Caray, Caray!

Rod tries to let Erika down gently. He lets Erika know that although he still is in love with Gavi he certainly never wanted to deceive her (yeah, just to diddle her not addle her) and he certainly never tried to use her (but now he wants to disabuse her and to lose her). Erika says she knew getting involved with him was a lost cause from the start, since she knew already he was never going to stop loving Gaviota. She just couldn't stop herself and now she's failed him.

For Rod, he says she was not a failure. Erika is a wonderful psychologist and a beautiful and enticing woman and they shared some pretty marvellous moments together (Ow! Even if it was true, Rod. Sheesh.) She freed him of his jealous obsession and helped him out of the chaos his life had fallen into. She's shown him that it wasn't a sexual hang-up or a psychological problem, just one seriously big bad bite from the love bug. After seeing Gaviota last night at the restaurant he knew he could never forget her. He tells Erika that he is so sorry he's hurt her over this.

They cannot part without one final hug and they share a strong brotherly-sisterly hug and cheek smooch. "Hasta pronto" (See ya later).....er...."Hasta siempre," (Farewell!)

Now Erika shares another "Aha!" moment and like the good Girl Scout deep down that she really is, asks Rod why doesn't he go look for Gavi. "--What? Go chasing after her?" "--You just can't let her leave like that!" "--If there's one thing you taught me it was that I should not chase after her and try to force her into anything. She'll have to make the decision to come back to me by herself." Erika warns Rod this is a very risky move and he agrees, but it's a risk he'll have to take. He kisses her hand and leaves her to her tears without even a mention of giving him back that Tequila manufacturer's award that really belongs to Gavi.
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Across town at the CRT Department of Public Relations:

Alonso informs Nancy that they all three now have something to celebrate. She will be the new Assistant Director of P.R. at the CRT in Mexico City when he and Gavi leave for London and they invite her over to Gavi's apartment for a dinner cooked by Santoveñia himself to celebrate all this good news. The promotion makes Nancy happy for all of about a minute then she remembers the big change it means for all of them. She says thanks, but she's feeling too depressed to celebrate with them and goes off in another tearful funk-fest. Gavi tells Alonso she's going to miss Nancy a lot when she leaves.
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At the family's quarterly stockholders' meeting, Bruno and Grammy P. wish Aaron and Rod the best of luck in their decision as businessmen to become independent entrepreneurs. Rod and Aaron present the details of the past year up through the moment Rod handed over the business formally to Aaron, and Bruno congratulates him on the magnificent job he's done running the company in Aaron's absence. He informs them all that as Aaron has bought out the others in the corporation, Aaron is now the sole owner and director of Montalvo Corp, whereas now Rod has begun his own tequila enterprise.

Aaron announces afterward that he and Minnie are expecting again and in five months there will be a little Aaron for them to all love. Minnie starts to grandstand and say that although some in the family are unhappy with this, Isa's doing was not her fault, but Bruno stops her short. Aaron laughs that this baby will be a natural-born son and will carry the Montalvo genes so, in poor taste, he offers a champagne toast to "the call of the blood" (the sixth sense of being drawn to a person that is an unknown blood relative) but as this is a direct insult to Rod's being so clueless about Ricky, he, Dani and Sofia refuse to join in.
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Meanwhile, Gavi calls Margarita to ask Nestor Videgaray to call her regarding their decision about "Los Mirasoles" when he's free after the meeting and she apologizes if she got her good bud in trouble. Margarita says Rod was pretty decent about it all, and although she ended up admitting to him that she was the one who gave Gavi the name and address of the restaurant, he didn't seem too upset over it. He's even taking her with him to the new company as his personal secretary.

Gavi deflates with this bit of news and tells herself that if Rod didn't seem upset with Margarita telling Gavi where to find him the night before, it had to be because she doesn't matter to him anymore; and he must be enjoying himself way too much with the erotic Erika.

