Caray, Caray!

"I'm struggling not to love a man who doesn't love me back - I'm trying to love you - because your love is sincere and disinterested... maybe someday I'll succeed." He says they should enjoy the moment. He kisses her hand.

At the Padilla house asks if they've spoiled the baby enough. [He's referring to Tomas who is chowing down like it's going out of style!] Tomas jokes that troubles are alleviated by bread. Julieta asks Tomas when Lety will be home. He thinks that Lety will return at about 10pm or 11pm. Right then the phone rings. Erasmo answers. Aldo explains that Lety is with him and they've had a problem with the contract. El senor Lauro "Orchard" had an unforeseen event and now they have to meet tomorrow morning. Aldo says that Lety and he can return to the D.F. but they won't get back until the middle of the night and then they'll have to get up really early to make the meeting. (This logic never worked with my mom but okay, Aldo, give it a try.) Julieta thinks this will be dangerous. Aldo continues and tells Erasmo that he thinks that he and Lety should stay the night and then come home in the morning. Tomas, who is listening to the conversation, thinks this is a good idea. Erasmo tells Tomas to sit and eat. Erasmo says it's okay for the two to stay where they are, but Aldo must remember to take care of Erasmo's daughter. Aldo reassures Erasmo and at the same time shakes his head at Lety to tell her that they have Erasmo's permission. Lety is speechless. Back at home, Erasmo announces that Aldo inspires Erasmo's confidence.

Omar, who does not seem to grasp that his friend is desperate, smugly tells Fernando that Aldo and Lety are still in the car and they have not moved. Anyone else notice that the car doesn't have a license plate? Entonces, Fernando asks how long they've been the car, are the windows steamed up??? Omar says no. He notices that the lights have come on. He assures Fernando that the couple must be returning to Mexico. Omar drops the phone, but never hangs up, and drives after the Focus.

In New York Fernando tells Crazy Carla that she's very intelligent and that her company is very pleasant. Crazy Carla smiles and goes back to texting someone from her cell phone.

We return to the Padilla house! Tomas thinks that Erasmo made a good decision. Erasmo sarcastically thanks him. Julieta thinks that it's a good thing that Erasmo finally has confidence in one of Lety's friends. Erasmo replies that he can't explain it, but he likes Aldo. After he says this, Erasmo stares off into the ceiling of the home. Julieta asks if he feels okay. Yes, he was thinking that Aldo is a lot like Erasmo, himself. He's sensible, prudent, formal, reliable - a man that recognizes the value of family. Tomas and Julieta effusively agree. Julieta makes one joke that Erasmo's blue eyes are just like Aldo's. Erasmo, of course, doesn't laugh, and brings it back to the fact that Aldo is a gentleman. Tomas continues with the joke, making fun of the way Aldo sits. Tomas's imitation makes Julieta realize that the reason Tomas died his hair was to look like Aldo. Tomas weakly denies this. Julieta thinks that the whole world wants to be like Aldo. (Yuck!)

Still in the hospital, Crazy Carla asks Fernando if he's in love with his boss. Yes, Fernando replies. He tries to explain that Lety was his assistant first and then his boss. Crazy Carla thinks that she must be very attractive and sensual. Yes, very sensual! Fernando replies. He explains that he did something bad and it really hurt Lety. Crazy Carla replies that out of revenge Lety went to San Miguel with Adam. Aldo, Fernando corrects her. [saying the last name correctly, for once.] Fernando tries to explain Aldo to Crazy Carla but can only come up with "He's an idiot." Crazy Carla asks if this means that Lety is not in love with Aldo. Fernando calls Crazy Carla intelligent. Crazy Carla explains that if she were Lety and she loved Aldo then she would spend the night with Aldo in San Miguel. (Tricky, tricky, Crazy Carla) Fernando replies that Lety is not capable of that. He feels that Lety loves him. At that moment Omar calls and informs Fernando that Aldo and Lety are staying in San Miguel, together. Fernando looks sick and stupefied.

