Caray, Caray!

Cuidado viewers flutter. Too bad Mari misses out. Rafa is talking to Elsa at her parent’s home telling her that JM must be visiting Mari right now. Elsa observes that it pains him. They both wonder what to do about their broken hearts. Will they ever fall in love again? Elsa’s father comes in and says he has a big surprise. Mari apologizes to Dr. C, but won’t tell him what made her act that way. He’s happy with the apology. She takes his hand and asks him to do her operation. He gives her a big hug and says of course. Ceci and smiling Pat are eavesdropping the background. Ceci is emotional and says our daughter will see again! She will leave the world of shadows and her life will be happy from now on. Pat says thanks to JM. Elsa’s dad has brought her the first copies of the book of Nelson’s poems. Elsa is thrilled. Rafa asks if she had something to do with their being printed. We see the cover – it’s called Love Poems. Catchy title! Rafa says surely it will do well. Mari pushes shyly away from JM’s hug and says it gives her butterflies. JM says me too. Pat and Ceci tactfully retire. Mari wants to know if the operation will be in a couple of months and JM says no, a couple of days. (Hey, she can have her old room at the hospital. Probably the sheets are still warm.) She will need to undergo a few tests says JM. Mari says oh no, not more tests! He says they aren’t a big deal. Mari says I put myself in your hands – I trust you. Rafa and Mari and the seeing eye dog arrive at the school for the blind. Rafa says my adored Marichuy, I wish you every happiness in your new life which is about to begin. Mari is touched. Rafa says the world of the sighted is not for me. Mari says how about we make a deal? You taught me how to get around in the world of the blind. I’ll take your hand and teach you how to live in the world of sight. Rafa says you are so sweet and noble! What can I say but yes? Mari hugs him ecstatically and kisses him on the cheek. He says let’s see how your operation goes, and then we’ll think about one for me. Mari hugs and kisses him some more. Poor Rafa, we know that that’s as close as he’s ever going to come to heaven. At his office at the school, JM is on the phone listening to AJ telling him off for not calling her as promised. He says he’s been busy plus he has nothing to say to her. She says she has a lot to tell him and it’s urgent. JM says I’m not interested in anything you have to tell me. Mari, with Rafa in tow, knocks at his office door. AJ yells you’re talking to that blind girl, aren’t you? JM signs off. AJ rants around her apartment. Rafa leaves Mari with JM and their theme song starts up. AJ is still ranting about how JM is hers, hers, hers, when Amador appears and says you woke me up with all that yelling. You were hot last night, but now what’s up with you? AJ says mind your own business. It sure seems like the bloom is off the rose of their gleeful evil palship, as AJ says why don’t you try getting up earlier and looking for a job? Amador says I’ve got something cooking that should land me on easy street. Like what? says AJ. Amador says didn’t you tell me to mind my own business? Rocio is bummed and tells Daniel she can’t believe that the authorities have told them they have to wait a year to marry. Daniel says don’t worry, we’re together and the time will fly by. Of course, she’s just out of high school, so one year probably seems like a lot to her. Rocio says at least we took the divorce papers in to make sure they were legit. Kissy kissy. Mari can’t hold still while JM is trying to look into her eyes with a tiny light. He tells her they’re almost done. She says it’s just that whenever he comes near, she gets that way. She asks him why he calls her Maria de Jesus instead of Marichuy and he says because you told me to. Mari says you can call me Marichuy again. Okay says JM – Marichuy, are you in love with me the way I’m in love with you? Ed and Bea are at the orphanage with their lawyer, confronting the nun who still refuses to tell them who little Ed’s adoptive parents are. Ed says come on, what we’re doing is legal and that bum Amador abandoned the child. The nun says how do we know that’s the same child, plus if you were good parents the court wouldn’t have awarded custody to Amador. (Didn’t they do footprints and fingerprints when he was born? When he arrived at the orphanage? Does no one have a photograph? Sheesh.) Ed says it’s not like that, it’s just that Bea has some emotional problems. Jealousy says the nun. Ed says how did you know? The nun says I’ve done my own investigating, and I don’t think it’s in the best interest of the child to be with an unstable mother. Mari says to JM are you really in love with me? He says don’t ever doubt it. Mari says I want to tell you something which was supposed to be a secret… she fiddles around nervously …AJ told me you are a womanizer who’s after all the girls. JM’s smile evaporates. JM says you must have misunderstood. Mari says no. JM says believe me, since the moment I saw you, my heart has belonged to you alone. Bea and Ed’s lawyer politely but firmly tells the nun that if she won’t let them see the baby, he’ll take it to the courts. The nun says I’ll do what I think is right and you do what you have to do. But do you really want to send a servant of God to jail? Purita tells Adrian that the baby has slept the entire day. Adrian feels him and says he’s burning up. So it’s off to the hospital. JM says let’s get back to the examination, because after that I’m taking you on an outing. Mari says is that part of the tests? JM says no, it’s part of love. The doctor can’t figure out what little Ed has. His throat and stomach are okay, so they’ll have to wait for the tests to come back. Rafa has been waiting on the lawn at school for Mari. JM brings her out and Rafa’s ready to escort her home, but JM says I’m going to take her out now and I’ll make sure she gets home. Rafa says okay, don’t be late. I’ll worry! JM takes Mari by the hand and poor Rafa is left alone on the lawn with only Guero, the bush-sniffing guide dog, as his consolation prize. Bea takes the nun’s hand and appeals to her, saying that she is like a mother to all the orphans, so she knows what it means to be a mother. Little Ed has been torn from her arms and without her, he could die. And, sure enough, we cut to the hospital where the doctor is looking at little Ed’s test and