In his office Rod tells Dani it's strange how Gavi seems to know every little detail about his personal and professional life and is wondering how she does it. (Ok, ok. Here we get a long shot of Dani in the cutest gray suede vest and black mini-skirt, but even the hubster had to ask who was tokin' on the wacky weed this time in costuming. What in the world were they thinking when they recycled that black gauze bustle debacle and decided to put a see-through, midi-style overskirt on her with it?) Dani is encouraged and excitedly asks if this means he's talked to her recently or seen her. He says yep, and it wasn't exactly a pleasant experience, either. So Dani wants all the juicy details and Rod dishes her the dirt.

In the meantime Gavi speaks to Nestor and asks his help in donating the hacienda to some charitable cause. She explains that she and Clarita are plain tired of it all, that Aaron was in her office at the CRT earlier insulting her mother and threatening to challenge Amador's will, so they just want shed of it.
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In his office Rod is explaining to Dani that he figures if Gavi is convinced that her future is in London with Alonso he will not oppose her decision to leave. Dani scolds him for being so darned stubborn and just allowing her to leave like this. She asks him if it's because he's still raving about his psychologist, especially after spending the night with her in her apartment. He says sure he spent the night there, but it wasn't the way she thinks. He cannot deny she was an exciting prospect and that he felt something with her he'd only ever felt with Gaviota, but he knows that it was an attraction but nothing to do with love.

"So, you're still in love with Gavi and as far as she's concerned you're still the only man in her life!" "--Hah! It's apparently clear what she wants in her future. Anyway, she got tired of my immaturity and my jealousies. I understand. It's okay. She knows what she wants, on the other hand, my life is full of problems and complications."

Dani interjects here that whether Rod believes it or not, this separation has been extremely painful for Gavi. She makes him realize that Gavi has always cared enough to want to be kept up to date and in the know about the things going on in his life. "Her leaving for London depends on you. There's still time. She hasn't (as far as she knows) given her response to the CRT about leaving yet." He balks. "Rodrigo, what's the matter? Are you waiting for her to get down on her knees to you, or what?"

Rod explains that if Gavi wants to go with Santoveñia he won't stop her. On the other hand, it'll have to be her decision. If she's really in love with him and she feels their love is worth the effort then she will decide to stay without anyone having to force her.

Videgaray comes in then and informs Rod about Gavi's call and their decision to donate the hacienda for a charitable cause. He explains that it's due to the problem she's been having with Aaron and his threat that morning to challenge the will and sue her and her mother.
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In their presidential suite downtown, Frankie is speaking with Montesinos, trying to sweeten the pot again in order to persuade the attorney to at least get a hefty monthly support payment for Isa and the baby (and him) while they wait to win their judgment from the courts.

Ricky won't stop crying for some reason while Frankie is on the phone and Isa tells him afterward that it's because he misses his home and probably Rod, too. Frankie gets jealous when he hears this and says he's the kid's daddy, not that jerk, Rod. So she tells him to act like it and puts the crying kid into his arms while she takes a well deserved break. --Yeah, it's been a real pain being without Enriqueta to cover as nanny, maid and cook these last couple of days and it seems that gradually the glamorous life is making it's way to the exit for Ricky's mama.
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Over at Montalvo Corp., Rod races back into the meeting room to raise holy Hell with Aaron for threatening Gavi and insulting her mother. He makes a grab for Aaron, but Bruno manages to stop him. To Aaron: "Why don't you repeat for the whole family what you told Mariana Franco and how you are threatening to contest the will!!" Pilar wants an explanation immediately if not quicker.

No phones are handy and Aaron makes for the nearest thing and pens and pencils go flying. Aaron screams at her and the others in his petty privileged pique that he only told them to give back what doesn't rightly belong to them, not being Montalvos. "That's it. That was all!" Rod is enraged even further, "No that's not all! You told them you were challenging the will because mistresses don't have rights!"

Rod looks menacingly around at them all. "If you want to be left in peace then you'd better not get into it with Gaviota!" To Aaron: "She'd rather hand the hacienda over to charity before giving it back to you. Don't you mess with her, because I'll break. your. neck!" He storms out and slams the door. Pilar finally manages to emote in this scene and it looks like she's telling Amador she's ready for "the big one."
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Back in her office Gavi tells Nancy that she doesn't want to take anything with her to London that will remind her of Rod, so she asks her to hang onto the seagull painting for her. Nancy cannot believe it but Gavi says she's going to have to learn to live without Rodrigo Montalvo.

