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Missing Recap 36: Lety gets a phone call FROM A BOY!!
Marcia once again wants Lety's head and complains about her helping him to hide Fatima. He says he can't fire Lety and she says can't or don't want to? At first he replies that he doesn't want to, then he changes it to can't. She's pissed as he tells her Lety's fundamental to the job and they go back and forth for a while. Finally she says I don't care what you say, I want a head! If you can't fire Fatima, you have to fire Lety.

The next day Lety is telling her parents about the upcoming commercial preview and launch party. Tomas comes over and eats her breakfast and she takes him to her room to chat. Tomas asks her for a favor and wants her to call him on his cell phone from now on. It's a dumb conversation having nothing to add to the general storyline, so I ignore the rest of it. Lety leaves.

At Conceptos, we're still getting Garnier commercials as Luigi holds up a basket of red apples and admires the ad he did for the Nutrisse red hair color. He and Irma discuss it, bleh! How they're able to do those conversations with straight faces is beyond me, but I guess that's why they're the actors and not me. Anyway, Fernando comes in and wants Luigi to fire Fatima, but naturally Luigi refuses. They discuss much with Fern telling him Fatima is sick and might cause a scandal during the launch, but Luigi replies that if Fatima is ill it's Fernando's fault for seducing her in the first place. In the hallway they're still arguing about it when Jazmin comes up and starts flirting with Fernando. Luigi blocks her from reaching Fern and tells her to leave. Marcia comes up and Luigi complains to her and leaves. She wants to know what's going on and Fern complains to her too and she leaves.

Lety comes in and says hi and he jumps down her throat for being late. She gives some lame excuse that she's not THAT late and oh look, Alicia's not there either (yeah Lety, compare yourself to the biggest loser in the company, that's smart!). He starts yelling about Alicia as Lety walks away. Marcia comes up and, after Fern points out her friend isn't there, covers for Alicia. She goes into Lety's office and asks her something about a check. Lety takes the paperwork from her and goes into Fernando's office. She smiles at him and he smiles back at her and Marcia gives them an ugly face, then she and Lety leave.

Marta comes in and gives him some contracts just as Lety's phone rings. He asks Marta to answer it and it's Tomas; she's excited to be talking to him. Lety comes in with paperwork and Marta tells her that her boyfriend, Tomas Mora, was on the phone. Lety's eye twitches as Fernando looks upset. She leaves with Marta and, out in the lobby, tells her she shouldn't have mentioned Tomas in front of Fernando. Marta wants to know why and Lety tells her Tomas isn't her novio, he's just a very good friend. Marta leaves and Lety talks to Lola about the papers in her hand.

Omar goes into Fern's office and Fern tells him Lety has a boyfriend. Omar can't believe anyone would be attracted to Lety, she's too ugly, and is impactado when Fern tells him it's Tomas Mora. They discuss it a lot, with Omar thinking they should have investigated Lety more before turning the company over to her. What bothers Fern more is that now they don't only depend on Lety, they depend on Tomas as well. Omar teases him about being jealous and Fernando is feeling no love for Omar's humor.

Alicia finally gets in and Marcia tells her about her current problem with Fernando, and that she's demanded a firing, either Fatima's or Lety's. Juana and Sara are listening in and Lola and Marta come up and listen in too. Marcia gives Alicia a bad time for coming late. Alicia uses her pregnancy as an excuse but Marcia says it's not good enough. She leaves and the cuartel begin to discuss what they've just heard.

Fernando and Omar are teasing each other when Marcia comes in looking for Lety. Fernando yells for her and she comes out of her cubbyhole and gives some money to Marcia and wants her to sign a receipt. Marcia doesn't feel she should have to sign, but Fernando backs Lety up saying it's just a formality (and just salt in Marcia's already wide open Lety wounds). Marcia signs and leaves and Lety goes back to her office. Fern tells Omar how Marcia's pissed about Fatima and told him if he can't get rid of her, he has to get rid of Lety, but he says he's not going to allow her to touch a hair on Lety's head, not even the ones in her moustache. Lety's listening in, of course, and his comment makes her swoon with happiness, and while I'd also be glad he stuck up for me, I'm not sure I'd be so fond of the moustache crack. Anyway, Fern complains about Luigi not being helpful and he starts drinking as he and Omar continue to discuss the Fatima situation, then they discuss Tomas some more.

