The happy life of Catherine and her widowed mother changed for the worse when Pablo and his family moved in as their tenants. In no time at all, her mother had married Pablo and was providing for his entire family. To make things worse, Pablo's daughter wanted Catherine's boyfriend for herself. As if these were not enough, Catherine killed Pablo's son, when he attempted to rape her. Pregnant with her boyfriend's child, she ended up in jail. But her mother, now sick and reduced to poverty, would do anything to help her. Still, she lived for the day when she would be able to reclaim what was rightfully hers.