Caray, Caray!

Dora suggests to Osvaldo that they get married before Daniel returns. That way Osvaldo will be established in the house when Daniel comes home. Osvaldo is fine with that until Dora wants him to pony up some money for a wedding reception/party. He tells her that he is in debt and they should postpone the party. Dora agrees but tells him not to keep her waiting too long.

The Naz comes into the bar and Osvaldo tells Dora that he needs to be alone with her ahora mismo (right now). The Naz says to herself that she won't let Osvaldo leave her así nomás (just like that). At the very least, she will be his second wife.


The doctor says that Enrique is going to be ok.
Le cayó mal algo que bebió.
Something he drank didn't agree with him (literally, didn't like him), says Ali. Lucas asks if he could have drunk some alcohol and Ali replies that his religion prohibits the taking of alcohol so it isn't served in his house. Enrique can sleep whatever it was off at Ali's house and Lucas can return to his hotel. It's too bad that Enrique's brain is not available because Lucas' brain is definitely not working. Zoraida warns him again to leave by the kitchen door without anyone seeing him and Lucas doesn't pay any attention. He goes right back down to the sala where Said says that his men will escort Lucas back to his hotel. The extremely ominous music plays.
Lucas, que llegues con bien a tu destino.
Lucas, may you arrive safely at your destination, says Said. This has to be a double entendre: 'destino' means both 'destination' and 'destiny or fate'. Lucas leaves followed by a gaggle of Said's men. At the last moment, Jade sends Achmed after them telling him not to let anything bad happen to Lucas.

Said drags Jade off and tells her to cry out in fear for her lover in front of her family making them the four witnesses. [I guess that was Said's plan. He was going to drug Lucas and hope that Jade would betray herself in front of everyone. It probably would have worked, too.]

The exciting adventure of Lucas in the medina (I have compressed the various scenes)-
Even the dimwitted Lucas finally realizes that his escort is out to get him. He climbs up to the roofs and proceeds to jump from roof to roof. Unfortunately, he misses once and falls to the ground injured. The evil guys are moving in for the kill when Achmed appears and shoos them off.


Clara tells Carolina about Alicia putting the moves on Escobar. Carolina suggests that Clara invite Alicia to dinner.
Al enemigo hay que sentarlo en la misma mesa, para saber cómo come.
You have to sit down at the same table with your enemy to know how he eats.
Carolina says that she'll come to the dinner also to help out. Clara agrees.
Así la podemos ahuyentar más facil.
That way, we can drive her away (this verb is from the same root as 'huir' above) more easily, she says. Carolina is concerned that she hasn't heard from Enrique.

Jade is concerned that neither Achmed nor Said's men have returned. She wants Zoraida to call the hotel. Ali comes in and says that he is glad that everything turned out ok. Jade and Zoraida don't agree. Zoraida tells him that she saw Said put something in Lucas' glass. But it turns out that she didn't really see it. She believed that was what he was doing. Ali thinks that because Jade and Zoraida believed that Said was going to harm Lucas, they were predisposed to see things that didn't really happen. When Jade expresses concern about Said's men escorting Lucas, Ali says that Said wouldn't harm Lucas in Ali's house and that protection extends to the streets that connect to his house.

Said tells Ali that he is taking a second wife. Ali says that he won't oppose it. Ali tells Abdul that his lack of enthusiasm about Said taking a second wife is because he believes no man should have more than one wife.

Zoraida reports that Lucas has not returned to the hotel. Ali finds Jade and Zoraida hanging around the front door and tells Jade that it isn't good for a woman to show affection for a man who isn't her husband.

Said tells Jade to go to bed. She reminds him that he was going to give her his decision about her fate after dinner. Said tells her again to go to bed. Then he calls Marisa. He tells her that he wants to meet her and get to know her better when he returns to Miami.
Cayó el arabe.
The Arab has fallen, says Marisa.
Lo voy a hacer sufrir como él me ha hecho sufrir a mí.
I'm going to make him suffer the way he made me suffer, says Said.
[Probably not since Lucas couldn't care less about who Marisa sleeps with.]

Marisa stops in to see Nati. Nati says that Marisa looks risueña, alegre, contenta (smiling, happy, content) [like a cat that has just killed something]. Nati asks if Marisa has heard from Lucas. She says that he is probably in Morocco. Nati asks if they will separate. Marisa replies that she doesn't think she will ever make Lucas a free man. She asks about Nati's boyfriend. She compliments Nati on her appearance. Nati replies that her boyfriend doesn't care about her makeup. Marisa tells her that it's never that way in the beginning but later he will compare her to other women and it's better if she makes an effort to be pretty. Nati suggests inviting him to dinner the next day. Marisa is agreeable.


