Caray, Caray!

A thousand apologies that my weekend from hell happened right when LT got really, really good. Below is a recap of Thursday's Episode and Friday's episodes.

Summary of Thursday, May 1 Episode-

Hugo and Soledad are trapped in the mine:

S: Alcides, you have changed so much. You’ve been so good to me and my daughter. So much, that sometimes, I don’t understand why I feel as if …
H: as if I were Hugo?
S: Better, not to speak of him, yes? It isn’t important now. The important thing is to get out of here now.

Boris and the miners are digging on the other side of the fall. Boris calls and Soledad answers back, “We are here. Help us, please.” Boris sends Juan for more workers. He says that Hugo and Soledad may be running out of air in there.
“Please, Boris, get us out of here!” calls Soledad. She turns to Hugo all happy, “You see, I told you that we would get out of here. Hold on, you have to hold on.”

Eloisa tells Paquito that the fact that drawing exists does not prove that Hugo de Medina is alive or that he took his twin brother’s place. You should wait to blackmail him with it. Paquito asks why she is defending him. Is she interested in him or what? Eloisa responds, “While it will hurt you to hear it, yes. That man knows knows how to treat women very well and I want to be with him whether he’s Hugo or Alcides.”
”You are crazy,” responds Paquito, “You don’t know what you want.”
“ Oh, yes I do,” says Eloisa. “Hugo de Medina has lots of money and I’m not letting him escape. I’ll defend him regardless of what it costs.”
“Regardless of what it costs?” says Paquito, “are you threatening me?”

“A secret that could destroy your family?” says Rebeca. She urges Ester to tell her. Maybe she can keep Lucas from mortgaging the house. Ester tells Rebeca that Manrique gave her this house. Rebeca is surprised and asks why her dead husband would make such an expensive gift especially since he was so stingy. Ester says that she can’t tell Rebeca why because she is Jereimas' widow. Rebeca encourages Ester to tell her. Ester says that she and Jeremias were lovers.

Outside the mine, Lucas asks Juan if Soledad and Hugo have been located. Juan says yes but they are trapped behind a pile of rocks. He needs all hands to go down and help. Arturo says that if too many people go down there, there won’t be enough oxygen for everyone. Lucas says to Juan that he knows the mine better than anyone. Is there another entrance? Juan says that that there is subterranean river that exits from the mine but it’s very turbulent. Lucas says, of course, that’s how Alcides escaped after the explosion. He asks Juan to take him to the place. Juan says that it is impossible. One would have to swim against the current and hold ones breath for a long time. Lucas doesn’t care. His daughter’s life is at stake. Juan says to forget it. It’s certain death. He says to leave the rescue to the workers.

Lucas sneaks off towards the river while Antonia asks Dr. Max to give Soledad priority medical attention when she and Alcides are rescued because she has a daughter. Dr. Max says that he will apply triage principals and treat the most seriously injured first. Antonia notices that Lucas is gone. Juan goes after him.

Ester asks Rebeca not to think badly of her. Rebeca wasn’t married to Jeremias when this happened. Rebeca says that she knows that Jeremias was very charming and it wasn’t surprising that Ester fell in love with him. Ester tells her that after they were married, Lucas changed a lot. He became a drunk and his family rejected her because she wasn’t of the same class. Rebeca is surprised to hear that a woman so distinguished wasn’t considered well born enough for Lucas. Ester tells her that when Lucas fell in lover with her, she was a simple dressmaker from another town.

Lucas arrives at the river saying that he will save his daughter even if it costs him his life. A whole gang of people have followed him including Antonia who begs him not to do it. Lucas plunges into the river and Juan follows.

Ester says that her family was very humble and she just learned to sew. None of her friends here know this. Rebeca (the former prostitute) says that she won’t tell anyone. Lucas came to her for clothing for his fiancé and it was love at first sight. Ester goes on to tell Rebeca that things changed. Lucas was cut off from his inheritence, they didn’t have any money, he mistreated her and made her life a hell. That’s when Jeremias took them in. Rebeca says that she understands. She just has one question: is Soledad Jeremias’ daughter?

