Caray, Caray!

We start on a big smooch between Alina and Emilio in the chapel. It seems unforced this time, with both parties participating. Likewise, when Emilio pulls back, telling Alina that “we shouldn’t” (given his secret promise to renounce her to save Angel’s life) and Alina’s feeling that “he’s married, they both simultaneously break from the embrace. Alina runs off, Emilio looks, well, the way he always looks when he’s supposed to be unhappy. Over to Soledad in the barn, wrapped in a blanket sitting on some bales of hay. The cold barn is not doing much for the bags under her eyes and Adela is no longer doing her hair. Adela rushes in to tell her that the Patron has left (for Mariana’s supposed wedding in Mexico City). Adela is in a big hurry because Sergio is on high alert. She tells Soledad that she wishes she could help her escape. She’s afraid that Soledad will go crazy being held captive here. Soledad smiles wanly and says “that’s what Alvaro would want!” She tells Adela that she’s going to let her in on something---she has found a secret exit to the barn! “I found my freedom!”

Over to Luba who is kicking it with her former student, the brujo. (male witch, warlock, whatever…) He asks her whether she’s thought through this curse on Thelma. Luba responds that if “that woman stays in Sierra Escondida, my son will die. There’s nothing to think about.” OK, says the brujo,” I will go get the necessary herbs for the incantation.” Orange flashback to Luba mixing some herbs in a mortar and pestle and telling somebody that their son will be safe, with this preparation. “The wisdom of my ancestors is in this one.” She spoons the green crap into a bottle. At that moment, the cacique rushes in and exclaims, “Luba, don’t fail me! You have to save my son!” Luba takes the bottle of green stuff and covers it with a cloth. She tells him to follow her instructions to the letter. Flash back to the present. The Brujo tells her that she can’t be part of the ritual. “Not even your saints must know you are doing this…or you will be without friends.” Luba looks wide eyed at him. “You mean the la Virgen de la Paz?” (The Virgin of Peace—that must be the picture of the Virgin she keeps a shrine to.) The Brujo says “She will understand. You are doing this for your son.” Luba still looks worried.

Don Loco is en route to San Mateo in his carriage with a driver and an armed man up front. He hallucinates that he sees Soledad escaping and yells at them to stop. He gets out, like the hallucination she is, she vanishes. Don Loco is perturbed and tells the men he has to go back to the hacienda.

Over at La Rinconada, in the kitchen, Jaime and Vera are having a discussion. Jaime is telling Vera that something is up with Thelma and her mortal hatred of Gaspar. He saw them talking together at the stable and heard them arranging to meet later. He wants to get to the bottom of this. Vera is skeptical and a little afraid of Jaime messing with Thelma. Jaime tells her not to worry, that he can take care of himself. Alina walks in, sad from having left Emilio for the umpteenth time with their passion unresolved. Both Jaime and Vera notice and ask what’s wrong. Vera suggests that Emilio has treated her badly again and Alina says “no.” Vera kicks Jaime out “This is a woman thing…” She sits Flor down and goes into the litany of stuff Emilio has done to her that we all know so well---“He was rude to you, he treated you badly, he made fun of you…” Alina shakes her head no. “We kissed.” Vera looks puzzled. Isn’t this a good thing?

Back to the Luba and the Brujo, whose name is Macario. Luba is explaining to him the depth of her feeling of hatred for Thelma. Macario warns her that she is dealing with darkness (tinieblas). She’ll have trouble sleeping at night, nightmares…etc. Luba insists she doesn’t care.”My son comes first. ..Everybody already thinks that I’m an evil witch, that I mistreated Flor. Well, now their ideas about me will come true.” Macario says, picking up a candle, “OK, then. Tonight under the light of the moon, the curse will be made on the Senora Thelma.” Luba whispers “Thelma….”

At la Rinconada, Nurse Susi is feeling Angel’s pulse and is ecstatic at the miracle that brought him back to life. Angel is sure it’s because his brother prayed for his life. He smiles broadly. There’s a knock at the door and it is Emilio himself. Emilio asks Angel how it is to be back in the land of the living. Angel says he has no words to express how happy he is. Emilio tells Angel that he awoke from the coma upon hearing the voice of Alina. “I guess that shows how much she means to you” says Emilio. “Are you still thinking about marrying her?” Emilio asks. Angel looks away, troubled.

