Caray, Caray!

Viviana ends up washed up on the beach, still clutching her attaché case with all her jewels inside, as airplane parts are strewn around her. The gaudy jewelry she’s wearing is still intact, that’ll make her happy, I’m sure.

Back home, Mayita is running to her secret place, calling for her Abuelita Mariana. She cries to granny, who assures her that her mother isn’t dead. Later Mayita is found by her other abuelita. It is a study in contrasts as this grandmother tells her that not only is her mother dead, but her father the killer. To make matters worse, Granny Onelia insists that Mayita has to hate her father now….this kid is going to need some therapy.

In the hospital, Juan Miguel worries what his daughter must be going through at this moment in time. He wants to get back to her.

Marichuy prays for the souls of JM and his wife.

Mayita continues to cry for her mother. JM arrives back home and has a warm greeting from his sister. They discuss Viviana’s demise and JM says he was sure that Viv survived, but……he says perhaps he just preferred to think that she’ll return someday than to think of the alternative.

Marichuy is being questioned by some girl about which of the men in the artist crowd she finds attractive. Marichuy really has no opinion, so this girl (didn’t catch her name, sorry) questions about Amador and she lets MC know that Amador really is interested in her, MC lets her know that the feeling isn’t mutual. Sensing that there is some sort of underlying psychological problem, this woman asks MC what she has against men in general.

JM and his sister discuss how he felt about his wife. Then he goes to see his daughter, who lashes out at him and accuses him of killing her mother. He urges his daughter it is okay to cry, but she should remember her mother with affection, not pain. Onelia overhears their exchange and seems pleased with her dirty work. JM asks Mayita if she really thinks he’s capable of hurting her mother and she relents.

Adrian asks MC to go to the movies that night with him and she agrees.

Onelia doesn’t like the course of JM and Mayita’s conversation, so she orders him to leave the child alone, the doctor insists she needs rest. JM tells her to leave, and says that they’ll talk later. He continues to console his daughter.

Estefania and her aunt (Isabela?) discuss her looking for work and Isabela says don’t worry, you are going to meet your future parents.

JM and Onelia exchange some not-so-pleasantries. She accuses him of killing her only daughter. He says he just wants Mayita to realize that death is something that is natural and she should be able to return to her life, sooner rather than later. He psycho-babbles at Onelia telling her that she has a right to her feelings, but he will not allow her to poison his daughter and not in his house. She asks if he’s kicking her out? He says he’s telling her to cease and desist with feeding Mayita her crap, if she can’t do that, then she’ll have to go.

At the drive-in Adrian gets all Danny Zucco on MC and he goes in for a kiss. She is incensed and starts to hit him. She orders him to never come near her again.

JM goes out for a drive and rehashes in his mind the argument he had with Viv and the ugly things that Mayita said to him when he came home.

MC runs out of the drive-in and straight in the path of an on-coming car. It is JM and he nearly hits her. He jumps out to see if she’s okay and she responses as if she’s seen a ghost. You’re dead, she says. He reaches for her and asks again if she’s OK. She say’s it can’t be, freaks out as he tries to touch her and she takes off.

She ends up running home and seeks comfort from her cute dog. Cande returns home and MC pretends to be asleep.

The woman who was pumping MC for info on how she feels about the guys in their little group is now talking to Amador and she tells him that it would be best if he forget all about MC, she’s in no way interested in him. He doesn’t care, and I think, probably sees this as a challenge.

Onelia agrees to abide by JM’s demands so she can stay in the house. We, the audience, can tell she’s just feeding him a line of bull, but he doesn’t pick up on it, perhaps his grief has temporarily depleted him of his ability to read body language---kinda like Kryptonite and Superman. She asks JM if he thinks he’ll marry again. He says this kind of questioning is too soon. She says, well in time? He says he doesn’t know, but most likely not. He walks away and she says, to herself, but I’m sure for the viewing audience’s benefit, that he’s going to pay for taking her daughter away from her.

MC has nightmares that wake her up. She comments, to herself –once again for the audience’s benefit, that she never saw his face, but even without that, she’d know him if she ever came across his path.

Isabela goes to visit Cecelia. They talk about how many years it’s been and Cece is a little surprised that Isabela came to see her. Isabela says that she’s surprised that Cece is with Patricio, she thought there was some sort of problem with his family and didn’t they get their marriage annulled.

Mayita tells JM that she can’t go to school because she’s got to get some black clothes. He tells her that mourning isn’t something that happens on the outside, it is something that we carry in our hearts.

Viv is taking her wedding ring off as she stands on the sunny beach. She says now she’s going to really live her life.

Adrian comes to see MC. Cande says she’s not feeling well, but MC had told her that she doesn’t ever want to see Adrian again.

Cece tells Isabela that she regrets that she abandoned her daughter without knowing her fate, if she’s dead or alive. Cece discusses how she took the child to a priest, but has no idea on how to track him down, she asks Isabela if she could help her. Isabela says she can’t remain silent any more, she needs to let Cece know that her daughter lives and where she is. END OF EPISODE

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