Almendra: good morning, good morning. Luis: hello.

Almendra: hello, how are you? How are you, don luis?

Luis: fine, almendra. And you?

Almendra: that's good. Very well, very happy.

Look, i'm bringing you here the money from the orders that i just delivered. Luis: yes, almendra.

Well, take it. Almendra: what?

Luis: your week's pay. Almendra: but the week is not over yet.

Luis: but the work is for you, almendra. I can't afford to pay you your salary and i'm already losing money.

Almendra: no, don't take away my job, please. I am a mother of two children that i have to support, that i have to feed.

Don't give me a salary if you want, but let me continue there as a delivery person to earn tips and, well, i'll manage from there. Luis: i have to sell the motorcycle, pay some debts that i have and--and, well, assets were made to remedy the evils.

I'm sorry, really, but, well, you can't continue working here. Santos: i'm very sorry that your job as a delivery person lasted so little.

Almendra: damn, i'm left whistling on the hill again. Santos: you'll find something else soon.

You're very enterprising. You've done everything to get ahead.

As a maid, as a helper in the tiangis, now as a delivery person. Well, you've even been my bricklayer's assistant.

And a good one, huh? Almendra: i didn't know anything when i came to ask you for an opportunity and you gave it to me.

And you were not only the master of the work, but also the master who gave me the teaching of bricklaying, which now serves me as one more tool to face life. Santos: and i have no doubt that you're going to find another job in less than it takes a rooster to crow.

Almendra: and don't you have a job for me? You know i won't let you down.

Santos: i know, almendra, but i don't have work to give you. Mom, i'm glad you're home.

My guts are rumbling with hunger. Esaú: we were seeing what there is for dinner, but there's nothing.

Almendra: don't worry, i brought you beans and eggs for dinner. With a pot of coffee, do you fancy it?

Esaú: yes! "yumi, yumi".

Yes, i love beans with eggs. Almendra: well, then, wash your hands while i prepare everything.

Both: yes, mommy! Almendra: okay, then.

Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go. Esaú: good morning.

Good morning. Almendra: good morning.

Come on, my love, come here. That's it.

How beautiful you are. Have a good day, my children.

Both: yes, mommy. Almendra: and may the virgin of guadalupe bless you.

Come on, little one. That's it.

Put a lot of effort into school, okay? Bye, mom.

Esaú: bye, mom. Almendra: bye.

Good morning, director. Director: good morning.

Mrs. Arango.

Can i have a moment, please, before you leave? Almendra: oh, look, don't think i'm playing dumb, huh?

But, well, it's just that i lost my job and the little money i have went to feeding my children. Director: look, i understand you're having a hard time, ma'am, but you haven't paid the registration fees.

I can't keep waiting for you, you understand? Almendra: no, no, director, please, you can't leave my children without their studies.

Director: i've supported you for weeks, ma'am, it's impossible for me now. Please understand, okay?

Almendra: damn. Give me a chance.

Almendra: i'm coming! Gumara: i've come to get the rent paid.

Almendra: i know i'm a bit behind on payments, but-- gumara: you owe me two months' rent plus the one that's running. You have to pay me.

Almendra: i always pay you, even if i don't settle on time, but, well, that's how the job is, get the hang of it. Gumara: i can't wait for you.

I depend on the rent money to live. Almendra: look, i promise i'm going to give you a good payment.

Just hold on a few days. Gumara: i can't keep putting it off.

Either you pay me what you owe me before the end of the month or i'll throw you out on the street. Paz: you have good references, excellent preparation in special patient care.

If you are chosen, we will be calling you. Thank you for coming.

Almendra: wow, they're so "fancy" in this big house that they even interview you for domestic service. Paz: and who are you?

Almendra: almendra arango torres. I'm here for the job.

Paz: it's obvious that you're not prepared enough. Almendra: well, you should see that i am.

I wash, iron, clean, leaving everything like crystal. And i cook so delicious, no, man, that they're even going to lick their fingers.

Paz: we are looking for someone with medical studies. Almendra: oh, well, i also know how to inject and i prepare some teas very good medicinal ones.

Paz: what are you talking about? Almendra: well, about the job they offer and that i have experience as a maid.

