Caray, Caray!

It may be a little known fact that I grew up in Wyoming where barrel jokes and sheep jokes are much more frequent than ass jokes and certainly more fun than troll laden fairy tales.

Sofia tells her sisters of her anger, fury, jealousy at seeing Root near Juan Reyes. Flash to a bit of self flagellation with the lip gloss pen on said vixen. For some reason she hates me and I believe she is capable of doing me harm [she is doing it for us all Sof dear.] She may try to separate me from Juan. [Wasn't that always a fear of good girls in high schools everywhere, that those saucy flirts would rub up against the hormonal teenboyz and take them away. Forget that these folks are way, way into their 40's, isn't this really similar?]

Once again Quintina is giving the hens an English lesson, what a gentle teacher, while Root rides up and demands that Quintina fetch the BoyZ ReyeZ for her. No deal, Q tells her to get lost. She's ready to fight this new hussy off but, Juan arrives seeing the happy scene. The easy banter begins with Root chiding Juan that he doesn't keep his wild beasts muzzled (tus fieras sin bozal)
What are you doing in this property. It is mine, As she pats Juan down all around she tells him he took it away from her deserving parents.

Abuelo keeps his accounts in the big journal: now what could Root be after. She believes the Reyes took away HER hacienda. Root moves in for a smooch but rigid Juan resists while at last, the brothers show up, she continues to taunt the boys about their dirty boots and her getting her hacienda back as she uses Juan for a quick pole dance She is going to have fun with Juan, his horse and his silly brothers. She does have a fine wardrobe of leather, love that red. Q mocks the pole dancer and Root likes his horse. Q warns him not to lose either his horse or his hacienda or his head (oops, too late for that)

Sofia pours out her fears about Root, the odio of it all!, She worries about keeping Eva in the dark but Abuelo says wait so Root won't do a different pole dance on Eva's head.

Eva looks her usual puzzled at life in general and why are the girlz grilling her. What if she saw anything strange, saw the back of Root not her face. The sisters demure in clearing anything up for Eva or for themselves.

Abuelo talks to Grabbiela (Grabby.) She warns him if he is returning to the big house against her advice and wishes, not to meddle in her affairs, he demands the right to go on protecting his granddaughters. Grabby insists he is always against her and worried about her. As if she would never think of harming her daughters. Abuelo poses the question of the hour: what will Root do when she realizes Grabby grabbed her from Eva and sold her to the Uribes just to buy more lands? Grabby postures that Root will be grateful that she was given a rich life and not downtrodden being a maid's daughter. Abuelo adds, she may expect upon learning that she is an Elizondo that she wants her share of the inheritance. Grabby looks as though she is hatching a new plot.
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Grabby insists she will know just what to do when the moments arrives. Meanwhile she berates abuelo with his little soldiers, costumes, maps. How ridiculous. Just the kind of talk any older person longs for to help boost their self esteem.

Back at the Sofia and Root show down the red leather clad pole dancer pounces on the red haired weakling and rubs in the illicit kiss with Juan that she witnessed, that kiss, that kiss Sofia says not only a kiss but a daughter. Out of wedlock baby making! Bastarda? Root reacts in mock horror at the ignominy of it all.

Juan has a sweet presentation of dolls for the three precious, but huge one year old babies. He has faith that he will recover his child the madresuperior wishes him luck.

Root has some spitting fit over the sound drowning fountain as she gripes about some childhood memory of some damage caused by Sofia. Sofia maybe remembers it but shows a bit of spitefulness herself as she acknowledges that Root has turned her life to the ugly side, her life with bitterness and spite for the rest of her life and believe it, Sofia knows how to smite someone with this curse. Root is just lucky Sofia didn't throw double snake eyes and condemn her to a life of tears like she has led through most of this story.

Juan wants to see the papers of the three babies that would have to be presented when they arrived. He assures the madresuper that he truly feels that one of these girls is his. She insists they are orphans, just poor orphans, he keeps saying I need to see those papers until we until we reach guitar fade.
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The papers have birth dates, vaccines records but not much else. So Juan then says, who brought them? Oh, Dr. (Matasanos) Gomez. Well let's talk to him! Madresuper thinks Juan needs to hope for a miracle instead of wasting himself on this fruitless thinking.

Over at his office, Dr. Gomez insists he has no obligation to explain anything to Juan. Are you threatening me? The three babies came when my daughter disappeared, on or near the same day. Too much coincidence here. How did these three appear and what happened to their families? Dr. Gomez gives the lame detail that of the three parents, two died in child birth and the third mother soon after died in an accident. Oh so they came at the same time? Juan demands. Dr. Gomez slimes his seat and dreams up that it took a long time to get them here from different ranches. okay. okay , not okay, Juan plows through this confusing array of bull. Dr. G continues to look more unsure, I am innocent. Innocent Dr. G says he is sorry Juan is so crazy. Juan tells him if he finds out Dr. G is involved in hiding his daughter, he will kill him. Dr. G doesn't like this at all and needs to talk to Grabby.

