#LaPromesaCatalina #desenmascara #barón
Catalina desenmascara al barón: veneno, complot y redención
La Promesa arde en rumores cuando el barón de Valladares exige el exilio “en solitario” de Catalina y siembra falsas acusaciones contra ella y Pía. Mientras Ángela enferma y Petra cae por un misterioso linimento, Jana y el doctor De la Serna destapan un envenenamiento de belladona que apunta al barón. En una trampa pública en la biblioteca, Samuel, Lope y Vera aportan pruebas; incluso Cristóbal rompe su silencio y el plan del barón se v ...
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#LaPromesaCatalina, #desenmascara, #barón, #veneno, #complot, #redención
Catalina desenmascara al barón: veneno, complot y redención
La Promesa arde en rumores cuando el barón de Valladares exige el exilio “en solitario” de Catalina y siembra falsas acusaciones contra ella y Pía. Mientras Ángela enferma y Petra cae por un misterioso linimento, Jana y el doctor De la Serna destapan un envenenamiento de belladona que apunta al barón. En una trampa pública en la biblioteca, Samuel, Lope y Vera aportan pruebas; incluso Cristóbal rompe su silencio y el plan del barón se v ...
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#LaPromesaCatalina, #desenmascara, #barón, #veneno, #complot, #redención
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00:00Catalina unmasks the man. Poison, plot, and redemption.
00:05The promise is rife with rumors when the man from Valladares demands Catalina's solitary exile and
00:10sews false accusations against her and Pia. While Angela falls ill and Petra falls victim to a
00:18mysterious liniment, Yana and Dr. de la Serna uncover a belladonna poisoning that points to the
00:23man. In a public trap in the library, Samuel, Lopez, and Vera provide evidence. Even Cristobal
00:32breaks his silence and the man's plan falls apart. With her arrest assured, Catalina is vindicated.
00:41Pia regains her position and the promise breathes. Unity and truth have defeated ambition.
00:48The air in the promise had become dense, almost unbreathable, like that preceding
00:53a violent storm. Every hallway, every room, every corner of the service was
01:00permeated with a tension that clung to the skin and chilled the bones.
01:06Words were weapons and silences, minefields. At the center of this invisible but devastating hurricane,
01:13Catalina de Lujan stood tall and defiant, like a solitary beacon against the onslaught of a raging sea.
01:23The threat of the Viadares man still resonated in her ears, not like an echo, but like a hammer
01:28incessantly beating the walls of her skull.
01:30She must abandon the promise alone. The insolence of the proposal was so vast, so offensive, that it was almost absurd.
01:44Leaving her family, her children, her husband, the home she had fought tooth and nail to keep afloat.
01:49It was like asking him to rip out his heart and keep walking.
01:56His refusal had been resounding, a granite wall forged in Lujan's pride, but the man was not a man to take no for an answer.
02:05His smile, a thin grimace devoid of all warmth, had promiser consequences.
02:10And the consequences were coming like a plague of locusts.
02:17The rumors, at first venomous whispers in the salons of the nobility who visited the palace, had turned into open accusations.
02:26Catalina de Lujan, the instigator. She had sown the seeds of revolt among the workers.
02:31The words singled her out, branded her, turning her into a pariah in her own world.
02:41She could see the echo in the glances of the neighboring marquises,
02:44the cold distance and the gestures of some members of her own family.
02:52The pressure was like a boa constrictor slowly tightening around her chest, seeking to suffocate
02:56her, but Catalina was not one to drown in silence.
03:02That same afternoon, the tension reached its peak during lunch.
03:07The dining room, usually a space of restrained formality, was transformed into a battlefield.
03:16It was Martina who lit the fuse with a seemingly innocent but venomous comment.
03:20It is a real shame that our family's reputation should be so tarnished by these revolutionary ideas.
03:31One would think that someone with responsibilities would be more cautious.
03:35He said, casting a fleeting but pointed glance toward Catalina.
03:41Catalina set her silverware down on her plate with a sharp thud that made everyone jump.
03:45Her eyes, normally filled with a keen intelligence, now burned with an icy fury.
03:56You speak of caution, Martina, you who have shown yourself to have the prudence of a moth to a flame.
04:04If we are going to discuss stains on this family's reputation,
04:07perhaps we should start with palace intrigue and alliances of convenience,
04:11rather than pointing the finger at those who care for the well-being of the people who hold this palace together with the sweat of their brow.
