Later that night, Don Justo spawns near Carlos and the rest of the family. They debate what to do with Don Justo, and consider that Octavio could write him a pass to safety (salvoconducto) to leave Mexico. Octavio says that it is his "obligation as a man" to save Don Justo but his "responsibility as a revolutionary" to turn him in. Carlos is angry and threatens to turn in Don Justo on the spot, and runs out of the room. Clara begs Octavio to write him the pass, but Octavio is reluctant because he could be killed if the government were to find out. Laura wants Octavio to do it because she thinks that if Octavio doesn't love her father that he can't love their child. Eventually, Octavio agrees to write the pass. Carlos is still gone and Clara thinks Carlos turned in Don Justo, but when Carlos returns the police are not with him. Carlos and Don Justo talk and Carlos tells him how upset he has been with him after Diana was killed. He fills Don Justo in on what he missed while he was gone and informs him of Laura's pregnancy. Carlos eventually changes his mind and asks Don Justo to accept the pass. Octavio's only condition is that Don Justo leaves Mexico and never comes back. Don Justo refuses this proposition and says he "cannot betray those who trust in him" and that it is "too late to change his life."