Carolina, Eva and Lucía cross paths at a roadside motel on the border between Portugal and Galicia. All three have major personal and economic problems. They kill Eligio in self-defense and hope to gain economic relief from it.

Lucía and Eva bury Eligio's corpse, while Carolina gets rid of the evidence of the crime. Carolina knows Eligio was carrying something of very high value and Lucía looks for it all over the town.

Agent Salgado arrives in Portugal to investigate Eligio's death alongside his Portuguese partners. The first thing he does is investigate his room at the Motel Valkirias.