Alya plays Boran’s recording. What she hears and sees breaks her from the inside. She is so shaken by the truth that she can’t think clearly. In tears, she gets into the car and drives off at high speed, not even understanding where she is going. Cihan goes after her.
The next day, Alya goes to Boran’s grave and says goodbye to him for real. She leaves her wedding ring there, as if drawing a line under her former life.
Nare and Şahin hit a dead end. Şahin abandons Nare again, the moment he learns that his father ended up in the hospital because of Cihan. Nare can’t process what happened, and the pressure triggers a breakdown. Later, Sadakat finds her, takes her, and forces her back to her husband. The result of Sadakat’s actions is that Nare is pushed into making a deal with Özkan, just to keep some control over her own life.
Danger thickens in and around the prison as well. Kaya tells Cihan that he is afraid for Ecmel’s life: if Ecmel dies, it could destroy Kaya’s relationship with Zerrin. Ecmel, however, keeps pressing harder and demands that Zerrin tell the court that it was Kaya who shot Sedat. Cihan passes a phone to his brother so he can call Zerrin, but the conversation falls apart before it starts: Zerrin refuses to speak to Kaya, and it hits him like another blow.
Cihan goes to see Ecmel, and Zerrin and Şahin are there too. Cihan tells them directly why he “did what he did” to their father: their father was going to kill Kaya, and Cihan struck first.
Sadakat, unable to stop, sends Zeynep to Cihan’s room. Realizing his mother’s actions have gone out of control, Cihan decides to put an end to it — in his own way.
At the clinic where Alya works, another disturbing detail appears: a package arrives for her with a temporary passport for Deniz, and Mine finds out about it.
Meanwhile, the mansion prepares a celebration for Deniz’s birthday. Cihan gives his nephew a gift and takes him to the stables, and for a moment the atmosphere turns warmer, calmer. Nare is there too, and when she sees Cihan with Alya and the child, she tells him she understands why he holds on to his relationship with Mine. Not because he loves Mine, but because he is afraid of loving Alya. The words land like a shock — and Cihan can’t simply brush them aside.
When Sadakat tries to play her hand again and decides to marry Cihan to Zeynep, Cihan and Alya stop her with the most direct argument possible: Zeynep is pregnant by the man she loves.
Will Alya be able to live beside Cihan after Boran’s confession, knowing why Cihan married her and what he kept from her? What will Mine do now that she knows about Deniz’s temporary passport — and how will she choose to use it? And will Cihan dare to admit that his fear of loving Alya is already controlling him more than any of Sadakat’s orders?
