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[distant siren wailing]

[distant car horn honks]

[doctor] So, she has what we call a cafe-au-lait birthmark.

Can it be removed?

[doctor] They usually come back over time.

Well, could we try something more radical?

Uh, I don't know...

like some kind of surgery?

Possibly in a few years,

though there would still be a certain amount of scarring,

which unfortunately would be

more dramatic than the birthmark.

Thank you.

I'll wait outside.

I know that Nora thinks anything is possible.

But in this instance, your daughter is much too young

to undergo any kind of surgical intervention

that isn't strictly necessary.

Of course.

[dramatic music playing]

You have to accept the fact that Tessa

is just as imperfect as your grandson is.

Don't compare them.

And besides, I'm sure we can come up with some kind of solution.

Even if it doesn't exist, that's just what we do.

[dramatic music playing]

[opening theme music playing]

All right. Come on, Luciano.

There. How does that feel?

-Good! -Yes, good.

-Go see your mom. -[Yeni] This way, honey.

Now, be careful.

-That's it. -[Yeni] Here.

-Lift up your feet. -That's it.

Very good! [laughs]

-Great. -Wow.

Now, what do say to the doctor?

-Thank you! -[Dr. Eloy] You're welcome.

He'll have to wear them for the next couple of hours

so he gets used to them.

And he'll also have to wear them while he naps...

and when he goes to sleep at night.

All right.

And you have to remember that at this age, growth spurts can be quite sudden,

and it's very important to keep an eye on him

so his legs don't start getting twisted.

Don't worry, Doctor.

I'll continue to be vigilant and keep an eye out.

-[Dr. Eloy] Very good. -A little birdy told me

that Luciano wants to start playing soccer.

I love soccer.

That's great!

And next time you come to see me, I'm going to give you a ball.

[Yeni chuckles]

[exclaims, giggles]

-Yeah? She fell asleep? -She doesn't wanna sleep.

-Hello! -[Julia] Look who's here.

-Grandma! -It looks like my office has been invaded!

Yes. Well, we were just waiting for Carlos,

but Tessa really loves your office.

My princess knows she can come and play here whenever she wants.

Right, sweetie?

But now, we've got to do some work.

We're almost finished, Grandma.

What are you doing, sweetie?

This is Nico's hospital for healthy folks.

That's a stupid idea.

A hospital is for sick people, and that's why our company

makes medicine to cure all those people.

It's pretty clear that Nico isn't interested in growing up

to be a chemist or anything at all to do with pharmaceuticals.

-Look, he's got this. -[Julia] What is that?

[Nora] We're leaving. We've gotta get to a meeting.

Come on.

[Julia] Hey, guys. I've got an idea. Listen to this.

Want some hamburgers when we get to the house?

Yes, please.

Could you please make it less obvious that you like Tessa more?

Nico is getting old to notice now.

This is a family business, and it would be helpful

if you could get your son to be more interested in it.

Why is that? He won't be running anything in the family,

or at Huizar Pharmaceuticals.

You've already given Tessa that job.

Let my son grow up to be whoever he wants to be.

He might even become your adversary.

-[laughter] -Hey, they're coming!

Everybody get ready!

-Oh, okay! -Hey, sweetie, they're coming!

Are you all ready now? Yes?

All right, they're coming. Get ready.

-Ready? -[Alicia] Yes.

[all] Surprise!

Congratulations! Welcome home!

-What are you doing here? -Hey, buddy!

Hi! How are you?

Hi! It's good to see you!

[Yeni] Good to see you guys!

I wanted to throw you a party to celebrate Luciano

finishing his treatments, okay?

-Keyus! -[Beatriz] Look at what

the doctor sent you for being so brave.

That's for you. Do you like it?

Yeah?

This is all so beautiful. Thank you, everyone.

-It's so good to see you. -Look.

I have to tell you that when Luciano came along,

I thought it was my chance to finally do something good.

But I've met more than half of you,

all thanks to this little guy,

and I realized he's the one that brought goodness into my life.

So, thank you, Luciano. I love you.

-[doorbell buzzes] -[laughs]

-How have you been? Hi. -Hi. How are you?

