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EPISODE #86:

* Everyone is sitting around the table worried sick about where Jimena is. Branko arrives carrying Jimena’s skirt and blames Gabe for her death.

* Rod tells Leo his ideas to punish Renato, get rid of Juan and put Regina in a convent permanently. Leo wants it to work out and everyone to return to being happy. Rod thinks Ren and Aimee will work out their problems. Rod and Leo are at the point of kissing when Arcadio walks in and interrupts by shouting to Rod that Leo is his lover and has been for several years! Rod is stunned. Leo is mortified by the shameful lies and tries to get Arcadio to shut up and leave. Arca refuses to leave, and instead starts to spout off about every secret he’s been keeping for Leo - especially about her sister Maria de Rosario, who, he tells Rod, isn’t really dead! Rod is about to hyperventilate with the news. Leo tells him “how dare you say these lies!” Rod orders him to leave immediately. Arcadio says all these things which he says is true, and then he spouts one final secret, that Leo was the one who poisoned and killed Constanza! Arcadio mutters about the letter he has that will prove what he says is true. He runs out of the room to get it. Leo is really worried. Rod is still stunned and hyperventilating.

* Branko tells Mariela it is true that Jimena is dead. He also assures her of his honesty as a gypsy and his plan to marry and live happily with Jimena as his wife.

* Ren has a flashback -- he thinks of Aimee’s statement to him about her innocence and that Regina is the one who was the rebel and snuck around with Juan. She was jealous and scared that her sister would marry Juan. Renato wanders over to the bedside table, and finds Regina’s diary hidden underneath.

* Rod asks Leo if it is true. She swears on her sister’s grave that all Arcadio’s comments are a lie. He wonders why Arcadio would lie? Leo stammers and comes up with a plausable reason. Rod believes it and thinks about Arcadio and the crazy lady. Arcadio returns with a folded up piece of paper. He claims it is Constanza’s letter which is the proof that Leo poisoned and killed her. Rod takes the paper, opens and looks at it. He crumples it up and shouts, there’s nothing on it! it’s blank! Arcadio goes ballistic and starts to strangle Leo and orders her to tell the truth and say where the letter is! Rod aims his pistol at Arcadio’s back. He shoots. Arcadio is winged in the upper arm and drops to the nearby chair. Leo runs to the side of the room near Rod. Rod orders Arcadio to leave the ranch and never return. Arcadio will leave but vows to return. Leo catches her breath after being mauled by Arcadio.

* In the dungeon cell, Arcadio holds his injured arm and stumbles down to the ground. He takes his knife and opens a board on the bottom of the wall. He looks inside and sees the jewels are gone. He is upset and frustrated -- Where are those jewels? he exclaims as he picks up a pitchfork.

* Branko and Gaby are now face to face in an argument. Raul and Mariela’s father try to diffuse the disagreement. Branko swears on his gypsy honor and invites them to the camp to search for themselves if they don’t believe him. Gabe readily accepts the invitation.

* Arcadio is back in his room and finds all the jewels. He debates on showing them to Rod and Leona. He thinks they may say he stole them so he decides to take the jewels and leave the ranch.

* Ren enters the office. He heard the gunshot and wondered what happened? Rod and Leona explain about Arcadio’s outburst. Ren is angry about Arcadio’s actions against his mother. Rod said he told Arcadio to leave and never return. Ren says good, because if Arcadio doesn’t leave, he will kill Arcadio himself.

* Arcadio is out in the fields and near the Paraiso encampment. He grunts about the “evil Montes de Oca family” and takes his torch and starts to light every shack on fire.

* Rosie has another nightmare about Rod and Leona. She is in a panic as she wakes up and pants heavily. Dr. Pablo is right there by her side and listens as she is frustrated she can’t remember who the people were and what happened to her. Pablo works to calm her down and he tells her to focus on the present, herself, her baby, and the people who are with her right now. Don’t worry about the past or the future - if she remembers, good, if not, don’t worry about it. She thanks him and says his name “Pablo”. He smiles and helps her back into bed.

* Arcadio finishes setting the camp ablaze.

* Branko brings Gabe to the camp. As the gypsies all gather around and listen to Branko and Gabe try to organize everyone to search for Jimena. Selma and Griselda try to stop them from searching. Griselda tries to get them to let her niece ‘rest in peace’. The group doesn’t listen and are focused on searching the river tonight. Servando is lurking in the bushes and spying on the group.

* A servant and Celia are running around yelling for Renato. Renato appears from his bedroom. They tell him that Arcadio is burning the camp and fields. Leona panics. Renato tells her that he is in charge of the ranch and he will go take care of this.

* Leona and Rod talk in private.

* Mariela and her mom and dad are discussing her worries about Jimena. Her parents try to console her and calm her down. They give her hope about the search for her own daughter Angela. Mariela now is also worried about Jimena. She prays to the angels for a miracle to find both Angela and Jimena.

* Gabe and Branko sit by a fire at the gypsy camp. There’s no sign of Jimena yet. Gabe suspects that Griselda and Selma know something. The two make a pact to work together to find Jimena.

* Servando corners Griselda and demands she tell him where she is hiding Jimena. It is a matter of his life and livelihood. Griselda claims she has no idea where Jimena is. Selma appears and defends Griselda’s story. Servando doesn’t believe them.

* Men at the saloon are complaining and harassing Jimena as she tries to work. One starts to paw at her. She fights back and goes back to work. The two men gossip.

* Ren and people work together on a water brigade to fight the fires. Ren takes two buckets into a burning shack. He comes out and has to kneel and cough due to smoke inhalation. A man helps Renato away from the fire. Renato continues to give orders to the people. Someone comes up to Renato to tell him that Arcadio was the one who set the fires. Renato continues to give orders about fighting the fires.

* Rod confronts Leona in the office about all of Arcadio’s commentaries. Leona cries and wonders why should she have to defend herself for all of that. Rod is still stunned and needs to know the truth. Leona reminds Rod that he was there when Arcadio opened Maria’s tomb. She then comes up with a story about Arcadio playing a trick on them with the body.

* Jacinta talks with Maria about her ramblings.

* Rod believes Leona’s explanation. Leona continues her story and says that Arcadio is a complete menace and it’s good he’s gone now. Rod gives her a consoling hug.

* On the Luzbel, in the captain’s cabin, Regina stands behind the curtain near the bed all dressed and ready to go to bed. She hears the door open and Juan enter. He’s tired and maybe a little drunk. He finds the chair, takes off his shirt and flings himself through the curtain and lands face first onto the bed. Regina is startled and jumps through the curtain to the other side of the room. She looks and wonders if he’s asleep. She grumbles and tries to wake him up to get him off her bed. He rolls over and is still asleep. She complains about him being on her bed. She tries to push, pull and roll him off the bed. He continues to sleep. She rolls him over and grumbles as she tries to take his boots off. He sits up and helps with the boots. She almost falls backward as he pulls his boot off. He lays back down and sleeps. She continues to walk around the bed, whining and complaining. She finally gives up and pushes him over so she can get into bed. She lays down and jumps up fast as he rolls over onto her. She thought bubbles about never sleeping with him or any man.

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