Caray, Caray!

Marichuy finds the Stefania’s “stolen” emerald necklace hidden in a mask hanging on the wall in Stef’s room. Just as she makes the discovery, Stef walks into the room. MC puts one and one together and gets two. She tells Stef that it is obvious that she set her up and now MC is going to fill Pat and Cece in on all the details. Stef, unfortunately, is one step ahead of MC. She grabs Mari and starts hollering to her “parents” to come. Cece and Pat come a-running and Pat is ever so quick to jump to the wrong conclusion, much to Stef’s pleasure.

Nelson and Elsa are together and she informs him that she’s left everything behind just to be with him. Ever confident, Nelson says he knew she’d come back to him and not marry Eduardo.

Speaking of Ed, he cannot understand why he was left at the altar. He asks Juan Miguel for some input. JM says that Elsa changed once she started to hang around this bohemian crowd. Ed says, there’s got to be a reason she stood me up at the church. He asks JM if there is another man and JM tells him yes, it is some writer who’s part of that group. Ed demands to know why JM didn’t tell him before. JM says he didn’t dare (no other explanation). Ed asks if JM knows where he would be able to find Elsa, he’s got to find her.
When Mari tries to tell what really happened, Pat says she just got caught trying to return the necklace. Mari asks why they won’t believe her. Isa calls her a thief. MC calls Stef a hypocrite, saying that she wanted to be like sisters, but all the while plotting to set MC up. Mari asks why Stef hates her so and Pat gets all puffed up and yells some more at Mari, this time for insulting his “daughter”. Mari calls Stef a liar. Isa says we caught you red handed. Mari, realizing no one is really listening to her, says that one day they’ll learn how unfair they’ve been to her and that they’ll find out that people get what they deserve. Mari walks out of the room and Cece can’t make eye contact with her.

Pat asserts that no doubt Marichuy is a thief. Isa says for certain they’ll have to kick her out of the house. Pat adds the sooner the better and Cece is upset to think they’ll be throwing Mari out on the street. Pat asserts that isn’t their problem and he’s going to call JM because he’s the one who brought her into the house, he’s the one who can deal with the problem.

JM receives the call from Pat. He makes a beeline for Pat and Cece’s home. When he gets there he is shown to Pat’s office and inquires into what Mari did. Pat starts running on with a list of every perceived offense….breaking a valuable dish, being jealous of Stef, stealing a necklace and money out of his wallet, keeping them up all night with her screaming nightmares….JM is shocked to hear of her being accused of theft. Stef comes into the office to add her two cents, but JM still isn’t convinced and says he’ll go talk to her. Pat says don’t bother talking, just get her out of here. Cece insists that JM speak to Mari and she takes him to Mari’s room. On the way there, Cece admits to JM that she can hardly believe that Mari is capable of stealing, but all the evidence points to her. When JM arrives at her room, Mari runs straight into his arms and begs him to remove her from this house. JM says they need to talk.

Waiting outside the room, Cece has flashbacks on some of the more maternal moments she’s spent with Mari.

JM asks Mari to tell him the truth and she questions if he’ll believe her over Pat and Cece. JM assures her that he’ll believe her. She fills him in on what’s happened and he affirms his belief in her version of the events. She starts to cry and he asks her to look him in the eye. He gently wipes away her tears and asks her not to cry any more. He says he only wanted to hear from her lips that she was innocent, but he questions why she didn’t defend herself. She asks him to whom? Cece, who is her biggest defender in the house believes that MC is guilty of what the others are accusing her of doing. JM leaves the room and tells Cece that he believes MC took nothing and Cece says again she didn’t think MC was capable, but then there is the proof…..JM says, “Yeah, that’s what Marichuy said.” Cece looks even more depressed as she realizes she’s let MC down.

Juan Miguel returns to Pat’s office and declares that he believes Marichuy, she didn’t take the necklace. Isa states that apparently Marichuy has mastered the art of deceiving people. Stef is irate to think that JM would believe MC over her and says that if that is the case, then he must believe she, Stef, invented these things about MC. JM says he doesn’t believe that about Stef, he just has no doubt that Marichuy isn’t a thief. Pat questions what underlying motive would JM have in believing MC. JM says there is no underlying motive, but as a psychoanalyst he’s trained in reading people. Pat says the faith JM has in her is strange, but he, himself, isn’t believing it and he wants MC out of his house. JM asks Cece if she agrees. She’s conflicted and struggles to give him a definitive answer. Pat says there are two ways MC can go---to jail or out on the street. JM says neither, she’s going to come back and live with me. We can see the steam coming from Stef at this comment. Again, Pat questions why JM is going out on a limb for this ladrona. JM says he’s got a moral obligation to protect Marichuy--- she’s good, pure, and innocent.

