01x17 - Dolorosa victoria

[bunniefuu]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Brenda] Adriano, look at me.

This isn't you. You're not a k*ller.

You think you can keep on

manipulating my son?

I've been involved in enough campaigns

during my career to know

that to win an election,

a campaign has to be flawless.

With no baggage,

like you, weighing it down.

Dead weight that could sink us.

Adriano, you told me you'd protect me

from anyone who's dangerous.

Will you protect me from your father?

You're in this position because of

your f*cking thirst for revenge.

Whatever gave you the idea

that a lowlife like you

could take on powerful people such as us?

Dad, don't do this.

Be quiet, you idiot.

None of this would've happened

if you'd listened to me

in the first place.

She'd be dead and out of the picture now.

What kind of father

tells his son to k*ll someone?

A father who wants his son

to become president.

But that'll never happen if you're allowed

to tarnish Irene's reputation

and ruin our family.

Adriano, he's using you

so he can stay in power.

He doesn't love you. You don't matter.

- He's manipulating you.

- Shut up.

- [Brenda screams]

- Hands off her.

[suspenseful music continues]

What? Are you defending

this f*cking b*tch?

You're a moron.

Don't you realize that Brenda

cheated on you with this as*h*le?

sh**t him.

- Go on.

- [Brenda] You do it!

- Coward!

- [Brenda] You sh**t us, as*h*le. Huh?

You want your son to do the dirty work.

Come on! Do it!

The only coward here is you.

- [Brenda] I dare you.

- No, don't, Dad!

[music swells, fades]

- Get up, Dad.

- [somber string music playing]

Dad?

[softly] No.

[Adriano breathing shakily]

[crying] No. No.

Dad.

No. No. Please, Dad. [sobs]

Please, Dad. No.

PACT OF SILENCE

[woman hushes, echoes] Silence.

[reporter 1 on TV] Welcome back

as we continue our live broadcast

of the mayoral election

here in Mexico City.

The polls show

that Congresswoman Irene Bustamante

has a slight lead over her opponent,

Félix Ramírez.

- [Irene exhales]

- [reporter 2] Right.

- Have you seen Ricardo or Adriano?

- No, ma'am. I'll ask around.

[reporter 2] Bustamante

seems to have pulled into the lead.

Will this be her crowning moment?

We'll have to wait and see.

[quietly] Rafaela, nobody knows

where Adriano is. Or Ricardo.

[Rafaela] I know,

and they're not answering my calls.

Well, they're supposed to be available

in the press room for questions.

- [cell phone rings]

- Keep trying.

- They've gotta be on their way.

- Don't worry. I'll take care of it.

- Thanks.

- [call connects]

Hello?

Hi. Have you heard from Brenda?

Did she show up?

[Irene] Adriano and Ricardo

were going to intercept her if she did,

but I don't know where they are.

[Fer] I guess they stopped her.

They weren't gonna hurt her, right?

- Of course not. What's wrong with you?

- [suspenseful music playing]

They're not mobsters.

Why would you say that?

Obviously I was talking

about the bodyguards.

Things could always escalate.

[Irene] You're paranoid.

I told them not to hurt her.

I'd never let them do anything like that.

[birds singing]

- [Alex] Hi, Sam.

- Hello.

- I know you're mad at Brenda, but, uh

- [Sam] I know who Brenda is.

But my mom doesn't think

she's the girl she abandoned.

[scoffs] Well, that's not really

why I'm here.

I went to the hospital to see Tomás,

but they said they released him.

I need to talk to him

and your father urgently.

[tense music playing]

Tomás.

Why is he here?

He needs to talk to you.

It's important.

Make sure Mom doesn't come in.

- Close the door, Sam.

- [Sam] Don't worry.

- I'll keep an eye on her.

- [door closes]

I know you're a friend of Brenda's.

I saw you a lot when I was following her.

What do you want?

I'm here to tell you that

you didn't m*rder Itzel.

- [music intensifies]

- What?

[Alex] The coroner said

she didn't die when you hit her.

She was k*lled by a drug Adriano gave her.

