:01the color drained from Alonso's face.
14:06Cruz stifled a cry.
14:08The earthquake had begun.
14:09Consider it a hoax,
14:11a malicious invention,
14:12Alonso replied,
14:14his voice firmer than he felt.
14:18Beltran let out a dry chuckle.
14:20I would love to,
14:21Marquis,
14:22I really would,
14:23but my partners are not men who trust words.
14:26They need guarantees.
14:30The stability of their companies depends on it.
14:33She set her glass down with a deliberate click.
14:37What her daughter did,
14:39Marquis,
14:39was no simple prank.
14:41It was like throwing a stone into a very deep,
14:44very murky pond.
14:47And now the ripples are washing up on the shore,
14:50and believe me,
14:50they are not good.
14:52The threat was clear,
14:53unmistakable.
14:56Catalina had not merely taken revenge on a man.
14:59She had stirred up a hornet's nest,
15:01a web of corruption and power that extended far beyond anything any of them could have imagined.
15:08Beltran had not come to avenge the man.
15:11He had come to contain the damage,
15:13to make sure that the Lujan family cooperated in burying whatever secrets Catalina might have unearthed.
15:20What do they want?
15:21Cruz asked,
15:22his voice a shaky thread of haughtiness.
15:25Quote,
15:26Cooperation,
15:27Beltran said,
15:28standing up to pace the room,
15:29examining the portraits as if he were assessing the family's soul.
15:37The man had certain documents,
15:39certain ledgers that are now missing.
15:40We believe that your daughter,
15:44in her quest for justice,
15:45may have come across them.
15:50We want them back,
15:51and we want the Lujan family to use their influence to silence any official investigation into the man's death.
15:56For the case to be closed as an unfortunate accident,
16:01in return,
16:02in return,
16:02he stopped in front of the portrait of Alonzo's father.
16:05Quote,
16:06We will make sure that this youthful indiscretion of your daughter has no unpleasant consequences for her or for you.
16:12The proposal was full-blown blackmail.
16:17The promise,
16:20their home,
16:20had become a gilded prison.
16:22At the same time,
16:26miles away,
16:27Kuro and Angela's investigation took an unexpected turn.
16:30They decided that a frontal attack was useless.
16:36Lorenzo was too cunning.
16:38He needed to understand a trap,
16:40to use his own greed as bait.
16:43With the help of an old military contact of Kuro's,
16:46they made a rumor had spread.
16:49They leaked the information that Angela's kidnapper,
16:52while fleeing,
16:53had lost a bag containing not only the ransom money,
16:56but also compromising documents about an arm smuggling ring in which Lorenzo was supposedly involved.
17:00The rumor specified a place where the bag had last been seen,
17:08an abandoned hunting cabin on the edge of the promised lands.
17:15They hoped that greed and panic would drive Lorenzo to the cabin to retrieve the non-existent bag,
17:20where they could watch him and perhaps record him confessing or searching for something that would incriminate him.
17:27It was a risky plan,
17:28but it was the only one they had.
17:30Far from there,
17:31Lo-A had arrived in town.
17:35There was no trace of Vera.
17:37No one had seen her,
17:39no one knew anything.
17:40Desperation began to claw at his soul.
17:42But then he remembered something.
17:46A fleeting conversation.
17:48Months before,
17:49Vera had told him about her childhood,
17:51about a single happy summer in a fishing village in the north,
17:54a place called Tizones,
17:55where the sea was wild and the kind people.
18:00It was a remote possibility,
18:01a needle in a bird,
18:03but it was the only thing she could hold on to.
18:05She bought a train ticket to Asturias,
18:11a journey into the unknown,
18:12driven only by faith and the memory of a smile.
18:15In the patronage of the miraculous,
18:19Martina found herself immersed in a sea of boredom and dusty papers.
18:23Her task was to review the accounts of donations from the last few years.
18:29As she did so,
18:31her mind drifting,
18:32a name caught her attention,
18:33a man from Bayadares.
18:35His donations were extraordinarily generous,
18:40but what surprised her was the irregularity and the way in which they were registered.
18:46They were not checks or direct transfers,
18:49but cryptic notes next to names of companies that she did not know at all.
18:53Inversiones del Cantabrico,
18:55Promociones del Sur.
18:58Driven by a sudden curiosity,
19:00she began to pull the thread.
19:02She searched the records of those companies.
19:05She discovered that they were shell companies,
19:09incorporated with minimal capital and no apparent commercial activity.
