Caray, Caray!

(Sorry this took so long.)


After Soledad slaps him, Hugo says, 'Did you come here to hit me?
Soledad says that she is sorry he misunderstood. She came because she wanted to know if he was ok because she is grateful for what he did for her baby.
'How did I misunderstand?' says Hugo sarcastically. 'You are an ungrateful liar. You have always been an ungrateful liar. You ran up and hugged me and then treated me like your worst enemy. I don't appreciate that!'

'I'm sorry,' repeats Soledad, 'I didn't do it to hurt you. Are you ok?' Hugo responds that he is fine and Soledad says in that case, she will go home. Arturo says to Eloisa that if he said he thought Alcides was dead in the mine, then that is what he thought. Eloisa tries to placate him by saying that it is so strange that he would say that and then Alcides appears as if nothing had happened. Paquito puts in his two cents, 'mala hierba nunca muere!' - literally, 'a weed never dies' or the wicked always escape. Manrique changes the subject to the mine. What did Arturo find down there? Is there gold or not? Arturo produces a handful of gold nuggets. Manrique says that they have to invest in this opportunity.

Dr. Max threatens to kill Elena for opening the Cabinet of the Dead Wife but ultimately he hypnotises her into believing that he is her husband. Guille disguises himself as a bush, steals a carriage and goes to Dr. Max's to rescue Elena. The hypnotized Elena does not recognize him and asks Dr. Max to get rid of him. Dr. Max knocks Guille out and is going to kill him but Elena suggest just dumping him in the road like a vagabond. Dr. Max does so while on the way to visit Soledad to have a serious discussion with her about her baby.

At the House of Sad*sm, Beatriz has joined the LT murderer's club. The detective falls down dead while Alcides, still chained and gagged looks on. Beatriz tells Alcides that he made her into a monster and that it is his fault she is a killer. She want to be rid of this nightmare and be rid of him forever. She points the g*n at Alcides.

At the mine, Hugo tells Boris that he has concluded that Soledad never loved him (Hugo). Everything she has done shows this. 'How so?' asks Boris. 'She came here because she was worried about Alcides. Every day she shows more and more that she really loved Alcides a lot.'
Boris suggests that this fact will speed up Hugo's plan to make her fall in love with Hugo/Alcides and Hugo agrees.

Arturo comes up, thanks Boris for saving his life in the mine and says that if the gold turns out to be genuine when he has it tested, he will accept Hugo's proposal to do business together. He shakes Hugo's hand and says that he agrees to be his partner. Hugo is happy that the Plan of Vengeance (PoV) is working out.

At the House of Sad*sm, Beatriz, still pointing the g*n at Alcides, tells him that the only thing she wanted was for Hugo, his brother, to love her as much as she loved him. From the moment she met Hugo, she loved him and wanted to be with him but Alcides came along and and ruined everything. She tells Alcides that he has taken everything from her and only left her with this anger that is consuming her. She aims the g*n at Alcides and he closes his eyes waiting for the shot. Then just like that, Beatriz changes her crazy little mind and tells Alcides that he will pay with his life, slowly. She will make him suffer until he wishes he was never born and begs her to kill him.

At the Hacienda, Ursula tells Soledad that the way she talks about Alcides and the way she reacted when she found out Alcides was in danger makes her think that Soledad has feelings for Alcides. Soledad denies it. She has no interest in Alcides except she is grateful for what he did for the baby. Ursula tries again, 'Sometimes ones feelings betray one and the heart does what it pleases. Maybe if Alcides has changed so much then it isn't bad if you love him." Soledad responds that Ursula knows why she married Alcides and her heart is eternally pledged to Hugo. Subject closed.

Outside the House of S*dism, Beatriz is getting ready to bury the dead detective. Somehow, Alcides has gotten free. He staggers up behind her but she hears him and knocks him unconscious with a shovel. She tells him that now that she is a murderer like him, she likes killing. He won't be able to defeat her. She will make his life a living h*ll.

Hugo and Boris go to the tavern to ask the ML to perform at another function. The ML congratulates Hugo on the gold mine. Hugo says that she can be part of the business. She hangs around with the most important men in the city and he needs investors. The ML coyly asks if Hugo trusts a woman he's only just met. Boris drops the bombshell that he and Hugo know exactly who she is: Rebeca de Montenegro. Rebeca is impactada. She agrees to help Hugo in exchange for his not revealing her identity.

At the Hacienda, Soledad refuses to let Dr. Max examine her baby. Dr. Max says that Aurora has a serious illness and reminds Soledad of when the baby's heart stopped beating when she was in utero. Soledad responds that that incident was a mistaken diagnosis by Dr. Max. There is nothing wrong with Aurora. Dr. Max moves on to blackmail. He tells Soledad that he knows that Alcides is not the baby's father - Hugo is. Soledad won't submit to blackmail. She orders Dr. Max to leave. Soledad decides to tell Alcides/Hugo the truth about the baby's parentage.

At the tavern, Boris and Hugo discuss the PoV while the ML performs. Boris asks Hugo why he is involving Rebeca in the PoV after what Enrico told them about her obsession with finding Jeremias' treasure. Hugo, who is now apparently expanding his PoV to get people who didn't actually hurt him, says that Rebeca is a cruel and ambitious woman and she has to pay for her cruelty. Boris warns Hugo that a lot of innocent people are going to be harmed by the PoV. Hugo denies that this will happen. The innocent will get their investments back but the targets of the PoV will be swept up in the gold frenzy and by the time they realize that they have been deceived, it will be too late. They will be ruined.