Ed goes to the bohemian part of town and searches for Nelson and Elsa. He gets a little info out of some woman who is one of the artsy group, but not enough to track down the couple.

Pat and JM discuss the ideologies the nature of “fixing” the criminal element. JM thinks that with guidance you can lead someone in a new direction. Pat is old school and thinks that only punishment can turn someone around. JM says he’s willing to help Mari at any cost and Stef has more steam coming out of her ears. She warns JM to be careful, because MC will end up causing him a lot of problems. Hinting, I’m sure, about their relationship, however JM doesn’t pick up on this because it is obvious their relationship is pretty much at the bottom of his list of priorities. Pat adds that JM needs to be careful because he thinks MC is predestine to commit crimes, “after all, we have no idea who her parents were and they could be lowlifes, people without scruples.” JM ends the conversation by saying that MC will be leaving with him and he’ll go tell her to pack her things.

JM and Mari leave the house with her few meager belongings and Cece looks sad as they go.

Onelia is there to greet them at the castle door when they get to JM’s house. She starts harping right away and declares that she will not live under the same roof as this person and her mongrel. She also insults Cuate some more, calling him flea infested. Her final threat is that either Mari goes or she’ll go. JM says that he’s decided that MC will be staying. Onelia, sensing she’s losing, rallies for a final stand. She agrees to let MC stay, as long as she works for them. JM says nope, MC will be getting an education, not working as a domestic. MC assures them that she’s got no problem working at the house. Onelia says that the dog won’t be allowed into the house, he’ll have to sleep in the yard. Once Onelia leaves, JM tells MC that Cuate doesn’t have to sleep outside, he can remain in her room (he’s good-looking and kind to animals!!). He tells Mari that even though Onelia’s being nasty, there are plenty of people at the house who are happy to have her living there-- like Rocio, Malvina, Mayita and JM, himself. This makes Mari smile.

Stef is angry that JM has Mari moving into his house. She and Isa end up having words. Isa tells Stef it is better to lose JM than to risk losing the gravy train of Pat and Cece. Losing JM is worth it, if they’ve been successful in getting Pat and Cece’s real daughter away from them. Stef rants about how she hates Marichuy.

Viviana calls the castle and Mayita answers the phone. Viv identifies herself as Maya’s mom. Mayita tells her mother that her Abuelita Mariana said that Viv was alive. Viv doesn’t have time for this, she wants to talk to Onelia. Mayita says she’s not around and Viv ends the call. Mayita runs to her secret place and asks Abuelita Mariana about Viv and if she should tell her dad about the phone call. AM says to keep it quiet, for now.

Adrian comes to visit Mari. Pat informs him that she no longer lives there, and doesn’t tell him where she’s gone. Adrian looks seriously upset at this news.

Nelson and Elsa discuss how happy they are together. Nelson questions if she misses Ed. She says nope, she just feels bad about leaving him at the altar. She mentions a wedding in the future for her and Nelson. She’s assuming it will happen, but the look of bemused terror on his face indicates he’s not in complete agreement with that plan.

Ed calls to tell JM about his search for Elsa and Nelson. JM tells him about Marichuy moving into the castle.

Vicente invites Mari and Rocio to a party at this studio. Rocio’s not sure she should go, but Mari gets ready and on her way out gets stopped by Juan Miguel. She tells him where she’s headed and he tells her she’s mistaken if she thinks she’s going. He’s on his way out, so he tells her they’ll talk about it later, but he advises her not to leave.

Rocio decides she wants to go and she tells MC they need to get out of the house undetected by Onelia. Too bad the witch is eavesdropping on the whole conversation.

At the party……Mari talks to Nelson and Elsa. Amador makes another move on Mari, and she rejects him, once again. Rocio and Vicente dance. She learns how to smoke (ick) and they kiss. Mari dances and looks like she’s having a great time. Too bad, JM arrives and drags both women out of the party (but not in a caveman way, most likely due to the fact neither one of the women put up too much resistance). Amador leads the crowd in laughing at the women’s hasty exit.

When they arrive back at the castle, Rocio tries to convince her brother that Vicente cares for her. It falls on deaf ears, as JM thinks that group is nothing but trouble. Rocio stomps off into the house. Mari refuses to go inside. Juan Miguel follows Mari out to the bridge over the pond. He ends up apologizing for the manner in which he forced them to leave the party. Mari apologizes for not listening and questions why JM is being so nice to her. He says it is because she deserves it. He adds, that whether she believes it or not, he’s not such a bad guy. She says she knows and that’s why she cares for him. He sounds surprised and tries to get her to reaffirm that comment, “You care for me?” Mari says that she cares for him, a lot. He says “Marichuy” and they both lean in for a kiss. Their lips meet and the camera turns around them as we are treated to the first kiss in slo-mo. END OF THE EPISODE.

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