Caray, Caray!

We open with Demian threatening Gabriel with a gun. First Paulina puts herself between the gun and Gabriel but Demian says that he will kill them both. Then JC jumps in front of the gun saying that he won’t allow this.

Joselyn is driving her car and thinking to herself that this is the first time that she has gotten rid of someone permanently and she liked it. If necessary, she won’t hesitate to do it again.

After a few seconds of waving his gun around while Gabriel and JC exhort him to either: 1. Stop the violence; or 2. Shoot me if you have to shoot someone, Demianputs up the pistol and leaves. Gabriel thanks JC for intervening and JC apologizes for Demian. Gabriel says that JC is not responsible for what Demian does and notes that JC is very different than his father.

JC and Paulina leave Demian’s office together. Back at their office, Paulina says that she didn’t realize the extent of the hatred between their two fathers. ‘If we got back together, we would be defying our families,’ she says while JC tells her that they have to fight for their love. Paulina says that it is impossible.

Back with the jolly cab drivers. Leo drives up all excited that he had gotten the autograph of a big star: Flor Rubio. Then they find that Flor has left the prize that she won the previous evening in the cab. Meanwhile Flor is getting an earful from some guy for losing the prize.

Luisito has waited all day for his mother to come and see him and the maid can’t reach her on the phone. Too bad, Mom’s out murdering her lover and has no time for her kid. Paulina also tries to comfort Luisito by saying that of course his mother loves him. All mothers love their children.

Joselyn comes into Miriam’s office and tells her that she has solved the Didier problem. She has murdered him. Miriam has no problem with having Didier killed but she can’t believe Joselyn did her own dirty work. 'Why didn’t she hire someone?' asks Miriam. Joselyn responds that it was very easy to kill Didier.

In the evil black Hummer, Tiberio tells Demian that he is so surprised that JC acted against Demian. ‘Your own son!’ he says.

Ingrid is hanging up clothes in Miriam’s shop. A priest comes in and asks to see Miriam. Ingrid tells him that Miriam isn’t around. Ingrid asks why the priest has come. The priest says that he is collecting for his church where many babies are abandoned after they are born. Ingrid sends the priest away but she is disturbed about how the priest is looking at her – almost as if he knew that Miriam had abandoned a baby at his church.

Leo takes the prize to the studio and tries to talk his way past the guard. Meanwhile. in the studio, there is a problem with the show they are taping if they don't have the prize. Somehow Leo gets past the guard and the next thing we know, he is on the soundstage returning the prize. Of course the star is grateful and invites Leo to be on the program and of course back in the barrio, one of the cabbies turns up with a little battery powered TV. The cabbies and Candelaria and the maid who are watching in the kitchen are all excited to see Leo on TV.

Paulina gets a wrapped gift from a messenger. It is a key on a chain and the note says that JC is giving Paulina the key to his heart to do with what she will. Gabriel finds Paulina crying after reading the note. She won’t explain what is going on and leaves but Gabriel finds the note.

Demian muses on Tiberio’s words about JC’s betrayal. Demian acknowledges that Tiberio has been created in Demian’s image. Demian wonders how Tiberio would react if he knew Demian wasn’t his godfather but father and Tiberio was JC's older brother.

Tiberio comes into a room where Karen is dressed up like a school girl from hell. ‘Is this your fantasy?’ she asks him.

Candelaria is leaving Gabriel’s house marveling to herself that Leo was on TV when Joselyn and Miriam come home. She tells Joselyn that Luisito has been waiting for her all day but Joselyn says that she is too tired to see the kid. Candelaria also reminds Joselyn and Miriam that tomorrow is Luisito’s Saint’s Day but they don’t care.

Tiberio is getting it on with Karen when she suddenly decides to leave. Meanwhile, Dolores cultivates Belen and gets Tiberio’s cell phone number from her. Dolores calls and hears Karen and Tiberio arguing. She is concerned that the cousins might break the incest taboo.

The next day, it’s little Luisito’s name day. Joselyn arrives bringing a cake and complaining to herself about having to do anything for the occasion. Coming into the hall, she sees MA give Luisito a gift while he says cloying things like, ‘the real present is having you here, MA.’ Seeing how MA and Gabriel look at each other, Joselyn decides that they love each other. Joselyn
leaves before anyone sees her and throws her cake on the ground vowing to destroy MA.

Diana is babbling happily about her pregnancy when Rogelio drops a bombshell – he thinks that she should get rid of the baby. He doesn’t want it. Diana is impactada.

