After Pelayo's disappearance, Elena and Cecilia investigate the steps taken by the thug and follow her lead to some neighborhood billiards, where they will have to earn the trust of bad-living men to get information. The magazine's report has not had the expected repercussion, and Elena is increasingly guilty of her feelings for Julio after meeting Lola.

Covadonga arrives at the restaurant to offer Elena and Julio a job opportunity: cook for the wedding of a friend's son, although it is celebrated outside Madrid and will have to travel together. Lourdes, with the stress and responsibility of running the restaurant without Elena, suffers another attack, and is preparing to confess to her companions her illness.