Caray, Caray!

Wow, tonight was a winner all right. We'll have undies tossed around, mamas coming out of the woodwork, underlings taking charge, and new plotlines to explore. Let's go!

Coni's trying to seduce Mau, he tells her he "respects" her terms so she should respect his. Their marriage is a farce and she is keeping him from the woman he really loves. Now do him the favor of leaving. "But I'm you're wife and it's our honeymoon" isn't cutting it with our well-chiseled champ.

Mau intercepts Aldo who is coming home late from the wedding. Aldo has been out walking, i.e. he is all stoned and weird-trips-incorporated and refuses to look Mau in the eye. Mau is still not suspicious, duh. Aldo blames himself for the hell in which they are currently living. One thing, the kid looks really good in that pink tie.

Coni, now dressed, admires herself in the mirror and thinks about angry Mau telling her when he looks at her the only thing she provokes in him is loathing. Yikes. Then she thinks about hot Beto who can't keep his paws off of her. She slips silently out of the house.

Over at the barrio Monita looks at a photo of her mother, she thinks about her Mami and cries. Ma is telling Monita she loves her, adores her. Hmmm...the jury is still out on mama.

Mau jumps up from a restless sleep. He recalls Isabels' cruel words to him and how Isabel convinced him to pretend she was dead.

Beto, sporting some spiffy boxers which I suspect will end up on Coni's head before the night's end, is awoken by Costeño. Costie tells Beto that Coni paid him a visit. What? Beto asks does Costie think he has the face of a tourist? (take him for a fool I think) No me engañes! Costi tells him to calm down, Coni has asked him to beckon Beto cuz Coni wants to keep a low profile. She needs to see Beto urgently.

Aldo suffers teen angst and finally calls Estrella Falcón, actrice. She's wearing an interesting zebra print outfit and surpisingly she totaly pulls off the look. She tells her puppy they just aren't meant to be. The poor kid says he can't stop thinking about her all day and just wanted to hear her voice but he'll never bother her again. Click. Now our good-hearted actress is suffering too.

Moni slips out of her house to go for an evening stroll. She runs into the shapely zebra who insists she will accompany Monita, but Moni refuses, she vants to be alone. They share their miseries, Moni's screwed up love and Estrella's pouting puppy. Estre warns Moni twice to be careful on her walk. If our pouting powerhouse didn't pack such a punch I'd be afraid of anvils. But I'm not.

Coni has summoned Beto to her boutique and he has arrived, although he doesn't appreciate her calling him like a (bleep) dog. I wonder what they bleeped out? He says she chose to marry Mau and now she has to live with it. (Ahora te aguantas.) Nice words but how strong will he be? Coni cuddles up, breathes her sexy breath on him, says nobody kisses her like he does. He backs up. She pins him to the wall. Speaking of walls, his is crumbling. Coni presses, literally, and Beto succumbs. That took about three seconds.

Moni goes to her favorite plaza, listens to the spiffy mariachis and dreams a little dream. Well well, her drippy dreamboat shows up and they stare longingly at each other. These two are truly pathetic.

Meanwhile, back at the boutique, Coni and Beto are getting it on, not wasting time staring. "Have things changed now?" he enquires hopefully. She explains Mau is her husband but Beto is her lover, nothing has changed. He tries to make her jealous by telling her fine, he's going to fight for Monita. Coni doesn't want to share him with anyone, especially that circus monkey! Beto insists this talk of Mau is ruining the mood and making him twitch and OMG he lifts up the sheet so Coni can peek at the evidence! She has a proposal, when they are together they'd better not discuss Mau nor Monita. "Come to papa he urges", so I guess the little head is back in the mood.

Our star-crossed lovers moon over each other and are thankful for the little moments they have together. I'm getting cold, let's go back to the bonfire...

...of Coni and Beto. He wants her teeny tiny chones (undies) as a memento and apparently he plans to make soup out of them. (Just kidding I think.) Turnabout is fair play and he tosses his Beto-baptized boxers under Coni's nose. She's not quite as excited over his and she flicks them aside, but whaddya wanna bet she puts them under her pillow tonight?

Mau and Moni are enjoying cups of esquites and whinging about the danger of being together. She splits and honestly, I can't blame her for taking off. After all he did leave her at the altar and ended up marrying someone else.

The next morning Coni arrives home and Tere goes out of her way to let Mau (on his way for his workout) know that Coni is just getting home. (Madrugo? Up Early? Tere sarcastically asks Coni.)

An exhausted Beto also rolls in just as Moni is taking off for her workout. She accuses him of being drunk so he breathes on her. Pheeew, he stinks but not of alcohol. He lets her know he is now working for Sermeño Group for that person who has a moustache but is a woman. He offers to transport messages to Mau if she wishes. She asks whazzup with him? Beto just says hey if you just want to be friends then that's OK with me, I value our friendship. Spoken like a true gentleman...who has just been boinked. (Is he wearing a shirt that says "Suck on my motorcycle"?)

