Caray, Caray!

An angry mob is awaiting Jade when she reaches home – oh wait, that’s her family. Where have you been and by the way, where the heck is Zoraida? Dunno, says Jade, I’ve been out looking for her myself.

Meanwhile back in Miami, Albieri tells Luisa that Dora can’t be allowed to send Danielito to NY. He knows that Dora’s ma detests him and she’d never let him visit. He bullies Luisa (sigh! yes again) into trying to persuade Dora to take the kid to LA;

Tio Ali rants about Zoraida’s betrayal for leaving his household, calling her an ingrate, a bad woman (mala mujer). “Let her drown in her own tears!” Tio Abdul fans the flames by telling him that there’s been something cooking between Zoraida and the fruit seller. Abdul concedes that Zoraida’s a good-looking woman and the fruit seller in fact ‘tiene buen ojo’ (has a good eye). Ali continues to rant that she’s an exhibitionist (huh??) and if she wanted a husband, she should have come to him, he’d have found one for her.

And as the gang in Misery Mansion prepare to celebrate Marisa’s birthday --

[My question: Wasn’t Diego killed in the helicopter crash exactly one year ago trying to go to a birthday party for Marisa? Doesn’t this ‘anniversary’ give anyone else, especially Leonardo, ‘mala espina’, a bad feeling, premonition?]

-- Lucas discovers that the key to his safe box is missing. No worries, Mama Rosa will get a locksmith (cerrajero) to open it and they’ll do it when Marisa’s not looking. “I’d never forgive myself if I lost Jade’s necklace” says Lucas. Rosa offers two novenas to get rid of the mala mujeres (bad women) in her universe, Jade and Cristina.

Cristina interrupts Leo in a meeting in his office, bursting in with an invitation to her wedding and asking if he’ll be ‘padrino’ (literally ‘godfather’ but here, ‘best man’). It’s to be on the 4^th of July -- to celebrate her independence from Leo. And in the Mandarin Hotel, no less, where these two had planned to wed.

Afterwards, Leo acknowledges to Enrique that of course her plans bother him. The best way to show your indifference is by going to the stupid thing, says Enrique.

Back in Misery Mansion, Rosa opens the box and is horrified to find the necklace is gone. Were you looking in here (¿metiste la mano en esta caja?), she asks Marisa. Marisa: Don’t be silly. Rosa: But the house will be turned upside down (patas pa’arriba) when Lucas learns it’s gone. M: So don’t tell him.

Osvaldo and Dora do their mating dance at the club –

He: Without your papi, you’re nobody (Sin tu papi tú eres nadie)

She: If war is what you want, war is what you’ll get. (Si quieres guerra, guerra tendrás.) Boasts. Insults. She leaves.

Our girl Jade, duly chastened, is praying that Allah protect Zoraida. It’s all my fault, she says.

Tio Ali still hasn’t found Zoraida. I want to find her to curse her (maldecirla) he says.

In Miami, Danielito runs near the pool and Dora catches him up, scolding him and confesses that she always worries about his being near the water. (should we be worried too?) Dora’s on her way out and Luisa plans to take Dani to the party. Of course Albi can’t let that happen, says he & Dani will stay home and Luisa can go alone. It’s for adults, not little kids and he needs to sleep. (This is actually true!)

At Mansion Ferrer, Marisa is upstairs primping, preparing to give Lucas the surprise of his life. Lucas is greeting the guests. Mama Rosa wants to know what’s up, why doesn’t she come down already, the guests and press are here. She just wants to call attention to herself says Lucas (tiene ganas de llamar la atención).

Looking gorgeous and melancholy, Jade is lying on a couch, gazing at a candle flame while Said watches from the doorway. He is remembering when she danced the sword dance (la danza de la espada) for him and he thought she was starting to love him. Were you, he asks. I don’t know. Will you dance for me again? Yes. And she does, exquisitely, erotically, for a spellbound Said. The dance climaxes with the point of the sword at the partner’s throat. He has put himself completely at her mercy.

In Miami, Marisa does her own sword dance. She makes her entrance (looking plain vanilla when we have just seen the spectacular Jade) wearing THE necklace. It was Lucas’s mother’s, she explains, I’m wearing it as a tribute to her. Are you nuts, asks Mama Rosa? (good question). Lucas narrows his eyes – if looks could kill… if only!

Tio Abdul has found Zoraida working in the Café Asis. He and Ali go there, quarrel about whether it would be a sin to go inside because they sell alcohol there (But we’re not drinking it, reasons Ali). They see Zoraida sweeping. Ok says Ali, I can curse her from out here. Again with the ingrata, mala mujer, this is how you repay me song.

At home Jade hugs Zoraida and tells everyone that Zoraida left because of a dream. Yes, says Zoraida, I dreamed Ali had threatened to return me to the desert. (These women are good!) That’s just superstition says Ali. You can see he’s relieved.

Nazira says snidely (well, ok, she says everything snidely): One sinner defending another. Surprisingly Abdul reproaches her: Watch your tongue or the lashes will be for you! (Snap!)

“Infeliz cumpleaños” (unhappy birthday) shrieks Lucas (well, not really) as he rips Jade’s necklace off Marisa’s neck. They run off, they argue. No mating dance here. Just genuine dislike on one side and attempt to control on the other. Marisa says she’s leaving. So go, says Lucas. Leo convinces him that he has everything to lose if she does, that she’ll take Natalia away. Find a way to make her stay, he says.

So Lucas sort of apologizes for lying about the necklace. Marisa says: Get rid of it or I leave. That woman or me. You choose. I choose my life with you, he says.

Luisa tells Albieri she couldn’t convince Dora to take Danielito with her to LA. The kid’s going to NY with grandma. In that case, says Albi, tell her the LA deal is off.

Dora then tells her ma that the kid will stay with her in Miami. Ma continues to protest. She agrees to watch Dani so Dora can go to Cris’s wedding. (I hope she’s not planning to take Dani away…)

And now Cris and Leo’s, I mean, Armando’s wedding –

Cris is trying to squeeze into her Gilda dress. Armando sees Leo come in and wonders what the heck Cris was thinking when she invited him. Invited him? He’s the best man! Poor Armando is reduced to a bit player in this production. Cris makes her entrance, peels off one Gilda glove (for Leo), and takes Armando by the arm. Cris and Leo are the principals. She can’t stop looking at him, thinking about him, even as she exchanges her vows with Armando.

Los declaro marido y mujer – I now pronounce you husband and wife.

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