04:19The attack was so direct, so brutal, that Martina paled, but Catalina was not finished.
04:27Her gaze swept the table, lingering on each face, challenging them.
04:32Or do they believe that the promise works by magic?
04:34That the fields will grow by themselves and the food will appear on their plates by divine decree?
04:41Workers have a voice, and if that voice is raised, it is because for too long no one has bothered to listen.
04:48It is easier to blame a messenger than to understand the message.
04:51It is more convenient to point the finger at me than to admit one's own negligence.
04:56The silence that followed was deafening.
04:58The marquis, her father, looked at her with a mixture of pride in her ferocity and panic at her words.
05:06Cruz, her stepmother, watched her with barely concealed hatred.
05:11War had been declared and Catalina, far from seeking refuge, was sharpening her weapons.
05:19She felt alone, cornered, but solitude often forged the toughest steel.
05:23She would not give up, she would not give them the pleasure.
05:30While the storm raged in the noble halls, in the bowels of the palace, in a locked room,
05:34another struggle, much quieter but just as desperate, was taking place.
05:41Angela felt like a flower wilting in a vase without water.
05:44Confinement was consuming her.
05:49It wasn't just the lack of freedom, it was the fear, an insidious fear that crept beneath her skin.
05:57She felt a growing weakness, a fatigue that didn't match her inactivity.
06:04Sometimes a fine tremor would run through her hands and her mind would feel cloudy, confused.
06:08Mother, please, she pleaded with Leocadia through the closed door.
06:16I need a doctor.
06:19I don't feel well, I beg you.
06:21Leocadia's voice on the other end was harsh,
06:24forged in fear and a steely determination to protect her in her own way.
06:30It's your nerves, daughter.
06:32The confinement is affecting your mind.
06:35You're fine.
06:35No, I'm not, Angela shouted, pounding on the door with what little strength she had left.
06:45I feel like I'm fainting.
06:48Please, just so I can calm down.
06:51Let a doctor see me.
06:53If he says I'm fine, I won't bother you again.
06:55There was a long silence.
06:59Leocadia was fighting an internal battle.
07:02The fear that someone would discover her daughter's situation was immense,
07:05but the panic in Angela's voice was genuine.
07:10The fear of losing her was even greater.
07:13Finally, with a sigh of surrender, the lock turned.
07:15Very well, she agreed, her voice tight.
07:21I will call Dr. de la Cerna.
07:24But let's be clear, Angela, this will be a quick visit and you will not say another word.
07:30Do you understand? Angela nodded.
07:33A flood of relief washed over her, though the sinister feeling did not leave her.
07:36Something was terribly wrong inside her.
07:42Elsewhere in the palace, the tension between Cristobal and Ricardo had reached a point of no return.
07:50Cristobal's accusation that Ricardo had asked Manuel to intercede on their behalf was absurd,
07:55a twisted fabrication, but it revealed the depth of the resentment the former butler harbored.
08:03You lie, Ricardo said, his voice low and controlled, but vibrating with suppressed anger.
08:10I would never stoop to asking for favors in that way, especially not through a young master.
08:15My loyalty to this house is unquestionable, unlike yours, which seems to change with the direction of the wind.
08:24Cristobal let out a bitter laugh.
08:26Loyalty.
08:27You talk about loyalty when your eyes have always been set beyond your station.
08:33You have always believed you deserved more.
08:35I saw you, Ricardo.
08:37I saw you for years moving in the shadows, accumulating secrets like a miser hoards coins.
08:42Do you think no one notices?
08:46But I do.
08:47And I assure you that the favor you asked of Manuel will be your downfall.
08:53The confrontation hung in the air, charged with a palpable threat.
08:57Ricardo understood in that instant that Cristobal was not just resentful, he was plotting something.
09:05He was an enemy within the walls and one far more dangerous than he had imagined.
09:08The accusation was not the end, it was only the beginning of his attack.
09:15The pain, however, took many forms in the promise.
09:21For Samuel, it was an open, bleeding wound in his soul every time he saw Pia.
09:29Seeing the former housekeeper, a woman of impeccable dignity and competence, degraded to the most humiliating task,
09:35was an injustice that burned him inside.
09:41He found her on her knees, scrubbing the stone tiles of the service corridor with a brush,
09:45her face contorted with effort and humiliation.
