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A VIX ORIGINAL SERIES

He who sins and prays, Is left in a draw.

And I already prayed.

MINNESOTA, USA

A FEW MONTHS EARLIER

Since I got to Minnesota,

I stayed in bed depressed.

I barely ate,

I had no dreams,

I had no hope of living.

Then I began to suspect this miracle.

And believe me...

I thought about not coming back.

Fernando, this is a sign,

a sign that...

you and I can still be happy,

with the family we've dreamed of.

Do you think we can try again?

Hi, daughter.

How are you doing?

Can you forgive me?

I'll think about it.

How's your arm?

Does it hurt?

You're taking your medicine, right?

Yes,

but I don't think it's working.

I think I'll need a milkshake like this,

huge.

Like this?

And that will make you feel better?

I may need to watch some TV too.

That's what the doctor said.

Let's start with the milkshake and then we'll see.

Mom...

Don't you feel like...

we were better before?

I mean, without Dad.

Sweetheart,

don't be so hard on him.

He's still your dad.

I don't understand why you defend him.

My relationship with your dad

is my relationship with your dad.

You have to learn to build your own with him.

I've been thinking,

and I'm not going to force you

to go to that private school anymore,

if that's not what you want.

How could you send Ceci back to that mediocre school?

Well, with these two little hands,

I'm going to grab the phone, call the principal,

and I'm going to ask her to accept her back in school.

You're doing this to provoke me.

Oh, Carlos Julio, not everything is about you.

She isn't happy,

she's going back to public school, period.

Since when do we do what she says?

Since next time

she's going to jump off the roof to see if we'll listen to her.

I see that when you go to hotels

you share your bed.

Or are you going to claim

you didn't share your room with...

any of your partners in Querétaro?

What I did or didn't do in Querétaro

is my business.

And I'm going to ask you, please,

not to ask me any more questions about that trip,

because it's my business strategy.

Focus on your own.

Well,

these are all the candidates who left their info

after the talks in Querétaro.

I divided them into three groups.

Well, if we want to beat Carlos Julio,

we'll have to recruit as many as possible.

Now even more so, he just took out more boxes.

What's this?

Aren't cupcakes only eaten at parties?

It's the nerves.

What am I going to say?

How am I going to recruit women to sell that thing?

We're going to lose business because of me,

I'm warning you.

No, I was just like you, Mercedes.

I felt guilty just thinking about vibrators.

In Europe, these products are as common as pantyhose.

I'm calling about the course on massagers.

Hello? Hello?

Did I tell you I lived in Paris?

The joy towards life of the Parisian woman

exists for a reason, my dear.

Did I tell you that women in Paris

use these devices all the time?

Hello?

When my husband left me,

I was forced to sell those products

in order to raise my children,

and believe me when I tell you

that having your own money

and not having to explain it to anyone

is very liberating.

You see, when my husband died,

he left me in debt,

I even had to pay the funeral

with the money from the massagers.

Olga, why don't you try being yourself?

This is Olga Pontón, Acevedo's widow.

I don't like gossip,

but did you see how the speaker was dressed?

Where do you think she got the money

to buy such fancy and expensive clothes?

I know,

and I'm going to tell you right now.

If I had one peso for every time my mother-in-law criticized me,

I would be a millionaire.

I would be a millionaire. Speaking of millionaires,

Speaking of millionaires,

let me tell you how to make your own money.

Women talk

and we recommend what we like to our friends,

and I'm sure...

you will like this product.

We have 30 recruits.

Now the important thing

is that these women are good at selling.

That's the dilemma.

Well,

no one's ever been good at selling

on an empty stomach,

- so let's go eat. - Oh, no, what I need is a drink.

Well, it's 7 p.m. in Paris.

Portillo residence.

Hi Matilde,

this is Dr. Fernando Palomares.

Is Consuelo around?

No, she's not here, Doctor.

I suggest you call her at the bakery.

Yes, I already tried, but...

the line has been busy for a while.

Well, do you want to leave a message?

No, don't worry, I'll talk to her later.

Thank you.

Well, apart from the fact that she's still shy,

gossipy and reckless,

I have to admit that I'm liking her a lot more.

I'm glad.

Mom, I've been looking for you all day,

but no one answered at home

and the phone at the bakery has been busy.

Calm down,

why don't you go ahead and I'll catch up later?

See you later.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

What happened?

Oh, Mom,

I'm in trouble.

Ready, sweetie?

Yes.

Delicious, chicken taquitos!

I prepared them myself,

they have a special ingredient.

