Caray, Caray!

Paula answers Moni with….another question, do you realize what you are asking me. She says yes, Pau wants to know why she’s asking her. She brushes it off as saying maybe the problems you are having have something to do with the loss of the baby. Pau is surprised she's asking her so calmly about this. She says she’s not calm. She’s mustering up the courage to continue the conversation. Moni says, please answer me. Are you and CL lovers?

Nid corners Juan in the hallway. She asks him if he’s really sure that Pau is reciprocating his love the same way he loves her. He doesn’t give what she says much weight. She continues that she thinks Juan is a good boy and Pau doesn’t deserve him. Enrique beeps below. Nid tells him she just wants him to think things over long and hard.

Kike is greeted outside by a running Yadi. She asks him what he’s up to and tells him to come in. He says he doesn’t want to make her boyfriend mad, so that’s ok, he won’t dream of going in. She says he’s not her bf. He comments that it didn’t look like that the other night when he was all over her. He asks if he’s not telling her the truth. She is a little huffy and Juan comes out so Kike leaves telling her to say hello to the boyfriend for him.

Pau, with a great opportunity to come clean and do right by the few remaining folks she hasn’t quite screwed over yet tells Moni no, they simply have a working relationship, and I think she says they don’t always see eye to eye, but they have to work closely together so they know eah other well and stuff and oh anyway, I’m not capable of messing with a married man. HA! Why did she even have to say that. Well, I guess if you are mounting a hill of dung, better to pile it on thick. Ok, you all were cursing her lately for her various faults, well, add lying to a woman while she’s down, despite her having been nothing but an angel to you. That really sucked. Pau is just a brat in my opinion right now. She has to redeem herself somehow in this show, no???? Moni continues on that she really just needed to hear this come out of Paula, and says she considers her a friend. Her great friend. She needs no enemies in this case I guess.

Speaking of this I read a joke today, which while the subject matter maybe isn’t that much of a laughing matter, the punchline is oddly poignant here. I will synthesize it for you in that basically a woman found out she had cancer and was going to pass on, so wanted to live it up while she could, and went out with her daughter. A group of Mom’s best women friends came upon her in the nightclub and wondered what she seemed to be celebrating. The lady broke the news that she was dying of AIDS and wanted to party while she was still able and not to be sad and invited the friends to join. After they left the daughter asked her Mom why she lied to them and said AIDS instead of the true cancer affliction, to which the Mom replied, “Honey, I don’t want those women sleeping with your father after I’m gone.”

Hmm. It’s bad enough when men do crappy things to women, let us women not do them to each other too!!!

Anyway…..

CL asks Chela where Moni is. Chela unwittingly busts Moni telling CL she couldn’t have gone to the Super because they went yesterday and bought tons of stuff and anyways she never goes alone. I always go with her. CL gets a light bulb that something is up and yes, he must have misunderstood what she said.

Nid and Mare have a little bedroom discussion. I missed this but I think it was about Juan.

Juan and Kike are arguing about the planned route, Juan wants him to go one way but Kike is not convinced and sort of doesn’t really want to listen to Juan’s idea, and he’s driving, so doesn’t have to. Kike doesn't really have faith in Juan's method for getting business.

Mar and Yadi now have a bedroom discussion. Mar wonders why Yadi’s with a guy she doesn’t love. She says she did it for Kike. Mar says love is what it is and you can’t force someone to love you. Mar tells her not to keep doing something she might regret later. Nid smiles approvingly while listening in outside the door.

Kike tells Juan about Pau, he thinks they are moving really fast. Juan tells Kike how it went when he told the Cachons of his relationship with Pau. Kike asks how it went over. Juan expresses their slight dismay and especially Nid’s question to him. Kike thinks that Nid maybe hasn’t pardoned Ana and the Davilas, after all remember Pau is Sam’s daughter so maybe that’s why. Juan says no it’s because they expected he’d marry Marely so they are a little bummed out. Kike says seriously well or you just have to wait til she’s over it. Juan gets nervous, then laughs. Juan tells Kike his boots have made many tracks, and he leads Kike into the market saying this one is the one, he’s got a good eye.

Yadi wishes she could be more like Marely, to just let things roll off her back even though she’s carrying around spikes (hurting) inside. Yadi notes that Mar was about to cry when Juan announced his relationship. Mar says what hurts is seeing him play the fool thinking Pau loves him. Yadi asks why she doesn’t tell him about Pau using him. M says he has to discover it himself. Yadi says meanwhile you are suffering for yourself and him. She declares she’s not suffering for him, now she wants to know nothing of Juan Dominquez. Nothing.

In the market Juan fast talks a merchant into hauling his produce for him. The merchant wants to know what he charges and he says whatever you usually pay, he’ll charge 10, no 15 % less. The merchant at first says he doesn’t know them, but Juan fixes that with an introduction. He says to himself that he didn’t really know what would happen with this guy, but he felt it was lucky. The guy agrees after Enrique puts in a little hardball, and they have a deal. The guy says he hopes Juan’s work is as good as his tounge!



Alirio is on the phone tell Guti he’ll see him soon. Nid comes in and freaks out at his outfit. He reminds her they are going to Gut’s ranch. She says no they are not, Yadi doesn’t want to see him again. Ali asks what happened, Yadi was all over Guti last night. Nid says that was only to make Kike jealous. Ali is impactado.

Kike seems to be doing all the hard labor, Juan razzes him for not keeping up. Kike says he can’t do any more, and Juan tells him to step up so they can return for a second load. He is a fast talker for sure even convinvcing Kike he did the math to figure out how long this will take.