-Good. How are you? -Hi, Elvin!

-Good to see you. -Hey. I'll introduce you.

This is the group of women that I've been telling you about.

I'm not sure what she's told you, but I'm Lourdes. Hello.

-[laughs] -Pleasure.

-Alicia. Nice to meet you. -Elvin.

Uh, yes, we've met before.

Oh.

Yes, you told me that you've met before

-over at Roberto's place. -Yes.

And I also realized that you looked familiar, too.

When you told me that everyone here was part of the group

from the pharmaceutical experiments,

that's when I remembered that I had seen you before at Irene's funeral.

[Beatriz] Yeni, I promise,

the only thing I kept from you was my connection with Roberto and Marcela.

I didn't want you to run away.

Well, I certainly would have run away, but that would have meant

depriving Luciano of his treatment.

Yeni, we've always considered you to be a part of this group,

and we would never do anything to hurt you.

Yeni, you have to know that you can trust us.

I know, but you might accidentally tell Carlos where to find me.

[Beatriz] No, Yeni. That was the very first thing

Marcela and Roberto told us not to do.

[Carlos] The committee met and concluded

that the most likely factor in the instances of clubfoot

was probably nicotine.

-So, there you go. -Oh.

So, you're telling me that after three years,

we still have no conclusive evidence?

Oh. I suppose the silver lining is that you compensated

all the women who participated in the trials.

Exactly. Now their children can get treatments for clubfoot,

and eventually they'll be able to walk again.

[Nora] Perfect. [laughs]

I'm so relieved that we can finally put an end to the company

being exposed to all this drama.

-[Carlos] Not really. -[Nora] Why not?

Because there's still the issue of you authorizing Briseno

to release Balo early.

Yes, 'cause in exchange, Balo's going to keep quiet,

and also give me information about what you're doing

with Roberto and Marcela.

[Carlos] Okay.

Beatriz is threatening to go public about Balo.

She'll say that he gets to go in and out of prison willy-nilly,

whereas Ochoa is still behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.

[Fernanda] Hang on. What am I missing?

I'm sorry, but I just wanna know what to say to the press

when this all blows up in our faces!

-Hey, are you serious? -Yeah.

You think the press is the most important thing right now?

-It's true! -Enough!

Hang on, Mom. Mom.

We can agree that I came up with a solution for compensation.

Well, I could do the same thing with Ochoa.

-Just let me fix it, please. -All right, fine.

But you'd better get them to hand over whatever supposed evidence they have,

whatever they're trying to use to blame us for Irene's death.

[dramatic music playing]

Are you busy?

I'm waiting for Carlos. He should be here any minute.

I don't know if you wanna see him.

I had to be honest with Yeni about how you've been helping me

try to get Andres released.

You were the one who wanted to be honest with her about it from the beginning.

And I was the one who decided to lie when I'm usually honest.

[knocking on door]

Do you wanna stay?

Balo just got out of jail.

I wasn't gonna tell you until I found out what Carlos had worked out

with his family, but I guess you'll find out now too.

Hello there, Roberto.

You mind telling me how long you were planning on keeping

that ace hidden up your sleeve?

David made a point of contacting me.

He said Irene had a big problem with Arturo

because he made the women sign a new contract for the research trials.

It was a very different contract than the one she had drafted.

I changed the contract because Irene wanted to specify

that the women should wait at least a year before getting pregnant.

She was right about that.

They would have been properly detoxed,

and their children wouldn't have all been born with clubfoot.

But the idea was that your brother's first trials

would prove to be totally disastrous.

Or did you forget about that?

Everything is still going according to plan.

Your mother is putting blood, sweat, and tears into this, you know.

Yeah.

Blood especially.

Don't worry about that. There won't be a trace of it on us.

The person responsible for those contracts was Irene.

And I'm sure she was stupid enough to leave them with David,

the same way she gave me Yeni's rental agreement.

The silver lining is, at least we got rid of them both.

[exhales]

Arturo...

are you saying you took care of Irene?

[dramatic music playing]

-[sharp gasp] -[gunshot]

[Marcela gasps]

Fer!

What Arturo made them sign is not only abusive and cruel,

but it also violates the rights of all consenting parties.

