▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁L yd ia ▁and ▁even ▁asks ▁her ▁to ▁marry ▁him . ▁Laura ▁Pam pl ona ▁as ▁L yd ia ▁Martínez ▁Fern ande z : ▁A ▁police ▁detect ive ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁station . ▁Her ▁way ▁of ▁working ▁hardly ▁fits ▁with ▁Laura , ▁L yd ia ' s ▁working ▁method ▁is ▁system atic , ▁analyt ical ▁and ▁scientific . ▁She ▁works ▁in ▁the ▁police ▁labor atory . ▁L yd ia ▁doesn ' t ▁consider ▁Laura ▁as ▁a ▁real ▁police ▁detect ive ▁and ▁cl ash es ▁with ▁her ▁are ▁obvious . ▁Her ▁relationships ▁with ▁other ▁co - work ers ▁is ▁not ▁much ▁better . ▁She ▁has ▁a ▁past ▁life : ▁she ▁changed ▁her ▁name ▁to ▁not ▁be ▁found ▁by ▁her ▁husband . ▁She ▁had ▁a ▁past ▁relationship ▁with ▁Jacob o . ▁Later , ▁C ue vas ▁managed ▁to ▁break ▁the ▁hard ▁shell ▁covering ▁her ▁heart . ▁Beat riz ▁Car v aj al ▁as ▁Mar ib el ▁del ▁Bos que : ▁Laura ' s ▁mother . ▁After ▁passing ▁through ▁a ▁bad ▁time , ▁Mar ib el ▁dec ides ▁to ▁move ▁with ▁her ▁daughter . ▁She ▁lov es ▁her ▁grand children , ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁rest less ▁nature ▁she ▁did ▁not ▁hold ▁them ▁for ▁long . ▁Instead ▁of ▁removing ▁work ▁from ▁Laura , ▁she ▁seems ▁to ▁give ▁her ▁more . ▁She ▁doesn ' t ▁like ▁the ▁profession ▁of ▁her ▁daughter , ▁but ▁unw itting ly ▁and ▁thought lessly ▁she ▁always ▁gives ▁her ▁cl ues ▁for ▁her ▁police ▁cases ▁when ▁they ▁are ▁discuss ing