Caray, Caray!

It appears that Berta has been holding back on the wicked quotient. We thought she was nasty before? Just wait...

Florencia has seen Fabricio with Miranda and thinks that he doesn't love her (Flor) anymore. Wah! Fernanda walks up and is afraid that Flor is about to hyperventilate. Flor tells Fernanda to get out of her sight and she stomps off. Fernanda cries to Tomasa that Flor hates her guts.

Gonzo is in prison reading, he drops his book and flashes back to a recent episode where Berta tells him they will be together. He comes back to the present and says he could never feel anything for such a monstrous being as Berta. The guard tells Gonza he has a visitor. As Gonzo leaves, the guard furitively passes a knife to an inmate.

Vicente tells Gonzo he can't to anything about getting Gonzo out for several days. He tells Gonzo that the owner of the reserved stocks cancelled the board meeting. By the way the guy sounded, Vicente doesn't believe he's a good friend.

Miranda and Fabricio face the workers at the hacienda. She's unable to give them another raise. (Protestas de las peones.) They got raises at the beginning of the year but right now another one is impossible. She'll see what she can do after the cacao harvest. (Protestas de las peones.) Faby sticks up for her, saying this is the only hacienda where the pickers have somewhere to live and where they don't have to leave at the end of the season. A worker pipes up that it's Miranda's fault they're not getting raises. They don't know if they're going to stay for the harvest. They shake their scythes halfheartedly at her. Miranda tells Faby she thinks someone is provoking the workers.

Fernanda prays and Tomasa joins her. Tomasa tells her they all pay dearly for their sins. Fernanda self-indulgently says she's paying the most, nobody's pain could compare with hers. Tomasa tells her she doesn't know the half of what happened "that night." After the accident where her kids died, Berta took her granddaughter. Tomasa hasn't seen her since. Fernanda wants to help Tomasa find her but Tomasa says it's not going to happen. If Nati doesn't appear then her granddaughter won't appear either, Berta will make sure. (The camera pans back to reveal Squeaky eavesdropping.) Fernanda asks what Nati has to do with all this. Tomasa says she gave Nati the gun that night, and Nati ran off. Fern flashes back to Nati in the hospital and Nati mentioning something about having the pistola. She tells Tomasa that Natividad (Nati) is with her. Squeaky waves Berta over just in time to hear Fernanda tell Tomasa that Nati has the pistol. Tomasa tells Fernanda it's the gun that killed Alejandro. Berta flies in, "Aha!! I arrived just at the hour your memory came back!" Tomasa trembles.

Whoa...who is Alejandro's babe-a-licious buddy? Alejandro wants him to act as his front man so Miranda won't know Al is behind this stock business. The cutie is Luciano, and Luciano says Alejandro has never lied before, why now? Al says "It's complicated, I wanted vengeance on this family but it turns out the oldest daughter is my sister and how could I know the other daughter would be...would be...I'm so confused! I don't know what I'm feeling. I'm lost." "It's called love," says Luciano, "and it's impossible to think clearly, so whatcha gonna do?"

Fernanda tells Berta she's a disgrace for stealing Tomasa's grandkid. Berta says she didn't steal her, she only offered her a better life than the one Tomasa could offer to her. "You could go to jail for that," says Fernando. Berta calmly counters, "move a finger and Florencia will be the first to know the truth." Tomasa doesn't want to endanger Flor. Speaking of the she-devil, Flor walks up and kicks Tomasa and Fernanda out so she can talk to her tia, but Berta does the talking, and she's getting pretty creepy today. "What's up my love, why so angry? I told you we'd put that woman in her place, but little by little so it lasts a long time. Learn to enjoy the pain of others. You don't want to finish them off with the first blow. Oh yeah, you wanted to say something?" Flor tells her she saw Miranda flirting with Fabricio. They were in each other's arms before heading off to the cacao plantation together. Sniff Sniff. Berta says it's a disgrace, but she'll teach Flor to like striking vengeance on others. Flor should rest while Berta goes to Tapijulapa.

Fabricio, who for some reason cannot seem to wait for his sick, pregnant, bitchy wife to die before running after her sister, keeps hounding Miranda to let him help her. She has a green flashback to when she promised nasty old Flor she would keep away from Faby. Miranda returns to the present and tells Faby to stay away, it's not good for Florencia to see them together. Faby is torn between two distinct feelings, on one hand he's going to be a father, on the other hand he's going to lose the woman that he loves.

Berta and Cesar are in bed. (I guess that piece of pizza is going to have to wait, I just lost my appetite.) Apparently their love nest is in Tapijulapa. She tells him Alejandro returned to Mexico so it's Cesar's chance to go after the lonely and vulnerable Miranda. She also wants Cesar to do her a favor, get Fernando out of her sight. "Why don't you kill her?" he asks. "Just make her disappear," she commands. In return Cesar wants to know the name of the man Gonzo killed. Berta says she doesn't remember. Cesar wonders if his godmother Fernanda will remember.

Daira and Lasagna see Alejandro sitting on the steps of the house. They tell him the meeting with Raul's family didn't go too well, his dad didn't care for Lasagna. He has issues regarding his prejudices on social class. Alejandro agrees to invite the family for dinner the next day so they can talk family to family.

