Episode 1

I see my Father arriving, and a smile instantly forms on my face.

Uuu... what happiness.

I haven't seen him for 3 weeks, and I missed him terribly.

Dad is the best of fathers, he is my hero in every way, I admire him and I feel so proud to be Alessandro Sandoval's daughter.

Although he has never taken me to his work, I know exactly that Dad is a successful man; yes, He and My Mother are the best of my world. The only bad thing is that he works too much, and is only at home on weekends.

...But now, Dad's face reflects a deep sadness, he looks distressed.

I run towards him, and hug him tightly as I do every time he comes home.

"Beautiful Daddy, you can't imagine how much I missed you.

What's wrong?, you look pale and very worried," I tell him, and he smiles, kisses my forehead with love, but doesn't answer me, instead he takes my hand, and walks with me to the kitchen, where my Mother is.

She turns to look at him, with her eyes glassy.

It is evident that something is not right between them, since he has not come home the previous two weekends, I suppose he is coming now to fix the problem.

The atmosphere between my Parents is tense, although in their eyes, that pure and genuine love with which they always look at each other has not diminished.

That is something that makes me happy and dream of finding someone who loves me as much as my Father loves Mom.

I see them and in Mom's gaze, that one so full of love, there is something else, there is resignation, sadness, pain and I need to know why.

It is obvious that they have to tell me something very delicate.

I know it by their worried faces.

Dad lets go of my hand, and goes to hug Mom, his hug is long, strong and very moving, in the distance I hear him whisper near her ear.

//I love you and I swear I need one last kiss// I see Dad look for her lips to kiss them, but She turns her face, receiving the kiss on her cheek.

Dad takes a deep sigh, directs his sad gaze towards me and moves away from Mom, leaving her standing with her face flushed, as if holding back tears.

I don't understand what is happening, but of course I realize that there is a problem and I need an explanation.

"Ale... Come darling, sit down," Dad tells me, taking my hand.

Many things go through my mind.

For the first time, my parents are fighting, could it be because Dad is going on a trip once again, and that's why Mom is angry, or could it be that my Father has a lover?, and Mom has discovered it.

Nooo that's not it. I must be crazy.

Because that is impossible, if I see the genuine love that my parents have for each other and in such a relationship, a third person could never exist.

I take a seat next to Dad, imagining any nonsense and waiting to hear what he is going to tell me.

"Look darling, I want you to know, that I love you and I love your Mother, as I never loved, nor will I ever love anyone.

You are, my reason for living, the reason why I get up every day, you are my strength, my enthusiasm, you are my joy, my happiness.

And for years, I begged heaven that this day would not come, but it came.

And I must accept it with resignation.

It is ironic that I myself have decided to tell you the truth, that for years I wanted to hide.

Some time ago, your Mother insisted on telling you this truth, but I begged her not to.

Now I insisted on Her, and I made this decision because you are grown up and can understand.

At the same time, I have decided to end the relationship between your Mother and I; but I don't do it because I don't love your Mother, I do it because She doesn't deserve to continue being my "lover".

And it hurts me, it hurts my soul, but even with this pain I must separate from Her." Hearing Dad has left me in shock, my mind cannot assimilate what I have heard, and I only have one word in my head.

Lover!!...

What is he saying?...

I can't believe what my ears are hearing.

It's something impossible to believe.

I have just turned 18, I am very intelligent, everyone talks about my brilliant brain, about my tenacious and perspicacious personality, so as not to let myself be deceived by anyone.

So, this that I am hearing must be a bad joke.

"I don't understand what you are saying Dad.

Is it a joke, right?." I tell him almost without being able to pronounce words.

"Beautiful princess, this is very difficult to explain, but I am going to do it.

Begging heaven that you can understand it.

24 years ago I met your Mother, in my family's company, She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and although she was 4 years older than me, for me she was and is perfect.

She, had already finished her degree in business administration, she worked in the accounting area.

I was a 20-year-old university student, and I was starting to get involved in the company that my grandfather founded in this country.

One day, the most fortunate day of my existence, I saw her by chance, and I was shocked by her beauty, and since that day, I couldn't stop going to the accounting area, because I fell in love with Her at first sight, as I never thought.

It was hard to convince her to go out with me, I think she thought I was a kid, but I was a very mature young man, like you are.

I insisted and got a date, from that day I felt that I could not live without Her, I was not only shocked by her beauty but by her personality, your Mother is a woman full of light, so genuine and transparent and I loved her from that first date.

She became my everything.

We went out for a few months without any problem and we were very much in love; but my Parents found out about our relationship and although I regret admitting it my Mother was classist and Dad listened to her in everything.

They forbade me to go out with Marlen, but I was of legal age and I was not willing to obey them.

My Mother was sick with high blood pressure, and taking advantage of the illness she suffered, she began to invite Antonia, the daughter of her best friend, (a friend that I never met), to the house to keep her company and help her feel better.

Antonia was a woman of high society, and refined, but what she had of refined, she had of artificial, capricious and manipulative; my Mother didn't care about that, and she began to insist that Antonia was suitable for me as a wife, since her only son should marry someone from high society.

Even so, I did not give Antonia Negrete a place, I was not willing to marry Her; that was crazy; besides I had an owner, Marlen Morelos and with Her my heart was complete, there was no room for anyone else.

We were like that for a while, I did not stop seeing your Mother.

One day I had the most beautiful of engagement rings made, the one that has never been taken off and I proposed marriage to her, She accepted without hesitation for a second.

I was happy, the love we had for each other was so infinite that nothing and no one else mattered. I was willing to marry Her, I told my Mother, that I had already gotten engaged to Marlen and even if she threatened to disinherit me, I was going to marry the woman I loved.

But there the irreparable happened.

On my 21st birthday Antonia in collusion with My Mother, got me drunk and the woman got into my room, in my bed and in my life.

I really don't remember what happened that night, I only know that my own Mother gave me my first drink and I woke up with the unbearable woman in my bed.

A couple of weeks later, Antonia together with my Mother gave me the news.

"I was going to be a Dad"...

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