In the kitchen, Vera is still talking to Alina. “ I knew it! Says Vera. Emilio loves you, not his wife.” Alina clucks back at her that they can’t be lovers—Emilio is married and on top of that, he’s about to have a child. Vera shakes her head and says. “Who knows if Thelma’s baby is his?” Alina scolds back that she shouldn’t say such things. Vera gets up from the table and walking away says “You can think what you want, but nobody will convince me that that woman is trustworthy.”

Don Loco, his bodyguard and his driver are still paused on the road. The bodyguard asks DL if he is sure that he wants to go back to the hacienda. After all, Sergio is guarding the Senora…” DL looks confused then he agrees. If he can’t trust his people (meaning Sergio) then he will go crazy. And he won’t let Soledad get the better of him…” Loco Loco Loco! He gets in, they drive on.
Thelma walks in on the Singing Aunt belting out one of her horrible vocal exercises. SA is busy packing Thelma’s suitcase as a surprise. She asks where Thelma went and Thelma responds that she went for a walk to calm her nerves. SA asks why she’s so overwrought already? she just woke up! Thelma says, “Guess who I’ve seen already?” SA looks puzzled. “None other than that idiot Gaspar!“ Says Thelma. SA says, “what’s the big deal? Lets get out of here and then we’ll never see him again!” Thelma replies “Where in the heck do you get the idea that we’re leaving?” SA says, “Well, Poor Angel must be dead by now…” Thelma gives her a nasty look. “Angel woke up from his coma, which means that we are going to have to stay in this cursed place.” SA is impactado and falls back whimpering on the couch.
How else do you think she would have reacted to being impactado?

Emilio and Angel are still deep in conversation. Emilio presses him on the issue on whether he wants to marry Alina. Angel asks him, “who are you worried about, yourself or us?” Just then Sexy Nurse , Susi who is wearing a white sweater set today, with the cardigan buttoned to the top but with the tank top underneath clearly visible and a pair of tight white pants interrupts. “It’s time for your pills, she tells Angel.” As she administers the meds, Emilio says he’s concerned about Angel’s future and that of Alina’s. Angel says he’s not prepared to give an answer at the moment. Emilio pours himself a glass of water. Emilio says he only wants to know if he is sure about how he feels about her. Angel says he can’t be sure of anything at the moment. (He was at deaths door in a freaking coma, Emilio! Cut him a little slack!) Emilio says, “well when you’re better, I’ll be waiting for your answer.” (Jerk Jerk Jerk. I thought you were weeping over this guy. Now you want to give him a heart attack from stress?) He leaves him “to rest.”

In Mexico City, Mariana wakes up from her coma. Dr. Love is there at that precise moment. She gets the sudden realization that she is completely paralyzed. She can’t even talk. Dr. Love tries to calm her by saying that she can’t move, she was gravely ill…she needs to calm and rest. Mariana begins to panic and gasp. The heart monitor goes crazy. Then it flatlines! We go to commercial. Maybe we can call this an “impactado for quadriplegics?”

Out of commercial. Dr. Love and his crack medical staff have gotten Mariana stabilized. Dr. Love is relieved. (Maybe he likes her better this way, unable to talk back or resist his charm?) He asks the nurse for a sedative so that she’ll sleep until morning.

At Malena and Mariana’s apartment, Malena is talking on the phone to a client of their seamstress business. She is apologizing for the lateness of a job and is telling the Senora that she’ll be right over with the dress. The dress is in fact, already in a cleaners bag and Malena hops out the door as soon as she puts the phone down. As she turns the corner, Arcadio walks up to the apartment building. He remembers the building but not the apartment where Mariana lives. Presumably he is there to deliver the bad news. A pizza guy goes into the building while Arcadio wanders around outside scratching his head.

Back at la Rinconada, Thelma has changed and SA is busy putting the clothes she was packing back in the closet. SA laments aloud that “who would have thought it…Angel rose from the dead…It’s like a miracle.” “It’s like a curse, says Thelma. Who would have thought that we were so close to leaving this horrible mountain…this cursed weakling (enclenque) had to save himself…!” SA says “I can’t believe you are giving up so easily, girl!” “What more can I do?” asks Thelma “Emilio won’t leave until Angel is better.” SA says that with Angel as sickly as he is, that will never happen. Thelma asks what time it is and SA tells her it’s noon. Thelma remarks that it is almost time to go meet Gaspar. SA blanches, afraid that Gaspar will hurt her, but Thelma says, more likely the other way around. After all, she has power over him, she’s carrying his child!

