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The poor and innocent María Mercedes must raise her family on her own. Her father is a drunk and her mother left her and Meche's siblings. A professional street urchin, she does whatever she has to do to keep food on the table and a roof over her family's heads, no matter how ungrateful they are. Santiago del Olmo is monstrously wealthy and has a beautiful mansion in the richest part of city. Although he is dying, he isn't in peace knowing that his villainous and money-hungry sister-in-law, Malvina, will be his sole heir. One day, Santiago is in the garden when he spots Meche. A large proposal, a marriage, a will, and a conniving plan by a diabolical Malvina will turn the lives of everyone in the house of del Olmo upside down - especially that of Jorge Luis, Malvina's tormented son with whom Meche falls in love.

María Mercedes and Jorge Luis meet while she is working as a juggler on the street and he gives her a ticket. On the other hand, Rosario is locked up in a reform school, so María Mercedes will be forced to help her escape. Do you think her plan will work?

Rosario is forced to hide with Doña Filo after escaping from the reformatory. On the other hand, Jorge Luis defends María Mercedes from a guy who tries to hit her for selling within her area.

Jorge Luis agrees to go out at night with Esther trying to forget his problems; However, he finds out that she invited him to win a bet. Furthermore, María Mercedes meets Santiago Del Olmo, to whom she tries to sell him a lottery ticket.

Santiago Del Olmo plans to use María Mercedes to make Malvina's life impossible. Find out what he's up to with her. The shortages in Meche's house are increasing, and Rosario insists on getting out of poverty without supporting her sister.

What will María Mercedes respond to Santiago? Andrés, Meche's brother, suffers an accident, for which Jorge Luis offers his help by donating blood for him. Furthermore, Malvina insists on getting Jorge Luis out of his depression, which is why she asks Mística to win him over.

Doña Chonita takes up a collection in the neighborhood to help María Mercedes, because her brother is in the hospital. Despite his serious illness, Santiago has a strong confrontation with Jorge Luis, as he accuses Malvina of being a murderer.

Santiago little by little wins the affection of María Mercedes, for which he confesses to having fallen in love with her, do you think it is reciprocated? On the other hand, Mística, in complicity with Malvina, tries to win the affection of Jorge Luis; However, the memory of Diana torments him.

Santiago is determined to take revenge on Malvina, so he changes his will to leave his future and unexpected wife as heir. Meanwhile, Doña Filo and Chonita help María Mercedes organize her sister Rosario's party.

Jorge Luis and Ricardo attend Rosario's party; However, Chicho gets upset with their presence, so they end up hitting each other. In turn, Santiago tells Malvina that he will not leave her as the heir to his fortune, since he plans to get married.

Doña Chonita threatens María Mercedes with kicking them out of the neighborhood for not paying the rent on time. Furthermore, Manuel suffers from the abandonment of his wife, María Magnolia, for which he dedicates himself to getting drunk.

On the verge of death, Santiago Del Olmo begs María Mercedes to agree to be his wife so he can leave her as his heir, so she agrees to marry. Malvina is out of control for fear of losing her nephew's fortune.

Mr. Portales obtains the signature of the Wallet's father, a document in which he authorizes María Mercedes to marry Santiago Del Olmo. On the other hand, Malvina is happy about the sudden death of her nephew.

Mr. Portales looks for María Mercedes to take her to Santiago's funeral, fulfilling his last will; However, María finds out that Jorge Luis is her deceased husband's cousin, a situation for which he begins to reject her.

María Mercedes suffers from the death of Santiago; So she confesses to Doña Filo and Rosario that she married a millionaire, will they believe her? After learning that her nephew married before he died, Malvina visits Mr. Portales to make him a very tempting proposal.

Ricardo visits María Mercedes to find out about her wedding with Santiago, so she tells him that she does not want to take Jorge Luis's money and plans to return it to him. On the other hand, gossip about María begins in the neighborhood.

Andrés has an argument at school, since his classmates offend his sister, so they end up splitting his head open. Furthermore, Jorge Luis insists on leaving the mansion, forgetting about the inheritance; However, Malvina does not allow it.

Mr. Portales reads the will, in which María Mercedes is left as heir. What will he have left to Malvina and Jorge Luis? On the other hand, Chicho tries to abuse María Mercedes, a situation that leads to her hitting him hard on the head.

Jorge Luis and María Mercedes have an intense argument, in which he calls her a freeloader and a thief for having accepted her cousin Santiago's inheritance. On the other hand, Candelaria finds her father very ill.

María Mercedes confesses to Doña Filo that she is in love with Jorge Luis, but suffers from the contempt he feels towards her. On the other hand, Malvina tells Mística that she will challenge the will to recover Santiago's fortune.

Digna thinks that the best option to recover her cousin Santiago's inheritance is to have Jorge Luis marry María Mercedes. Additionally, she has a strong argument with Malvina over her visit to the Del Olmo mansion.

In the neighborhood, everyone travels to Puebla accompanying Jarocho to a cockfight, in which he suffers from severe pain due to his illness. Furthermore, Malvina fakes a change with María Mercedes and makes her believe that she will accept her in the mansion.

Malvina proposes to Jorge Luis to marry María Mercedes, in order to recover Santiago's inheritance; However, he refuses, saying he hates her. On the other hand, Manuel suffers a cerebral thrombosis due to his alcoholism.

Malvina asks María Mercedes to change the way she dresses to get her son's attention. Also, Magnolia returns to Mexico in search of her children, will they give her another chance?; and Mística tries to seduce Jorge Luis, but he keeps thinking about Diana.

Mística becomes disappointed in Jorge Luis, so she makes the decision to accept Sebastián Ordóñez as her husband. For his part, Jorge Luis tells Malvina that he is willing to marry María Mercedes. Will he do it just out of interest?