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00:00Puro sacrifices himself and Tonio challenges Manuel. Chapter 688 of The Promise.
00:12Thursday, Oct. 2 arrives loaded with emotions and decisions that could change everything.
00:19Tonio fearlessly confronts Manuel to demand that he leave Onura alone, while Adriano,
00:24devastated by Catalina's departure, surprises everyone with his plan to leave the palace with
00:29his children. Meanwhile, Petra's deterioration is alarming. The servants rebel against Cristobal
00:37and Federico joins forces with Lopez to protect Vera from paternal manipulation.
00:44But the tension reaches its peak with Kuro. Willing to do anything to save Angela from the
00:49captain, he proposes leaving alone if Leocadia yields. Will his mother accept her son's sacrifice
00:57or will it seal his fate once and for all? A veil of melancholy had fallen over the centuries-old
01:04walls of the promise. An impalpable cloak, but heavier than the stone itself.
01:10Autumn, which gilded the vast fields of the Pedroches, seemed to have breathed its farewell
01:15breath into every corner of the palace.
01:17The days were growing shorter, and with them the hopes of many of its inhabitants.
01:24The air, pregnant with a silent tension, vibrated with the echoes of irrevocable decisions and
01:29uncertain futures. It was a time of fractures, of alliances forged in desperation, and of secrets
01:37that, like poorly healed wounds, festered beneath the fabric of daily life.
01:41The broken heart of a father.
01:47Catalina's departure had left a crater in the heart of promise,
01:50a void that resonated with the absence of her frank laughter and her indomitable spirit.
01:56But nowhere was that void deeper, darker, and more desolate than in Adriana's soul.
02:05The man who had found in her an anchor amidst the tempest of his own life now found himself
02:09adrift in an ocean of pain whose immensity threatened to engulf him.
02:16Adriana's days had become a monotonous pilgrimage through the places they had shared.
02:22The hangar, once a refuge for dreams and confidences, was now a mausoleum of memories.
02:30The smell of motor oil and old wood mingled with the ghost of Catalina's perfume,
02:35an olfactory torture that twisted his insides.
02:37He would sit for hours in the makeshift office she had set up,
02:44running his fingers over the plans for her projects,
02:46over the notes in her elegant, determined handwriting.
02:52Each object was a relic, each piece of paper a testament to what he had lost.
02:57His children, little Sancho and Jemina, were both his solace and his torment.
03:01In their faces he searched for Catalina's features,
03:07a spark of his mother in the liveliness of her eyes or the curve of a smile.
03:13But seeing them was also a constant reminder of the broken family,
03:17of the promise of a future together that had vanished like smoke.
03:22The little girl's crying at night was a dagger piercing his chest,
03:26an unanswered question that he didn't know how to silence.
03:31The idea had begun as a whisper in the shadows of his mind,
03:35a poisonous seed planted by desperation.
03:40At first he had dismissed it as madness,
03:43a feverish impulse born of grief.
03:44But with each passing day,
03:50with each dawn that brought no news of Catalina,
03:52the idea took root, grew stronger,
03:54and became an unshakable conviction.
03:58He couldn't stay there.
04:01He couldn't raise his children in the epicenter of his pain,
04:04in a place where every hallway,
04:05every garden,
04:06every face screamed her absence.
04:08That morning,
04:12with an icy determination that contrasted with the fire of his grief,
04:16Adriano went to the Marquise's office.
04:20Alonso greeted him with grief written all over his face.
04:24A grief he shared,
04:25but one that couldn't compare to that of the man before him.
04:30Adriano,
04:31my son,
04:32it's good to see you.
04:33Have you heard anything?
04:35The Marquis asked,
04:35hope fighting a losing battle against the resignation in his voice.
04:41Adriano shook his head,
04:43his eyes sunken into dark sockets from insomnia.
04:46Nothing,
04:47senor Marquez.
04:49Not a word.
04:50It's as if the earth had swallowed her.