Lety calls her house asking for Tomas. Mom answers and he asks her to tell Lety to call him on his cell phone, but mom forces him to take the house phone. Lety also tells him to stop already with the cell phone crap! Tomas reminds her that the first payment to the Bank of Americas is due soon. Lety comes out and talks to Fernando about the upcoming payment. Fernando asks her about her "novio" Tomas, her friend who works at Filmo Imagen. She explains that Tomas isn't her boyfriend, she just invented the story for something to tell the cuartel, but it's not real. He tells her "fine" and she leaves.

Lola and Lety are getting ready to leave for lunch and convince Marta to go with them. The rest of the cuartel joins them and Saimon comes up but they all ignore him because of his ties to Jazmin. Then they all decide to hit him, then they leave. Saimon spies Fern and runs up to him, but Fern knows what it's about and again tells Saimon he can't help Jazmin. Fern leaves and Saimon is sad.

Fern goes to Omar's office for a change and happily tells him that Tomas isn't Lety's boyfriend and what she said. Omar's still cautious and says when a woman claims she doesn't have a fiancé, she usually does (what? Let's see if that works... I'm NOT engaged to George Clooney, I'm not! I'm really not! Honestly! Hhmmm... nope, still no ring on my finger and half ownership of a villa in Italy, so there goes Omar's logic down the toilet!). Fern and Omar decide to find out everything they can from the cuartel about Tomas. They argue about who should have to try to get the intel, and Omar points out that it was Fernando who created Filmo Imagen, set up the embargo, and put it all in Lety's hands, therefore he should have to do the detective work. He leaves his own office and Fernando talks to himself like an investigative reporter checking into Tomas Mora.

As always, the garbage is flying in the bathroom between Alicia and the cuartel, including Lety. They tease Alicia about the clothes joke and she tells them her dress is exclusive. She then brags that she's going to the launch party tonight because she's special and they aren't going because they aren't special, and Lety brags that she's going to invite the cuartel to the launch. Naturally, Alicia runs to Marcia and whines (aaaayyyyyy Mmaaaarrrrcccciiiiaaaaa) about what Lety said and once again steam issues forth from Marcia's ears and nostrils. Marcia confronts Lety in front of everyone and tells her it's not her place to invite anyone anywhere and who does she think she is to disrespect herself (Marcia) and the company. She then rants about this special power Lety THINKS she has but doesn't. She and Alicia leave and Irma comforts Lety while Sara does her usual amazon-roller derby-hold-me-back schtick.

Lopez calls Marta and asks her for the dancers' contracts. She tells him Fernando has them and he tells her to go get them. She goes into Fernando's office to get them and Fern asks her to sit and starts pumping her for info about Tomas. They begin to trade gossip like two old women as she tells him about Juana and the shells and what she saw. They get really comfy and really start chatting.

In the bathroom the cuartel are waiting for Marta and talking. Irma says she has to go but they talk her into staying, but Marta and Fernando are still gossiping. She asks Fernando to promise not to fire Lety and for some reason she wants to do it in English, so she has him repeat after her: "cross my heart, ok". Fern asks if it isn't supposed to be "hope to die" but she says no, it's "ok", so he repeats what she said. I mention it in detail because it was actually kinda cute and I just love it when Fern speaks English no matter how short the conversation. *sigh*. Let me try that thing again... I'm NOT engaged to Jaime, I'm not... hhmmm, never mind. Where was I? Oh yeah... we get a flashback to the shell reading, and Marta continues to gossip. Lopez butts in looking for the contracts and Marta takes them and leaves. Lopez sits in her chair also wanting to gossip with Fernando, but Fern puts him down and Lopez leaves like the song, only with a lick and a squeak instead of a wink and a smile.

Marta gives the contracts to Saimon to take to the dancers for their signatures. He spritzes himself with cologne and dances for joy and leaves. He runs into Marcia and Alicia and tells them where he's going and Alicia teases him unkindly about Jazmin. Marcia wants to know if that's the woman who caused Lola problems and he agrees that it is. She tells him everyone has to try to get along at work, then tells Saimon she wants to see Carolina so she'll go with him (apparently everyone's over at the place where the show will be held). Saimon and Marcia leave.

