"Mom, did you see the look on my stupid sister's face?" Carolina asked sarcastically.

"Who does that little woman think she is? But this time she's going to listen to me."

Dora, Victoria's mother, prepared to confront her, but Humberto, her husband, firmly stopped her. "Where do you think you're going with that temper, woman? We have to be smart. You know that marriage to Mancini is the best thing that's happened to us lately. Our company can achieve unprecedented renown."

"Yes, Humberto, but it's useless if our own daughter no longer recognizes us as her parents," Dora replied, her face flushed with rage. "Look at everything she has! Even...