Soledad tries to move some beams but gives up asking, “Why don’t they help us? Why is it taking so long?”
H: Many rocks fell. It will not easy to clear the entrance.
S: I feel like I can’t breathe. I’m tired.
H: Soledad, listen to me. I don’t think they will succeed. It will be better if you go down alone.
S: No, I won’t leave here without you. I already told you that they are going to rescue us. You just need a little patience.
H: Listen to me. You can save yourself. You only need to descend to the river, swim a little bit. (This is the same river that swept Alcides away.) You only have to do it.
S: I’m telling you no. I’m not going anywhere.
Hugo sits up a little straighter.
S: Nothing will happened, Alcides. Just wait; they are coming.
H: Listen to me. Listen. If both of us stay here, we will die. Do it for our daughter. Save yourself.
S: We’re not going to die. We’re going to get out.
H: Save yourself. Save yourself.
S: (calls) Boris! Boris! Get us out of here quickly, the air is running out. (Picky, picky I know in a very dramatic scene but if Soledad could get out via the river, presumably there is a source of air and where is the light coming from?)
Boris: Sra Soledad! Try to stay calm. Jose has gone for help. Soon, we will get you out. (to the diggers) Faster! Faster!
Meanwhile Emilio, Arturo’s man, is trying to make the situation worse by moving a support beam. Guillermo spots him and tells Boris. Boris stops him but Emilio tells everyone that the ceiling will fall and they will all be killed. Boris has to pull a gun to stop the mutiny. He thanks Guillermo for being very brave.

Ester tells Rebeca that Soledad is not Jeremias’ daughter. “Are you sure?” Ester says that she was pregnant with Lucas’ child when she became Jeremias’ lover. She told Jeremias that Soledad was his child. “You think badly of me.” Ester says to Rebeca. “I would have done the same, says Rebeca, “ and look what a nice house you got.” As if she hasn’t said enough, Ester tells Rebeca that before he died, Jeremias came to see her and told her that Soledad’s future was secured by this house. All that belonged to him would be Soledad’s. Rebeca tells Ester that she will do what she can to keep Manrique from letting Lucas mortgage the house. Rebeca leaves and on the way out says that she is sure that Jeremias hid the treasure in this house but she is sure she will find it.

Antonia is sure that Lucas has drowned. Dr. Max tries to reassure her and Elena says that if he did drown, he’ll go straight to heaven because he was a good person.

Lucas and Jose have succeeded in entering the mine. Jose says that it was a miracle they could hold their breath that long. Lucas asks Jose to lead him to where Soledad and Alcides are trapped.

In the mine,
H: (thinks to Soledad) Don’t stop looking at me. I beg you, don’t stop. Your eyes are the only thing keeping me alive.
S: I’m here. I won’t leave you. I’ll always be here.
H: (thinks) Why have so many things happened? Such pain. We could have been so happy.
Tears run down both their faces.

Ester tells herself that she can’t wait for Rebeca to resolve the situation. She decides to go find Lucas. She say, "Even if I have to lie again. I have to clear my name."

Eloisa tells Rebeca about the collapse of the mine. Eloisa is concerned about Alcides. Rebeca is concerned about those who have invested in the mine. They decide to go to the mine and find out what’s happening.

Soledad is mesmerized looking at Hugo. He waves his hand in front of her face.
S: Yes, it’s true. We could have been very happy. (she read his thought, apparently.)
H: Listen to me. Listen, I don’t have much time. I’m going to die, Soledad but you must know the truth.
S: What truth?
H: The truth about me, about who I am. You will probably hate me but you need to know everything, everything. Listen to me Soledad. I am not the Medina that you believe me to be. I lied to you..
S: Enough already. I don’t want you to continue. No, we aren’t going to die. I don’t care what you wanted to say.
At this inopportune time, Juan and Lucas show up. They haul Hugo up. Boris hears them and Juan tells him that they are going to escape by the river. Boris tells the diggers to leave the mine.

Ester disguises herself to go into the Tavern looking for Lucas. Margot tells her that Lucas left when he heard that the mine collapsed. Ester faints. Omar and Margot take her into the Mysterious Lady’s dressing room. They leave her alone there.

Arturo is annoyed when he overhears Guillermo tell Elena that Alcides and Soledad are escaping by the river.

