Caray, Caray!

That was then: Diana’s 10-watt light bulb flickers dimly and she rather inexplicably demonstrates her fiendish yet stupid plan to Inés using teacups and silverware as props. She wants to use Emiliano’s access to Orlando’s info to steal all Orly’s money and frame some Ignacio person for the theft, said chump being apparently the same person she framed when she stole all Orly’s money 25 years ago. No, I don’t know why she hates him so much, either, or why she doesn’t want him to find her. It’s not like she can lose custody of Emiliano at this point. Inés looks pained at this absurd plot, but will she narc on the narcissist?

Over in the big city, the judge tells Carlota he can keep Paloma from her inheritance for the right price. Carlota smiles fiendishly.

This is now: Macarena is still lounging in bed, telling Rufi how upset she is to find that her beloved Cristóbal is a priest now. Rufi says he must be suffering at least as much. Mac wishes Cruel would come home soon so she could confront her about the whole thing, but Rufi says this will give Mac a chance to talk with Cris before she arrives.

Alonso remembers seeing Carlota in the restaurant, and abandons his secretary in some hotel room and storms away. He goes back to the restaurant and asks whether the solo lady is staying in that hotel, but the hostess doesn’t know because she paid in cash.

Paloma and Mac have a boring chat about how Paloma didn’t like being kissed by Aaron and told him to buzz off (Mac approves) and how Paloma wants to volunteer at the church (Mac thinks she might just want to be near Emiliano, and urges her to consider the consequences).

Romina tells Emiliano that she’s angry and sad because her father has been living in Mexico City and never tried to contact her. Emiliano thinks maybe he’s afraid she’ll reject him. He thinks she should contact him herself. She wonders how Emil manages having separated parents and he says it’s best to just stay out of their marital issues. Romina changes the subject—isn’t it so nice that Paloma and Aaron are novios? Emiliano curdles.

Diana is ransacking Emiliano’s room, looking for the company banking information which I’m sure Emiliano keeps in his underwear drawer, as Inés tries to talk her out of her moronic caper. “It’s the best idea I’ve had in years!” Diana shrieks. You know, somehow I believe that. Inés finally points out the obvious: if all the money disappears, Emiliano will be blamed and go to jail, and if Orlando ever finds out the money is in an account under Ignacio’s name, he’ll know Diana is behind it and tell Emiliano she is ratera (thieving, vile, low-life). Diana freaks out at the thought of her precious baby in jail and Inés convinces her it’s best to do nothing.

Alonso asks the clerk whether Carlota EdlM is staying in that hotel. He confirms it, but has to be bribed into giving up the room number.

Rafael drops by Camila’s house to ask whether it’s true that she and Orlando are a serious item. She says no, they’re just going out…it’s not the same thing. Rafael tells her he hoped he would have a chance with her. She says she’d like to give that a chance, too…someday, if and when his divorce is finalized. He’s happy with that.

Carlota is back in the hotel restaurant, and some guy joins her. Mystery Man invites Carlota out for some fun, but is rejected. He tells her she’s a classy dame, but she should lighten up and live a little. She tells him to get lost or she’ll have him thrown out. Her loss, he says as he swaggers away. After he’s gone, she caresses her hand where he touched her and breathes heavily, looking purple once more.

Paloma is headed to bed and prays for the memory of Aaron’s slimy beso to be erased (I assume, because she flashes back to that and looks disgusted as she kneels). She jumps up and purges that thought with moony remembrances of kissing Emiliano as she tells herself it will never be the same.

Alonso catches Carlota as she returns to her room. She yells at him to leave because a lady of her category would never have a man in her room. “What category is that? The kind where you mistreat and get rid of your niece’s fiancé?” he asks. “Sure, if he doesn’t suit me,” she replies. The pleasantries over with, he accuses her of killing Iñaki. She denies it but looks worried.

Emiliano is glad Paloma agreed to help out with the church program because they’ll get to spend time together. He looks moony about it. I’m not opposed to church youth programs, but running a recreational scheme as a cover to ferret out drug addicts just seems a little dishonest and sketchy to me. Not to mention unlikely to work.

