Caray, Caray!

Have you ever been involved in one of those awkward moments? You are having a great conversation and all is good in the world and suddenly you are told something you can’t quite wrap your head around? Well that is where we start tonight. Ale is having one of those moments. “With his what?” she asks. Juliette simply explains “Well with his wife, or is soon to be wife.” Ale still hasn’t figured it out. “How, who?” Lenora adds, “well she isn’t his wife yet, but they will soon get married. Vicky, the one he has always had.”

It is finally sinking in, as Lenora asks “He hasn’t told you yet”. Ale trying hard to not show complete system failure at this time, smiles and tells Lenora he hasn’t told her, he has been so busy. Ale looks at her watch and tells them it is very late and she really has to leave, she has another appointment. Lenora tells her to at least wait for Rafa. Ale insists she can’t but does manage to say “Tell Rafa to have a happy marriage.” A clueless Lenora insists on escorting her to the door, and cheerfully tells her goodbye.

Ale has made it to her car and has called Susana. “He’s getting married” she weeps through the phone. A surprised Susana says “what? Did he tell you that himself?” Ale tells her no, but Lenora told her and he never showed up. “for certain he is at his fiancé house“. Susana tries to calm her down and says to talk with him tomorrow. Lenora probably just told her that to hurt her (herir/ injure, to hurt). Ale assures her that was not the case. She then says, do you know what this means? Rafa doesn’t love me. He has never loved me. Susana continues to try and calm her down. She tells her to go home and get some sleep. Tomorrow they will figure out what to do. Ale through tears and sarcasm tells Susana “yea go to sleep rest, that will be easy enough to do”.

She continues to tell Susan that Rafa never ended it with Vicky. On the contrary he is probably off planning his wedding. She tells her she came over to his house to clear things up. And he is getting married. She can’t believe this. Things are just getting worse and worse. Susana tries again to calm Ale down. She tells her not to think about it now. She needs to look at things more clearly and analyze it with a clear head. Ale crying harder tells Susan she doesn’t understand, she can’t think clearly and hangs ups.

Our clever little Juliette has figured out that it was pretty clear Ale wasn’t very happy about Rafa’s upcoming nuptials. An even smarter Lenora says “I thought Rafa might have had feelings for Ale but it never occurred to me that she might feel something for him.”

Rafa has escaped la casa de los Para’s with his jugular still intact. He asks “What’s up?” Juliette tells him a strange thing just happened. Ale was over. Rafa stunned says what? Lenora says she just left a little bit ago. Rafa wants to know what she wanted. Lenora says it wasn’t really clear, but she came to ask for forgiveness. Rafa wants to know why she didn’t wait. Lenora tells him she suddenly was in a hurry and said she had to leave. Rafa doesn’t understand this. She came over to talk and then just left? Juliette chimes in, well while we were waiting we were just talking with her. Rafa wants to know what they were talking about. Lenora casually says “well everything, and when we told her you were going to get married, who knows what happened, she just suddenly said she had to leave. “

Rafa has become quite concerned and Lenora questions “what did I do wrong? Was it a secret?” Rafa tells her it wasn’t a secret but he didn’t want Ale to know.

Jorge and Rosario are also discussing wedding plans. (However there are no knifes involved with this wedding discussion). Jorge tells Rosaura that it is the Brides family that arranges everything. It has to be a dignified wedding. Ale has shown up quite distraught and Jorge wants to know what is wrong. She tells them she doesn’t feel like talking. This has been the worse day. She is off to her room and things are about to get worse as Azucena hands her the envelope that arrived earlier that day. It is an order to embargo the house for not paying taxes. They have 24 hours to leave. “This can’t be, what a day!”

Lenora is telling Rafa that Ale told them what a wonderful salesman he was. Juliette still can’t believe that the “spitfire” Ale she was in their house. She had imagined her to be quite different. Lenora tells her she was very gentle and understanding (comprensible). They talked about the problem about the supposed sale of the house and that one day he would explain everything to her. Juliette wants to know what Ale was referring to. Rafa tells them it was nothing. Things that they wouldn’t understand and aren’t worth discussing at this time. He changes the subject and tells them that he is going to Monterey in the morning with Marion. Lenora wants to know who that is and Rafa tells her it is a client. He tells them he is tired and goes off to bed.

Rosaura and Jorge are still talking about the wedding. Rosario says it is probably best not to get Ale involved in the wedding discussions. She feels it probably frustrates her, especially since she was planning her wedding twice now. Jorge adds she is frustrated but she still continues to work at Siglo. He had hopes that Ale would rethink (recapacitar/ to think over or reflect) all this and value Marco again.

