Caray, Caray!

Ale defends Rafa's position as top salesman; she makes Marino clean the horns and moustache off the framed photo of Medina and put it back on the wall. She is crying a little.

Marco feels murderous as he uncovers Ale's hotel prevarications: he calls the fleabag love hotel and tricks the front desk man into admitting there was no single guy staying there ("Why would a single person stay at a hotel 'de pajaritos'?") Marco has the first of several splendid temper tantrums and, can it be, he throws his cellphone! Hurrah! He gets the last hotel to send him a fax saying that no pocketbook was found in the room of Rafael Medina and his wife Alejandra ... proof! He call Chavez and says he wants to kill Medina. Chavez recommends again that he hold his fire until after he's married and come into his fortune!

Ale accepts the resignation letter ghost-written by Susana for Rafa - without reading it - and says, you and I go to the beauty parlor tomorrow. Susana tries to get Ale to admit she doesn't love Marco and doesn't want to get married.

Rafa and his co-workers make very somber goodbyes. The general: you mustn't become an arrogant bourgeouis. Ramirez: you were an excellent student. Marino: It wasn't a pleasure to know you.

Ale picks up Rafa for their last meeting with Refri, and the salesforce plans to go celebrate her anticipated wedding-related absence.

Dandy goes to pick up Susana - she says, let's leave in a few minutes when nobody will see us.

Ale coaches Rafa: "This is just a normal business meeting, we will get out as soon as possible, 10-15 minutes tops, no hand-holding or embracing." He reminds her about their embraces and kisses. "Can I say 'my love'?" Rafa asks. "OK, but not gordita." They are so tender together. She would have let him drive her to the meeting, but he says because he had a couple drinks saying goodbye to the team, she should probably drive.

They arrive at the lovely restaurant where the Refri guys and wives are very happy to see them. The contract is quickly signed, there is a champagne toast, and the Refris have ordered dinner so Ale says they can stay till after the food.

Meanwhile, Marco has stomped off to the wrong restaurant, the one to which he was misdirected by Susana. He calls Ale and she claims she's at the very restaurant where he is currently standing. (At the same time but on a separate line, VVV is yelling at Rafa, who promises her he'll be home early.)

When these awkward calls end and they are heading back to the dining room, Ale reassures Rafa they're safe - Marco respects her work and would never interrupt business.

The romantic vibe our sweet pair gives off makes those Refris just melt. They get the restaurant to pipe "Amarte a la Antigua" through the sound system, and there is a slow dance for all. Ale and Rafa dance so close. But...

... Marco bursts in the restaurant, runs up the stairs, and makes a huge scene. How did he find them? He called Claudia, she called Dandy (who was doing OMM meditation with Susana at her apartment), Dandy told Claudia, and Claudia told Marco ...

Marco grabs Ali, shouts, spills the beans to everybody at full decibel level. Refri boss is incensed. Ale, pushed to her limit, shouts she had to make up this lie because one of the Refri guys was putting the moves on her. This causes all the wives to start hitting their husbands while Rafa and Marco try to hit each other. Very entertaining.

The boss tears up the recently signed contracts and all the Refris leave shouting. Ale sobs, Rafa picks up the shreds of contract off the floor. "How can I show my face?" Ale asks. "We can start over together, I love you like crazy." No no no, she begs, don't say it, I'm promised to Marco, he took care of my father. "You're wrong about him, I saw him with another woman." She barely hears and finally: "You have a girlfriend waiting for you at home, go to her."

Marco goes back to his apartment, drinks and throws things around. Auntie calls him, he yells he won't marry Ale because she betrayed him with the disgusting imbecile assassin. Auntie cries and conceals it from Dad, though he kind of thinks she's lying.

A bedraggled desperate Ale arrives at Marco's door and begs that he hear her out, but her case is weak and he doesn't listen, just yells and chucks her out. She cries in her car and then calls Susana...

... who's in bed with Nelson. Ale wants to come over and she's about a minute away. Susana wakes Dandy; he jumps up in terror at hearing the boss is coming. Susana throws him out on the balcony and I guess he falls over the edge (she's on the first floor).

... meanwhile Rafa shows up at the usual bar where Jaime has taken up smoking (to deal with the stress of getting macked by crazy VVV). Julieta had previously shown up, accusing Jaime of being strange and maybe having a new girl. He denied it but lit up two cigarettes at once. Julieta sneaks out. Rafa tells Jaime about the terrible night, and that he, Rafa, can't marry VVV because he's in love with Ale.

... Ale tells Susana the night's story.

Susana thinks Rafa should keep working at Siglo since he's back in the hole now that the deal has fallen through. Ale says, impossible - "The way he looks at me? He told me he loves me." "What did you say?" "I can't say that." "You were marrying Marco for gratitude, not love. It's Rafa who gets your hormones surging." "I could never present him to my family." "Give it time." "I can't go home." "You can't hide." "Please help me cancel everything, you've already done it once before, you know how."

Ale drags home where Rosario is lying in wait and is horrified that Marco called and spilled the whole story. She goes to her room and cries. Rafa drags himself home and cries. The two crooked cops harrass the taco guy.

Rafa dreams he gets a call from Ale saying she will go away with him, they can live somewhere near the ocean... but he wakes to a dreary day and has to tell his mom and sister the deal fell through and he doesn't have a job any more either, and not a penny.

Phone rings for real at Ale's place, it's Susana ready to cancel everything but checking one more time... she's happy to hear the wedding is still off. Beltran dances through, $$$ song, Ale says she'll come in and give him the bad news herself. On her way down the stairs she overhears her dad chatting happily about today's wedding with his buddy.

She and auntie review the current state of affairs while dad eavesdrops above. He clutched his heart, I thought he would have a heart attack and topple down the stairway of death, but no.

Finally, Chavez shows up at Marco's apartment. He hopes the hurricane/earthquake he sees there, and the empty bottles, are evidence of a bachelor party, but no. Marco tells him the wedding is off because Ale slept with Medina.

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