Dolores begs Demian to keep Tiberio and Karen from getting together. Demian promises that he will speak to Tiberio. Delores asks Demian not to tell Tiberio that he and Karen are cousins and Demian says that she can have confidence in him because of how he feels towards her.

Joselyn tells Miriam that she saw MA and Gabriel kissing, which isn’t true. Joselyn concludes that it is because of MA that Gabriel wants a divorce and she promises to make them pay for deceiving her. She swears this while making a big mess by throwing everything on the desk onto the floor.

Candelaria tells Leo how wonderful it was to see him on TV.

It is a rule of novelas that good characters who are going to die get to say farewell to their loved ones whether they know that they are going to die or not. This leavetaking requirement is more powerful than the medical conditions that would seem to make it impossible. Aurora is supposed to be in the final stages of Alzheimers, an untreatable disease that destroys the brain. However, Aurora is looking good and has all her faculties. My favorite was in another novela, Velo de Novia, where the saintly Angeles was able to have a conversation and bid a tender farewell to her true love even though she had been declared brain dead after an accident.

Anyway, in a series of extremely repititive scenes that I will condense here, Father Anselmo,Clemente, Leo and Candelaria each go to see Aurora separately. She asks each of them to watch out for and take care of MA when she gone and thanks them for helping her family. They all say that they will take care of MA but that Aurora will be around for years. Finally, Aurora blesses MA and they talk about their plans for the future.

Clemente goes to see Joselyn to talk about her divorce from Gabriel but Joselyn says that she has never been a father to her and tells him to get out.

Gabriel thanks MA for coming to see Luisito on his name day. She goes on about how much she cares for the kid. She also tells Gabriel that if she comes to his apartment, it is only to see Luisito and no other reason. Gabriel says he understands.

All the cabbies congratulate and tease Leo about his success on television.

Demian tries to tell Tiberio not to see Karen. His reasons, that Karen is the daughter of his enemy are not convincing to Tiberio who points out that Karen is the daughter of Joselyn’s first marriage [of course that means that Tiberio and Karen are not related by blood at all]. Finally, Demian forbids it just because he says so and Tiberio says that he will obey, as he always does. When he leaves, Demian tells himself that he doesn’t care if Tiberio and Karen are cousins, he doesn’t want to incur Dolores’ wrath right now.

Dolores tries to talk to Karen but she won’t listen, calls her a killer and orders her to leave her house.

Paulina seems to have recovered from her emotion upon receiving JC’s gift. At their office, she gives it back to him and yells at him for sending her gifts when he is interested in Karen. JC denies being interested in Karen. Paulina starts to leave and JC grabs her and kisses her. She resists at first but, of course, surrenders to his embrace then slaps him for grabbing her without her permission.

Joselyn calls Luisito and tells him that she is coming to see him with a gift for his Santo. It will be a big surprise. He is pathetically excited and Joselyn rolls her eyes when the conversation ends.

Joselyn shows up at Gabriel’s apartment and makes nice with Luisito and gets herself invited to dinner. She gives the kid a fish tank and he is very excited. Joselyn tries to cozy up to Gabriel by saying how much she misses Luisito but Gabriel says that she isn’t capable of caring for a child until she gets help for her mental problems. Joselyn responds that she isn’t crazy.

Regina comes in to see JC who is playing with the key he tried to give Paulina. She tells him to fight for his love for Paulina. She didn’t fight and lost her love.

Diana tells Gabriel, Paulina, Pedro, Luisito and Joselyn that she is preggers. They are all happy and congratulate her except Pedro. Gabriel asks why Rogelio isn’t present for this happy occasion.

Rogelio is with Miriam. He asks her to help him see that the baby is not born. She agrees. Babies can get in the way.

After dinner, Joselyn suggests to Gabriel that since they were all happy together as a family, he should forget the divorce. Gabriel says that they will never be a family and with her gigantic necklace rattling away, Joselyn leaves in a huff.

Regina tells Demian that it is too bad that the hatred he has for his brother is making his son unhappy. Demian says that it is JC's fault for looking for love where he shouldn’t. Regina says that she will fight for JC to be happy against any and all and will even fight against Demian, if necessary.

Paulina is reading the newspaper when she sees a full page ad that says, ‘Paulina, you are not only the love of my life, you are my life, JC.’ She is happy.

MA meets Gabriel in the hall of the clinic. She tells him how happy she is that her mother is getting better etc. etc. They go for coffee. In stalks Joselyn in the world’s tightest nurse outfit.

From the previews for tomorrow, it looks like there will be no dawn for Aurora.

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