Marta goes into the bathroom and tells the cuartel she was late because she was with Fernando. Lety wants to know why and she tells her it was about the contracts. Marta goes back to her desk and Fernando comes out and pretends to yell at her about something but actually wants to continue with the gossip. They go back into his office and continue the Tomas discussion. We flash back to Juana's second reading of the shells and Lety tells them more about Tomas. Fernando wants to know if Tomas is Lety's novio, yes or no. Marta tells him no and he thanks dios, but then she adds that he's her great platonic love and Fern's upset again. Then Marta mentions the second reading and how Juana said Lety's novio would bring her fortune. Now Fern's REALLY upset!

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Missing Recap 37: Our Lady of *belch*
Again with the Fernando/Marta gossip session, and again Marta tells him that Lety's novio is going to bring her fortune. Fern ends the session, now more worried than ever. The cuartel are at lunch chatting and Marta joins them. She tells them she should be getting the results of Alicia's blood test soon, then they talk about Fernando and Tomas and she tells Lety she told Fernando that Tomas was just a friend. They all tease Lety about Tomas.

Fernando calls Omar, who's at Bella Life preparing for the launch, and tells him what Marta told him. They discuss, Fern's worried, and Omar tells him to calm down and hangs up. Saimon arrives with the contracts and Omar talks to him while looking for Carolina.

Luigi gives the dancers a rest and Saimon dances for him and suggests choreography changes. Luigi pretty much tells him to piss off. Saimon then tries to give him the contracts, but he tells him to give them to Irma instead once she gets there. Saimon leaves and Luigi calls for Carolina. Backstage Saimon gives the contracts to the models to sign, and notices that Fatima is drunk. He finds her flask and tries to talk to her about it, but like Luigi she pretty much just tells him to piss off.

Back at Conceptos, Fernando goes into the lobby trying to chat with Marta again. Jazmin comes up and kisses his hinder still hoping he'll come through for her, and wishes him luck tonight. He thanks her and leaves.

Meanwhile the cuartel are still rehashing at lunch. Marta excuses herself to go to the bathroom and Sara discusses wanting a man for herself. The waiter comes and complains that Marta stole some food, and the cuartel have to wrestle it from her.

Carolina is giving the chef instructions for tonight and Omar comes up and starts flirting with her. They leave together while Omar continues to flirt and she's trying to get him to stop. Finally she puts him in his place mentioning pregnancy, and he hears a baby crying in his head. He asks her not to use that word, so of course she uses it again.

PM signs for Alicia's test results. Lety apologizes to Fernando for coming back late from lunch, and he's very cool to her as he tells her it's ok and heads into the lobby. She's wondering que the hell is up with him?

Saimon dances by Fernando and tells him he got all the dancer's signatures on the contracts. He also tells him that Fatima is asking about him. Saimon then gives the contracts to Marta, as well as the envelope with Alicia's test results, then he dances off like the little dancing machine cricket that he is (I like Saimon, he's so cute and upbeat. I do wish he wasn't so p-whipped, but other than that I think he's adorable).

The cuartel debate on whether or not they should open Alicia's test results, but just then Lopez walks by. He sees the results so Marta has no choice but to give it to him. He lick/squeaks and leaves and they're upset they weren't able to open it. Marta's daughter calls, more kid crap and I'm sorry but I just don't care.

Back at Bella Life, Fatima is still on her binge. Luigi comes in to talk to the models and two of them cover for her so Luigi doesn't catch her, then the rest of the models join in as well.

Omar and Carolina have a conversation about the dancers. Marcia goes to Luigi, angry that Fatima is still there. Luigi begs her to be reasonable, he simply can't fire her on the very day of the big presentation. He's also upset because Irma hasn't arrived yet with the costumes. Marcia gives in about Fatima and leaves. Meanwhile we see that Fatima is still hittin' on her flask and is now even more drunk.