[shakily] I didn't do it.

[Alex] Brenda's about

to tell the press everything.

But Adriano might try to get rid of you.

- You witnessed what he did.

- What do you mean, "get rid of me"?

You're in danger, Tomás.

You've got to tell your family

everything that happened.

[dramatic string music playing]

[breathing shakily] Come on.

Dad.

Come on, Dad.

Please, Dad.

Dad, please wake up.

Do it for me, Dad.

- [string music building]

- [Adriano sobbing]

What do you wanna do, sir?

[Adriano] No one can know what happened.

I don't want anything bad said

about my father.

[Jacinto] Understood, sir.

This stays between us.

We have to make it look like an accident.

Help me get him out.

[dramatic music intensifies]

[Brenda panting]

[Adriano grunts] Careful.

César.

[music ends]

We almost did something really stupid, Ro.

It doesn't matter

that you and Fernanda separated

or that Fernanda told us she didn't mind.

She's my best friend.

There's a code between friends.

Plus, there's your kids.

You and I are friends.

Our friendship means so much.

Let's not ruin it.

We can't change

what happened 25 years ago.

Martina, why can't we just start over?

Okay.

Even with Fer out of the picture

I'm so messed up.

[somber music playing]

I just had my heart broken.

And I could lie to you and to myself,

but the truth is,

I love Omar, even though he's a b*stard.

I can't be with anyone right now.

I get it. I understand.

I'll give you space and lots of time.

But know this, Martina.

I will never give up.

Hmm?

I want to be with you.

- Ro.

- [cell phone rings]

Give me a second.

[Martina sighs]

Hello? What's up, son?

- Are you all right?

- [tense music playing]

[Brenda whispers] César.

- You've gotta leave before they get back.

- [César panting]

I'm not leaving you with that prick.

Adriano won't do anything to me,

but he'll k*ll you.

Please, César. You have to go.

[César grunts]

[Brenda] No. No, no, no, no.

[whispers] Wait. Please, listen to me.

Listen to me, will you?

That's gonna make a lot of noise.

So, please.

César, you're badly injured.

This is your only chance to escape.

You hear me, César?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

I promise I'll come back for you.

- Okay.

- [César panting]

I love you.

[Brenda breathing shakily]

Get going. Hurry up. Go.

[suspenseful music playing]

[panting]

[music intensifies]

[rattling]

[door opens]

[exhales]

[moans]

[Adriano] f*cking sh*t.

The as*h*le escaped.

[Jacinto] It's okay. There's no way out.

Get the others. Hunt him down.

Adriano, what are you doing?

You know César had nothing to do

with what happened between us.

I did everything for you.

Look what just happened with my father.

And you're worried about an as*h*le

who doesn't give a sh*t about you.

[suspenseful music continues]

[Brenda panting]

[reporter] Breaking news.

At this hour, Irene Bustamante

is still leading in the polls.

She is poised to be

the next mayor of Mexico City.

[Irene] I'm worried.

I feel that something's happened.

It's been a long day.

Ricardo likely went home.

They're not at the house.

Maybe he just wasn't feeling well.

If it was something serious,

Adriano would've called you.

He certainly would've.

He would've called me.

Especially if he took him to a doctor.

[Rafaela] Or they didn't want

to detract from your big day.

They know the cameras

have been all over you.

[sighs]

Adriano forced you to attack Brenda?

He didn't force me.

At first, I agreed to because I thought

that Brenda was trying to blackmail Mom.

But Brenda is Sofía's daughter, not Mom's.

[tense music playing]

[Rodrigo] How could you have abandoned

a child?

Rodrigo, I know

I owe you many explanations.

But right now,

the most important thing is Tomás.

[exhales] Listen, Tomás.

What you did was really serious.

Once you've recovered, we'll discuss

what your consequences will be.

But your mom's right.

Now, we have to concentrate

on protecting you from Adriano.

[music intensifies, fades]

I shouldn't have lied to Brenda.

I shouldn't have said

that I was her mother.

Well, it wasn't all your fault.

