Caray, Caray!

Don Clemente comes over to pay Juan for his crop, and invites Juan to his daughter Juliana's birthday dance. He adds that Juliana really likes Juan. Juan says he'll think about it.

Sofi and her sisters are excited about the three nameless girls' upcoming baptism. Sofi has a sad flashback to when Juan bought a baptismal gown for the tiny pillow under her dress. Gabi shows up, thinking she'll be among the godmothers. Sofi breaks the awkward news that she picked her sisters and Eva over Gabi. Gabi is insulted and says she won't even go to the baptism, then, and by the way since Sofi doesn't yet have possession of the hacienda, Gabi's not going to let her have a baptism party there.

Juan and his brothers are excited about the money Don C. gave them for their crop, which they're going to use to buy a tractor. Or spend on a party for the baptism. Or save. (They discuss which should be first priority.)

Sofi confides to her sisters that the hacienda is in financial trouble - in addition to the crop troubles, evidently they have some big debts thanks to Feo. So they can't afford a party for the baptism. It'll have to be just a religious ceremony.

One of the adopted nuns comes over to tell the sisters that the social worker showed up to check on the happily married couple. Jimena is annoyed to have to pretend to be living with Oscar, whom she's angry with at the moment, but it's an emergency, so away she goes... with Sarita, not sure why - I thought they were divorced? Oh well...

Juliana pays Juan a visit to persuade him to go to her birthday dance. She adds that she's not into deceitful games. She says her dad really likes Juan, and would be very happy to have a son-in-law like him. Plus, she thinks he's attractive. He says his heart belongs to someone else, para siempre. Juliana's flirting gets on his nerves, and he pushes her away. She asks if they can be friends.

Juan says he doesn't know about going to the dance, but they might as well be friends, sure. She then suggests that perhaps someday he'll see her as something more. And by "someday" she evidently means "now," because she launches a facial attack, battering him with kisses. He pushes her away, but not before Jimena and Sarita see. He shakes his head at them in horror and denial. They ask to see Oscar. Juliana tries to be friendly with them, but they snub her. Juliana surmises that one of them is his girlfriend. Juan says no, neither of them. She looks like she's planning another kiss attack.

Now awaiting Oscar in the kitchen, Sarita and Jimena discuss what they've just seen. Sarita clarifies that Juliana was kissing him, but she doesn't understand why Juan allowed her to. "All Reyes are alike!" Oscar and Franco walk in. J punches Oscar, and S kicks Franco. The social worker shows up, and the two couples put on a fantastic show of affection while hissing at each other through gritted teeth.

Quintina sells conchas in the street. Juliana's two friends try some of the bread and are impressed. Evidently, they made a deal with Q some time ago - something they don't want to talk about explicitly, but whatever they agreed to still stands. Q says she loves her Reyes boys, but other women have already claimed them. Except... well, they're sort of fighting now, she adds. This news makes the girls' day: they want to get these guys for themselves. Q doesn't like the sound of this, but one of them reminds her of their agreement and says she'll pay Q later!

The social worker is happy with what she's seen and says the kids can stay with Oscar and Jimena now that they've reconciled. Their steamy displays of affection convince her not to wear out her welcome, and she leaves. The brawling resumes immediately, and the sisters explain to the brothers that the only reason they showed up was for the kids, NOT to be with the guys. They leave. The guys complain that they get crazier and better-looking every day.

Juliana is still bugging Juan and he's still not interested. She tells him to they can always decide later! He firmly shows her the door. He tells Oscar and Franco about the upcoming dance. They tell him about the social worker visit. Now all three of them understand why Sarita and Jimena were so annoyed. Juan worries that they'll tell Sofi what they saw.

Jimena and Sarita go to Crap From Afar, where Eva overhears them debating whether or not to tell Sofi.

Pablito comes home with a note from school about his non-consensual kissing of Rosita. Juan and Oscar are furious and send him to his room. Franco points out that Pablito's no worse than they were. Juan gets fed up and is ready to walk out on them. Then they all think how harmless it was, and how cute it must have looked, Pablito kissing that girl on the cheek, and they laugh.