Fernando comes in and there's chat between him, Omar and Carolina about all kinds of things, the dancers, the booze and food... Fernando's very nervous and Omar and Caro try to calm him down. He and Omar leave the area just as two models run by. Fern starts to chase them but Omar pulls him back, and the girls run to Fatima to let her know that Fernando's arrived. They try to get her to stop drinking but she's on a party-till-I-puke mission and won't stop.

Fern goes to the bar with Omar and tells him that Tomas is the platonic love of Lety. He tells him about Juana and the shells and remembers back to the time in the car when Lety had asked for a job for Tomas. He asks Omar if he thinks Lety's trying to conquer Tomas with money, and is worried that Tomas will be able to manipulate Lety.

Back at Conceptos, Jazmin is helping Irma pack up the costumes. Saimon comes in and tells her what Luigi said, doing a very funny imitation of him. Irma leaves and Saimon hugs Jaz, they chat, she pouts, they dance, typical Saimon/Jaz stuff.

Omar and Fernando continue their Lety talk and are working themselves up into a paranoid lather all based on something someone reading snail shells said. Go figure! I think for the first time Omar floats the idea that they have to make Lety coo coo for Fernando's coco puffs. At that comment, we get a shot of Lety in her office dreaming of those very same coco puffs. Fern is impactado at the very idea and tells Omar it's ridiculous. Just then Marcia comes up and makes a nasty crack about the dancers and Fern tells her she's paranoid.

Irma finally gets there and Luigi reams her out for being late. Meanwhile Fernando is still giving Marcia crap and she's tossing it right back at him. He's also still drinking heavily. Luigi comes up and listens for a bit but finally gets tired of it and interrupts and tells everyone there's a disaster. Omar offers to deal with it so the two of them leave so Fernando and Marcia can keep on keepin' on. He's telling her there's nothing going on between him and Fatima and she ain't buying. I finally get sick of Marcia and fast forward.

Luigi's disaster is that the sound isn't working, there's a very loud annoying hum. Omar tries to help Luigi but the sound guys can't find the problem. Omar convinces Luigi to go away and continues to work with the sound guys on the problem. Eventually he leaves as well and we're back to Fern and Marcia fighting. Thank god Carolina interrupts and asks Marcia something and they both leave. Omar comes up and he and Fern continue to discuss Lety and Marcia and the dancers. Omar then tells Fern about the sound problem.

Fatima is now very drunk and everyone's still trying to keep Luigi from finding out. Carolina comes in and tells everyone to get ready.

Fernando and Omar are now at the sound machine, a now slightly drunk Fern is trying to fix it and Omar's trying to stop him, afraid he'll cause even more damage. Fernando thinks the machine has gotten too hot and fans it and, sure enough it works, much to Omar's surprise. Fern brags a little and they leave.

It's later in the evening and we're at Marcia's crib. She's talking to Alicia about Fatima and Lety and we get a shot of Alicia at the office, dressed to the nines. They hang up and Alicia brags to the cuartel that she's off to the ball, I mean launch party, and leaves. The cuartel complain and plot and twirl their moustaches and tell Marta to go get the test results.

Marta goes into Lopez's office and starts to flirt with him (ew!). He's reading the results and is surprised a pregnancy test was requested. Marta tells him she'll file it away for him, so he gives it to her and she leaves. She goes back to the cuartel and they fight over it before finally learning that Alicia is not pregnant after all. They hide it as Lopez comes out to leave, then go back to their plotting. Naturally something this important couldn't possibly wait until tomorrow and they must immediately intrude on the evening's festivities to warn Omar. They want Lety to get them into the show and she agrees.

Fernando's talking to Carolina and a reporter comes up and snaps their picture. Meanwhile back in the dressing room Fatima is really blitzed and Luigi finally catches her. He yells at her and calls Irma over and tells both of them that Fatima can't dance. Irma yells at her too for good measure. Fatima insists on talking to Fernando so Irma runs to get him.

The cuartel are all down in reception and Lety asks how they're going to explain to Alicia why the CONFIDENTIAL results of her blood test came back in Marta's name.

