Caray, Caray!

We begin where we left off, with Rafa and the family of crazy butchers. He reluctantly agrees that there will be a wedding in four months. Oh the power of persuasion of wielding knifes. Vicky’s happy. Rafa not so much.

Marco enters Karens’ cousins house. She announces to Karen that her boyfriend has arrived. Karen gathers the multitude of friends and family and introduces them all to her “novio”.

Marco wanders if there could possibly be anyone else for him to meet. Karen assures him that everyone that she wants to know that he is her boyfriend knows. And they are happy to see her with someone like Marco. Then she adds she is not certain about this.

She questions Marco if he has clarified his relationship with Ale. He assures her that yes, although it wasn’t easy things are clear with Ale. Karen is all smiles, Marco not so much.

Now we see poor Rafa back at the blue house walking over to his bed, repeatedly stating “I’m getting Married”, but in a very frustrated tone.

He tells himself he has to get his mind off of that and think about other things. He pulls out his cassette player he purchased from bow-tie guy and begins listening to the motivational tapes. “Welcome to the road of success” The first thing one must due to become successful is to get rid of all your fears. Suddenly we hear Vickys’ voice telling him he has to get rid of his fear of getting married. And blah, blah, blah. Enough of this as Rafa pulls off his ear phones. And tries to concentrate on less painful things. He is now laying in bed all twittery and nervous.

Back at the big house, Karen is surprised but pleased that Marco has finally ended it with Ale . Tio Hector appears and greets Marco. He is preoccupied with what is going on with his friend Jorge. He informs Marco that he tried all day yesterday to get a hold of him but wasn’t able too, even his answering machine wasn’t answering.

So what is Marco good at? Lying. He begins telling Tio Hector that Jorge was hospitalized and had a relapse. Hector is concerned but Marco adds he is stable but needs to be left alone. You know the heart is really delicate. Hector wants to know what clinic he is in, and Marco continues with what he is best at; he lies and says he doesn’t know.

Hector asks him to let him know when he finds out. He is only going to be here for three more days and would really like to see him before he leaves.

Karen to the rescue, with her promise to Marco that she would help dissuade her uncle from seeing or talking to Jorge. She says it would not be very comfortable for her, because after all he is the papa of Marcos’ ex-girlfriend. Hector reluctantly agrees. Marco tells him next time he sees Jorge he will be sure to give him a hug for Hector.

Hector is called away and Karen scolds Marco for lying about Jorge being hospitalized. Marco justifies his lies. Karen still questioning if Ale and her family are clear that Marco and Ale are finished. Karen says it would not look good to her family if she was going out with someone that was committed to someone else.

Marco tells her not to worry, he has done what he said he would do, now it is her turn to make good her promise. He gets very amorous with her , and they are off to visit with his new friends and family.

Ale is at her house wondering to herself why she isn’t more excited about her upcoming wedding like she was before the accident.

At Rafas’ house, it is early, he is dressed and listening to his tapes. They are encouraging him to be successful. There are cute little cartoon scenes of Rafa and family enjoying the luxuries of a successful life. Rafa is pumped for success. “Yes Sir. I can do this” He repeats this out loud several times. The Tape says he is ready to go into the jungle and attack like a lion. Or something like that. More animated scenes with Rafa conquering the jungle.

Rafa is still pumped and jumping around, when the phone rings. He very enthusiastically answers already knowing it is Ale. Ale is thrown, sitting on the edge of her bed not the least bit ready for work. She asks Rafa if he is okay. He , still full of enthusiasm, tells her yes he is. She looks perplexed and tells him she will see him at work

Leonor rushes in and wants to know what all the shouting is about. She questions if something is wrong. Rafa assures her all is well. He tells her he is going to start a fresh, and he is going hunting in the jungle. Leonor looks very puzzled. He tells her not to worry, he is calm in the face of danger and spurts off more mutterings from his motivational tape. He is happily off to conquer the lions in the jungle. Go Rafa Go!!!

We have an anthem session at Siglo. Rafa is more enthused then ever. Ale is giving out work assignments for the day. When she includes Rafa in the list of people that will stay at Siglo he asks her if he can go out side of Siglo and try to
sell. Ale doesn’t think this is such a good idea, remembering the last time he ventured out to visit clients. She reminds him of the dog incident.

He convinces her to give him another chance . He wants to go out and explore the untapped jungle. She wants to know where there is any untapped areas. He tells her out in the country side. That is where he can hunt his lions, out in the jungle. She reluctantly agrees but this time she wants results. Rafa answers I can do this. I won’t let you down.

Rafa is off to the jungle. Sweet Bebe walks him to the door giving him some final advise. Marino is congratulating bow-tie guy for selling Rafa his useless tapes. Bow-tie guy is offended. He tells Marino that these tapes really work. Medina laughs at him , but bow-tie guy gets the last laugh, telling Marino he has a tape for him, one that will help him sell cars without loosing his hair.


