A 70-year-old man marries a 20-year-old woman as his second wife to have a son, but on their wedding night, an unexpected tragedy occurs…

Don Tomás, 70, was a wealthy farmer in a rural town in Oaxaca.

He had had his first wife, Doña Rosa, who died ten years earlier, leaving him three married daughters.

Despite his advanced age, Don Tomás still dreamed of having a son who would carry on his last name and continue the family line, a wish that remained unfulfilled for him.

So he decided to remarry.

His choice was Marisol, a 20-year-old daughter of a poor family from the same town.

Marisol was beautiful and fresh as spring, but poverty had hit her hard.

Her parents, needing money to pay for their youngest son’s medical treatment, agreed to give her away in exchange for a large sum of money.

Although she didn’t want to, Marisol agreed to the marriage out of love for her family.

On the eve of the wedding, with tears in her eyes, she told her mother:
“I just hope he treats me well… I will do my duty.”

The wedding was simple but striking, because Don Tomás wanted the entire town to know he was still “strong” and ready to father a child.

The neighbors murmured and criticized the large age difference, but he didn’t care.

He smiled with satisfaction, excitedly preparing for the wedding night, confident that Marisol would soon be pregnant.

Although resigned, she tried to appear happy to fulfill her role.

The wedding night arrived.