09:51Her hands, once skilled at directing and organizing, were now red and cracked from the soda.
09:55He stopped, unable to continue walking.
10:01He wanted to say something, to offer help, to cry out against the cruelty of the Marquises,
10:06but the words stuck in his throat.
10:11Pia looked up and their eyes met for a moment.
10:15There was no self-pity in her eyes, but an exhausted resistance, a strength that refused to break.
10:20But he saw beyond that, he saw the pain, the exhaustion, the injustice.
10:28And at that moment Samuel felt a surge of impotent rage so strong that he had to clench his fists
10:33until his nails dug into his palms.
10:38He couldn't stand it.
10:40He couldn't be a mere spectator to that cruel deed.
10:43He vowed silently that he would find a way to help her, to restore her to her rightful place.
10:50That vision of her kneeling on her knees became the driving force,
10:53the cause that would stoke an unexpected fire inside him.
10:58In the meantime, a more physical but equally persistent discomfort tormented Petra.
11:06The doctor's diagnosis had been a simple stiff neck, but this was much more than just stiffness.
11:13It was a stabbing pain that radiated from the back of her neck to her shoulder,
11:17sometimes accompanied by dizziness and a strange tingling sensation in her fingers.
11:23The pain soured her temper, made her irritable and clumsy in her tasks.
11:29She dropped trays, snapped, and her usual efficiency had vanished.
11:36You look like you're carrying the weight of the world on your neck,
11:38Petra, Candela said sarcastically as she watched her try to put some plates in the cupboard,
11:43grimacing in pain.
11:47Leave me alone, Candela.
11:49I'm not up for your jokes, Petra replied in a sharp voice.
11:55But even she was beginning to doubt the diagnosis.
11:58This wasn't normal, she felt as if something foreign had taken up residence in her body,
12:03an invader that was tensing her muscles and clouding her senses.
12:09She dismissed the idea as nonsense, but a small, dark fear began to take root in her mind.
12:17In the kitchen, the emotional epicenter of the service,
12:20Simona and Candela had turned their attention to a new target, Lope's obvious bad mood.
12:28The cook, normally passionate and full of life,
12:30moved between the stoves with the energy of a ghost and the irritability of a wounded bear.
12:38His dishes were still impeccable, but they lacked the joy that always characterized them.
12:42Something's wrong with this boy, Simona said, stirring a stew with her eyes fixed on Lope.
12:52And he's dressed me in my best shawl because it has a woman's name and starts with V.
12:57Candela added with her usual perspicacity.
13:01They decided to tackle the problem with the subtlety of a battering ram.
13:05They waited for Vera to enter the kitchen for a glass of water before launching their offensive.
13:09Lope, my son, your face looks like your canary has died.
13:15Simona began.
13:18Is it because our Vera doesn't treat you well?
13:21If so, tell us and we'll read her the riot act.
13:24Candela continued, winking at him.
13:29The intervention was the spark that set the prairie ablaze.
13:32Lope, who had been holding back frustration and fear that were eating away at him for days,
13:37exploded.
13:39They can't leave me alone.
13:41They always have to be poking their noses where no one wants them.
13:47Vera, who already felt watched and judged, felt directly attacked.
13:52Maybe if you talked about what's happening to you instead of treating everyone with contempt,
13:55they wouldn't have to ask.
13:57He snapped.
13:58I have nothing to talk to you about.
14:03You don't know anything about me, Lope replied, and his words, full of disproportionate anger,
14:08hit Vera like a slap in the face.
14:12Well, you're right, she shouted, her eyes filling with tears of rage and pain.
14:16I don't know anything and I don't want to know anymore.
14:22Deal with your demons on your own.
14:24Vera ran out of the kitchen, leaving behind a thick, desolate silence.
14:28Loay, her face distraught, hit the work table with her fist.
14:36Simona and Candela looked at each other in horror.
14:40Their attempt to help had caused a catastrophe.
14:43They had broken something they didn't know how to fix.
14:48Lopez leaned on the table with his head in his hands,
14:51feeling his already precarious world crumble around him.
14:54They couldn't understand it.
14:59They couldn't know that his bad mood wasn't due to a simple lover's anger,
15:03it was due to fear.
15:05Fear was excruciating because of the letter he had received three days ago.