Irene and Fer were on board

with the idea too.

But it was my idea.

I was so stressed out about lawsuits.

But I really underestimated her.

[Martina] And now she's gonna be

really pissed off.

- [suspenseful music playing]

- You know what's weird?

She hasn't made good on her threat.

She hasn't talked

about the gardener's death.

[door opens]

Leave us alone a second.

- Hi.

- [Rodrigo clicks tongue]

We came to speak to Adriano.

I don't know where he is.

He hasn't been around.

Why? Anything wrong?

[clicks tongue] Your son involved Tomás

in a plot against Brenda.

[tense music playing]

What the hell?

We're sorry to have

to give you this news today.

But it's the truth.

Adriano has harassed

and bullied Tomás and Brenda.

That's why Tomás ran away.

Oh no. Fernanda, I'm sorry.

Your son left home

because you had a huge fight with him.

He's an addict.

- No, Irene.

- [Irene] That's the truth.

He's lied to you a million times,

but you believe him now?

How can you even stand here

and tell me this nonsense about my son?

I understand it's hard

for you to hear this.

But I'm warning you, Irene,

if anything ever happens to our son,

we will hold Adriano directly responsible.

Is that clear?

I don't believe this.

Rodrigo, I don't think that's fair.

[Rafaela] The official results are in.

You won the election.

Irene, we need you out here.

[tense music fades]

Brenda, please call me back.

I've left so many messages.

You were supposed to come

to the campaign headquarters hours ago.

And neither you or César

have answered any of my calls.

[suspenseful music playing]

[crowd chanting] Irene! Irene!

I'll be very brief. I swear.

My friends, we've been through

some very difficult

but wonderful times together

during this election.

My opponents put up quite a fight,

pulling out every dirty political trick

in the book.

But you defended me every step of the way.

And you never gave up on me.

Through honesty

and transparency.

But above all,

without stooping to their level,

we have shown that democracy

does win elections in this country!

- So, it's time to party!

- [upbeat music playing]

Victory is ours!

[cheering]

[supporters chanting] Irene!

Irene! Irene! Irene!

[man] Whoo-hoo!

[tense music playing]

I've got nothing.

No sign of him anywhere.

[tense music fades]

- [birds singing]

- [lock clicks]

[Irene] There you are, at last.

Where have you been?

I didn't wanna cause a stir

looking for you.

Where's Ricardo?

- Uh

- [tense music playing]

Brenda showed up at headquarters,

and we went off

to speak alone for a minute, so

So, I thought he was with you.

[scoffs] Why were you

with Brenda last night?

Because I had to stop her.

After she accused you

of trying to m*rder her?

No, no, no.

That was all just a lie meant to hurt you.

She and I spoke at length,

and I finally convinced her

to leave the country.

I'll catch up with her in a few days.

You don't have to worry.

I'm not leaving now.

[tense music continues]

Rodrigo and Fernanda came looking

for you at headquarters last night.

They believe you pressured their Tomás

into helping you harm Brenda.

Don't believe anything a drug addict says.

I'm afraid I don't know who to believe.

- Listen Mom.

- Because I don't understand any of this.

When I met Brenda, I didn't know

she was the girl you'd abandoned.

I didn't know that story.

And anyway, I would never hurt her.

I've always loved her.

I don't wanna talk about it now.

I can't wait any longer.

I'm sending them out to find your father.

[suspenseful music playing]

- [car door closes]

- [engine starts]

Enrique is completely out of my life,

and I swear he won't go near Camila.

Let's just try to come to an agreement

so we don't have to go to court.

You know how much I love my daughter.

No, I don't.

You've lied to me over and over, Sofía.

I don't trust you.

[gentle music playing]

What is it?

That mountain of lies

started when we were in boarding school.

So, is there more I should know?

If there is, tell me,

or I swear to God, I won't

Irene, Martina, Fernanda,

and I, we did something.

There was a pregnancy. And then a baby.

A secret we've kept all these years.

And that baby is Brenda.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Brenda] Where is César?

What did you do to him?

You should eat.

