Caray, Caray!

A smiling Franco tells Fer that it will be no inconvenience if Gardenia leaves.

Aurora asks Barbara why she didn’t tell the truth to Santi. Bar says she isn’t capable of telling Santi what happened that night. Aurora wants an explanation, and asks Bar point blank, “What do want of me?” Aurora wants the truth.

Franco sends Bar a text telling her that Gonzo asked him to analyze the Lili tape. Gonzo wants the truth.

Bar tells Aurora that she felt very bad about what happened that night. It affected her so much that she can’t explain anything. Are you serious, says Aurora. Yes, says Bar, that’s why I’m here, to ask your pardon. Tears fall from their four eyes. I’m as shocked as Aurora. Suspenseful music plays.

Anibal calls somebody while Pris gets a massage. No answer, he must have been calling her. Is he looking for some kind of truth, too?

Flor, the doormat, enters and tells Ani that he has a meeting with the accountants. He tells her to cancel it.

Artemio and Lili are in the garden. He tells her he grew up in an orphanage, it was the place he received the diary, and he was taught the catechism and the bible, but the only story for him was his mother’s diary. Even though you are crazy, he tells her, you will understand the infamy. And that’s his truth.

Your grandmother didn’t want Ana Gregoria to be able to go anywhere on earth. She made Ana do whatever she asked and caused Ana terror and anguish. Ana kept all her secrets in the diary and all went well until Altagracia found out about the diary and that Ana Gregoria was pregnant. We see Ana Gregoria looking very pregnant and crying. Altagracia enters Ana’s room and snatches the diary. Ana cries and grabs her belly. Altagracia reads the diary. That’s how she found out about the bastard that was about to be born, that all the servants knew, and even who would be the child’s godmother. But, Altagracia had very different plans for Ana.

As Ana gives birth, Altagracia looks on coldly. Finally, the child is born. It was raining. That same night, Ana Gregoria was kicked out of the Elizalde Hacienda. Don Jeronimo wasn’t there because he was in Europe visiting his son. With her baby and a few things, Ana Gregoria just about died from the weather. Un arriero (a mule driver) found them almost dead. The man gave them a place to stay for a few days and helped them survive. The baby was baptized Artemio a few days later. Lili, “I am your uncle.” Lili shrinks and stares at him.

Bar begs Aurora’s pardon and says she jumped to conclusions. She asks Aurora if she will forgive her. Aurora asks that if she tells all, will Bar help her explain it to Santi. Yes, she says. Bar wants to know about Aurora’s life – from the beginning. BTW, she was on her knees and is now sitting in a chair. (Bar wants to hear it all, the truth, that is to say.)

Fer enters Lactos with Gardenia and tells Flor that from today on (a partir de hoy) Gardenia will be working with her. She will be doing general work until they figure out where she will work. Fer also tells Flor to get a uniform for Gardenia. Flor wants to talk to Fer, but once again Fer is too busy.

Meanwhile, back at the clinic, Ani is there to get the results of his sperm test. The receptionist orders the report from the file room and sends Anibal to an office down the hall. He remembers his conversation with Pris, who told him she had the results and they were fine (that he was un vigoroso semantal). The doctor enters and gives Ani a folder and asks the doc to interpret. The doctor tells Ani that the results of the test indicate that he is infertile. Ani says, that means I cannot have children (procrear). That cat is now out of the bag.

Vlad calls a limping Damian who is no doubt up to more mischief at the plant. Vlad tells Damian not to worry about him. But, he warns Damian that he is going to fix the accounts in his own way and not bother Damian again.

The doctor explains to Ani that his condition could be hereditary or that it could have resulted from an accident. Ani tells the doc that when he was ten, he had a bad fall off a horse.

Flor tells Gardenia how to make coffee, but Gardenia knows already. Flor wants to know why Gardenia is at Lactos because she thought Gardenia was happy at Las Animas. Flor tells Gardenia that Franco is a complete gentleman (todo un caballero). Gardenia is going to work hard, but she tells Flor that things aren’t always the way they seem and that at casa Santorito strange things happen. The phone rings and Flor leaves to answer it before Gardenia can let Flor in on a secret or two. Gardenia talks to herself and tells herself to shut her mouth. Zip it up, she says.

Marg and Jacinto talk as they walk to Las Animas and Jacinto says that Gardenia is an ingrate. Marg is all excited about the projects she has going with Fer. A man comes up, sucking on a lollipop, and asks if this is Franco Santoro’s house. The man tells them to advise Franco that Yako is here. Somehow I get the feeling that this is not one of Franco’s classmates from Harvard.

Bar tells Aurora not to cry and that she believes her. She’s ashamed of Camilo and that she finds it difficult to believe that Camilo drugged Aurora. Liar, liar. Is that why you treated me like a bad woman. Bar says she’s sorry and asks for forgiveness. She was blinded by what pain she thought Santi would feel. Bar says something about the trouble between the brothers and the pain suffered by her and Gonzo.

Barb urges Aurora on. She wants to hear more from Aurora. She wants to know about how the romance between Aurora and Santi began. Aurora had escaped from the house where she lived and was looking for her mother. She tells how Santi picked her up at the toll booth (caseto de pago) and gave her a ride. Flashback to the day they met. She then went to Mexico where she thought she would find her mother.