04:53The silence that followed was heavy,
04:55heavy with all that was left unsaid.
04:59Alonso sighed,
05:01running a hand through his gray hair.
05:03We must keep the faith.
05:04Catalina is strong.
05:06She will know how to take care of herself.
05:09Faith does not bring my wife back to me,
05:11Adriano replied,
05:12his voice a broken murmur.
05:15Faith does not lull my children to sleep at night.
05:17Faith does not fill this house with the echo of her laughter.
05:21He went to the window,
05:23his knuckles white as he clenched his fist against the sill.
05:25He looked out over the gardens bathed in a pale, watery morning light.
05:33I have come to tell you a decision, Marquis.
05:37A firm decision.
05:38Alonso watched him,
05:40a bad feeling gripping his chest.
05:44What a decision, Adriano.
05:46Adriano turned,
05:48and in his gaze was a resolution that chilled the Marquis's blood.
05:51I'm leaving the promise and taking my children with me.
05:57The statement hit the office like a sentence.
05:59Alonso gasped,
06:03feeling a new wave of loss hit him.
06:08First Catalina,
06:09now his grandchildren.
06:11The promise was crumbling,
06:13drained of the life and joy they had brought.
06:15You can't,
06:18he exclaimed,
06:19more like a plea than a command.
06:22Adriano,
06:23please think about it.
06:26This is your home,
06:27your children's home.
06:29Where will you go?
06:30Anywhere where their absence is not the air I breathe.
06:33Quote,
06:33Adriano said,
06:35his voice shaking for the first time.
06:37I will return to my lands or perhaps I will go even further away.
06:41I do not know.
06:42All I know is that I cannot remain here one more day.
06:45Every stone in this palace is a monument to my failure,
06:50to my inability to make her happy,
06:52to protect her.
06:55That is not true and you know it.
06:57Quote,
06:58Alonso tried to reason as he approached him.
07:00No one could have foreseen this.
07:04The decision was hers.
07:06A decision she made because she did not feel safe,
07:09because she felt that this family,
07:11this place,
07:11was suffocating her.
07:13Adriano fought back,
07:14his pain turning to bitter anger.
07:18And I could do nothing to prevent it.
07:21Now I can only try to save what I have left.
07:25My children deserve to grow up far from this sadness.
07:28Quote,
07:28The news,
07:29as often happens in palaces,
07:31soon found wings.
07:32It slipped through the corridors,
07:36carpeted floors,
07:37whispered by maids and footmen,
07:38until it reached the ears of every member of the Lujan family.
07:41The alarm was instantaneous and widespread.
07:48Catalina's departure had been a devastating blow,
07:50but the possibility of losing Adriano and the children as well was wound upon wound,
07:54an amputation that would leave the family crippled forever.
07:57Cruz,
08:01the marchioness,
08:01despite the strained relationship she had always maintained with her daughter-in-law,
08:05felt genuine panic.
08:10Adriana's departure was a stain on the family's honor,
08:13a public acknowledgement that they had failed to take care of their own.
08:15Martina,
08:20who had found a confidante and ally in Catalina,
08:22felt doubly abandoned.
08:26And Manuel,
08:27Manuel felt the weight of responsibility fall on his shoulders with crushing force.
08:34The promise broken and the friendship at stake.
08:37Manuel de Lujan walked through the hangar workshop with the slow step of a man who carries the world on his back.
08:44The hum of the engines,
08:45which had once been music to his ears,
08:47was now nothing more than noise,
08:49death and upset.
08:52His sister-in-law's departure,
08:54Adriana's devastation,
08:56the imminent breakup of his family.
08:59Everything swirled in his mind,
09:01creating a storm of guilt and frustration.
09:04And in the eye of that storm,
09:06like a thorn stuck in his conscience,
09:08was his broken relationship with Tonyo.
09:12They had been friends,
09:13almost brothers.
09:14They had shared high-flying dreams and down-to-earth confidences.
09:20But Anora's shadow had come between them.
