Episode 2

Andrea - Mom? (Not now, God, I think) understands that I can't pay any more debts, I also have expenses to cover.

Margarita (mom) - You know what will happen to the old lady if you don't cover the debt, Andrea, so it's up to you.

Andrea - Enough, Mom, stop using Nana to blackmail me, why don't you get a job and stop gambling, Carlos. I'm tired of always covering debts, Mom.

Margarita (mom) - That's what you're here for, (yelling) you have to pay us back for the years we kept you with us, you ungrateful girl, you think that living in that shack you call an apartment frees you from helping your mother? No, Andrea, you are very wrong.

Andrea - One thing is to help you and quite another is to pay the debts of a person who always hates me, what do I have to thank him for? For God's sake, Mom, are you listening to yourself?

Margarita (mom) - Shut up (slap) Carlos has always treated you well since you were a little girl, he cares about you, he is your father, you have to help him.

Andrea - He is not my father (screaming) he never will be, Mom.

Margarita (mom) - (grabs my arm, squeezing) Of course he's your father, one who did take responsibility for you, not like the other one who just ran away and left me alone with a horrible little girl, with traumas who preferred to live his life than raise you, you call that a father?

Andrea - (I just cry when I hear her talk about my biological father, I want to believe it wasn't like that) enough, enough please, Mom, you're hurting me.

Margarita (mom) - It hurts to hear the truth about your biological father, but that's how it was, you're going to pay for that debt so give me 3 thousand dollars and I'll leave.

Andrea - 3 thousand? Mom, for God's sake, I don't have that amount with me right now.

Margarita (Mom) - You're going out to eat in half an hour, aren't you? You have time to get it from the bank, so I'll be back in 2 hours for the payment or you know who will pay (leaves the office)

I can't help but cry, I drop my head on the desk and cry in anger, helplessness, until I feel an arm go around my shoulders and just by smelling her perfume I know it's Lucas, I don't want him to see how weak I am, I'm afraid to see his eyes and realize his disappointment, I keep crying until he speaks.

Lucas - Come on, beautiful, don't cry, it breaks my heart to see you like this, we're here for you, that witch wants money, right? (I just nod) friend, you can't go on like this, I know you do it for your Nana, but Andy, what happens when the debt is so huge that you can't cover it? Honey, you have to think about how to end this.

Andrea - It hurts that my mom only looks for me to pay off Carlos's debts, but I can't leave my Nana to her fate, you understand Lucas, I love her and I have to find a way to get her out of there.

Lucas - I understand, friend, let's think about how to get her out of the witch's lair, but you can't keep paying debts that aren't yours.

Andrea - I have to give her 3 thousand dollars in 2 hours, so I'm going to take my lunch break when I get back I have to go to the bank first, I'm sorry Dani.

Lucas - 3 thousand? Oh, friend, let's go pick up Daniela and go to the bank, if we leave you alone, maybe you won't take your lunch so let's go.

I get up, hang my lab coat on the rack, go to the bathroom to wash my face and go out to look for Dani, who, when she found out that my mother had come to ask me for money, hit the roof, I love my friends, they are always there for me.

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