Yes? Portillo residence.

Hi, how are you?

Yes, he's right here, I'll put him on.

Goodbye.

Andrés, it's Luisa.

Go, weren't you dying to talk to her?

That was before, not anymore.

"That was before, not anymore."

You know what? I'll talk to her.

No, no, no. Give it to me.

- Hello? - Hi Balón, how are you?

Fine, same old. You?

Well, a little sad.

Actually, I just arrived in Mexico

and things in the States didn't go as I hoped.

But hey, I called you the other day

and your dad told me you were with your girlfriend.

Uh, yeah. I have a girlfriend.

If you loved me so much,

you should have answered

the letters I sent, don't you think?

Your letters? What do you mean? I did answer you.

Don't play dumb, Luisa,

you know that's a lie.

So, thank you, but no thank you.

What are you looking at?

It's all upside, my love,

you know who you want to be.

What's the advantage of that?

All it's done is bring me more trouble.

Even Panchito can't decide for you.

I mean, he has a secret of yours,

but if you let that secret out first,

then he has nothing to threaten you with.

Talk to your husband,

tell him what you think and what you want to do.

Even if it means...

No secrets, no worries.

- Exactly. - Like you,

what you did to get us through when Dad left.

And the bakery.

Honey, speaking of the bakery...

I think there are a couple of little details that...

I have to tell you.

I don't understand how a woman of good reputation,

with children, a good education,

examplary parents, can do that.

How can she sleep with someone else?

Really, Carlos Julio?

By the way,

I talked to my partners

and business is amazing.

In less time than we thought...

I'm going to have total control of the business.

I'm going to be able to buy you those little gifts

that I promised you.

So, are you going to buy me the rings and earrings

- you promised me? - Of course, of course.

Why are women so complicated?

Your dad knows, in fact, he's a partner,

he's a lousy, whiny partner, but a partner.

And what does he think?

That's it's a very good business, sweetie.

Oh, Mom.

Besides...

if I'm being honest, I like it.

It's mine,

and yes, it provides us money,

but it also helps a lot of women.

But... it's all been a farce.

But a farce with a very good cause.

OK,

if you've really helped other women become more...

independent,

maybe it's not so bad.

Maybe...

we could write about it in the magazine.

Partners, you won't believe it.

I told Marthita about the business,

and she's going to publish it in her magazine.

Obviously, she'll change our names, but...

isn't that wonderful?

What?

Consuelo!

How are you?

Theresa!

What... a surprise.

I can't believe that I'm back either.

Fernando.

Sorry, I was distracted.

Hello, Consuelo.

We have to talk.

I have so much to tell you.

Do you have time for coffee one of these days?

Everything happened so fast.

I have to go to the restroom, may I?

You know what?

I'm going to go to the bathroom too.

When were you planning to tell me

- Theresa was back? - Consuelo, let me...

- That she was pregnant. - Let me explain, please.

When were you planning to do it?

- We were just together... - She surprise me...

We were just together,

in Querétaro, we were just together,

- you and I were just together. - Consuelo, listen to me, please!

I swear I didn't know anything!

Last night she arrived without telling me,

I was calling you all day and you didn't answer.

Consuelo, I swear I love you,

I only love you.

What are we going to do?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Let's meet in a couple hours in the office and,

and from there, we'll decide what to do.

In the meantime, we have to keep things the same,

as always.

Consuelo,

you are the most important thing in my life,

the most important.

STORAGE ROOM

Everything OK, teddy bear?

You look a bit off.

Yeah, everything's fine.

The best tacos in town.

You have to try them.

Don't judge them by the stand.

Just try them, come on.

Teddy bear, if you take me out to eat,

it has to be in a place

with tables and chairs to sit, at least.

But we can sit...

over here.

Sorry, teddy bear.

Hey,

do you think that instead of calling me a teddy bear

you could call me Balón?

What do you mean, Balón?

Yeah, Balón.

That's what they called me at my other school,

it was a soccer joke and...

it was a soccer joke and... Only if you give me a little kiss.

Only if you give me a little kiss.

How's the business?

I heard we've almost sold out.

- Melvin? - Your sausages have been sold.

They all went out.

And how did you do it?

We sold them by parts,

just like we do with cars.

We made good money.

But not close to what you expected.

What do you mean by parts?

Bro, you did well!

Plus, we have already put your part toward your debt.

Congratulations, man.

You owe Rigo absolutely nothing.

We're even.

No, no way.

The debt and this business are separate things.

Do we have a problem...

partner?

