Caray, Caray!

At the garment factory, Roberto takes an anxious phone call, where he can't pay a vendor and gets a three-month grace period.



On visitors' day at the reclusorio, Elsa scolds her brother for his bad behavior that makes it impossible for the lawyer to work a deal. Marcos ribs Juan Jose to tell Elsa about Gregorio and the treasure.



Roberto visits David at the hotel office to beg some work, because he needs money; but David angrily throws him out, advising him to stick with Adolfo and Carlos who do his kind of "business."

At Alejandra's architectural firm, it turns out Bertha doesn't expect much from men and thinks both David and Roberto are pretty good, even if Roberto's a scoundrel.

Just when Gabriela is trying to sneak out of the house to meet David, unfortunately Yolanda visits then and ruins Gabriela's salon-appointment pretext, instead whisking both sisters off to Yolanda's own salon.

To a sad, wistful theme, David waits fruitlessly in the park for Gabriela, who has stood him up.



In Adolfo's luxury condo, he receives a tense business call. A moment later he turns Carlos down flat again about getting Roberto some work. Privately Adolfo instructs Felix to take charge of a new illegal shipment of high-tech instruments coming in off Veracruz. Take care; they're delicate and worth a lot -- and they've already lost a fortune, he warns.



When Roberto enters later, Adolfo looks him over thoughtfully; but then exits. When they're alone, Roberto asks Carlos for a loan of $25K pesos; and Roberto writes him a check in exasperation. Roberto already owes him big. Roberto digs at Carlos again for David spending all his evenings around Gabriela at the club.

At the prison, Marcos arranges for a local low-life to plant some marijuana under Gregorio's mattress.

Yolanda invites Gabriela and Julieta for lunch after the salon visit; and she urges them to let her procure them better jobs -- for example, selling cosmetics for an acquaintance. She insists, in fact: they should not continue where they are, she says.



In his office at the mansion, Mario frets desperately over dying before the contract is up -- and leaving Gabriela in the lurch; working as a waitress, when such a wonderful girl deserves and could have had everything. Then he suddenly comes up with an even more desperate -- and crazy -- plan, which he does not yet reveal.

At Gabriela's, Santiago relents again about moving -- but not about the girls changing jobs. He wants the girls to get day jobs.

In his cell, Juan Jose regales Gregorio with the similar tale of their situation to the Count of Monte Cristo when the guards roust them out. They search and find the kilo of pot under Gregorio's mattress, where the low-life had stowed it under pretense of delivering reading material. They take Gregorio away.



At Mario's mansion, Dora greets David with her fears of Mario's illness and sadness lately. David reassures her all is well and thanks Dora for caring. David hugs her and reveals his affection for Dora over many years as a nana and even as a mother.



Inside, Mario informs David of a hotel convention he wants him to attend in Manzanillo -- and to also take over the rest of the family business. David is happy to agree but is worried about Mario's health. Mario reveals how happy and lucky he feels to have such a son, and in return David feels he is the lucky one.

In the prison warden's office, the warden threatens Juan Jose that his release on good behavior may be jeopardized for covering up for Gregorio's crime. But Juan Jose refuses to accuse Gregorio and defends Gregorio's innocence, as far as he knows; plus he has no proof to implicate anyone else, such as Marcos, he says.



Gabriela informs Carlos in the club office of their plans to stay in town and find day jobs, which he offers to help her secure. Carlos cooks up an excuse to get alone with Gabriela, asking her to accompany him the next day to choose new staff uniforms. He must agree to Gabriela's request to bring Julieta along.

Dora brings Mario tea in his office; and he asks companionably about her past, which becomes an uncomfortable topic. She explains she's from Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan, and left home for the D.F. following a man -- who then deserted her. She never married him.

That evening at the club, David and Carlos are both happily gazing at Gabriela working -- until they spy each other and stare jealous daggers. David exits as Roberto enters, and Carlos decides to make Roberto take Julieta off with him tomorrow when she shows up with Gabriela to choose uniforms.

At Mario's mansion at dinner, Bertha teases him about going off to meet a secret love at the club; and in fact he is doing just that -- to get a glimpse of Gabriela at work. After he exits, Bertha rips him to Alejandra for being ridiculous and sick.

Her mother was sick; and she's past tired of sick people, she says. Why doesn't he just die and leave them his money? Bertha doesn't plan to work, but rather have a good time sponging off someone; which makes Alejandra disgusted with her.

In the hotel penthouse office, David orders juice -- to be delivered by Gabriela. When she arrives, she gets the chance to explain about Yolanda ruining her salon pretext, standing him up, and that she can't just do what she wants. He asks her to invent another excuse for the next day, but then is unpleasantly surprised to learn Carlos has already nabbed her for choosing uniforms then.



Mario enters and is pleased to find Gabriela there. She exits, and at first David is happy to see his dad out and about -- until Mario almost faints in front of him. And we hear Mario repeating in his head how little time to live he has; how little time to live...

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