Caray, Caray!

This episode starts off with the usual leftovers. The new stuff begins with Germán following Emiliano as he leaves the party. Germie wants to make sure that things are okay between them. He tells E that E can be sure that nothing happened between Germie and Romina; Germie declares that he’d never betray Emiliano’s friendship that way. Germie is uncomfortable during this conversation, but we can see he really doesn’t want to hurt his friend, he’s just caught up with his feelings for Ro. E tells him not to worry, he didn’t believe what Liliana had to say. E tells Germie he’s heading home and asks Germie if he’d make sure that Ro gets home after the party. Germie agrees.

Joaquin, Camila’s attorney, gives her a call. He’s been looking over the prospects of investing in Rafael’s ceramics company. Joaquin tells Cami that it is a risky investment, the factory has been operating in the red and he’s sure she’d lose money if she invested. He tells her that it is ultimately her decision, but he’s advising her to not invest because of the risk. Cami is sad to hear this.

Back at the party, the three muchachas are discussing how Romina failed to pay up for the pictures of her kissing Germie. The three plot, that with Lili’s accusations this evening perhaps there could be a different buyer for the pics. They decide they are going to offer them up to Lili so she can prove her accusations. Happy with their plan, the three exit el baño and fail to notice Romina coming out of one of the stalls, all the wiser to their plot.

Emiliano wonders about Lili’s accusations, but says they aren’t true. They could be true, I mean, after all, he himself has feelings for Paloma. His mind wonders to her and how he would never betray Iñaki, but still Emiliano can’t forget her.

On the walk home Germie tells Ro how terrible he feels about lying to Emiliano. He begs Romina to end it with E. She says there is no way she can do that, especially right now. If she were to end it with E, it would be like admitting that what Lili said was true and right now E believes that there was nothing between the two of them (Ro and Germie). Germie’s personal guilt is nagging him, he’s not so sure. Romina tells him she’s more concerned with getting her hands on the photos of them kissing.

Ro comes home and Cami asks her about the party. Ro says that all the buzz was about Iñaki and Paloma leaving town….in Ro’s mind it distracted away from the party and this ticked her off. Then there was the whole thing with Macarena getting sick and how Cami was all to quick to blow off Ro’s party. Cami doesn’t like to hear the selfishness in her daughter and scolds her by reminding her that Ro didn’t even want her mother at the party in the first place, a party that Cami paid for, in addition, Cami gave Ro a car for her birthday even though her grades are poor. Ro isn’t in the mood to get scolded after the night she’s had, so she storms off to her room—ending the discussion.

Iñaki prepares a breakfast (via room service) for Paloma. She wakes up and is happy to see how detailed her boyfriend is. He asks how she slept and she tells him that after her nightmare, she slept really well. She is worried about her Aunt Mac and she wonders how she can find out how she’s doing. She suggests calling Romina (and mentions that she feels terrible about missing her party). Iñaki says that she’s probably still asleep. “You’re right,” Pal says. Iñaki suggest they call his mother. They can have Carmen go over to Pal’s house under the ruse of trying to find out if they have any information on where Iñaki and Pal went. Carmen then could talk to Mac and find out how she’s doing and relay the information back to them. Pal is pleased with Iñaki’s plan and tells him he’s a genius.

Carlota arrives at Camila’s to take Mac to the doctor. Mac tells her that Cami’s going with them. Carlota doesn’t like this idea and says that if Cami goes, she’ll stay home. Mac says do whatever suites you and then asks Cami if she’s ready to go. Cruelota is surprised that her manipulations aren’t working. I’m sure her mind is spinning with ways to try and break up this friendship.

Rafael and Emiliano have a corazon a corazon talk. E admits that his feelings for Romina aren’t what they should be, he’s not happy in the relationship. Rafa questions if E’s feelings are related to Lili’s accusations the night before. E says nope, he believes nothing happened between Germie and Ro. Rafa’s glad he isn’t falling prey to gossip, however, if his feelings for Romina aren’t what they should be, then perhaps it would be best for E to end it.

Carmen returns home with a bouquet of girasols (sunflowers). She calls out to Arcadia, who isn’t home. When the bell rings, she thinks it is Arcadia returning without keys and she opens the door without checking to see who is there. It is Cruelota, there to pressure for information about Iñaki and Paloma. Cruelota tries some threats--- perhaps being a stranger in the country has made Carmen unaware that Iñaki’s committed a crime: taking off with someone who is underage and corrupting a minor. These are some crimes that he'll end up doing hard time in the carcel. Cruelota, thinking that Carmen knows where the “fugitives” are and is in contact with them, lets Carmen know that Mac’s health has been affected. She lays it on thick and says that Mac’s been hospitalized.

Mac and Cami arrive at the hospital and they are greeted by the doctor (you know, the one from the coffee date). He’s there to oversee her testing, personally.

Paloma tells Iñaki that she knows they’ll be happy in Madrid, but it still seems weird to be leaving Real del Monte. She wonders if they’ll have time in DF for Iñaki to meet up with his father. Iñaki isn’t too keen on the idea, after all his dad was against their love, besides he doubts there will be time. Pal decides that after they are legitimately married they’ll have to return to Mexico and then father and son will have to have a talk and work things out.

Emiliano goes to see Romina. He tells her that he’s not in love with her. Ro is shocked to hear the words and she wonders if this is because he truly believes what Lili accused her of last night. E says that has nothing to do with how he feels. Their relationship is just not working and it would be best if they ended it. Romina asks, “best for whom?” E says best for them both, it really isn’t working and they obviously don’t feel the same for each other. Romina says they can work it out. E tells her that it is too late for that. Romina begins to wonder if there is more to this and she asks him “if this isn’t because of what Lili said, it must be because there is someone else, right?”

