Caray, Caray!

Luigi is in his office with Carolina. His phone rings. It’s Yuri. She’s worried about the event Luigi agreed to help with. Luigi says there’s nothing to worry about. He came back from Germany just for her! He makes plans to meet with her and hangs up. As Carolina begins to ask about The Zoom Proposal that Lety is supposed to bring down to them. Luigi’s phone rings again. It’s Ricky Armstrong. Luigi says of course everything is great; He came back from Germany just for him! Luigi says Fernando already has The Proposal that they need. Carolina gives up on Luigi and says she’s going to go look for Lety. Before Luigi can protest, his phone rings again. Luigi is very frustrated with the phone calls, but I think it’s actually from wearing that big fluffy faux fur jacket that he’s sporting today. It’s Fern on the phone. Luigi calls him a lizard because The Proposal has not been delivered to him yet. “Geez! Do I have to everything around here?“

Lety is in her office sobbing. “No Puede Ser!” She reads another of the cards that Omar wrote on Fernando’s behalf. She clenches her teeth as she reads Fernando’s signed name. She hears Carolina call from Fern’s office. Lety pretends to work at her computer as Caro walks in and asks for The Proposal. She sees Lety’s miserable state and asks if Lety is okay. Lety says she’s fine, it’s just a cold. Caro must think Lety looks really bad, because she warns Lety about Tuberculosis. Lety says she has not had time to get The Proposal. Caro says she’ll come back later and leaves. Lety thinks back to a better time when she shared a warm hug with Fern. She snaps out of it and thinks, “This can’t be. It must be a misunderstanding or one of Omar’s jokes.”

Lety walks out of the office. Sarah bumps into her but Lety is in no mood to talk. Sarah asks what’s wrong. Before Sarah can get anything out of her, Lety walks away. The cuartel wonders what happened to Lety.

Fernando walks to PM’s desk, where Saimon is busy sweet-talking PM and kissing her hand. Fern sneaks his hand over PM’s and Saimon jumps when he realizes he’s kissing Fern’s hand! Saimon asks about the package that Lety asked him to mail to Fern’s parents, who are over in England with the queen Chabelita (that’s a cutsey nickname for Elizebeth). Fern agrees with me that it’s a cutsey nickname. He smiles smugly and says the package is ready to go. …Fern’s parents were beside themselves waiting for the package to arrive before the weekend; by now they must be ready to throw themselves into the Thames River from desperation! It hasn’t even been mailed yet!

Lety goes to the copy center. I know this because there is a big sign over the copy machines that says “Copy Center.” I guess the producers did not expect their audience to know a lot about the inside of office buildings. Anyway, Lety continues to sob as she makes a copy of The Letter and stuffs it into a big yellow envelope, exactly like the original was.

Fernando asks Alicia where Lety is. He’s upset because she hasn’t delivered The Proposal to Luigi, “Where is Lety? I’m going to kill her!” Alicia, who likes Fern’s plan, says “Oh, yes, please do!” Fern goes to his office as Lety walks back from the copy center. Alicia harasses Lety about slacking off. Lety does not play into her insults. The look on Lety’s face is intense! Sarah warns Lety that Fern is looking for her. In true woman-scorned mode, Lety asks “Oh really, and just what did Mr. Fernando say?”

Fernando adds the postal code to package for his parents and gives it to Saimon (What’s the postal code for the bottom of the Thames River?).

Lety places The Letter back into Fernando’s briefcase. She goes into her office and sees that the white rose that Fernando gave her that very same morning has died. She is distraught and blames herself for not putting water in its vase.

Fernando is in the restroom, daydreaming. He remembers Lety’s delight when he gave her the rose. Then he remembers Marcia’s delight at the engagement ring. He compares how Lety was just as happy with the simple rose. He’s worried about how Lety will feel when she learns about Marcia’s ring. He wonders how he will be able to make Lety understand that he is not happy about the whole situation either.

Lety asks St Jude for help figuring out the truth about The Letter. She recalls the psychic who told her The Letter holds the truth.

Fernando calls Lety into his office. He can tell something is off with her, but can’t quite figure it out. Lety pretends nothing is wrong. Luigi Calls Fern and they talk business. The Proposal… blah blah… Footage from Germany has been loaded on the server… blah blah blah… Fern hangs up and asks Lety about The Proposal. Lety says she forgot to deliver it. Fern assumes it’s because Luigi is such an as… um, such a diva, that he’s difficult to work with. He understands and lets it go. Lety is trying her best but she does not look convincing. Lucky for her, Fern is easily distracted; he’s looking at Luigi’s footage from Germany on his computer.

Back in her office, Lety is talking to St J again. They have become BFFs. She asks St J to please let this all be a mistake.

Carolina comes back and talks business with Fernando … The Cannes awards… blah blah…The Proposal… yaddah yaddah… Caro calls for Lety and tells her they need to set up time to discuss the financing for one of the projects. Lety agrees.

