Caray, Caray!

Gabe makes Rogelio quite a sweet little deal—he’ll help Rog out and return his shares—as long as he gives up the strip club business. The deal is tempting to Rogelio, although you can see his little thought bubble with free T & A on one side of the scale and shares in his boring day job on the other. A tough choice.

Leonardo guides JC into his treatment. Obviously Leo doesn’t work for an HMO since he only sees like 3 patients a day.

The big D and MacJoselyn (nice skin-hugging kilt) have a little back and forth (words and kisses) in the office. Demian pries himself free and tells her that she won’t manipulate him. The kiss was meaningless to him and, he says, to her.

Nicolas asks MA how work is going, she thanks him for some boring business books he loaned her and finally they get to the point of the damn scene…he asks about Gabriel and she continues the same song and dance that she doesn’t want to get between Gabe and his other son, who really needs him and that her son is fine just with her. Nicolas reminds her how happy she was when she met Clemente and that her son might benefit from having a relationship with his father as well (awwwww…..).

Rogelio goes to Joselyn’s office and tries to ask for help. When that doesn’t work he resorts to semi-blackmail (hey I know a lot about all your dirty deeds). She’s having none of it.

Love blooms between Cortito & Mayeya—he steals a kiss. Then as he’s dusting maniacally, he finds an envelope hidden under a drawer (Clemente’s will) and starts reading it. Mayeya tells him to re-hide it.

MA arrives home and hears Alex screaming his head off (which he’s really doing and seems kind of like illegal and icky in terms of child labor). She picks him up and he quiets right down.

Dolores & JC are at the office. She tells him he should have rested more at the hospital. He says he can’t or people will find out. She reiterates that Paulina & Regina would prefer to know the truth. He says no, they can’t know that he has leukemia. The long-lost Karen is at the door and hears the news. He asks her to keep it a secret…she promises and tells him to count on her for whatever he needs.

MA visits the novela priest and describes the feeling she has when she hears and holds Alex…He says it’s just because Alex is the same age as Luis David. Then he asks about Gabe…she admits that she still loves him but has decided to give him up.

Paulina visits JC, notices something’s not right, but believes his stupid excuse. He has his typical voice over that he loves her so much and doesn’t want her to suffer blah blah blah.

Rogelio is now whining at Tiberio about the deal that Gabe offered him. Apparently the free T & A won, because he asks Tiberio to just make it seem like he gave up the business. Miriam calls like a pesky bill collector and demands her money.

Gabe confronts D about Rog & Tib’s little strip club. D tells him to pipe down, they’re not kids and it’s a business. Gabe asks for D’s support to tell them to close it down. D refuses, saying that he’s not as morally inclined as Gabe. Enter Regina who, when hearing the situation agrees with Gabe, but realizes that since Tiberio isn’t her kid she can’t really stop him. Then D drops the J-E bomb (junta extraordinaria—emergency meeting) and explains his reasoning to Gabe who isn’t all too keen on the idea of merging the two companies. D tries to sweet talk him but Gabe’s jaw looks pretty locked.

MacJoselyn is in her office hitting the rewind button (over and over and over) on her and Demian’s kiss. She says to herself that Demain knows how to treat a passionate woman like herself.

Tiberio’s whining at Dolores that he saw her hugging JC. There is a therapist somewhere in Mexico City who could be making a lot of money on him. Later he’s trapped in the same room with JC and Paulina making out….ugh….but that could be three more billable sessions right there! Cha-ching!

Demian calls Joselyn into his office and they discuss Operation Unite and Conquer. If Gabe doesn’t go along with it, they’ll have to vote at the meeting. D’s not too worried, since he already has several votes including stupid Rogelio’s. Jos says, don’t trust that dummy. Then D wins the best line of the night award with, “I don’t trust anybody.”

Tiberio and Rogelio take their show on the road and are in Gabe’s office trying to convince him that Rog isn’t in the biz anymore. It works.

D invites MA out to dinner to discuss the benefits of the merge. She’s not into talking about business outside the office, but he persists.

MacJoselyn plays her part and goes to Gabe, telling him that she doesn’t trust D’s intentions in the merging of the companies.

Silvestre picks up a (finally) smiling Elsa from work at Otilia’s. They go out to a little restaurant and Silvestre tells her AGAIN that he loves her and wants her to be his girlfriend. She accepts, but with the condition that she might not love him. He’s psyched!

Miriam kicks Rogelio out of the house.

In the strangest anniversary dinner in the history of marriage, Regina and Gabe take Paulina and JC out to dinner and are joined by MA and Demian. Good times. Well no, actually awkward times. Later JC & Pau are kissing back at home and JC runs off…he’s forgotten something…oh, he’s forgotten the mariachis. How sweet.

Back at Gabe’s bachelorpad, Gabe’s feeling sorry for himself and remembering his artful seduction of the once innocent MA. Back at the big house, Mariangela is remembering the same scene and telling herself that it can only be a distant memory.

The next morning, Gabe arrives at the big house and he and Mariangela do their usual verbal sparring. He’s remembering the woman he once knew, she tells him that she doesn’t exist, he says I don’t believe you. He asks why she’s speaking so harshly. She answers that it’s weird that if a man speaks like that it’s a sign of strength but when a woman does it’s a defect. Anyway, she’s doing it for her son’s and her own survivial. He says, don’t worry, I’ll always protect you guys. Mariangela says pshaw, do you really think I’ll trust you again, after you broke my heart and betrayed me—I’ll never let that happen again. Then she says, see, you don’t really know me and what I’m capable of. He’s bemused—which is probably not the effect she was going for.

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