Caray, Caray!

Elsa and Juan José fail to open the front door of his house and must climb through a gaping open window, where they encounter a veritable garbage dump inside. When Juan José admits he doesn't have the money to fix up the house, Elsa suggests he sell it and buy a smaller one.



At Gabriela's, she's anxious and upset to wonder how they will live when Santiago shoves a stack of borrowed bills at her to pay for the trip. He wants the girls to quit, plus he'll be stuck paying back the money, she notes.

Salomón gets a dyspeptic shock on the phone when a vendor denies him an order for a big, exciting job on account of them already being in arrears. Roberto claims he used the vendor payment for his wedding, but a furious Salomón isn't buying it and demands Roberto return the money right away.



Mario's joyful when Abelardo accomplishes the paperwork that they think will get them the house and modifications started. Meanwhile, at the house, Elsa and Juan José case the infamous kitchen where Gregorio's fantastic but doubted treasure is supposedly buried.

Gabriela visits David in his office to rake him over the coals about revealing they met in Los Angeles. She's anxious what people like Adolfo and Yolanda will think, but he kisses her tenderly and urges her to believe there's nothing wrong with their relationship. She explains about quitting and paying the money back.



Downstairs in the club office, Adolfo has just demanded Carlos fire the girls or quit himself when on exiting he's greeted by Leonardo, come on a personal mission to defend and ask about Adolfo's insults to the girls. So Adolfo must feign normality and trot out the public line on the shoes and promise to apologize.

At dinner in a cafe, Juan José explains his grudge; he was happy on the ranch with his mom and then some outfit ruined his life. But Elsa delights him, pointing out his good luck notwithstanding: he could start a business with the proceeds from the house sale, if he wanted.



Adolfo amazes Carlos by returning to the club office and admitting he was wrong and that he wants to apologize to the girls. Just then Gabriela enters, and Adolfo does so -- including not accepting their resignations and increasing their salary. After he exits, David earnestly warns Gabriela about David taking advantage of her.

With a blanket from Elsa's apartment, Juan José in his house is just about to slip off to dreamland for the night on a dirty cardboard pallet when suddenly a tiny fury escapes the gates of hell and scares the living spit out of him. She wants him out of her house!



Then a larger devil appears hollering the same thing, and they chase Juan José out into the front garden before he gets a chance to explain. Finally, he pulls Gregorio's will out of his backpack to prove that he willed him the house.

After what turns out to be an ordinary man reads the document, he and the little fury are disappointed to admit it sounds like they might have to leave the house they've been squatting in for a long time.

At an elegant restaurant, Adolfo meets Javier Garnica who relates some of their "business associates" are spooked by their recent setbacks. Then he introduces Adolfo to a businesswoman brought from Europe to work with them. She claims she left a good job in Germany, and an interested Adolfo loses the disgruntled colleague to be alone with with Zaida Castellanos and promise they'll make it up to her.



At Leonardo's, he continues with his suspicions about Adolfo to Ramón. Very odd that a man who was going to nonchalantly drop a bottle of champagne on them at the club would raise hell with Gabriela at one o'clock in the morning about some ugly shoes. When asked upon Ramón's exit, Leonardo good-naturedly admits his concern is not all professional.

The little fury shyly now asks if Juan José plans on throwing them out, and clearly he can't do it. But in truth he doesn't know at all what his plans are at the moment. He has no family and can't afford to fix up the house; but they can stay until he decides, he tells the little girl and the man.



At the club bar, Roberto and Carlos commiserate over mutual trouble with their dads. Roberto is going to see Adolfo about a job and some money for his dad. Carlos remembers to mention that he locked horns with some jerk at Elsa's -- who incidentally reminded him of the cowboy they sent up for the woman's death.

Roberto hisses they shouldn't discuss it, and Carlos says he can't forget it -- that he still loses sleep over it sometimes. Roberto insists the guy remains in jail. Carlos intends to have Félix see to Elsa's jerk.

At Gabriela's, Santiago is apoplectic to hear Adolfo apologized and the girls aren't quitting. But tossing the borrowed stack of bills on a table, Gabriela insists Santiago return the money tomorrow first thing.

Next morning, Juan José learns there's no water in the house and that the little girl's name is Caramelo and the man is called Asuncio Limón. Juan José bids them adieu until that evening and exits, while Caramelo watches his departing back from behind a broken window pane.



Adolfo visits Mario in his office to threaten him once again for David messing in his affairs; that he came and insulted him over a girl. (He didn't mention David lost him the diamonds.) Adolfo is just throttling Mario by the lapels when David enters and throws Adolfo out.

David can't understand why Mario doesn't cut ties with Adolfo, but Mario brushes it off again. David explains why he went to Adolfo's condo, but not that the girl is Gabriela.

Outside her building, Gabriela runs into Leonardo returning from teaching an early morning class at the police academy. He seemingly innocently questions her about the disputed ugly shoes, and she goes on her way.

David greets Gabriela in the park with a sweet embrace and tells her that he cares more about her every day and can't work for thinking about her. He wants them to spend some time away together; but she explains since she's not quitting, she can't.

David is incredulous to hear Adolfo apologized to her, which escalates to suspicion when he hears they got raises, too -- and then flaming jealousy to learn that Carlos is involved. David can't seem to help himself insulting Gabriela by offering to double whatever Carlos is paying her to be with him.

When Gabriela understandably bestows a nice smack on him, he catches it mid-swing before it lands. She's hopping mad and shouts doesn't want to see him anymore, as she stalks away.

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