Luba is out gathering herbs and is deep in conversation with her “best friend,” the Virgen de la Paz. She’s telling her that she knows she’s doing evil but she’s begging her to understand. “if someone has to be punished. She says, punish me, but not my child. Not my Gaspar…” Suddenly, she catches sight of Gaspar, heading for meeting place. She throws down her herbs and sneaks behind him.

Gaspar goes into the casita where he and Thelma are supposed to meet. Gaspar says aloud that if Thelma doesn’t show up he’s going to, well, he shows how he would wring her neck. But then he remembers that he can’t do that—it would hurt his baby. Then he decides that what he will do is go back to the cave, wait for the baby to be born and THEN wring her neck…

Rosita and her mother in law to be (who looks young enough to be her sister) Carmen are chatting at Rosita and Braulio’s casita. Carmen is sweeping the floor. Rosita tells her she shouldn’t be working but Carmen says that Rosita is the one who should be off her feet.” It’s the first months of pregnancy that are the hardest.””Then again,” says Carmen “you must be about six months pregnant?” says Carmen. (Ah ha, Carmen is no fool—she’s guessing that the math isn’t quite right here). Rosita doesn’t answer directly. Then Doña Carmen says “Wow, Rosita, you took a real risk that Santos might not come back and your son would be without a father…you must have known that you were pregnant when he left, right?…” Rosita says, “Hey, let’s listen to some music! I love Rancheros, don’t you?” Carmen looks at her suspiciously.

Braulio with his giant hat and Santos are out walking by the river. They are talking about how somehow Carmen will have to be told the truth about Rosita’s baby. Just then, Don Max rides up in a fury. He says he was looking for Santos. He tells Braulio to beat it. Braulio, like the wuss he is, slinks off. Maximo tells Santos that he has until morning to get out of Sierra Escondida or he’ll find out why his name is “Maximo.” Santos says, nothing doing, he’s staying put right next to Rosita. And by the way, he’s going to marry her too. Max doesn’t like this and he fingers his holster. He does a “we’ll see about that” wheels his horse and leaves. Santos bites his lip.In her room at LR, Alina is touching her lips, remembering the big smooch with Emilio that opened this episode. She chides herself about feeling this way. She asks “WHY WHY did you kiss me Emilio?”
Emilio is in his room at LR, studying the heart charm that he gave to Alina, that he took from her when he thought she was Flor and had stolen it, that Thelma then stole from Emilio, that he ripped from Thelma’s neck and which now is back in Emilio’s possession… He hides the heart charm as Orlando walks in the door. Orlando tells him that the rest of the guys left for Puebla. Emilio says he’s been thinking about leaving for Puebla too. Orlando says he can take charge of the highway project if Emilio wants to go. Emilio says as soon as Angel is better, he’ll go. Orlando asks him if he’s trying to get away from something. Emilio says yes, “I’m trying to escape from Alina. I can’t be near her anymore. I can help you from Puebla, but I can’t be near her. I can’t control myself.” Orlando asks if something happened between them. “Yes, says Emilio, we kissed.” (Haven’t they kissed a million other times???? Or maybe he means that this time he didn’t have to force her to kiss him.)

Thelma has arrived at the casita where Gaspar awaits her. (Jaime has too, he’s hidden behind a tree trying to observe). Thelma comes in and Gaspar runs up to her to try to get a kiss. Thelma rebuffs him. She tells him that she doesn’t want to see him at the house again. “If we’re going to meet, let it be here.” Gaspar agrees. Gaspar makes a ridiculous kissy face and sticks his butt out trying to reach her to kiss her. Thelma closes her eyes and grimaces. Gaspar takes a sniff of his own armpit to see what may be causing her repulsion. He decides that it’s not him and he goes for it. Thelma pushes him away after he barely makes contact. Thelma says, “OK, that’s enough…time to go!” Gaspar begs her to stay. Thelma argues that somebody will see them and he’s going to get punished by Emilio. Poor Gaspar Blurts out that Emilio might punish him and his Mama by kicking them off the land. Thelma picks up on this fear of Gaspars and plays it up. Gaspar innocently tells her the story of how his Mama created a potion to save the Cacique’s son. But the son died anyway and people wanted to burn Luba for being a witch. (Everybody always needs the witch, for good luck, for money, to get laid, to curse their enemies, etc. but when stuff goes wrong, It’s always BURN THE WITCH. Typical…) “So…you’re telling me your mom killed somebody (a Christian…a non-indian person?) and that she’s a murderer? Gaspar protests that she’s twisting his words. He realizes he shouldn’t have opened his mouth. Thelma is extremely pleased. She even kisses him. She tells him not to worry. Hasn’t she been able to keep the secret of the his baby?