then tells Purita and Adrian that little Ed is seriously ill, in fact, he has aplastic anemia. He’s not going to die is he? begs Purita. The nun is sympathetic to Bea but says it’s not that easy. Adoptive parents get attached to their child and if they hear there’s even a small chance they may have to give up the child, it’s very hard on them. Ed says but what about how hard it is on us? The nun says give me a few days to think it over. (let’s see: Actual birth mother who has had him all his little life vs. adoptive parents who have had him like what? Two weeks maybe?) JM has taken Mari to a waterfall and waxes poetic about how the gushing waters are like his gushing love. Meantime, Rafa is sitting at the Velarde’s with Guero telling him not to worry, his mistress will be home at any minute. JM and Mari cuddle on a rock by a river and he looks up at the sky and describes it to her. There are a few small clouds and she asks if he sees a heart-shaped one. More love babble. She says she feels so safe with him. Their song starts up and they kiss. He asks her to let him make her happy for the rest of her life. Rafa is getting nervous waiting for Mari. Calmate, Damian tells Purita. The doctor tells Purita and Damien that it’s often fatal. Save him! begs Purita tearfully. The doctor says he (little Ed, not the doctor) needs a bone marrow transplant because his white blood cells are dying. But for the transplant he needs a related donor. Amador has shown up at his aunt’s and she demands to know where the baby is. She tells him not to mess with her as she has half a mind to go to the police. Amador tells her don’t you mess with me. You’ve seen my good side and believe me you don’t want to see my bad side. I just came to get some clothes. He leaves and his aunt struggles with her conscience – he is her nephew, but she ought to go to the police. JM takes Mari’s hand and jumps into a deep pool of the river. They swim and rejoice and kiss. She holds to his back as he swims. They swim under the waterfall and kiss some more. It’s hard not to think that that water must be awfully cold. At Castle San Ramon, Daniel has brought Rocio some chocolates. She loves how romantic he is. She says she’ll be back in one minute and heads off to her room. The doorbell rings but nobody seems to answer it. In comes a scruffy looking person. It’s Vicente! He greets Daniel who says may I help you? Vicente says he’s looking for Rocio – he’s her husband. Daniel gapes. Vicente says you look like you see a ghost. Do we know each other? Just then Rocio comes down the stairs and calls to Daniel, saying mi amor! She comes in and turns and sees Vicente and it’s her turn to gape. Vicente says “mi amor?” It’s me, your true amor. Vicente says I came for you. Rocio says are you nuts? Vicente says I realized I was nuts to let you go, that you are the love of my life. Rocio says too late, I don’t want to hear anything you have to say. It’s never too late says Vicente. There I was living in luxury, surrounded by women who only wanted me for my fame. I don’t want to hear any more says Rocio. Vicente says don’t be so hard on me, just for one infidelity. Rocio says it was more than that. Vicente says fame comes, but it goes too, and I knew the one thing I could count on is that you would be waiting for me. We could be happy again, we were so truly in love. Rocio says I made a mistake too, I thought that was love, but now I’ve found my true love. Rocio clings to Daniel who does some manly jaw clenches, while a single tear runs down Vicente’s cheek. Vicente is looking like a sorry specimen next to preppy Daniel. Purita and Damien tell the nun the tragic story of their baby. The nun says to have faith They say they do, but what they really need right now is to find a relative of the baby’s. Purita dissolves in tears and pretty soon she’s in full bawl mode. The nun says well, actually, I think I know who they are, and they would do the donation. But there’s one thing – if it is them, you will lose the baby. Vicente says you can’t give your love to another man. Rocio says did you think the wounds in my heart would never heal? Well, they have. Vicente says give me another chance. Rocio says my love belongs to another man now. Vicente says I’m your husband. Aren’t! says Rocio. Am! says Vicente. Aren’t! Am! etc. until both realize they have two different ideas about whether there are divorce papers. JM and Mari kiss some more under the waterfall, then swim out again into the pool, where they kiss some more. Purita is anguished. Damien says we can give our marrow, but Purita says it doesn’t work that way. They’re going to take away my child and here they just threw him in the trash! Damien says we have to do what’s right, sacrifice for him. Purita says to the nun go ahead and call them. The nun says it’s like the judgment of Solomon – two women fighting over one child. Vicente says I never signed any divorce papers! Rocio says I got them. The authorities have the originals, but I have copies. She storms off to get them. Vicente juts his jaw at Daniel and says you’re never going to marry my wife. Daniel says that’s up to her. Vicente says this is between my wife and me. Daniel says what concerns Rocio concerns me. Vicente says you’re a fifth wheel – leave us alone. Daniel says I’m not going anywhere. Vicente says you’re a stubborn sumabitch. Daniel says that’s right and that’s how I won Rocio’s heart. Vicente says too bad, she’s my wife. Daniel says now you’re the stubborn one. Whether you’re married to her or not, I’m not going to abandon her like you did. Zing! Good one, Daniel! Rocio comes in and shoves the papers into Vicente’s hand. He flips through them and says this isn’t my signature. Of course it is! says Rocio. These are fake, says Vicente. Daniel says that’s the coward’s way out, denying it. Vicente says I can prove it. Daniel says who would want to fake your divorce papers? Vicente says how about maybe you? I have all rights concerning my wife. JM has made a little fire and is poking at it with a stick. He describes the sunset to Mari. She says she feels as if she could touch the clouds with her fingertips. She hands him a heart-shaped river rock. They kiss and cuddle. Closing titles. It’s interesting to see how JM was blonde when the show started and slowly turned brunette. Avances: Mari’s surgery, but it looks like JM is giving the judge and Ceci some bad news afterwards.