Carlota tells Alonso he’s just trying to blame her because he feels guilty for not supporting his son and being there in his last days. He asks why she’s so flustered if she’s innocent. She says if he wants to destroy her reputation he’d better have proof, and there isn’t any. Because you encouraged cremation, he retorts. Etc., etc. After they go a few rounds of This is not over/Yes, it is, Carlota succeeds in throwing him out. Alonso staggers down the hall and replays in his mind almost the entire conversation we just heard. I guess the script was a little short.

There is no rest for the wicked; Cruelota tosses and turns in bed, and looks over to see Iñaki staring at her! She sits up, dripping sweat.

Alonso is back in his own hotel room, telling Amalia he needs to find proof of Carlota’s guilt. She thinks he’s crazy. He says she’s the same as Natalia. Oddly, the mistress does not like to be compared to the wife.

Dario shows up at Inés’s place to see Angélica. They stare at each other.

Orlando tells Emiliano he wants to have a celebration to announce the new partnership and the expansion plans. They’ll make a big deal of it, and he should invite his parents and friends, and they’ll try to get some press there to get some publicity.

Dario asks Ange to come back to him, because he needs her both as a copy editor and as a muse. She’s not interested in a ghostwriter-with-benefits setup, and says for a moment she hoped he wanted her just for herself, because he loved her. He claims he does. She’ll only consider it if he’s split with Georgina.

Germán talks to some lawyer guy about working with his firm. The guy says they have no openings right now, but Germy should stay in touch because he has great qualifications and the guy isn’t offput by Germy’s weird facial hair situation.

Alonso and Carlota exchange words again in the hotel lobby, but they don’t say anything new or interesting.

At school, Liliana tells Paloma in passing that she should come to her if she ever wants her blindness cured. Then, Romina tells Paloma that Emiliano called the night before and asked her out to dinner, and it was amazing, and she thinks he want to get back together. Paloma just can’t even process that.

Carlota calls Macarena (finally out of bed!) just to ask (without even saying hello) whether Natalia and Alonso are still married. When Mac says she thinks so, Carlota hangs up and smirks. Mac and Rufi puzzle over this.

Ange sobs that Dario never loved her; he just used her. Inés tries to be sympathetic.

Georgina and some other woman are in Dario’s office trying to figure out where he went. Ivonne (Natalia’s friend! Interesting) walks in and asks what’s going on. Georgina thinks Dario’s gone after that Angélica, and if it’s true his life is over.

Alonso calls Natalia from his office in the D.F. and claims he’s still in Monterrey and won’t be back for a few more days. He hangs up before she can ask too many questions. Amalia, who should really spend some time considering how gross and desperate she wants to be, is delighted to hear they’ll be staying in the hotel longer, even though it’s just because Alonso wants to stalk Carlota.

Emiliano and Orlando unpack silver stuff while Emil revels in the success of his latest scheme to be close to Paloma. Orly says way to go. Emiliano says he doesn’t believe she’s really into Aaron, he thinks she’s just trying to throw him off. He declares he won’t give up until he’s tried everything, which would probably make him a stalker if he was not the galán.

Some gentleman named Juancho, who is wearing a hat that looks like a disguise, has brought a lot of new blankets to the dispensario, which pleases Inés. He calls her Inesita. A romantic interest for our sad gossip? Seems to be, because when she steps out of the room he sneaks back in and leaves a rose and a note telling her the rose was red but paled next to her beauty, which is why it is yellow.

Carlota is back in purple, so she must be plotting more evil. She tells her lawyer she’ll be in the city for a few more days, and she wants all the information he can get on Cristóbal.

Mac slips into mass just in time for the very last line, which seems a little rude. As soon as the “amen” passes Cris’s lips, the entire congregation conveniently whisks right out in a very efficient manner, leaving Cris and Mac alone to talk.

Avances: Nothing interesting. I hope something will happen.

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