Caray, Caray!

We come back to the happy scene of Rafa singing “Me Encantas.” The whole quinceñera party is dancing behind him, and they all love him too. There’s also lots of dancing going on at Hacienda Alejandra. Unfortunately for Marco and Chavez, the only ones dancing on a table and baring their midriffs are B&V. Marco is pretty darned pleased that Chavez picked up a muñeca like Ovi in the hood, but not so pleased about the two friends she brought. B&V come over just then to look Marco over and take a moment to squeeze the Charmin. They scamper off, leaving Marco slightly traumatized and crestfallen. Chavez notes that Marco needs a woman that wakes the passion within him to cheer him up. A woman just like Ovi. Marco thinks that would be great, but he’s not the owner of this modeling agency Chavez used as a lure to get Ovi there. Chavez gives him a pep talk, “It’s the man who is going to seduce her, not the business!”

Fresh from his pep talk, Marco saunters up to Ovi, who has just emerged from the pool in an itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie yellow (non-polka dotted) bikini. He tries a few lines on her, but Ovi is on to his game. Men lie to her all the time to try to get into her itty bitty bikini, because men are cowards. She tells Marco that it will take more than a lie to get near her cuerpocita. She then struts off, revealing that there’s even less to that bikini from the back, than there was in front! (I hope some of our guys were watching.) Marco’s buddies come up to him to enjoy the view, and to point out that he’s losing his powers of seduction.

The quinceñera party continues, and I have never seen Ramiro so drunk or having this much fun. Rafa’s also more drunk than ever. How can you tell? Well, he answers Vicky’s phone call and tells her exactly where he is. Soon enough Vicky’s arrived at the party, with her two goons (i.e. brothers) in tow. She whistles for her pajarito, but he’s too busy chatting to a small crowd of lovely ladies to hear her. She spots him, grabs him away from his new amigas, and loudly claims that he is HERS. This doesn’t go over so well with Don Aurelio’s nieces and some choice insults are thrown between the ladies. Soon a catfight has erupted which turns into a full fledged brawl. Don Aurelio’s mujer gets into it when she catches Don Aurelio and Claudia dancing cheek to cheek during the melee. She clocks Don A, then she gives Claudia a taste. Even Ramiro and Dandy seem to be beating each other up for no apparent reason. Rafa checks on birthday girl Chayo who is hiding under a table and doesn’t seem too upset that her party has turned into a full fledged fracas.

Things are a lot more tame at the finca, where the wildest thing happening is a conga line around the pool and then into it. Marco surveys the scene and swears that soon all of this will be his, HIS! Chavez wakes up from a drunken stupor on the couch in the pool room to being cuddled by B&V. Time for a Chavez sandwich!

Ramiro’s also in a drunken stupor and stumbles his way into his house, over a chair and right in front of his scowling wife waiting for him on the couch. His suegra pulls her broomstick up behind him, and his ancient suegro hovers in the background. Ramiro’s wife is so upset by his drunken state, and probably more upset that he keeps giggling and seems happy, that she kicks him out of the marital bed they have shared for 15 years. She “condemns” Ramiro to spend the next 15 years sleeping on the couch and not enjoying her “caresses” (because I’m sure there were lots of those). This is the best news Ramiro has gotten in a very long time and he cannot contain his glee. His father in law congratulates him.

More days on the calendar fly by; the Autos Siglos team is still way behind on their sales; Marino continues to work his new sales manager/girlfriend; Rafa continues to work Don Chemas friends and family; Ale’s neck brace comes off, and instead of throwing it away, she keeps it out of sentimental value (no doubt remembering her fun times with Rafa); the plastic surgeon has done a great job and there is no trace of a scar on her leg (he must also wax while he’s down there by the looks of Ale’s leg); Ale attempts once again to sneak a call to Autos Siglo and is busted by Tia Rosario.