Babes’ advise is simple. If you are going out of the city to sell cars, make sure you sell the kind they need.
At this he points to the type of truck that would be most useful to his clients out side of the metro area. He tells Rafa he should specialize in this type of sales. There is not much completion in selling trucks. Rafa gives one of his golden smiles and thanks bebe for the advise.

Ale is informing Susana that she will be away from the office. Susana wants to know if she will be seeing clients. Ale informs her she is going to see the doctor regarding her surgery, Susana tells her she isn’t ready for this. Her body needs to heal naturally. Ale tells her if she waits for that to happen, Marco will be already married with children.

Susana is concerned that she is doing all this now just for Marco. Ale says Marco wants to get married as soon as possible and she is not going to go limping down the isle. They argue. Ale states this is the only way to save her relationship with Marco. Susana scolds her saying if you are capable of doing this for him, you are capable of amputating your legs for him if he were to ask you to.

She tells Ale the worst part of all of this is Ale does not seem very convincing about wanting to marry Marco. She sarcastically adds, but good luck at the Doctors. Have a good day.

Rafa is now on the bus, about to conquer the jungle. He pulls out his cassette player and begins motivating himself once again.

At the Drs office Ale is being examined and we see a very realistic long scar on her leg. Rosario asks the Dr. how Ale is doing. I think he called her an extremely stubborn or dense women. He told her she needed to rest for two months and she hasn’t done this. She hasn’t allowed her bones to heal but has only impeded their healing by walking and working. He tells her because of her stubbornness she has to prolong her therapies for another two months. This is not want Ale wanted to hear. She pleads for him to do surgery as soon as possible. She wants to be done with all of this. She promised Marco she would marry him as soon as possible.
The Doctor tells her to forget about surgery. Before they can talk about an operation he has to tell her about the risks involved. She counters, stating she will deal with the risks. He warns her she could end up in a wheel chair and he wont be responsible for that.

Ale turns to Rosario and tells her they need to find a different surgeon. The Doctor tells her this isn’t a medical problem, but a problem with patience. No surgery is going to work if she is not compliant with what is needed to recover.

He suggests if she is willing to comply with what is needed to recover there might be a place in the states, but she would have to be willing to commit to at a least a month of post therapies. Ale agrees to this and questions where this would be done. He reminds her if she does this she will have to be at complete rest without any interruptions.

He gives them the information. Ale inquires into the cost of all of this. It doesn’t sound like it is cheap. Ale nervously twirls her hair and looks concerned.

We have a scene now with Marco answering his phone. It is Ale just leaving the Drs’ office. He feigns concern. He wants to know if she will have the surgery. She tells him yes but they need to talk about this, perhaps over supper. Marco gets another call and we all know who it is. Karen in a black slinky outfit is asking him if he likes seafood. She tells him tonight she is going to demonstrate her culinary skills to him as well as other skills she possess. Or something like that.

Marco tells her he would love to discover her abilities, but he is otherwise engaged tonight. Karen gets upset and tells him last night he told her he broke up with Ale and wants to know what’s going on. We are in for some fun lies now.

Ale still on hold and near tears, hangs up and redials Marcos phone. Marco seeing it is Ale lies to Karen and says he needs to take this call. Marco continues to lie now to Ale. He agrees to meet her at 8pm. Now he is back with his lies to Karen, but he trips himself up a bit.

Karen is a smart cookie she is not letting Marco off that easy. If he can't see her tonight she will be at Uncle Hectors house. Maybe she will even convince him to check up on his old buddy Jorge. Marco reluctantly agrees to meet Karen at 7:30. Okay Marco think fast. He calls his buddy Chavez and tells him to get over to his place fast. They have a big problem.

Rosario is asking Ale if she plans on having Marco go with her to the States. Ale wiping tears from her eyes, states she doesn’t know yet if they can even afford this, she doesn’t know where they could get that kind of money. Rosario suggest they talk with Chavez to see if they can somehow get the money from him. Ale doesn’t believe this is a good idea.

Marco and Chavez are trying to come up with a solution to Marcos problem. Chavez scolds Marco for getting all tangled up with Karen. After all it was just suppose to be one night of sex. How was Marco to know she was looking for a husband. Someone to show off to her friends as her boyfriend. Who would have known that her uncle was a friend of Jorges. And how was he to know she would end up being obsessive, jealous and crazy. Chavez wants to know if there is any women out there not like that.

We have a funny little scene back at Siglo, where Beltran encounters Marino and is not impressed with his new look. He wants to know what enemy did that to him. He tells him he cant go around looking like that. He wants him to go back to the way he looked before. Besides he doesn’t want him scaring the clients.