And when were you planning on telling me all this?

It was going to be my last resort

if you couldn't convince your mother to release Ochoa.

No, no, no. Roberto, you've got it all wrong.

My mother isn't the police.

Oh, Carlos, give me a break.

You know perfectly well that isn't true.

And I trust that you know perfectly well what I'm risking to be here right now.

I thought we were all on the same page about that,

unless I'm the only one putting myself on the line.

We're on the same page, Carlos.

We're not gonna touch the documents that incriminate Arturo.

Fine, then hand them over. What do you need them for?

Those papers are the only way I can put pressure on my mom

to get this over as soon as possible.

I'm sorry, but I can't do that.

Are you sure?

[sighs] Okay.

That's your choice.

Excuse me.

Why did you tell him that?

We still need to buy some time.

Balo says that he has the papers,

but we don't know if he's telling the truth.

Beatriz.

[Beatriz] Carlos.

Carlos, I'm gonna talk to the press about what your family is doing,

how they offer protection to criminals like your brother-in-law and Balo.

I already said I'd support your husband. And I'll keep my word.

I had no idea that my brother-in-law was helping Balo.

But you did know that, and you didn't tell me.

Carlos, listen.

No one can trust what your family says.

Roberto, you know I mean what I say. I told you the first time that I met you,

I've got absolutely nothing to do with this situation.

I should hope not, considering they made you believe your son was dead.

Beatriz!

-No, no, no. Let her talk. -Your mother got rid of them.

The same way she's trying to get rid of us because we remind her of her failures.

Listen, Beatriz. I'm also suffering.

I mean, I'm certainly not comparing my suffering to yours.

I know that's completely different.

But I don't know where my son is, and I don't know what to do.

The only reason that I'm telling you is so that you understand I'm also a victim.

If you want to get your son back, I can tell you where Yeni is hiding,

but you have to promise to help me free Andres!

I told you I would.

If you don't,

then you'll be left with nothing, like I was.

I'm sorry, but we've already done things your way.

-And now we'll do them my way. -Where are you going?

Hey! Where are you going?

[Fernanda moaning]

[both panting heavily]

-[knocking on door] -[shushing]

-Sweetheart? -[Nico] Mom, Mom, Mom!

Let go of me.

What's wrong, honey?

-[Nico] Mom! -I'm coming, honey. Hang on!

Just a second, my love!

What is it, my love?

-Your cell phone was ringing. -I see.

We were just talking, but we're done now,

-so let me see where I put it. -[Nico] Over here.

[Fernanda] Oh, yes, I see it.

[breathing heavily]

What happened to the movie you were watching?

It was really boring.

Okay. Well, we're leaving now.

Mommy, do up your zipper.

Oh, thank you, honey.

You're so smart telling Mommy to dress herself,

but you still don't dress yourself.

Pick up all your stuff. Go collect your things. Go on.

[sighs] Oh, my God, oh, my God. It was Arturo.

[Nico] Hmm, where is it?

[phone ringing]

Where are you guys?

-I've been trying to reach you all day. -I went to see a movie with Nico.

Are you serious, Fer?

Carlos isn't back yet, so we don't know what him and Roberto talked about.

[Fernanda] You think it would have been useful for me to hang around

waiting with you?

We're on our way back now.

Hey...

you could stay, and Nico could sleep in the other room.

No. Come on, my love. We're going.

Let's go! Hurry!

Come on, sweetheart, let's go! Say bye to Pascal.

Make sure you've got everything, don't leave this here.

Come on, Nico, let's go!

See you soon, buddy.

[laughs]

Hey, let me know if anything comes up.

-Yeah. Good. -[chuckles]

Off we go. Come on.

[door closes]

[Marcela] Carlos, it's been three years, but I still remember it very clearly.

When I finished up, I went to go check on the baby.

And I looked in the trash bin, and there was his ID bracelet.

I kept it, and I wanted to give it to you.

But...

they sent me off to take care of a woman who'd been badly injured in a crash,

who I later found out was Francisco's wife, Lucy.

Nora threatened me, and I fled the hospital.

