At La Promessa, silence has never meant safety—every whispered word hides a secret, and every secret, a betrayal. But in this shocking new episode, the lies that have suffocated the Luján estate for years begin to unravel… with a revelation that will leave Martina—and viewers—breathless.

Martina, suffocated by deception and consumed by doubts over her mother Margarita’s disappearance, decides she can no longer tolerate the oppressive silence surrounding her family’s past. After a fiery confrontation with the arrogant Conde Ayala, in which she demands answers and slaps him across the face for insulting her mother’s memory, Martina declares she’s leaving the estate. But before she can escape, fate delivers a blow more destabilizing than any slap or insult.

As she quietly packs her mother’s old travel bag, each fold of fabric stinging with memory and grief, a cold touch grazes Martina’s shoulder. She spins around—terrified—and the impossible stands before her: Fernando De Luján, her father. Alive. A ghost in flesh, thought to be long dead.

He’s aged, worn, with white in his hair and grief in his eyes—but unmistakably Fernando. The man everyone said had died years ago, now whispering for silence. He’s returned, he says, not to reunite, but to reveal how he survived—and who tried to ensure he didn’t.

Cruz.

In a trembling voice, Fernando confesses: years ago, he suffered a heart attack in Cruz’s presence. Instead of calling for help, she let him collapse, whispering that his presence was a threat to her ambitions. She let him die—at least, she thought she did. He barely survived, and since then, he’s been hiding, waiting, watching. Now he’s back, determined to unmask Cruz and bring her down.

Martina, paralyzed with disbelief, begs for explanation. Why wait so long? Why now? Fernando says it’s because she—his daughter—is the key. The only one strong enough to face the darkness Cruz cast over the family.

But before Martina can even process the enormity of his words, everything around her begins to blur. Fernando’s face melts into smoke, his voice fades, and Martina awakens—in her bed, drenched in sweat, gasping for air.

A dream. Just a dream.

Or was it?

The Storm Before the Ghost

Hours before this unsettling vision, Martina had marched furiously down the halls of La Promessa, fire in her heart and her mother’s name on her lips. Her confrontation with Ayala had been brutal. She accused him of hiding the truth about Margarita’s fate; he, in turn, demeaned Margarita as a manipulative woman who deserved her downfall.

Martina’s fury exploded, culminating in a slap that echoed through the mansion—and quickly through its gossiping halls. Ayala, red-faced and humiliated, stormed into Alonso’s study, demanding disciplinary action. His pride wounded, Ayala raged that Martina’s behavior was not just disrespectful, but dangerous—threatening the old order of power within the estate.

Alonso, visibly shaken by the accusation, tried to mediate, promising to speak with his niece. But in his heart, he knew: Martina’s rage wasn’t random. Something had pushed her to the edge—and it had everything to do with Margarita’s disappearance.

Meanwhile, Giana, hearing whispers of the slap, rushed to Manuel. She voiced what many feared: that Ayala hides something terrible, and that Martina’s rebellion might be the first light in a long night of darkness. Giana, brave and determined, declared she stood with Martina—challenging Manuel to do the same. He hesitated, torn between loyalty and fear. But deep inside, a creeping suspicion began to bloom.

Martina’s Collapse—and Her Awakening

Back in her room, Martina, exhausted by years of silence and an unbearable confrontation, finally broke. Her tears soaked into her pillow, not from guilt over her defiance—but from the overwhelming weight of unanswered questions.

Her argument with Alonso—who begged her not to leave the estate—only confirmed what she already knew: the truth wouldn’t come from polite conversations. If no one else would unearth the past, she would.

And so she began packing.

That’s when the ghost appeared.

Whether real or imagined, the return of Fernando De Luján is more than a plot twist—it’s a reckoning. In her dream (or was it a memory?), Fernando’s words carry the weight of hidden years and buried betrayals. If Cruz truly left him to die, if she really manipulated events to maintain power, then the very foundations of La Promessa are rotten.

And Martina, once a quiet daughter, now carries the torch of truth.

But What Comes Next?

As dawn breaks over the Luján estate, questions swirl like mist over the gardens. Was Fernando’s appearance a vision, a symbol, or a memory long suppressed? Is Cruz truly capable of such monstrous cruelty—or is someone else pulling the strings?

Martina’s tears may have dried, but the fire in her has only just ignited. Her confrontation with Ayala is no longer an isolated act—it’s the opening salvo in a war for truth. And this time, La Promessa won’t be the same.

Because Fernando might be alive.
Because Cruz might be a murderer.
And because Martina will not stop until every mask falls.

Stay tuned—La Promessa is only beginning to reveal its darkest secrets.