Aired: 11/6/2002
Engineer Faten is preparing for her daughter's birthday with her friend Wesal. Kharyia argues with her husband Morshidy about Toha and Salama going to their cousins's party.
Salama tells Toha that he loves Farah and wants to see her. Faten goes to monitor Sayed El Sherbiny's building and he puts a suitcase in her car on her colleague Mandour's advice.
Faten returns Sayed's bribe and he vows to make her pay. Faten's sister, Nadia, asks their father to stay with her.
Faten struggles with her family's expenses and her kids try to help her.
Morshidy asks Faten to marry him in secret and when she refuses, he threatens to withhold her late husband's money.
Morshidy tells his wife that Faten wants to marry him, and she goes to Faten's house in a rage. Toha starts bullying Farah at school.
Morshidy is married customarily to a factory worker. Gamalat and Toha blackmail him to keep it a secret.
After Kharyia finds out that Morshidy was lying, she kicks him out.
Sayed gives Mandour a bribe and tells him he wants to enter the elections. Faten takes her father to her apartment. Nadia and Wesal give a file on Sayed's corruption to a journalist.
Sayed burns Faten's car and offers her money in exchange for giving up the documents on his corruption.
Faten tells the police about Sayed and they arrest him. Morshidy kicks Gamalat out.
Toha marries Medhat customarily. Wesal admires the piano player, Riyad. Salama gives the rest of the debt to Farah.
Toha and Farah are expelled from school for a week. Kharyia runs the factory herself.
Toha claims that she got kidnapped and robbed after she spends the night with Medhat. Kharyia thinks that Faten is behind what happened and reports her to the police. The anti-vice police arrest Toha and Medhat in their furnished apartment. Kharyia finds out that Toha got married.
Faten returns the money to Salama to start his own project and she becomes a partner. Medhat marries Toha officially for a sum of money.
Kharyia gets sick after Morshidy gets married. Faten is worried about her son Tamer who is traveling for a martial arts competition.
The businessman Khalid asks to sponsor Tamer after he wins the competition. Riyad wants to end his relationship with Wesal.
Faten signs a cooperation contract with Khalid. Farah grows jealous of Tamer.
Faten wants to work a second job to cover Farah's expenses.
Morshidy's wife causes problems at the factory. Faten helps Wesal and Riyad get back together and they get married.
Faten gets sick and Kharyia pays the medical bills. Khalid visits Faten in the hospital.
Faten works for Khalid and brings money to Farah.
Faten admires Khalid and Tamer falls in with a bad crowd.
Khalid gets sick after having a fight with his ex-wife over his daughter's custody.
Tamer travels to Syria. Khalid's daughter moves in with her father.
Morshidy's wife gives birth to twins and wants half of the factory. Faten discovers that Tamer has been neglecting his training.
Tamer gets beaten up by his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend and has multiple fractures.
Khalid covers Tamer's medical expenses. Khalid travels abroad.
Tamer gets better and Nadia's family's conditions get better.
Gamalat sets fire to Morshidy's factory and he has a heart attack. His wife leaves him after he loses his money.
Khalid confesses his love to Faten and she finds out that Farah loves him.
Farah asks Faten to marry Khalid and she starts having feelings for Salama. Morshidy returns home and Salama promises to take care of the family. Faten agrees to marry Khalid.