Simplemente Maria

María, 18 years old, decides to leave her town and try her luck in the city, where she gets a job as a domestic worker.

Gustavo discovers that Juan Carlos has lost two years at the university and gives him an ultimatum. María, taken by her employer, goes to the doctor and he tells her that she is pregnant. María tells Juan Carlos the news.

Juan Carlos refuses to show his face for the child he is expecting with María and she is disappointed by his cowardice. María's future looks cloudy, as the boss of the house tells his wife to fire her.

Juan Carlos looks for María and she refuses to talk to him, assures that she will be able to get by without anything from him. Víctor looks for a maternity hospital for María. Rita is fired for being on the lookout for María.

María throws herself into happiness after the birth of José Ignacio, she swears that she will lack nothing. Maria’s new employers are tight-lipped and she doesn’t like baby squeals. María decides to take dressmaking classes to get ahead.

Matilde and Víctor offer María a room with them and the possibility of doing dressmaking. María's employers humiliate her one last time, after notifying her that she will stop working with them. Natalia falls in love with Juan Carlos.