09:23A shadow of doubt and suspicion that Manuel had been unable to dispel.
09:27His investigations,
09:31his insistence that the woman was not who she said she was,
09:34had opened a gap that now seemed insurmountable.
09:40Adriana's decision to abandon the promise was the jolt Manuel needed.
09:43He suddenly understood that he was losing the pillars of his life one by one.
09:50He had lost Yana,
09:52the love of his life.
09:55He was losing his family.
09:57He couldn't afford it.
09:59He didn't want to allow himself to lose his best friend too.
10:01With a heavy heart he looked for Tonyo.
10:06He found him in the kitchens helping Simona, his mother, with a mundane task.
10:13The tension between them was palpable.
10:15A wall of silence and unspoken reproaches.
10:18Tonyo, can we talk?
10:20Manuel asked,
10:21his voice more humble than anyone in the promise was used to hearing him say.
10:27Tonyo looked up from the potatoes he was peeling,
10:30his expression closed, impenetrable.
10:33I don't know if we have anything else to say to each other, Mr. Manuel.
10:37Quote,
10:38The young master's formality was like a slap in the face.
10:43Please, Tonyo, alone.
10:46Simona, sensing the gravity of the moment,
10:48gestured to her son.
10:52B, go on, I'll finish this.
10:55They went out to the service yard,
10:56where the fresh morning air contrasted with the tense atmosphere between them.
11:03The sun cast its long, sharp shadows on the cobblestones.
11:07I've been a fool, Manuel began bluntly.
11:12A stubborn and a bad friend.
11:14Tonyo crossed his arms, his posture defensive.
11:17Ah, yes, and why this discovery now?
11:21Because I'm losing everything that matters to me, Manuel confessed, his gaze fixed on his friends.
11:29Catalina has left, Adriana wants to leave with the children.
11:33The family is falling apart.
11:34And I, I've behaved like an idiot towards you.
11:40The vulnerability in the Lujan air's voice slightly disarmed Tonyo, but the wound was deep.
11:47You've doubted Enora, you've doubted my judgment, you've thought I'm a fool who can be easily fooled.
11:52No, Tonyo, it's not that.
11:58Manuel was quick to correct him.
12:00There's just something about her that doesn't inspire confidence in me.
12:04Something I can't figure out, but that doesn't give me the right to meddle in your life, to question your feelings.
12:09I've been so blinded by my own suspicions that I haven't seen the harm I've been doing to you.
12:18Manuel took a step towards him.
12:20His expression was one of genuine remorse.
12:23I want you to forgive me and I want to make you a promise.
12:27Tonyo looked at him expectantly, suspicion fighting with the old loyalty in his eyes.
12:31I promise you I'll leave you alone now.
12:36No more questions, no more investigations, no more suspicious looks.
12:42Your happiness is the only thing that should matter to me.
12:45If she makes you happy, I'll accept her.
12:48The promise floated away, in the air between them.
12:51For Manuel, it was a sacrifice.
12:54His suspicions about Enora had not disappeared.
12:56On the contrary, a voice inside him screamed that he was making a mistake,
13:01that something dark was hiding behind that woman's charming smile.
13:07He remembered fragmented conversations, furtive glances,
13:11a familiarity with certain topics that did not fit with the story she was telling.
13:17But the fear of losing Tonyo was stronger than his distrust.
13:21She was choosing friendship over the truth, or at least what he believed to be the truth.
13:26Tonyo searched his friend's face for any hint of falsehood.
13:33He found none.
13:35He saw a man desperate to correct his mistakes, to hold on to the ties he still had.
13:42Slowly, almost reluctantly, he nodded.
13:46Okay, Manuel.
13:47I accept your apology.
13:50And your promise.
13:52There was no hug, not even a handshake.
13:54The reconciliation was fragile, a newly built bridge over an abyss of mistrust.
14:02But it was a start.
14:04Manuel, he felt a hint of relief, although the unease about Enora continued to swirl round inside him.
