Caray, Caray!

Ladies and gentlemen. Good morning and have a great day. Will some kind, smart person out there please post this recap to the sidebar. Thank you.

Also, FYI – I will probably be a better person after this novela is over if the captions continue to have dementia. Meanwhile, I’m wading through it all without my safety net.

Lucio, who thinks he can beat Barb at her own game, is reassuring her of his loyalty, and tells her, he’ll keep his mouth shut – especially not talk to her husband about her “indiscretions.”

Gonzo is looking for somebody.

Barb says – what’s the catch – what do you want. She wants to be absolutely sure she can count on him. What an idiot. Why do these guys all tip their hand to the bad guys. She dangles a house, cows, etc in front of him. Like a fool, he bites the bait. She admits that he’s not as stupid as she had thought. She promises to give him whatever he wants in exchange for his loyalty. He also offers her “friendship.” She sees Gonzo coming and hides behind the limo. Gonzo calls Lucio who steps to the other side of the vehicle to draw Gonzo’s attention away from where Barb is hiding. Gonzo keeps asking Lucio questions and finally asks Lucio if he’s been drinking. Lucio, who’s, acting stupid, says yes, just a little. Gonzo tells him to go home and rest and not to drive.

Barb orders Lucio to do as ordered – look for Jacinto.

Meanwhile, Jacinto is in a cantina drinking more tequila. Martina and friend are getting ready for the night – Martina is worried about Jacinto and her father, who just happens to be at home making coffee. Daddy finds a box that he thinks contains cookies. The cookies are gone, but something is inside the tin. He doesn’t know what it is, and neither do we. Looks like we have another mysterious treasure box.

Back at the wedding, the guests look like they’re having a good time. Damian is still there. Ed is feeding Anibal, Priscilla and Camilo a good line when Erika enters the picture. She’s drunk. Ed gives her a long look and introduces himself – she questions him – you look like someone else, are you sure that is your name. Ed doesn’t like that.

Damian comes over and goes along with a toast to the newlyweds. Erika points out Ed – Erika is smitten with him, and Camila makes an ugly face, no, wait, that is his face.

Nanda, Santi, and Aurora are riding along to the cemetery (Panteon Municipal). But, the gate is locked. A guard comes up to the gate and they plead for entry. The guard can’t understand why someone dressed as a bride wants to visit a cemetery. He then looks up the name of Soledad Cruz in his ledger book, finds her name and tells them Soledad is in the cemetery and provides the exact location. Nanda breaks down – literally heads for the ground. Santi catches her.

Nanda keeps saying – no, it can’t be, it’s not true. The guard shows her the book with Soledad’s name in it. Finally, Nanda cries out, “She’s dead.”

Margarita, Gardenia and Florecita (?) are talking about what Gardenia learned in the hacienda.

Barb’s private phone call is interrupted by Gonzo who wants to know where she’s been. Gonzo wants to call Nanda and tell her what happened because Nanda is destroyed. Barb goes into her very believable crying act and asks forgiveness of Gonzo for provoking this tragedy.

Erika keeps drinking much to the amusement of Damian and Camila. Ed asks what happened to the newlyweds. Anibal, who’s attempting a cover up, says in the house. Erika lets the cat out of bag and says Nanda went somewhere with Santi. She mocks Damian because he’s still here. Ed thinks what a miserable SOB Damian is to have the love of Nanda.

Nanda and Santi still argue. Aurora asks who can see the grave, and Nanda say’s us. The guard tells them about a young man who came to see the deceased. Nanda says, Eduardo, Eduardo. Somewhere along the line Nanda figured out that perhaps Eduardo has returned.

Erika keeps it up, she’s now annoying Camilo and calls him a cheat and liar and says that he’s capable of anything. She calls Ed "Franco"– she’ll call him Franco until she finds out his name – she’s grabs Anibal’s tie and with disgust let’s go of it. They talk of race and she calls Anibal and Camilo street dogs.