Achmed returns to Ali's house and announces that Lucas is in the hospital.

It's the next morning. Ali tells Jade that he can't understand how Lucas ended up falling off a roof. Jade suggests that Said's men beat him up and made it look like he fell off a roof. Ali replies that the doctors can tell the difference between injuries caused by a beating and by a fall. Ali goes on to say that whatever happened it was Jade's fault for trying to change her destiny. Zoraida reports that Said went out with Jadiyah.

Said is out meeting the father of his proposed second wife.

Ali tells Jade that Said is going to marry again. Jade replies that she hopes that Said falls in love with the woman and that he will finally give her a divorce. Ali says that Said might give her a divorce but he won't give her Jadiyah. Jade doesn't seem to have even the Wikipedia level of knowledge about family law in Muslim countries. She says that Jadiyah isn't a baby. She can choose where she wants to live. Ali replies that Jadiyah is part of Said's family now and Jade has no rights over her. Jade announces defiantly that she won't let anyone take Jadiyah from her and stalks off. Ali says that he hopes Allah will help her because he won't be able to.

[This is what makes Jade such an unsympathetic character to me. Not only does she not think about the legal consequences of her actions, she doesn't appear to care about what Jadiyah is going to feel about this. It's always only about her great undying love for Lucas!!! Rant over.]

Enrique wakes up and has no idea what happened or where he is.


The news about Lucas' accident reaches Miami but Leo hasn't arrived at work. Carolina decides to call Roberto to give Leo the news.

Nati and Andrea are working out the guest list for the dinner party. The deluded duo who think that this is going to go well decide to have Andrea and Fernando in addition to Nati's family and Alej. Nati says that they should have Alej bring a friend
para que no se sienta contra el paredón
so that he doesn't feel like he is in front of a firing squad (literally, in front of a thick wall). Andrea asks Nati whether she should tell her mother Alej's identity beforehand. Nati says no. If she did that Marisa would cancel everything. This way it will be a surprise and neither Marisa and Leo can be bad mannered (maleducado) [really??], they will talk to Alej and find out what a nice guy he is. Rosa comes in to get the guest count and observes that she has never taken a phone call for Nati from the mysterious boyfriend. Nati replies that he texts and calls her on her cell. [Hellooo! I don't think teenagers know how to use land lines.]

Nati tells Alej that tonight is his official presentation in her house. He is dubious and suggests that they wait. Nati wants to get it over with so that they don't have to hide any more. She suggests that Alej bring a friend.


Alej tells Pablo that he can't let him down. He doesn't want to go to that house feeling like a fish out of water (una mosca en leche, literally, a fly in milk). Pablo agrees to go.

Gloria is concerned about the relationship. She is afraid that Alej will lose his job. Alej says that he appreciates her support but he is an adult and he loves Natalia and won't let his family interfere with his personal life.

Ali fills Enrique in on what happened with Lucas. Enrique tells Ali that he doesn't know what happened to him. Ali ask if Enrique brought alcohol into his house. Enrique denies it but Ali seems to have made up his mind about what happened to him. Said returns and tells Jade that he has contracted to take a second wife and they will marry at the end of the month. Ali asks if Jade approves and she gives her consent.

[I am not even going to waste my time describing yet another Cristina/Leo/other woman encounter. Suffice to say that the reason no one can reach Leo when his other son is in trouble is that he is with a woman.]

Likewise, when Mohamed gets the news about Said's second marriage, Latifa is upset and once again makes Mohamed swear that he will never take a second wife.

Nazira also has a predictable reaction- She tells Amin and Zamira that her brothers can marry as many times as they like but poor Nazira has to stay single. She vows that they will pay with interest (con creces, from crecer, to grow) for what they did to her. She goes outside, summons Ramoncito and gives him a note to bring to Dora.

May peace be with you, good woman. I want to talk about our Osvaldo. 'Our Osvaldo?' says Dora, confused.


Karla tries to make nice with Alej but he isn't interested and has to go to his dinner.

The big moment arrives. Nati comes in with Pablo and Alej. Marisa heads straight for Pablo and introduces herself. Nati says that her boyfriend is Alej, not Pablo. Marisa is impactada and not in a good way. I guess Leo is still calling AAA about his flat tires because he doesn't seem to be there.

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