Caray, Caray!

Capitulo 127.
Read k-Fuego’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Marcia calls, yelling right out of the blocks. She asks, “When are you going to admit you have no interest in marrying me?” Fernando answers, “Never!” One step forward, two steps back.

2. Fern asks Lety to run away with him for the whole weekend. She worries that her father will never agree, but the thought of spending two entire nights with him, waking up at his side, is too wonderful to imagine.

3. Tom tells MamaJ to go to bed; he’ll stay up with the drunks. Lety doesn’t want to lie to her pop, and she doesn’t want to disappear and leave them to worry. She calls her drunken Pop and he won’t even let her say where she’s going. He says, “Go ahead. I have total confidence in you. Take the whole weekend. Be free!”

4. On the road, Fernando says, “You have no idea how long I’ve planned this weekend and waited for it. I want you to see the part of me you don’t know.” They get a flat, he doesn’t have a jack, and his cell phone has no signal, so they sleep in the car. They wake up in the middle of a herd of cows (Holsteins).

5. Julieta discovers that Lety never came home. Pop tries to blame Mama, but she says he got too drunk to notice. Tom explains what happened. Pop tries to blame Lety – she took advantage of him while he was drunk. He’s not one bit happy, not knowing where she is. MamaJ says that will be his punishment for getting drunk hasta unconsciousness, and he’s doing it more often. For once, José José acts his remorse well; I suspect he’s drawing from his life.

6. At the resort, Lety feels like she’s in a dream, and Fernando enjoys seeing her so happy. He tells her to not even mention Marcia; this is their escape.

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Capitulo 128.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fernando and Lety get to their cottage. The employee thinks they’re on their honeymoon. Alone, Fern looks at bed and says, “The place Lety and I will be united in our souls. Where we become one.” Lety wishes the moment could last forever (anvil alert!). There is an intense silent passion between them, but he says let’s leave that for later.

2. They get to breakfast and people stare at the fea. Fernando asks for an out-of-the-way table, and Lety thinks he’s uncomfortable to be seen with her. She feels out of place, and she says, “The happiness doesn’t last long (anvil alert!).” Lety spots Ariel on the grounds.

3. In the Marienplatz, Omar tells Marcia that he juggles lots of women to keep from falling in love and suffering. She says Omar has never been on her side (duh!). She asks if Fernando really wants to marry her. Marcia says Omar misses out on the joy of love, and women want a solid relationship, not just a fling. She tells Omar to stop messing up her relationship.

4. Fernando tells Lety to forget about Marcia and related topics. They’re in paradise, he’s Adam, she’s Eve, and all they’re missing is (something? maybe fig leaves?). Lety reminds him that Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise. Fernando adds, “For eating the forbidden fruit (anvil alert!).”

5. Fernando gets Lety to promise to forget about everything from the outside world. He buys their whites but Lety can’t bear to be seen in a swim suit because she feels so ugly and everyone there is so beautiful.

6. They try various activities at the hotel. Fernando thinks the meditation master is talking nonsense and he falls asleep. At the amphitheater she tells that as a child, she got the role of Alice in Wonderland, but the principal said it couldn’t be Lety because she’s too ugly. She sings for him and he performs for her. Fernando says that he was in a school play as a child, and Lety guesses Peter Pan. (Actually Jaime Camil played Captain Hook on the stage in 2007.) Then tai chi – doesn’t Camil move beautifully? Then a cleansing and rebirth experience in the sweat lodge, but Fernando almost has a seizure and suffocates when the guide talks about purging lies. Then the pool, but Lety is afraid to go in.

7. There are several near misses with Ariel and his babe. He spends the whole time ignoring her and attending to business on the phone.

8. Omar admits to Marcia that Fernando proposed because his parents wanted the families united. Marcia asks, “Is our marriage a business arrangement? My brother thinks he proposed to get my vote.” She asks Omar again, “Is Fernando using me so he doesn’t lose the presidency?”

9. Walking the grounds, Fernando tells Lety, “I feel very content. Free. In this place, thanks to you, I feel like I can show what I feel. I don’t feel pressured. I don’t have to hide from anyone. And all that, thanks to you.”

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