Caray, Caray!

Tomas asks Lety if she really thought Fernando would cancel his wedding for her. He asks if she was with him this weekend. She replies that the guilt that she felt kept her from “being” with him. She couldn’t do it. Tomas tells her that she should have known that a many like Fernando would never marry someone like her. “Never,” she replies. How could you not see that it was a lie; a deception? Lety says that she was in love. Love “unglues” you from reality. Tomas says that he can’t say anything about love because he does not know much about it. She tells Tomas that Fernando seemed so sincere. Lety remembers the night that she and Fernando made love the last time in Omar’s apartment. “I was walking in the clouds.” Now I’ve woken up and it’s really a nightmare. Tomas confirms that it is a horrible nightmare. “You know what, Tomas? It was my fault.” He was an engaged man. It was logical that I would end up being the one who would lose. It was logical that he would marry her, since he was always going to marry her from the beginning.

Erasmo stands outside with the ladies and some men from the neighborhood. Julieta runs out and greets everyone. She asks Erasmo about what he’s doing. He says that everyone told him that there are no dogs in the neighborhood. He tells Julieta to tell them that they’ve heard a dog all night long. Everyone begins to talk. Julieta confirms that they’ve heard a dog, but she says it’s not very loud. Julieta convinces Erasmo to go back to the house. She tells everyone that Erasmo has very sensitive hearing. They return home.

Tomas asks Lety how she found everything out. She shows him the letter, and explains that Omar left it for Fernando when he left for Germany. She explains that Omar even left cards for Fernando to give her. He cannot believe that Omar directed everything. She begins to read the letter to Tomas. “For them, I’m a monster. I’m a monster.”

Julieta yells at Erasmo for inciting the neighborhood. She does not want him to make everyone mad. What was he thinking going out there at this hour of the night? He focuses on the dog and tries to sit at the table. She tries to convince him to go upstairs to bed. Moty cries. Erasmo figures out that the dog is not only in the house, but in the bathroom. Julieta denies and then confirms it. She tells Erasmo that he’s going to leave it in the bathroom.

Lety continues to read the letter to Tomas. He keeps calling the men scoundrels. Lety does not understand how they could do this to her. The whole letter is written like they were laughing about her. Tomas asks if Fernando has seen the letter. Lety explains that the one that she has is a copy of the original in his briefcase. Tomas asks what she said to Fernando about the letter: nothing. What could she say? She explains that she could not believe or understand it when she first found it. She’s read it many times and still can not understand it. She does not understand how Fernando could have deceived her so when she was always so helpful to him. How could he doubt her? She explains to Tomas that Fernando and Omar thought that she and Tomas were a couple and that they wanted to take the company. They guess about the plan. She thinks that they were going to wait until all of the debts were paid and then Fernando would end the relationship with her. Lety begins to read the letter again. Tomas basically says that he and Lety are idiots. Lety says that it is clear that Fernando will marry Marcia while continuing the illusion with her so she will fake the balance. Tomas asks her what she’s going to do.

Julieta has Moty out of the bathroom. She’s going to keep him and take care of him. Erasmo says no, he looked like a fool yelling at the neighbors. Julieta says that she told him not to go out there. “That dog is going out to the street!” He’s going. He’s staying. This is my house too. You can have anything you want here, but not a dog! Julieta changes tactics and tries the baby voice. How can she put the dog in the street with an injured foot? Just a couple of days to let it heal? No, put it outside. Julieta says that she bathed it; it’s very clean. She tries to take it over to Erasmo, but he doesn’t want it near him. Julieta asks if the dog frightens him.

Lety doesn’t know what to do; she’s full of fear. She does not want to return to Conceptos, but Tomas reminds her that if she leaves Conceptos she’ll be renouncing Filmo Imagen. Lety does not know how to confront this problem.

Fernando sits in his red chair, remembering a different night – their last night in Cuernavaca. He thinks about the peace Lety gives him in his soul. He suddenly remembers that Lety said she had something to tell him, but changed her mind. He wonders what it could have been. Why was she acting so strange?

Julieta laughs at Erasmo. She’s figured it out. Erasmo is scared of dogs. She does not understand how such a little dog could frighten him. He has a story to tell her. When he was a little boy a little Chihuahua bit him in the butt. (I really could have done without the butt shot.) The whole neighborhood made fun of him. Julieta does the same. “It’s really funny!” she tells him. Now that Julieta knows why he doesn’t like dogs, he asks her to take it outside. Julieta begs some more to keep it. She will keep it far away from him, but asks for him to allow her to have it for a couple days. Erasmo weakens.

Tomas has an idea. He pulls out another envelope. Don Fernando has to pay! Tomas points out all the things that Fernando has done wrong. The worst of these was that he gave Lety his company. Oooh, intense musica. All of the papers are completely legal. They show that you have an embargo on Conceptos and you are the only legal owner. You’re the owner of the Villaroel family and the Mendiola family. He hands her the envelope. In your hands you have Fernando Mendiola. Tomas is very scary in this scene. Don’t piss off an ugly man and don’t mess with his girl!

Tomas wants revenge. They can bring Fernando to his knees. He asks Lety what she wants to do. She doesn’t know; she’s in too much pain. She cannot think clearly. She asks him to put the papers away. She can’t think in this moment. He says they’ll talk tomorrow. Tomas puts the papers in her chest. Tomas says that no matter what, Lety will have all of his support. She lets him know how much she needs him. She can only talk to him like this. He jokes that he’s her boyfriend. It’s his time to be here for him when she needs him. Lety smiles through her tears.