15:09A letter with a stamp he knew all too well,
15:11demanding money in exchange for silence about a dark secret from his past.
15:17A secret that, if it came to light, would not only destroy his life in the promise,
15:22but also his relationship with Vera forever.
15:26Dr. De La Serna's arrival at the promise was a discreet event.
15:31Leo Katia led him directly to Angela's room,
15:34insisting that it was just a routine checkup for a nervous breakdown.
15:40The doctor, an older man with a sharp gaze and a calm manner,
15:43nodded without asking questions.
15:47Inside the room, Angela's appearance alarmed him.
15:50She was pale, with deep circles under her eyes, and her hands were visibly shaking.
15:57It didn't seem like a simple nervous breakdown.
16:00Good afternoon, miss. Can you tell me what's wrong?
16:03He asked kindly, sitting down next to her.
16:06I'm tired, doctor, always tired, Angela whispered.
16:13And my muscles sometimes twitch on their own.
16:17And I have trouble thinking clearly.
16:20The doctor took her pulse, tested her reflexes with a small hammer,
16:24and asked her to follow his finger with her eyes.
16:26Her pupils were slow to react. Everything in her screamed that something else was going on.
16:35Have you noticed any strange tastes in the food or drink?
16:39He asked almost randomly.
16:41Leo Katia, who had been watching from the doorway, tensed.
16:45The food is the same as the one we all eat.
16:48She spoke too loudly.
16:50The doctor ignored her and kept his eyes fixed on Angela.
16:54The young woman frowned, trying to remember.
17:00Water sometimes has an aftertaste, like earthy, bitter, but I thought it must be me.
17:04Dr. de la Serna felt a stab of cold in his stomach.
17:12The symptoms were vague, but together they drew an unsettling pattern.
17:18He remembered reading about certain slow-acting
17:20plant poisons derived from unusual plants that caused precisely that.
17:27Chronic fatigue, tremors, mental confusion,
17:29a progressive deterioration that could be mistaken for a nervous disease.
17:34I'm going to need a urine sample, miss, and I would also like to take some of the water
17:40you usually drink, he said with a professional calm that masked his growing alarm.
17:48What for? Leo Katia asked suspiciously.
17:52To rule out anything.
17:54Is the standard procedure, the doctor lied smoothly.
17:59He left the room with the samples, promising to return with the results,
18:02but he did not go to his laboratory.
18:06He knew he needed discretion and, above all, an ally within the palace.
18:12His mind fixed on the only person who had shown the intelligence and
18:15courage to face the intrigues of the promise.
18:18Yana Exposito.
18:22He found her in the service area helping to mend some sheets.
18:24He pushed her aside with an excuse and quietly expressed his suspicions.
18:32Yana, I need your help.
18:35I think Miss Angela is being poisoned.
18:37Yana felt the ground open up beneath her feet.
18:39She listened attentively to the doctor, her mind working at a dizzying speed,
18:47connecting pieces that until now had made no sense.
18:52The confinement, the secrecy of Leo Katia, Angela's deterioration, the water, Yana said,
18:58as if she had just had a revelation.
19:00The water in the jug that Leo Katia brings her every day.
19:05No one else drinks from that jug.
19:07What kind of poison could it be, doctor?
19:12I'm not sure without an analysis, but the symptoms point to a plant-based alkaloid,
19:17something that acts slowly so as not to arouse suspicion.
19:22Whoever is doing it is patient and methodical.
19:24And cruel.
19:27The word cruel hung in the air between them.
19:30In the promise, cruelty had many faces.
19:34We must get a sample of that water without Leo Katia noticing, Yana decided.
19:40And we must find out who has access to that jug.
19:44In the meantime, Petra's situation took a dramatic turn.
19:50During the service dinner, as she was trying to pour the soup,
19:53a violent spasm ran through her neck.
19:57She dropped the tureen with a crash, which shattered on the floor,
20:00and she collapsed, clutching her neck and screaming in pain.
20:07Panic gripped the room.
20:09Loe and Mauro lifted her up and carried her to her room.
20:15Dr. De La Serna, who had not yet left the palace, was urgently called.
20:18He found Petra in her bed, rigid, with the muscles of her neck and back contracted in an unnatural arch.
20:29Her symptoms were much more acute than Angela's,
20:32but the doctor recognized the same underlying neurological pattern.
