Caray, Caray!

Luz tells Paloma that Gabriel left for good and gives her a box that contains an hour glass and a letter from Gabe; Cristobal tells his mom that she has a granddaughter.

Rufi tries to get Pal to read the letter (even though Luz said she shouldn’t read it until she’s in Mexico City). Carlota comes in and puts on a woe-is-me-act about how alone she’s going to be when they leave. She’ll probably never leave there since her memories and deceased loved ones (among them, Macarena) are there. Emiliano shows up and informs them that Dr. Bermudez disappeared--it looks like someone attacked him at home but they don’t know if he’s dead or alive.

Padre Benito points out to Madeleine that first Pal has to be told that Cris is her father. Cris has it all planned out with Dr. B. and Rufi, but mientras tanto, Maddy will have to be patient. Cris then mentions that it’s Pal’s birthday and he wants them to go give her a hug. Madeleine is overcome with emotion and thanks God for so many blessings. Suddenly, Padre Mateo bursts in with the bad news about Dr. B.

Luz and Rafael wonder what happened with Dr. B. Apparently the police have already checked all the hospitals but he’s not there. Luz feels sorry for Pal and tells Rafa about Gabe leaving para siempre because he doesn’t want Pal to see him die.

Rufi cries that she doesn’t understand and Pal cries that it can’t be and runs off to her room. Carlota thinks to herself that she left Dr. B. dead, so what happened?

Ines has returned from her honeymoon and is visiting Diana. Diana tells her sob story about how she can’t find Samuel anywhere (and he has the deed to the house) and begs Ines to help her.

Samuel is on the phone with a scuzzy guy who says that Sam better get the money ASAP, or else.

At Dr. B’s house, the police tell Eugenio that the attackers came in the back door and Dr. B. was caught off guard. Eugenio asks whether there was more than one attacker--they don’t know yet, but it was well-planned. When one of the cops asks who took the body, Eugenio shrugs (with a somewhat guilty look on his face) and says they have to think that Dr. B. is still alive. The other cop thinks if that’s the case, then Dr. B. had to have someone help him.

Cris and Madeleine have arrived to see Pal. While Maddy talks to Pal, Cris asks to speak to Carlota. As soon as they’re alone in the study he grabs her forcefully and accuses her of getting rid of Dr. B. in order to prevent Pal from leaving. Once again he invites an anvil to come crashing down on him by saying that he’ll prove she’s behind all this if it’s the last thing he does. Carlota claims that it couldn’t have been her since she couldn’t have carried the body away, but Cris has no doubt that she had something to do with it. She snarks that now that he’s no longer a priest, maybe he should become a detective. He swears that her days are numbered.

Madeleine tries to encourage Pal not to lose faith, etc. In a real “well, DUH” moment, Rufi wonders who would have wanted to harm Dr. B. Maddy promises that she’ll personally ask Eugenio to help find Dr. B. Emiliano announces that it’s time for him to go so Pal walks him to the door. He tells her that she’s not alone, he’s there for her.

Romina stops by Camila’s store, where Cami and Orlando have been discussing the disappearance of Dr. B. Upon hearing the news, Romi is all upset that Pal isn’t leaving town now--what bad luck I have! Cami is disgusted and calls Romi selfish. Ro-it’s-all-about-ME-na stalks off.

Madeleine is still trying to console Pal. She thinks that this incident isn’t going to stop Pal from starting a new life, and she’s sure that this is the beginning of the end of Pal’s hardships. Nobody leaves this world without reaping what they have sown. The baddies get theirs, and the good ones like you will receive blessings. Yeah, ya hear that Carlota?

Angelica talks with Anamar about working at the platería--Anamar assures Ange that she’s not going to leave town and won’t leave her in the lurch (in terms of work) no matter what happens with Emiliano.

Rufi agonizes to Cris about how all their plans have gone down the tubes. Cris says their plans have only been postponed. Rufi tells him to pray for Dr. B to be alive, because they can’t take yet another death.

Madeleine asks Pal to forgive Cris; Pal replies that she can’t think about anything other than the doctor right now, but agrees to think about Maddy’s request.

Carlota calls German and demands that he find out what happened with Dr. B. German reminds her that he doesn’t work for her anymore and hangs up on her.

Samuel is waiting outside Romi’s house when she arrives home. She asks whether he’s there to deliver the furniture he was supposed to buy or to return the money he stole, then tells him she doesn’t have a father anymore. He asks her to listen to him and says there is an explanation for everything.

While shopping at Camila’s, Ines tells Cami that she should be worried about Sam--he and Diana were romantically involved and he asked Di for the deed to her house, and now he’s nowhere to be found.

Samuel tells Romi he had no choice but to give the money to those guys, or else he’d be killed, and claims he didn’t know they were crooks. He gets on his knees and says he needs money--if she doesn’t give it to him he’ll have to leave the country for good and he doesn’t want to lose her again. To top it off, he pretends to cry.

Cami calls Rafa to tell him about Diana giving the deed to the house to Samuel. Cami’s on her way to Romi’s to tell her what Sam did to Di.

