A clue about the Galindos' crime takes Onofre to Ceuta. There he meets Benito, a former legionnaire, with whom he establishes a relationship. His investigations behind his back cost him some displeasure and force him to leave there. At the same time, in 1975, the pressure around the Marquis grows. A hard blow shakes the life of his wife, Doña Concha, with unpredictable consequences.

Don Alberto's clue takes Onofre to Barcelona, ​​where he discovers that he is now an accountant in a cabaret. Onofre returns to Paradas confused since the clues he follows do not give any answers. In 1975, Picazo investigated the estate's accounts on behalf of Don Alejandro, obtaining compromising information that the Marquis could not allow to reach the hands of his father-in-law.

In 1975 the Marquis, Don Alberto and Curro went to meet Picazo to dissuade him and make him see reason. He does not rise up and a spiral of violence is set in motion in which five people will die. In 1977 Doña Concha, worried because Onofre has been talking to her mother, sends the Marquis to silence him. Thus the final confrontation between the Marquis and Onofre takes place.