In San Miguel, the Focus pulls up to the local resort. Omar also gets the spot seemingly reserved for all Conceptos' employees, right in front of the door. He tells Fernando that he's watching the couple. In one of Univision's spectacular cuts, we don't get to hear anything more from Omar, but from Fernando's response Omar must have told Fernando that they've arrived at an hotel.

Lety cannot explain it, but whenever she's with Aldo she always ends up in some marvelous place. Aldo replies that he hopes they can pass the night together. They go to the desk to get two cabins. Aldo gives Lety the key to the "house of the sun." The reception lady suggest that the pair dine in one of the cabins. Aldo asks if the cabins have chimneys; the lady says yes. This inspires Aldo to ask Lety to dine with him. She accepts. Aldo pays and off they go to their cabins! Omar approaches the desk and asks the reception lady if the couple plan on lodging at this location. She affirms. He tells Fernando to wait a moment, and then sneaks from the desk. In New York, Fernando wants to know what's happening.

Omar pretends that he's in Titanic and steams up the windows of a buggy. He watches Lety and Aldo enter a cabin together. He tells Fernando that the best thing to is to forget about Lety forever. Somehow, six foot Fernando curls himself into a two foot ball and whisper/screams into his phone. "Why! What's happening fool!" Omar's reply doesn't inspire confidence. "All women are the same." Fernando threatens Omar and demands he tell the truth. Omar reluctantly tells Fernando that Lety and Aldo are in the same cabin. This time, Fernando really does look like he's going to get sick.

Fernando drops his phone. He softly tells Crazy Carla that it was nice to meet her and good night. She stands up to detain him and asks what happened. "Something catastrophic." He replies. Fernando takes his leave of her and apologizes to one of the men in the waiting room. Crazy Carla makes a phone call to her ex-husband, Octavio, to tell him that she has met a very interesting man. He's handsome, intelligent, funny. (She missed "and crazier than me!") The problem is there are faults; a perfect man does not exist. She explains that Fernando's in love with a beautiful woman and that he's a little unstable. She's sure that she can cure him and make him all her own. (Oh boy, good luck, Crazy Carla).

Aldo comes in and says that the sky is beautiful. Lety sits near the fireplace in a seductive pose, in a not so seductive dress. Aldo thinks she looks beautiful. She says that they're celebrating the day. Aldo likes this! He decides to toast. Aldo notices that Lety is tense. She agrees and goes for a grape. She attempts to feed it to Aldo, but it falls into his wine. She leaves for another. She drops this one in her wine. Aldo likes to see Lety like this, so tranquil. They're drinking their wine when the dinner arrives. Aldo asks for a favor, but we cannot hear what. He returns to Lety. They drinks their wine, which is strangely grapeless.

Omar continues to watch the couple. The waiter steps in front of Omar's binoculars’ and asks Omar if the waiter may help Omar with anything. Omar doesn't mess around. He wants to know what's going on in the cabin. The waiter asks for Omar's identity. At first he says that he's Lety's boyfriend, but after the waiter reacts, he changes it to he's Lety's brother. He's guarding her honor. He asks the waiter if the couple are clothed. Of course, the waiter replies. Omar asks if they're by the bed. The waiter replies that these are private things and that Omar should not involve himself in them. Omar leaves for another location and is frightened by an owl.

Fernando wanders around New York, asking himself why he's there. He's surrounded by so many people and feels so alone. He knows that the worst thing is that all of this is his fault. Aldo appears, and Fernando sends Lety directly to Aldo's arms. Now Lety is in a hotel with Aldo when the only hotel she has been in with a man was with him. He stands alone in central park, crying.

Omar is also alone, but in a very different element. He falls from his perch and gives a very manly scream. He gets back up and can see shadows through the curtains. The phone rings; it's Fernando who wants to know what's going on in the cabin. Omar says there is fire. Omar gives a romance novel worthy description of the scene.

