Caray, Caray!

Guess what, I still haven't uploaded my photos of Guanajuato, sorry! I've been so incredibly busy I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Soon, I promise!

(Before we start, last Thursday commenter Robyn asked what Tano told Estrella that was so shocking. He told her that there was the possibility that she could go to the penitentiary for being a child molester. Luckily that is probably old news by now, she is out of jail, and Estrella has other miseries to contend with.)

As we guessed, tonight was not a night of happiness. However mixed in with all the sadness were some tender scenes, heart-felt conversations, and more than one opportunity for our cast to show off their dramatic props. Warning: no Ximena tonight. Shall we begin?

The sparring continues from last night, Moni in her wedding dress and pink gloves makes quite a sight. Something tells me her sparring partner is going to get the short end of this stick. Moni's vehemence disconcerts her gal pals.

Mau and Sal return from the airport empty handed. Nada! Coni wasn't at the airport with his kids. He tries calling her but no luck. Sal surmises they're still around but she won't answer in order to make him suffer, Coni only pulled the stunt to torture him and get him to stop the wedding. Mau cries that he can't call the police because legally they're not his kids. Mau sheds his first tears of the night for his missing kids and for la Monita.

Mientras tanto, the victorious Coni and Beto are boinking amongst the lingerie. Beto beats his chest and says they should ruin weddings more often. He's ready to take her to the moon again, or to a hotel with champagne and everything. But she has a question, why does he keep stealing her lingerie?

Mau laments to Sal about why this had to happen. They talk a lot, why did all our plans have to get ruined? Coni warned him but he provoked her. Sal tells Mau he's smarter than Coni and he can beat her. (Well, good friends lie sometimes.) Mau thinks it's too late for him and Moni because he's a coward. Sal inists that Moni loves him and he should prove he loves her.

Speak of the monkey, she now wanders disconsolately, still followed by her sad entourage. She wants to be alone.

Don Cesar, holding Nieves' little pink purse, tries to console Nieves as he talks about Moni's strength and tenacity. Nieves invites him in.

Christian tries to get amorous with Pau but she says they need to go into her dad's house. Gabi and Estrella try to make sense out of the day. Tano hangs around and Estre tells him she doesn't feel like being alone. (!) Wisely, Tano tells her not to play around with him, he'd better go. OK, so I can't believe he did that. Very interesting.

Nieves allows Don Cesar to hug and comfort her. These two make quite a colorful pair, our pink princess and her principe azul. She's in pain because Moni is like her own flesh and blood and is suffering greatly. It's a pain she knows herself and she's afraid Monita will end up living a life like hers. The subject turns to Nieves and Don Cesar tells her the man that left her at the altar was an estupido! He would never have done that. He kisses her, tells her he'll work hard to be worthy of a kiss from her lips, clicks his heels, and departs. Nieves hopes he won't take too long. Now this was a scene worth a replay!

The full moon rises and Christian slips out of Paula's abode after a tasty snack. No really, I think they had something to eat. Remember her dad is there. These two are so cute.

A doggie yaps incessantly and Mau knocks on Monita's door. Please open, it's me Mauricio! He breaks into tears again and begs her to open the door. Wah! He loves her with all his heart. The waterworks flow.

Pau and Estre catch this award-winning performance, listen to his full confession, listen some more, "Open the door please, I need you so much, Monita Monita Monita", hear that he's lost his kids "Abreme la puerta por favor, I need a hug", and finally tell him Moni isn't home. They gently tell him that they're not Monita but they'll give him a hug.

Dani and Luisa are at the horrid boarding school in horrid pajamas in the horrid room with the other inmates. The matron enters and terrorizes all the girls into their beds. She refuses to tell them about Aldo.

After Nasty McNasterson leaves Luisa sweetly crawls into bed with Dani so they don't feel so alone. The girls pray, hands together, while Aldo does the same.

Estre begs Moni to open the door for her weeping prince. Mau joins the pleading. No answer, and a worried Estre runs for the keys while Paula crosses herself.

Nieves goes into nasty mode and tells Mau to beat it. Pau sticks up for him but mother bear won't be swayed. Nieves tries banging on the door and Estre runs up with the keyes. Mau opens the door but she's not there. Where could she be?

