Working as a nurse, she is jailed for two years and ultimately deported for fatally overdosing a terminally ill young patient in an act of mercy.
In order to get closer to her son and confront Edwin, she applies as a laundrywoman and a nanny for Marco[4] under the name Malou.
While rummaging through Gemma's things, Myrna, a kleptomaniac coworker, finds pictures of her and Edwin as a married couple.
Gemma then comes clean about her past to her coworkers and gains their support in taking back custody of Marco.
In jail, Gemma reveals to an unbelieving Cindy that she is Edwin's legal wife and Marco's mother.