- Jesus Moreno, a former lieutenant to a Miami crime boss, enters the WITSEC program after his wife is gunned down by his former employer's gunmen. Accompanying him into the program is his 18 year-old daughter Olivia, who also witnessed her mother's murder - and whose rebellious behavior creates regular conflict with her father. The plans for Moreno's upcoming testimony against his former boss are hobbled, however, when Olivia disappears on the eve of the trial. As Mary deals with the problems in the Moreno family, she is also confronted with a surprise visit by Rafael's mother from the Dominican Republic. She has made the trip to celebrate Mary and Rafael's engagement - even though Mary actually rejected Rafael's marriage proposal several months before.—aldanoli
- Miami, Florida, 18 months ago
Carmen, a beautiful woman, hangs off the arm of her husband Jesus, as she tells him he should get the harbor contract. They're with a group of other couples, saying good bye at the end of the night. When Jesus' friends get in their cars and drive off, he yells at Carmen for embarrassing him in front of his boss, Felix Calderon, by asking him for a job. She gets in his face in front of their teenage daughter, saying someone should stand up in the family. She calls him Calderon's "little bitch."
He tells her to shut up, then he sees someone coming and shoves his daughter into a waiting car.
Two men walk toward him, guns, drawn. He pulls out a gun and takes them both down as his wife bangs on the door of the restaurant to be let back in. Jesus is hit, but OK.
His daughter Olivia circles back in the car and he tells her to get out of the way. She runs for the restaurant.
Jesus sees the men they were with earlier circle by in a black car. Then Olivia sees her mother Carmen, dead by the restaurant door.
Jesus and Olivia Moreno enter the program as Jesus and Olivia Morales.
Marshall and Mary settle the new Morales into their new apartment. Olivia isn't happy. Her bedroom is smaller than her closet back home. The Marshalls mention the wanted ads and Olivia mumbles something about anyone being the market for hired muscle. Mary tells Jesus how fast his daughter adjusts will depend on how he handles it.
Mary helps Olivia unpack but finds a photo of the girl's mother in her things. She reminds her of the rules. She yells at her dad, saying it's his fault. Marshall says they're there because of Calderon, not her father. "Actually," she says, hatefully, "I'm here because the men Calderon hired to kill my father were lousy shots."
Mary tells her in a year Calderon will be in jail and they'll be in a better place. Jesus promises his daughter he'll get her back everything they had before. She tells him to let her know when he gets her mother back.
Present Day Raphael cooks breakfast, as Mary runs to answer the door. She tells her boyfriend there's an angry looking Hispanic man at the door, repeatedly ringing the bell. He answers the door. It's his mom, Josephina (in a ballcap and sunglasses, not otherwise looking manly). She tells Mary to call her "Mama." She came early. Mary had no idea she was coming.
At the office, Mary talks to Raph on the phone, asking what in their relationship led him to believe surprising her was a good idea. She gets off the phone, weighing in as Eleanor sets up hotel accommodations for a witness. Mary's cell phone rings. It's Olivia. She's hysterical. The line goes dead. Mary and Marshall run out.
They bust into the Morales' place (the same apartment) and find Jesus laying on the floor with a teenage boy over him. Olivia runs out in lingerie and tells them to put their guns away, it's just her friend Eric. She was showing him her frilly things to get his opinion when her dad walked in and they whacked him with a frying pan to keep him off Eric.
Olivia's mad that she's in trouble. Jesus is the one who yanked the phone out of the wall and went after Eric, she says. She calls her dad a bully and says she doesn't haven't to take it. She says they wouldn't be there if they had any balls, like her mother said. She storms off.
Mary goes to talk to her.
Marshall talks to Jesus, suggesting he maybe back off a little. Mary comes out and says the same thing. "If you don't loosen the ropes you might lose her forever," she says.
Mary comes home to find delicious smells on her stove, but is slightly unnerved to find them coming from a simmering goat head. Her mom and sister are in her kitchen, so is Raphael's. She's cooking for Mary's engagement party, Jinx explains, giving Mary a "go with it" look. Josephina wraps a very surprised Mary in a hug.
At the office, Mary calls Raph, wanting some clarification. He tells her his mom knew he was going to propose and he was afraid if he told his mom Mary said no that mom would hate Mary forever. Raph says he'll deal with it.
Meanwhile, the US Attorney is there to prep Jesus. He sits down with him and Mary, telling stories of Felix chopping someone up in to bits and watching a building burn. Later, he tells the Marshalls he had a long talk with Olivia after they left and things are much better. They say good bye, planning to see him in 38 hours.