But I learned the whole truth very soon after that when Yeni called me

because they left her in a park with the baby.

So...

I went and helped her.

But I was also with Irene the morning she was killed.

And Nora knew that, so she threatened me with it.

[dramatic music playing]

They smell like stinky cheese, they smell so bad!

-[Carlos] Julia. -[laughs]

-Yeah. -Can we talk?

Yes.

-Hi, my love. -Lupe?

Lupe!

Would you mind keeping an eye on Tessa?

Her breakfast is in here, right?

It's bath time.

Bath time, bath time.

Hey, Fernanda came by yesterday.

Mmm.

And just walked out with Nico right in the middle of lunch.

Julia...

I realized that at first you didn't know

that our son was still alive.

And then you kept quiet because my mom forced you to.

And I get that, truly, why you behaved that way,

why you reproached me for my behavior, what you said, what you did.

What I don't understand is why you still haven't said anything.

You know it was all because of your mother.

She insisted our son's clubfoot was my fault from day one.

I even asked you the day of the baptism.

You think if I told you that day that Fernanda had given me pills to take,

that you wouldn't have lost your mind on her right there?

How much longer were you going to wait to tell me about it?

Because it's been like three years.

I begged you, Julia, I was on my knees.

I was desperate to know everything so we could put a stop to it.

I didn't tell you because I wanted to protect our son from your mother.

[dramatic music playing]

Where are you going?

Julia.

[sighs]

You know that Nora was never, ever going to accept him.

My one consolation is that whatever my son might lack

in financial wealth, he will receive in love from Yeni.

That brings me peace.

Because I had to grow up without my parents' love.

You know that, Carlos. It was horrible.

And I'm finally learning to live without yours.

More than once, I almost took it out on Tessa,

because I know that you love her the most, but I just couldn't.

And now my love for her has grown so deep,

and so pure and selfless.

She just--she just melts my heart every time she looks at me.

Good morning, Mom.

Mom?

Have you spoken to Carlos yet today?

I heard him arrive late last night,

but he hasn't left his room yet this morning.

I just found out that it was Arturo who changed

the consent parameters on the research trial contracts, Mom.

Oh.

Seems I know your husband more than you do.

Irene would never have authorized a document that could harm us so badly.

Well, in that case, don't you think it would be best if I separate from him?

I don't want my son to grow up around someone like Arturo.

So, you're going to deprive Nico of his father

because he messed up a few contracts?

You know, I always thought I was the same as you.

That I had no maternal instincts whatsoever.

But now I see that I was wrong about that.

When Briseno showed me all of the video footage

from the security cameras at Irene's apartment,

I told him I'd noticed two people in the footage that were working for me.

One of them was Marcela, the other Arturo.

So, in the first police report,

there was a record of Arturo entering the building.

He entered the night before.

Arturo hadn't counted on the police reviewing the building footage

during the days before and after the murder.

What was I supposed to do?

Should I have acted normal after hearing my son-in-law had killed Irene

and that my daughter-in-law had kidnapped an Indian woman to have her child?

Maybe, Fer, you should think twice

before you question my maternal instincts.

Because I've bent over backwards to protect both you and your brother.

And yes...

now I'm going to do whatever I can to protect your dear son,

but especially Tessa.

Julia, I know I haven't explained everything to you in great detail

about the way it all went down between Yeni and me.

But I do think you need to know.

Marcela gave Yeni an abortion pill without my knowledge.

My mother gave the order.

Do you remember the day Yeni was bleeding

and she had to go to the clinic?

The attending doctor told me it was a miscarriage.

There's a possibility she miscarried.

[Carlos] Which I had a lot of trouble accepting.

I was scared because that was our last embryo, our last chance.

So that's...

when I cowardly made the decision without you.

And then after that, Marcela said that the bleeding

was most likely because she was pregnant.

The embryo had successfully implanted.

And after that,

she became pregnant with Tessa.

And with all the confusion I was feeling along with the samples you collected,

I went and did some testing.

And I was right.

Tessa is Yeni's daughter,

and the boy is your son.

We're going to have to figure this out without it affecting the children.

I'm totally willing to repair the damage I've done with Yeni.