19:15And most disturbingly,
19:16she discovered that some of the other major donors to the trust,
19:19respectable names in high society,
19:21were also linked to these companies.
19:26The trust,
19:27a charitable institution,
19:29appeared to be a front for money laundering.
19:31And the man was at the center of the web.
19:36Night fell again on the promise,
19:38this time darker and more foreboding.
19:39Alonso gathered his family in the office,
19:45his face drawn by the weight of the decision,
19:47and told them about Beltran d'Arbusu's visit and the nature of his threat.
19:53The silence that followed was more eloquent than any shout.
19:56Catalina,
19:57who had remained defiant and isolated,
20:00felt for the first time the ice of true fear.
20:04Her personal vendetta had transformed into a monster that threatened to devour them all.
20:09What are we going to do,
20:12father?
20:14Manuel asked,
20:15his newfound peace with his father tested in the most brutal way.
20:20I don't know,
20:21Alonso admitted.
20:22And in that admission of helplessness,
20:24the family felt a tremor in its foundations.
20:29I don't have the documents you're looking for.
20:31Catalina,
20:32you?
20:33Catalina shook her pale head.
20:34All I found were his personal letters,
20:39evidence of his deception,
20:40no business dealings,
20:41no accounting books.
20:45So,
20:45we have nothing to bargain with,
20:47Cruz concluded with a desperation that cracked his mask of coldness.
20:53We are at his mercy,
20:55but Catalina,
20:56despite her fear,
20:57felt a surge of the same determination that had driven her to act in the first place.
21:03No,
21:04we will not submit to blackmail.
21:06We will fight.
21:07If what they wanted was discretion,
21:09let's give them a scandal.
21:12Let's expose them.
21:13Are you crazy?
21:14Cruz exclaimed,
21:15they would destroy us.
21:17They are already destroying us,
21:19Catalina replied,
21:20her voice gaining strength.
21:23They are drowning us in fear.
21:25I would rather go down fighting than live on my knees.
21:28His daughter's words resonated with Alonso.
21:30He saw in her not a reckless girl,
21:34but a woman with the courage that he himself had perhaps lacked.
21:37The decision was forged deep inside him.
21:42They would not surrender.
21:44As the Lujan family prepared for war,
21:46Lorenzo took the bait.
21:47The rumor about the missing bag had sent him into a state of panic.
21:55There was no arm smuggling ring,
21:57but the fear that his other shenanigans would come to light,
22:00mixed with the greed to recover the ransom money,
22:02clouded his judgment.
22:06Under cover of darkness,
22:08he headed for the hunting cabin.
22:09Curro and Angela,
22:12hidden among the trees,
22:13watched as he crept up like a vermin.
22:18They saw him enter the cabin and begin searching frantically,
22:22cursing under his breath.
22:25This was the moment.
22:27Burro had prepared a small device,
22:29a smoke generator that would fill the cabin and force him out.
22:34But something went wrong.
22:35Lorenzo,
22:37in his search,
22:38stumbled upon the device before they could activate it.
22:42He instantly realized it was a trap.
22:45His face contorted into a mask of fury.
22:49He left the cabin,
22:50but not running away,
22:52but searching for his captors.
22:54Come out wherever you are,
22:55cowards.
22:56Did they think they could fool me?
22:59Curro and Angela froze.
23:02The hunter had become the hunted.
23:04Lorenzo pulled out his service
23:05pistol.
23:07I know they're out there,
23:08and when I find them,
23:09they'll wish they'd never been born.
23:11The game had changed.
23:14Now it was a matter of life and death.
23:17Lopez's journey was an odyssey of discomfort and anxiety.
23:22The rattling of the train was the rhythm of his heartbeat.
23:26Each stop,
23:27each new face in the carriage heightened his sense of drifting.
23:30When he finally reached Tazen,
23:35the smell of salt in the sea filled his lungs.
23:39The town was small,
23:40a handful of colorful houses huddled around a tiny port.
23:43It was beautiful,
23:46but also a maze of narrow streets where a person could easily disappear.
23:54He began his search in the simplest way,
23:57asking questions.
23:58He showed a small photograph of Vera that he kept in his wallet,
24:01at the tavern,
24:02at the market,
24:03to the fishermen mending their nets.
24:04The answer was always the same.
24:09A shake of the head,
24:11a name that sounded foreign.
24:15The sun began to set,
24:16turning the sky orange and purple,
24:18and Lopez's hope began to fade with the light.
24:23Exhausted and disheartened,
24:25he sat on the dock,
24:26watching the waves crash against the rocks.