14:11He had promised to close his eyes, but he could not silence the voice of his instinct that warned him that the storm had not yet passed.
14:18In the meantime, Tonyo, clinging to the idyllic image of his love, chose to believe in his friend's promise and in the sincerity of his future wife, without knowing that the truth often has a much higher price than suspicion.
14:32The slow extinction of a faithful flame.
14:37In the bustling and often chaotic domains of the service, an unnatural stillness surrounded the figure of Petra Arcos.
14:44The one who had been the personal maid of the Martianess, the unwavering pillar of loyalty to the cross, was burning away before everyone's eyes like a candle in a draft.
14:55Her deterioration, which had begun with a discomfort in her neck diagnosed as a simple torticollis, had accelerated alarmingly.
15:07Petra, whose posture had always been rigid and upright, a reflection of her character unyielding, she now walked hunched over, each step a grimace of pain.
15:16The stiffness in her neck had spread to her jaw, and sometimes she had difficulty speaking, her words coming out with a difficulty that alarmed those who listened.
15:29Her skin, usually pale, had taken on a waxy, feverish tone.
15:35Her eyes, those dark wells that had struck so many with her disdain, were now sunken and clouded with suffering.
15:41Her companions, who for years had been the target of her sharp tongue and haughty attitude, now found themselves in an uncomfortable position.
15:53The animosity of the past faded before the evidence of her fragility.
15:58Fear, a primal and contagious feeling, replaced resentment.
16:01Maria Fernandez, despite the countless grudges she had had with Petra, was one of the first to show her concern.
16:13It doesn't look good, Candela, none of it, he whispered to her one day in the kitchen as they watched Petra try to drink a glass of water with trembling hands.
16:22Candela nodded, her usually cheerful face shadowed with concern.
16:29The doctor said it was her neck, but this.
16:33This seems like something else.
16:35Don't you think we should tell the gentleman?
16:37Perhaps they could bring another doctor, one from the capital.
16:42Simona, who was listening to them while she vigorously kneaded the bread, intervened with her usual pragmatism.
16:48The gentleman's minds are elsewhere right now with Miss Catalina and Don Adriano.
16:58And the Marchioness.
16:59You know how the Marchioness is.
17:01As long as Petra can get her dressed in the morning, she won't see any further.
17:07But silence could no longer hide the obvious.
17:10During the service dinner, Petra barely ate a bite.
17:13She stared at her plate, her jaw clenched, as if the simple act of chewing were torture.
17:24Lope, who was sitting across from her, noticed how a spasm ran down her back, causing her to arch violently in her chair.
17:30Are you okay, Petra?
17:35He asked, his voice filled with genuine concern.
17:40All heads turned toward her.
17:43Petra tried to answer, but only a guttural sound escaped her throat.
17:49Panic flickered in her eyes.
17:52It was an instant, a flash of pure terror in the gaze of the woman who had always seemed to fear nothing.
17:57Ricardo, the butler, stood up and approached her.
18:04Petra, I think you should go up to your room to rest.
18:08Tomorrow we will speak with the Marchises so that the doctor can come again.
18:11This cannot continue like this.
18:15With the help of Maria and Candela, Petra stood up, each movement stiff and painful.
18:20As she was escorted from the dining room, an uneasy murmur spread among the others.
18:29Do you remember the wound she got in the garden?
18:32A young footman suddenly said as he fell over those gardening tools.
18:38The mention brought to mind the incident that had happened weeks before.
18:42A foolish fall, a deep cut with a rusty hoe.
18:48The wound had been cleaned, but no one had given it much thought.
18:53Now that forgotten injury took on a sinister relevance.
18:59The word that no one dared to utter, but that everyone was thinking, hung in the thick air of the kitchen.
19:04A terrible disease, a death sentence in most cases that began with stiffness in the neck and jaw and ended in agonizing convulsions.
19:19The worried looks intensified, charged with a new and terrible understanding.
19:23The antipathy that many felt for Petra dissolved in a wave of compassion and fear.