Guess who would be showing up about now? Marco. Jorge and Rosario are delighted to see him. Jorge tells him they have lots to talk about. “It has been a while since you have told me how things are going with the Hacienda“. Marco stutters out that they are going to have to find another lawyer to deal with the hacienda. They want to know why. He tells them he came to tell them good bye. He is leaving Mexico for good. We have all sorts of comos? and ques? from Jorge and Rosario. Ale rushes in and pulls Marco aside and tells him she needs to talk with him urgently. She needs to ask him if he didn’t tell them he had negotiated (tramitar) an extension (prorroga/ extension extra time) to pay the taxes they owe. He tells her “Yes, why?’ Ale informs him they have just received notice that they were getting evicted (desalojar) for not paying their taxes and they have to leave by morning. ( And we get another great Marco “oh crud” face).

Now Rosario summons Marco back and wants to know how he could talk about leaving Mexico. Jorge tells him not to bring them such news, as it could kill them. Jorge says “Tells us this is just a joke in bad taste.” (Un chiste de mal gusto). Ale interrupts and wants to know what they are talking about. Marco tells her he came to tell them he was leaving. Ale says he told her that things were taken care of. Marco tells her that a judge told him it was taken care of and maybe another judge took over and the extension was cancelled. Ale tells him he can’t go anywhere until he resolves this matter.

Now Jorge wants to know what’s going on. Marcos “oh crud face” has just taken a turn for the worse as Ale explains to Jorge what is going on. She tells them that they just got an eviction notice and they have to leave the house in 24 hours with everything or they will confiscate all of their belongings. Jorge has just started the dance of death and Rosario and Ale rush to his side. Marco looks very troubled. (he is far beyond “oh crud” right now.)

Rafa is in bed emoting over his luck (or lack of). He wonders why Ale was at his house. Did she come to talk with him or with Lenora? Why didn’t she wait for him? What could she be thinking? Lenora enters and wants to know how he is. He tells her fine but she isn’t buying this. She tells him she feels responsible. She feels like she did something wrong. Maybe it was because she is pressuring him to marry Vicky.

Rafa assures her she did nothing wrong. His marriage to Vicky is something else and he tells her he knows what he is doing. Lenora tells him he has never been very enthusiastic about the whole marriage thing. She doesn’t want him to get married just because he promised or out of obligation. She tells him that her and Julette have the feeling that there might be something between him and Ale. Than she ask “Is there something? Has something happened and you don’t want to tell us? Is there something you are hiding from us (ocultar/ to hide)”. Rafa tells her that something has happened between them, but he tells her not to worry about it he will deal with it. She tells him he doesn’t have to be alone in this he has her and Juliette.

There is a tender Rafa and Lenora moment. Then she asks him if Ale knows about his trip to Monterey with the other women. Rafa tells her she doesn’t know. Lenora says “I suppose it is a business trip but you know the old saying: never do anything good that appears bad.” ( nunca hagas cosas buenas que parezcan malas. ) Then she tells him that he should probably let her know so she doesn’t think he isn’t doing his job.

Ale and Rosario are fussing over Jorge and Ale is apologizing for having to tell him about the eviction but she has just had the worse day. Rosario tells her this kind of information could kill Jorge. You should have been a little more prudent. Jorge is now going on that all of this is his fault, he should have paid those taxes. Ale assures him it isn’t his fault. Marco also says he shouldn’t feel guilty because it is his fault for not taking care of the whole tax issue. Rosario wants to know what are they going to do? Where are they going to go? Ale doesn’t know what to do but the best thing is to look for an apartment in the morning. Even though this will be hard to do in such a rush. “This can’t be happening! What a day!!”

Marco to the rescue. He tells them this might not be the best option but they could always stay with him? Jorge tells him, but you are going on a trip how could we? Marco tells them they are like family. And it is a done deal. Rosario and Jorge and Ale will move in with Marco in the morning. And guess what there is even a small servants room for Azucena. And they all lived happily after. (Yea right. This should be a very entertaining plotline).

Juliette and Lenora are having a little chat. Juliette wants to know if she thinks there might be something going on between Rafa and Ale. Lenora tells her she doesn’t know what to think. This woman Ale was really affected by the information that Rafa was going to get married. Juliette adds and Rafa was affected too when he found out we told her. Just think, if you have two people that have caused so much damage to each other and the result is they care for each other. Lenora doesn’t like this idea one bit. What if Vicky finds out Rafa has another woman. (don’t even go there Lenora). Juliette says there would be two possibilities. Rafa would have to leave the country or he will have to stay in his room so they won’t kill him. Lenora tells her not even to joke about this. Juliette tells her she isn’t she is just being realistic.

Rafa finally gets down to what is important. He calls about the panther. The guy wants more money than Rafa wants to pay , but he is able to get him to lower the price. Now he has something to look forward too. If he can get back his car, he can become the old Rafa again. “Something has to go right for him”.

Rosario enters Ale’s room and smugly says “I suppose you are satisfied now.” Ale tells her she doesn’t know what she is talking about. Rosario says we are about to loose our house and you are in another world thinking of who knows what or of whom? Ale assures her the most important thing right now is what is happening to her and Jorge in this nightmare (pesadilla). She tells Rosario that this will just be temporary. She has a big deal in the works where she would make a lot of money and they can pay all their debts.

