Michele and Valentina are about to get married despite the financial problems that threaten to make the first years of their marriage very difficult. Valentina wishes she could skip the first five years of marriage and find herself at a point in her life where all the difficulties have been resolved. A mysterious man who has overheard everything grants her wish, and the couple reunites in Spain, where he is a successful singer but the couple feels uneasy.
Aurelio leaves his village and goes to the capital to work with a relative in an emigration shipping company. He soon discovers that his relative earns a bonus extorting migrants who sell tickets. But Aurelio is an honest, sensible man who cannot allow such injustice, and he gets fired. Without telling his parents or girlfriend anything about what happened, he decides to stow away on a boat to America.
Julia, a shoe store clerk, dreams of marrying Lieutenant Ernesto, a very handsome young man. To fulfill her dream, a "fate" will appear, named Felipe, a cheeky lawyer who will turn Cinderella into the heiress of a millionaire marquise.
