Caray, Caray!

Guilléns Residence
Julieta and Gabi tell their dad about the all expense paid (todo los gastos pagado) trip to L.A. that will be given to the best employees at Club Sagitario. Faustiago (Fausto/Santiago) half listens as he reads the newspaper. “That’s nice dears.” His ears perk up, however, when Juli excitedly tells him that they won! He puts his foot down. No way are they going. Then he gets suspicious about how they won, since they haven’t been working there that long. The girls beg and Gabi points out that they are poor and will probably never have another opportunity like this. Fausto gets frustrated and tells them to do what they want (hagan lo que quieran), but they won’t get his approval. Just then Abelardo arrives to take him out. Once he’s gone, the girls celebrate their win. But Gabi isn’t happy with the manner in which they convinced their dad.

Genovés Residence
David greets Alejandra warmly at breakfast. They seem to have put the awkward kiss incident behind them. They go together to see Mario in his den. Mario is arguing with the Engineer Hernandez, who refuses to construct the tunnel between the two houses without knowing the reasons and getting the proper permits. He leaves after David and Ale arrive and they ask Mario why he needs an engineer. He lies that he’s doing some modifications to the house to make himself more comfortable. He then tells Ale that he’ll need the bedroom on the first floor because it’s getting increasingly difficult for him to climb the stairs. Ale quickly agrees and goes to move her things back to the bedroom upstairs right away. Mario has another attack of pain, and a concerned David moves towards him. He wants his dad to see another doctor, because obviously he’s not ok.

Prison Visiting Room
Abelardo goes to see Don Gregorio (Goyo) and tells him Mario’s offer to buy the house. Goyo unsurprisingly freaks out and tells him he’s not interested in selling his house. He’s not even going to think about the offer. “No tengo nada que pensar.”

Genovés Residence
Mario is on the phone with the Engineer, trying unsuccessfully to convince him that he’s not going to run drugs through his desired tunnel. He hangs up angrily. Ale comes in and lets him know she’s moved out of the downstairs bedroom and it’s all ready for him. She also offers to help him with his intended modifications on the house; she is an architect after all. She’ll just delay her project renovating David’s office, as this is more urgent. She looks at the wall opposite his desk that connects to the downstairs bedroom and tells him she could design a secret door to be constructed. The secret door would connect his den/office (despacho) and his bedroom, and only the two of them would know about it. Doing this for him will be one way she can show him how much she loves him. They share a sweet hug and kiss. Mario will think about it.

Lawyer’s Office
Elsa has gone to see the slimy lawyer again. He informs her the cases have become more difficult than they originally thought, since Marco and JJ have been getting into so much trouble recently. It will require some money to convince the prison warden and the powers that be to be more lenient. Elsa says she’ll see where she can find more money.

Guilléns Residence
Gabi and Juli lament that they have no appropriate clothes to wear on their trip to L.A. (I’m originally from L.A. and those cute jeans and t-shirts they have on are perfect. I’m just saying.) Gabi thinks they can’t go to L.A. looking like this, and Juli wonders why Gabi is always so preoccupied with what other people think of them. She tells Gabi that she wants to live life (Tengo ganas de vivir!), and she wants to meet new people! Gabi agrees that she does too. The door bell rings and it’s Yolanda.

Yolanda wants to speak about all the guys that are sniffing around them at the Club- Carlos, Roberto and David. She wants to find them other jobs elsewhere—somewhere they won’t be hassled. (Good luck with that! Gabi’s a guy magnet.)

Prison Visiting Room
Marcos pressures Elsa to get him more money, so that he can pay off the prison thugs helping him make Goyo’s life difficult. She tells him she’s having enough trouble getting more money to pay the lawyer trying to get him out of prison. His recent acting up is not helping her. He leaves when JJ arrives, commanding her once more to find the money for him. Jerk!

JJ tells Elsa that Marcos is hanging out with a bad crowd and the two of them have become distant. She tries to cheer him and herself up by saying that when he gets out of prison, he can come live with her and Marcos in her apartment.

