Manon 20 years

Manon is now 20 and a qualified mechanic. Despite a willingness to get her hands dirty, she’s assigned to the front desk of the garage. She throws herself into both work and love with a passion, making headway, coming unstuck, but always fighting back with the same life force and a violent streak that threatens to resurface whenever life is unfair.

Manon ends up falling for Bruno's gentle ways and kindness. At the same time, she is having a passionate secret affair with Jennifer, struggling with a job that she hates, and having to deal with the hostility of Mr. Hervé after denouncing his dodgy dealings. As her old demons begin to rise to the surface again, Bruno suggests that she try to re-establish contact with her mother, but that fails.

Manon meets her father, but without telling him who she really is. The encounter really shakes her up. Monique, who is worried by her daughter's absence, goes looking for her at the garage and learns that she has been sacked. She tries to take advantage of the situation to get her to come home, but Manon runs away and, seething with rage, goes to see her father.