Down by the river, everyone is waiting. A shout goes up, look, there they are. Soledad is holding Hugo who appears to be on the point of death. She has a flashback to when she found Hugo on her wedding day. She says to him:
S: You have to live, my love. This time you aren’t going to die.
She kisses him.
S: Return, return to life with me.
Hugo opens his eyes. Everybody is happy. Soledad holds Hugo’s head right next to her bosom. “Thank heaven you are all right,” she says, “How do you feel?”
“Thankful for you,” he replies. Hugo thanks Juan and Lucas. Lucas says that he did it for his daughter. Boris sends the crowd away. Boris asks Hugo if he thinks he can walk. “Only if you help me,” replies Hugo. Dr. Max wants to examine Hugo but Hugo and Lucas insist that he look at Soledad’s bump on her head. Finally, Boris and Hugo are alone. Boris asks Hugo if he’s sure he is ok. Gasping, Hugo says, “I was on the point of having a catalepsy attack. If it hadn’t been for Soledad, if it hadn’t been for her, it would have happened.” Boris says, “There is no doubt that Soledad is your guardian angel.”
“She is very courageous,” says Hugo, “very courageous.”
“It’s very obvious that she loves you a lot,” says Boris, “she was very frightened.” Hugo smiles and Boris helps him up.

Dr. Max finishes tending Soledad’s bump. Antonia wants to talk to her brother so he leaves her there but encourages her to return to his laboratory as soon as possible. Lucas wants to speak to Soledad. Lucas says that he was surprised by her concern for Alcides. He thought they didn’t have such a close relationship. Soledad responds that she would have reacted the same way for anyone. Lucas doesn’t buy it. He sees in her eyes that she is in love with Alcides. Soledad doesn’t answer but flashes back to her confusion when Alcides/Hugo told her that he can’t tolerate being in enclosed spaces and she knew that Hugo had that problem, not Alcides.

Hugo, more or less recovered and walking on his own, returns to the entrance to the mine. The miners have tied up Emilio, Arturo’s stooge. Hugo asks him, for his own good, to tell him who paid him to sabotage the mine work. Boris tells Hugo that the evil Emilio also tried to sabotage the rescue effort. Emilio says that they can’t hold him. Hugo agrees but says that he will be turned over the police, go to prison and his family won’t like that. He asks Emilo to think about them and tell who paid him. Unfortunately, Arturo is standing right behind Hugo. Emilio says that it is because of his family that he won’t open his mouth. Hugo turns and looks at Arturo.

Soledad tells her father that he can’t imagine how her life has been in the last few months. Lucas asks if Alcides has mistreated her. “On the contrary,” says Soledad, “Alcides has been very good to me and with my daughter, it’s been very special. He even agreed to help me with the hospital work. He’s treated me as if…”
“As if he were Hugo,” finishes Lucas.
“Papa,” she says, “I can’t help it. I look at him. I talk to him and it’s like I was talking to Hugo. I look at him and at the bottom of my heart it’s like Alcides isn’t Alcides, he’s really Hugo.”
“That’s why you were concerned a minute ago,” say Lucas.
“It was terrible having to relive Hugo’s death,” she says, “It’s like he died all over again.” Soledad says that she can’t go on thinking that Alcides is Hugo. She knows that she has to accept Alcides for who he is. She tells him that she doesn’t know what to do.

Arturo tells his men to leave. Hugo tells Arturo that he wants to talk to him. Hugo says that Arturo is responsible for this tragedy. He accuses Arturo of giving money to Emilio to bribe the miners. Arturo asks how Hugo can accuse of something so serious without proof. Hugo replies that Arturo would do anything for greed. Arturo blames the engineer and reiterates that Hugo has no proof of what he is accusing him of. Hugo says that he wants Arturo out of the mine business. Fine, says Arturo, “I’ll be over to your house tomorrow to pick up the money I invested.” Hugo responds that he won’t give Arturo one single penny. He can do what he wants, too. (Didn’t the investors sign any contracts or anything that would address the withdrawal of an investor?)

The confrontation between Hugo and Arturo is witnessed by Guillermo and Elena. Elena thinks Arturo will kill Hugo but she doesn’t want Guillermo to interfere. Guillermo firmly believes that has to help though.