Julieta also gets busted when Leonora finds a skimpy bikini in her school bag. Julieta uses a few tried and true teenage tactics: “How could you look through my things?!; What, you don’t trust me?; My friends and I are just innocently taking a dip in the pool when we take a break from studying hard; That bikini isn’t mine- it’s a friend’s; Please, don’t tell my brother. Let’s just keep it a secret between us.” When asked point blank, Julieta cannot deny that, yes, there are boys present, and yes, they have had some beers on occasion during these little “study break pool parties.” Leonora is not having any of it.

Tia Rosario decides to indulge Ale and calls Autos Siglo herself to get an update from Susana. If it’s good news she’ll pass it on to Ale, if not, she won’t mention she called. Rafa stumbles in from his latest outing with the Friends of Don Chema and excitedly passes on the news to Susana and Rosario that he has captured three lions in the jungle and that he has seven in his sights/line of fire. Rosario doesn’t get what this strange message is all about, but when Ale hears it she smiles and has renewed energy for her therapy on the treadmill.

More days fly by and it’s now 5 days till Ale returns! Everyone on the sales team, except Rafa, looks terrified at the prospect and spring into action. Rafa’s floating on air thinking that it’s only 5 days. Ale is also all smiles thinking about her impending return.

Random scene of the evening: Claudia is driving along, speaking on her phone, without a hands-free device. She gets pulled over by the two cops we’ve seen a few times now. She uses her feminine wiles to get out of a ticket.

Days go by and now it’s the last day of the sales month. Marino’s girlfriend/paycheck arrives and she has good news. Her bosses have decided to buy the trucks! The bad news is that they won’t make the purchase until the next day. Marino explains, salesperson to salesperson, that his reputation as a salesman is in jeopardy if he doesn’t get the highest sales that month and she agrees to fill out the paperwork that day so that the sale makes it into his report, although the check won’t be ready until the next day. Rafa’s looking like he’s having luck too. Each of Don Chema’s friends/family members have paperwork for trucks in front of them. They’re about to sign, until…one of them mentions that they spoke to Don Chema’s staff in D.F., and none of them remember him ever mentioning Rafa. “Just how exactly did you meet him?” Rafa’s caught off guard at first, and we are left to ponder how he will get out of this jam and make the sale throughout a commercial break. When we return, we see that the tactic Rafa has chosen is righteous indignation. “What, you don’t trust me?!” (Yep, he and Julieta are definitely related.) He starts to pack up his things to go, but the Friends of Don Chema feel so badly about upsetting him that they beg him to stay, order another bottle of tequila and get busy signing those papers.

Marino kisses his paycheck/girlfriend and sees her off. She has made him the happiest man in the world. The female sales team can’t believe he has added another woman to his harem. He scolds them, saying that that woman’s name is Elena Sanchez, and not only has she helped him close one of his biggest sales, she is also the future mother of his future daughter!

The team hand their sales reports to Susana, and Marino begs her to include his Elena Sanchez sale although the check won’t be in hand till tomorrow. Rafa manages to stumble in, leaving tequila fumes behind him, just before closing again. Susana gently reprimands him and looks over his sales report, but she gives no indication of how many he has sold nor whether this will put him in the winning spot again this month. We will just have to wait till tomorrow to find out…

On their last day in Houston, Ale and Tia Rosario go shopping! Yay! Ale looks like her movie star self from that dream she had a while ago. She’s wearing tight jeans (no leg brace or cane), a cute hat, a scarf, and big sunglasses. The two of them also enjoy some people watching (silly gringos skating on ice), ice-cream, and a trip to the salon. Smiling, Ale looks through the photos one last time, but quickly puts them in her purse when Tia approaches. Rosario has spoken to Marco who will pick them up bright and early tomorrow when they arrive in DF. Ale does not look excited at the prospect of seeing Marco, which doesn’t go unnoticed by Rosario. She gives Ale a pep talk: “Leave the old Ale behind, the ones whose life was destroyed by that criminal. You’re returning to Mexico a new woman. A woman that is ready to recover her man and marry him!”

Tomorrow: Ale takes Rosario’s pep talk to heart and returns to Autos Siglo a new, sexier woman.

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