Episode 1

Sunday, 7:43 am Los Angeles.

Elisa slept peacefully in her room, to the sound of rain falling outside, but the sound of something breaking startled her awake. Then there were some screams and more things being broken, this caused Elisa to leave her room completely dazed, as she approached the stairs she saw her parents arguing, Gisele going all out for Eduardo, everything that she saw in front of her she threw at him.

Gisele - How could you, Eduardo?

Eduardo - Forgive me, honey... I didn't mean to!

Gisele - Forgiveness, my foot, do you realize the mess you made, you wretch?

At that moment she was about to break a glass jar over her husband's head, but at that moment Elisa comes down the stairs and prevents such an act.

Elisa - Mom, stop!

Gisele takes a deep breath and lowers the jar, putting it back in its place.

Elisa - What happened to you guys? Why are you fighting?

Eduardo - Honey...

Gisele - Shut up, Eduardo, you're shameless, addicted!

Elisa doesn't understand the situation, as she has never witnessed any kind of arguments or fights between her parents, this was new to her, especially since she always believed that the two loved each other.

Elisa - Are you going to tell me what's going on here?

Gisele - Your father is a creep, Elisa, a creep!

Gisele cried with rage, Elisa had never seen her mother like this.

Elisa - What did you do, Dad?

Eduardo - Elisa, my daughter... I... I'm so sorry, but... you need to get married in a few days if you don't want to see your father dead!

Elisa was so shocked by the news that she pinched her own arm to make sure it was real, because up until that point she wasn't even dating, let alone engaged.

Elisa - I don't understand, can you explain?

Gisele - Your father, lost everything, honey, all our money is gone... And now he's in millions of dollars in debt, we can't pay, but in exchange for not being killed, he offered you in marriage!

Eduardo - I had no other choice, my daughter, my life was at stake…

Elisa - How?

Eduardo, entered the world of gambling about two years ago, at first he got it right and won a lot of money, believing that he would always get it right, he started playing every day after work, in this he started to become addicted and greedy, he bet large amounts, the electronics company, which until then was quite solid, began to run out of capital, leading him practically to bankruptcy, he saw an opportunity to recover his capital so he bet what he didn't have and ended up losing everything.

Elisa couldn't believe it, so she let out a loud laugh.

Elisa - Dad, if you're making this all up to see me dressed as a bride, I repeat....

Eduardo interrupts her

- It's true\, Elisa and the only one to blame for all this is me... I confess to you that I am a man addicted to poker\, every night after I leave the company I always stop by a club with some friends\, sometimes I win\, sometimes I lose\, and it's normal\, because luck is not always on our side! But yesterday I was very ambitious\, I was convinced that I was going to win\, I don't know what happened\, there was a lot of money involved and I swore to myself that if I won it would be the last time...

After Eduardo's clear explanation, Elisa's penny finally starts to drop, she feels betrayed by her own father, the man she has always had a great admiration for, and was proud to be the daughter of.

Eduardo - The man I owe the money to is the owner of the club himself, he is a very powerful man, he threatened to kill me if I didn't pay him in 24 hours, but I don't have all that, not even if I sold the company and our house I could not raise the amount! However, he proposed a contract to me.

Gisele hugs Elisa and they both burst into tears, Elisa until then had no plans to get married, she just dreamed of graduating from college in Literature, she loved to read and write, she even had some drafts of possible books to be published in the future.

Elisa - What kind of contract is this?

Still in tears, she asks.

Eduardo - You just need to be married for a year, and be just a trophy wife, going to events, living with him, but I'll understand if you don't accept, you don't have to do this for me, the only one to blame for all this is me, so the right thing to do would be for me to own up to my mistakes, and....

This time, Elisa interrupts him.

- I accept!

Gisele - What? No, no Elisa, you're not going to accept such an absurd thing, we don't even know this man, he's probably a depraved, unscrupulous man, a real man would never do such a thing. Well, your father loves to get involved with criminals!

Eduardo - Forgive me, daughter, I promise I'll work day and night until I get all the money, I promise you won't be married to that man for long, just give me six months...that's it, six months will be more than enough time for me to raise the whole amount!

Elisa - I was proud of you, Dad, I didn't hold back the praise when people asked me about you, now I see that I was deeply mistaken!

Elisa's words were like a thousand stabs in Eduardo's heart, he felt like trash and knew that all this was a consequence of his ambition, if he had stopped on the first day, this would never be happening, but no, the addiction spoke louder, when he came to his senses he was already up to his neck in debt.

Gisele glared at the man with such hatred, not even his face covered in tears made her feel sorry for him, if it wasn't for Elisa's presence in the room she would have already put an end to her husband.

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