The narrative cleverly shifts from a whodunit to a “who-will-do-it-first.” Elena, far from being a passive victim, reveals herself to be a master strategist. She calls a family meeting and reads a secret codicil: “The inheritance can be split among my children only if Elena voluntarily relinquishes it. But if Elena dies before signing, the entire fortune goes to a charitable foundation. No one gets anything.”
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Inside Matías’s envelope: “Elena was my nurse before she was my wife. She knows where the real fortune is buried. But to get it, she’ll have to share it with the person who kills the others.” The narrative cleverly shifts from a whodunit to
Police sirens wail in the distance. Elena calmly wipes her fingerprints off the gun, places it in Matías’s hand, and whispers: “You killed them to protect me. You’ll be free in twenty years. I’ll wait. The inheritance will be waiting.” No one gets anything
The family lawyer, Mr. Covarrubias, reads the will. The tension is palpable. The children expect to split a fortune. Instead, they receive a shock: Don Ramiro has left the entirety of his estate—the mansion, the offshore accounts, the vineyards, everything—to Elena. The children receive nothing except a single, sealed envelope each.