Caray, Caray!

Leonardo points a finger at shocked Santiago, confirming he knows he is Santiago Guzmán. Leonardo found out just recently, researching old newspaper stories about the murder of Márta Saldívar de Guzmán, he says. And what's left for Santiago to do but invite the policeman inside.

Leonardo wants to know everything surrounding the murder, so Santiago begins by denying he killed his wife, although he feels somehow responsible for her death. They both worked in a show troop run by Adolfo -- Santiago as an actor, and Márta as an actress and dancer. Yolanda was also a dancer and friends with Márta.

One evening Santiago and Márta argued in her dressing room; he accused her of seeing Mario Genovés, which she denied, and she threw him out. Santiago admits he was always jealous; but after all this time, he realizes one can't blame someone for being so beautiful.

That night he waited at home for hours without her returning; so he went to the dressing room, and horrified, found Márta dead on the floor. About then Adolfo arrived and finding him over the body, accused the inconsolably sobbing Santiago of the murder.

Santiago didn't turn himself in out of fear they'd never find the true killer -- and what would happen to his two baby girls if he wound up in prison! Who would take care of them? Instead he decided to escape with them; all these years he's been hiding out, working night jobs.

Mario had nothing to do with his wife, Santiago claims, despite Leonardo's news that Gabriela overheard Adolfo threaten Mario with telling David the so-called truth about Márta. When asked about the (tunnel) house, Santiago admits it's owned by Mario -- and that Santiago doesn't really work, but is supported by Mario.

Santiago claims he simply kills time there, reading all day; and that when Leonardo saw him at the hotel, he was going to pick up money from Mario. He denies there's any other exit from the (tunnel) house and insists Ramón must have gotten momentarily distracted as he departed.

Mario has no idea Santiago was the primary suspect in his wife's death, Santiago tells Leonardo. Yolanda just knew the girls from the club -- and through them -- met himself again, he says; and Adolfo doesn't know or else he would have divulged Santiago's whereabouts to the police immediately.

Santiago frets that if people knew, he'd have to be detained, wouldn't he? Santiago breaks down and begs Leonardo to please believe he is innocent. He is innocent, he swears on his daughters; Leonardo must believe him! Leonardo fixes him with a penetrating look.

At a restaurant, once again Gabriela and David are happy to be together; and when she reminds him they would do better in a place of their own, he agrees. Plus, they need to get back to their honeymoon! She asks for an advance on that and gets a kiss. David blames himself for falling prey to appearances.

Back at Santiago's, Leonardo admits he wants to believe in him. He's going to investigate the case, but unfortunately the trail is cold with no apparent killer. Plus, Leonardo feels Santiago's not coming clean with him, which Santiago denies. Who else could have killed her, Leonardo wonders.

There's always a motive; who would have one? Santiago is ready to follow his friend Leonardo to the station -- until he's horrified to learn it may take one to two months to clear him and be free! Immediately Santiago drums up a delaying tactic, claiming to need to meet with his daughters first before he goes.

Upon Leonardo's exit, he's surprised to find Adolfo and Yolanda approaching; and when they claim they're there to get Julieta to come back to work, Leonardo sends them away saying Julieta's not at home. At their exit, Leonardo re-enters with the news Adolfo nearly saw Santiago, which frightens Santiago with the specter of Gabriela and Julieta being told he killed their mother. Leonardo urges Santiago to come clean to the girls.

At Leonardo's second exit, Santiago phones Abelardo urgently to meet him at the tunnel house. Downstairs in the parking lot, Adolfo's spooked that Leonardo is close friends with the girls' father and still needs to know who told Mario. He heads straight for the Genovés's, while upstairs Santiago totes a suitcase out the door.

At the mansion, Susana lets Adolfo cool his heels, waiting for absent Mario. Yolanda managed to get a taxi home and phones Santiago to no avail. Close on Adolfo's arrival at the mansion is Leonardo, and he leaves a card and exits. When Susana learns from Adolfo that Leonardo is a cop, Adolfo notes she's startled.

Across the way at the tunnel house, Santiago catches Abelardo up on what's happened and explains he plans for Santiago to disappear now for a while and become Mario full time, relieving Abelardo. Santiago phones Julieta at the mansion and disappoints her with news her dad will be on a long business trip. When Adolfo wants to break in on Julieta's phone call, Santiago hangs up on Adolfo before he can speak, confounding Adolfo.

