Los Querendones

Fe Quintero and Gloria Miralles meet because Fe's father was the chauffeur of Gloria's mother. However, despite this particular circumstance, they have become great friends, in a relationship that seems to ignore social differences on the surface, but is actually marked by them deep down. Because for Gloria, even if she never says it, Fe has become something like the object of her mother's stubborn philanthropic thesis-that poor people must be loved and helped. And for Fe, it's impossible to shake off that subtle sense of subordination, of feeling grateful and indebted for the immense favors received from her rich friend, who, as she believes, was the one who intervened so that she could attend prestigious schools and enjoy vacations unimaginable for a girl of her background. That is what lies on the surface. But behind it all, there are some important truths. The first is that Fe truly loves Gloria with all her heart, and also with the gratitude that her father instilled in her as a primary virtue. The second is that Gloria has always felt uncomfortable with this obligatory affection that was imposed on her by her mother, and that is also tinged with a veiled envy toward the poor girl who, unlike her, has had a real life-warm, stable, and rich in family love. And the third, and perhaps most crucial truth, is that the ones who have really done the favors are the poor to the rich-not the other way around. Not only because Fe has been the only sincere support in Gloria Miralles' otherwise lonely life, but also because Chon, Fe's father, once had intimate favors with his employer. And from that affair, although he doesn't know it, Gloria was born. The truth is that while Fe continues to enjoy the sweetness of her genuine affection for Gloria, Gloria's dying mother will reveal to her that the reason behind all the closeness and philanthropy is the fact that Fe is actually her sister-since Gloria herself was the product of an adulterous relationship. The revelation will be a devastating blow for Gloria, and she will never recover from the confusion and conflicted feelings it will cause her. That's when Sergio Grimán enters the picture-a young man filled with physical and spiritual qualities enough to make any woman swoon-and with whom Fe will experience the joys of a true and legitimate love, despite Gloria's envious gaze, who from the start will scheme silently against this destined happiness. One of Gloria's main tools in her disruptive efforts, aside from malice and deceit, will be the reappearance of Valentín Alcántara, a noble man with a gentle heart, who has always been in love with Fe. Gloria will bring him back into the picture for her own manipulative purposes. Thus, we witness the rise and fall of a romance whose greatest enemies are a mysterious woman whom Fe generically refers to as "The Nefarious One" (La Nefasta), who is none other than Gloria herself, and a rival to Sergio, whom he mockingly refers to as "Dog Man" (Juan Perro). From then on, and always under Gloria's manipulation, Fe and Sergio's love life becomes tangled in the chaos caused by "The Nefarious One" and "Dog Man," until what once seemed like a sure promise of happiness crumbles in the web of intrigue spun by Gloria-who continues the charade of being Fe's best friend, while forever hiding the truth that the person she is betraying is actually her own sister. Things begin to get more complicated once Fe and Sergio break up, and it becomes clear that Sergio's "Dog Man" is none other than Valentín Alcántara-who by then will have become his friend. What's more, Fe will discover that her despised "Nefarious One" is none other than the friend she's had her entire life. Then come the explanations. The tears. Gloria will manage to present it all as a series of unfortunate coincidences. And that's when love, on one hand, and loyalty, on the other, will have to be weighed-within a seemingly hopeless situation, given that neither woman, as things appear, is truly to blame. Later, the situation will reach unbearable complexity when both women-long before knowing they are sisters-find themselves pregnant by the same man. This will be the thread of this story, whose main theme is the lightness and depth of love, in which the atmosphere is shaped by the joys and sorrows of affection, and by the very celebration of the art of loving.