Paz: we are not looking for maids. But a professional caregiver for a sick person.

Get this vulgar woman out of here, please. Almendra: let me go, monkeys, that i know perfectly well where i have to go, since it is the same little path i came in.

I don't need anyone to take me out or that i was paralyzed. Regina: what's going on here?

Almendra: don't think that what i said i said it for you, huh, sis? Paz: i don't know what this woman is doing here, sister.

Almendra: don't pretend, if i just told you that i came to look for a job as a maid. Are you the sick person they say needs to be taken care of?

Paz: don't be disrespectful. Almendra: well, what's wrong with it?

I can't call her "usted" if we're the same age. I'll call you "usted" because you're older.

Well, at least it seems that way. Regina: i'm the sick person they want to put someone with, like a vulture waiting for me to die.

Almendra: oh, but you're not going to die. It's not like you're like a plant, unable to speak or move.

But look, you even have your own vehicle, which looks good for a few races, huh? Paz: okay, okay, that's enough.

Get out of here. Regina: no, paz, she's not leaving.

Almendra: almendra, my name is almendra. Regina: very well, almendra stays.

And i'm hiring her as my new assistant. Paz: regina, please.

Regina: if she's going to be like my shadow, at least i want to be the one who decides this time. And i decide it's almendra.

Almendra: thank you very much, regina, you'll see that we're going to have a great time. Paz: i thought you would have reflected and given up on the nonsense you decided.

Regina: i'm tired of having people around me who just look at me and treat me like a burden. As if i were a schedule that has to be followed.

Like someone who has no future other than death. Paz: it's what you need after your accident, little sister.

Regina: i understand that you're doing it thinking it's for my good, but i want something different. Paz: it's just that i'm not convinced that that woman is ideal for you.

You are-- special. Regina: i'm not going to give up on the decision i've already made, almendra didn't look at me with pity.

What i need is someone who treats me like anyone else, like their equal. Paz: a nobody.

She doesn't even have the slightest bit of education. Regina: well, i liked her.

She made me smile. And i want her to be the one who assists me.

Paz: okay, regina. All i want is your well-being.

Regina: do you feel uncomfortable? Do you feel disgusted to clean a person who can't do it for themselves?

Almendra: no, no, no. No, it's not that.

But i don't know. In your room there's too much silence and that kind of gives me goosebumps.

Regina: you don't have much energy for anything when you're in my condition. Almendra: but you're alive regardless of the circumstances.

And you still have the opportunity to enjoy the beauties that life offers you. Regina: i don't see that beauty.

Almendra: but i'm here now to show it to you. Look.

Regina: almendra, do you remember that i can't dance? That i can't even feel my legs?

Almendra: of course you can, you can dance with your eyes, feel the music inside, let it invade you with its joy. You'll see how even the bath will feel better to the rhythm of a cumbia, huh?

Leal: and you have the graphs in your folder. Regina: the financial statements you just presented to me are very healthy, mr.

Leal. Thank you for taking care of the business and my fortune.

Leal: you're welcome, regina. Thank you for your trust.

Almendra: excuse me, "my lic", not that i want to rush you-- leal: almendra: but the girls are going to have movie afternoons. Leal: i was leaving, almendra, don't worry.

Have fun. Regina: have a good one, lawyer, thank you very much.

Leal: likewise. Almendra: thank you.

Leal: bye. Goodbye.

Almendra: goodbye. If you can't go to the movies, then the movies come to you.

No, man, and with that big screen you have, we won't even miss the movie screen. Regina: almendra, did you put corn on the popcorn?

Almendra: it's popcorn with esquites. You're going to love it.

Regina: yes, i don't doubt it. Almendra: come on.

Regina: what are we going to watch? Almendra: well, i don't know, first teach me how to use this thing so we can have an amazing time.

Regina: okay, look, from here you're going to move it so it goes-- roberta: on your marks-- almendra: come on, come on, come on. Roberta: ready?

Both: yes! Roberta: go!

Regina: i'm going to win! I'm going to win!

I'm going to win! I'm coming, i'm coming!

Almendra: come here! Where are you going?

Regina: i won! I won, almendra!

Almendra: and fair and square, sis, fair and square. But you owe me a rematch, huh?