Nieves would love to know where he was last night. She has smiley face earings but her smile is upside down. He mollifies her by telling her he took her advice and told la mona that he wants to be friends. OK, she titters, she'll feed him some chilaquiles for being such a good boy.

Connie threatens Mau. She tells him she peeked into his room and saw he wasn't there, did he go out to meet La Monita? She reminds him what she's capable of, he'll lose the kids, his money, everything if he crosses her and breaks the contract. He clenches his jaw vehemently.

Katia sees Aldo at school. He's totally preoccupied with ear buds stuffed into his head. She wants to know why he's not at class. He chews her head off, tells her to butt out, and he is still in love with Estrella. Ouch!

And who should be standing behind him, arms akimbo? Our shining star, tapping her toe angrily. "I've been looking for you, puppy."

Coni, happy and singing, exits her car, only to be surprised by her reptilian Romeo who has been dreaming of kissing her and doing little things in front of a lot of people. He wants her to call him that night so they can, uh I might need help here, so they can paint the stripe on the skunk like last night? Meanwhile he wants her to recharge his batteries right now by saying yes. She warns him that from now on they can't be seen together. He responds by laying a bit fat kiss on her.

Someone taps her shoulder...Mama??? Coni's mama, quite a looker, has popped in for a surprise visit.

Apparently mama was with some guy named Jean Claude in St. Tropez who fell off his megayacht. Sadly, (and they giggle here) he didn't know how to swim; it was simpy horrible. I get the feeling mama might have helped him over the side. Meanwhile Beto is feeling Coni up so Ma naturally asks, is this big jackal (chacalón) your fiancee? Mama has arrived to attend Coni's wedding tomorrow. Ma, it was yesterday, and whenever you're around you cause trouble. Ma wants to know if Coni was married yesterday then why is she sucking face with this naco today? She sniffs and pronounces Beto's aroma to be worse than French cheese. Beto corrects her, it is the scent of a male. Ma looks intrigued.

Estre tells Aldo he's acting like a spoiled brat. OK, so he thinks everything is his fault. His great plan is to sink even lower? No, he thinks if he gets into enough trouble the judge will realize that Constanza can't control him and will send his sisters and him back to the orphanage. Estrella thinks it's a dopey idea. Aldo says he needed her love and understanding and now it's not her business.

Mama announces she plans to stay with Coni, her bags are in the taxi. Coni thinks this is a bad idea but Beto butts in, says how can she say that to the woman who carried her in her womb for nine months? Mama says this primate has better sense than Coni. Beto kisses mama's hand and bids farewell. Mama says "OK I met your lover now I'd like to meet your husband." Coni balks but Ma says no worries, she understands Coni has a husband who is a millionaire like Jean Claude, but she needs a stud to scratch her itch, it's in her genes so don't fight it. Wow, Mama sure is a pistol! Wait until she gets a load of the millionaire though.

Over at Sermeño Group, Sal is paranoid and thinks that everyone is looking at his toupee. "You all know!" he says and blames Gabriel for outing him. He announces to the office that Don Salvador Ulloa uses a hairpiece! "Are you satisfied Gabriela?" No, not as satisfied as Jero, Oski and Lorenza who are absolutely delighted.

Moni does situps like crazy while Don Cesar coaches. Estre arrives, her red coat matching Moni's pants and DC's jacket. She says Moni has to help Aldo, he's doing drugs. Gasp!

Back at Sermeño Group Beto is mad because he's been demoted to sweeping floors. Pau is insulted because she did it for three years, surely he can do it for five minutes. Beto plans to plead his case to his soul brother...

...who comes blasting into the office, Mau is all business and ready for work. However Gabi gets to him first and requests that Mau not usurp her authority as regards Beto. Now it's Beto's turn. As he sweeps the dust under Mau's rug he readies his case. Mau goes first, he feels that even though he married Coni Beto should keep his word and not touch La Monita. Beto is glad that Mau brought up the subject.

Beto lays it all out. "She loves me, not like you but she loves me. You can't get close to her but I get to see her day and night." He says Mau's green eyes and shampooed hair don't matter any more and now it's time for Beto to take the lead. It may take Mau ten years or never to escape his marriage. In all those years Moni's love for him will cool. That leaves it open for Beto. He asks Mau to excuse him for being blunt, but he's not going to miss the opportunity to recover what Mau stole from him. Beto squints his eyes shrewdly and asks, doesn't Mau know that a thief who steals from a thief gets the monkey?*

*A twist on the saying "un ladrón que roba a ladrón merece cien años de perdon"

Tomorrow: Beto takes charge.

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