Meanwhile, Jaime is outside marveling at the meeting between Thelma and Gaspar. A short distance off, Luba is furious seeing her stupid son (hijo Zopenco) leaving from his tryst with Thelma. Gaspar walks out the door curling his biceps and smiling.

Emilio is still talking to Orlando. Emilio says he regrets the kiss, that he is dying inside, torn by his love for Alina on one hand and his responsibility to his kid on the other. Orlando says he has the answer to all his problems: forget Alina! Emilio accuses him of being interested in Alina himself. Orlando doesn’t dispute it but he points out that Emilio is married, even if unhappily, and he knows he is a man of his word. Emilio agrees that it wouldn’t be manly of him to abandon his child. Emilio says he’s made up his mind. Orlando asks, “To do what?” “I’m going to talk to my brother.” He hurries out of the room. Orlando gives one of those great Orlando expressions. First he smiles, thinking he’s won, then he looks puzzled “Did I win?” Then he looks concerned. “Maybe this is just headed somewhere else.”

Thelma is still at the Casita. She’s locking up. She hears someone coming in. Thinking it’s Gaspar, she says “I thought you left.” She turns around. It’s Luba. “Yes, Luba the witch” says Luba. “I’ve come to talk to the fairy of the Devil’s Cave.” (Gosh, isn’t that the greatest line ever??!)

Jaime is still outside leaning against a big tree trying to spy on the doings at the Casita. He’s totally confused that Thelma, Gaspar and now Luba should be meeting there. Rather than getting closer to try to listen, he just decides that the whole thing is just too weird and then runs away.

Rosita and Alina are out walking. Alina has told Rosita her Emilio troubles and Rosita is filling her in about the big lie they told Carmen. Rosita is sure that Carmen doesn’t believe them because she is always asking questions. (Yeah well most people would if Rosita told them she was six months pregnant. She looks about as pregnant as Thelma does.) Alina thinks honesty is the best policy. Rosita argues not when your supposed grandchild is actually your son’s half-brother. Does that make Rosita his step-something as well as his girlfriend? Ow, my head hurts. Thank goodness we know it was Castulo who raped Rosita and not Don Max, despite his supposed confession.

Luba is confronting Thelma in the Casita. She tells her how nice it is that Gaspar is still enjoying the attentions of his “fairy.” Thelma tries to deflect this charge but Luba is on the warpath. She tells Thelma not to mess with her. Gaspar, aside from being handsome and big is her SON. Although she’s sure that for trampy Thelma, Gaspar was just another notch in the bedpost. Thelma gets mad at this insult. Luba tells her not to lie. She saw what happened at the casita (Wait, is she talking about what she thought she saw at this casita, or at Castulo’s place or Jose’s old place where she and Castulo used to meet?) Luba wheedles her and smoothes Thelma’s hair. She says, “We witches know about evil.” When Thelma begins to protest again, Luba says, she knows what happened between her and Gaspar. Thelma says “You weren’t there.” And she begins to recount the story of what happened that night. Thelma says she was angry, jealous that Emilio was with another woman. She got drunk and she didn’t know what she was doing. Luba’s eyes widen. “So then it’s true!” Apparently even though Gaspar said it a million times now that she has confirmation, it’s a bit of a shock. Thelma starts screaming that the child she is carrying’s father is “that cursed son of yours.” Luba hauls off and slaps Thelma (Whack!) and says “Cursed be you!” (Maldita tu!) I think Luba is starting to have second thoughts about curses at the moment.

Back to tranquility. At la Rinconada, Nurse Susi is helping Angel get up and walk around. (This really is an amazing recovery if the guy was in a coma as of this morning and now he’s dressed and walking.) He has to sit down, he’s a bit dizzy. Susi tells him it’s normal because of all the time he spent in bed. Emilio comes in and tells Susi that he wants to talk to Angel alone. Susi leaves and Emilio sits down. Emilio tells him that he’s come to a decision regarding him and Alina. Angel tries to interrupt, saying he doesn’t want to talk about it yet. He’s not exactly in shape to ask her to marry him. Emilio says not to worry, that the best specialists will see him in Puebla. Emilio tells him that he’s realized that Alina isn’t for him. He’s got a life next to Thelma and a baby on the way. He can’t have Alina. And if Alina makes Angel happy, if she gives him a reason to fight his illness and live, well then…He’s going to give her up. This time, for good. Angel is weakly impactado into commercial.

