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From Yesterday: Fernando has an idea on how to find out if CL is alive...


...Ivonne visits Comandante Blanco, one of the agents who informed Paula that CL was dead. Ivonne tells him she doesn't think CL fell off the boat. She and CL were "special friends" if he gets her drift, and she has a premonition that CL is alive and well amongst them. Com. Blanco says impossible, CL could not have survived his fall in the sea.

S2 (fake Sandro) bothers Paula who is working late. Sr. Dumbass suggests she replace Marely with the fea-legged Laura. (Clueless much?) Paula gives her classic sneer then becomes sad. She'll miss Marely so very much, she was Paula's sister, secretary, best friend and conscience. S2 says it will be OK because he's there for her. He tries to be cute and sweet but Paula is unimpressed, she's deeply irritated in fact.

Ivonne pokes herself in the eyes to make herself cry for dramatic effect, the big faker. She cries that she's so alone and her heart tells her CL is alive, wah!! She becomes increasingly hysterical until Com. Blanco escorts her outside for fresh air. A lurking Fer sneaks into the office.

Heri shows up at Pastor and Anga's pad. He wants to go to the movies again but poor Pastor has to stay home with his sick brother. He manages to convince Heri to stay and watch movies at the house. Pastor doesn't know how to make sopes but he has lots of beer so Heri stays.

Ivonne convinces Com. Blanco to stay outside with her while she recovers. He happily complies and gallantly does not suggest that her very tight pink suit might be cutting off her air and possibly the cause of her dizziness.

Fer peeks at the record of CL's death. The phone rings, he gets scared, skulks around some more, then continues reading.

Com. Blanco has to go back into his office, he's expecting a call. Ivonne chases him and her gasping goes into overdrive as she loudly tries to warn Fer they are outside the door. Fer climbs out the window and falls two stories! That was his plan? He should give up spying and stick to numbers; even driving would be better.

Ivonne gives Blanco the bum's rush and finds Fer under the window writhing in pain with an injured ankle.

CL arrives home and picks a fight with Sandro. CL tells his unhappy brother ha ha Marely is leaving the country.

A very glum Juan arrives home to Casa Cachon. The entire family wants to know if there is any news. Marely follows Juan in and tells them she's going to Spain tomorrow as planned. Caras impactadas all around.

At Casa Davila Ana comments to Paula that she must be glad marely is leaving. Pau says no of course not, but she brightens considerably at the thought that Marely will no longer stand between her and Juan. She decides to invite him to dinner that weekend.

Nidia helps Marely pack and gives her a mother's blessing. Tears and hugs.

Juanito scolds Juan for not turning Marely around, she's the ONLY one he wanted to be his mama! Juanito becomes bratty, points his finger at Papi and accuses him of not wanting Marely to stay!

Someone knocks loudly on the Cachon's door. Juan angrily answers it and is unpleasantly surprised to see Sandro (the real one) who wants to see Marely. He thought bubbles that this nasty piece of work is a real thorn in his side! He says Marely is too busy to see Sandro. Sandro tentatively requests, could Juan ask her? Sandro paces and we see Alirio and Yadi spying on him from behind the door. Alirio whispers that the similarity to CL is really extraordinary. Yadi lustily answers "He's much more potable (possibly a double-entendre for the translations "passable" and "more edible") than CL.

Juan tells Marely that he told Short-stuff downstairs she wouldn't want to talk to him. He absently picks up her pink bra and twists it into a knot. Annoyed, she grabs it from him and accuses him of being jealous. She decides to see Sandro and Juan puffs up in anger and jealousy.

Sandro goes into his usual schtick about what a wonderful woman Marely is. This annoys her, she's tired of his flip-flopping. When he helped her with her essay she thought he was a good person. He insists he is...when he's not mad or tense. "Then you become another person," she snaps. He fumbles, says that's not him, he wants to explain. He gives her long kiss on the cheek and tells her (under Juan's wrathful gaze) that she has been very important to him.

After Sandro leaves Juan takes his hankie and brusquely wipes Sandro's invisible kiss off Marely's cheek. He gives his tainted hanky a sour look.

At Fer's apartment Ivonne wraps his sprained ankle while they discuss the results of their "sleuthing". Fer says according to the report the boat wasn't near any islands, it was far from the coast and it didn't stop at any ports. Ivonne doesn't care, she's sure that guy in the office is CL. Fer tells her he has something more important to discuss...will she spend the night with him?

Marely visits Juanito and sadly tells him she can't stay because his Papi loves her like a sister and a friend, not like he loves Paula. Life and love can be hard and he'll understand when he's older. He cries and tells her he loves her a lot.

Ivonne calls Paula to tell her she won't be home, she's going to stay with Fernando and help him out. "Hard luck" (Mala pata = bad foot), jokes Paula. Paula tells Ana and they smile at Ivonne's romantic situation. Paula displays her cleavage while musing on the irony of life.

Heriberto is so moved by the sad movie that he cannot restrain himself; he cries on Pastor's willing shoulder.

Marely makes a bold move. She approaches Alirio about his relationship with Nidia. She begs him to let her mother out of their marriage farce of a marriage. He asks her why is she so cruel to him? Marely responds it's more cruel to imprison Nidia in a loveless marriage. If he truly loves her he'll set her free. Alirio, distraught and thoughtful, ponders her words.

