John is a man who struggles with the hardships of life, he is not rich so he struggles a lot to feed his family, his sixty year old mother Sarah and his wife Miranda and his two children Santos and Mirabel. He has always been very poor but he still tries his best to take care of his family, no matter how poor he is his wife still supports him with every little thing she has, she used to sell slippers in the market to help with the family, his mother has no support to render she stays at home everyday while the rest go to work.
John works in a very big hotel as a room service attendant during the day and works in a club as a bartender at night, no matter how hard Miranda tries Sarah santos mother never seems to like him, she actually hates her because of her poor background, Miranda is an orphan, her parents died when she was twelve in a car accident so she grew up on the streets, Sarah has always wanted her son to marry a rich woman who will lift them out of poverty, John is her only son and she wants him to be successful but the only way she could do anything about it is to marry a rich woman because he is attractive and his eyes can catch any rich woman.
Sarah lets Miranda and the kids do all the house chores because she hates them even her own grandchildren, she passes on the hatred she feels for their mother to the kids, she mistreats them when her son is not around and never shows them any love even though her husband knew about it and one day he had a talk with his mother, he told her to try to love her family but his mother told him that useless woman will never be a part of my family, I told you to go out and find a rich woman to lift us up but you instead, I have raised you so far for you not to give me what I want, mom she is a good woman too, good woman my foot, the mother replied, but mom one day we will be okay, John said, Sarah laughed out loud and said, With the penny you both are earning you call money? But mom please go away now, Sarah said and John walked away.
Despite all the treatment Miranda received from her mother-in-law, she still respected her, every time she came home she would buy her snacks, which Sarah didn't even appreciate. The children had started school which increases their expenses. Santos is the first born who is five years old while Mirabel, the second, is three years old. They get bullied at their school because they know about their background. Santos is a young and strong boy who is always stands to bully, he never lets anyone bully him or his sister.
John was made to do most of the service work at the hotel, he even work overtime because the manager despises him, he couldn't fire him because he had nothing against issuing his termination later, the owner of the hotel likes John so much that her husband notice and told the manager to make John's life hell, John was never interested in his boss but she keeps on pushing herself on him no matter how much John tried to reject her, she still won't stop, John couldn't leave the job because of the expenses he had and he has no other place to work.
John's boss's name is Luna, she is a beautiful and very rich woman who has many businesses all over the city, she is richer than her husband and has connections everywhere, she never listens to her husband, she does what she likes because she feels like she can't be controlled, she is a bossy woman, she was in her room putting on makeup and getting ready for work when her husband walked in and slammed the doors shut, oh Jesus what is your problem? she asked her husband Diego, why are you all over him? He is just your worker, a lowlife and a waiter, I never want to see you near him again, Diego said, who are you to tell me what to do? You don't control me, I owe you and I made so you are no different from that guy you called a lowlife, Luna said looking at his face.
You don't have to talk to me like that, I'm still your husband, Luna stands up and lights her cigarette and says smoking and faces her husband and says: I picked you up from the street, I gave you new clothes because I wanted you as my husband, but if you're not careful enough I can throw you back out on the street, my father never like you anyway, you're just a fool so if you still want to stay in this house then follow my rules and be careful with the words you say to me because you're no match for me, Luna exhaled the smoke and walked out of the room.
At the hotel, Luna walked in and everyone greeted her. She went to her office and told the manager to bring John over. The manager called John and told him that Luna wanted to see him. John went to his office and said, "You asked for me." Luna got up from her seat and started touching him on the chest and said, "John, don't you like me? Don't you want to have a taste of me? Do you know that I can lift you up? I can make you rich, I can give you anything you want. If you want, stay with me," she said and kissed John. He pulled away and said, "Boss, I'm married and you shouldn't have anything to do with a man like me, let me stay as your staff."
John walked out of her office. The manager was waiting for him outside and said, "Make sure you don't go near the boss because I will make your life hell." Now go to the kitchen and wash all the dishes, but that's not my department. John said, "Oh, you want to question me, how about I tell the boss husband about you?" The manager said. And John went to the kitchen and washed all the dishes.
John came home very tired, his wife was in the kitchen preparing the meal when he came in and went straight to the bedroom Miranda finished cooking and served the meal to her husband, after John finished eating Miranda gave him a back massage and said is your job so stressful can you change jobs or find a business and follow me to the market instead of coming home tired, I am doing well with my job and I am a little tired today, his mother was standing at the door looking at them and said only if you had gotten yourself a rich woman you would not have come back looking like this, we are poor and you still bring a poor woman home how do you want to escape poverty mom please said John and the mother left.
John I am tired of all this, I have tried my best to be a good daughter-in-law to your mother but she will never accept me, I work day and night just to prove to her that I am not a lazy woman , what does she want from me? Does she want my life? I'm tired, it's so unfair, it's not my fault, I was born poor, we can work together and make good money to start a profitable business. Luna said, calm down, you're a good woman, my mom will still accept you, okay? Keep being the good girl you are, she will accept you. John said, when, John? When will she like me? she said crying, John hugged her and said, don't worry, I'm with you and you'll be fine, okay.
The next morning John couldn't get up to go to work, he was very sick, his wife had to go to the pharmacy to buy him some pills, the kids had already gone to school and he was home alone with his mother and wife, Miranda still needed to go to work because they had to eat, Miranda was coming back from work in the afternoon when she saw three men leaving the door, she ran to see what had happened, when she went in she saw her husband on the floor beaten black. What happened? She said, I don't know, they just came in and took me out of the room and started beating me, I didn't offend anyone, Miranda helped him up and back into the room.
John had a hard time going to work the next day because he only had one day to rest at home, when he got to work Luna was asked to see him, when he was going to his office the manager followed him and told him not to forget the beating he got yesterday, John looked back and asked him that was it behind it, the manager smiled and told him to stay away from the lady boss unless her husband killed him.
John walked into his boss office and said ma'am you asked for me, the moment Luna saw him she said oh you are not okay what are you doing at work look at your face did you get beaten up you shouldn't have come to work you should have stayed at home she took her phone and called her manager to come and see her at the office when the manager walked in he looked at John and said ma'am you asked for me yeah let John take a week vacation and give him his salary for this month Luna said okay ma'am the manager said and walked out of the office with John.