Lucas tells Soledad that being close to Alcides is hurting her. He advises Soledad to stay away from Alcides for a while for her peace of mind. Soledad says she has thought of that but she can’t because of Aurora. She has to find a cure for her catalepsy. Lucas says that she doesn’t know how bad he feels that he doesn’t have the means to scour the world looking for a cure for his granddaughter. Soledad reassures him that Alcides has investigators looking for a cure and Dr. Max is researching it too. She is sure it will happen. She has faith. Lucas suggests again that some time away from Alcides would help Soledad get rid of her feelings for Hugo. She says, “I will never forget him. I won’t ever stop feeling this pain because he isn’t here. But the reality is that he isn’t here.”

Hugo tells Arturo that all business has risk and by his stupidity he has lost his investment in the mine. He advises Arturo not to sue him. Arturo says that he doesn’t need a court to get his money back. He draws his gun and his men do too. He grabs Hugo’s cane and throws it away. (What, did he think Hugo was going to use a cane against a gun? Or maybe he hopes Hugo will fall down.) Boris draws his gun but he is outnumbered. Arturo forces Hugo to make Boris lower his gun. He says that he and Hugo will go to the bank right now and get his money. At this moment, the miners, collected by Guillermo, come out with picks and shovel to defend Hugo. Arturo backs down but says that the matter isn’t over.

Ester wakes up in the ML’s dressing room. For some reason, she is hesitant to leave the tavern without covering herself up and she has conveniently forgotten the scarf around her neck that she used when she came in. So she rummages in the closet and finds a hat that she recognizes as Rebeca’s. She gets out of the tavern and her driver tells her that Soledad and Alcides have escaped safely from the mine. She tells him that she wants to go to Rebeca’s house.

Soledad and Lucas come running up to Hugo and ask about his confrontation with Arturo. Hugo explains what happened. Soledad says that he did right but Arturo won’t take this lying down. Hugo agrees and says that they have to be prepared. The credits roll.


Summary of May 2 episode: Hugo and Soledad's confrontation followed by the filler.

Soledad hugs her baby and talks to Ursula:
U: Thank heaven, everything is all right. A worker from the mine came and told us what had happened.
S: It was horrible. (to the baby) My little one, I was so afraid I would never see you again. (to Ursula). It was terrifying, you can’t imagine.
U: What a relief that you and Alcides are ok.
S: I’ve never in my life felt such panic. Inside the mine, Alcides couldn’t breathe. He was suffocating and I couldn’t do anything to help him.
U: You were upset to see him like that, right?
S: It was worse than that. I was afraid to lose him. Do you realize? I was afraid that he would die and leave me.
U: What you’re saying is that you’re in love with Alcides.
S: No, no, it’s not Alcides. It’s because he reminds me of Hugo all the time.
U: Think about it, then. Give him an opportunity. Let yourself fall in love with Alcides. He has changed a lot. He’s a good man.
S: No, no. I can’t fall in love with Alcides. I won’t allow that to happen. That’s why I’ve made a decision.
U: What are you going to do?
S: While I’m taking a bath, pack our bags. We’re going to my parents’ house.
U: To your parents’ house?
S: I can’t stay in this house another second. I can’t stay feeling what I feel, Ursula. I can’t continue to be confused about my feelings for Hugo (I think she means Alcides here. She knows what she feels for Hugo). I have to leave.

Hugo tells Boris to pass out weapons to the employees and put everyone on alert about a possible attack by Arturo and his men.
B: It appears that your plan of vengeance is not coming out like you wanted.
H: I didn’t imagine that Arturo was capable of being so stupid. He put the lives of many innocent persons at risk by having the miners excavate without taking the proper precautions. (uh, you know Hugo, nobody would be at risk in the mine and Arturo wouldn’t have been driven to these extremes if you hadn’t insisted on launching the PoV.)
B: Including you. You almost lost your life.
H: So did Soledad and Aurora, the daughter of Lupe and Jose and many other innocent people. Arturo de Linares is crazy.
Marina comes in to report that Soledad has ordered a carriage to leave the house.