Angel can’t quite believe what he’s hearing. “Before, you opposed my loving Alina…” Yes,” says Emilio, “but that was before.” “I thought you were just infatuated with her. Now I realize that you are really in love with her.” Emilio goes to put a blanket on Angel. Angel says “It’s true, I do love her. But I was very sick…” Emilio launches into his speech about how he’s going to get better, how he’s going to see the best specialists in Puebla, etc. Angel is still doubtful but clearly pleased by the idea. He says, if I get better, I would like to give Alina “all those things that others have taken away from her, her money, her position…and make her happy.” Emilio smiles and says,” I know you have what it takes to make her happy.” OK, that was a little creepy.

Luba and Thelma are still having it out in the Casita. Thelma is now shouting that yes, her child is Gaspar’s. She says that she bought his silence with a kiss. A kiss that still disgusts her when she thinks about it. And that’s the way it was in the Devil’s cave. She hadn’t been fully conscious of whose lips were on hers or she never would have consented. Luba interjects “How crude you are, that you don’t even know who is on top of you. You are not even fit to be called a woman.” Luba continues. “Don’t forget. I’m a witch. I’m going to finish you! Don’t mess with my son or you will pay..”etc. Thelma finds her footing and yells “Do what you want.” Luba says she will and launches into a curse right there and then. Then she asks Thelma. “Answer me this—What do you want with my Gaspar?”

Rosita and Alina are still out walking in the woods. Rosita is counseling divorce. What should happen is that Emilio should divorce Thelma marry Alina. He hates Thelma and loves Alina, end of story. Alina says, for the umpteenth time, “What about the baby?” Rosita points out that sooner or later, Emilio is going to leave Thelma, with or without the baby. Alina shakes her head. Rosita is tired of this whole circular discussion, just like we are. She has her own problems. She wants Alina to be happy, end of story.

Emilio is having his own interminable discussion with Angel right now. Why is he torturing his poor brother this way. I half expect him to collapse from the strain of saying the same stuff over and over again. Emilio says he doesn’t have any more hostility toward Alina. (That’s big of him.) He rehashes an old old complaint he had against Alina. Back when Emilio was in a coma instead of Angel, and Emilio ended up married to Thelma instead of Alina, Thelma told him that she paid Alina (then Flor) with a brooch to convince the priest to let Thelma marry him. (He still believes that crap?!) Angel is so disgusted by this admission by his brother that he starts coughing. He says that Alina would never do that. She did convince the priest to let Thelma marry Emilio because she was expecting his child. To give the kid a name. For no other reason. Cough Cough Cough! Emilio says that they won’t talk anymore about this. Angel insists that Emilio go to Alina and explain to her what he is doing and to ask forgiveness for the way he has treated her. Emilio looks rather grim at first then nods his head. He will do it. Angel is left musing that Emilio loved Alina but now it seems that he no longer does. He loves Alina but he knows that Alina still loves Emilio. Angel will do whatever it takes to win her love.

Thelma is responding to Luba’s question about what she wants with Gaspar. She wants nothing from Gaspar, except for his silence. “And what would happen if Emilio were to find out that the child you are carrying isn’t his? Asks Luba. “And what would happen if Alvaro Montellano found out that he is hiding a renegade murderer on his land who killed the son of a chief (a cacique).“ Luba doesn’t back down but she’s surprised that Thelma knows this. Thelma wastes no time in telling her that Gaspar told her the big secret. “If you tell Emilio, I’ll tell Don Loco and he’ll throw you off his lands. “ Luba launches into another “you better no mess with me…you don’t know what I’m capable of.” Thelma does the same. Luba says, “OK, Gaspar and I will keep quiet but don’t think you’ve won. I, Luba, curse you. You’re going to be sorry.” Thelma tells her to leave! Leave! Leave! Luba turns and slowly goes, giving her an evil eye. Thelma vows right then and there to kill Gaspar. But she’ll have to make it look like an accident, like Jose.

Luba walks into the woods, collapses on the ground crying about her poor grandchild and her poor son. She no longer cares what happens to her, she no longer cares if she gets burned to death by angry villagers. All she wants is for her grandchild to live and for Gaspar to hold him. She demands from her buddy the Virgen de la Paz, to know WHY WHY she has to keep quiet, even to poor Flor, who presumably would benefit from the information that Thelma’s baby ain’t Emilio’s. Finally, she begs the Virgen for help, to know what to do with Gaspar, to save her grandchild. Finally, it is nightfall in Sierra Escondida! As we all know, that’s when things really start to happen. (Of course we are at :52 so whatever they are, they will be happening mostly on Sylvia’s watch).

