Caray, Caray!

The boys at Empresas Ferrer wax nostalgic when Albi tells Lucas and Enrique he’s run into Jade and her husband here in Miami. And Lucas, when your name came up, says Albi, her husband looked like a very jealous man (me parece un hombre muy celoso). Lucas allows himself a small smile.

“Tengo mucho miedo” (I’m very scared) Jade tells Latifa; Said is “muy vengativo”. On our wedding night, he vowed to kill Lucas if he ever crossed his path again, says Jade. And now every time he looks at me, it’s like he’s searching for Lucas in my gaze. Do you still feel something for him? Latifa wants to know.
Jade: “Hay amores que no se puede vivir, hay que guardarlos en el corazón” (There are loves that can’t be lived, you have to keep them in your heart)

And as for the ladies who lunch. And shop…a lot:
“Oh. my. god. You really told Natalia that Lucas has a lover?” Lucia may be the queen of obsessive marital jealousy, but even she is aghast when Marisa tells her she involved poor fragile Naty in her marital mishigas. Oh he’s gonna pay for humiliating me, vows Marisa…

Alejandro’s not doing any shopping. He is broke (quebrado), realizes that his career as a fighter is in the toilet: “Necesito trabajar en lo que sea” (I need a job, doesn’t matter what it is) he tells his friend/manager, Pablo. All he needs is a little money and he’ll be able to win the lovely Karla back. Pablo promises to set him up with a security company that provides drivers for rich folks.

Oddly enough, in a slightly more elegant part of town, Natalia is saying to her abuelo Leo: ¿Un chofer para mi??? Well yeah, says Leo, this is a dangerous city, there are all these crazy drunken tourists, you are an inexperienced driver…

Enter Alej looking miserable in his short-sleeved white shirt with narrow tie. He is presented to Natalia as her new driver and security guard.

Natalia tells Andrea afterwards that she couldn’t stand Alej (“Me cayó como una patada ese chofer”). Alej describes Naty to his buddy Pablo as “una mocosa malcriada” (a spoiled snot). [Anyone want to bet on how long it takes for these two to fall for each other?]

And back at la casa Mohamed: Prince Amin hasn’t quite achieved the coordination to ogle girls and ride a bike at the same time. He bumps into something, and falls down, giving his sister and cousin a good laugh. Then suddenly Zamira looks alarmed. She runs into the house without saying anything, and locks herself in the bathroom. Oh man, it’s her first period. “No quería que mi sangre bajara nunca” (I didn’t want to get a period, ever!) thinks Zamira. She knows her parents will make her wear a veil in public when they find out, so she decides to try to hide it from them.

Jadiya meanwhile is thinking “No veo la hora que mi sangre baje” (I can’t wait to get my first period!) Tía Nazira has shown her many nifty ways to wear the veil.

Jade and Said are alone and Jade is remembering how Said chased after Lucas with that scary curved knife of his years ago. She decides that the only way to keep Lucas safe is to warn him of Said’s murderous jealousy.

Cristina and her friends are at the apartment. Dora’s ma is coming for Christmas and she wants to find a little place to live before then. Will there be room for Osvaldo? asks Vicki. Dora’s not so sure she still loves him or wants him. “Que rehaga su vida con otra mujer.” (Let him remake his life with another woman)

Alas it is not to be. Or at least not tonight. When Osvaldo offers Karla with a K her big chance – “¡Te conseguí un trabajo como promotora en un supermarket aquí en la playa..” (I got you a job promoting stuff in a supermarket here on the beach) – instead of covering her ‘chocolatito’ with grateful kisses, she gives him a big fat cachetada (slap) and starts screaming ‘¡auxilio! The cops come and haul him away for “acoso sexual”. His friend Miguel, much amused, bails him out.

Now let’s catch up on Alicia Who Claims to be Luisa’s Niece but we all Know she is up to No Good:
Luisa wants to buy a new dress for her niece to wear to Leo’s wedding. Alicia refuses so sweetly, tells Luisa how lovely she is, suggests a little change in hair style might get Albieri’s motor humming. What a gal, that Alicia.

You almost feel sorry for creepy old Albi in the next room when he mutters that as nice as she seems, “hay algo en ella que no me gusta, que me asusta.” (there’s something about her that I don’t like, that scares me)

At Casa Escobar, Clara notices Escobar’s papers are neat, no food crumbs (no food crumbs???). Yeah, he says, Luisa’s niece Alicia was there to “echarnos una mano” (give/throw us a hand).
Clara: “A ti te echó dos manos, verdad?” (she gave you two hands, right?) Before this fight can go further, Fernando comes in asking for money so he can go out. Escobar takes his opportunity to escape.

