Caray, Caray!

Felicitaciones a todos! We survived our first week of double-up episodes. Have a tequila to celebrate!

Ale takes off to meet with Rafa and the Siglo is buzzing about her and Rafa. As their chatter continues, Susana overhears Marino and Ramirez making some unflattering comments about Ale and drags them into the office. She reads them the riot act for spreading such vicious gossip. Marino says it isn’t their fault that Rafa wouldn’t shut up about sleeping with Ale; they’re just trying to find out if it’s true.

Ale apparently learned a lesson from her accident and uses a Bluetooth to answer a call while she’s driving. Ismael warns her about the gossip concerning her relationship with Rafa. Ale calls Susana to find out exactly what everyone is saying. Susana doesn’t want to say but admits the rumor is that Ale and Rafa slept together. And that Ale is bad in bed. Susana also has to tell Ale that everyone claims Rafa is the one who started the rumors.

Everyone at the Siglo moos at Marco when he visits and Isabel mocks him even more when he asks why they’re doing it. Claudia meets him outside and Marco yells at her. She pleads innocence and says Rafa started the gossip. Marco’s rage starts bubbling to the surface again.

Ale meets Rafa at a very pretty outdoor café. Before they can even properly greet each other, Ale asks Rafa if he told the Siglo employees about what happened at Puerto Vallarta. Rafa swears on his mother that the only people who know what happened are the two of them. Ale swings and slaps Rafa so abruptly it knocks him off his feet.

“When I crashed I thought you were a criminal but now I know you’re worse!” She tears his recommendation to pieces. “To think I believed there was something between us! I even felt love for you but you’re a disgrace! Don’t come looking for me and don’t call me! I am dead to you!” Rafa is stunned as he gathers the pieces of the letter.

Rafa keeps calling Ale and leaving messages for her. He’s determined to talk to her and set the record straight. Meanwhile, Ale sobs in her car. She loved Rafa and blames herself for being such a fool.

Ale is still on edge when she gets back to work. She explains what happened to Susana and cries; she was so blind. Susana defends Rafa but Ale won’t hear it. Who else knew about the fake esposos? Susana and Marco both knew but Ale doesn’t believe either of them started the rumors. It had to have been Rafa. “The whole reason he wanted to work here was to seduce me. He seemed so wonderful, said the sweetest things I ever heard in my life, and made me feel special just so I would forgive his debt.”

Rafa meets Jaime in a bar and recounts his horrible “date” with Ale. He’s awfully depressed about it and recites a line from a poem. “I want to sleep to not think of you, I want to sleep eternally”. (Quiero dormir cansada para no pensar en ti, quiero dormir eternamente)

Later, Jaime and Rafa try to piece together the shreds of the recommendation letter. They get phrases here and there to make sense. “A model employee with special qualification, tireless, committed to his responsibilities, creative, and able to succeed in adverse situations. I have never known a better person.” Rafa is even more confused. If Ale wrote such a complimentary letter, why did she hit him?

Ale holds an impromptu meeting with the employees to salvage her reputation. She explains the trip with Rafa was a business trip and any other gossip about it is the result of an overactive imagination. She warns them to never talk about her private life again. Too bad a threat isn’t enough to stall the rumor mill. Ramiro and Dandy suspect Marino and Ramirez started the rumors but they deny it.

Jaime and Rafa are still puzzling the letter together. Jaime thinks the letter is evidence that Ale was in love with Rafa; Rafa wonders what someone could have told her about him to make her so angry. He tries to call Susana for information but she hangs up on him. Jaime, as Rafa’s lawyer, calls Susana. He says Rafa needs certification that he worked at the Siglo since Rafa’s getting a new job at CloAutos. Susana won’t do anything to help the competition and hangs up again. Dandy tells Susana he’s angry how unjust the employees have been with Rafa; there’s no way he started the rumors because he only ever had respectful things to say about Ale. He always said nothing happened between them.

