Caray, Caray!

Gonzalo complains to Fernanda that whatever she told Cesar about their past and her forced exile from the family 18 years ago, he is now using to blackmail Gonzalo.

Cesar has threatened going public with the story. He is rather intense about Fernanda getting the situation with Cesar taken care of somehow, because if not, and something happens to their daughter, Florencia, he swears he’ll kill her. Of course Fernanda wonders how Cesar could have used her like that, if he even really did and resolves to ask him directly about this so-called blackmail.

Meanwhile, Cesar gets hold of the codes he needs to ask the agency who handled the sale of the reserved shares for specific information about contacting the man who bought the stock from Julio. He gets the emergency phone number of this person and immediately calls.

Alejandro and Miranda are making plans for the plane ride that day back to the hacienda but she says she wants to stay a bit longer and wants to head the meeting of the board members. He seems to be against it and she gets upset that he isn’t supporting her like he should and seems a bit distracted and testy too. So she asks him what has caused his change in attitude.

He’s been remembering the exchange with Gonzalo at the prison earlier and how remorseless and unrelenting Gonzalo was about the killing of his wife’s ex-lover whom he didn’t realize was Alejandro’s dad. Alejandro is lost in his thoughts and gets upset all over again, but then Miranda asks him this question and he apologizes. She accepts that and they kiss again.

The mystery man on the other end of the phone line tells Cesar that this packet of stock is not for sale and therefore he should not bother to call him on that line again.

Francisco angers Amparo by questioning her and Ramon’s intentions towards each other. He argues that the guy is a total unknown. Raul meets him at the house later and decides immediately he doesn’t like the idea of Ramon hanging around either.

Julio comes out of his coma and Fernanda is there for him. He’s surprised to see her there of all places after all the years he’s looked for her and tells her so.

Back at the prison El Magnate (Leonardo) and Gonzalo are on laundry duty and El Magnate tells his story. He was the only straight arrow accountant left amongst working for a number of big powerful “businessmen”. So they set a trap for him to get him out of the way and got him sent to prison years and years ago. He tells Gonzalo his brother died after years of searching for his wife and kids, but they never were seen or heard from again. So he is certain that they were murdered by the same bad lot and therefore he has no urge to leave prison any time soon as he feels there’s nothing left for him on the outside.

Gonzalo says he was betrayed also by his partners, but he figures he’ll be out in no time since he’s pretty well connected. Once he’s out he’s getting even with the guys who set him up. El Magnate says not to count on this "early release" thing. It never works out like that.

Raul visits Lizania at the mansion and tells her that they are worlds apart and his and her family will never accept this relationship. So they might as well end it before it gets started. Who’d believe Lizania or want to know they’d met because he’d robbed her and her friends at that club? Right then Daira comes in and overhears this bit of the conversation and asks if this is true. Raul admits it is true and says he won’t bother her or her family again. Daira stops him from leaving and after talking to him and Lizania, she realizes he felt forced to steal to help out his family. She promises to talk to Alejandro about it for Lizania.

Francisco tells Amparo she’s not going out with this Ramon and that she’s just too old to start "dating" men. He forbids her and she leaves the room in disgust. Juan tells his dad he’s a jerk and that he figures his aunt has a right to make a life of her own, even though Francisco is opposed to it all. He tells his dad that he has no right to say no to a grown woman.

At the hospital Miranda tells Fernanda that she and Alejandro have started seeing each other. Fernanda is excited for them both. Miranda lets out to them that she knows Alejandro’s a great guy after hearing how he helped moved the elderly patients to a new hospital. Then they have to go and she says she needs to talk to Fernanda later on. Fernanda figures she’ll finally tell Miranda the truth first about herself and wonders if Miranda will be ready to receive the news.

When Alejandro gets back home, Daira confronts him about Raul and Lizania and he blows his stack. A thief is a thief, period.

Daira defends Raul’s actions as desperation and tells her children how she met their father when stealing a wallet to help feed herself and her sick mother. Alfredo stopped her and then bought the medication for her mother rather than turn her in to the authorities. So, Alejandro agrees to let Daira meet the family and Lizania says she’ll abide by whatever Daira and Alejandro finally agree to. If she doesn’t she’ll be sent back to Italy.

At the San Llorente hacienda Fabricio and Bertha are arguing about her manipulating him and nagging him about Florencia and his attentive attitude toward Miranda all the time. He tells her he knows she did all this because she enjoys being so mean to Miranda. Bertha turns on the crocodile tears and Lucas barks at him.

Next scene is Tomasa and Florencia taking care of the dog bite on his arm. Florencia gets angry and is about to tell Tia Bertha to chain up the dog or get rid of him. She walks in and apologizes to them all first and kisses Fabricio on the cheek to thank him for always thinking first of Florencia and the rest of the family’s needs. She leaves and Florencia runs after her with a guilty conscience. Fabricio and Tomasa look knowingly at each other and he asks her what she’s thinking of. She answers, “Judas.”

Cesar is arguing with his mother again for staying at the hospital and worrying over Julio who isn’t good for anything but stealing the oxygen they all need to breathe. He needles her to tell him what the name was of the man Gonzalo murdered. She swears she never knew, but Fernanda obviously would so he should bother her about it instead. He gets upset and tells her to pack fast ‘cause he’s selling the place immediately.

Bertha has Renata and Florencia ready to act hostile to Dr. Fernanda who is coming as Miranda’s guest to the hacienda.

Miranda has everyone of the board at the meeting that afternoon and is stopped in the middle of it when Nuria interrupts to say there is a man on the phone who forbids her to conduct this meeting since he’s not there to participate. It is the owner of the reserved stock and he insists she is not allowed by the rules of the board to conduct the meeting as she is not actually a member, let alone the head of the company. He persuades her to cancel the meeting until he can get there. He’ll let her know the new time and place it will be held.

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