Club Sagitario- Carlos’ Office
Gabi and Juli talk to Carlos about the upcoming trip to L.A. Gabi begs Carlos not to mention the trip to the other waitresses/employees, so as not to cause problems. Carlos then mentions that they will be providing Gabi with a suitcase filled with new clothes and shoes for the trip. They just need her sizes. Size 7 for clothes, size 4 for shoes. Julieta is super excited by this. Gabi seems a bit weirded out by it. After the girls leave, Carlos calls his dad and tells him the sizes. He seems a bit suspicious that his dad has such an interest in all these details.

Outside in the club near the bar, David has just arrived and approaches Gabi with a huge dopey smile. He asks her out on a date for tomorrow. She says she’ll be busy. He then asks to see her the day after then. She says she and her sister are going on a trip and quickly scurries away looking guilty. David looks intrigued and suspicious and quickly seeks Juli out to ask her about it. She spills the beans about the prize trip to L.A. David looks impactado.

Prison Cell
Don Goyo paces his and JJ’s cell furiously, worried about his Precious- the treasure hidden in his old house. He is sure the guy who is trying to buy his house knows about it. JJ tries to get him to calm down, reminding him that he’ll be reunited with his house and treasure in two short months. Goyo is sure these guys trying to buy his house will have taken the treasure by then.

Ávila Residence
Adolfo excitedly brings his special friend Felix a gift of some sexy black patent leather platform heeled shoes. I think they will go quite well with the black eye patch and pjs. Oh, wait. I interpreted that wrong. Adolfo is just showing Felix the secret compartment in the heel of the shoes where Gabi will unwittingly smuggle the jewels.

Guilléns Residence
Gabi tries to make nice with dad. She wants his approval for them to go on the trip. He admits he’s mostly upset because he’s going to be so lonely without them. She admits how much she’ll miss him too, but she really wants to take advantage of this opportunity. He softens. She asks about his “new job” which he says is going well. He leaves for said new job and Gabi tells him she and Juli are headed to the embassy to get their visas.

Juli is ready to go with their birth certificates and other documents. She’s a little put out that only Gabi is getting new clothes. Gabi doesn’t like it either. Since Juli doesn’t have any money at the moment, Gabi is going to use part of her paycheck to buy her baby sis some new clothes for the trip. Juli is pleased.

They head to the Mall/Market and have a great time window shopping, eating sweets, and greeting their friends and neighbors. It’s good to see them so relaxed and happy for a change (especially Gabi). They stop at Doña Lupe’s stall and Juli sees a white sweater set and a little summer dress that she loves. Since they’re her neighbors, Lupe gives them a good discount, despite the fact that they are high quality, name brand and imported (yeah, right). Gabi buys them for her sis.

Ávila Residence
Deborah, an attractive blond older woman, is waiting for Adolfo. Adolfo greets her warmly and apologizes for making her wait. He tells her who the mule will be and shows her the grey suit with the large flower Gabi will be wearing to make her recognizable at the airport. He then shows her the shoes where the jewels will be hidden. He explains the change in plans because Felix is injured and can’t travel. He also tells her about the heat he’s been getting lately from the police, especially one cop in particular (Leo). He then gives her more details about Gabi and where she’ll be staying in L.A. Deborah then seductively asks if she’ll be seeing him in L.A. (I think we’ve finally found out who does float Adolfo’s boat.) He tells her soon, and asks her to make sure this mission goes well. She asks him when has she ever failed him.

Hotel Room
Faustiago waits and practices Mario’s mannerisms and voice in the mirror. Abelardo arrives with DVDs of Mario going about his daily business for Fausto to watch. He then takes Fausto to Ciber Prosthetix—a special effects makeup lab that will create the make-up and prosthetics that will make Fausto look like Mario. Mario is amazed and impressed, but asks Abelardo if there is another, simpler way they can solve this Adolfo problem. Abelardo says there’s no other way!

Guilléns Residence
Gabi and Juli return home with shopping bags, and Juli begins to rush out again to go see Roberto. Gabi is not pleased, but Juli throws her date with David in her face. Gabi gives in but wants to know what she should tell their dad if he gets back before Juli. They decide to tell him Juli is waiting to get back their passports with the visas at the embassy.