Regina: oh, well, yes, whenever you want, tell me when. Almendra: well, now, right away.

Regina: okay. Almendra: alright.

Just tell me. Roberta: mrs.

Regina, mrs. Regina, mr.

Braulio has just arrived, he's waiting in the garden to see if you'll receive him. Regina: no, roberta.

Tell him to leave and stop insisting. Almendra: don't be mean to your ex, regina.

He insists on wanting to be with you, give him a chance. Regina: i pushed him away because i didn't want to tie him to a woman like me.

Almendra: well, it seems to me that he thinks differently. And you shouldn't be so stupid as to despise him.

Sorry to tell you, but if a man insists on looking for you after you rejected him, it's because that man-- oh, sis, that man must love you sincerely. Regina: alright.

You convinced me. Almendra: regina: tell braulio to come in, please, roberta.

Roberta: yes. Almendra: no, wait, wait, wait.

Regina: what? Almendra: what?

Well, we have to go give you a little makeover, huh? I'll take her for a bit, but you go offer him a little tequila, okay?

Regina: you're so silly. I'm getting nervous.

Almendra: let me see you looking beautiful. Regina: i'm so nervous.

Everyone is looking at us. Braulio: let them, regina, i don't even notice.

Because all i see is the beautiful woman in front of me. Regina: braulio, i don't want you to make this effort out of pity.

Braulio: i sincerely love you, regina. We were dating for many years before your accident.

And i love you. Regina: yes.

You haven't stopped telling me since we started seeing each other again. Braulio: for me, you are still that woman i fell in love with and with whom i would like to be to take care of you, to support you, to love you.

Unless you are the one who doesn't love me anymore. Regina: of course i love you.

That's why i don't want to tie you down. Braulio: you don't tie me down, i want to give myself to you, to our love.

Regina: okay. I feel so happy, i feel happy again.

Leal: i can tell, regina, and i'm very happy. Regina: thanks to almendra.

She reminded me that i am still a human being with the same right to happiness. Almendra: you're welcome, sis.

Leal: take your paycheck for the fortnight. Almendra: thank you very much.

You don't know how much it's helping me. I hope it's enough to pay some of the rent i owe.

Braulio: i came to bring you these flowers. Regina: thank you, braulio, they are beautiful.

Aaron: it's incredible, your sister is full of life again. She doesn't look like a person with one foot in the grave.

Paz: i know, aaron, this change in regina i don't like at all. It's not good for the plans i have with you.

Aaron: and if you don't do something soon, what you're going to be organizing is the wedding of those two. Paz: what do i have to do to get once and for all what we have been waiting for so long?

Mom, the breaded cutlets are really good. Esaú: you gave us a feast, mom.

Almendra: i hit the jackpot with my new job. And that's how we're going to eat from now on, huh?

My children, i love you very much. Both: and we love you.

Almendra: let's eat. Bear with me a few more days, doña gumara.

Gumara: but you just told me that you already got paid. Almendra: well, yes, but first i had to feed my kids and secure their place in school.

But next fortnight, i'll pay you everything i owe you and the rent that is running, okay? Gumara: you better.

Roberta: almendra: what's wrong, roberta? Why are you crying?

Paz: you have nothing to do here anymore. Almedra: i'd be thrilled if i left, but here the only one who can fire me is my little sister regina.

Paz: how rude you are. The good thing is that i'm not going to have to keep putting up with your vulgarity.

Almendra: stop threatening me. Paz: regina is dead.

Almendra: what? Roberta: i found her, almendra.

Mrs. Regina woke up dead.

She died on us. Almendra: no, no.

And i thought that the demon paz just wanted to make me angry by saying regina was dead. Leal: unfortunately, that's not the case, almendra.

The doctor just confirmed that regina died of a heart attack. Doctor: excuse me.

Leal: come in. Almendra: regina.

Little sister, little sister, i'm going to miss you a lot. Little sister, no.

Paz: throw her out right now. Leal: paz-- almendra: no, leave me alone!

Paz: you should never have taken a place that doesn't belong to you. Make sure to leave this starving woman on the street.

Leal: paz. Paz: i don't want to see her again.

Leal: please. Almendra: no, no, i have to say goodbye to my little sister!

No. No!

