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