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Missing Recap 38: Pregnant anticipation
Marta gets the test results from Lopez again and we discover Alicia isn't preggers again. Lety says she'll get them into the show again and Fernando is schmoozing with reporters again. Luigi discovers Fatima's condition again too. Irma goes to get Fernando to keep Fatima from going out after him. Lety once again wants to know how they're going to explain to Alicia that her confidential test results got to be in their hot little hands. They discuss some kind of lie they'll come up with, tease Saimon about Jazmin, and catch a taxi.

Back at Bella Life, Fernando and Omar are meet-n-greetin' when Irma runs up and tells Fern about Fatima. He appears to be pretty well on the way to toasted himself. She warns him he needs to go see Fatima or she'll come out here and raise a stink. Fernando excuses himself from the people he was talking to and fills Omar in on what's going on. Fern and Irma then head backstage as Carolina greets Teresita, Humberto, Marcia and Ariel. Teresita asks for Fernando but Carolina doesn't see him. Ariel suggests that he's probably back with the dancers and T and H chide him for the comment, not knowing how right he is. Marcia goes to find him.

Fernando is trying to talk to Fatima and she's climbing all over him. He's trying to keep her off and Luigi comes up all angry and whiney. Fern tries to convince Fatima to leave but she doesn't want to. He reminds her how important this night is and just then Marcia comes in and sees Fatima all over Fern and gets pissed. I'm not sure why, just what does she think Fern's going to do with Luigi and Irma standing right there, but oh well, that's our Marcia. He finally manages to shove Fatima onto Irma and asks her to pour her into a taxi and send her home. He then tries to explain what's going on to Marcia. Luigi tells the choreographer they're short a dancer and will have to make it work, but the guy throws a hissy diva fit and refuses. He's really kind of too big and beefy and boxer-looking to pull it off well but it's still funny and apparently Marcia thinks so too because you can see her laughing. Fern gives the guy his drink to calm him down.

At Marta's house, Paco is watching his daughter and PM's son Jaimito. I ever so don't care about their conversation, but they have to get down to Conceptos.

Back to Conceptos, Saimon gets a call from Fernando telling him to get Jazmin on the phone, so he does. Fern himself breaks the good news that she gets to be in the show. Luigi takes the phone and tells her what to do and to get there immediately. She squeals with delight and Saimon offers to drive her there. Luigi hangs up and starts blaming Fernando, but he says it's not HIS fault. Marcia also decides to continue giving him crap. Luigi comments that Jazmin isn't a good dancer but you do what ya gotta do. Meanwhile Saimon and Jazmin waste a whole lotta time chatting and dancing in Conceptos' reception.

Carolina's out greeting people and up comes Ricky and the BL People and Isabella. Ricky introduces Caro to Isa and they go into the show area.

Celso goes into Conceptos' reception with Paco and chillens, and they don't get what they need and we reach the whole gist of the setup, that they need to get to Cinderella's ball along with everyone else.

Fernando and Omar are still talking about Marcia and Fatima, then go up to greet Fern's p-units. Humberto compliments the décor but wants to know why they didn't use the studio at Conceptos. Fern tells him it's nice but too small for what they have planned. Fern and Ariel get into it and it's all rehash of their usual arguments, finally Humberto has enough and tells Ariel to shut it, though he's much nicer about it than I would have been. Marcia then comes up and throws her two cents in by telling everyone what happened with Fatima. Fern explains there's another dancer on the way and says it isn't important, Ariel says it is, it's another symptom of Fern's ineptitude and again with the insults. Ah, good times. Finally Ricky comes up and saves the day, dragging Isabella with him.

Alicia arrives and says hi to Carolina, then goes to track down Marcia. Lopez shows up right behind her and offers to give Alicia a ride home later (PLEASE god don't let him explain what kind of ride he means!), but she just tosses her hair at him with disdain and tells him she has her Mercedes. He then tries to hit on Caro, but she's just grossed out, as any normal red-blooded woman who isn't trying to get something out of him (Jazmin) would be. Speaking of Jaz, Marcia comes up and tells Carolina that they're waiting for her to arrive to replace Fatima.

Alicia goes into the bar and orders a drink and sits at a table. Marcia comes in and catches her drinking it and gives her hell for drinking while in the family way. Alicia says she needs it to calm her nerves, but Marcia takes it and drinks it herself and tells Alicia about Fatima, and how she's pissed because now she can't use Fatima as an excuse to fire Lety.

