His wife Lucia left home two years earlier, as, in order to help the family, she did not hesitate to give herself to the boss Peppino Ascalone, with whom she is now forced to live together.

Francesco decides to welcome his wife back to get her away from her lover: he telephones her, but the communication is interrupted by Peppino, who is accused by Lucia of the disdain for the state she is in because of him.

In response, Ascalone slaps her, causing her to escape, before receiving a visit from another boss, Nicola Esposito, who colds him with three gunshots and then runs away.

After some time, Francesco receives a visit from Assunta, increasingly weakened: his mother reveals to him the hopes of an acquittal on appeal, but also reminds him that Fiorella's first communion, scheduled for Easter, is just around the corner.

Francesco believes he has to go back to jail, but the manager has come to reveal his innocence to him: on the verge of death Esposito confessed to Pasqualino and Ciccio that he had killed Ascalone.