Caray, Caray!

Yesterday
Bobo convinces Paula to go to lunch with him. RaMaura and Oil Slick are having martinis in a restaurant. Oil Slick asks RaMaura to tell him about Alex's accident. She tells him about the truck that ran him off the road. Oily says do you think Bruno could have been behind it and she says no. Oily believes he could have and says so. He wants to know what is going to happen now with Mario. RaMaura says she will have to think about it. RaMaura wants to know what “Mario” looks like. He's a guy from the neighborhood. He's young, just a regular guy.

Pimp Daddy E and Paula are talking. Well Pimp Daddy E is talking and Paula is wailing. She wants to know what is going to happen? She thinks that since he is the right hand man of Bruno that he knows what is going on. Pau says Bruno has no shame and Pimp Daddy E says that he's sure his boss had nothing to do with it. R-i-g-h-t! He says not to worry they will figure something out. He holds her close and strokes her hair. Ewwww!

Today:
Chucho and Pedro are talking and Chucho wants to go do something but Pedro doesn't really feel like it. He's worried about his daughters. Chucho says in the evening they will go visit Mechita.
Alex and MJ on the beach. This looks promising. He comes out of the water and sits down beside MJ on the towel where she is making a heart out of seashells. She says he is totally wet (duh, he's been swimming) and he says it was refreshing. She tells him she loves him and he says she is a sickness he doesn't want to cure. Not too shabby Alex. She says what happens, happens. He tells her nothing is going to happen. Lots and lots of kissing. Somehow they manage to roll off the towel and move closer and closer to the water.

Bobo and Paula are at lunch. He makes the observation that she doesn't like Bruno very much. (no caes bien). She wants to know what makes him say that? He says something I can't hear and Pau says Bruno is horrible. He's responsible for everything that happens to Alex. She doesn't want to know anything about him. You don't have a friend named Mario Aguirre Bobo asks. That is just one more thing he's done to my sister. Bobo still fishing for answers asks her if she is sure he doesn't know him. She says nobody knows him. It's probably a lie. Bobo thinks maybe it is one of Bruno's friends.

Back to the beach (which I'm sure Viewerville finds much more interesting). They made it back to the towel and she says he doesn't believe her. He says of course he does. They have the same conversation about the witness and the wedding. He thinks someone paid them off. She says now he's married to a woman he doesn't want. He tells her that's not true. Yawn.....One last time he tells her don't hide things from him. He wants her to tell him everything. Ha, famous last words. FF --They run toward the ocean where there is a beautiful sunset to mark the passing of another day. It makes a perfect backdrop for our lovers as he s l o w l y unties her top. He presses her against him and they kiss, savoring every moment. Under the water they go (which looks suspiciously like swimming pool water) kissing and stroking. Big sigh...cold shower...rewind, rewind. Whew!

Rudely we are transported back to town where an annoying woman in a red shirt is shouting at Mechita. Mechita tells her that she will pay her back the money she owes her. FF

Back at the house EZ greets Alex and Fernando. Anything I need to know asks Alex. Ez says no and then stops and says oh yeah, he found a key. Hmmm, Alex asks him where he found it and he said in his room under his bed. Alex looks at it and says it is a hotel key. No, really? Fernando says it is a key to a small but discrete hotel. MJ walks in and Alex angrily asks her if she knows anything about this key. PAUSE Now didn't we just have this conversation about no more secrets, don't hide anything, tell me the truth ? PLAY She says she doesn't know anything about it (wrong answer) and where did he find it? He says he found it in their bedroom. Fer tells Alex to back off but Alex keeps on hammering at MJ. He says tell me the truth and gets even angrier. She says it is not what you thinks. He says then explain it to me. By now there is an audience. Bobo and Paula walk in. Paula gets in Alex's face and says it was her fault. Her voice speeds up and my ears shut down and it looks like we are about to have a wardrobe malfunction. She says something about Bruno and that she killed a man. Victoria walks in at that point and wants to know what she said. You killed a man?! Everyone looks impactada. Dun dun dun. When? Pau says a couple of days ago with the car. Paula says that Pimp Daddy E picked her up from school and he was teaching her to drive. Before Pau can say anything more Alex calls Pimp Daddy E stupid and he bolts out of the house with Fer and Bobo on his heels. Victoria asks why didn't you tell anyone? Pau says she was afraid. MJ says you defend your son no matter what. I don't have the right to defend my sister? Victoria says there is a difference. MJ is defending Pau for something that is true. Ok, it's true says MJ. Meanwhile, outside the boys are trying to calm Alex down. They run into one of the drivers and Alex asks him if he's seen Bruno or Erik. He says no. Alex says he wants to know the minute either one of them gets back.