The senior Mendiolas are talking to Ricky and posse when Omar, Marcia and Alicia come up and Humberto introduces everyone to everyone. A waiter comes up with a tray of food and Alicia pretends the smell is making her sick and heads of to the bathroom while Omar and Ariel watch her go. Isabella and Ricky walk away and Teresita asks what's wrong with Alicia. This makes Fernando laugh into Omar's shoulder and Marcia fills her in on Alicia's not-so-secret secret. Ariel looks pissed and he and Omar excuse themselves from the group.

Someone's interviewing Ricky and tries to interview Ariel too, but he isn't interested in being interviewed. Omar's drinking at the bar and Caro comes up to talk to him. They chat and she tries to make him feel better about doing the right thing.

Ariel joins Alicia in the ladies room and starts giving her the usual hell about being pregnant. He finally agrees to take care of her but demands that she leave right away, he doesn't care where. She tells him she wants an apartment in Miami, in South Beach, plus cash to live on. He says no and she tells him she wants what's best for her son. They discuss and he finally agrees to her terms. She wants 5 thousand dollars because it's an expensive place to live, and he agrees as long as she agrees to leave tomorrow. He leaves and she gloats. He passes Omar in the hallway, also on his way to confront Alicia in the ladies room.

The cuartel show up downstairs but the doorman refuses to let them in without invitations.

Alicia's gloating in the bathroom when Omar walks in. He says he wants to go ahead and acknowledge that the child is his and take care of it, but he doesn't want to get married. She tells him no, she's going to go to Miami tomorrow with his child. They discuss it and she tells him she refuses to stay unless he marries her. She walks out and gloats in the hallway... South Beach or Marriage, she wins either way, what a miracle!

The cuartel show their work badges to the doorman, but he still won't let them in. Sara gets rude, so he threatens them with the police. Saimon comes in with Jazmin and they all give him hell, then when they see he's going in, ask him to get Fernando for them. We get a shot of Fern talking to Ricky and Ernesto, aka BL Guy. Saimon and Jazmin are passed through and the cuartel are pissed. Lety wants to leave and not cause a problem with Marcia but the rest convince her to stay.

Saimon turns Jazmin over to Carolina, who takes her backstage. Saimon manages to sneak backstage himself. The dancers are all dressed and Luigi comes in and my oh my he looks really super HAWT! He can be so yummy when he's not sporting dead animals draped over his shoulders. Caro brings Jaz in and he gives her crap for being so late and tells her to go get dressed. She wastes even more time thanking him profusely. Caro goes out front and tells everyone they're ready to start and everyone sits.

Alicia catches up to Marcia and tells her about heading for Miami's golden shores. Lopez sidles up to Alicia and tells her it was a good idea to test for pregnancy. She's surprised and tells him she didn't ask for a pregnancy test and wants to know if anyone else saw the results. Lopez tells her after he read it, it was given to Marta to be filed. Alicia climbs on the clue bus and realizes that the cuartel set the whole thing up and she's pissed. She calls Celso and asks if the cuartel are still at work and he tells her they left. She hangs up and worries that they're going to cause a scandal for her.

Fernando gets up and makes a speech and introduces Ricky Armstrong. Alicia arrives at the table and Marcia wants to know what she and Lopez talked about and she says it was something about her contract. Ricky then gives his speech.

The cuartel are still unable to enter the ball and Lety still doesn't want to cause trouble with Marcia. Lola is, of course, freaking about Jazmin getting to dance. They're still pinning their entry hopes on Saimon managing to get to Fernando. Meanwhile, during Ricky's speech, Saimon sneaks drinks to Fernando and tells him about Lety and the cuartel being there and wanting to come in. Marcia overhears this and gets pissed, saying Lety wants to be in on everything, and Fern calms her down. Omar, sitting two seats away, calls him on his cell phone and tells him he should let her in because it's not a good idea to turn away the owner of the company. Fern tells Marcia he has to pee and leaves. Alicia asks Marcia what's going on and Marcia tells her the cuartel are there trying to get in. Alicia asks if Marta's there too and Marcia says yeah, probably. Alicia's upset, knowing her little not-so-secret secret is about to blow sky high.

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