Pal and Iñaki discuss how isolated her life was before he came into it. She wonders if they weren’t to have found each other if she would have continued to live her life without love.

Emiliano avoids answering her accusation and says that it is because their relationship isn’t working and there are no more explanations. Ro decides to switch gears, she tells E that she planned on him being her first. He’s grateful for the sentiment, but in light of how he feels it is for the best that they never had sex. He tells her that her first time should be with someone special. She can’t believe he’s basically pushing her off on another (as to be determined) man. E tells her that she is deserving of so much more than he is able to offer. She deserves more than the half love he’s been giving (his own version of the “it’s not you, it’s me” speech) and he leaves. Romina calls him stupid and flops down in the chair. Now she is left with nobody, she tells herself.

The three girls call Lili and offer up the photos, for 5,000 pesos. Lili seems to agree to the deal—they are to meet at noon at some address, across from the park. Lili thinks this is luck, I think it is an outrageous amount of money to spend on proving yourself right.

Arcadia arrives at la casa de las tías looking for Cruelota. Rufi recognizes her, but Cruelota scoots Rufi away and takes Arcadia out back for a private conversation. Arcadia tells Cruelota she lost her job and needs some money. Cruelota takes off to get the cash. She returns with a somewhat small wad of twenties. Arcadia is offended at the sum and demands more or else she’ll spill the beans on Cruelota messing with Iñaki and Pal’s romance. Cruelota reminds her that it will just be Arcadia’s word against Cruelota’s---subtext: since this isn’t a classless society, and I’m from the upper echelon and you are just a poor working stiff, who are they going to believe. Arcadia didn’t just fall off the turnip truck, she’s got the original letter that Paloma wrote to Iñaki, the letter that Cruelota told her to destroy. Cruelota plays it cool, this proves nothing, only that Arcadia’s got the letter, there is no link to Cruelota. That said, Cruelota orders Arcadia to leave, she doesn’t like being blackmailed. Arcadia tells her that she’ll regret this, because she’s going to pay.

Meanwhile, in some other part of Mexico, Cristobal is visited by the moley priest (don’t know his name and does it really matter?). Father Mole tells Cristobal that he thinks a retreat will give Cristobal the perspective he needs on dealing with his past. Cristobal isn’t so sure. FM tells him that it will allow Cristobal time to reflect on the past, to examine and reconfirm his vows.

Cami and the doctor discuss how worried they are for Mac. The doctor sings Mac’s praises and lets Cami know that he’s really interested in Mac. Cami agrees to help get the couple together.

Ro calls Germie and tells him she needs his help with a little matter.

Carmen calls Iñaki. Pal answers the phone because he is driving (these two are like the poster children for the total up-and-up youth of today, I doubt you’d find either one of them texting and driving). Pal asks about Mac and Carmen avoids answering the question. She tells Pal she needs to talk to Iñaki, so have him call her when he’s got a chance, and then she hangs up. Pal starts to freak out, Carmen hung up on her and never answered her question about Mac. Iñaki pulls the car over, and calls his mother (see what I mean, he even gets out of the car to make the call). She tells him of Cruelota’s threats. He’s not going to allow Cruelota to terrorize him. She tells him the news of Mac being in the hospital. This is not good, he thinks to himself, or so it seems because there was no "thought bubble" voiced over.....sometimes you've just got to tell by the acting what they are thinking---you know the old fashioned way.

Ro meets up with the three extortionists. They agree to sell her the photos, for triple the price. Ro also wants to make sure the original shot is deleted from the camera. They apparently all agree to the deal.

Meanwhile, somewhere else, Germie is stalling Lili so she won’t make it to the noon meeting. They go round and round about Germie and Ro. Germie swears there is nothing between them. Lili asks him to swear on his mother’s memory. He does (this is sure to come back and bite him at a later point, it is just bad juju). Lili doesn’t believe him and she tells him so. She’s going to prove that Romina is a zorra and that Germie is the pobre diablo messing around with her.

Emiliano runs into some kids in the park. He joins in their pick-up game of soccer.

Pal panics when Iñaki tells her about Mac. She thinks they should head back to Real del Monte, ASAP. Iñaki thinks this is just what Cruelota planned….they don’t even know if it is true. He suggests they give Emiliano a call. So they try, but his phone is in his backpack and he’s probably too busy scoring the winning goal to hear. So Iñaki leaves a message. How about calling Romina? They try, but get no answer. Pal starts to panic some more.

Cami and Mac discuss the doctor. Cami urges her friend to not write him off and to not close the door on the possibility of a little romance.

Ro gives Germie the photos. He asks about the original shot. Deleted from the phone chip, Romina happily tells him. “Now I can work on getting back together with Emiliano,” she says. Germie isn’t pleased to hear this. He tells her she should just accept it is over between her and E. Besides, now the road is clear for the two of them to be together. Ro doesn’t like this idea, it will reflect poorly on her if she runs to Germie right after E breaks up with her. This will make it look like Lili’s accusations were true (need I be the one to remind her, the reason they look true is because they are true). Germie doesn’t like this one bit.

Iñaki reluctantly agrees to head back to Real del Monte, since they’ve not been able to get an answer from anyone about Mac. Pal says it will just be a quick visit to town, get the info and then head back out to follow their plan to run away to Spain and get married. Iñaki likes the sound of this. They buckle up (further cementing their status as poster children for how to be a safe teen driver) and he starts to turn the car around. Pal kisses him and kisses him. He’s distracted and doesn’t see the big truck headed toward them, until the horn blasts....oops, I spoke too soon about the safe teen driver, perhaps I jinxed them. END OF EPISODE

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