First, we have to figure out where she is. We can't find her.

I mean, Beatriz can find her, but she won't tell us where Yeni is

until we get Ochoa out of jail.

Well, why can't your mother do that, Carlos?

Why don't we just tell her the truth, then it's done?

I just don't think it's a good idea.

If my mom finds out that Tessa isn't your blood,

we'll lose all our power over her, and she's all we've got left.

Hi. Sorry I didn't mention this before, but I spoke with Beatriz

and we agreed to take advantage of Balo's release

to put pressure on Ochoa.

Except if we go public with the fact that they helped Balo,

Ochoa won't give us the contracts that David left him before he disappeared.

But this would be to his benefit as well.

I mean, with that kind of evidence, we can prove that Arturo had a motive

for killing Irene and then Ochoa would be cleared of any future charges.

He was very clear about the conditions under which he'd help Ochoa.

Roberto, I know. But there's no guarantee they'll go along with this.

We also can't stop denouncing them for letting him out of jail.

So, can I get a hug or what?

Can I please stay here? I mean, if you don't want me to,

that's okay because Lourdes said that I could stay at her place,

but I think it might be more practical if I stay.

Just hang on a second.

I missed you.

I missed you too, a lot.

You know, I felt so lonely this whole time.

Three years is too long to be away from the people that you love.

I felt the same way.

[knock on door]

It's Pascal.

Pascal?

Pascal.

I told him to meet me here

so that we could figure out what we were going to do.

[crowd chanting]

Justice now. Justice now.

-[Nora] What's going on? -They've been here all morning, ma'am.

-They're protesting against the company. -[Nora] What?

[crowd clamoring]

[phone vibrating]

Hello?

[woman] Ma'am, it's Ochoa's wife.

She's demanding to speak with you.

All right. I'll speak to her.

-[Beatriz] Nora. -Am I to understand

that this is how you're repaying us for the compensation that we gave you?

You only paid us part of what you owed us,

and that's what we're gonna tell the press,

-who are ready to publish all our claims. -We'll take responsibility

and pay you, and we'll tell the press that.

But none of this is going to get your husband out of jail.

No, that won't. But how about a headline that says,

"Nora Huizar disowns her newborn grandson

because he suffers from clubfoot thanks to their trial drugs."

Yeni is on our side, Nora. I'm gonna make sure that Yeni says

she was forced to be a surrogate.

You had her sign a contract just as bad as the ones that we had to sign.

-[crowd] Justice now. Justice now. -[sighs]

They should've protested outside Briseno's office.

He's the one that should be explaining why they released Balo

-and why they've still got Ochoa in there. -Beatriz is right.

Briseno does whatever Nora says.

We can't do anything to stop her.

She said that from now on, we're doing things her way.

And we're just gonna have to follow her lead.

What if, and I don't know, but would attacking on different fronts

-be a good move for us? -Nora is unpredictable,

but Briseno might just yield under enough pressure.

[Arturo] We've got a big problem, Briseno.

Beatriz is outside the pharmaceutical company,

and she's making a scene with a bunch of protesters.

You think I'm concerned about that, Arturo?

I'm dealing with a double kidnapping

of two high-ranking business people's children.

Yes, you're right.

But this situation can't get any bigger than it is.

[Nora] Arturo.

Briseno will convince Beatriz to withdraw her people discreetly

before they draw more attention.

All right. Now explain to me how Yeni has been in contact

with Beatriz and those women without us knowing.

I'm not sure, but if Balo did, he never said anything about it.

Because he was smarter than you.

Would you help me with her seatbelt, please?

Thanks.

Where are you going, Julia?

Far away from you, that's all I want.

Look, Julia, I mean, I really couldn't care less

about where you want to go, but Tessa needs to stay here.

If my mother finds out that I watched you take off with her

and didn't do anything to stop you, I'm a dead woman.

That's your problem, Fernanda.

Why don't you just make something up?

I know that you and Arturo are good at hiding stuff like murder.

-It was an embryo. I didn't murder anyone. -I disagree.

It was my child, even if it was just a hindrance to you.

And you can stop acting like Nora's watchdog.

There's no need for that.