Arturo announces at the tavern that he and Eloisa will be married in three days and everyone is invited, including Alcides, his new business associate. There is a toast and everyone applauds. Suddenly Hugo hears a baby crying in his mind. He gets up and leaves the tavern with a surprised Boris following.

At the Hacienda, Soledad stops Hugo and says she has something to tell him. 'Is the baby all right?' asks Hugo. Hugo wants to see the baby and Soledad wants to speak to him. Suddenly, Ursula comes downstairs with the news that she thinks the baby is dead! Aurora is cold and not breathing. Soledad runs upstairs with Hugo following. She tries to wake up the baby. Hugo tries to calm her. Downstairs, Ursula is crying when Boris comes in. She tells him that the baby is cold and not breathing. 'Cold?' says Boris and he runs upstairs. Marina comes in and Ursula asks her why life is so unjust? Marina responds that she should know that misfortune follows this family. Ursula decides to go for Dr. Max. Marina tries to stop her but Ursula knocks her down.

Meanwhile, upstairs, Hugo tries to convince Soledad that he knows what to do to make the baby better. She must trust him. But Soledad does not want Hugo near the baby.

At the tavern, Arturo gets the results of the analysis of the gold nuggets found in the mine. They are almost pure gold. 'We are all going to be rich!' rejoices Arturo. Eloisa tells Arturo that she is tired and wants to go home. She manages to convince him to let her go by herself (and we know where she is going, don't we?) Hercules follows her.

Soledad continues to refuse to let Hugo take the baby. Finally, Boris restrains her and Hugo takes the baby. At this point, Ester comes into the room. Soledad is beside herself. Hugo orders Hugo to lock them in. Soledad blames herself for not noticing Aurora's symptoms earlier and sending for a doctor. Why did she go to the mine? Ester tells her not to feel guilty - babies are delicate.

In the basement, Hugo puts the baby into the hyperbaric chamber. Boris is nervous. This chamber doesn't have a pediatric dosage. Hugo tells him they have no alternative. This is the only thing they have to help the baby. Hugo does calculations and Boris fiddles with the machine. They stabilize the temperature. Hugo says that this has to work.

At the tavern, Paquito tells Rebeca that he has found out that Ester did not inherit her house from her family. Jeremias bought it for her. They cogitate and figure out that the initials on the medallion stand for Soledad de Montenegro and that Soledad is Jeremias' daughter. Rebeca tells Paquito that now they have a problem - Soledad stands to inherit half of Jeremias' fortune.

At the Hacienda, Dr. Max, Elena and Ursula are refused entry by Marina who is acting on her orders. Dr. Max is frustrated and produces a g*n. Ursula and Marina are surprised when Elena refers to Dr. Max as 'mi amor' . Dr. Max tells Marina et al that Aurora has catalepsy and only he can help her. Marina says that she has orders not to let them in.

In the basement, Boris is concerned that the baby is not responding. Hugo is calm. He says that catalepsy attacks can be short or long. Boris says if only they could have found the flower. Hugo, looking at the baby, says, "So little and fragile. She already suffers the curse that has burdened our family. The only one who can help find a cure is the son of Dr. Chirac - and we can't find him!" Boris is sure that he will be found and will find a cure. At this point, there is a problem with the machine. The pressure starts to lower. Hugo goes to check the boiler and in comes Dr. Max, Marina, Elena and Ursula. Dr. Max is surprised to see the chamber and Ursula asks what it is.

Antonia's b*tching at Lucas drives him right out of the house and to Rebeca's dressing room at the tavern. He is drunk. Rebeca asks him if has ever thought that Ester was unfaithful to him? Lucas is impactado.

Dr. Max asks Boris where he got the chamber. Boris says that he kept it a souvenir of his former master, Hugo. (Kind of a big souvenir but it came in handy ;-) ). Ursula asks what the chamber is for. Marina says it is boss stuff - none of your business. Boris says he has nothing to hide. The machine is used to treat people with catalepsy, a disease that runs in Hugo's family. Unfortunately, Aurora has inherited it. Dr. Max says that he has to take Aurora to his lab for treatment. Boris says no way. At this point, who should walk in but Eloisa, 'What's going on?' she says.

Boris and Dr. Max get in a struggle and a g*n goes off. Dr. Max falls to the ground.

In her room, Soledad hears the shot and goes completely crazy with fear for Aurora. She decides to jump out the window.

Boris reports that Dr. Max is ok. It was only a graze. Ursula pulls the sobbing Elena off of Dr. Max. 'I didn't know you were interested in this crazy doctor,' says Ursula, confused.

Hugo announces that the treatment is working. Aurora has moved her finger. He asks Boris to take Dr. Max home. Hugo gives Ursula the key to Soledad's room and asks her to let Soledad out and tell the baby will be ok.

Ursula comes into Soledad's room. Ester asks what the shots were. Ursula says that they were nothing. Where is Soledad? Ester says that she went out the window. Ursula looks outside and Soledad is hanging from a ledge by her fingernails. The credits roll.

Tomorrow: Eloisa is left alone with Aurora. She fiddles with the machine. She says to the baby, 'if you don't exist, there is nothing to unite Alcides and Soledad. '

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