Ursula says to Soledad,
“You’re not going to talk to Alcides? You’re not going to tell him that you are leaving the house?
S: No. I’ll leave him a note. I can’t talk about this with him.
Hugo comes into her room.
H: You’ll have to. Don’t think about leaving my house without an explanation. Ursula, please leave us alone.
She takes the baby out.
A: Forgive me, Alcides, but I want to stay at my parents’ house, at least for a while.
H: Arturo de Linares has declared war. You shouldn’t leave this house. I can’t permit that my daughter and you be exposed to certain death.
S: Then send somebody you trust to my parents’ house to guard us. I (she starts to say “can’t”) don’t want to stay in this house. I can’t stay with you. I’m sorry.
H: Why? What have I done that is so bad that you dislike my company?
S: Nothing. You’ve behaved very well with me and my daughter. I couldn’t be more grateful to you.
H: Then I don’t understand why you are leaving. Or is there something else? Is there something you are hiding?
S: Understand me, Alcides, I can’t continue at your side.
H: So far you haven’t given me a single logical reason. What have I done that is insufficient to win your love? Because if that is so, tell me. Tell me what it is that I need to do to win your love.
S: No, No, that’s not necessary.
H: Soledad: I know that you love me. Admit it. Today in the mine, I realized it.
S: I was concerned for you the way I would have been about anyone.
H: I know that I have succeeded in conquering your heart. I have no doubts now that you love me. I know it.
S: You’re wrong. I’ve never loved you and I will never love you.
H: Don’t say that and break my heart. Everything I have done is to win your love. Tell me that you don’t love me. Tell me that you don’t love me.
He leans over and kisses her. She responds, then pulls away and slaps him.
S: I can’t love you. I can’t. Because the only person that I will love forever is Hugo, only Hugo.
H: (angrily) Are you mocking me? Repeat what you just said.
S: I wish there were another way but I can’t love you because I never stopped loving Hugo. I always loved him. Alcides, it hurts me a lot to have to tell you this. Believe me. You’ve behaved like a gentleman. You’ve saved my life and the life of my baby but every good thing you do reminds me of Hugo all the time.
H: You want to confuse me.
S: You can’t be more confused than I am. But I can’t continue to betray the memory and the love I have for Hugo. Forgive me, that is why I have to leave. I need time to think.
Hugo grabs Soledad’s arm.
H: You’re not leaving. You’re not leaving because I don’t believe a single word that you said.
S: What else do I have to say to make you believe me? I’ve already explained why I couldn’t attend Hugo’s velorio. (when did she explain that to him?) I almost lost my baby that night. I was very ill.
H: Let’s agree that part is true. I believe you about that. Deny to my face, deny to my face right now that you married Alcides for money, only for money. Deny that we had a deal.
A: You know we didn’t have a deal Alcides. You know perfectly well that we were never lovers.
H: Why did you lie? Why did tell me that after I returned?
S: You had gaps in your memory. I only told you what you wanted to hear. Yes, I lied but you want to know why I did it? I did it out of fear. Because I didn’t know how you would treat my daughter.
H: You married Alcides two days after (he almost says “I”) Hugo died. Two days after!
S: That was the worst moment of my entire life. My father had a heart attack because Manrique was going to take his house. I did it for him. You offered money and my mother pressured me to do it. It was against my will, Alcides. I didn’t have any other option. With the most profound pain that you can imagine, I had to marry you after the death of your brother, Hugo. But Hugo was the first man I loved in my whole life, Alcides, and is the only man I will ever love.
Hugo looks at her, his eyes full of tears.

Arturo is instructing his men on what they are to do: show no mercy and leave no witnesses. Gladis asks him what’s going on and why everyone is armed. Arturo tells her to get back to the kitchen; this is a guy thing (good luck there, Arturo. We know who really wears the pants in your family). Gladis demands to know what he is planning. Arturo says that he is going to kill Alcides and all his family, all of them. Gladis is impactada. She tries to get him to change his mind. Surely, as an intelligent man, he can think of a better way to get his money back than killing everyone? Once they are all dead, how is he going to get his money anyway? Arturo says he will plunder the hacienda. Gladis asks if he wants to spend the rest of his life in jail but Arturo says that he has the authorities under his control. Finally, Gladis plays her trump card – if Arturo goes ahead, she will disinherit him. Arturo say that he doesn’t appreciate threats (you can make threats but you don’t like to be on the receiving end, eh Arturo?). Arturo says that he isn’t a child. Gladis apologizes. She is afraid to lose him. She has already lost Beatriz. It’s been so many months since she heard from her. It’s as if she were dead. Arturo says that he will be fine but Gladis begs him not to go ahead with his massacre plan. He agrees but says to himself that he will find a way to get his money back from Alcides. Nobody makes him a laughing stock.