Sarita and Jimena tell Eva all about the kiss this Juliana chick was giving Juan. Eva advises them not to tell Sofia. Then they have a surprise for her: Sofi wants her to be a godmother (I didn't realize Eva didn't already know this). "Does your mother know?" Yeah, she knows, she didn't like it, and she's not going to let them have the party at their house. Eva says that's okay, they'll have the party at the "Uribe" hacienda (I can't believe she doesn't call it the Robles hacienda!). She tells them it's worth sacrificing a little bit of their pride to do this for their sister and her kids.

Quintina is bummed out, thinking that thanks to Santa, Grandpa no longer pays any attention to her. Franco says it's time for them to go do a serenade. She tells him how she feels about being sidelined. She's jealous. Besides, she says, Santa is about as much a saint as Quintina is an astronaut!

At this moment, Grandpa is having Rosende take Santa's bags up to Feo's old room, and they agree to meet in the parlor later for a drink. Gabi overhears and privately vows that Santa will pay for all the trouble she caused.

Juan burns himself on the oven again but doesn't get upset because he's so excited about how great his daughters' baptism will be. He's going to make something with his own hands. (I'm guessing it will be some kind of baked goods.)

Franco and Quintina do their scheduled serenade, but no one comes out to hear it. Franco asks Q who hired them. She is very, very vague. Then Paulina - the non-blond friend of Juliana - comes out and says she's the one who hired them. Quintina confesses that Paulina paid them a lot for their services... they're going to have to stay for a long time. Franco has to dance with her while he sings (or lip-syncs along with a boom box) a song about jealousy. Jimena and Sarita just happen to be passing by at the time and see. They even drive up for a better look. Franco waves timidly. Quintina tries to cut in on the dance to make it look more innocent, but the sisters take off.

Grandpa and Santa enjoy martinis in the salon as planned and talk about old times. Their romance was before either of them got married, and they had some memorable times. She can't remember why they didn't marry each other. He reminds her that she married a much richer guy than himself. But now that they're both available, they can make up for lost time. She agrees to this. Then Sarita and Jimena come in with steam coming out of their ears. Santa deduces that this is about a couple of jerks who aren't worth the trouble, they're all the same. It's best if they just have fun with men and don't take them too seriously. Grandpa admits that Santa knows more about men than he does.

Santa also tells them that all's fair in love and war, and they can't give these guys up without a fight.

Juan hops the balcony into Sofia's room to give her three little cupcakes he's made in honor of their daughters. Sofia gets all sad. He reminds her that they had decided to call their daughter Maria Guadalupe, and he was thinking another could be Maria Libia after his mother, and maybe Sofi has a good idea for a third name. She suggests Maria Jose, after his father. (She says "Jóse" but the captions say "José".) He is touched. She is sad as usual. Destiny is so cruel and won't let us be happy. She can't live without him, she loves him so much. He loves her too. (Will someone please get rid of that noisy crinkly bag!!!)

Kiss! Kiss! Kiss para siempre! But he can't stop thinking about how her father killed his parents (according to Gabi). "Try to understand," he says, and exits over the balcony.

Quintina and Franco come home from their gig and Oscar is impressed by the money they've made. Franco is not at all happy that Quintina agreed to this deal with "La Pau" (Paulina). Q says "money is money" but the guys don't like this complication in their love life.

Oscar privately tells Franco that he just can't believe that Bernardo killed their parents. Franco agrees. The met him, and yes he did deceive their sister, but he was also planning to dump Gabriela on the day he died. He just didn't strike them as the killing type.

Also, Padre Tadeo told them that kids mustn't bear their parents' guilt, so they can't blame any of this on the daughters.

Sarita and Jimena consider what Santa told them, but they feel they've already lost the loves of their lives since the guys are convinced that their father killed their parents. Still, they know their father couldn't have done that.

Franco and Oscar also say goodnight without making up their minds - but Sarita and Jimena are there. (For real? Or is it just a dream?)

Grandpa looks down the hallway with his spyglass to see Santa. He invites her to his room. They try to be quiet at first, which lasts about five seconds.

Grumpy Gabriela overhears them laughing and playing, and specifically she hears Santa say "no, that won't work, you have to straighten it/stand it up" (enderezarse) and is mortified.

Sofi wonders how she can live without Juan. Juan is wondering how he can live without Sofia. His heart won't listen to reason.

Mexico airdate: 12 de agosto
Next time: Looks like a party.

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