Caray, Caray!

-Charles Schulz

The first "new" scene we get today is Valeria sitting in her room crying and remembering her night of hot monkey love with Rocky among the tires. At the end of the flashback we see that Rocky is thinking about it too and frustrated that he can't see her. Awwwww.

The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why Mili left Alejandro at the altar. He tries to distract her by asking which of the other two lunkheads she was going to pick, since he's sure it wasn't going to be him. He runs through Hugo's faults and misdeeds (for more information please see previous recaps). Then he rags on Mateo for only being madly in love with Mili once she inherited Regina's money. Then he reminds her he's the only guy who would rather die than not have her. He doesn't want to talk, but eventually he says, "Fine, tell me what's so important."

Constancio can't find Luciana and no one knows where she is. The ever-helpful Karla says she went out quite a while ago not a little drunk. Karla points out that this is the perfect time to look for those incriminating photos. Constancio tells her to act as lookout while he starts rummaging.

Luciana sneaks out of bed with a nookie-knocked-out Nestor (say that ten times fast) and searches through his stuff until she finds a slip of paper that says where Alejandro is…or at least I suppose that's what it says. Why she does this in slow motion is beyond me.

Mili shows Alejandro the medal and explains to him, rather slowly, as if he were kind of airheaded (which, well, probably not a bad idea) that here's her medal…the medal that her mom put on her before she died…and the Virgen de la Soledad is on it…and granny used to pray to the V de S…and there are initials on it…her daddy's initials. "CBL" Alejandro reads. Constancio Belmonte Lascurain, Mili explains, "you and I are siblings." oops. First Alejandro is in denial, thinking those initials could belong to anyone. Then he just refuses to believe it. Mili says she's the lost grandchild of Regina, daughter of Rosario, who Constancio dumped to marry Luciana. "My mother died of pain and ever since I found out we have the same blood I feel like I'm dying!" She tells him she loves him with her whole soul and will never love anyone else like that. She tells him that Luciana is the one who told her, which he thinks means it could be a lie. Mili nixes that idea, since the God Squad also knew about it. I'm waiting for Alejandro to use his two brain cells to realize that Padre Manuel wouldn't have agreed to set up a romantic kidnapping by the beach if he knew that Mili and Alejandro were related. Instead he walks off to collapse in the sand and do his audition scene for the next Incredible Hulk movie. No, really, sorry to bust up such an emotional scene, but go back and check out the veins he's got going on. This time, Mili's "I'm crying like I've been punched in the stomach" cry actually seems appropriate.

Luciana sneaks out of the room with her clothes on and her little slip of paper in her purse.

Mili approaches Alejandro again. He finally understands why Mili took off the way she did. Mili says neither she nor Luciana wanted him to suffer. She talks about how Regina died right after. Mili lets him know that Regina found out the truth before she died. Then they both cry over how they miss Regina. Mili tells Alejandro that Constancio's known almost since Mili started working there. Alejandro curses him and asks if Mili has confronted him yet. Mili tells him that Constancio is never to know. Mili blames him for her mother dying (again) and for Regina dying. Alejandro blames him for what he and Mili are going through. Mili laments that nobody told them anything before things got "so far." Oh, come on, they kissed a bunch and slept in the same bed, fully clothed, one night. That doesn't exactly guarantee you a one-way ticket to hell. Mili starts in on how Constancio must pay. I vote the two of them go back to DF and announce that they're married and Mili's pregnant and see how many people keel over. Certainly at that point somebody would step forward with the truth, right?

Constancio crawls around on the bedroom floor and then decides there's a better place too look for the photos.

Mili and Alejandro walk along the beach. He says again that now he understands why she was acting like she did. Mili again says she didn't want him to suffer too. Alejandro tells her that he cancelled the wedding with Florencia because he doesn't love her like he loves Mili. He says he'll never be happy, not without her. They decide to go back to DF, but not until tomorrow, since it's late. Mili says it's too bad their dream turned into a nightmare.

Karla and Constancio look in the green house. Constancio finds the pictures and rips up all but one--since it came out good. Karla tries to get him to show her the pictures, but he won't. She reminds him to thank her in cash, like always. Socorro walks in and hears that last bit, gets the wrong idea (but not that wrong) and smacks Karla a good one across the face. They both try to tell her she's mistaken, but Socorro won't hear it. Karla throws it in her face that her dad abandoned them. She asks if it's because he was a married man and then stalks off. Socorro threatens to tell Luciana if Constancio lays a hand on Karla again. Constancio hands her a wad of cash…cause "women always resolve problems by going shopping." Socorro tells him she'll accept it if he can tell her where to buy dignity, otherwise…she tears up the bills and throws them at him.