20:35This is not a stiff neck, he murmured as he examined her eyes.
20:43This is severe poisoning.
20:47Yana, who had run over when she heard the commotion, heard the doctor's words and felt a shiver.
20:52Two poisonings in one day.
20:56It was no coincidence.
20:58It was an attack.
20:59What do you use for pain, Petra?
21:02Yana asked, kneeling beside the bed.
21:05A liniment, Petra stammered with difficulty.
21:08The man from Vidares gave it to me.
21:13He said it was an old recipe, very effective for muscle pain.
21:17Quote.
21:19Yana and the doctor exchanged a glance.
21:23The man's name echoed in the room like a sentence.
21:27Where is that in a man?
21:29The doctor asked.
21:31Petra pointed to a small dark glass bottle on her nightstand.
21:35The doctor took it with a handkerchief, opened it, and smelled it.
21:41The aroma was sweet, floral, but with a bitter note in the background,
21:45the same that Angela had described in the water.
21:49Belladonna, the doctor said in a low voice.
21:53A whisper or a similar plant, in small doses, in a liniment relaxes the muscles.
22:00But if absorbed in excess or ingested, it causes this.
22:04And if administered in drops in water, day after day, it kills slowly.
22:10The enemy's plan was revealed to them in all its diabolical simplicity.
22:15He was attacking on two fronts, in two different ways,
22:18two people who apparently had nothing in common.
22:23Or did they?
22:23Samuel, tormented by the image of Pia, had not been able to remain still.
22:28He decided that impotence was not an option.
22:34If he wanted to help her, he needed to understand why she had been demoted in this way.
22:38He knew it was related to the workers' uprising, but the accusation against her had always seemed flimsy to him.
22:46He began to ask discreet questions, to listen to other people's conversations, to observe.
22:54He saw the Viadares man meeting in the garden with a man he did not recognize, a foreman from one of the neighboring farms.
23:05Hidden behind some hedges, he listened carefully.
23:10The money will be yours when the job is finished, the man said in his soft, deadly voice.
23:15I need those rumors about Catalina de Lujan to become certainties.
23:22I need other day laborers to testify that they heard her incite the revolt.
23:27A few well-placed coins do wonders for men's memories.
23:31Don't worry, man.
23:37By tomorrow everyone will swear that Miss Catalina was the one who lit the fuse,
23:41and the former housekeeper, Pia, will also remember her involvement.
23:47A perfect scapegoat to satisfy the Marquis.
23:52Samuel felt his blood run cold.
23:55It wasn't a suspicion, it was a conspiracy.
24:00The man had orchestrated the uprising to frame Catalina and get rid of Pia in the process.
24:04The ultimatum to Catalina to abandon her promise now took on a terrifying meaning.
24:12He wanted to isolate her, weaken her, and once she was out, surely destroy her reputation completely.
24:20And Pia, Pia had been collateral damage, upon sacrifice to give more credibility to the farce.
24:26With his heart beating wildly, Samuel quietly retreated.
24:32He had the proof, but it was his word against that of a man.
24:39He needed more, he needed allies, and he could only think of one person brave enough to listen to him.
24:45Catalina de Lujan
24:49Meanwhile, in the kitchen, desolation had given way to action.
24:52Lope, after his outburst, felt consumed by guilt.
24:59Vera avoided him, and her silence was more painful than any scream.
25:03Finally, he could bear it no longer.
25:08He waited for her outside the bathroom in the backyard under the pale light of the moon.
25:14Vera, wait, he said in a broken voice.
25:18She stopped, but did not turn around.
25:20What do you want, Lopez?
25:23Forgive me, I shouldn't have shouted at you like that.
25:25It's not your fault, it's mine.
25:28I have a problem, quote.
25:32And then the words began to flow awkwardly at first, then in a desperate torrent.
25:39She told him everything about her past before the promise, a life of gambling and debt in Madrid.
25:43About a dangerous man to whom she owed a fortune, and about the letter she showed him the crumpled paper, the veiled threat.
25:53They were asking for an amount of money that she would never be able to raise, and if she didn't pay, they would come to the promise and reveal her past to the marquises.
26:01She was afraid, she confessed with a broken voice.
26:07Afraid that they would fire me.
26:10Afraid that you would find out and never want to see me again.
26:13Vera turned slowly.
26:18Her eyes were full of tears, but not of rage.
