Andrés sees from the balcony how Belén weeps over his coffin and then appears before everyone. Belén tells Detective Serapio that she fled the town because she feared for her life and that she faked her death to protect herself.

Detective Serapio tells Isabel that Diego is a murderer and that his real name is Juan Camilo Angarica. Meanwhile, Isabel devises a plan and pretends to reconcile with Diego in order to expose him.