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00:00And as a mortal, I live, I breathe, I feel.
00:05Leonardo, why do you go around so many times?
00:08Where do you want to go?
00:09Say it now, without so many twists and turns.
00:14A few months ago, in the company where I work,
00:16a new girl came in.
00:18Dorinda.
00:20We've been dating and...
00:24well, we fell in love.
00:26And she and I have decided to get married.
00:30And...
00:39Leaving work, do you want to come with me and bring her flowers?
00:42Yes, dad, I want to bring flowers to my mommy.
00:46And we'll clean her grave.
00:49Yes!
00:51What time do we wait for you, son?
00:52Today is Friday, something around lunchtime.
00:54Because I haven't been able to assimilate him.
01:01Esperanza was the best wife, the best mother, and the best daughter-in-law.
01:08There will be no one in this world to replace her.
01:12I miss her a lot too, mom.
01:15A lot.
01:18I miss her a lot.
01:19A lot, mom.
01:21A lot.
01:24Esperanza was the love of my life.
01:28The mother of my son.
01:32She shouldn't have died so young.
01:39How was school, honey?
01:41Very good, grandma.
01:43Did you learn a lot?
01:44Yes, the teacher taught us a lot of things.
01:47And she's very nice.
01:49Very good.
01:51You should learn everything the teacher teaches you.
01:56So you can be the smartest kid.
02:04And so that when you grow up, you'll have a job as important as your dad's.
02:10Yes, yes. I want to be like my dad when I grow up.
02:16I'm so happy to see you so happy, honey.
02:20I love to see the brightness of happiness in your eyes.
02:24I love you, honey.
02:25And I love you.
02:30Dad, come on, change your pants.
02:32I'll see you in the dining room so we can eat.
02:34And then we'll go see your mommy.
02:36Yes, yes. I want to see my mommy. Yes.
02:40Come on. I'll wait for you downstairs.
02:42Yes, grandma.
02:48The food is ready.
02:50And Rogelio is already finishing changing his uniform.
02:54Sunflowers.
03:00Esperanza's favorite flowers.
03:03I'll never forget that they were her favorites.
03:07Dad!
03:09Chaparrón!
03:12How are you, beautiful?
03:13Ready to go see your mom?
03:15Yes, but first let's eat.
03:18I'm very hungry.
03:20Yes, son. Let's eat first.
03:23Come on.
03:24Come on.
03:34They are your colleagues and this will be your work area.
03:38Welcome.
03:54Hello.
03:56Hello.
03:57Welcome. My name is Leonardo.
03:59Thank you very much.
04:03Today is my first day at work
04:05and it's good to have a colleague as kind as you.
04:09I almost didn't sleep because I didn't know what the first day would be like,
04:11but the one who welcomes me like this gives me a lot of confidence.
04:17Dorinda. My name is Dorinda.
04:19Nice to meet you.
04:21Dorinda. My name is Dorinda. Nice to meet you, Leonardo.
04:24Nice to meet you.
04:29Welcome, Dorinda.
04:33If you need anything, I'm here.
04:37How nice.
04:38Excuse me.
04:57Dorinda, it's time for lunch.
04:59Aren't you going to eat?
05:01Well, I should, but I don't know the area and I don't know where I could go to eat.
05:06Well, I know all kinds of places.
05:09From restaurants, fast food, Mexican snacks,
05:13sushi,
05:15to fine and expensive restaurants.
05:17And could I go with you to eat?
05:19Please.
05:25It will be a pleasure for me.
05:26Let's go.
05:32Come on, my boy.
05:34Eat everything so that you grow up very strong and very big.
05:37Yes, Grandma.
05:38Hi, family.
05:39Hi.
05:40Hi, Dad.
05:41Oh, how handsome.
05:44Is there going to be a party in your office?
05:46Why did you dress up so much, my love?
05:48No, Mom, no.
05:50I just have to be more presentable.
05:52I deal with clients and the boss asked us to be more organized.
05:56Well, good for your boss.
05:58That's how you should have been since the first day of your job.
06:02Oh, you really look so handsome.
06:05It's been so long since you got ready.
06:12Since Esperanza left us.
06:15Yes, Mom.
06:16But time heals all wounds, leaving only scars.
06:21And one must move on.
06:24You have always told Rogelio and me.
06:27Yes, yes, yes.
06:28Always forward.
06:30But without forgetting those we love.
06:32And we will always love Esperanza and we will never forget her.
06:41How is it? Is it good?
06:43Delicious.
06:46Yes.
06:52And now, son, why are you so happy?
06:57You were promoted and your salary went up.
07:00Do me a favor, Mom.
07:02But no, it's not that.
07:08Mom.
