Caray, Caray!

Since I did not see Capitulo 1, this is the first time I have heard Alejandra speak. This is also the first time that I’ve desired that a telenovela protagonist remain in a coma…

Marco, Susana, Alejandra’s papa (Jorge) and aunt (Rosario) are in the waiting room and are joined by Jaime, Rafael’s law student friend who pleads Rafael’s case. Marco, who by the looks of his frosted/highlighted hair, is a high class lawyer, is not impressed by Jaime’s qualifications from the National University Law School. He throws Jaime out of the waiting room and proceeds to whine some more about the wedding that will have to be cancelled and frets that checks for the wedding costs will bounce.

This greatly concerns Ale’s papa. You know, the one with the HEART CONDITION! Susana, who is much more emotionally intelligent than Marco, calms Jorge’s fears by telling them that Ale secured the needed money, but admits to Marco that she doesn’t know for sure.

As the doctors hover over her, Ale dreams of all the anvils that are about to fall on her pretty little head- the contract for the trucks with the florist that she failed to close; the 2 million peso loan she took out with her father’s home (which is worth 20 million pesos) as collateral; and the appointment that she had at 12 PM with the real estate agent to purchase the apartment for which she has put down a 450,000 peso non-refundable deposit.

Ale’s boss arrives and seems to have forgotten the reason people typically visit others in the hospital. You know, moral support, sympathy, etc. Well, Licensiado Francisco is there to find out if Ale closed the deal with the florists, where is the contract and where is the check? He leaves Susana with instructions to get the 411 from Ale once she wakes up.

Jaime heads to the jail to tell Rafael that Ale is alive. Rafael thinks this is a good thing, but Jamie is not inclined to agree since that means she can testify against him. Jamie informs Rafa that the accident also means that Ale’s wedding, that was supposed to take place that weekend, will be cancelled and gives a rundown of all of Ale’s injuries. Rafa seems most upset to learn that such a “mamacita” with legs like that will not be able to put those legs to good use for a long time. He also thinks that since Ale is rich, SURELY she has insurance that will cover all the damages, and OF COURSE she will be grateful when she finds out all he did to save her. Yeah, right!

Said grateful mamacita has finally woken up, and I really wish she hadn’t. After a lot of b*tching and moaning and confirming where she is and what happened, the first thing she asks is the time, aware that she has missed the appointment with the real estate agent. She then has presence of mind to ask if she is paralyzed. Susana, who clearly doesn’t seem to know Alejandra, tells her that with a positive attitude, she’ll be right as rain soon enough! Ale finally realizes that all this talk of paralyzation, cancelled weddings and lost money may not be good for her dear old dad with the bad heart, and asks Rosario to take him home. They have a warm, tearful goodbye with Jorge telling her that she can’t leave this world before him and that he loves her.

Once Jorge and Rosario are gone, Ale gets down to business. She calls the florist and finds out they went with another company; she calls the real estate agent and finds out he just sold the apartment. She admits all to Susana and Marco. “How could you lose 2 million pesos?”, he asks. Not helping Marco…

This sets off a screaming, b*tching and moaning session from Ale that is so loud and annoying that it drives other patients to do the same (sort of like how a dog howling in the middle of the night will get others dogs going). This scene between Ale, Susana and Marco repeats itself over and over again with the money Ale owes going higher each time they calculate- the lost contract, the lost 2 million on wedding expenses, money lost on the wedding dress (although since they still intend to get married, this isn’t really lost), money lost on the apartment, etc. It all adds up to about 5 million pesos! “I am going to kill that jerk!” (so much for gratitude)

Rafa’s Mama (Leonor), little sis (Julieta) and girlfriend (Vicky) come to bring him clean clothes and a blanket in prison. They are deeply pained to see him behind bars. But apparently no one feels more affected than Vicky as she pushes her way ahead of Julieta and Leonor to show Rafa her pain up close and personal. Leonor wants to sell the house in order to settle this legal matter and get Rafa out of jail, but he is against it. He urges her to go to the hospital and plead his case with Alejandra, oh so sure that this nice rich lady, who does not need their money and is oh so grateful for him saving her life, will let the whole thing go. Uhn huh… When the ladies leave, Rafa’s VERY friendly cellmates wonder why he’s so concerned about this rich lady if he’s as in love with his girlfriend like he says.

Ale’s just received word that she can get out of bed in a week and start work in a month, although she will require therapy and will be in a brace and on crutches for a while. Hearing all of this, Marco thinks, “Great! That means we can get married in a week!” (This guy is a prince. Where can I find one like him? Sigh!) Ale is NOT going to get married on crutches, plus the only thing she can think about is getting back to work to earn some money and figuring out how to save her papa’s house.

They are interrupted by Leonor, Julieta and Jaime who once again try to appeal to Ale’s and Marco’s sympathy by explaining that it was just an accident, that Rafa was not drunk, that he saved Ale, that he’ll work hard to pay back the debt, and that he has been the family’s only breadwinner since his father left them when he was a boy. They are countered by Marco and Ale who claim that Rafa gave false statements and attempted to murder Ale, which merits 20 years in prison. Plus, says Ale, she has to work for her money, no one ever handed it to her, she has to pay, so why shouldn’t he? blah, blah, blah, whine, whine, whine…

Finally it seems that Ale and Marco are won over when Leonor offers up her house worth 1 million pesos and promises that Rafa will work to pay off the 4.5 million they say he owes little by little. Rafa is impactado when he hears from Leonor later at the jail the price of his freedom.

End of episode.

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