26:21They were tears of compassion.
26:23She approached and, to Lopez's surprise, took his hand.
26:27Idiot, she whispered.
26:30Did you really think I would leave you for something like that, for a mistake, from the past?
26:35What hurt me was your silence, your disdain, not knowing what was happening to you.
26:40And then Vera told him her own secret.
26:43She told him about her family, about how they had lost everything because of an unscrupulous nobleman who had swindled them.
26:51She confessed that she had come to the promise not only looking for work, but also for information,
26:56because she suspected that this nobleman was related to the Lujans.
27:03On that cold night, under the silent gaze of the moon, their secrets stopped being barriers and became bridges.
27:11The crisis had not separated them, it had united them in a way they had never experienced before.
27:19You are not alone in this, Lopez, Vera said, squeezing his hand.
27:23We will find a solution together.
27:29At that precise moment, Yana, who had been looking for Lopez to ask him about the herbs in the kitchen, found them.
27:37She saw the letter in Lopez's hand and the expression of relief and determination on their faces.
27:41She didn't need to ask to know that something important had happened and she realized that the web of secrets and lies that had been drowning the promise was beginning to unravel.
27:53Unravel!
27:56Yana gathered her impromptu group of allies in the secrecy of Catalina's workshop, the only place where they felt safe.
28:01There was she, Dr. de la Serna, Lopez, and Vera.
28:08Shortly after, an agitated Samuel burst into the room urgently demanding to speak with Catalina, who had just arrived.
28:15The scene was surreal.
28:17The marquise's daughter, a doctor, a cook, a maid, and her husband's lackey, united by a common threat.
28:29Samuel, his voice trembling but firm, recounted the conversation he had overheard in the garden.
28:33The man's conspiracy to frame Catalina and Pia.
28:40Then, Dr. de la Serna presented his findings.
28:46Angela's slow poisoning through the water and Petra's acute intoxication with the liniment.
28:54In both cases, the poison seemed to come from the same source, Belladonna or a similar plant.
28:58And both products, the water and the liniment, had a common link, the man from Valladares.
29:09Petra had confirmed it.
29:11And in the Inangelis case, who else but someone with the freedom to move around the palace and
29:15Leocatia's trust could have repeatedly adulterated the water?
29:21Lopez, in turn, produced the extortion letter.
29:25I don't know if it's related, he said.
29:27But this pressure began just when the man began spending more time here.
29:33The man threatening me is a notorious thug in Madrid's underworld.
29:38The kind of person a nobleman would use to do his dirty work.
29:43The pieces of the puzzle fell into place with terrifying clarity.
29:48Valladares was carrying out a multifaceted and ruthless attack on the promise.
29:52His main target was Catalina.
29:56He wanted to expel her, destroy her.
29:59The uprising was a farce to smear his name.
30:03The ultimatum, the final blow.
30:06But why?
30:07Why so much hatred towards her?
30:09The poisonings were tactics of distraction and terror.
30:11Poisoning Petra, one of the Marquis's most loyal servants, sewed chaos in the service.
30:22And the attack on Angela.
30:24That was the most disconcerting.
30:26Leocatia, Yana said suddenly.
30:28The man has been courting Leocatia, gaining her trust.
30:35She would have given him access to Angela's room or at least the water jug without asking questions.
30:39The plan was diabolical and complete.
30:45The man was destabilizing the family from above and below.
30:50He was isolating Catalina, sowing panic among the servants.
30:54And who knows what else?
30:57He wants the promise.
30:59Catalina said, her voice barely a whisper.
31:02It's not for me, it's for the estate.
31:04If he forces me to leave, if my name is tarnished by the revolt, he will convince my father that I am unfit to manage anything.
31:15He will offer himself as a savior, as the strong manager the family needs and once he has control he will take everything.
31:24The monstrous and terrible truth settled in the room.
31:29They were not fighting a simple rival, they were fighting a predator.
31:32We have no solid evidence, the doctor said.
31:36My analysis will confirm the poison, but it will be difficult to link it directly to him.
31:43And your testimony, Samuel, is the word of a servant against that of a man.
31:48It will tear us apart in a court of law.
31:52So we will not do it in a court of law, Catalina said, standing up.
31:56The fear in her eyes had been replaced by a flame of steel.
32:02We will do it here in the promise.
32:04We will set a trap for him and make him expose himself in front of my entire family.