Nieves starts ragging on Mauricio and how the rich always have to dabble with the poor. She tells Mau if he hadn't put Moni between eyebrow and ear they wouldn't be in this mess. (Not sure what she means exactly, I think she's saying if he hadn't put ideas in Moni's head...) Mau insists he loves Moni. Estre helps him try to figure out where Moni could be, maybe the plaza! Nieves prays that they will find her Monita.

Beto and Coni enjoy a little post-coital pizza and congratulate each other on the success of their nasty little plan. Well, Coni's enjoying a glass of wine and the pizza makes her nauseous (!). She makes Beto empty his pockets of all the lacy bootie he's managed to sequester. (Oops, I mentioned her nausea in my comment today. Was this in the previews?)

Mau and Estre search for Moni in the plaza. He finally finds her listening to some mariachis. He turns her around but no, it's not Monita. The Mariachis wail and Mau recalls the night he tried to serenade Moni, the night they ate tacos, got their pictures taken, ate esquites. Mau and Estre return back to the vecindad having failed in their mission.

Nieves apologizes to Mau, Pau told her all about what really happened this day.

Beto, feeling manly from his recent boinkage and sporting several obvious lipstick marks on his collar, angrily interrupts. Estre calls him on his stained collar and Nieves joins in.

Estre tells Mau that surely Monita is fine and she escorts him into Moni's house. They have an interesting heart-to-heart which I'm not sure I completely understood. Mau discovers that Moni has left her cellular behind so there is no way to call her. Estre takes advantage of the moment to apologize to him for what happened between her and Aldo. She feels really bad that now he is far away and she can't do anything to help him. Mau is all "yeah well imagine how I feel." Anyway, he's nice and tells her she really deserves to have her dreams come true too. What she has with his son is transient because he's young, growing, gaining experience, and sooner or later he will stop seeing Estrella as he sees her now. She says she had Tano but she lost him too and now the whole world thinks the worst of her. Mau hugs her and tells her she has a big heart and that's the reason she's confused. He wants to see her happy but with the right person (i.e. anybody but his son).

Katia confronts Coni when she gets home, what in the heck happened to the kids? Everyone is worried about them and it's not fair to punish them for what Mau did. Coni swirls her brandy, says she wants Mau to suffer a little more, and it's too late to talk.

Mau decides to wait for Moni at her place. "Monita, where are you?" Sniff sniff. He picks up her bouquet, smells her veil and whispers her name.

Far from the DF Moni rings the bell outside Alicia's house. She tells Al she's the closest thing she has to a mother and she needs her now more than ever.

Estrella sits outside and cries. Her little puppy is missing and it's all her fault. She ruined the lives of the children. Pau tries to comfort her but Estre is inconsolable. Pau is a good friend and she says over and over, "It's the mummy's fault, yours NO, hers YES, blame the mummy." Estre says she's got to find her puppy. She doesn't know where to begin but she'll do it.

Alicia hugs Moni and invites her in. Her house is Moni's house. She assures her that time is the best medicine for a broken heart.

Moni explains to Al what happened. They were blissfully happy in Mérida but then he left her at the altar and everbody looked at her with pity. Al is surprised to hear that Mau left. She doesn't get it because Mau adores her and is profoundly in love with her. He must have had a very important reason for doing what he did.

Moni says he got a phone call and he left, she doesn't know who from. Alicia seems determined to help Moni figure out what happened.

Moni asks why does this always happen to her? She weeps that she has been abandoned again. Both her mother and Mau have abandoned her. What is it about her that sooner or later everybody leaves her? Why? Why?

Beto comes home to the patio and finds Estre worried about Moni. When he asks about his ex-hermano she tells him Mau left. She asks Beto for a favor. He misundersands and tries to hug her. No not that idiot! The ONE favor is please leave me alone.

Mau leaves Moni's house and Beto sneaks in. He sees her dress on the bed and graces us with his shifty-eyed smile. Damn him!

Tomorrow: Estre pulses Katia for clues to Aldo's whereabouts but Katia doesn't know what Coni did with the kids. Beto surprises Moni at Alicia's house to say that Mau told him to tell her he never wants to see her again. Oh no, oh yes, oh crap! But will she call Beto's bluff by phoning Mau?

Metido entre ceja y oreja - put between eyebrow and ear (Another saying is "entre ceja y ceja" which means to put ideas in someone's head, I'm thinking that "ceja y oreja" is similar. Does anyone have any other ideas?)

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