Back at the Love Shack, Deluxe Edition, Mili and Alejandro both agree they're not going to be able to sleep tonight. Alejandro offers Mili the indoors of the cabin and says he'll sleep somewhere else. He tries to say things will look better in the morning, but Mili can't see how. After he shuts the doors he starts walking toward the pool and I wonder if he's going to drown himself. He does this bizarre sideways fall into the pool, which doesn't help, but then I can see he's swimming, not sinking. He cries some more after he surfaces. Too bad these two are surrounded by liars.

The next morning, Constancio screams at Luciana. Luciana won't tell him where she was. Constancio insults her about her drinking. Luciana is hung over. We've seen this scene before, right? Luciana doesn't think he's going to win the elections, so he can quit complaining that she's ruining his chances. Luciana blames her drinking on having to live with Constancio. Blah, blah, blah. I forget which one says it's the other's fault the kids are screwed up, but Constancio says Valeria will get over the chauffeur. Luciana asks what about Alejandro, then remembers that Constancio doesn't care and goes into the bathroom. Constancio agrees that he doesn't care, but he sure would like to know what's up with Alejandro. Metiche. During the blah, blah, blah, he calls her a "teporocha" which doesn't have a direct translation, but basically he's calling her a drunk…again.

When Luciana finally comes downstairs, Braulio tells her that Domingo Echavarria is waiting for her. Socorro tries to talk to her, but Luciana rudely dismisses her. When Braulio tries to ask Socorro what's up, she tells him not to be metiche.

Mili wakes up at the Love Shack, Deluxe Edition, in yesterday's dress (and looking like it). She wakes up Alejandro, who apparently fell asleep on the couch outside, but not until dawn. She tells him she didn't sleep all night. Alejandro says he couldn't stop thinking all night about what she told him. He's going to take a shower, then they're going to the airport…but wait! Alejandro remembers that Padre Manuel said they have to wait for Nestor. Mili wants to call home, but Alejandro says that Padre Manuel is taking care of it. Alejandro says they'll wait for Nestor and go back with him. They sit there looking awkward and not being able to look at each other.

Domingo tells Luciana that Alejandro cancelled the wedding. Luciana blames it on Mili. Braulio announces Florencia. She comes in crying to Luciana that Alejandro is with Mili. She's surprised to see her father there. Domingo is pissed that he hasn't heard about "that servant" before. Florencia cries that if she loses Alejandro, she'll die. Domingo hugs her and says he'll take care of it. Luciana, that sleazy classist ho, very pointedly tells Domingo that Alejandro won't be free of his "crazy" while Mili exists. Domingo gets the message. So does Florencia, who is horrified, although she doesn't ask him not to do it. Luciana hands over the address and tells Domingo to hurry. He calls for his private jet and then leaves. Luciana hugs Florencia and makes an evil face behind her back. I have nothing nice to say about either one of them.

Mili and Alejandro are eating breakfast. Mili has named the dog Lagrimita (little tears) since that's all she's seen since they got there. Alejandro brought her a new, snazzy ball cap as a present for the trip. Alejandro tries to suggest that they run away somewhere where no one knows them and stay together, that they pretend they don't know they're brother and sister. She's already freaking out, but then he kisses her and she goes right over the edge and goes running, calling for the dog.

Hugo and Mateo go to Padre Manuel looking for Mili. PM won't give them any information. The guys get mean and threatening. Sor Cachete saves his bacon, saying that Mili called from her aunt's house in Michoacan to say that she's worried because she hasn't seen Alejandro since yesterday. Hugo and Mateo don't buy it.

Lina and Gloria compare notes. Hugo and Mateo are asking about Mili and Alejandro's bed hasn't been slept in. Socorro tries to get info out of them, but they deny knowing anything. Karla, of course, comes in and spouts a bunch of crap about how now that Mili has money she doesn't want to hang out with Lina and Gloria. Socorro tells Karla to shut it, especially after what happened yesterday, but then she won't tell Lina and Gloria what happened yesterday.

Mili has a grumpy, frustrated walk on the beach. Alejandro goes frantically looking for her. She walks some more, this time I think trying to get away from the house. Nestor shows up. Alejandro comes back to the house, frantic. Nestor's not worried about Mili being missing. He wants to wait for Mili to come back before he talks to them both. Alejandro wants to know what it's about. Nestor says that he loved Luciana way back when, etc. Alejandro doesn't get it. Nestor says it's about a secret he can't keep keeping.

Milagros runs into a guy with a gun, who grabs her around the throat, points a gun at her head, and stuffs her in the back of a jeep. There's another guy in the jeep helping him. Domingo is there too and he tells a bound and gagged Milagros that she's now going to learn that you don't mess with the family of Domingo Echavarria.

So, who wins the rat bastard race tonight? Constancio, Luciana, or Domingo?

My DVR cut off, so I don't know what's coming tomorrow, except that Alejandro sees something on the beach that makes him take off running.

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