Mary comes home and is upset to find Josephina's boiled goat stew still cooking on her stove. Jinx reminds Mary that Josephina came all the way from the Dominican Republic, why doesn't she just go along with it?
Mary and Marshall prep for transporting Jesus to trial. They have a lot of potential threats to look out for. Mary gets a yelling calling from Jesus, saying Olivia has vanished.
At his apartment, he says he hasn't seen her since she left for school yesterday. He says he won't testify until Olivia is back.
Mary and Marshall go through her room. She has lots of new clothes with the tags still on and purses that cost thousands a piece.
At the office, Marshall reports no one at the school has seen her.
Eleanor recognizes the purse brand name and knows they're $10,000 a piece. They think she might have told her best girlfriend about them.
They visit Eric (who, it turns out, really was just giving advice on lingerie), who tells them he has no idea where she is. They explain her life might be in danger. He says she was having some sort of thing on line, using his computer. The guy emailed her expensive gift certificates and was always trying to get her to run off with him. He pulls up their chats.
She's meeting him in LA. Mary and Marshall hop a flight.
Moments later they're busting down a fancy hotel door to find Olivia in her lingerie with Cesar Calderon, Felix's hot young son. She says they're in love. She tells Mary they haven't talked about the case. Mary watches as they make goo goo eyes at each other.
Later, Marshall gets a call from Stan telling him Jesus is MIA. Mary opens the hotel room door to find an angry Jesus holding a crowbar. He storms in, wanting to see what man is with his daughter.
When he sees Cesar, Olivia tells him her mom knew about them and gave her blessing. The two men fight over OIivia. She tells her dad he has no say in the matter, she's 18. She wants to be with Cesar.
Jesus relents, listening to her. Calmly, he tells Cesar that if he so much as harms a hair on his daughter's head there is no power on earth that will stop him from killing him. Cesar is OK with that.
Jesus tells his daughter he loves her and then tells the Marshalls he's ready to go.
Mary pauses for a moment, reminding Olivia that if her dad leaves now he'll be relocated and she'll never see him again.
Jesus says it's OK, Olivia is a grown up and she's made her decision. He tells her to be happy.
Miami Federal Courthouse The Marshalls escort Jesus into court. Olivia and Cesar are next to each other, holding hands in the gallery.
He begins his testimony, but seeing Olivia in the gallery with the Calderons, he pauses, saying "he doesn't recall" in response to all questions. Felix smiles at his son as Olivia looks at her dad. Cesar looks smug.
The judge takes a break. Jesus tells Mary if he testifies, Felix will kill Olivia. He doesn't care if it means he'll go to prison. He says he doesn't want Olivia to end up like her mom.
Mary says he's been holding out on her. Carmen was killed by two shots to the chest. She was the target, not him. Mary asks why.
Carmen was having an affair with Felix, she threatened to tell his wife. He had her killed. He didn't tell Olivia because he didn't want her to think badly of her mother. He tells Mary to throw him in jail, he doesn't care, he's going to protect his daughter.
From the other side of two-way glass, Olivia listens to her dad.
The trial resumes, with Olivia back in the gallery next to Cesar. On the stand, again, Cesar says he won't testify. Olivia sees Felix nod at his son. She stands up, telling him she doesn't know what she was thinking. Felix tells his son to control his "woman." She tells Felix that he killed her mother, she's not going to let her father go to jail for him.
She goes and sits away from Felix, nodding at her dad on the stand. Jesus tells the judge he remembers everything now. He spills.
After he testifies, he and Olivia meet up and get in a good long father-daughter hug as Mary the dad-less looks on.
Back home, Mary comes home to find Jinx and Brandi sitting down to dinner with Raph and his mom for some simmered goat. She tells Josephina she wishes she hadn't gone to all the trouble. But Josephina gives her a speech about the four days it takes to prepare the goat being symbolic of working to make a marriage work. When Josephina's done with her heartfelt and warm words, Mary thanks her but tells she can't possibly let her continue under false pretenses. She tells her the truth about what happened.
The family members clear the room, allowing Mary and Raph to hash things out. He can't believe she ruined that for his mom. She says she takes the ceremony and marriage very seriously, which is why she didn't want to fake it. He accuses her of being afraid of commitment because her dad abandoned her. She says, yes, that messed her up, but that's not it. She doesn't think you get married just because someone got called up to the majors (which was what precipitated her ballplayer boyfriend's proposal). He tells her she won't have to worry about that anymore.
He retired yesterday. He couldn't recover from his injuries.
He tells her he bought the ring six months before he gave it to her. She's the most difficult woman in the world, but he's known for a long time that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
She hauls him to his feet and goes through his pockets, she knows he carries the ring around with him. She slips the ring on her finger and says yes.
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