Minerva seizes on an opportunity to enroll in law school while an ailing Don Enrique encourages his daughter. Minerva arrives at Club Caribe in search of Arantxa, who invites her to stay in lodgings provided by Petán, but the old friends are growing apart on account of Arantxa's ties to the regime. In 1999, Arantxa makes a last-ditch effort to get Arantxa to continue the interview.