Marg says she can hardly believe that Gardenia left in this manner. Marg tells Franco that he can count on her. Strange things happen at Las Animas. Marg tells him, for example that a man called Yako is there to see him. Franco tells her to send him in. Franco takes the envelope with the tape out of his desk.

Fer remembers that Franco told her that a man came into the office and said that Damian Gallardo is an estafador (swindler, cheat). Enter Damian right on cue. He’s ready for love again. Enter Gardenia with a cup of coffee. Damian sends daggers to Gardenia and tells her to knock before entering. Fer looks happy and tells Gardenia to get Damian a coffee. A knock on the door – Gardenia wants to know how he wants his coffee. He says, you have a short memory. But Gardenia remembers the night she saw Bar and Damian in the act in that little car. Fer says that Gardenia will work at Lactos until she goes to school. Dear Damian says then she can work at the plant. Fer fields that curve. Damian wants to know why Gardenia left Santoro, and Fer says she doesn’t know.

Franco tells Yako that he has complete confidence in him because he worked for the FBI. Yes, says Yako, ten years. Franco wants to know about the circumstances surrounding the tape and Yako assures Franco he has his complete loyalty. We hear the Lili tape. Yako takes the tape and tells Franco that he will have results today.

Aurora tells Bar that Santi passed her off as his fiancée at Fer’s wedding. About her mother, Aurora didn’t even know her name. Santi was helping her find out her parents names. She found out the name of her mother. Bar begins to shake and Aurora says Rebeca Sanchez. Nobody knows anything about this except Santi. She tells Bar about Dominga and her drunken rages, and that Dominga said something about her father having paid. Bar wants to know if Dominga told her anything else. Only that her mother was bad and had been bad since she was a child because she burned her house down and killed her parents. A tear falls from Bar’s eye.

Editor: But, we don’t know if this is the truth yet. Could Barb have been the only survivor of a bad fire and is she the victim of Artemio’s evil ways. Or, did she intentionally start the fire? I don’t know. She did seem to enjoy snuffing out Montserrat and didn’t hesitate to push Macario down the ravine.

At Lactos Gardenia tells Flor that Fer still doesn’t know about Damian and that she can’t stand it. Flor tells her that they need to mind their own business even though they know what’s going on and that Fer doesn’t. Pris gets off the elevator and is greeted by Ani who wants to talk to her. He looks like a man with a bad case of controlled rage.

Aurora comforts Bar. Bar says she is very moved and wants Aurora to continue. Dominga said terrible things about my mother, scaring me to death and that she slept out on the patio. She had nightmares. Aurora tells Bar about the terrible things that Dominga said. Aurora didn’t know what to believe. But now thinks it must have been true. Aurora says she is confident that a mother is capable of doing anything to protect her child. Why do you say this, asks Bar. Because I’m pregnant, says Aurora.

Ani questions Pris with a little cat and mouse game. She wants to know why he’s interested in her pregnancy. He says it’s because she’s been all alone up to now. He says they are going to spend their days together. She is shocked. He says that from today on (a partir de hoy) he is going to behave like a loving husband who is awaiting the birth of his child. OK, he had me from hello, because I thought he was going to hit her with the news that he knew he wasn’t the father of the child she is carrying.

Aurora wants to know what Bar thinks about what she has just said. Her child is Santi’s. Bar doesn’t know and asks permission to leave, thus confusing and already confused Aurora.

At Lactos again Ani writes something on his calendar while Pris looks on. He’s going to cancel his appointments so that he can go to classes with her. Oh, BTW, Vladimir Pineiro wanted to talk to me. Do you know why?

Gardenia relates to Flor that when she saw Damian, she remembered that fateful night when she saw Bar and Dam in the car. Also they talk about Pris’ infidelity (poniendo la cuerno) with a man who was working here.

Pris asks Ani why would Vlad be important to her. She tells Ani that if Vlad calls again, tell Florecita to tell him that your’re not in. Ani asks her what plans she has for the rest of the day. He smiles as she leaves then he looks crazy. He goes back to his calendar, makes a phone call. Vlad’s phone rings. It’s Anibal who says he has to talk to him. Anibal has to talk to Vlad right away. Vlad will determine the place and the time. Well, Ani, the truth may set you free, but it also hurts.

Editor: Anyone want to wager about the conversation between Ani and Vlad. I say that Ani will want Vlad to keep his mouth shut to protect the Elizalde family name.

Bar laments that if she had known Aurora were hers all the abuse wouldn’t have happened. She blames it all on Artemio Bravo, the liar, who made her believe that Aurora was his lover. Artemio just happens to call her. She tells him that the family is sure that the voice is Lili’s. He tells her that Lili is OK. He’s happy to hear that Gonzo is having the voice analyzed because that’s all Gonzo will get of his beloved Lili for the rest of his life. Bar says the only good thing that happened to her was the birth of her child and that that Artemio will pay for the damage he has done.

Avances: Artemio will pay for all the damage done to her. She tells Franco she found her child. Does she mean Lili or Aurora? Damian yells at Fer. So what’s new?

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