Grabby is hearing that Juan came to the orphanage to see the babies and has been asking about the 3 girls. and now he went to see Dr. G to find out about the girls' arrival. Grabby starts a campaign to condemn Juan as violent and dangerous that the madresuper must never let Juan near them again. When madresuper continues to say Juan and Sofia and she have given these babies so much support, it is so wonderful. Grabby threatens to pull her financial support as she hisses, then what will you do? Madresuper is no fool she will be poor like they have been so often, somehow they will get what they most need. Grabby silently gripes to herself: Sofia and Juan are everyday closer to the truth. She needs to never see them again or Juan must not ever come again, I can't figure out which.

Juan is sitting with abuelo and Rosendo talking about how to get abuelo 's advice. Rosendo will carry a message between them. He then call Juan, compadre, nice grin from Juan, this may be helpful later. Abuelo advises Juan not to tell Sofia of his suspicions that he knows where the baby is until he is very sure.

Berater-in-chief Grabby is chewing out quivering old Dr. G that he must get Juan off the track and she has paid him sooooo much money, he better do what she says. Grabby's old girlfriends go by in officious giggles. Dr. G is very nervous. Dr. G wants to know why Fernando didn't have a grand plan for getting the real baby daughter away. She says he is in Puebla and she doesn't know when he will come back. She avers that she would like to know when he comes back and suddenly so would the mutton chop sheriff who wants Feo too for questions about his fingerprints found on the murder scene of Rocio and Armando. Grabby smiles, she has one less problem if Feo is gone. Dr. G is still scared and Grabby lost in thought approaches the SUV she remembers her Dad's words that she could be Feo's next victim. But this black widow has a few more aces up her sleeve.
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Oh mai gawd we haven't seen Juan take a bucket bath in ever so long and Root has apparently never rubbed her black leather gloves and red leather coat against a bucket washed hunk-o-man. She grabs a feel or two and tells Juan no one is going to stop her. Juan insists that he is a one woman man and that is Sofia the sufferer. She does a pole dance step that is pure porn sexy against Juan-pole and he grabs her then slides her away. She pulls the machete on him telling him she will be his whether he likes it or not. Red coat is leaving and Juan spits once her back is turned. We don't see the bottom of the pole.

Madresuper tells Sofia that Juan has had a presentiment but she needs to see Juan to find out what it is. Sofia looks surprised that Juan had something as complex as a presentiment.

Sofia goes to the lawyer to disinherit Feo and name a new one.

Juan is in the field reliving the pole dance scene all the while swearing fealty to Sofia.

Grabby smiles her wicked smile over how surprised Feo will be to be disinherited and the daughters and abuelo too. And your little dog too (oops wrong story). They will all be surprised when they learn who will be the heir.

Juan continues working the pitiful field and just as he gets his fealty back in it's proper place, Sofia shows up to ask about the presentiment that madresuper has told her of. Does it have something to do with our daughter? Yes, he grins. Tell me now, tell me now, tell me now. I will tell you when I put our daughter in your own hands. They walk off down the path to the autograph tree and smarter than the people, Capricio runs ahead of them, just in time to miss the sudden shower that washes away evidence of Sofia's permanently tear stained face and Juan's chest streaks from the bucket bath.
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Eva tells Padre Tadeo that she will leave the village immediately she is so inspired by the tireless search of Juan and Sofia she vows to continue the search for her own daughter. Paddy Tad tells her to wait here she doesn't know when she will receive a surprise. He wants her to have patience. Speak plainly Pappy Tad, Yeah spit it out dude! Wait a little more time (after 25-44 years, what's a few more days) She agrees to wait, in the rain she runs into Root by the noisy fountain and knows immediately that this is Root, Root, my child. Said child goes through her don't touch me routine that she uses for everyone but muscle boyz.

Juan and Sofia get back to the magic shed they almost mated in all those many years ago. Wow, the hay is still just the same, no glass in the windows to ruin the atmosphere. Juan gets her to sit down while he fetches something or other. Sofia, never one to sit in a safe place, starts to wander. Juan sneaks around her and she just doesn't see his amazing bulk as he returns to place fire wood, magically dry. She doesn't see the chickens or doves hidden in the hay and he jumps out so they have a hay fight kind of like our old pillow fights but they didn't use the chicken so it is straw not feathers. The rain almost drowns out the I love you forever phrases and they get to kiss as he acts like the sad black dress really turns him on more than the tight red coat. Another good night for the Juan-o-philes.

And here for Connie and other discerning readers, the word of the night: fieras sin bozal = wild beasts without muzzle

Next, well, folks as you guessed, chief red coat isn't having it! And it is over to you dear Nickster, take it away, I'm out of here!

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