Caray, Caray!

It is about time for another update on what is going on on Barrera de Amor. Things are happening if only because it is now in its "ultimas semanas."

The Andres/Valeria story: Jacinta got Valeria to return to the hacienda by agreeing to let her marry Andres while vowing to herself to never let that happen. Jacinta enlisted Manola, Jacaranda, Veronica (as Vera), Federico and Rodrigo in an elaborate plot that ultimately convinced Andres that Valeria had betrayed him with his brother, Daniel. Jacinta sent Valeria to get over Andres by staying (as a guest) in a convent in Oaxaca accompanied by a nun from the convent in Aguascalientes. Jacinta is pretending that she doesn't know where Valeria is. After feeling faint, Valeria was astonished to discover that she is pregnant (why are young women on novelas who have unprotected sex always so surprised to discover the natural consequences of such activity?). Valeria is about to tell Jacinta about her condition and hopes that Jacinta will be happy to have an great grandchild. (According to the teasers for upcoming episodes, Jacinta is not going to be happy about this.) Meanwhile, Andres is getting ready to be in a bullfight in Mexico City. Unibrow still doesn't know about his profession. Andres says that after the Mexico City bullfight, he will tell his father about it. (Guess who is going to find out about it before then?)

The Juanita/Daniel story: Juanita and Daniel cleared up their misunderstandings, recognized their love for one another and got married. Their relationship was a casualty of the Valeria/Andres plot but they seem to have made up. Daniel collapsed and was hospitalized after an asthma attack. He appears to have some heart problem as well.

The Maite/Unibrow story: Maite went to Aguascalientes and stayed at the hacienda with Veronica and Jacaranda to help prepare for the wedding. During this time, Unibrow finally found out who Andres' fiancee really was. Maite kissed Unibrow (fortunately, I didn't see this) when she was leaving Aguascalientes after the wedding fizzled. In the usual way of this novela, she is thinking about it a lot and telling Victor that nothing has changed between her and Unibrow, there is too much in their past to get over, etc. etc. Jose finally found out from the necklace that Maite is his daughter. He hasn't told her though.

The Veronica story: Manola and Jacaranda figured out how to keep Veronica permanently in the personality of Vera. Vera sometimes pretends to be Veronica, i.e., she doesn't wear bright red lipstick. Her psychiatrist hasn't noticed anything but Maite and Victor have noticed that Veronica isn't her normal almost catatonic self. Manola and Jacaranda have figured out that Veronica is another Valladolid, i.e., Adolfo was her father. I haven't seen much of this plot line but Veronica is daydreaming about being mistress of the hacienda and has told Victor that she wants to marry Federico so Manola and Jacaranda have probably told her about Federico's parentage. Manola and Jacaranda are also trying to prove Veronica's parentage to blackmail Jacinta, I think. Manola stole some of Adolfo's hair that was in Jacinta's bedroom presumably to get a DNA test. Meanwhile, Rafael, the ferret-faced guy who murdered Veronica's mother has told Jacaranda to get a letter from Magdalena to Maite that says that Adolfo is Veronica's father. Jacaranda couldn't find the letter in Maite's room (I think Victor put it in a safe-deposit box). Rafael threatened to kill Jacaranda if she doesn't find it and in last night's episode she left town. Speaking of Rafael, Veronica is having flashbacks to when Rafael killed her mother but she doesn't understand what they are yet.

Miscellaneous: At some point, I think Jacinta told Federico that Pedro was his father. At any rate, he has the portrait she commissioned in his room and he has reconciled with his mother. Victor and Guillermo are still having awkward chats about everything except their sexuality and attraction to one another.Not much new on Gustavo. He is still incarcerated in the empty house. The last time I saw him he wasn't lying down so he is presumably getting better. I guess he only gets shaved every 3 days or so because he doesn't grow a beard but has permanent stubble.Sergio is still smoking like a chimney and evesdropping on other people's conversations but he doesn't seem to have found out anything useful so far.

There is probably some other stuff but that's what's been on the episodes that I have seen.

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