[Brenda] You know

you'll never get away with this.

I'm famous. The police

are probably out looking for me right now.

It's true

that I'm not as rich as Adriano is,

but I'll give you a lot of money

if you let me out of here.

I won't tell anyone you were involved.

No one.

You'd take the money

and never hear from me again.

Come on! Do it, as*h*le!

What did you do to César?

[suspenseful music continues]

I know a lot of influential people.

You're all going down for this.

[suspenseful music intensifies]

I need the bathroom.

I don't have the keys.

The boss took them.

[Brenda] Come on, please.

I really need to go,

and my wrist is hurting me a lot.

[exhales]

[grunts]

[bucket clatters]

Give me some privacy.

I was ordered

not to leave your side, ma'am,

even for a second.

[suspenseful music continues]

[exhales]

Sofía, we were supposed to be a family.

How could you hide that from me?

It wasn't just my secret.

Which one of you is Brenda's mother?

I swore I wouldn't tell anyone.

And I won't.

But I promise it's not me.

We didn't mean to abandon her.

We were told that she'd died.

Okay. Uh

I get that you stopped looking for her

'cause you thought that she was dead,

but why would you think I'd leave you

because of a mistake

you made when you were a teenager?

Why didn't you trust me, Sofía?

[exhales] Because it wasn't up to me.

It was up to Brenda's mother to tell.

And she's never wanted to.

[doorbell rings]

You gonna get it?

What did you do to Brenda?

- [Sofía] I haven't seen her, Alex.

- Don't play dumb.

Brenda was supposed to go

to Irene's campaign headquarters yesterday

to tell the media the truth.

Now she's missing,

and she's not answering her phone.

- Did you do something to her?

- [Sofía] No. Of course not.

Alex, look at me.

You and I have met on several occasions.

What makes you think I could hurt Brenda?

Maybe not you. But Irene and Adriano?

She might be at their house.

But the guy's so crazy,

he'd probably sh**t me if I show up.

Adriano?

[scoffs] I don't know

if you're pretending, Sofía.

But Adriano has tried to k*ll Brenda

more than once.

And now we know he k*lled Itzel,

who was one of our best friends.

[dramatic music playing]

Yeah. Brenda's manager's at my house.

He hasn't heard from her since yesterday.

- Does he think she's in danger?

- [Sofía] Yes, he does.

He thinks Irene and Adriano

have done something to her.

But we both know

Irene would never hurt her.

[Fer] But Adriano would.

Sofía, Alex is right

to think she could be in danger.

Adriano forced Tomás to attack her.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Adriano panting]

[cell phone rings]

Hey, sir.

I've been following that manager.

He's visiting someone.

Send me the location.

It's Sofía's.

She's a friend of my mother's.

- [bodyguard] Want me to do something?

- No, don't do anything.

Just keep an eye on Alex.

If he goes to the police, stop him.

I don't give a sh*t how.

The police can't do anything yet.

- Brenda hasn't been missing for 48 hours.

- [Alex] Yeah, I know.

But if Adriano's kidnapped her,

we can't wait that long.

So I'm gonna report him.

I have all the proof I need.

- I'll come with you.

- Sofía.

It's the least I can do for Brenda.

What's happened is partly my fault.

[Manuel] No, wait. I'll go with him.

- [Sofía] Manuel, it's my responsibility.

- [Manuel] Look, Sofía.

You want Camila to stay with you?

Now's your chance.

Go and get her, and I'll go

with Alex to the police station.

Come on.

I don't know

how much longer I can put off the press.

Irene, if you stay silent,

they'll push harder.

They wanna know why Ricardo

and Adriano weren't there last night.

Can you find out who, if anyone,

flew out of the country in the last day?

- You think Ricardo went somewhere?

- No, not Ricardo.

I'm talking about Brenda Rey.

Someone told me she left Mexico,

and I need to know if that's true or not.

[suspenseful music playing]

I've got all the evidence they need

to nail Adriano for Itzel's death.

[bodyguard] Sir,

they're at the police station.

- [Adriano] k*ll them.