Back in the barrio Joel and Francisco are talking smack about the wealthy. Joel says "those people" don't impress him and they shouldn't be trusted just because they're rich. Francisco asks what's he supposed to do, keep Raul locked up as if he were a child? Carola interrupts to say there is a phone call from Lasagna for Raul. Raul's not home so Francisco will take the call. Joel must like her because he gets all goofy, juts his hips out and says "Hellooo Carooola..." She, uninterested, says "Oh hi" and walks out. Joel looks tormented in love.

At Fernanda's clinic Nati walks out onto the porch with a bag of belongings. She says she's tired of being locked up and is going to run away to her pueblo. She opens the door to the street and escapes.

Miranda has a green flashback of Berta kissing Alejandro and it really bugs her. Just then Flor (who stole Fabricio from Miranda not too long ago, remember?) storms in and calls Miranda a hypocrite and traitor. Miranda promised to stay away from Faby and she lied. Because of Miranda she will never be happy. Flor clutches her chest and faints. Miranda screams hysterically for help.

Gonzo signs some papers and says it's a surprise for Miranda's birthday. I guess he signed control of the company over to her. Vicente warns him that by so doing he could get out of jail free but Miranda could end up there instead. Happy birthday honey.

Fernanda gives Flor a shot to calm her down, says she's going to be OK but must maintain a calm environment. Faby enters and says he couldn't find the necessary medicine in Tapijulapa, they will need to go to Villa Hermosa to get it. Miranda says she's going to call Alejandro to come down from Mexico City to help. After she leaves Faby asks Fernanda to forgive him. He calls her "madre" and says he knows who she is. She asks why he's doing these things to her daughters, making fun of them both. He says he never meant to deceive Miranda. Fernanda changes the subject and asks him if he has the medical data from the doctors who attended Flor in Germany. She tells him not to say anything but she's sure that Berta has known of Flor's illness for a long time and she is going to prove it.

Another boring scene with Vicente and Gonzo...my daughter is not to step foot in a place like this...I must talk to Alejandro Luque...ask Bertha to come it's urgent...what of Don Julio's sons...get me out of this place.

Nati wanders around town panhandling and asking directions to Tabasco. Back at the clinic the shapely nurse Lulu looks for Nati and spies the open door. Uh oh, looks like Joel forgot to lock it and Nati escaped. As Nati enters the bus station the foxy but unobservant Lulu walks right by her but doesn't see her.

The terminally grumpy Francisco is talking to Daira on the phone. They argue about the kids, why the interest in Raul, because my daughter's in love, you just want to make fun of him, I want to make her happy, what can he offer her besides nada? She finally persuades him to come to their house, with Raul, to speak in person. Suddenly Amparito bustles in and reports that she just saw Lulu in the street. Lulu said Joel forgot to lock the door and Senora Nati escaped!

Rebecca and Juan are trying to get Julio to eat when his slacker sons enter, finally! They insult Juan but Juan says, as Julio's doctor, he must order them to leave because Don Julio needs his rest. They try one more insult but Juan kicks them out.

Nati cannot be found and Dr. Fernandez must be told. Joel wants to take all the blame but Lulu says the important thing is to find Nati, she's very important to Dr. Fernandez. Meanwhile Nati boards a bus for Villa Hermosa. The sun sets.

Cesar, playing the sympathy card, (we've been friends for so long but you put your confidence in Alejandro rather than in me) persuades Miranda to go into town with him as a diversion. They leave but Miranda forgets her cell phone. When it rings the evil duo of Bertha and Squeaky are nearby so Berta answers. Alejandro is wondering if he needs to bring his helicopter over. Bertha says Flor is miraculously better so Miranda asked Cesar out on a date. They already left. Alejandro says don't tell Miranda he called and please erase all his messages.

Squeaky tells Bertha what she heard about the pistol, it was used to kill some man but she didn't hear where it was hidden. Then, Jaque Mate (checkmate), she beats Berta at chess so Berta sends Squeaky to her room, telling her to rejuvenate the neurons that she had to use to beat her in chess.

Berta creeps into Flor's room. Flor is sleeping, the music is ominous and the lights are dim. Berta has to slap Flor several times to wake her up. She slaps Flor hard then asks her how she feels. Nice auntie. She tells Flor that at first she thought Flor was just your typical air-head, but now she realizes Flor is a very good actress. She even deceived the Doctora. Flor sounds drugged and mumbles that Miranda has to understand what is hers (Flor's). He is hers, period. Berta says, "Oh, she'll understand. I assure you that after this she won't get near Fabricio. Did you see her face when you acted ill?" She cackles. "Yes," says Flor,"until the moment I stopped she was horribly scared." Flor says she feels horrible too, but there's no going back now, right? "Right my love," smirks Berta, "These are the moments we must enjoy to the maximum. It's good, I believe we fulfilled our objective. You gave a good scare to your sister and the little doctor. Fabricio learned his lesson too." Flor says the old lady (Doctora Fernanda?) gave her an injection, she doesn't know why it made her so sleepy, now she feels a bit queasy, and where is Fabricio? Berta says he's in the dining room talking to the aforementioned doctora, snicker snicker. "Wow, I'm really feeling bad now," complains Flor. "Lay down a while, my love," soothes Berta, "that's why I'm injecting you, to calm you."

The next scene, Alejandro and Luciano in a bar, was cut short by Tivo so we'll have to wait until tomorrow/tonight.

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