24:30He was alone,
24:32hundreds of miles from home,
24:33chasing a ghost.
24:35That's when an old woman,
24:37her face lined like a coastal map,
24:39sat down next to him.
24:43Her name was Carmina.
24:45He'd seen her asking all day.
24:47Are you looking for the girl in the portrait?
24:49She asked in a soft, raspy voice.
24:54Lope nodded,
24:55not daring to hope.
24:57I haven't seen her,
24:58the old woman said,
24:59and Lopez's heart sank.
25:01But that look remained,
25:05that sadness in her eyes.
25:07She reminds me of another young woman,
25:09who arrived here a couple of days ago.
25:12She calls herself Elena.
25:14She's staying in the old lighthouse house.
25:16She says she's come to paint.
25:17A whirlwind of emotions shook Lope.
25:23Elena,
25:24it could be her,
25:25she'd change her name to start over.
25:28He thanked Carmina with an effusiveness that made her smile,
25:31and without thinking twice,
25:32he ran along the path that climbed towards the cliff,
25:35towards the solitary silhouette of the lighthouse that stood out against the twilight.
25:38Back in the forest near the promise,
25:43the tension was unbearable.
25:46Lorenzo circled the area where he knew Kuro and Angela were hiding.
25:52I know it was you, Kuro.
25:54You've always been a nuisance.
25:56And you,
25:57I should have let you die.
26:01Kuro knew they couldn't stay there forever.
26:03He had to do something.
26:04Quote,
26:04He whispered to Angela to stay still and in a quick,
26:08bold movement he threw a rock into a distant bush.
26:14The sound diverted Lorenzo's attention for a second,
26:17a second that Kuro used to pounce on him from the opposite side.
26:22The fight was brutal and desperate.
26:25They were two men fighting not for honor,
26:27but for survival.
26:30Lorenzo,
26:31the bigger man,
26:32had the advantage,
26:33but Kuro fought with the fury of someone protecting the person he loves.
26:39They rolled on the forest floor among leaves and branches.
26:43Lorenzo's gun went off,
26:45the bullet whistling harmlessly into the night sky.
26:50Angela,
26:51overcoming her paralysis,
26:53grabbed a thick branch and with a piercing scream
26:55hit Lorenzo in the back of the head.
26:59The captain collapsed unconscious.
27:01They gasped,
27:03covered in dirt and sweat,
27:04staring into each other's eyes in the moonlight.
27:08They had won,
27:09but the real victory was yet to come.
27:13In the promise,
27:14the Lujan family had decided their course of action.
27:18They would not wait for the Beltran's attack,
27:20they would strike back.
27:23Martina,
27:24with her discovery about the patronage,
27:25had given them the weapon they needed.
27:27Charity was the perfect cover for a money-laundering and extortion ring.
27:36The man was not just a libertine,
27:38he was the treasurer of a white-collar criminal organization.
27:44Alonso,
27:44using his contacts in Madrid,
27:46arranged an urgent meeting with an upright judge who owed him an old favor.
27:49Manuel,
27:54for his part,
27:55used his knowledge of aviation and his contacts in the military to investigate the shell companies,
28:00discovering that they were linked to the illegal importation of parts and technology,
28:04a business much dirtier than they imagined.
28:06Catalina,
28:11with her intimate knowledge of the man's papers,
28:13was able to contextualize the information by connecting names and dates that would otherwise make no sense.
28:20For the first time in a long time,
28:22the Lujans were not a decaying Marquisate,
28:24but a family united by a common purpose.
28:27Lopez's race to the lighthouse seemed to last an eternity.
28:33His heart hammered against his ribs,
28:35a mix of hope and fear.
28:39And if it wasn't her,
28:41and if it was a false alarm,
28:42he reached the door of the old stone house breathless.
28:47The light of an oil lamp flickered inside.
28:50He took a deep breath and knocked.
28:52The door opened slowly and there she was,
28:57Vera or Elena,
28:58as she now called herself.
29:02Her hair was loose,
29:04ruffled by the sea breeze.
29:06She wore a simple dress and there was a smudge of blue paint on her cheek.
29:13Her eyes widened,
29:15a mixture of shock,
29:16disbelief and something else,
29:18something that looked like relief.
29:19Loke whispered as if he saw a ghost.
29:24Vera,
29:25he said,
29:26his voice cracking.
29:28I've found you.
29:30They didn't move for a long second,
29:32the sound of the waves crashing beneath them filling the silence.