Jaime is the kitchen regaling Vera with the story of how he saw Gaspar meet with Thelma at the Casita. Not that he actually learned anything because he was standing a half mile away behind an enormous tree like the wuss that he is. But he did see Gaspar strolling out of the place with a big ole grin on his face. That’s enough to set him to thinking…Vera butts in “They’re LOVERS!” Jaime says NO no. He saw Luba go in next, after Gaspar. For sure, Thelma is cooking up something against Flor and she’s getting Luba and Gaspar to help her. (Oh yeah, that’s right, everybody thinks that Luba hates Flor and is mean to her, to keep up the pretense with Don Loco). Vera looks worried.

Emilio is wandering around his room, thinking about Angel’s words about him wanting to marry Alina to make her happy, to give her the things that were taken away from him. Then Emilio orange flashbacks the moment when he gave Alina the little Silver heart…he gave her his heart…yeah yeah we’ve seen it a thousand times already. The heart has already made its contractual appearance in this episode. He’s back in the present murmuring Alina, Alina. Suddenly he gets a constipated look on his face. I think it’s anger and frustration that he is supposed to be conveying. He yells “I have to forget her! I have to forget her!” What, he’s not even going to break furniture or anything?

Back in Mexico City, Dr. Love is visiting Malena. Malena is excusing herself for being late. She had to deliver a dress. She wants to know how Mariana is. Dr. Love tells her that Mariana is now a quadriplegic. Malena is quite impactado. One of the best I’ve seen in awhile, actually.
And we go zooming right back to the kitchen of La Rinconada. Vera and Jaime are still discussing the whole supposed Flor-Thelma-Luba plot. Vera says “One thing is for sure, that witch is bad.” At that very moment, Luba walks in and the two are struck dumb. Luba makes some crack about Jaime’s manhood (I think) and wants to know what they are staring at.


Back once again to Malena and Dr. Love. Malena wants to have a more complete medical explanation of quadriplegia, or at least that is what Dr. Love gives her. He tells her that nobody knows anything about how long she could be like this, how much damage is permanent, etc. Dr. Love suggests that they contact Mariana’s brother but Malena, who has all the good ideas, tells him No way. Alvaro doesn’t even know about Marianita. It’s better that he continue ignoring her.

Alina is looking out the window at the moon. She is remembering the conversation she had with Rosita earlier about being happy. She sighs. Yes folks that’s the signal for yet another orange flashback of a kiss. This time it’s the big beso near the Church right after Emilio promised to forget her to save his brother’s life. Or was he thanking God for saving his brother’s life after he promised…whatever. Back in the present, She sighs again and tells herself that she can’t forget his kisses.

Emilio himself is drinking Brandy with Orlando down in the great hall. Orlando wants to know what’s going on. Emilio fills him in that he’s given up Alina and left the field open to…Angel. Orlando is a little incredulous. “Angel??” he repeats. Orlando looks like he wants to bust out laughing.In the kitchen, Luba announces she wants to talk to Flor. Vera tries to put her off saying that she must already be asleep. Luba says she doesn’t care she must see her…and remember what she can do to men. (Maybe she has Viagra and anti-viagra?) Vera says she’ll take her to Flor. Luba gives Jaime a look as she goes.

Finally we get a scene with Soledad. She’s managed to escape yet again despite Sergio’s supposed best efforts to guard her. She’s sitting with Elias in his workers’ house. YES, Soledad wants to escape! Finally! Alvaro is out of town and there’s only Sergio to reckon with. Elias agrees, it’s time to grab Alina and get outta town!Luba is chatting with Alina in her spacious new quarters. Alina tells her that she’s worse off than she was before. Even with the nice room and new clothes, she suffers because she still loves Emilio but she can’t have him. She tells Luba about THE KISS near the church and how it was different from all the other kisses. (I suppose it was a more normal kiss, not like some of the kisses that have been well described on this blog). Luba says she knew it all along. Emilio pretended to hate you, because what he was really feeling was pure Love. Alina gives a wan smile.

Malena is wringing her hands over the fate of Mariana. Dr. Love is professing his Love for Mariana and saying he will never abandon her. Malena thanks him and there’s a knock at the door. Malena gets up to answer it. Yup, you guessed it. It’s Don Loco!!! He looks around the apartment at the stunned Malena and the surprised Dr. Love. “Where’s Mariana?” he asks.

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