As if we haven’t had enough of Ester and Rebeca already, now Ester comes to see Rebeca. She says that she found Rebeca’s hat in the ML’s dressing room. She asks if Rebeca is friends with the ML or maybe is the ML and Lucas’ lover? Rebeca feigns outrage that Ester could think such a thing. Rebeca claims the hat was stolen and that she is shocked, shocked at the idea that Ester could think such a thing. (Academy award winning performance there, Rebeca.)

Paquito says that he is going to blackmail Hugo for pretending to be Alcides. Eloisa tells him that he won’t say a word. When he asks how she will prevent him from doing so, she sheds her dress and is ready to use sex to get what she wants. Paquito is tempted but says that he won’t change his mind. Eloisa says why don’t they discuss it while they are making love.

Antonia is working in the Orchid garden. (I guess she’s taking over from Enrico) Lucas comes out. Antonia says that he should be resting after all he did to save his daughter. Lucas says that he is rested and he feels fine. He can’t find Ester but he wants to talk to Antonia. He asks her how it’s going working for Dr. Max. She replies that for the first time in her life, she feels that she has a mission. She likes helping sick people. She says that Dr. Max is very respectful to her. Lucas says that he is happy. Antonia says that he is a good brother and she knows that she can always count on him. Lucas asks her to leave; Dr. Max is waiting for her. Antonia thinks that Lucas seems a little tense but she agrees to leave.

Finally Michelle appears (although I could have waited). She asks Daniel if he has found out anything about Alcides de Medina. How hard could it have been to find out something about someone as notorious as Alcides in San Marino but Daniel hasn’t found out anything. He did find out about Dr. Max though so they agree to go there.

At Dr. Max’s, Antonia is tidying up. She starts to read a book on catalepsy by old Dr. Chirac and says that this is the doctor who was killed. She asks if Dr. Max knew him. Dr. Max says that he was a colleague and has a flashback to when he murdered his colleague. He grabs the book out of her hand and tells her that he has a lot to do and she’s asking too many questions.

Eloisa has tied Paquito to the bed (I don’t want to know how she managed to do that). She is still trying to get Paquito to give up his blackmail plan. Her alternative plan is to marry Hugo and she’ll give him half the fortune. Paquito asks if she has forgotten that since Hugo is pretending to be Alcides, he is married to Soledad. The only way she could get him is to kill Soledad. Eloisa thinks that might not be a bad idea. Paquito tells her to forget it. He doesn’t want her sleeping around with other men. He tolerated her relationship with Arturo, even supported it but now it is different. At this moment, there is a knock on the door. It’s Arturo. (Don’t they have servants to announce guests?).

Lucas is ransacking the house looking for booze. He finds some and has a series of flashbacks to how he learned about Jeremias and Ester. He almost takes a drink but says that he is going to face this problem sober.

Arturo comes into Eloisa’s room to find Paquito advising her on a new hairstyle. (quick change, there). She asks him to leave but Paquito says that after the last time Arturo was there, he’s not leaving Eloisa alone with Arturo. Arturo says that he isn’t there to hurt Eloisa. On the contrary, he wants her help and he’ll reward her. He wants her help to recover the money he invested in the mine.

Antonia ushers Daniel, Michelle and Andres into Dr. Max’s laboratory. She recognizes his family name from the books on catalepsy. Dr. Max comes down and Daniel introduces himself. Dr. Max is impactado and won’t shake hands with him.

Arturo says that he has been sad that she ended their relationship but he’d like to start over. Eloisa asks what she gets out of helping him get his investment back. Arturo offers her 20 percent, a fortune. Behind him, Paquito is suddenly all ears. Eloisa asks why he has come to her. He is capable of getting what he wants himself. Arturo replies that if it were up to him, he would kill Alcides right away but that’s not in his best interest right now. He says that Eloisa has become friends with Alcides and Soledad. She can convince him to return his investment. Arturo ups the offer to 50 percent. Paquito is doing a big YES! behind Arturo’s back but has to quickly pretend to be fooling around with his cane when Arturo turns around. Eloisa agrees. Arturo tells Eloisa that she is very beautiful and he hopes that someday they can reconcile their differences and make up for lost time. He leaves. Eloisa and Paquito laugh at the idea of making up lost time. Eloisa is not initially interested in helping Arturo but Paquito says that if she does what Arturo wants and gives him the money he wants, he won’t try his blackmail scheme on Hugo. She agrees and they head to the bed again.