No, no.

What problem could there be among friends?

That's what I was saying, right?

Enjoy the show.

Let's dance, girls!

No one is going to bother us at this hour.

Explain to me what's going on.

I don't know, I don't know.

I've asked that a million times.

I mean, I don't understand why Theresa left all this time,

she didn't even call me,

and now she comes back pregnant and I...

I mean, yeah, we're still married,

but what do I do? Please tell me what to do.

OK, let's analyze our situation.

What are our options?

Would it be too much for you to stay with Theresa

and for us to remain lovers?

No, I can take responsibility for the baby,

divorce Theresa, you divorce Carlos Julio

- and we get married. - That's a little tricky.

What if the two of us run away and disappear?

Oh, no, because I'm not Carlos Julio,

I couldn't abandon my children.

And I couldn't abandon Theresa with my future baby.

Oh, take this off me.

- Get it off me, get it off me! - OK, OK, OK.

I mean, do we have to say goodbye again?

But please, let's not use that word,

it's horrible.

I don't know, maybe...

one last hug?

One last kiss?

I can't believe you still believe these people.

Like you didn't already know them, please.

And all because of those mobsters.

What was I supposed to do?

They pointed a gun at me. What can I do?

You know what I want you to do?

Pay me the money you owe me.

And leave, right now, leave this room.

No, no, no. You can't tell me to leave.

You can't do that.

I give you everything you want, I always have,

but you can't say that, please.

I beg you, no, not right now.

Oh, Carlos Julio, I can't believe you anymore.

Alma,

I'm not well.

You have to help me, I have nowhere to go.

I really need your help right now.

You've always been there, please, I beg you.

Do you still have the massagers to sell?

Yeah. I still have them.

But I have to sell them at double or triple,

otherwise Consuelo will keep the business.

True.

Although there are a lot of women out there.

They might be interested.

Or you could talk to your previous partner

or get a new one.

You're brilliant.

You're right, there are a lot of women.

And there's my partner.

OK,

you didn't ask me for advice,

but I'm going to give it to you anyway.

Sometimes...

the only thing you need to be happy

is to forgive and move on.

But I don't understand

why Luisa never answered my letters.

That's why you have to talk to her...

to clarify things.

What if she...

missed you so much she couldn't write to you?

Look for her.

Talk to her.

Oh, my boy.

Enough.

Enough.

Hey, Doctor!

This is the last time.

I can't do it anymore.

I know we love each other

and we want to be together, but that's enough.

Even if we think we want each other...

even if we want to kiss,

even if we want to smell each other.

Oh, yes.

Exactly.

We can't...

we can't stop.

Thank you.

Alright.

Well...

now it's goodbye.

If I don't leave now, I'm never going to leave.

- Consuelo... - We would have been...

spectacular...

in another life.

Goodbye, Dr. Palomares.

See you soon, Consuelo.

Hi, Mom.

Sweetie, how did it go in the bakery?

What is this?

Look,

mom's lasagna recipe.

I hadn't made it for years.

The kids helped me.

Well, Ceci didn't want to,

but Dad threatened to take away her skates.

Carlos Julio, can I talk to you in the kitchen for a moment?

Of course.

I'll keep doing this, Dad.

Take care of it.

What do you want?

I wanted to spoil you with dinner.

What, I can't worry about my family?

Come on, please don't play dumb.

You never do anything for anyone

without something in return, so what do you want?

Fine.

I've been thinking things through

and it's not worth going on

with this silly kid's bet.

We'd better run the business together.

Think of this dinner as a truce.

I know you.

If you're doing this

is because you haven't sold a single massager,

and now you want to cancel the bet

because you know I'm going to win.

Oh, yeah?

For your information,

I have sold more than half.

How many have you sold?

No.

I don't believe you.

A child lies better than you.

The bet continues...

period.

And how is Dr. Fernando Palomares?

I'm willing to give you a clean slate

regarding your affair with the doctor.

If you reinstate me in the business.

It would be a shame

for the children to find out what is going on

between you and Fernando.

You wouldn't dare.

Think about it.

Kids, dinner time.

The table is set, Dad.

If you think you're going to intimidate me,

you're wrong.

I will continue to run the business,

whether you like it or not.

And if not, we can continue with the bet.

So own up to your commitment.

- What bet are you talking about? - Nothing, my love.

Adult stuff.

Bon appétit.

I hope this tastes better than the kisses

you've been enjoying with your lover...

Dr. Fernando Palomares.

What? What is he talking about, Mom?