07:10Rogelio.
07:12We know Esperanza left us three years ago, right?
07:16That's right.
07:18And you, Mom, have always told us that life goes on, right?
07:21Without forgetting those we leave behind.
07:24Remembering them every day.
07:27Esperanza, your father, who are in heaven taking care of us.
07:32I will never forget Esperanza, Mom.
07:34Never.
07:36They must take that into account.
07:38But I'm still living here.
07:39And as a mortal, I live, I breathe, I feel.
07:44Leonardo, why do you turn so many times?
07:47Where do you want to go?
07:49Say it now, without so many twists and turns.
07:52A few months ago, in the company where I work, a new girl came in.
07:57Dorinda.
07:59We've been dating and, well, we fell in love.
08:05And she and I have decided to get married.
08:08Marry another woman?
08:11I don't agree, Leonardo.
08:14I'm sorry, Mom, but it's already decided.
08:16I love Dorinda deeply and I am clear about marrying her.
08:24Mom, please don't do this to me.
08:27They are my family and they must accompany me in this important moment in my life.
08:31You said it, Leonardo.
08:33This moment is very important to you.
08:34Not in my life.
08:36And much less in my grandson's.
08:38And don't insist.
08:40We're not going to your wedding with that woman
08:43who didn't even give herself the time to want to meet us.
08:47To want to meet your son.
08:49Mom, please.
08:51Please what, Leonardo?
08:53It's true, right?
08:55Come on, go to your wedding.
08:57Don't be late.
08:59Mom.
09:00Mom.
09:14I can't.
09:16Can you?
09:17Yes.
09:20Honey, welcome home.
09:23Yes, my new home next to you.
09:28Be careful.
09:30All right.
09:33We're going to open a bottle of wine to continue celebrating our wedding.
09:39Mom.
09:41What are you doing awake?
09:43Waiting for you.
09:45Rogelio is already asleep.
09:47Mom, she is Dorinda.
09:49She is my daughter.
09:51She is my daughter.
09:53She is my daughter.
09:55Mom, she is Dorinda.
09:58She is my wife.
10:01Ma'am.
10:06Nice to meet you.
10:08Nice to meet you.
10:10Leonardo, I was waiting for you because I didn't want to leave the child alone.
10:13But you already arrived with your new wife.
10:18I think it's time for me to go back home.
10:21Mom, you don't have to go.
10:24You can stay and live with us.
10:26Rogelio will miss you if you leave.
10:28The married man wants a home.
10:30Anything you need, I'm on the cell phone.
10:55Breakfast is ready.
10:58And this breakfast is for the most handsome boy in the house.
11:05Eat, my love.
11:07Because mom and dad are going to take you to school.
11:10That's right, Rogelio.
11:12And in the afternoon I'll pick you up from school to your grandmother's.
11:16Thank you for being so nice to me.
11:19For accepting me.
11:20Thank you for being so nice to me.
11:23For accepting and loving me too.
11:26My love, how can I not accept you?
11:29How can I not love you?
11:32First, Rogelio is a love.
11:36I eat him.
11:38And second, he is your son.
11:42I will love him as if he were my own son.
11:51This room that was your father's,
11:54now it's going to be your room, my love.
11:56You can do whatever you want here.
11:58Play, draw, watch movies, cartoons.
12:03Yes, grandmother, yes.
12:08Rogelio, son.
12:10You must have something very clear.
12:13That woman that your father took to live at your house
12:16will never be your mother.
12:18Never.
12:20You must always remember that she is an intruder in your house.
12:24Did you understand?
12:26An intruder in your house.
12:32That it stays well engraved in your head.
12:35That woman who is in your house is not your mother, Rogelio.
12:39She is not.
12:43Your mother is Esperanza.
12:45She is your only mother.
12:46Promise me you'll never forget how your father is doing it.
12:50Please, promise me, Rogelio.
12:56I promise you, grandmother.
12:58That woman will never be my mother.
13:00And I will never forget my real mother.
13:03Never.
13:12Hello, my love. We're here.
13:13We're here.
13:15I'm so glad you're here, my loves.
13:17Dinner is ready, so go change your clothes,
13:20wash your hands and go have dinner, okay?
13:25It smells delicious.
13:27My love, it doesn't just smell.
13:29Dinner is delicious.
13:31Come on, wash your hands
13:34because as soon as Rogelio comes down, I'll serve dinner.
13:37There is no doubt that you are a great woman.
13:39Every day I spend, I fall in love more with you.
13:43I love you.
13:53Rogelio, my love.
13:55My love, come, help me take the dishes to the table.
13:57Come on, son. Come, help me.
13:59I'm not your son anymore!
