Elaine hides when Esperanza enters the house. Ligaya, drunk and ecstatic, almost has a slip of the tongue and mentions a particular daughter to Esperanza. Ester and Noel visit Danilo and ask for help to pay their debts. Consuelo tells her grandchildren the story of Isabel and Sandra. Esperanza meets Jaime, Louie's best friend, who just got back from the US after 10 years.