The guard also tells Nanda and Santi that a woman also came to the cemetery. He asks if the deceased was family. He wants to know if they are children. He’s not looking for any trouble from heirs. Finally, he opens the gate.

At Las Copetonas, Lucio arrives. He’s pissed off because it’s not been easy finding Jacinto. Then he spots Jacinto’s bike. What joy! Martina comes out to talk to Jacinto but the boss wants her to take care of him. She says he’s not just any old customer. Her friend sidles up to Jacinto and a few words from Martina sends her away.

Barb continues her fake crying to impress Gonzo. She wants to be alone and asks him to attend to their guests. She promises to fix everything. The last thing Gonzo’s thinking about is a party. He’s going to look for Santi. Barb asks him to maybe bring her a cognac. The minute he’s out of the room Barb calls Lucio and wants to know where the Hell is Jacinto. She gives Lucio 15 minutes to bring him forth. Martina tries to run Lucio off. He says he’s looking for Jacinto , not her. As an experienced wrestler, she knocks Lucio down – he pulls off his belt – she gives it right back to him and beats Lucio to the ground. He’s bleeding and getting mad.

Slowly, painfully slowly, Santi, Nanda, Aurora and the guard make their way to Soledad’s grave.

Nanda approaches the grave and cries out for Nana. She clutches the cross marker and cries unconsolably. Aurora and Santi look sad.
Nanda touches the dirt and talks to Soledad. I didn’t think you were here, Nana. Why did God take you away. You’ve been my strength; you’ve been like my mother. You didn’t give me your blessing. Santi puts his arms around her. Nanda is hysterical and asks Soledad’s forgiveness, and says she didn’t know and how much she is going to miss her.

Jacinto keeps pouring more booze. Girlfriend comes in and tells Jacinto that Margarita is outside in a fight. Martina has a knife at Lucio’s throat – the crowd claps – I think they want her to cut his throat. That would probably save him from a more painful ending to be inflicted by Barb. Jacinto comes out and tells her to let go. The boss tells her to quit bothering him, and she backs off. Lucio then tells Jacinto to get in the car and that he will tell Jacinto where they’re going on the way. Ever the obedient slave, Jacinto follows.

The young maid is talking on the phone to the girl (Florecita) at her house where Margarita and Gardenia are hiding. Flor at first she denies that they are there. The maid is looking for Jacinto and finally Florecita says she hasn’t seen him.

Erika is harassing Ed. Camilo pulls her away. She can’t understand how he could have lost a girl. He says, sometimes men are pigs. Some men are rats, cockroaches – garbage. She’s annoying everyone. But, Ed keeps leading her on. Camilo, who is taking all this personally, is trying to pull her away. She, in her sweetest voice tells Ed that he’s sincere.

Priscilla watches with concern and Anibal apologies, but, Ed says he’s amused by Erika.

Barb tells Gonzo that she’s been stupid all these years. She’s loved his children like they were hers. When they married she swore she’d be part of their life like a mother. They’d be a happy family. She accepted the last wish of Soledad. She was wrong – Barb tells Gonzo that Soledad told Jacinto and Margarita that if she died before the wedding, they’d all keep quiet until after the honeymoon. Somebody wants to do them (the Elizaldes)harm. Gonzo asks her if she knows who sent the flowers. Only Jacinto and Margarita and Gardenia knew of Soledad’s death. Barb, like she was struck by lightning, says. “It’s them, they did it.” Gonzo looks dumbfounded. Maybe just dumb.

Those people don’t have a heart, she sobs.

Camilo pulls Erika and threatens her and calls her stupid and tells her to go away and never dare to come back. She looks shocked. That lightning bolt sure gets around.

In his head, Ed replays the scene of Nanda asking for her Nana, getting hysterical, screaming at her family and asking them, “Where’s Nana?” He says to himself, “Now the only thing that unites us is a terrible pain.”

Avances – looks like Barb is back in the driver’s seat, pulling Jacinto’s strings.

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