Nid says he’s not the first guy to be duped by a woman. Ali pleads with her that nobody goes against Guti, not even his Mom. Ali begs her to convince Yadi to go or they will fall into the “Maldicion de la Blonda” (Curse of the Blond Lady) Stated to be the first telenovela, and starred Eric Del Castillo among others, the curse is of course, death.


Sacando la chuleta. Macho guy starts picking on Juan and Kike for interfering with their business at the market. Juan tries to blow them off that they are just working and leave them in peace.They are the regulars and they cut the cheese there and J & K are taking away business from them and they don’t like it. Insults fly, Macho guy tells Juan your widow has bad luck. Kike gets in the middle of it to try and stop a fight. Juan says the sun shines for everyone so go on with your day. I’m not moving from here. That was all that was needed for the fight to begin. Juan pops him and bloodies the guys lip.

Juan wants more, the guy asks Juan if he wants to be killed or deformed. Juan asks him on the sly what gym he goes to. He says, “your Mom’s.” Doh!! Juan head butts him, but then the guy knocks him over. Just then the police show up and pull the macho and his buds out of the market. The crowd cheers. Juan acts tough.

Moni returns home. CL grills her and drills her on her purchases from the super. She explains she bought pasta and so forth and he said just like they already have tons of, so where was she really and with whom?


Pau is pacing, Ana asks why and she rehashes. Ana asks if she told the truth to Moni. Pau is like, duh, Mom, no way, of course not. Ana wants to know why not.

CL wants to know why Moni lies. He doesn’t let up and uses more of his manipulating arguments to guilt her into fessing up and feeling bad. She says she was erasing a doubt and that’s all she wants say. She finally gives though and tells him she was with Pau.

Pau asks her Mom what she gains by telling Moni everything. Ana says peace in your conscience, and so on, that he was deceiving both of you and neither of you deserved it, you were going to tell her this just a short time ago and now she asks you directly and you don’t tell her? Ana says this lie now makes you an accomplice in the betrayal and you are protecting him. Pau, however, turns the tables and asks why Ana never told Nid she was Sam’s chick. She says because Sam told her not to, she says she would have wanted to. Pau says that’s how I was going with CL. Ana says but the difference is you are done with him, right? Right? Pau says yes, I have to be over him, I’m not indifferent yet, but I will get him out of my heart. She says doesn’t see the sense in telling that poor woman she doesn’t deserve this pain.

Cl says he feels very deceived. Moni backs down and says she recognizes her error and she apologizes as she is only human. He abuses this apology too and guilts her even more into how she could have done this to him. He smart alecs that he’s going to the Super. Ooooh I wanted to punch him!!!

Alirio breaks the news to Guti. Yadi woke up sick so they can’t go to his ranch. He doesn’t take it well and wants to go up and see how she is. Ali says you can’t go up to the second floor, Nid has a rule and wehave to respect that. Guti doesn’t believe Yadi is sick, just then Mare comes up and busts Ali’s lies. She tells Guti the truth that she just saw Yadi and she’s perfectly fine. G asks if she’ll tell her he’s here. She says yes, but you know, Yadi doesn’t like him and she’s not going to play these games along with Ali. Ali tries to fix everything but Guti is steamed!!!

Kike notes to Juan that if the police hadn’t arrived jus then that refrigerator would have made you a Pinto. (Blotchy like the horse) kike says he should go around picking fights. Juan downplays all that and tells him he was just being brave. Kike tells him the cemetery is full of brave souls. Juan says if he didn’t do that, that would have been the end of our business, that is called marking our territory. Juan makes that he took on much bigger types in Achichipico, and he tells a story about fight seven at one time.

The phone rings. Pau doesn’t want to answer it because it’s probably Juan bugging her to eat at Nid’s tonight or it’s CL, or even Moni, someone who will complain. Mom wants to answer and Pau says then do, but say I’m not here. Ana won’t lie.

Juan is frustrated because no one answers. Kike tells him they have to hurry and go. Juan asks himself if maybe Nid is right and Pau doesn’t love him like he wants.

Ali tells Nid she should have seen the way Gut left. She says I’m sure he was upset. He tells her he had Guti convinced until Mare ruined it. She tries to tell him not to talk to her about her daughters. Mare calmed her, because she is the only one that has spoken with any sense and maintained a level head around here. She says anyway, with yadi, if she doesn’t like the guy, you aren’t going to be able to convince her otherwise. Ali tells him Guti is a snake and has mob ties. She says well how great that you introduced him to us then.

Juan tells Kike that they got two more jobs from the guy and that they are going to get their bills paid in full. Kike takes off his sombrero to Juan and tells him he’s the greatest. Juan says this is just our first day, imagine when we have a whole fleet of trucks.

We flash to a pretentious well dressed Juan and Kike taking pity on a hungry CL saying maybe they could let him drive. Grateful for the charity, Cl accepts the meager position. Just then Pau shows up equally decked out and she’s with little Juanito. They say they will go out to an expensive restaurant to eat. He throws a few bills CL’s way on the way out, and CL praises his generosity. Kike says well, it costs nothing to dream. Juan wants to know why it has to only be a dream. Kike says well for starters you need a lot of money for that kind of an office, second CL will never act that way, and third, for you to marry Pau, well Juan cuts him off.

The doorbell rings at the Davilas. Ana asks Pau if now she’s not allowed to answer the door either. She worries it’s probably Juan because she never answered the phone. Whoops, it’s CL and there are three way impactado looks.

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