32:11The plan was risky, almost suicidal, but it was the only one they had.
32:16They spent the next few hours designing every detail, every move, every word.
32:20Each had a role to play.
32:25The night became their ally and fear their fuel.
32:31The next day, the promise dawned with a false calm.
32:34The Marquis, influenced by rumors and peer pressure, called a family meeting in the library after lunch.
32:44The subject, Catalina's behavior and her involvement in the revolt.
32:49The man from Valladares, of course, was invited to attend as a friend and advisor to the family.
32:54It was the perfect trap.
32:58Catalina confronted her father before the meeting.
33:01Father, I ask that you trust me.
33:05Just once more, listen to everything that is said in that library today before you make a decision.
33:12Listen carefully.
33:14The Marquis, seeing the desperate sincerity in his daughter's eyes, reluctantly nodded.
33:19The meeting began with its usual tension.
33:24The man took the floor in his measured, paternalistic tone,
33:27lamenting the unfortunate situation and the radical influence that seemed to have affected Catalina.
33:35Veiled accusations followed one another, painting Catalina as a dangerous renegade.
33:43Just when the Marquis seemed ready to pass sentence, Catalina interrupted him.
33:49Before I am condemned, there are other urgent matters that this family must be aware of.
33:57Matters that affect the safety of all of us who live under this roof.
34:00That was the signal.
34:03The library door opened and Dr. de la Serna entered.
34:07With professional calm, he informed the Marquis's of Petra's condition, describing the symptoms of acute poisoning.
34:13Then, in a serious voice, he spoke of Angela's condition, revealing that she was suffering from a slow and systematic poisoning.
34:25He placed two laboratory reports on the table.
34:28In both cases, the substance was the same, a derivative of belladonna.
34:34A potent and difficult to detect poison.
34:36A collective gasp ran through the room.
34:39Cruz and Alonso looked at the doctor in horror.
34:44Leo Katia, who had been summoned with an excuse, turned as pale as wax.
34:49The liniment that poisoned Petra.
34:51Catalina continued, taking control.
34:54It was a gift, a gift from the Viadares man.
34:57All eyes turned to the man who forced a smile of disbelief.
35:05How absurd.
35:06It's a harmless herbal prescription.
35:08The maid must have misused it.
35:13And Angela's water, Yana interrupted, breaking all protocol and entering the library behind the doctor.
35:20It was also misused.
35:23The poison had been added to her jug for weeks.
35:25Only someone with Leo Katia's trust could have done so.
35:30Someone like you, man, who has spent so much time earning her favor.
35:35Insolent, the man roared.
35:40How dare a maid accuse me, Marquis.
35:42Put things in order.
35:44But before Alonso could react, Samuel stepped forward.
35:50In a clear, firm voice, he recounted the conversation he had overheard in the garden.
35:55Detailing the man's plan to pay false witnesses to frame Catalina and Pia for the revolt.
36:02The man laughed.
36:03A shrill, nervous laugh.
36:05The word of a lackey.
36:07This is a ridiculous plot orchestrated by my dear Catalina to divert attention from her own guilt.
36:12It seemed the situation was reaching a stalemate.
36:17It was their word against yours.
36:22But then Loe and Vera entered the room.
36:25Loe was carrying a small safe.
36:27Man, Lopez said, her voice trembling but determined.
36:33I recognize her handwriting.
36:35It's the same as the one from the man who's been extorting me.
36:39Vera opened the box and took out a series of letters.
36:42My family was ruined by a man who used the same methods as you, man.
36:50Deception, threats, forged documents.
36:53He took everything from us and for years we've kept the original correspondence.
36:57Vera placed one of the old letters next to a note the man had written to the Martianess a few days earlier.
37:08The handwriting was identical, the style unmistakable, but the final proof, the coup de grace, didn't come from them.
37:14It came from Cristobal.
37:19The former butler, who had remained silent in a corner of the room, observing everything, stepped forward.
37:28All afternoon he had been struggling with his conscience.
37:32His resentment towards Ricardo was deep, but when he heard the accusations, when he saw the evidence,
37:37he remembered conversations, glances, small orders from the man that at the time hadn't seemed important,
37:42but that now fit into the macabre mosaic.
37:48He realized that the man had been manipulating him, using his resentment to create division.
37:55The man is lying, Christopher said, his voice ringing with the authority of one who knows the truth.