14:01Rogelio, what did you say?
14:03I asked you a question, Rogelio. Answer me.
14:05Leo, please don't talk to him like that.
14:07He's getting scared.
14:09Little by little, we'll gain his trust, okay?
14:14My love,
14:16you're right.
14:18I'm not your mother,
14:20and you're not my son,
14:22but I want you to know something.
14:24From the first moment I met you,
14:27my heart was filled with love for you, my love.
14:30It's just a matter of giving it time,
14:32and very soon you and I will be filled with love.
14:37A toast.
14:39What a great woman you are.
14:40I love you as I love my son.
14:50My family.
15:03Hello, hello.
15:06I'm here.
15:07I brought Chinese food.
15:11My love,
15:14what's wrong?
15:16Why are you crying?
15:19Did something happen to Rogelio?
15:21Rogelio is fine.
15:23He's in his room.
15:25So what's wrong?
15:27Why are you crying?
15:29My love,
15:31when I went to your mother's house for Rogelio,
15:33she was very strict with me.
15:35She wasn't nice.
15:37On the way to the house,
15:39Rogelio was very serious with me.
15:42I don't know if your mother
15:44is telling Rogelio things about me
15:46and she's putting him against me.
15:48Why do you say that?
15:50Did Rogelio do something to you?
15:52He speaks very badly of me again.
15:54He tells me that I'm not his mother,
15:56that I'm his stepmother,
15:58that I'm not his son,
16:00that I'm not his daughter.
16:01That I'm his stepmother,
16:03that we stepmothers are ugly,
16:05horrible,
16:07and that I'm a witch
16:09who eats children like him.
16:11I think it's your mother
16:13who is misbehaving with Rogelio
16:15and putting him against me.
16:17I'm going to talk to Rogelio right now.
16:19He shouldn't talk to you like that.
16:21I'm also going to talk to my mother.
16:23I'm not going to let her
16:25poison my son against you.
16:27No, Leonardo, please.
16:29My love,
16:32it's his fault.
16:34It's your father's fault.
16:36Rogelio is just a seven-year-old boy.
16:40He's innocent, my love.
16:43But your mother,
16:47she knows what she's doing.
16:51The boy doesn't.
16:54Don't leave me, Mom.
16:56Don't run away.
16:58I'm asking you,
16:59I'm asking you.
17:01I'm not evading you,
17:03much less running away, Leonardo.
17:05I have to cook for Rogelio to eat.
17:07My son won't eat here with you.
17:09Why are you putting my son against Dorinda?
17:12Why are you misbehaving with him?
17:14Misbehaving?
17:18Tell me something, Leonardo.
17:20Did I misbehave with you?
17:24Come on, answer me!
17:26No.
17:27Then why are you making those comments?
17:32Did I tell Rogelio that Dorinda isn't his mother
17:35and that she'll never be?
17:38It's the truth.
17:40Dorinda will never be Esperanza.
17:42Dorinda will only be his stepmother.
17:45But she'll never be your mother.
17:48Isn't that right, Leonardo?
17:50Yes, but it's not like...
17:52But what?
17:54I don't know Dorinda.
17:58Because you didn't want to give yourself time to meet your mother.
18:02Because you're attached to Esperanza's memory.
18:06But realize it.
18:09I'm very clear about that, Leonardo.
18:12But there's something about your new wife
18:15that hasn't convinced me yet.
18:17How can you talk about her like that
18:19if you don't even know her?
18:21So I'm going to ask you
18:23to stop messing with the kid's head,
18:25or else...
18:27Or else what?
18:29What are you going to do to me?
18:32Don't forget that I'm your mother.
18:35And long before that woman came into our lives.
18:38Well, she's here.
18:40She's my wife and you should meet her.
18:42Tell me, in the short time you were together,
18:45did she bother to meet me or your son?
18:48When a person is interested in another person,
18:51they're interested in their family,
18:53in their children.
18:55But she didn't do it.
18:58The times your wife has come here for Rogelio,
19:01she doesn't come in.
19:03Did you know that?
19:05And not only that,
19:07she makes me look bad.
19:09She always answers me annoyingly,
19:11even aggressively.
19:13And I don't like it.
19:14She always answers me annoyingly,
19:16even aggressively.
19:19Did she tell you?
19:21Of course, Aunt Dorinda, it's not like that, Mom.
19:23Stop making things up.
19:33So I'm going to ask you
19:35to stop putting my son against my wife.
19:37Stop doing it
19:39or you'll never see him again.
19:44Stop it!
20:14Stop it!
20:44I'm sorry.
21:14I'm sorry.
21:44I'm sorry.
22:14I'm sorry.
22:44I'm sorry.