Alicia sweet as pie brings coffee to Albi and Julio – “Esa niña es un encanto, es un sol!” (That girl is charming, she’s a lovely person) gushes Julio. “Eso parece” mutters Albi (so it seems).

Alicia goes to Luisa, now in bed, and tenderly kisses her good-night, then hidden to Luisa, executes a perfect Telenovela Eye Roll.

Lucas asks Marisa why she had to poison Naty against him and she says she was just telling the truth. The customary vitriolic banter ensues.

And in faraway Fez, Tío Ali is saying farewell to Zoraida, telling her to look after everything while he’s away. When he leaves, Nazira lets loose with a howl. Poor Zoraida.

Said is taking Jadiya to Mohamed’s house and will come back to pick up Jade. Jade seizes the moment to phone Lucas. He has just picked up – Hola. ¿Eres tú? – when Said comes back unexpectedly and she has to hang up. When she leaves the room, Said checks redial: “Empresa Ferrer” chirps the secretary. Oh no no no….

Ramón knocks on Latifa’s door asking for Prince Amin. Latifa of course won’t open the door to a man, she gets all ‘es un haram’ on him. He goes across the street and tells Gloria who marches up to Mohamed and tells him they are a bunch of “groseros”. At first he is polite, but soon he is telling her to go back to her “negocio de haram” (sinful business) and promising that she will burn in “el mármol del infierno” (marble, here, oven of hell). All told, not a good moment for intercultural understanding.

Cris is Ravishing in Red. She and Vicki go to the piano bar where she and Leo used to hang out. Leo and the Antichris, ie Sofia, are there, of course. She is Boring in Blue. When Sofia steps away, Cris seizes the moment. She reclaims her man with a big fat smooch. Press cameras flash and Sofia fumes. “Se canceló la boda!” (The wedding’s cancelled) she declares and throws his ring back at him.
Leo: “¿A dónde quieres llegar con todo esto?” (Where are you going with all this?)
Cris: “Por lo pronto a la cama en un hotel de 5 estrellas...contigo.” (For now to bed in a 5 star hotel...with you.)

Natalia is chatting on line. No one feels worse than I do, she writes. And her unidentified interlocutor replies: I felt like that and then I used a drug (alucinante, literally hallucinogen) that helped me with my feelings… [Whoa. This is very bad.]. Mama Rosa comes in and Nat asks her about her parents’ marriage. Is it true my father never loved my mother? He loved her, says Rosa, but not as much as he loved that foreigner… [All these years and the damn woman, cane and all, still can’t keep her mouth shut!]

Luisa tells Albieri that Ali’s nephew called to say that Ali is in Miami and they want us to come to a party. Albi looks pleased, well, you know, relatively.

Carolina is giving Enrique the cold shoulder. He shows her a newspaper with the CrisLeo smooch. See, she’s Leo’s old flame, not mine!

They’re looking at the photo at the Ferrer home too. Everyone seems pretty happy about the idea of Cris and Leo getting back together except Marisa: “A los hombres de esta casa les encanta lo barato.”
(The men in this house love what is cheap.)

Then Alejandro shows up for his first day of work. If this guy is taking care of Naty during the day, who’s going to drive her around and watch over her in the evening? I can do it, says Alej. Great, agrees, Leo. You can be Naty’s ‘angel de la guardia’. Naty looks pained but overpowered. And Alej is thinking about what a nightmare it’s going to be to be saddled with this spoiled brat day and night.

Of course Fernando mocks Naty and her chauffeur when they show up at school, but Andrea just thinks he’s hot. (una cosota rica)

Ali arrives at Latifa’s house and is greeted joyfully by all. Zoraida phones, the conversation turns to Nazira’s suitor (pretendiente) and Nazira hears Zoraida say: “El pretendiente de Nazira vive circa de la casa.” (The suitor lives near the house.) Then the line cuts off. That’s enough for big-eared Nazira, who has been hanging on Zoraida’s every word. She’s set to pack her bags and head off to Miami in search of her one true love, Osvaldo.

Cris complains to Vicki that Leo won’t take her calls now. She calls Lucas instead. He agrees to meet her after work.

Said tells Jade that they will be dining at the Ferrer’s tomorrow. Maybe you want to buy something new for the occasion? Why should I ? asks Jade. Women always seem to do things you don’t expect, answers Said omenously.

Lucas sees Cris waiting for him, as arranged, in a lounge somewhere. She is wearing…The Necklace!!!

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