38:03I saw it myself.
38:07I saw him near Angela's room on several occasions at odd hours,
38:10and I also heard him instruct his valet to take care of a matter with the day laborers just the day before the uprising.
38:21At the time I didn't think much of it, but now, now it all makes sense.
38:25The accusation I made against Ricardo, he suggested to me.
38:28He poisoned my mind against him.
38:33Christopher's confession was the final shovel of dirt on the man's chest.
38:38His face fell.
38:40The mask of affability shattered, revealing the cold, calculating evil that lurked beneath.
38:49Trapped, with no way out, his arrogance turned to blind rage.
38:52Fools, he hissed, looking at the marquises with utter contempt.
38:58They deserved it, this decadent family, clinging to a glorious past that no longer exists.
39:03The promise should be mine.
39:07I would know how to make her prosper, unlike you weak and sentimental ones.
39:15In his outburst he confessed everything, his hatred for Catalina,
39:19whom he saw as the only intelligent obstacle in his path.
39:24The plan to take control, everything.
39:26The marquis Alonso, his face hardened by betrayal and fury, rose to his full height.
39:38Civil guard, he said in a voice that brooked no reply to one of the lackeys waiting at the door.
39:44Come immediately, this man is under arrest.
39:47The man from Valladares was escorted out of the library uttering threats and insults.
39:52His fall is swift and spectacular as his rise had been.
39:57A dense silence fell in the room, charged with the aftershocks of the earthquake that had just occurred.
40:04Little by little the silence was broken.
40:08The marquis approached Catalina, looked at her,
40:10and in his eyes there was deep regret and immense pride.
40:16My daughter, he said, his voice heavy with emotion.
40:19Forgive me for doubting you.
40:21Catalina, exhausted but triumphant, simply nodded and for the first time in weeks allowed herself
40:28to lean on her father, feeling the weight of the world lift from her shoulders.
40:32The end of the storm brought an unexpected dawn for the promise.
40:41The outcome was, against all odds, a happy one.
40:44Catalina was completely vindicated.
40:49Her name was cleared and her position in the family and in the management of the estate was
40:53strengthened as never before.
40:54She had earned the respect not only of her father, but of all who had doubted her.
41:01Her steadfastness and pride were not flaws, they were her greatest virtues.
41:09Angela was released from her confinement.
41:10With the care of Dr. de la Serna and the correct antidote, a slow but steady recovery began.
41:21Leo Katia, horrified at the extent to which she had been manipulated and the
41:25mortal danger in which she had placed her daughter, poured out apologies and care,
41:29mending the broken bond with love and devotion.
41:32Renewed.
41:35Pia was immediately reinstated as housekeeper.
41:38The Marquis himself apologized to her for the terrible injustice committed.
41:44The gratitude she felt towards Samuel was immense.
41:48He had not only defended her, but had risked his own safety for her.
41:54A new and deep bond of respect and affection was born between them,
41:57a silent promise of a shared future.
42:02Petra, although convalescent, recovered from the poisoning.
42:05The experience had changed her.
42:10Having been on the brink of death and having been saved by those she had often despised,
42:14spoke to her heart.
42:17Her gratitude, although expressed with her usual awkwardness, was sincere.
42:22Loay and Vera, having shared their darkest secrets, emerged from the crisis closer than ever.
42:27The Marquis, impressed by Lopez's loyalty, decided to help him settle his old debt, securing his future in the promise.
42:41The couple's relationship, now built on total honesty, blossomed with new strength.
42:45Cristobal's confession and the revelation of the man's manipulation allowed for a shy rapprochement between him and Ricardo.
42:56The resentment, though not forgotten, was replaced by a mutual understanding.
43:02They had been pawns in the same game and that shared experience opened the door to a possible reconciliation.
43:07The promise breathed a sigh of relief. The poison, both literal and metaphorical, had been purged.
43:18The conspiracies were replaced by truth and mistrust, by a new unity forged in adversity.
43:23In the silence of the night, Catalina looked out her window at the moonlit fields, her home.
43:37They had tried to take it from her, they had tried to break her, but they had failed,
43:41because the true value of the promise lay not in her lands or her title,
43:45but in the unexpected loyalty of those who in the darkest moment decided to fight together for her.
43:49And that, she realized, was the happiest ending she could ever have imagined.
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