- [bodyguard] Copy that.

[music swells]

- [g*nf*re]

- [Manuel] Get down.

[g*nf*re continues]

- Let's go.

- [Manuel] You okay?

- Yeah.

- You sure?

- Yeah. You?

- Yeah.

Okay, thanks. I'll call you later.

Brenda Rey has not left the country,

at least not by plane.

You sure about that?

It was confirmed

by my contact at the airport.

- I can't believe this.

- [Rafaela] Ma'am, where are you going?

Ma'am?

- [Irene] Lupita.

- Yes, ma'am?

- [Irene] Where's my son?

- No idea. He went out.

- He went out?

- [Lupita] Yes, ma'am.

- [cell phone rings]

- With all this going on?

Leave me alone.

- But, ma'am, you need

- Not now. I wanna be alone.

[tense music playing]

Ismael? Did you get that information?

[Ismael] Yes, ma'am.

I'm sending you everything

I found on Carmen Pérez.

Carmen Pérez registered a girl

under the name Brenda Pérez.

The girl was ten years old

when Carmen died.

The day she was being taken

to a foster home,

Brenda escaped from the social worker.

There's no official information on her

after that until she turned 15 years old,

when she was sent to a juvenile center,

where she remained until she turned 18.

DEATH CERTIFICATE

[dramatic music building]

[music fades]

So those guards are here to make sure

Adriano doesn't get near Tomás?

- [Fer] Mm-hmm.

- So crazy.

Yes. He's getting the protection

I should have given to Brenda.

But I didn't believe her.

You know how I've always lived in denial.

- [Martina] Yeah, well

- [Rodrigo] Martina.

- Well, I better go.

- Why are you leaving?

I just came to make sure

you and the kids were okay.

[Fer] No, no. Don't go.

Why don't you stay a while?

What's the hurry?

Um

What happened?

[Rodrigo exhales]

After all we've been through,

I don't want any more secrets between us.

Please, Rodrigo.

Okay, Fer. I wanted to tell you.

I'd been waiting for

this whole bloody mess to be done with.

But now, I think it's time you know.

Know what?

Listen, Fernanda, I want you to know

that no one ever betrayed you.

But after you and I split up

and it was clear

that our relationship was over.

I realized that I've always had feelings

for Martina.

[Martina] Honestly, I think Rodrigo's

just trying to figure his life out.

But, Fer, I want you to know

that there is nothing going on between us.

Fer, Martina rejected me.

[gentle music playing]

But it's it's important

that you know what happened.

I don't wanna know what happened.

Because the truth is that I betrayed you.

No. I don't believe that, Fer. [sighs]

I mean, your relationship started

a long time after ours.

- We were just kids.

- [Fer] No.

Our thing started

the night of the fair, Martina.

You two were still together.

You had a fight, and I hooked up with him.

- [gentle music continues]

- [sighs]

Well [sighs]

We were young.

It was all such a very long time ago.

And so many things have happened.

It doesn't matter.

[Fer] Yes. It does.

It matters because he was confused.

He didn't want to, but I insisted.

And because of that, I somehow changed

what happened between you two.

He was in love with you.

And I betrayed my best friend.

I also betrayed you

by not telling you about Lucía.

Yeah, well, Lucía was part

of the pact we all made together.

[Fer] Yes, but I avoided thinking

about it. I pushed it out of my head.

I was being very selfish.

I was just thinking about Rodrigo

and my future.

Fer. It's okay. You were young.

You didn't know what you were doing.

[Fer] No, you're not

you're not getting it.

This is all because I've managed to live

in denial all my life.

I've self-medicated,

and I've evaded everything,

and I've never had to take responsibility

for my problems.

[gentle music continues playing]

And Rodrigo, you have been the only man

in my life.

[Rodrigo exhales]

[Fer] But I know you've always been

in love with Martina.

That's something I can't deny anymore.

- [music intensifies]

- [cell phone chimes]

It's Irene.

[cell phone chimes]

[Rodrigo] What is it? Did Brenda show up?

[Fer] Confirmed. Brenda's Lucía.

