María Elena is surprised when she meets Alberto. Aldo becomes saddened after learning that María Elena wants to become a nun. Isabel Cristina suffers because she can't tell María Elena that Aldo is alive.

Aldo gets sad to think that María Elena knows he is alive and does not want to meet him. Aldo tells Graciela that they are free and that he will return to Mérida. Rafael faces Aldo after seeing him back in Mérida.