Let me go! Leal: paz, that wasn't necessary.

At least give almendra some compensation, she earned it. Paz: i'm not going to waste a penny of my money on that vulgar commoner.

Leal: she was a very important person to your sister. Paz: you're not going to tell me what to do, lawyer, you were my sister's employee, not mine.

So refrain from commenting. Mom, i'm glad you're home.

Esaú: why are you dragging the blanket? Almendra: because regina went to heaven.

Her heart stopped and she's with god now. I'm so sorry, mom, you really loved her.

Almendra: yes, my dear. And it hurts me a lot that i'm not going to see her again.

Esaú: so, are you not going to work in the rich house anymore? Almendra: no, esaú.

I'm out of a job again. And it worries me a lot that you guys will go hungry.

Esaú: don't worry, there's still a lot of food from what you brought. Yes.

I'm happy eating eggs and beans. But don't feel crushed.

Esaú: you're going to find another job, as always. Almendra: you're right.

Yes, you're right. You are my engine and for you, i'm going to keep putting a good face on life, huh?

Forward, my children. I love you very much.

And we to you. Esau: we to you.

Almendra: thank you for the coffee, don santos. Santos: you're welcome, don't worry.

Almendra: allow me a moment, eh, don santos? Hello?

Leal: almendra, it's me, the lawyer leal. Almendra: "my lic", nice to greet you.

Well, what can i do for you? Leal: all good, thank you.

Almendra: well, you tell me what i'm good for. Leal: i'm calling you because i need you to go to the palacios mansion.

Almendra: ah, not if i were crazy. If the demonized paz sees me, she burns me in green firewood.

Leal: paz is not going to do anything. It is indispensable that you show up this afternoon at the mansion.

Almendra: leftovers, "my lic", i'll see you later. Goodbye.

Roberta: come in, almendra. Almendra: thank you, roberta.

I'm here, "my lic". Leal: welcome.

Almendra: welcome? Well, you'll say it just for you.

Paz: i had no choice but to accept your presence because the lawyer says it is an indispensable requirement for reading regina's will. Leal: let's go, please, to the office to start the opening of the document.

Aaron: it seems excellent to me. Shall we go?

Leal: let's go, come on in. Let's go.

I, regina palacios echeverría, in full use of my faculties intellectual and rights, free from all coercion and violence, i wish to designate my sister, paz palacios echeverría, as heir to my universal assets and the money from my bank accounts. Aaron: and if my wife is the heir to everything, why did she impose almendra's presence?

Leal: allow me to continue. And of the land i have in the la esperanza neighborhood, it is my wish to inherit it to almendra arango torres.

Almendra: what? Paz: there must be an error.

Leal: none, paz. That was regina's last will.

You have to go to my office with the documents i need to start the process and put the land in your name. Almendra: no, "my lic", i don't want that land.

I wasn't with regina out of interest so that now she wants to pay me. Leal: oh, regina knew it, almendra.

And if she had that gesture with you, it was not to offend you, but to thank you for how happy you made her feel since you appeared in her life. Almendra: i would return that land to my little sister so that she would be alive.

Leal: keep her alive by fulfilling her last will. Regina wanted to protect you with the inheritance of that land.

Accept it. Almendra: okay, "my lic".

Leal: that's it. Almendra: if it was regina's wish, i'm going to accept it.

Paz: oh, please, if that was your plan from the beginning, don't pretend. Almendra: think what you want, if regina left me that land from the heart, well, i from the heart i'm going to accept it, huh?

What do you think? Come on.

Paz: i don't agree! And i'm not going to allow a tacky social climber like you to benefit from the sudden sentimentalities of my sister.

I'm going to challenge the will. Almendra: challenge what you want, we'll see if you sleep as you snore.

See you later, "my lawyer". Leal: bye.

Paz: you're no better than me! Social climber.

Almendra: what's wrong, kids? Esaú: the landlady is kicking us out.

Almendra: what time? What time did it happen?

Esaú: she's kicking us out right now. Gumara: give me back my keys.

Almendra: doña gumara, you can't do this to us. Gumara: you haven't complied.

I'm fully within my right to throw you out on the street. Give me my keys!

