Marcos entered the house embraced by his daughter, when he reached the living room she ran upstairs to her room, while he stood next to Lia, who remained seated on the sofa with an inscrutable expression. The man approached her and knelt down in front of her feet, the woman looked at him surprised when she saw him in that position, however, she remained silent.

″Maybe my words seem empty to you, or maybe you don't even want to listen to me... I swear by your life and my children's, who are the most important thing for me, even more than my own life, that I never wanted to offend you, nor minimize you, it was just a casual comment... not with bad intentions, but with the firm purpose of making Evan see that I was not going to take our daughter lightly... not that I have taken my relationship with you lightly, never! You know what our circumstances were and I stood up to everyone for you, I didn't care about being disinherited, I didn't care about the prestige or power of the Estebans,