The dog is back in the bathroom. Erasmo makes Julieta promise that they’ll do something about the situation tomorrow. She says okay. Erasmo wants to go to Lety’s room and check on Lety and Tomas. Julieta knocks on Lety’s door and enters the room. She sees Tomas holding Lety’s face, but she’s not too sure what’s going on. Tomas makes a joke. Julieta separates the two, saying that its time to sleep. Tomas says he’ll see Lety tomorrow to talk business. “Tu eres la fea mas bella” and Tomas leaves. Julieta asks Lety what’s wrong. Nothing. Julieta says that she could tell that something was wrong from the moment Lety walked into the house. Lety says it’s the same as always, problems with people in the office. Julieta thinks that Lety is suffering just like she did with Miguel. She asks if the same thing happened. “No, Mamita.” Julieta lets Lety know that she can always tell her anything. Julieta says good-night. Lety cries on her mom’s shoulder and then says good-night. Julieta leaves the room and Lety cries.

Julieta goes into her bedroom. She tells Erasmo that Tomas left and that everything is okay with Lety. Erasmo asks if the dog is well enclosed in its room. Julieta pensively thinks about her Lety.

Lety writes in her diary. She’s down-graded to a mere pencil. She says that history always repeats itself, but it’s more cruel each time. Julieta stands outside her door and hears her cry, but runs off when she hears Moty. Lety writes about her pain. It’s not worth it, because the man of her dreams became her executioner. It’s not worth it to live; the same thing will happen. It repeats itself over and over again from the day I was born. Being ugly made me so fragile; I fell from the first demonstration of affection. I knew he was engaged. Julieta knocks on the door. She gives Moty to Lety as a gift. She tells her how she found the dog. Lety smiles, and hugs the dog. Julieta says that Moty needs Lety’s care. Lety promises to take care of the dog. After her mom leaves, Lety tells Moty that she also needs his care. She’s in pain too, possibly more so than Moty.

Julieta prays. She can tell that her daughter is suffering. Saint Jude makes his cameo. Julieta wants to help her even though Lety does not want to tell her what happened.

Lety talks to Moty. She thinks that the dog was as sad as her, living in the street. Lety wants the dog to listen to her. She remembers kids dancing around her calling her very ugly. We see a very young Lety crying. Tomas watches from the sidelines. Lety screams out for them to stop calling her ugly She never had friends. She didn’t even dare ask for a favor. Young Lety is seen in the foreground, drawing hearts in her diary. (Guess this is the origins of the flashing pens) Lety remembers her quinceanera. Her parents look very proud. Lety looks like a pink marshmallow. Lety comes down the stairs to applause. The dancers give her a sword salute. Lety trips over her dress and falls. Erasmo comes to her rescue. He tells her to be happy because she’s now fifteen. Some people cheer, others shake their heads. Lety and Erasmo dance together. Tomas dances in the background, and he looks about fifty times better with a hat on his head and different glasses. Eventually, Tomas reluctantly dances with her with some encouragement from Julieta. They do an interesting lift. (I’m not sure why these two weren’t invited to Bailando por un Sueno). Tomas tells the rest of the men to dance with Lety too, but they turn around. Erasmo goes back onto the floor to dance with Lety. We see that Roman is one of the dancers. All of the dancers surround her. Four guys pick her up. Everyone applauses. She was very embarrassed and wanted to die, but something worse was about to happen. We flash back to the party. Erasmo makes an announcement. Erasmo calls her a flower – a girl who’s become a woman. She’s a very honorable woman. Tomas stands up and cheers. Erasmo calls Lety over to his side. She doesn’t want to go over because she thinks she’ll fall again. Roman makes a farting sound. Erasmo continues to talk while everyone else looks at their watches or sleeps. He finally presents her. She half bows. Julieta comes onto the stage. She cries. Lety asks her to stop crying. Julieta goes on how Lety has been a great example, good with her parents and such a great student. She’s been a light in our life. At that moment, the lights in the hall blink. Someone wrote a mustache and glasses all over her portrait and destroyed her cake; it was Roman of course. Lety runs out of the ballroom with her cake topper in her hands. Roman and his gang laugh. Lety runs into the rain. She dreamed of this moment! Why is always so hard for her to find happiness? She never wants to have a party again! Never again! Never again!

Back in Lety’s room we see present day Lety watching fifteen year old Lety coming into her bedroom and thanking her parents for the party. Erasmo reassures her and gives her kisses on her forehead. The two Letys cry in their bedroom. Younger Lety looks in the mirror forlornly. Older Lety tells Moty that nothing has changed. She remained the same ugly girl. Lety writes in her diary again. Tomorrow is a new day, but the same life is waiting for me. Every time I start to dream I wake up in hell. Tomas says that I have Fernando in my hands. It would be just revenge to give him back his company. The only thing that I want is to run away. I have to confront this, because I was wrong as well. I hope something appears tomorrow that will give me clarity. I have the illusion that tomorrow I’ll wake up and it will all have been a nightmare.

Lety barely gets off the elevator. Alicia greets her with her usual name calling. (Notice that Alicia said Buenas Noches?) Lety chides her. She’s not going to play her games. Yeah, bachelorettes are good for nothing. Sara supports Lety. She tells Sara to leave Lety alone. Juana insults Alicia’s intelligence. The two groups argue back and forth. Alicia makes fun of them for being bachelorettes. Lety looks on at the argument. When she finally speaks she tells Alicia that she would rather be a bachelorette than a woman with a broken marriage, a broken profession and a broken life.

Will Lety confront Fernando or will the games begin?
How is Fernando going to try to explain the engagement ring?
Will Alicia ever get a dose of reality?

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