Susana lets Ale know that Rafa and his lawyer called. The lawyer wants proof Rafa worked at the Siglo. Ale refuses to do it. Susana thinks she should because Rafa isn’t the one who started the rumors; Dandy never heard him gossip. Ale doesn’t believe it since Dandy is the biggest womanizer in the city. He and Rafa are cut from the same cloth and she won’t believe Rafa is innocent.

Vicky asks for permission from her padre to go to a baby shower. He and her hermanos are scandalized the woman isn’t married. Vicky says if she were pregnant by Rafa, he would marry her in no time. The guys don’t like the sound of that and give her money for the party. Later, we find out Vicky plans to use the money for a hotel room date with Rafa.

Susana gives Ale a recommendation letter for her to sign; if she doesn’t, Rafa won’t be able to get a job and pay off his debt. Ale signs it but can’t believe Rafa is working for their sleazy competition.

Rosario brings Jorge breakfast and opens the shades; it’s time to stop being a drama queen. He isn’t having it and wonders where he went wrong with Ale. Rosario assures him he did nothing wrong but Jorge refuses to eat until everything is back to normal.

Vicky calls Rafa but he asks Jaime to answer it for him. Jaime doesn’t want to but Rafa convinces him. She flirts with Jaime and gives him the address of the hotel for Rafa. He has no interest; the only thing he cares about is Ale. Jaime tells Rafa to stop torturing himself and meet Vicky. Rafa thinks it isn’t fair to stay with Vicky when he’s thinking of another woman. He leaves to find Ale.

Marco starts chugging the booze and singing the blues to Chavez that Ale slept with Rafa. Now the Siglo employees are mocking him because of all the talk. Chavez is sure it is just gossip, especially the part about Ale being bad in bed. Marco swears he will kill Rafa. Chavez says Marco may have to make a sacrifice and ask forgive Ale, considering the problem with the hacienda. They need to make a plan to get Ale back.

Rosario welcomes Ale home after work. Jorge is still moping and Ale is overwhelmed. She goes up to her room and pulls Rafa’s shirt out of the drawer. Ale stomps on it and comes across the fiesta pictures. She laughs and cries while looking at them and hears mariachi music outside. “Medina?!”

Ale’s excitement deflates (as does ours) when she sees Marco outside with a mariachi band. Rosario rushes into Ale’s room but Ale is too confused to know what to do. Rosario convinces her that Marco still loves her; the music is his way of saying he forgives her. Rafa walks up to Ale’s house with a bouquet of roses and sees the festival outside. He gets a call from Vicky but hangs up without answering. Rafa tosses the roses to the ground and stomps on them when he sees Marco and Ale talking.

Ale thanks Marco for the song but isn’t so thrilled when Rosario invites him in for coffee. She runs off into the kitchen and leaves them alone. Marco kisses Ale, tells her how much he loves her, and promises there won’t be any more misunderstandings between them. He was wrong not to believe her but he understands why she wasn’t honest with him. Ale is not very receptive but eavesdropper Jorge hurries downstairs to congratulate them for making up. Jorge apologizes for being so childish and leaves to get something to eat. Ale is delighted her padre has snapped out of it but she still looks uncomfortable with Marco.

Julieta runs into Jaime on the street and guesses he’s been acting so strangely because he has a novia. When Jaime says he does have a novia, Julieta snuggles up to him, flirts, and kisses him. Jaime snaps out of it when Vicky calls and demands he meet her because Rafa stood her up.

Marco tells Ale it would make him so happy to be reunited with her. Ale needs time to think. Marco promises he will be there for her when she decides. He offers her a rose but she doesn’t take it. Jorge tiptoes outside and catches Marco before he leaves. Jorge is excited to have Marco back in the family; he could die happy knowing Ale is safe with Marco. Marco says Jorge has been like a padre for him but Ale isn’t so set on getting back together. Jorge is saddened by the news and goes back inside.

Jaime catches up with Vicky. She wants to know where Rafa is but Jaime avoids telling her. Vicky makes Jaime come with her to see the lover’s suite. She asks Jaime to open the champagne so it won’t go to waste. Then Vicky pulls off her coat to show him her lingerie (presumably so it won’t go to waste either…)

Avances: More hot Vicky and Jaime action.

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