Kike and Julia enjoy dinner and a milkshake. He tells her about the visit to the lawyer and that he's moving out of Casa Cachon. He needs to find a room or a very small apartment. He can't afford more since he is saving his money for his business. Coincidentally, Julia has an extra room and invites him to move in as a friend, they can split costs down the middle. He reminds her he eats a lot (no kidding, remember the honeymoon?) and accepts her offer. He says she reminds him of Marely, frank, sincere and gutsy. (Oh please dear Kike, dump the shrew and go with this sweet girl!)

Juan lies in bed holding his Santo Niño de Atocha trading card. He scolds himself, just because Marely wanted to leave was he going to let her split his heart in two without trying to stop her? (Uh oh)

The next morning Marely and Nidia say their goodbyes. Nidia fantasizes about joining Marely in the mother country. If only she could fit into the suitcase like a ventriloquists dummy she could go to Spain, meet lots of chomi-chomis, and find her blue prince (Prince Charming) or at least a count or viscount. Nidia advises Marely to avoid convents and live life to the fullest.

Juan sadly walks Juanito to school thought bubbling madly along the way. His little rose garden's departure is like a thorn in his chest. Juanito pipes up that his Papi didn't follow his heart, instead he's mooning over that slobbering Paula! (Out of the mouths of babes.) He thought men were supposed to fight for what they want! He points the angry finger at dad and tells him he'll say this only once more, he doesn't want any other woman for his mama, no other!! Juan is muy impactado.

They are still saying their goodbyes at Casa Cachón. Kike finally gets Marely out the door and Alirio tries to comfort Nidia. The sweet farewell music grinds to a halt as she slaps his hand and calls him a clown.

Juan drives in his convertible and thought bubbles how bad he feels about Juanito's words. Will he be a useless drowned potato (soggy good-for-nothing)? He decides to act. He calls Casa Cachon and is dismayed to hear that Marely already left. Chinches Bravas!! He peels out.

Elsewhere Sandro paces and looks at his watch. He gets picked up by the one taxista in the DF. A filler conversation ensues about the taxista being hungry, Sandro has to find the one important woman in his life, yada yada yada. They head for the airport.

The red mustang overheats (again) and Kike's ass plays mariachi music. He answers his phone with a long-winded "Tansportes Bueno Lindo..." intro. Juan interrupts him, emergncy help needed! He has to race like the wind to stop Marely and Kike has to drive him! Kike babbles and bobbles until Juan begs him to shut up and just pick him up.

Marely tearfully sits in the airport waiting room and recalls Juan's words. Then she recalls Sandro's goodbye. Sandro appears behind her but she doesn't see him.

Juan thought bubbles that if he's unable to stop his little rose garden he'll have a splintered heart for the rest of his life, a heart that will be squashed, pureed and abandoned.

Juan's voice speaks the words of Mana's theme song as Sandro approaches Marely: "Ay ay ay a splintered heart, how it hurts; ay ay how love hurts me." Marely's sad and beautiful face leads into the break.

It's time to board and Marely approaches the gate. An indecisive Sandro follows her but then stops short. He berates himself for fooling her, he's a coward who doesn't deserve her. He does nothing, the wimp.

In contrast, our passionate Juan, in super slo-mo, runs through the airport knocking things out of his way and tripping over suitcases. Alas, Marely is nowhere to be seen and he rubs his eyes in despair.

Outside, Kike dances to the radio and hears Juan's cell phone ring the Cachibombon. He answers, uh oh, it's Paula. He tells her he's at the airport waiting for Juan to stop Marely from leaving. He blabs the details and supposes by now he has stopped the plane, found her and they are happily talking.

Paula whines to Ivonne that at this moment Juan is preventing Marely from leaving for Spain, boo hoo.

Juan finds out that Marely's plane just left. He berates himself for not listening to his son and acting sooner. He calls himself a brute and an animal.

Cut to the Paris estate. Hillary has called Juan's phone and Kike is muy impactada to hear her voice. She asks Kike to tell Juan she called.

The phone rings again. This time it's Laura. Does Kike know where Juan is? Kike tells crabby Laura that Juan is taking care of personal business.

Paula tells Ivonne she couldn't sleep all night for thinking about Juan. She decided she was going to tell him how she really feels. She lost a night of sleep and for what, so Juan could go running after Marely? (Oh brother.) Ivonne urges Paula to stop deliberating and talk to Juan anyway. Paula says she'll do it, she'll go ahead and invite Juan to dinner. She blathers on about the night she spent in his arms, it was the best night of her life, hablablabla and more filler. She loves him loves him loves him!!!!

Juan dolefully walks toward Kike. He says what happened is what happens to the world's biggest imbecile. He lost Marilecita for ever...for ever!!

Ultimos Capitulos - More intense than ever!

Apachurrado/a = Downhearted
Bicharacco = A nasty piece of work
Entrón/ona = gutsy
Mala patata = Hard luck, a tough break (Lit. a bad or sick foot)
Potable = Passable, acceptable, also means more watchable, more edible, drinkable
Ser una patada = To be worthless, good for nothing (Lit. to be a potato)

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