Almendra: i beg you, we have nowhere to go. Let, at least, my children stay so they don't have to sleep on the street.

Gumara: do you have money to pay me? Almendra: no, i haven't been able to gather it.

Gumara: ah, well, she who doesn't pay stays without a roof and goes to the street. I don't want to sleep on the street, i don't want to, i don't want to.

Gumara: my keys. My keys.

Almendra: and, well, our few belongings we had to leave on the street. You are going through a difficult time, mrs.

Arango. But in this shelter you can stay temporarily.

Esaú: we promise we're going to behave. Come, i'll accompany you so you can settle in.

Almendra: i'll catch up with you in a bit, huh? Oh, virgin, my daughter was very scared of sleeping on the street because i could no longer pay the rent and they kicked us out.

I ask you to help me, please, dear mother, help me find a safe little roof for my children from where they can no longer be kicked out. Please, i beg you.

Help me. Help me.

I beg you. Leal: how sad what you tell me, almendra.

Almendra: well, yes, "my lawyer". The good thing is that in the shelter they received us.

Especially for my children, so they don't run into danger on the street. Well, one as it may.

Leal: is there anything i can help you with? Almendra: yes.

In fact, i wanted to ask you if on the land that regina left me, i could build a little house. Leal: of course, almendra.

The land is yours, you can do whatever you want there. Almendra: well, that's what i want.

I want to build a little house for my children where they can never kick us out, because i will build it myself. Leal: almendra, you are admirable.

Santos: come in, come in, daughter. Almendra: thank you, don santos.

Santos: let's see, let's see. So, you inherited a piece of land and you are going to build a house for your children?

Almendra: how did that sit with you, don santos? You almost think i won't be able to.

Santos: no, no, i don't doubt it, but you learned masonry very well and you are going to build a very strong house for your children, huh? Almendra: well, i just wanted to ask you to lend me the material.

I don't have money right now, but look, as soon as i start earning, i'll pay you. Santos: sit down.

Almendra: thank you. Santos: of course i'll lend it to you.

And you know what? I'm also going to give you a hand so you can build much faster, huh?

Almendra: really? Santos: and bring your kids from the shelter.

Almendra: oh, that's great. That's great, thank you very much, thank you very much, don santos.

Santos: wow, that-- wow, they left you a little piece of land, or what? It's not bad at all.

Almendra: yes, right? Very cute, it's very cute.

Santos: you'll see what's going to be built, huh? Almendra: look, don santos, well, who could have dropped it?

Santos: well, who knows, but it's very beautiful. Almendra: yes.

Little virgin. I'm going to keep it to put it in a vase with water in the shelter.

Well, so it doesn't wilt, right? Santos: well, but we have to get to it, we have a house to build.

Building. Almendra: yes.

No, man, i'm happy with a little house. Throw it.

Ready. Come on, daniel, come on.

Here you go. Daniel: throw it.

Almendra: that's it. Wait for me.

That's it. And let's go.

Paz: she is the delinquent who invaded my property, officer! Almendra: hold on.

Police: almendra arango torres? Almendra: yes, that's me, officer.

Police: you have a complaint against you for invading this property without any kind of permission. Almendra: listen, no?

I'm not a squatter, this land is mine. Police: do you have a way to prove it?

Almendra: well, no, not at the moment, but i'm telling you the truth. This witch knows it's true.

Paz: the truth? The truth is you took advantage of my sister by gaining her trust.

You're not going to keep something that's mine so you can continue to be abusive. So much that you're building a shack, what a nerve.

Take her away. Almendra: no, no, no.

What? Let me go.

Police: hey, no one can intervene. Almendra: no, no.

Let me go, i'm telling you that this land was inherited to me, it was inherited to me! I'm telling you the truth.

Police: everything you say can be used against you. You have the right to the defense of a lawyer, who will be appointed if you don't have one.

Take her away. Almendra: well, i do have one.

And i'm going to call him-- police: excuse me. Almendra: so he can make you see the mistake you're making.

You're making a mistake! Leal: almendra.

Almendra: "my lawyer", i'm always very happy to see you, but today more so. Leal: i already presented the property registry in your name.

With that i demonstrate that you are the legitimate owner of the land. There are no charges against you, you will be able to leave.