Back in the cabin Aldo feeds a burned marshmallow to Lety. She talks about liking the music. Aldo asks Lety to dance, but she protests that she does not know how. Because no obviously means yes (as Julie mentioned) they dance anyway. Lety steps on Aldo's feet several times. She breaks into her Fea dance. He follows her lead. They decide to try dancing together again. All of a sudden, they dance together like they've been doing it for years. They spin and Lety moves in for the kiss.

Fernando is still in New York talking to Omar. He demands that Omar stay in San Miguel all night if he has to! Fernando wants to know everything that happens, even if Lety makes love to Aldo. Omar didn't hear him, so Fernando wanders around Time Square and repeats himself. He repeats his catch phrase. "Only God knows how much I love you." To this he adds, "Only God knows the pain it will cause if she and Aldo fall in love like I love her."

Back in the cabin Aldo and Lety are still "this close." AT the last moment, Lety pulls away. Aldo doesn't understand why Lety doesn't desire him. She explains that she does, but that she cannot betray herself or her feelings.

Fernando wanders around New York some more. He cries, and sees Lety in the one of the advertisements on the street. He thinks to himself that he wants to dream about Lety forever. Crazy Carla, somehow hunts Fernando down in Manhattan. [Her ankle/knee must be healed] They hug. He tells Crazy Carla that he cannot handle this. Crazy Carla tries to console him, and leads him away by the hand.

Lety explains that she doesn't think they should not pass the night together. Aldo says that he would have to stop being himself to not want her. Lety says they've never been a place so favorable to love. Aldo leans in to kiss her. She tells him that she cannot because they tore out her heart. Aldo catches on that Lety said "they" and not "he" meaning Fernando. Lety briefly tells the story of Miguel and the bet. Aldo says that when there is love, the limits between the body and the heart disappear. The two become one. Lety says she lived this, with Fernando. She only wanted to make him happy. "And this made you happy." Aldo responds. When she found out that she was betrayed she wished that the nights that they made love would disappear. Her pleasure turned into embarrassment, pain and anger at uniting her body with that of a traitor. She cannot avoid it. When she thinks about making love, she thinks she's going to suffer. He says that he understands, this happened to him as well.

In Fernando's hotel, he and Crazy Carla sit and talk. She says that the same thing has happened to her, and she has the perfect formula to forget ungrateful love. Fernando assures that he's done everything to forget about Lety. She asks him what he's really done to forget about Lety. He doesn't want to tell because it's embarrassing. She wants to hear it anyway. He explains that he almost became an alcoholic. He takes a long drink of wine and then pulls himself back to explain that he's not an alcoholic now. He's very moderate with his drinking. He remembers when he went to the bar to have the men to beat the memory of her out of him. She changed his life. Before, he had many women and seduced them all. She says that he looks like a womanizer. He interrupts and asks if she's read Casanova's memoirs. She does not know how much he suffered. He was a pupil of Fernando and Omar. Fernando says that once he made love for the first time with Lety, it all changed. Carla asks if he had another girlfriend when he was with Lety. Ay, Marcia. Oh, she's still his girlfriend! Carla shakes her head in disgust. He replies that since he made love with Lety he has not been able to touch Marcia.

Aldo tells Lety a story and we come in the middle. He says that he knew that she suffered a lot. He loved to sail, prepare delicacies on the beach, kiss her without needing more. When she died in the accident, and he found out she was his best friend's lover it was like a blow. She lived unsatisfied with Aldo. He felt so culpable. He wanted his role to reverse with that of his wife. He wanted to be in the tomb so that she could live. Her death made him realize that everything he loves, has to die. But this wasn't the biggest pain of his life. That was when his mother died. He lost direction in his life. Lety says she's never lived through such pain. Aldo replies that it got to the point where he thought that death would always snatch away love.

In honor of Saint Patrick's, an Irish saying:

There are many good reasons for drinking,
One has just entered my head.
If a man doesn't drink when he's living,
How in the hell can he drink when he's dead?

~Anonymous

Have a great holiday everyone and please be safe!

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