The door bell rings and it’s Leo, looking very nice in a suit with no tie. He’s brought some good coffee for Fausto, since he knows he likes it. He’s also come to apologize for running off so quickly last Sunday on a work matter. He’d like to make it up by taking Gabi out next Sunday. Gabi declines politely and tells him she and her sis are going on a prize trip. He congratulates them and bids her farewell taking her hand meaningfully.

Zárate Factory
Stupid Elsa has gone back to her would be rapist, Salomon. She’s crying and begging him to loan her more money. He tells her that at this rate it will take her all year to pay him back. She says she will do everything she can to pay him back and that this is the last time she’ll ask him. He says that it’s one thing for him to help her out a bit because he likes her, it’s another for him to maintain her like she’s his lover (amante). He says it in a way that lets Elsa know this is an option. Elsa jumps up from her chair, offended. She’s in need, but she’s honorable! As you wish, Salomon says. He tells her his door is always open to her. He smirks evilly as she leaves, knowing she’ll be back.

Prison Yard
JJ scolds Marcos for pressuring his sis and hanging with a bad crowd. Marcos warns JJ about hanging out with Don Goyo and heads over to his tough friends. (I can’t believe this loser has enlisted the help of a whole gang to get even with an old man.)

Club Sagitario- Carlos’ Office
Gabi and Juli look at the suit and shoes Gabi has to wear on the trip, and Roberto hangs out in the background. Gabi thanks Carlos and he tells her the thanks should go to his father. He tells them someone will be meeting them at the airport. When the girls leave Roberto expresses his shock at all Carlos is doing to impress Gabi. Carlos informs him that it’s actually his dad that’s arranged it all. But Carlos does plan on going to L.A. He’s leaving tomorrow as well. Roberto asks to be invited along (what a moocher), since he and Juli are getting along nicely. Carlos agrees.

At the bar, Gabi is about to take a service tray of tea that David has ordered her to bring to his office. Carlos sees, stops her, and has Juli take it up to David instead. He then tells Gabi that when she returns from L.A., she won’t be doing such tasks as she will be promoted to captain of the waitresses. Gabi is impactada.

Upstairs in David’s office, he eagerly awaits Gabi and is visibly disappointed to see Juli instead. She tells him about Carlos’ intervention and he’s clearly annoyed. He aks her to sit down and asks how this whole L.A. trip came to be. He then asks if Carlos is going with them. Although Juli says no and shows him the tickets for two, he is sure Carlos intends to go with them.

Ávila Residence
Adolfo and Carlos are at the dining table and Adolfo asks if Carlos delivered the goods and relayed the instructions to Gabi. Carlos affirms that he did, and then tells his dad that he’d like to take a few days of vacation, starting tomorrow. Adolfo says no. He has to take a trip to Monterey for a few days, and he needs Carlos to keep an eye on the restaurant business. Carlos gets angry and wonders if he doesn’t have the right to take a rest every now and then. Adolfo puts his foot down and refuses to let Carlos take a vacation again. “Go if you want to, but when you come back you’ll have to find a new job and a new place to live!”

Prison- Warden’s Office
Abelardo is speaking to the prison warden who is happy to help arrange this meeting with Don Goyo, for a few extra dollars. The guards bring Goyo in, who is none too pleased to see Abelardo again. The guards and warden leave them alone. Abelardo presents Mario’s new doubled offer to buy the house. He tells him about Marios plans to renovate his home and expand his property, hence the need to buy Goyo’s house. Goyo is not buying this story. He tells Aberlado that if they mess with his property (meaning the house and the treasure), they’ll regret it! Abelardo says he doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but Goyo is sure that he does. He gets up in his face and tells him, “Don’t you dare attempt to take what’s mine, because if you do, I’m capable of anything!”

Next episode: Carlos and his dad continue to argue about him leaving; David shows up in L.A., surprising Gabi (yay!); and it looks like Marcos has made good on his threats to hurt Goyo and JJ finds him.

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