Rafa has made it to his destination. He is once again giving himself a pep talk. Telling himself to change his fears into challenges. Like parachuting or mountain climbing. He tells him self he is great

Ale enters Siglo and wants to talk to Beltran about her loan. The one they talked about before. He takes her into his office and immediately puts on his oxygen mask. After all they are talking about money. He tells her that if sales doesn’t rise, then his blood pressure will drop to the floor.

She reminds him that he promised her an advance if Rafa sold a car. Guess what he sold two. Beltran tells her that selling two cars is like not selling anything. They argue for a while and he finally agrees to half of the advance he promised her. But Rafa has to start selling.

Beltran asks her where Rafa is today. She says he is out hunting lions, and instantly regrets saying this , and says he is off selling cars. Beltran tells her he has one week to start being productive otherwise he is fired. Ale is gripped with panic

Back to Rafa. We hear his motivational tape in the background and Rafa is ready to go. He walks boldly into the first door he sees and immediately comes back out. He is rejected again, still with his illusions of being the best. We see him imaging himself as one of the greats such as Bill Gates or Howard Hughes. After all it wasn’t easy for them but they were successful. He can do it to.

We have a little imaginary scene wear Rafa walks victoriously into Siglo with all cheering him on, applauding his great salesmanship. Beltran is proudly congratulating him on his great success. Even Marino is smiling and applauding. Back to reality. Rafa asks himself why others can do this and he cant. Yes He can!!!

He sees a broken down truck across the street and with his new found confidence goes over to investigate. The lions are on the hunt in the jungle.

Back at Siglo Ale asks Susana if Rafa has returned yet or reported in. Susana says no to both questions. Ale doesn’t look happy. Susana informs her about a cocktail party she needs to go to. Ale tells her to forget about that, she has a date with Marco.

Susana wants to know if the wedding is back on. Ale tells her that is what she has to talk to Marco about. Susana asks her if she really thinks he will show up. Ale snaps back he better or else. And she snaps snarkly at Susana too, and hobbling off leaving Susana with her jaw on the floor.

Now we see Chavez’s little plan in action. He calls Karen and asks for Marco. We see Marco standing in the same room as Chavez. Chavez tells her Marcos' psychiatrist is looking for Marco. Karen seems puzzled and asks what psychiatrist? Chavez says well Marcos psychiatrist. I think the plan is to make Karen think Marco is nuts. Not far from the truth. He continues to tell Karen that Marco doesn’t do well with pressure.
He advises her to treat him calmly and not to pressure him if she sees him.

Chavez hangs up pleased with his little deception. He tells Marco he owes him extra for that. Now all Marco has to do is Marry Ale. Chavez did his part. The rest is up to Marco

Rafa now runs over to help out the man with truck problems. I was a little surprised that Rafa was actually able to help the guy out. They got the truck running. Rafa remarks that the truck has seen better days. And the guy owes it to himself to get a new truck. The guy says this is new. Rafa wants to know what part.

They exchanged pleasantries and Rafa asked him what he sells. The guy sells cheese and other dairy products. Rafa wants to know if he is the owner. He tells him he owns this store and two others. Rafa is finally getting a little plan put together. Rafa asks for a sample of cheese. The guy asks him if he wants to buy some. Rafa says if I like it maybe I will buy some.

Rafa takes a bite and asks how much per kilogram. The guy tells him he could give him a good deal. I am not really certain what was said next, I think Rafa said if it sits good with him he will buy it. The guy says,
same old story. If it sits good they will buy it, and walks off disgustedly.

Rafa takes out his calculator and pencil and sits down and starts calculating how much this guy would actually be selling in a month. Rafa figures this guy is making to much money to be driving around in such an old truck.

Ale is just about to leave. She is complaining to Susana that imbecile Rafa hasn’t shown up yet. Susana seems much happier to see him than Ale. Ale asks him how it went. Rafa is excited and says it went well.
She wants to know how many cars he sold. Rafa seems puzzled with this question. He tells her none.

She starts going off on him and he tries to calm her down. He starts telling her he has found the lions. He is about to get them. Ale scolds him, asking if he thinks he is in a circus or on a safari. She tells him that she talked with Beltran and he has exactly one week to meet his sales commitment.

He tells her not worry. Every thing is under control. She Says may God and your lions be listening!! She yells at him some more. She tells him to be back tomorrow on time. As he walks off she sarcastically says something about getting him and his lions out of her liver. It’s a dicho I never did understand, but I think it means she has had it with Rafa.

Susana and Ale have some harsh words with each other and Ale leaves for her house. We see her limping off sadly, crying “money money money, I need it for everything, for my surgery, how am I ever going to get it. And she worries if Rafa doesn’t start selling he is going to be fired. She cries out she is so tired of everything.

The lights turn out at Siglo with Ale standing alone crying and we see a cascade of her problems starting with Marco telling her "we get married or its over", then we see the scene of Marco rejecting her the night she went to his house to seduce him. All her problems flash before her eyes. Ale is left alone in the dark, crying. And I am left looking for a Kleenex .

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