Rosario continues to chide her and says things don’t always turn out the way you want and lately you haven’t been making the best decisions. Ale wants to know why she would say that. Rosario tells her she knows very well what she is talking about. She tells her she doesn’t know how to appreciate life or to appreciate the people that love her. She tells her she only thinks about herself. She has never considered the possibility of going back to Marco. “No you had to go hang out with that delinquent. We have asked you to quit Siglo, and you don’t want too. It is because Mr. Medina is still there. Your about to leave the best man ever in your life, someone who cares for you and us. The man you were going to marry twice and didn’t, and he forgave you all of this including your infidelity. Then she asks how much longer are you going to drag us down (arrastrar) with this man. Until he pays his debt? That’s if he pays it.” Ale tells her that she has fixed this and to not worry about it. Then she asks if Medina is worth all the destruction happening around her. (And she just won’t shut up!!) She finally leaves smug in her own little world with Ale left to cry on her pillow.

Ale’s horrendous day has finally ended. Only to realize that today she has to leave the house that she has lived in her whole life. Rafa isn’t waking up much happier. He contemplates calling Ale but what would he tell her, that he is going to marry Vicky because they loaned him the money to pay off his debt to her. What kind of explanation is that Or that he is going to marry for 4.5 million pesos? “Or that I accepted the money but I wasn’t going to marry her because I was waiting for a loan from the bank.” What would she think of him than. That he was the worse thing she could ever imagine. And how can he ask her to become an accomplice to this whole wedding thing with Vicky. And how is he going to explain that he is about to take a trip with the women she hates most in her life. Marian. This is all too much for poor Rafa. He thinks it would just be best to call Susana and face the consequences later. Then he says each day I get further and further away from the love of my life.

Azucena and Ale are busy packing boxes. Jorge trudges down in his Pajamas. He doesn’t have any reason to get dressed. If he is going to be chased out of his house like rats he is going to go in his pajamas and that’s how he is going to live until he dies. Now he has to say goodbye to his house and to Ale’s mother. Ale tells him he doesn’t have to say goodbye to anything or anyone. It is only going to be for a little while. She tells him she has a very important deal in the works and she will be able to pay off all there debts. He tells her he believes she will pay off all the debts, what he doesn’t believe is that he will still be alive to see it happen.

There is a little Siglo scene. The women have shown up and Marino and Ramirez haven’t shown up yet. Could they have slept in. More Siglo antics ensue. Bottom line is it is Ramirez birthday and what a great opportunity to celebrate.

Ale has called Susana to see if Rafa is there. She tells Susan they have to leave their house today and she won’t be in and needs Rafa to run the daily meeting. Susana informs her that Rafa won’t be. She tells her about his trip with Marian. Ale gets snotty and says who gave him permission. Susan reminds her about the importance of the deal with Marian and that Beltran would have no problem with Rafa going with her. She tells Susana to tell everyone there will be no meeting today. Susana offers to help her with the move and Ale informs her Marco is there to help them. Susana says there is no doubt that this guy would be available the moment she has problems.

She tells Susana after finding out that Rafa is going to marry Vicky she doesn’t know what to think. Maybe she is committing a mistake that she is going to repent. Every day her life becomes more chaotic. Susana tells her not to worry. She is sure her planets are in great alignment and will help her solve all her problems. “Have faith” .

Ale gets a little rascally and asks Susan if Miss Vicky knows that her Fiancé is about to go to Monterey with another woman? “Do you think she would forgive him?” “or would she show up and cut him to pieces.?” Susana wants to know what she should tell Vicky if she calls. Ale says mischievously “well tell her the truth.”

Rafa and Marion are in the car on the way to the airport. Rafa tells Marian that the windows in the plane don’t open. He tells her not to worry though. Marian seems charmed by Rafa’s ramblings and asks him if he afraid of flying. He tells her no but we know this is not true.

There is more Siglo stuff. Everyone is giving the birthday boy birthday kisses. Except Rosaura who does a very strange hug. I don’t remember much else except they are going to celebrate.

There is a little scene with Jorge sitting on the sofa in his pajamas with his pillow doing that thing that three years olds do with their pillows when things aren‘t quite going the way they want them to. (He is pouting). Marco assures him things will get better. Jorge isn‘t buying this and tells him he will wait in the car. Ale is still worried about poor Jorge. Marco tells her not to worry he has the solution. (Hummm?) Ale asks Marco about his trip and Marco tells her not to worry about that. He will take care of it. We briefly see our little spy watching from a far as the movers are packing all their belongings.

Rafa and Marian have arrived at the airport and are now waiting in a lounge. Rafa is twitting about and spills his drink all over his pants. Not to worry just give Marian the measurements and she will have another pair all ready for him. The pilot arrives and informs them that the whether is not favorable to fly at this time. It will be at least another hour and a half. Well by the time they get there the meeting will be half over. She tells the pilot to cancel the trip. Rafa looks a little puzzled and asks if they are not going to Monterey. Marion tells him she has a better idea. “ We will have a fiesta and you will be the guest of honor.”

I don’t usually do previews for the next episode but guess who was in one of them? It starts with an R.

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