To salvage the scheme, Marcos and Juan approach Sandler's widowed sister Berta (Elsa Berenguer), as she is the owner of the real stamps, which she agrees to sell for $250,000. Marcos says he can put up $200,000 and asks Juan to contribute the remaining $50,000. The fact that Marcos needs the exact amount of money he knows Juan has been able to save so far to help his father makes Juan suspicious, but, after visiting his father in jail, he ultimately agrees to the arrangement.