29:37Then she stepped back,
29:39letting him in.
29:41The interior was spartan,
29:42but cozy.
29:45There was an easel with a half-painted canvas depicting a stormy sea.
29:50What?
29:50She asked.
29:53I remembered what you told me about bulls.
29:56It was a hunch.
29:57He stepped closer,
29:58to her slowly,
29:59as if he were approaching a frightened animal.
30:04Vera,
30:05I have been a fool,
30:06a blind man.
30:07I was so afraid of your past,
30:09of what it might mean,
30:10that I failed to see the only thing that mattered.
30:12I failed to see the damage I was doing to you with my doubts.
30:16I didn't judge you.
30:18I judged my own fears.
30:21And for that,
30:22I am sorry.
30:23I am more sorry than I can put into words.
30:26Silent tears began to roll down Vera's cheeks.
30:28I had to go low.
30:33I needed to breathe.
30:35I needed to be someone other than the girl who ran away.
30:38The girl with a secret.
30:39Here I am just Elena,
30:43the painter.
30:44You can be whoever you want to be,
30:46Vera.
30:46He said,
30:47his voice filled with newfound conviction.
30:49But you don't have to do it alone.
30:54Your past does not define you,
30:55your strength does.
30:57Your courage,
30:58your kindness.
31:00That is what I love.
31:01I love Vera.
31:02I love Elena.
31:03I love the woman who stands before me.
31:06And I have come to tell you that I will not leave without you unless that's what you truly want.
31:12If you want me to go,
31:13I will.
31:14But I want you to know that I will fight for you every single day for the rest of my life.
31:20She looked at him,
31:21and in her eyes he saw the conflict,
31:23the desire to stay in that safe haven and the longing to return to the one place where she had ever truly felt home despite the pain.
31:33My father,
31:34she began,
31:34if I return to him,
31:36we will face your father together,
31:37he interrupted.
31:41You don't have to run anymore.
31:42Your home is wherever you choose it to be.
31:45And I hope,
31:46I hope you choose that your home is with me.
31:49And then she closed the distance between them and kissed him.
31:53It was a kiss salty with tears in the sea,
31:55a kiss of forgiveness,
31:57of reunion,
31:57and of promise.
32:00In that moment,
32:01in that lonely house by the sea,
32:03two broken souls began to heal.
32:05The next day was the day of reckoning for the enemies of promise.
32:12Curro and Angela handed Lorenzo over to the Guardia Civil,
32:15bound and gagged,
32:16along with a confession they managed to extract from him once he regained consciousness.
32:21A confession full of arrogance and resentment that incriminated him without a doubt in the kidnapping and other crimes.
32:26His reign of terror was over.
32:31In Madrid,
32:32Alonso and Manuel presented their dossier to the judge.
32:37The evidence was overwhelming.
32:39The network of corruption that Martina had uncovered,
32:42connected to the illegal imports that Manuel had investigated.
32:46And all of this,
32:47cemented by Catalina's revelations,
32:49painted a picture of a criminality so widespread that it shook the foundations of power.
32:53The judge,
32:56a man of principle,
32:57acted swiftly.
32:59Arrest warrants were issued.
33:02Beltran d'Arbusu was having tea in the Jardin de la Promesa,
33:06waiting for the Marquis to submit.
33:09When the Guardia Civil arrived,
33:10his face,
33:11for the first time,
33:12lost its composure.
33:14The mask of affability shattered,
33:17revealing the ugly face of fear.
33:21He tried to bluff,
33:22to threaten,
33:23but it was too late.
33:25The network had fallen,
33:27and it had fallen thanks to the family he had tried to destroy.
33:32The days that followed were a whirlwind of news and revelations.
33:36The scandal rocked high society.
33:40Important names were arrested.
33:42Fortunes were confiscated.
33:44The board of trustees of La Milagrosa was raided,
33:46and it was discovered that the embezzlement was massive.
33:52Amidst the chaos,
33:53the Lujan family held together not as suspects,
33:56but as the key witnesses who had dismantled the organization.
33:59Catalina's revenge,
34:04the act that nearly destroyed them,
34:06had become their salvation.
34:10She had exposed a rot that if kept hidden would eventually have consumed them all.
34:14Far from being an outcast,
34:19Catalina was seen,
34:20at least within the walls of La Promesa,
34:22as an unlikely heroine.
34:26Her relationship with Alonso,
34:28forged in the crisis,
34:29was stronger than ever.
34:31A week later,
34:32two figures walked hand in hand down the driveway of La Promesa.