Looking through the magic crystals we see MJ, Pau and Victoria in the puke green, eggplant-lamp-room sitting on the uncomfortable looking couch when Alex, Fer and Bobo return from hunting Pimp Daddy E and Bruto. They aren't in the house says Alejandro. Victoria says Pau was just telling us her story. They are cowards says Alex (cobarde). Fer trying to protect Victoria as always, says she doesn't need to hear all the details. To her credit Victoria says she wants to hear everything. Please continue Pau. Pau explains that the man crossed in front of her on the highway and she tried to stop. His face went into the windshield and he fell off the car (I couldn't understand her through her blubbering so please fill in...it's ok, really go ahead) Bobo asks if Erik went to check and she says yes. And was he dead? He said he was. He was just lying on the highway. We headed home and didn't say anything. Alex wants to know if Bruno knew and MJ said my sister and I told him. Alex wants to know why she didn't tell him immediately. Hey, Viewerville wants to know too. Victoria tells Alex to calm down and let her talk. Bruno said there was a witness (testigo) and he was going to pay him for his silence. MJ says Bruno gave her the key to meet him but she didn't and she didn't want Alex to see it. Why didn't you tell me? He was going to accuse Pau and I was afraid. How else could I save her? It was never my intention to go with him. You showed up and I threw it under the bed. Don't you think it would have been better to tell me? Pau says yes, she knows that. He says then why didn't you tell me? He tells MJ that she knows perfectly well that he would defend her sister. MJ says that since they have arrived there have been too many problems. I don't want to be a disgrace. I want to leave. MJ cries and everyone looks at Alex like he's a rat bastard.

Back in town Pimp Daddy E is talking to his cousin. Apparently he is looking for someone to be the wounded guy from the accident. He is willing to pay. Ah, they just might know the right person. Obnoxious lady in red shirt shows up. Apparently she is married to Erik's cousin.
Mechita is mixing up some nasty green stuff to put on Gabriel's leg. He looks like it hurts. The woman in the red shirt shows up uninvited and says it is like she won the lottery. She explains the gig to Mechita and Gabriel. They need someone who is injured to say he was injured in a car accident a couple of days ago. They look pretty skeptical.

Chucho and Pedro are walking to town - FF- sorry I can't stand listening to them.
Erik shows up in an outfit that actually matches and is trying to convince Gabriel to do the job. He tells him to think about the money. Ring, ring, Pimp Daddy E's phone rings. It is, yep you guessed it, Bruno. He wants to know what Erik is doing and he says he's talking to some people doing what he asked. Bruno wants to know if they are going to do it and Erik says yes. ( Do the curtains in Mechita's house look similar to the ones that Margarita and Jacinto had in their house?)

MJ and Pau are talking and Paula is still crying and for once we get to see what really happens to mascara when you cry. MJ tries to convince MJ that Alex is mad but it will be ok. She tells Pau it is not her fault it is Bruno's fault. (From now on when something bad happens at work I'm just going to blame it on Bruno. Maybe I'll even get a t-shirt that says “Blame it on Bruno.” )
Bobo, Fer and Alex are talking in the library. Bobo says he doesn't think it is a good idea to call the police. He says nothing has been in the papers. No body—no crime. Fer agrees with him. Alex says that Bruno said there were witnesses. Alex doesn't understand why MJ believes Bruno. Frankly I don't think we do either.

Victoria and Felipa are having one of their conversations about Bruno. Victoria never really wants to believe what Felipa has to say so I don't know why she asks. Felipa wonders why all the bad things that happen are blamed on Bruno. Victoria basically says that Bruno isn't a saint but he's not a monster either. I beg to differ on that one.

Mechita is feeding Gabriel some soup. Hmmmm, his arms don't look broken to me. Chucho and Pedro show up at Mechitas. Chucho bring her some flowers. She introduces them to her brother. Pedro says I've heard a lot about you. Gabriel with his face all scrunched wants to know what he' s heard. Pedro says you are fine young man, young and strong. He says he was in an accident and now can't walk. He starts to cry. Big baby! Seriously, dude, man-up or something.
Bruno and Erik meet in a bar.. Erik is explaining that he's found the perfect person. They are friends of his cousin. Erik wants to know what happens now? Bruno wants to know if Alex will actually let his sister-in-law go to jail. Erik says no.

