Caray, Caray!

• Sweet Santiago the bohemian painter and youngest brother of Fer (I've decided to like him despite his ridiculous hairdo) interrogates his hitchhiker as they drive toward her destination. She was brought up by and lived with an old woman, Dominga, who'd been paid to take her. The woman, we see, is a drunk; while she was nodding out the previous night some crummy old dude either raped Aurora or tried to, saying he paid Dominga for this nooky and he's going to have it!
  
  Aurora ran away and hid in the market. Now she wants to get to the capital to find her mother, whose name she doesn't know. Good luck with that one. She is thinking it isn't the greatest idea, but it's the only one she has.
  
  They get to Villa Marelo and Santi reluctantly says goodbye. She's off to find a bus to take her to D.F., he leaves, she goes to the cheese house! Surely the same one where Eduardo found Franco Santoro's ID card! There is some product placement of fresh and tasty cheese.
  
  She's about to get on the bus when Santiago roars back in his jeep and shouts for her and gets on his knee and proposes: that she go with him to his sister's wedding posing as his girlfriend - since his father told him to come back a real man and/or with a girlfriend. In exchange, he'll take her to the capitol next day and help find her mother. Aurora says was educated by nuns and doesn't like to lie - he says she can stay quiet and he'll do the lying. He'll say her luggage was lost on the trip.
  
  
• Barbara is hectoring everybody to get this wedding happening. Fer is begging for more time, she really wants her nana Soledad's blessing before the ceremony; she's also worried because Santiago hasn't yet arrived.
  
  Barbara comes up with a new lie: Soledad has gone to town, to the beauty parlor, she'll be a bit late. Fer wants to wait. The bishop can't wait, though, he has another wedding to preside at in the city.
  
  Barbara sez they can't wait, the guests are arriving, and she stomps out. Fer asks Erika: "Will you come with me to town to find my nana?"
  
  
• Jacinto bikes home to tell Margarita it's time for the wedding, but she's left him!
  
  
• Fr/Ed orders flowers to arrive that very afternoon. Later, he gloomily ponders his shirt selection and monologues briefly on vengeance. Jacinto shows up and wails about Margarita's scarper. Fr/Ed guesses she's at Florecita's house and gets Jac to call her there. She's there but won't talk to him. Fr/Ed promises he'll help his buddy get her back -- after the wedding.
  
  
• Santiago arrives, Fer is happy he's on time for the first time in his life, he introduces Aurora as his girlfriend. Then Santiago sees Erika (dressed in horse clothes), hugs her, and introduces her to Aurora as Fer's best friend.
  
  Fer gets out some clothes for Aurora to wear and Erika takes her away to put makeup and earrings on her, because Santiago wants to talk to Fer one-on-one. (Aurora is understandably nervous to be on her own, Santi breezily gives her permission to make up whatever stories she likes about their history.)
  
  Aurora doesn't want tons of makeup. Erika: "Did you know Santiago used to be love with me?" Aurora: "Yes, pretty much." "Oh, I wouldn't have thought he'd have talked about it. I imagine you're artistic too." "Yes, I'm a, uh, painter. And what is your connection to the family?" "Well, I'm Fer's best friend, but more important, I am Camilo's future wife."
  
  
• Santiago: "Sis, when you called to tell me about your marriage, there was no passion in your voice, and now, there is none in your face." "Don't torment me!" "Are you in love?" She gives him that same guff about this being an "adult" love. "But your hearts don't beat as one."
  
  Dad comes in with Barbara; he greets Santiago as the "prodigal son." Santiago clearly doesn't like Barbara - he avoids her air kiss, muses that her earrings are beautiful and must have cost his dad a fortune. He asks Barbara if this wedding were HER idea.
  
  She changes the subject, informing Pa Elizalde that Santiago arrived with a woman. "A friend," he says. "Then she'll be leaving after the wedding?" she says. "Barbara, women of YOUR AGE don't understand how things are these days, we can live together without..." the dad sorta coughs and Santiago elaborates: "She's my girlfriend, my future wife." Barbara looks like she swallowed a fly.
  
  
• Camilo (recently described by Erika as her soon-to-be husband) is in a convertible with his arm around Natasha. He has it all figured out: he and Natasha will dress in horse clothes and ride horses (is this some part of the wedding?) and he'll introduce her to the family. She's afraid of both.
  
  
• Fer begs her dad for just a little more time, for Soledad to show up and bless her. And Santiago begs for just one more minute of Fer's time. Dad and Barbara leave.
  
  Santiago says: "You're the only person I know as well as I know myself, and I know you aren't in love with Damian, there's no music in your voice. If you figure out you've made a mistake, have the courage to admit it and fix it, promise?" She sort of promises I guess.
  
  Aurora shows up all pretty in Fer's dress and earrings. Santiago reveals to Fer that Aurora is not his girlfriend, they've only know each other a few hours -- but it's a secret. Fer tells Aurora she can count on her for anything, regardless.
  
  
• Dad, Erika and Barbara talk on the lawn. Erika boasts, there will soon be a second Elizalde wedding.
  
  Santi and Aurora arrive, holding hands. Aurora and Barbara stare at each other, hard, in a very significant manner. Santi says Aurora's a sculptor, Erika says "She told me she's a painter!" Santi: "She's so modest - actually, she's both." Lots more staring.
  
  
• Far away, drunk Dominga looks for Aurora in the market. She squeezes a green pepper to death while promising evil things for Aurora when she finds her.
  
  
• Fer looks out her window at all the guests. She looks unlongingly at her posies. She calls Damian's cellphone. "I have something very serious to ask you. Why do you want to marry me?"
  
  "Why do you sound so odd?" is his answer.
  
  He then has the entire commercial break to think of a good answer, but when the commercials are over, he still hedges: "Why are you asking me this just now?" "Why is it so hard for you to answer?" "Oh, all right, I uh, want to be with you because, uh, because you're beautiful, sweet, enchanting, what do you want me to say?"
  
  Barbara slithers up next to him and hisses, what's up? Damian asks Fer in turn: "Well don't you want to marry me?" I didn't catch her answer!
  
  Barbara demands to know everything Fer said. She barks at Damian as if he were her dog. She wants the two of them to go fetch Fer, but Damian reminds her he isn't supposed to see the bride before the ceremony, it's bad luck. "I don't know which of you is more an imbecile," she snarls, "her for marrying you, or you for ..." ugh, cymbal crashes obscured her last words, I hope somebody whose captions worked will fill me in.

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