34:35It was Lopez and Vera,
34:39they were returning home.
34:41The service greeted them in a wave of relief and joy.
34:46There were hugs,
34:47tears,
34:47and laughter.
34:49Vera looked at Lopez,
34:50and her smile was the brightest he had ever seen her smile.
34:55There were no shadows in her eyes anymore.
34:58She had written her father a brief but firm letter.
35:02In it,
35:03she was not renouncing her title or her inheritance,
35:05but her control.
35:07She informed him that she had chosen her own life,
35:10and that life lay in the promise with the man she loved.
35:15It was not a request for permission,
35:17but a declaration of independence.
35:20She knew there would be consequences,
35:22but for the first time she was not afraid of them.
35:27Life in the promise began to find a new balance,
35:29a new normal build on a more solid foundation of truth and trust.
35:35Pia and Ricardo,
35:38freed from the threat of Cristobal,
35:40who had been implicated as a minor pawn in Valladares' network
35:43and summarily dismissed,
35:45could finally breathe.
35:45One afternoon,
35:49as the sun set over the fields,
35:51Ricardo took Pia's hand.
35:55There is nothing now that can stop us,
35:57Pia.
35:58Let's build that future.
36:00And in the tranquility of that moment,
36:02their love,
36:02patient and resilient,
36:04finally had space to blossom.
36:05Tonyo,
36:09seeing Lopez and Vira return and the happiness they radiated,
36:12decided he couldn't wait any longer.
36:16He led Enora to the riverbank,
36:18where the crying babies skimmed the water.
36:21He hadn't planned a grand speech,
36:23just the words that came straight from his heart.
36:25He pulled out a small wooden ring that he had carved himself.
36:32Enora,
36:32you have made my world better in every way.
36:36I don't want to spend a single day without you.
36:38Will you marry me on time?
36:40This time he didn't ask for time.
36:44Her eyes filled with tears of happiness and she nodded,
36:47throwing herself into his arms.
36:49Yes,
36:52Tonyo,
36:52yes,
36:53I do.
36:54The bond between Maria Fernandez and Samuel had also deepened.
37:00They spent time together sharing stories and dreams.
37:04One night,
37:05sitting on the kitchen steps,
37:06under a sky full of stars,
37:08Samuel confessed his feelings for her.
37:13Maria,
37:14since you arrived,
37:15you have brought joy to this place.
37:17To my life,
37:18I would like that.
37:21I would like the chance to get to know you better.
37:25If you want,
37:26Maria,
37:27whose heart had been confused for so long,
37:29felt a sudden clarity.
37:33Samuel's kindness and steadfastness were the anchor she needed.
37:37She took his hand and smiled at him.
37:40I would like him very much too,
37:42Samuel.
37:43The promise had survived its darkest storm.
37:45The Lujan family,
37:50though scarred,
37:51was closer than ever.
37:53Alonso and Manuel worked side by side,
37:56father and son finally in tune.
38:00Catalina had found peace,
38:02not in revenge,
38:03but in the justice it had unexpectedly brought.
38:05Curro and Angela,
38:09free of Lorenzo,
38:10planned their wedding,
38:11a bright and fearless future stretching out before them.
38:16That night in the kitchen,
38:18as life returned to its familiar rhythm,
38:20Lopez prepared dinner.
38:21Vera was at his side peeling potatoes.
38:27They didn't talk much,
38:28didn't need to.
38:29The comfortable stillness between them was more eloquent than any words.
38:34He stopped,
38:35looked at her,
38:36and brushed a lock of hair from her face.
38:38Elena,
38:39the painter,
38:40joked quietly.
38:43She smiled,
38:44a genuine,
38:45light-filled smile.
38:47Sometimes,
38:48but mostly I am Vera.
38:49And I am home.
38:53Lopez kissed her softly.
38:54The past would always be a part of them.
38:58But it was no longer a chain,
38:59it was just the stories that had led them to this moment.
39:04The promise,
39:05with all its secrets and dramas,
39:07its hierarchies and passions,
39:09had proven to be more than a palace or a workplace.
39:15It was a home,
39:16a home that had been shaken to its foundation,
39:19but had endured and now,
39:20under the still light of the moon,
39:22promised a more hopeful tomorrow for all who lived within its walls.
39:28The echo of secrets had faded,
39:31replaced by the sound of laughter,
39:32love,
39:33and the promise of a happy ending.
39:34The end.
39:35The end.
39:48Maybe.
39:50The end.
39:55It was nice.
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