Pilar calls up Clarita and tells her on behalf of the entire Montalvo family and herself she must apologize for the rude way that Aaron treated Gavi and her recently over Los Mirasoles. She asks her again to think about keeping it. Clarita accepts her apologies, says she has no problems with the Montalvos, but at times cannot believe Aaron is actually her grandson. At any rate, she has decided to donate Los Mirasoles in a cause that Amador, QEPD, would feel very satisfied to know, since it will be for (supposedly single/abused) women in the area who work the land, and for their children.
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Rod asks Padre Cosme to submit the paperwork to Videgaray for the annulment of his marriage and to hand it over to Videgaray when they discuss the transfer of the hacienda. Nestor comes in then and they agree to meet with Isa's lawyer the next day at noon, a couple of hours before his flight to Los Cabos.

Pilar, Dani and Sofia come in and ask for a chat. They ask Rod to go after Gavi and to speak with her since his future love life is in the balance. Sofia apologizes and says she was naive to fall under the influence of the likes of Isa and the others in plotting to keep Gavi and him apart. She explains they understand she's going to relocate to London for business reasons, and that he's thinking to just let her go, but she thinks it would be sad to let a love like theirs end this way. She's feeling guilty for her part in separating the two of them.

Rod asks if she's only saying this to clear her guilty conscience but Sofia insists she's come to recognize what a great person Gaviota is, especially since in spite of everything she's still in love with him. Pilar adds then that to gamble with his love life like this for whatever reason, would appear to show Mariana how little she matters to him. So, he really should reconsider.
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That night up in Gavi's apartment Alonso plays chef for Clarita and Gavi (shades of Benvenuto). Clarita has whispered something to her that makes her realize Rod knows she's being transferred to London but apparently doesn't care enough to want to talk her out of it.

Rod has stayed late in his office lost in thought supposedly about his next step with Gavi. He pours himself a shot of Ardent Passion thinking to drink himself into blue funked oblivion again, but decides against it and leaves with something in mind.
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Minnie and Aaron are back in the penthouse when Minnie gives him her ultimatum: stop with the affairs or she leaves and he loses his son forever. Aaron heels.
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Up in their apartment Clarita has gone to bed. Alonso excitedly insists that Gavi and he will get on great together in London and he will show her how to love it. He promises to make her dark days and memories of the place disappear and swears the whole city will be at her feet. There will be no more 18 hour workdays.

Yeah, all that wine at dinner and the tequila chasers afterward have really loosened the old stuffed shirt. Alonso gets so carried away he tells her he's certain that after a few days she'll learn to love it and him and then makes the mistake of kissing her on the lips. RUh-roh, Alonso. Big no-no. Bad boy! Bad boy knows he made big boo-boo. Gavi suddenly looks confused and a bit surprised and she is definitely not responding the way poor Alonso had imagined it and he is big-time embarrassed impactado.

Alonso for once is speechless. He recovers and says it's his fault and it was all because of a bad misunderstanding on his part.

Meanwhile Rod pulls up outside with a huge beautiful bouquet of roses. He gets out of his car and as he walks towards the building's entrance he sees Alonso's truck. Rod immediately thinks the worst since the lights appear to be off. "Dammit all! I am such an idiot!" It seems Erika should've refunded Rod the big bucks she charged him for that lost weekend in Cuernavaca, cuz now Rod is as full of rage and jealous as ever and he takes the roses and beats them to pieces against Alonso's truck. Then he throws what's left of the mess on the ground near the driver's side door and drives off in a huff; but I suppose we should be glad that at least he's made enough progress under Erika's short-term care that he didn't stick around to try to make minced-meat of Alonso, too.