19:32They saw in her suffering body not an arrogant maiden, but a companion, an equal in the fragility of life.
19:41The silence that followed her departure was no longer one of discomfort or resentment.
19:45It was the heavy, respectful silence that precedes tragedy.
19:48In the dim light of her humble bedroom, Petra Arcos, the faithful servant of the Marchioness of Lujan,
19:56faced alone an invisible enemy that was robbing her of control over her own body.
20:00One spasm at a time.
20:04The unexpected alliance against tyranny.
20:07Federico had been living in the shadow of his father, the Duke, for too long.
20:13A long, oppressive shadow that had shaped his character,
20:16filling him with an insecurity that he often disguised as indifference.
20:22But reaching the promise and, above all,
20:25witnessing his sister Vera's anguish up close had been like a brutal awakening.
20:31The young aristocrat's eyes had finally opened to the harsh, manipulative reality of his father's nature.
20:37He had seen the way his father spoke to Vera, the smiles that did not reach his eyes, the kind words that hit a steel edge.
20:46He had recognized the old tactics, the same web of emotional control and psychological depression that he himself had used.
20:55He had suffered for years.
20:58But seeing it directed toward his sister, so vulnerable and desperate to find her place in the world,
21:03ignited a flame of protective rage in Federico that he had not known he possessed.
21:07His conversation with Lopez had been a revelation.
21:14The cook, despite his inferior social position, had spoken to him with a frankness and bravery that had disarmed him.
21:22He had told him how he had found Vera, frightened and fleeing.
21:26He had spoken to him of her kindness, of her fragility, but also of the strength that Lopez knew she had inside.
21:32And above all he had spoken openly of the fear they both shared, that the duke would drag her back into a hell of appearances and control.
21:45Her father doesn't want her, he possesses her, Lopez had told him, his words charged with a conviction that left no room for doubt.
21:54And he will do anything to win her back, not out of love, but out of pride.
21:59Those words echoed in Federico's mind.
22:03He realized that Lopez, a simple cook, understood and loved his sister in a purer and more sincere way than his own father.
22:12In that moment, the barriers of class and status collapsed.
22:16He found an ally in Lopez, a man whose sole interest was Vera's well-being.
22:23Determined to act, Federico sought out Lopez in the relative privacy of the pantry.
22:27The cook eyed him warily, not knowing what to expect from the son of the man he considered his enemy.
22:38Lope, we need to talk, Federico said, his voice low and urgent.
22:43About Vera.
22:44I'm always ready to talk about Vera, Lopez replied, drying his hands on his apron.
22:52My father won't hold back.
22:54I know him, Federico continued, omitting preamble.
22:57He'll try to manipulate her, promise her the world, and if that doesn't work, he'll resort to threats.
23:06We can't let him talk to her alone.
23:09We can't let him corner her.
23:12Lope nodded, his face grim.
23:13I've been trying to keep her away for days, but her father is the duke, she can go wherever she wants in this palace.
23:24That's why we need a plan, Federico said, his mind working at full speed.
23:30We'll ally, we'll form a united front.
23:34You know her better than anyone, you know when she's most vulnerable.
23:37I know my father, I know how he thinks, I can anticipate his moves.
23:44The proposal surprised Lope.
23:47Joining forces with the duke's son was something he could never have imagined.
23:51But looking into Federico's eyes, he saw the same desperate concern he felt.
23:58He saw a brother willing to defy his own father to protect his sister.
24:04What do you propose?
24:05Lopez asked, ready to listen.
24:08We will always be alert.
24:09If my father seeks her out, one of us must be present.
24:14At all times, not as a jailer, but as a support, so that she knows she is not alone.
24:21If he asks for a private meeting, we will invent an excuse, an urgent task, whatever.
24:29We will let her know that we are on her side, that she does not have to give in to any pressure.
24:35They looked at each other, an aristocrat and a cook, sealing a silent pact in the dim light of the pantry.
24:44It was an unlikely alliance, born of necessity and shared affection for Vera.