Lucas is waiting for Ester to return. She wants to know what happened in the mine. He says he will tell her later but right now he wants to discuss something more serious. The deeds to the house are lying on the table. Lucas says that he wants Ester to be honest with him, no matter how painful it is. “What’s this about?” asks Ester, as if she didn’t already know. Lucas says that when they were married she told him that the house was a gift from a rich aunt but evidently that is false. He shows her the deed and says that apparently the house belonged to Jeremias de Montenegro. Angrily, he asks why she lied and what does Jeremias have to do with all this?

Ever the polite host, Mr. Max rudely asks what Daniel et al are doing in his house and how did they find out where he lived? Michelle introduces herself. Dr. Max again asks what they want. Daniel says that Antonia told them that Dr. Max has the studies that his father made on catalepsy. Dr. Max says that Alcides de Medina gave them to him but he never knew old Dr. Chirac personally. Dr. Max asks them again what they want. Antonia and Andres leave. Michelle tells Dr. Max that she suffers from catalepsy and she believes that old Dr. Chirac found the cure. She and Daniel need his father’s studies to see if he did find a cure for catalepsy.

Lucas demands an answer from Ester. She tries a lie. She says that Jeremias wanted to give Lucas the house as a wedding gift but he knew Lucas was too proud to accept it. Lucas isn’t buying. He grabs Ester’s face and says that he can see she is lying. She was Jeremias’ lover. “How dare you!” says Ester. Lucas tells her that he wants the truth. Her behavior in the last few months has convinced him that she betrayed him with his best friend! Ester says that it was a crazy time. She was alone while Lucas was a complete alcoholic. She doesn’t know how but it happened. She asks his forgiveness. Lucas says that he is drowning in doubts. He doesn’t want any more surprises at this point in his life (too bad you’re in a novela then).

Dr. Max gives Daniel the studies written by old Dr. Chirac. He says that he has read them so many times, he has memorized them but he has never seen Michelle’s name. Michelle says that old Dr. Chirac used aliases for his patients and hers was the Lady of the Sword. Dr. Max is about to leave them to take a nap when Antonia comes in with an invitation to a celebration of the arrival of summer in honor of his wife, Soledad, from Alcides de Medina. At the name, Michelle and Daniel look up in surprise.

Lucas castigates Ester for betraying him while pretending to be perfect and criticizing the behavior of everyone else in the city. How horrible it is to recognize who she really is after all these years. Ester tells Lucas that she knows he loves her as much as she loves him and asks that he forget the past and forgive her. Lucas continues to castigate Ester by saying that he went against his family and married a simple dressmaker and helped her become a lady while all the while she was a … Ester tells him to stop but Lucas asks her to be honest for once in her life and tell him if Soledad is his daughter.

Eloisa has asked Marina to her room. Marina says that she doesn’t understand why Eloisa wants to speak to her in private. Eloisa gives Marina a pile of money and puts a necklace on her. Eloisa says that she has the impression that Marina is not satisfied with the cheap things Boris gives her. Marina asks what she wants. Eloisa says that Marina has access to information that she is interested in about her boss, Hugo de Medina.

Paquito tells Rebeca that Alcides is Hugo. Paquito speculates that this has all been a plan of revenge by Hugo against the town. Rebeca realizes that she invested all of Lucas’ money and found other investors for the gold mine for what? For nothing.

At the hotel (which appears to be the same building that Hugo was in during his travels), Daniel says that he doesn’t like Dr. Max. He doesn’t seem to be a good person. Michelle says that Daniel had better start liking him because they don’t have another option. He has a full laboratory and seems to be interested in catalepsy. Andres delivers an invitation to Alcides’ celebration that is being sent to all the guests in the hotel. Daniel says that it is a good opportunity to get to know everyone in the city and they should go. Michelle says of course they will go but first she wants to talk to Alcides de Medina in private.


Monday – the scene in the rain from the credits and Alcides returns.

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