A squirmy Orlando has a phone conversation with his business associate in Houston--the guy’s wife has some houses picked out for Orly and Cami to look at. Ok, but don’t say anything to Cami yet because I want to surprise her that I’m buying a house there. The guy wants to formalize/legalize their business relationship already or something like that, so Orly tells him that Angelica will be coming to set things up, blah, blah blah. Ok, see you and Cami here in Houston the day after tomorrow. More uneasiness from Orly.

Pal prays in her room for Dr. B. to be found safe and sound. Carlota comes in says she and Rufi can stay there as long as they want. Pal says that in addition to Dr. B, she’s upset about Gabriel, who left town without saying goodbye. Carlota takes this opportunity to observe that that was to be expected seeing as how he’s dying and all. Oops, you didn’t know about that? Pal flips out.

Romi is trying to access her bank account online before she writes her dad a check but can’t get the computer to connect. He’s all nervous and wants her to write the check right away. She tells him that all this stuff he told her better be true. Oh, and I don’t like it one bit that you had a romance with my husband’s mother. Sam claims there was nothing between them. Cami arrives and asks what Sam is doing there.

Carlota lies that they discovered Gabe’s illness recently, so Pal takes that to mean that he got sick when he arrived in Real del Monte and therefore it’s all her fault, because everyone that loves her dies.

Camila is outraged upon learning that Romi was going to write her father a check and she and Sam start arguing. She yells at him about taking the deeds to Di’s house and Romi is shocked. The phone rings, and the maid answers it and tells whoever is on the line that Romi and her mom are fighting with Romi’s dad.

German meets with Eugenio and hints that he has some good dirt on Carlota relating to what happened with Dr. B.

Romi asks if Sam swindled Diana. Cami grabs her phone and says let’s call right now and find out, but Sam grabs her arm and puts her in a choke hold. When Romi demands that he let Cami go, he yells for her to give him the check, so she goes to write it while Cami tells her not to give him anything.

Pal cries while reading Gabe’s letter (we hear his voice saying the words), but I’m so distracted by the inappropriateness of his peppy song playing in the background while she’s all weepy, that I don’t really care what the letter says. Something about how he has other plans that he’d rather not share with her because it’s better that way, and he’s leaving his legacy to her, and don’t look for him, he hates goodbyes.

Sam shoves Cami to the couch and demands that Romi sign the check. She calls him a coward and he grabs her and shoves her. Rafa arrives and he and Sam start throwing punches.

German tells Eugenio he thought that what Carlota proposed (to German) might interest him. Although German told Carlota to take a hike, Eugenio wants him to go back to her and say that she can count on him after all. Listen well to what you are going to do.

The scuffle continues between Sam and Rafa. Cami calls the cops but Romi protests because she doesn’t want her dad to get in trouble. Cami can’t believe Romi is still defending him. Sam calls Cami a whore and they yell at each other some more. Rafa tells Sam that he’s going to pay for everything he has done while slamming Sam’s face in the wall.

Pal talks with Rufi about Gabe--she thinks maybe he hid his illness from her because she had mentioned to him once that everyone that loved her ended up dying, and he didn’t want to worry her. Rufi advises her to talk to Gabe--ask Luz or Eugenio to put you in touch with him. Pal thinks she loves him more than she thought (but not more than Emil because she’ll never love again the way she loved Emil--oh, the tragedy). Rufi tells her not to let Gabe go.

The police--including the same guy who was investigating Dr. B’s case earlier--come to take Sam away. Romi is only worried about what the neighbors must think about all this. The cop says Romi has to come to the station to make a statement but Romi doesn’t want to; Rafa and Cami manage to convince her to go. Cami thanks Rafa for his help.

Romi tries calling Emil but he doesn’t answer. She looks on sadly as the police car takes her father away and worries about him being left in jail.

Emil sees Pal walking down the street and runs up to ask if there’s any news about Dr. B. She informs him that Gabe is out of her life and starts up again with her sobbing-heaving-speed-talking that is like nails on a chalkboard to me about how she’s destined to be alone and how marrying Romi was the best thing for him because it keeps him away from her and the bad luck she causes everyone she loves. Emil asks what Gabe has to do with it but she just walks off.

In Mexico City, Gabe is at a doctor appointment mooning about how he misses Pal. The doc comes in and says that his heart is responding well (though he should have died 15 years ago). Doc asks if Gabe has done anything different to feel connected with life; Gabe admits he fell in love for the first time. The doctor thinks the desire to live and love are strengthening his heart.

Pal calls Luz to ask for the truth about Gabe; she tells Pal to find Eugenio.

Carlota talks to herself about how she was able to keep Pal from leaving and, even better, she won’t have to get rid of Gabe. But she’s worried about the situation with Dr. B.--where is his body? Because he’s got to be dead, I killed him.

Avances: Someone calls Carlota with a message from Dr. B. saying he's not dead, and Emil walks in on Romi and German in bed together.

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