[suspenseful music playing]

[cell phone chimes]

Manuel, where are you?

[Manuel] Sofía, don't freak out

over what I'm about to tell you.

We're both fine, but,

uh a guy pulled up in a car

and started sh**ting

at us outside the police station.

What? Are you okay?

Adriano Carvajal

has already m*rder*d someone.

And there's evidence that

he's trying to k*ll my friend Brenda.

Sorry. This is urgent.

Yeah. Alex is filing a complaint

against Adriano right now.

That's why I'm calling you.

He's very dangerous,

and he's completely out of control.

I need you to file

for an arrest warrant right now. Please.

So, be careful if you see Adriano,

and stay away from Irene and her family.

[dramatic music playing]

Where are the other guards?

[bodyguard] They're busy.

But everything's fine.

Please ma'am. Don't worry about it.

Don't worry about it?

- My husband is missing, sir.

- [tense music playing]

Adriano's gone,

and you don't know where the hell he is.

Or you're just not saying?

Just so we're clear,

you and your team work for the mayor,

and I am the mayor of this town!

Not my son!

You know where every family car is

at all times.

So, you will look me in the eye

and tell me now.

- Where in hell is my son? Where is he?

- [music intensifies, fades]

What happened to César?

Did you ever find him?

He was wounded, sir.

He probably died wherever he was hiding.

[Adriano] Leave us.

[tense music playing]

[Adriano] I don't like keeping you here.

Let's end this. Okay?

Let's get out of here.

All along, you've been doing this

for your father.

When did it all start?

How could you have let it get this far?

If you want me to go with you,

I need to understand you.

I need to know who you really are.

[Adriano sighs]

You must think I'm some kind of psychopath

who kills without remorse.

But I swear to you, I'm not.

I'd never done this before,

but the circumstances left me no choice.

The first person I k*lled was Ramona.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Adriano] When you showed up,

Ramona made threats to my dad.

He asked me to talk to her.

Hello, Ramona.

But she didn't wanna talk.

She thought it was a trap.

When you drove up to the school,

she tried to scream and run away.

- [groans]

- [Adriano] I had to do it.

I had to keep her quiet.

I knew you were right behind me.

I'd seen you.

[dramatic music playing]

[Adriano] I just had enough time

to make it look like it was a suicide.

[music intensifies]

[fixture strains]

[Adriano] I'd never k*lled anyone before.

But that's what I was taught.

To do whatever it takes

to protect my family.

But why k*ll Itzel?

She would never have hurt your family.

[Adriano] Your friend found things out

that could've changed

the outcome of the election.

What the f*ck happened, you as*h*le? Huh?

I was just getting home, and, uh

[Adriano] Tomás told me

he had argued with her.

They'd fought, and he'd k*lled her.

It was an accident.

What do you mean you k*lled her?

What the hell do you mean?

[somber music playing]

[Adriano] I was going

to get rid of the body.

Listen to me, as*h*le.

No one can know this happened.

Understand?

[Adriano] The plan was to make it look

like an overdose.

But Tomás was wrong

because your friend was still breathing.

[Brenda exhales]

[somber music continues]

[Adriano] She still had a pulse.

I called my father

and explained what had happened.

She's breathing right now.

And he told me what to do.

I'm not gonna k*ll her.

No. Please don't ask me to do that.

I said no. I swear.

But she opened her eyes and saw me.

So, I had to do it.

[Itzel moans]

- [music intensifies]

- [Itzel moans]

[Brenda sobs] You had a choice.

You could've let her live.

You could've stood up to your father.

It doesn't matter

if he brainwashed you or not.

She didn't deserve to die. Not like that.

I regret it. I swear I do.

Please, Brenda. Please forgive me.

You have to help me out of this mess.

- Don't touch me. Don't touch me.

- [Adriano] Please.

You're the only one

who can save me. Please.

No. Adriano.

[dramatic music playing]

[Brenda] Adriano. Let me go.

[César] Let her go, you son of a b*tch!

[music intensifies]

[closing theme music playing]