Armando tries to explain to Elsa that he is sending her away to protect her. Commander Fuentes warns Ángela about the inconsistencies he has found in the statements and asks her for another night together in exchange for keeping quiet about what he knows. Irene, Estela's sister, shows up at Armando's house demanding answers about Estela's disappearance. Guillermina remembers how she was forced to get rid of a child she was expecting on Armando's orders and, unable to keep quiet any longer, she goes to Father Reynaldo for advice.