24:48Federico, for the first time in his life, felt truly useful, freed from the yoke of filial obedience.
25:00He was choosing his sister over his father, decency over duty.
25:03Lopez, for his part, felt a glimmer of hope.
25:11He was no longer alone in his struggle.
25:13He had someone inside, someone who knew the monster from its very lair.
25:16Vera is stronger than she looks, Lopez said almost to himself.
25:24But she has suffered greatly.
25:28She needs to know that she has a safe haven, and we will give it to her, Federico stated with new determination.
25:33My father has underestimated his son and he has underestimated both of us.
25:40Vera will not return to that gilded cage.
25:44I give you my word.
25:46Meanwhile, Vera, oblivious to the alliance that was being forged in her name, struggled with her own demons.
25:51The love she felt for Lopez was her beacon, but the shadow of her family past was a thick fog that threatened to extinguish it.
26:03Her father's presence in the promise was a source of constant anxiety.
26:08She longed to believe that he had changed, that his interest in her was genuine, but years of manipulation had left deep scars on her trust.
26:15Little did she know that in the most unexpected corners of the palace, two very different men were joining forces, ready to become the shield she so desperately needed.
26:30The battle for her freedom had only just begun.
26:33The rebellion of the service and the plea for Pia.
26:38The atmosphere in the service area had become unbreathable, and not just because of the heat of the stoves or the smell of joy.
26:46A new regime of terror, subtle and implacable, had been established with the arrival of Cristobal as butler.
26:55His obsession with order and discipline had translated into a system of faults, a black notebook where he noted every little mistake, every delay, every word out of tune.
27:07A stain on a glass, a second's delay in answering a bell, a conversation in a corridor.
27:15Everything was recorded and each entry was a veiled threat of dismissal.
27:20The tension that had accumulated for days finally exploded.
27:25The rebellion began as a collective murmur, a complaint shared in whispers in the laundry room, a look of dismay exchanged in the kitchen.
27:32The staff, accustomed to Rumolo's firm but fair management and Pia's compassion, were not prepared to submit to Cristobal's tyranny.
27:43The straw that broke the camel's back the most important thing was the steward's refusal to allow one of the younger maids to go see her sick mother in the village.
27:52The girl, her eyes full of tears, had begged, but Cristobal had been inflexible.
27:59His duty lies here in the promise.
28:04Her mother already has someone to take care of her.
28:07He had made his statement before making a new entry in his infamous notebook.
28:12That night, in the servants' dining room, the atmosphere was one of mutiny.
28:16Quote, we can't go on like this, Candela exclaimed, pounding the table with her fist.
28:21He treats us as if we were prisoners, not people.
28:27She's right, Simona supported her.
28:31Discipline is one thing, cruelty is quite another.
28:35This man has no heart.
28:38The voices joined in, a chorus of frustration and suppressed rage.
28:42But it was Ricardo, the former butler, who felt the weight of the situation most personally and painfully.
28:51Every day without Pia was torment for him.
28:54He had seen her leave, sacrificing herself so that he could keep his job, and guilt not at him.
29:03Watching Cristobal undo all of Pia's good work, replacing her kindness with a military coldness, was more than he could bear.
29:12He knew he had to do something.
29:15Hard in his mouth, he waited for Cristobal to retire to his office after dinner and went to find him.
29:21He found him sitting at his desk, reviewing his absence log with a perverse satisfaction.
29:29Cristobal, I need to talk to you, Ricardo said, his voice firm despite the knot in his stomach.
29:39Cristobal looked up, his eyes cold and devoid of emotion.
29:43Is something wrong, Mr. Pellisier?
29:45I hope it's not to intercede on behalf of the weeping maid.
29:48I've already made up my mind about that.
29:52It's not because of her or not just because of her, Ricardo replied, entering the office and closing the door behind him.
29:59It's because of everything.
30:01The atmosphere down here is untenable.
30:04People are afraid, they're resentful.
30:06You can't run a service based on threats.
