Leticia has been severely injured on her face, after she confronts a group of gangsters, whom minutes before murdered her father. Days later, Leticia's helped by Gerardo, a talented composer who plays the piano in a cabaret called "El Cielo". The woman helps Gerardo buying groceries and cooking, and in time he'll offer Leticia to stay in his house. Gerardo's neighbour is a nice girl, secretly in love with him. The musician investigates with a plastic surgeon whether is disposed to operate Leticia, in order to recover her original face. The doctor accedes with no charge. The operation is a success, and Gerardo sees that Leticia is a quite beautiful woman. One day, Gerardo hears Leticia singing and he thinks that she could begin an artistic career in "El Cielo". Things aren't gonna be easy, because Pepe, nicknamed "Chief", is a gangster and a drug dealer, who dominates almost every cabaret in the city, except "El Cielo". Gerardo talks to the manager, Simon, about Leticia, but he says that he can't afford another singer. But after thinking about the issue and under Pepe's pressure to become partners in "El Cielo", Simon accedes to take the woman. Leticia's a success and she and Gerardo begin a romantic relationship. But one night Pepe recognizes Leticia while she's singing. Pepe concludes that Leticia is the same girl disfigured by one of his fellows, killed by Leticia that very night in self defense. However, Pepe blackmails the woman, telling her that she must go with him or he'll hurt Gerardo. Leticia goes with Pepe, in order to save Gerardo of being hurt by the gangster. Leticia never says Gerardo the real cause of her leaving. Time later, Gerardo, now with his pretty neighbour, has a successful career as a musician, while Leticia carried on with her career as a singer, but involving herself in Pepe's business with drugs.