Alex is lying in bed thinking about MJ. He just can't believe she didn't say anything. He cries and thinks about how wrong he's been about her.

Ez is in the kitchen bitching about the dog. Ez tells Felipa that he has seen Bruno and MJ have secret meetings. What a gossip he is. I couldn't concentrate on the rest of the conversation because I was watching Cuko's head following Felipa's hand as he desperately tried to eat whatever she had in it. Go back and replay it. It's a hoot!

The phone rings. It is Tomas with info that Bruno has just arrived. Ez calls Alex and gives him the good news. Alex stops his sniveling and runs down stairs. Ez wants to know what he's going to do as he runs out. Felipa tells Ez to move it and go with him. Alex pulls Bruno out of the car by his vivid blue shirt and throws him on the ground. Bruno wants to know what he is talking about. Alex lays it out for him about the key to the hotel, Paula and the man she hit. Bruno says she lies. Alex says she's not lying as he shakes Bruno like a rag doll. They roll and punch POW! BOF! ZAP! (sure hope they have a lot of Oxyclean to get those grass stains and blood out.) Bruno gets up and throws a good punch, Alex gives him one right back. Ez runs up begging Alex to let him go because he's going to kill him (Uh, yeah, that was kind of the idea wasn't it?). Bruno gets him in a choke hold, Alex gives him an elbow and breaks loose. New driver comes up and tries to get Alex off of Bruno. Next thing you know Bobo and Raquel come running out. Bobo grabs Alex and Raquel grabs Bruno. Bruno slams Alex's family and Alex said you tried to kill me. Bruno says it was MJ that tried to kill you. Ez runs up with a shovel and tells them to knock it off. Not sure what he thought he was going to do with the shovel.

Felipa comes to see Bruno with some cold water to put on his face. He's as nasty to her as ever.
Meanwhile Ez is trying to clean up Alex. Ez thinks its a good thing that Bruno didn't break his nose. Felipa comes in to check on things and Alex asks her not to tell his mom. Like she isn't going to notice. Felipa says she has to go take care of Cuko. Alex asks Ez what he thinks of Bruno. They have a discussion about Victoria and her children. Ez gets a phone call and tells Alex that Erik is coming.

Over at Raquel's she is venting to Bobo saying that nothing good has happened since MJ and her family came here. (The hate and abuse that comes out of her mouth makes me sick.) She calls her a murderer and a ramera. Bobo looks bored and and says she doesn't want his opinion so he's not getting involved. She wants them in the jail and he reminds her about the scandal. She says she doesn't care. He tells her that she is completely crazy and he walks out.

Erik comes in looking a little nervous and is escorted by Felipa to Alex's room. Alex doesn't waste any time and says he knows that after he picked up Paula from school on the way home she hit a man. What do you have to say about that? Erik says he doesn't have anything to say. Do you want to end up in the jail. Erik says he swears the man was dead and there was nothing that he could do. Alex tells him he is responsible and stupid (sounds a lot like my second husband.) Erik points out that there was nothing in the papers. Alex wants to know where the accident happened. I couldn't understand how many kilometers he said. He said he went back and the man was gone. Alex tells him that according to Bruno there was a witness. Need some help here he was speaking way too fast. Erik leaves with his tail between his legs.

We know it is the next day because Alex is drinking orange juice sporting a nice shiner. MJ comes in and wants to know what happened. Alex says that he got in a fight with her lover. What a blockhead. Why can't he get it thorough his head that MJ hates him as much as he does? MJ says she's told him the truth but he just doesn't want to believe it. She says all we've done is talk. Alex sniffs and says talk, talk, how many times have you been with him? Never. What are we going to do about my sister? (Great timing MJ.) He says she could go to jail. He changes his mind and says why didn't you tell me? I need to know these things. She says she can't afford attorneys. They are nobodies. Do you know the shame I feel? He says something nasty and she starts to cry. She gets up and leaves. Pau is waiting for her outside. They go to visit their Dad. He's in a really good mood that is about to change. He wants to know what is wrong. MJ explains that the other night Paula hit a man on the highway and killed him. Pedro drops his coffee cup and starts asking questions. She swears it was an accident. He cries also.

Bruno comes down to breakfast in a pissy mood. His mom wants to know what happened. He tells her he got in a fight with Alex. She tries to talk to him but he gets up and stomps out saying that MJ makes up these absurd things about him. He's sick and tired of it. End.

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