After a month of planning and asking opinions to close friends and family they came up with a plan that would go by steps, the first would be that Margaret and Renato met in a casual and normal way, the second would be to make them cross with people who previously thought alike and learned that not everything in life is money and power, the third would be that they would talk about what they learned and help each other to get out of that obsession.
On the one hand the plan was simple but for 2 desperate brothers it seemed good and without failures, as they had scheduled a day of milk delivery they would meet in a middle point the 4 brothers and there they would carry out their plan; they had scheduled that this day would be his turn and that Margaret would help him, as expected this one with discouragement and something uncomfortable accepted only to escape from the other duties and arrive at dinner time.
Estrella for her part decided to leave it as a forgetfulness and absent-mindedness so that Renato could not say no, especially if his father was going out early to do other things. That day they both put into action their first part of the plan, Margaret complaining about the time and why they had to carry him there, while Roberto just watched and tried to ignore his sister's complaints and say to himself
Roberto: 'this is worse than torture' -so he just took a deep breath and said in an almost uncomfortable way- I think they couldn't bring the horse.
Estrella on her side asked her brother to look for the milk jugs and then bring it, at first she complained about the time, but when he said that it was on horseback she did not feel uncomfortable but without first saying
Renato: and from there you will leave me in peace.
Estrella sees him with a somewhat sad face but if he refused surely in plan failed; so with little encouragement he said: it's a deal.
He hurried a little and organized everything, they arrived at the same time at the meeting place and Estrella said to excuse herself
Estrella: I'm sorry, I forgot it was today... if it wasn't for my father we wouldn't have arrived on time.
And a very talkative Margaret, as if she always helps, said: You are a lazy one, if it wasn't for us you would be in a big mess, although I don't care much about your time either.
Roberto who was about to explode saw how Estrella just smiles and says: you are right, I should be more attentive.
While Roberto with his eyes was saying everything to his cheeky sister; what Roberto did not count was that Renato supported Margaret's comment saying
Renato: If you knew that she leaves everything to me, what a nuisance.
Margaret seeing well the young man notices how Estrella and he are similar except for the eyes, since his are light blue and without thinking twice she throws almost over the milk jugs to Roberto, while a worried Estrella asked him for calm since she knew that Roberto was going to explode from the anger he had.
Margaret, as if she were the owner of the cart, said: "Come on, they are waiting for the milk jugs to come up.
Between Estrella and Roberto, they went up the stairs and on many occasions Estrella had to pull Roberto by the shirt, just because Margaret not only spoke badly of him but also of Estrella and her brother did not defend her either.
The funny thing is that neither of the two had to make much effort for Renato and Margaret to engage in a conversation more or less of their age, since both looked like 5 year olds asking for a thousand and one things more, for some reason Margaret went down almost often to the bakery to talk to Renato, the brothers seeing that thought it might be good to start phase 2.
Thinking that if they went well everything would be all right, they indicated to a man where to be located and try to find conversation and tell their story, for some reason Margaret arrives telling about the man she met but it didn't take long to say
Margaret: he deserves that punishment for killing and stealing.
Roberto with a face of 'how can you say that', but decided to wait more time to see if his opinion would change, the brothers confidently carried out their whole plan with less thought days, although little Agatha did not say anything; but she felt that the things her brother was carrying would not end well and if she was right.
Margaret and Renato noticed things strange with the gentlemen and decided to follow the game of cat and mouse, but the cunning of both made look very innocent to a little mouse who stole for hunger or need, what they really decided to do both was to pretend that they were learning a great lesson and not that it drove more to their desires for money and power.
Between the two of them they devised a plan to pretend that Renato was courting Margaret so that they would be quiet, it is true that they managed to skip the duties but their future plans were darker than night.
Renato made her know an abandoned mine in the middle of the forest and what happened in it and how nobody dared to come and explore this place, Margaret without much stamina told him that one day she saw a beautiful girl with a beautiful dress, yellow like the sun and slight touches of orange on the bottom of the dress, and how she wished that dress or one like it, while Renato in half mockery says to her
Renato: Well, steal it.
Margaret looks at him in astonishment and shaking her head, she tells him that she has stolen small things, like rings, necklaces and bracelets, but she has never stolen anything that big. Seeing that Renato gets angry, she apologizes to him and wanting to change the subject, she asks him to tell her about his "adventures" or rather thefts, since he told her that these were adventures and nothing bad.
Margaret as "innocent" fell into many deceptions that he told her, omitting things or details so that she would notice that he was a genius and not that he was hiding something more perverse than simple thefts of purses and simple clothes. Margaret, seeing that they were speaking in the same tone, asked him for time for her to learn to master the art of theft and to be able to obtain her riches and in a mocking way she said
Margaret: can you imagine that someone would use this mine to hide a treasure, no one would notice.
He only nods and compliments her creativity without knowing that she had given him a great idea. Three months went by where neither one nor the other got into trouble and where Estrella and Roberto believed that their brothers had really learned a lesson, although they had to intervene so that they would become aware in time and that they would not regret it when it was too late.
That afternoon Renato looked for Margaret, animated with his happy boyfriend laugh and in love with her while waiting for her at the door of his house to take her for a walk and give her a surprise, she was partly pretending the excitement that her lover was going to look for her, she could only ask him
Margaret: What is the surprise?
In a somewhat awkward gesture, he replied: "Hi honey, I had a good day, the surprise will be in a while".
She wanted to get angry but her mistake was evident, her parents thinking she would understand just laughed but, a few steps away from the main entrance, he complains to her because they both know that everything is a deception and that he is not interested in her personal affairs.