Enrique doesn't answer his mother's calls or letters, so María decides to go visit him. Maria tries to help her personal assistant in an emergency, without imagining what she will find. Jorge Negrete does the impossible to conquer María.

Jorge decides to hide his illness from María until his health worsens and he dies. María goes to the consolation of her friend Frida and she decides to give her a portrait made by herself. Alex Berger confesses his love to Maria and proposes to her.

María's mother dies and is veiled at home. Alex Berger goes to the doctor and is diagnosed with lung cancer and this causes Alex's death. In addition to this loss, María goes through another pain, when she learns of the death of her son Enrique.