30:09Cristobal raised an eyebrow.
30:11Oh, no.
30:13It seems to me that efficiency has improved considerably since I arrived.
30:18There's less gossip and more work.
30:20There's less spirit, Ricardo countered.
30:24A service is not an army.
30:26It needs a heart.
30:28And Pia was the heart of this service.
30:32People respected her, but they also loved her.
30:35They followed her out of loyalty, not fear.
30:39The mention of Pia caused Cristobal's expression to harden.
30:42His decision to expel her after catching her kissing Ricardo had been as much an assertion of his authority as an act of personal spite, a form of punish the happiness he did not possess.
30:54Ricardo took a step closer, his voice becoming a desperate plea.
31:03I beg you to reconsider your decision.
31:06I beg you to allow Pia to return.
31:09I will leave if necessary.
31:11You can blame me for everything.
31:12Say that I deceived her all you want.
31:16But let her come back.
31:17The service needs her.
31:19I need her.
31:20The final confession escaped him in a pain-filled whisper.
31:24It was the first time he had openly admitted the depth of his feelings to the man who had taken them from him.
31:34Cristobal watched him for a long moment, an indecipherable expression on his face.
31:41For a moment, Ricardo thought he saw a, in his armor of indifference, a glimpse of something like compassion.
31:50But it was only an illusion.
31:51The mask of the implacable butler fell back into place.
31:55Your request is touching, Signor Pellicier.
32:00It really is.
32:01He said in a tone that was anything but compassionate.
32:05But my decision is firm.
32:06The lady Ada has flagrantly violated the rules of this house.
32:13Her behavior was an affront to the morals and decorum expected of the staff of the promise.
32:17There is no place for her here.
32:22She stood up, walked around her desk, and headed for the door, opening it in a clear invitation for Ricardo to leave.
32:28And as for you, she added, her voice dropping to a menacing hiss, I would advise you to focus on your own tasks and stop worrying about the heart of the service.
32:40You would not want your name appearing too often in my notebook.
32:47The case is closed.
32:50Ricardo left the office feeling the bitter taste of defeat.
32:54Cristobal's refusal not only condemned Pia to exile, it also fanned the flames of discontent among the staff.
33:00The rebellion, which had begun as a murmur, was on the verge of becoming a shout.
33:09And Ricardo, his heart broken and his hands tied, found himself caught in the middle, unable to protect the woman he loved or guide the people he had once loved.
33:18Lead.
33:21War in the service area had been declared.
33:24The sacrifice of a cornered love.
33:26Coro and Angela's dream of freedom was crumbling with each passing hour.
33:33The web that Leocatia, Angela's mother, had woven around them was more suffocating and sticky than a spider's web.
33:41Their escape plans, drawn up with the desperate urgency of two hearts in love and cornered, now seemed like a children's story, a naive fantasy in the face of cruel reality.
33:51Leocatia, a master in the art of manipulation, had not resorted to violence or direct threats.
34:02Her weapon was much more lethal, emotional blackmail.
34:06She had played the card of the self-sacrificing and suffering mother, painting a bleak picture of her own loneliness and helplessness, and Angela abandoned her.
34:13This is how you repay me for all my sacrifices, she said to her daughter, her eyes full of crocodile tears.
34:24Leaving me alone in my old age at the mercy of these people's charity, I who have dedicated every minute of my life to giving you a future, to protecting you.
34:31The words, like drops of poison, penetrated Angela's soul.
34:39Despite everything, despite recognizing the falsehood in her mother's melodrama, the filial bond was strong.
34:47Guilt, that old acquaintance, settled in her chest, heavy and inescapable.
34:53Kuro watched Angela's anguish with a helplessness that consumed him.
34:56He saw how the sparkle in her eyes faded, how the hope they had harbored together withered before Leocatia's calculated wiles.
35:09They met in secret, in dark corners of the garden or in the silence of the hayloft, but their meetings, once full of promise and excitement, were now tinged with desperation.