Upstairs disillusioned Dr. Dud wants seriously to find a hole and pull it in after him. He says it was his problem that he'd hoped Gavi was over Rod and that they might start over as a couple in London. Finally Gavi realizes she must save herself from a man whose life and lifestyle are as dreary and depressing as London's famous fog, cuz even though England may swing like a pendulum do, it's painfully obvious that the Doctor of Dullsville does not. So, Gavi finally spells it all out for him and says she ought to have been clear with him from the beginning. When she accepted the transfer to London with him she didn't mean that she would necessarily forget about Rodrigo.

She gives him the Big Boy Brush Off. "Doctor, any woman would be proud to be at the side of a man so honest and upright, so intelligent and respectful and so polite." (Wooh! This is brutal. Notice not a word about being handsome or sexy or charming. --Sorry, dude.) Her heart though is promised to another and it prevents her from loving anyone else. So, knowing how uncomfortable it could be, if he'd rather, she is offering to refuse the transfer and the new position.

Alonso assures her that dating him was not a condition for getting the job. They made a good team professionally and that would be unfair to her. He swallows his battered pride. "I understand. I'm sorry." He asks her to forgive him and says good night. Outside, next to his truck, he sees the destroyed bouquet of roses that Rod left like a dog having marked his territory, and he realizes then that he'd never be able to shake Rodrigo Montalvo off the scent.

Upstairs, Clarita and Gavi share a bit of "I told you so and so now what?"
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After a full day of being stuck in the hotel room with a crying and screaming child, Isa finally gets Ricky to sleep. Frankie tries to seduce Isa with a massage, but Ricky immediately starts crying again. Since the baby comes first the moment is lost. The great de la Vega, being a one-trick pony is programmed for only one thing and Frankie comes to the realization that it ain't being Family Man.
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It's a Tequila sunrise. Gavi is leaving for a short day at work and Avellaneda has given her the next couple of days to get her personal life in order and to get ready for the big move. Padre Cosme arrives for his meeting there with Nestor to settle the transfer of the hacienda. She leaves and he thanks Clarita and tells her that God will reward her generosity. Vidagaray arrives then and when Clarita goes for her purse, Padre Cosme hands over the papers for Rod's marriage annulment. He tells Nestor that considering Rod's situation, the Church should only take a few days to grant it. Clarita overhears the two of them and she smiles to herself.

Isa tells Montesinos that she will not accept Rod's conditions and since he was the one wanting this separation for long time now she does not agree that it will slow down the legal proceedings.

Montesino leaves. Frankie shows up and asks what they discussed. Isa explains that Rod wants to talk to her father as part of the conditions for a divorce. She figures he'll have to give in on the demand to retain paternity and to get custody. Frankie changes the subject and says he's broken off with his "parents" and won't lower himself to ask for any help from them. However, he says he's got an appointment with the guy who heads the top car company in the country. He promises to do right by her and the baby.

In Avellaneda's office Alonso thanks him for transferring him to Madrid instead of to London and keeping Olivarria in London as the delegate. Alonso apologizes for the last minute request, but is certain Mariana will be more comfortable this way. He leaves and Avellaneda shakes his head at the sacrifices love causes people to make. (Literally, "Love plays havoc with those who suffer from it.")

Rod talks to James about the transfer of Los Mirasoles and tells him that he's leaving on the 2:00 flight to Los Cabos. He's worried about the outbreak of erguina but James assures him that that was taken care of and has been cleared up. James wonders if he's leaving without at least talking to Gavi first. Rod explains he tried to speak to her but failed since Santoveñia got there first and she took him up to the apartment. He figures its obvious her life is set in stone now. It is just too difficult for him to talk about it. Rod says good-bye and hangs up. Just then Roman rushes in with the news that they've discovered another outbreak of the infestation. He and James race out to take care of it.
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Alonso informs Gavi that he asked to be transferred to Madrid instead, since after what happened the night before it would be very uncomfortable for the two of them together in London. It's a done deal and he leaves in a couple of hours. He's sent Olivarria an e-mail telling him what a great addition she'll be for him. He says not to worry about him; he is certain that he'll get over it soon enough. He leaves and for once Gavi is the one who is left speechless.