Almendra: i have a bad feeling. The demon paz appeared to me and-- i have a bad feeling.

Leal: let's go, let's go. I'm going to accompany you, please.

Come on, get out, get out, get out. Up there.

Almendra: oh, no my little house, my litt-- no, my little house, not my little house. Damn it.

My little house. My little house, they tore down my little house.

The little house for my children, my little house. Roberta: i'm coming!

I'm coming! What's wrong, almendra?

Almendra: someone tore down my house while i was detained and i'm almost sure it was the old woman, that filthy paz! So i'm coming to confront her!

Roberta: calm down, relax, i'm going to let you in. I grew fond of you for everything you did for mrs.

Regina and i didn't like how that grumpy woman kicked you out. She's in the office with her husband, huh?

They're talking. Over there.

Almendra: thank you, sister. Thank you.

Paz: i'm not going to rest until i take all that land away from the vulgar deadbeat almendra. Aaron: but it's not going to be easy, paz, surely she already put it in her name.

You can't be demolishing every time she builds on that property. Paz: well, i don't care, i don't care.

I'm going to do it a thousand times until she gets tired and i take it from her. I had to endure the bitterness and mistreatment from regina, right?

So that now a filthy, scummy, ignorant, has-been comes and takes something that belongs to me. Aaron: we never imagined that your sister would inject herself with so much life, much less that she would end up thanking that woman for it.

Paz: regina is not going to bother me after she's dead. If i let her die when she was having a heart attack and didn't help her, i have even more reason to kill almendra to get back what is mine.

Aaron: we never imagined that your sister would inject herself with so much life, much less that she would end up thanking that woman for it. Paz: regina is not going to bother me after she's dead.

If i let her die when she was having a heart attack and didn't help her, i have even more reason to kill almendra to get back what is mine. Almendra: they didn't even realize i was recording them.

Or when i came so you could hear it, officer. And, well, i didn't even complain to that-- demon because i think it's better if you take care of her.

Police: this recording serves as a confession of the homicide against your sister. And other crimes.

I will issue an arrest warrant against paz palacios and her husband. Almendra: guys, guys, give me a moment, please, please.

I want to thank everyone who is here to celebrate that my children's house is already built. Santos: ay.

Almendra: and that i was able to bring them from the shelter. I really like our new house.

Esau: me too, mom. We are very proud of you.

We love you. Almendra: you guys drive me.

You gave me the strength to build this roof for you that no one, no one will be able to take away from you. Leal: almendra, paz is going to spend many years in prison.

So she won't be able to hurt you anymore. Santos: okay, okay, okay, okay.

Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. I was invited to a party and at the party there is food, there is drink.

I'm kind of hungry, right? Right?

Almendra: and dancing, right? Let's dance, music.

Let's eat, let's eat. Come eat everyone.

Santos: let's eat. Almendra: let's eat.

Leal: come on, come on. Come on, come on, come on.

It's admirable everything you did, everything you do. Almendra: not at all, "mi lic", i didn't do anything that any mother wouldn't do for her children.

Of course, i had the great help that my friend regina gave me. Without her, it would never have occurred to me to build a little house for my children.

Leal: but it is the reward for the good heart you showed with regina. That heart that i would like to continue getting to know.

Almendra: "mi lic". Are you hitting on me?

Leal: the truth is yes. And i hope you accept to go out with me.

Yes? Almendra: well, how not?

If he is "retebueno", and very handsome, huh? Don't think i hadn't noticed.

Leal: yes? Almendra: mothers get into anything for the well-being of our children.

We work hard to give them a decent life and that they prepare, educate themselves and train to be men and women of good, with a future full of opportunities. Mothers never give up when life gets tough.

We don't let ourselves be strangled because in the love for our children we find the strength, the energy, the engine to get ahead of the onslaughts of life. And that our children do not lack food, clothing, education and a roof because they have by their side an edifying mother.

♪ from the sky a beautiful morning from the sky a beautiful morning the guadalupana the guadalupana the guadalupana went down to tepeyac ♪ ♪ juan dieguito the virgin he said juan dieguito the virgin told him this hill i choose this hill i choose this hill i choose to make my altar the guadalupana the guadalupana the guadalupana went down to tepeyac ♪