Carlos is resigning from Huizar Pharmaceuticals,

which means that you can finally occupy his spot.

What is happening, Julia?

What happened was that Carlos found out

you tried to prevent our child from being born.

He found out that you gave me a little pill

that caused the fetus to become deformed,

and that you stole that child away from us and gave him to Yeni.

He found all that out.

We want justice! We want justice!

Mom, I need to talk to you.

[Nora] This is what happens when we do things your way.

I did what I could, but you don't need to worry because as of today,

you get to be in charge of that mess.

I'm leaving.

I resign. I'm quitting the company, and I'm quitting this family.

Julia and I are going to look for Yeni.

And we're gonna see if we can find the son you took from us.

That woman is not going to return your son just because you ask her to,

'cause now she's lumped herself in with all those victims of our research.

And she's threatening to reveal that Julia had forced her to become a damn surrogate.

And is that really the most important thing you have to say?

What do you want me to say?

I don't know, Mom.

Maybe something about all the damage that you did to Yeni

or all the manipulation that you put Julia through.

Seriously?

Hmm?

I can't believe you, Ma.

All this time, you saw how much I was suffering.

How much anguish I went through trying to find out if my son was alive.

And you didn't say a thing.

Nothing.

Why not?

The only thing that matters to you is whether the machinery

is functioning properly or not.

And if something or someone doesn't work properly,

you throw it away.

You just trash it.

That is the most simplistic way of looking at this.

But you're right about one thing.

That boy will never be normal thanks to his deformities.

-That boy is my son. -Mm-hmm.

And you took him from me.

You know, I find you and your sister's lack of character very disappointing,

and I'm tired of the two of you questioning my decisions.

But what you're missing is that I'm simply trying to protect you

-from your own stupidity. -Can you hear yourself?

Because it seems to me that you're making decisions

based on what's good for the company or for yourself,

decisions that benefit you and nobody else.

No, also for your benefit.

Because thanks to my company, you have luxuries

that the average Mexican could not ever imagine for themselves.

Are you serious?

That's your rationale?

Mother, I'm renouncing all of those luxuries.

I'd have preferred to be my son's father more than any of those things.

Or to have had a united family.

Well, we have different priorities.

Because I view this company

as the only reminder of my parents that I have left.

And I don't think you or your sister understand what I'm doing here,

which is why neither of you can lead Huizar Pharmaceuticals.

Hundreds of thousands of people depend on our medication,

and I'm not about to risk failure

by keeping your crippled son because sooner or later,

his clubfoot would've been traced right back

to that godforsaken pill we were testing.

And I won't have you blaming me for the same thing

that those pathetic Indians are doing down there.

Carlos.

[Nora] Arturo. Let him go.

He'll be back,

once he understands that the path to his little surrogate

is littered with his dead bodies.

Beatriz?

[Beatriz] Yes? Who's speaking?

Your husband.

Listen to him.

He wants to say hi.

Beatriz!

You let him go.

They're calling me from the jail.

They're torturing my husband right now. Please, I need your help.

The Huizars want to silence us no matter what.

Please, just won't you help me?

It's Carlos Huizar. Mr. Huizar, have you got anything to say

-about these new accusations? -Carlos, do something. Please help me.

-We'd just like to get a statement. -Are you still there?

Hang on. Wait a minute, please.

-[man] We just want a statement. -Wait, just hold on.

-Look, Beatriz, I-- -I need you to do something.

-They hung up. -Look, I promise you,

I'll tell them what I know, all right?

Your husband deserves justice

and deserves a fair trial, but I need you to be patient with me.

-Just give me time. -They're torturing him.

There's no time. You've got to talk to your mother

to get him released immediately, or I'm going to tell everyone

that you and your wife hired a surrogate.

No, no, Beatriz, please.

The problem is that I'm alone now.

I resigned from the company just now. I'm going to help you.

I just don't know when your husband will be released, but I promise you,

I'll do everything in my power to help. Wait.

Baby number seven is being cared for by an indigenous woman,

but the child's actual father is Carlos Huizar.

He abandoned the child because he was born with clubfoot.

This was the result of the mother taking the same pills from the research trials.

[closing theme music playing]