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César Córdoba Pedraza (Diego Velásquez) is the son of Paulino and Rosario and the brother of Lucrecia. Lucrecia and her brother, César, are originally said to be twins early in the series, but the revelation that Lucrecia is the product of Rosario's rape creates a retcon so that Lucrecia is César's older sister. One Sunday, while playing by the forbidden river with Lucrecia, Julián, Josué, and Manuel, César attempts to cross the river on a fallen tree trunk following a dare from Josué and falls into the water; because he cannot swim, he is swept away by the current and goes over the edge of the waterfall. Although Lucrecia and Manuel tell Rosario otherwise, she blames Julián for César's death, thus creating the driving force behind the story.
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Lucrecia Córdoba Pedraza (Maite Perroni, Daniela Aedo) is the daughter of Paulino and Rosario and the sister of César. When the program begins, Lucrecia is a sweet, docile nine-year-old who has practically been raised by the family's maid, Delfina, following her mother's rejection. Lucrecia shares a blossoming romance with the lower class Julián Huerta, but they are torn apart when Lucrecia's mother Rosario faults him for her brother César's tragic death. After Rosario suffers a miscarriage after falling down the stairs while accosting Lucrecia, Rosario blames Lucrecia for the tragedy, and she is sent away to a boarding school in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, where she is roommates with her cousin, Renata. A decade later, Lucrecia returns to San Pedro a self-confident young woman who rebels against her parents' wishes in order to be with Julián. However, Lucrecia is forced to marry Carmelo Roura in order to save Julián from being wrongly imprisoned; she spends three years unhappily married to Carmelo before Julián returns to San Pedro. The couple reunites, but when Lucrecia tries to leave Carmelo he rapes her, and when she subsequently becomes pregnant she is left unsure of who fathered her child. Lucrecia eventually divorces Carmelo, marries Julián, and gives birth to their son, César, before living happily ever after with her family. Lucrecia and her brother, César, are originally said to be twins early in the series, but the revelation that Lucrecia is the product of Rosario's rape creates a retcon so that Lucrecia is César's older sister.
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Rosario Pedraza de Córdoba (Daniela Castro) is the snobbish, but devoutly religious wife of Paulino Córdoba and the mother of their two children, Lucrecia and César. Rosario has always preferred César to Lucrecia because he is male and showers attention upon him while treating Lucrecia coldly, even sometimes hatefully. She is destroyed by her son's death and is again devastated when, less than a year later, she miscarries the son whom she had intended to name Francisco. Rosario blames Lucrecia for the death of both of her sons and orders Paulino to send their daughter away, which he does. In addition to blaming Lucrecia, Rosario also faults Julián Huerta for César's death, slapping him and calling him "El Chamuco" (the devil) at César's wake, a nickname that unfortunately sticks to the young boy. Upon Lucrecia's return to San Pedro, Rosario does everything in her power to keep her from being with Julián and schemes to have her daughter marry Carmelo Roura. At the end of the series, Rosario finally admits the real reason that she has always hated Lucrecia: her daughter is also simultaneously her sister, the result of her rape at the hands of her own father. Rosario finally accepts her daughter and newborn grandson, but she commits suicide in the river where César died in the final episode.
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Gabino Roura Beltrán (Sergio Goyri) is an evil and ambitious man who only married his wife, Inés, for her fortune, and who cares little for his children, Carmelo and Teresa. In the beginning of the series, he murders his wife and continues his affair with his childhood friend Rodolfo's wife, Justina. A businessman, Gabino owns the lands on which Paulino's apple orchard rests. Despite sleeping with Justina, Gabino becomes enamored with Paulino's daughter Lucrecia and desires to marry her, aware that his son, Carmelo, is also obsessed with her. As a result, Carmelo murders his father out of jealousy in episode 48 and frames Julián for the crime.
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Rodolfo Huerta (Francisco Gattorno) is an honest and hardworking school teacher who is married to the ambitious Justina Almada, with whom he has two sons, Julián and Josué. Rodolfo loves his wife deeply, but he is unable to provide her with the fabulous lifestyle that she desires and turns to drinking. He eventually learns of his wife's infidelity with his best friend, Gabino Roura, and lashes out at the two, although he and Justina try to rebuild their marriage after Gabino dies and Justina is raped. The couple eventually divorce, however, and Rodolfo is devastated to learn that Josué is not his biological son. Rodolfo later meets a divorcée with a young daughter, and he forms a happy family with them.
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Lorena Mendizábal (Altair Jarabo) is the ex-girlfriend of Julián and the daughter of Ernesto Mendizábal, one of Gabino's business associates. After Julián leaves San Pedro following Lucrecia and Carmelo's marriage, he and Lorena become involved once more and return to San Pedro engaged three years later. Lorena becomes incredibly jealous of Lucrecia and does everything to keep her away from Julián. After crashing her car in an attempt to kill Julián and Lucrecia, Lorena is left severely disfigured.
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