Lety asks St J for a miracle. St J is getting a lot of screen time. I think he’s gonna have to be added to the credits at the beginning of the show.

Lola calls Efren after being served with some legal papers regarding a Liquidation of Goods. She is furious and wants to know what goods it’s referring to. The only common good that resulted from their marriage is the car. (As you recall, Jasmin has been pushing Efren to get half of Lola’s house, even though she inherited it from her side of the family.) Efren does not have the guts to answer her and says the lawyers can explain it much better than he can. As they speak, Jasmin calls Efren on his cell phone, so now he has Jasmin on his cell in one ear, and Lola on the desk phone in the other ear. He calls Jasmin “mi amor” and Lola thinks he’s talking to her. She seems to sort of like it. He tells Jasmin he’s coming over to Conceptos, and Lola thinks Efren is still talking to her. Just then, Jasmin walks into the office and Lola sees that Jasmin is on the phone, and realizes she is talking to Efren as well. Lola’s blood boils!

Fernando is on the phone with Luigi when his other line rings. Lety picks it up in her office. It’s Omar. Lety hangs up on him!

Lola tells Efren that he better be talking about liquidating the car, or else!

Omar calls back. Lety claims that the last call got cut off. She transfers him to Fernando’s line and then goes to her door to listen.

Fernando is talking to Omar when he opens his briefcase and finds The Letter. “Holy crap, I found your letter, you imbecile!” Omar says that’s good news and wonders if anybody has opened it. Fernando is sure no one has opened it because it’s sealed and stapled shut. Omar instructs Fern to read The Letter and destroy then it, but to follow the instructions exactly. Fern insults Omar for being stupid enough to leave something so dangerous just lying around! “If Lety would have found it…” Lety is appalled. After he hangs up, Fern reads about half a sentence of The Letter and begins to tear it up. He thinks “Yes, it’s true. It all started with that damn embargo business, but I continued it of my own free will. Now I love to be around her, to make love to her, she lights up my soul!” That’s all well and good, but he is not thinking out loud, he is thought bubbling, and Lety, who is listening and crying on the other side of his door, can not hear his thought bubbles.

Lola is trying to reach through the phone line to strangle Efren. Jasmin is also still on the phone with Efren. She stands in front of Lola and baby-talks to Efren. Efren goes back and forth baby-talking with Jasmin, and then arguing with Lola. They end the weird 3-way call so that Lola and Jasmin can insult each other directly. Martha reminds Lola to take it easy, since the last big run-in with Jasmin almost got her fired.

Everyone is on the phone today. Marcia and Alicia are chatting about Marcia’s engagement ring. Marcia is ecstatic and wants to tell her all about Fernando’s card. Alicia the wet blanket interrupts to tell Marcia that it seems very suspicious. Marcia doesn’t care about the other woman because the ring proves that he is going to marry her.

Carolina is back in Fernando’s office. More business talk… She negotiated a lower rate on something… Fernando has The Proposal for her. He double checks to make sure it’s the right envelope before giving it to her. He asks her to take some paperwork to Lety. Lety is busy breaking things in her office when Caro walks in. She notices that Lety is in a cold sweat. She knows something is wrong but Lety just wants to be left alone. Caro convinces Lety to go to the restroom. They walk together through Fernando’s office. He is – as men can be – oblivious. Carol leaves Lety in the restroom to go find some tea.

Julieta and Tomas are walking home to make dinner when they find a wounded doggie whimpering on the street. Julieta says they must take the doggie home because he’s hurt. Tomas is not loving the idea of sharing the leftovers. “Oh Yeah? And what do you think Erasmo will think about this?”

Lety can’t believe that “they” betrayed her. Then she thinks that maybe she deserves to be betrayed. After all, she betrayed Marcia. Just then the cuartel walks in. They try to help but she wants to be alone. They say they can’t leave her alone in this state. Irmita wonders what Don Fernando the Tyrant did this time to upset her so badly. Caro comes back in with the tea. She convinces the cuartel that it is better to let Lety be, and that Caro will stay to take care of her. After they leave, the floodgates break and Lety really lets loose. Carolina hugs Lety and tells her to cry all she wants. Carolina is like the kindest, sweetest, most fashion-forward fairy godmother I could ever hope for!

As the cuartel leaves the office, they wonder what could be wrong with Lety. Alicia overhears them and heads straight to the restroom to see for herself. She begins to taunt Lety. Caro cuts her off. Alicia says she’s just worried and wants to know what happened. Lety steps in and says Alicia will never know what happened. She calls Alicia a vulture who feeds off of carcasses on the side of the highway. Alicia is offended and looks to Caro for help. Caro tells Alicia she asked for it and kicks her out.

Julieta and Tomas have brought the doggie home. They realize that the little guy looks just like Moty, the mascot on all of Lety's stuff. They deem that it must be fate, and they name it Moty.

Lety says she is done crying and wants to go home. Carolina insists on taking Lety home. Lety doesn't want to impose, but Caro says it's either that or she will have to tell Fernando what's going on. Caro wins.

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