Mantovani family secrets start to unravel which adds further intrigue and suspension into the murder of Guglielmo Mantovani. Having discovered that her mother, Lucia, is about to come home, Valeria packs her bags and goes to live with Giorgio Lombardi; her boss, her boyfriend, and, the man who arrested her mother seventeen years earlier.

Guido, Valeria's brother urges her to stop withdrawing from her family, which once again includes Lucia. After a particularly tense altercation, Lucia understands that her family will never be able to forgive her and that perhaps it would be best for her to disappear.