Later outside Adolfo's condo office, Yolanda overhears Adolfo berating Roberto about his incompetence, when Roberto claims he's waiting for the bruises and lumps to go away -- and he's still dead sure and horrified he killed Mario. Mario's new spunk worries Adolfo, and he wants him dead! After they exit, Adolfo mentions Santiago's business trip out of town to Yolanda.

At Leonardo's apartment, Leonardo confides to Ramón he believes Santiago is innocent and points out the coincidence that Adolfo was just a show producer until Márta's death -- and then he suddenly became partners with Mario's hotel empire. Leonardo maintains that Mario knew this Márta -- and Ramón maintains that Santiago never left the (tunnel) house while he was on stake out.

Julieta speaks on the phone with Gabriela with David in their honeymoon suite at the hotel about Santiago's business trip. After she hangs up, the newlyweds agree they need time alone to spend on themselves. "Mario" arrives at the Genovés's, and Bertha is surprised to find him reading a newspaper in the living room, which hasn't happened in a while.

"Mario" grills Bertha about her relationship with Adolfo, an outsider who has no business demanding trust funds for the nieces. She quickly denies instigating this and ingratiatingly claims to be very happy and grateful Mario took them in. "Mario" forbids her seeing Adolfo any more and dismisses her and her shopping bags to her room, upon his receiving a phone call from Adolfo.

When Adolfo tries to threaten "Mario," he simply threatens back that he'll bring Adolfo up on charges of theft of their business funds and hangs up, leaving Adolfo nonplussed. Susana passes Leonardo's business card to "Mario" and gives him a pensive, thoughtful look at his retreating back.

Leonardo and Ramón are unable to raise Santiago at his apartment door. Back at Mario's office, Santiago explains to Abelardo how complicated it would be for him to go through with clearing his name at the moment. He could get detained with his theatrical makeup and be stuck, for example. And he can't come clean, because then the whole Mario-disguise plan would unravel.

Abelardo agrees they can't really do anything; but he's very happy to see Santiago fight to complete Mario's plan so diligently and is very grateful. When Santiago asks why Abelardo himself has been so loyal, Abelardo reveals that once he was a complete outcast, having lost everything -- his family, his job -- to alcoholism.

Mario took him in, gave him a job and befriended him when no one believed in him, and Abelardo pulled through. The two men exiting into the hallway, Julieta happens by and explains happily that Gabriela and David are reconciled and enjoying a hotel stay, pleasing "Mario" and Abelardo.

In Mario's bed chamber, they agree things are straightening out -- except Santiago insists they should keep an eye on Bertha's friendship with Adolfo. And when Santiago wonders if Adolfo is really involved in jewel smuggling, Abelardo divulges that nothing about Adolfo would surprise him.

Susana enters to announce Yolanda's appearance, and both Santiago and Abelardo note how Susana strangely hawks Santiago with narrowed eyes before exiting. "Mario" meets Yolanda alone in the office, where she surprises him urgently warning that someone is trying to kill him. He guesses it's Adolfo, and she confirms it's for the business contract -- but also for the jewel affair.

She shocks him with news that Adolfo used his daughters to smuggle gemstones just like Adolfo did so many years ago with also-innocent Márta -- except in a flashback, we see the jewels were sewn into a costume the dancer wore on a South American tour. Márta unfortunately figured it out and became angry that Adolfo set her up to possibly take the fall.

Adolfo encountered Márta and Yolanda arguing about it in the dressing room; and after Yolanda exited, he returned to strangle Márta with the same costume! During the struggle, Márta pulled off the infamous cuff link. "Mario" is furious Yolanda knew the truth and blamed him; but Yolanda objects that at first she truly thought Mario was the murderer, with she and Adolfo encountering him standing over the body.

After a moment where Adolfo strenuously protested that Mario did it, though, Yolanda soon realized bitterly that Adolfo had the motive and murdered Márta. How could he do that to an innocent person! she sobbed. They both exited after Mario ran, only to watch Santiago entering the dressing room then and crying out over his dead wife.

"Mario" becomes distraught to hear that it was Yolanda's idea to put Adolfo up to blaming Santiago instead of Mario. And the astonishing reason was -- that Yolanda had been in love with Mario and wanted to protect him! Although she bitterly remembers that Mario only had eyes for Márta -- and that Márta was not a good woman.

Márta knew Yolanda was in love with Mario; and she got involved with Mario just because Yolanda wanted him -- and for his money! Márta never loved Mario, Yolanda insists. She'd already had Carlos -- Carlos Ávila! Carlos: the son of Adolfo -- and Márta Saldívar!

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