Back at the Mendoza mansion, dinner was eaten silently amid moderate humour and chitchat.
Alfonso remained passive to the family's pretentious bonding. He was only seated at the dining table because his granddaughter had called on him nicely.
Unbeknownst to the rest of the family, the old man had been secretly spying on them using a servant, and he was aware of their plot to destroy his banished granddaughter-in-law.
Having made the mistake of trusting this bunch of thieves and ingrates seated around the table, pretending to care about him, Alfonso decided to play to their tune while hatching his own master plan.
Belinda chatted idly about her latest social event which she was planning on attending.
Tala sat withdrawn after another failed attempt to attract the man of her dreams.
Julio picked at his food, lost in thought about everything he had learned in the past hour.
Rosella pretended to be enjoying her meal while monitoring Luzon's phone from the corner of her eye.