35:18I can't, Kuro, I can't do this to him, Angela confessed to him one night, her voice drowned out by the sun, as the moon filtered through the planks of the barn.
35:33She won't survive without me, will she, Angela?
35:36And you know it, Kuro replied, grabbing her by the shoulders and forcing her to look at him.
35:44It's a ruse to keep you, to make you marry the captain.
35:48You can't condemn yourself to a life with that man, it will be the end of you.
35:53And what can we do?
35:54She screamed, frustration breaking through her defenses.
35:58If we run, they'll come after us.
36:01And if they find us, the captain is a powerful and vengeful man.
36:05And my mother, she'll make sure my life is hell because of Gil.
36:12The path to freedom that had seemed within reach days ago now seemed like an unfathomable precipice.
36:19They were trapped.
36:22Desperate, watching the love of his life slip through his fingers, Kuro spent the night awake looking for a way out.
36:28A last move in a game that seemed lost.
36:30And at dawn, with the cold and cruel clarity of the first light, he found a solution.
36:38A terrible, heartbreaking solution, but the only one he could think of, a sacrifice.
36:48He looked for Leocatia and found her in the sewing room, mending a tablecloth with a serenity that contrasted violently with Kuro's inner storm.
36:56Madam, he said, his voice hoarse from lack of sleep and anguish.
37:04Leocatia looked up, one eyebrow arched in feigned surprise.
37:07Yes, boy, can you offer me anything?
37:13Let's make a deal, Kuro said, getting straight to the point.
37:18His youth contrasted with the seriousness of a man who was about to give up everything.
37:24Leocatia dropped her sewing on her lap.
37:27Interested.
37:27A deal.
37:29You and me sounds intriguing.
37:30You want Angela to marry Captain Lorenzo, Kuro explained.
37:37Each word was a piece of his heart that he tore out and placed on the table.
37:42And I want her to be free, not tied to a man she doesn't love.
37:47Freedom is a luxury we can't always afford, Leocatia replied cynically.
37:51The captain can offer Angela a position, a security that you could never give her.
38:00And her happiness?
38:01Doesn't that count?
38:03Kuro replied bitterly, ignoring the stab of pain and continuing.
38:08I know I can't compete with him, that's why I'm proposing something.
38:12Let Angela break off her engagement.
38:13Let her be free to marry whoever she chooses or not at all.
38:20Leave her alone.
38:21Leocatia looked at him.
38:24A sly smile played across his lips.
38:27And in exchange for this act of generosity on my part, what exactly do you offer?
38:33Kuro took a deep breath, preparing to pronounce the sentence of his own life.
38:37In exchange, I'm leaving.
38:42I'll leave the promise, the region, Spain, if necessary.
38:48I'll disappear from Angela's life forever.
38:51She'll never hear from me again.
38:53She'll stay here with you, but she'll be free from this marriage.
38:58I swear it to you on all that's sacred.
39:00The proposal hung in the thick air of the room.
39:03It was the ultimate sacrifice, to give up Angela to save her, to condemn himself to a life of exile and solitude so that she wouldn't have to live in a cage, no matter how gilded it was.
39:18He was prepared to rip out his own heart if it guaranteed the freedom of hers.
39:22Leocatia stared at him, her calculating eyes weighing the offer.
39:30Kuro's departure would remove the main obstacle to her plans.
39:35Without him, Angela would be more manageable, more susceptible to his influence.
39:41But on the other hand, marriage to the captain guaranteed her a position of power and influence.
39:48Was it worth giving up that alliance to get rid of a boy in love?
39:52The question remained unanswered.
39:58The fate of two young people hung in the balance of a woman whose heart had long since been replaced by ambition.
40:06Kuro waited with bated breath, ready to sacrifice his future for that of the woman he loved.
40:11But would Leocatia give in to such a proposal sooner, or was her ambition stronger than any shred of compassion she might have left?
40:22The sun rose on the promise, but for Kuro and Angela the night seemed darker than ever.
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