Caray, Caray!

David is up in his wheelchair and raring to go get Adolfo's signature on the end contract while the iron is hot. In Mario's office, David gently tells his mamá that she has the car, driver and bank account at her disposal now that she is mistress of the house along with Gabriela.

After Dora exits David informs Santiago that David, with power of attorney, will sign the end contract, avoiding Santiago forging Mario's signature. Santiago takes a call from Leonardo, who mysteriously plans to meet him at Mario's the next day for questioning.

In Puerto Vallarta, Mauricio is just asking Garnica's whereabouts of Zaida, when she takes a call from Adolfo who cautions her she sounds upset and must buck up or look suspicious. Since Juan José is returning to the D.F., Adolfo allows Zaida to come home, too.

Juan José is astounded to hear on the phone from Asunción they learned the chopper belonged to Garnica, and he relates Garnica maintains he just sold it. Then still upset Zaida appears there also, bidding Juan José goodbye after claiming to not locate Garnica. Juan José even asks Zaida if she needs a doctor.

Back in the D.F., Adolfo takes Carlos's trefoil ring to his favorite semi-legit jeweler to have it copied; it doesn't have to pass expert muster, though, because no expert will look at it, he claims. From the Sagittarius, Carlos thrills Bertha again over the phone in her bedroom with some sexy murmurs.

When she admits she really was surprised at him, he coolly explains that's what happens with an expert in charge. And when this makes her laugh and threaten to rush over there, he's more than willing. She observes Adolfo will fire him from the Sagittarius again, but Carlos is gallantly prepared to lose the entire zodiac for her, he says.

Downstairs in the condo some moments later, Bertha makes a visiting friend green with envy regaling her with Bertha's good fortune, her sugar daddy, her expensive car -- and guess what? The son, Carlos, just made a play for her! What a mess that could be, but a delicious mess.

Back in Puerto Vallarta, Juan José and Alejandra are just poking around Garnica's room, finding his open briefcase, when they jump at the maid's entrance and decide instead to tell the police about it. Back at home, Asunción lets a social worker, Ofelia Cantú, into the house to talk about adopting Caramelo.

And it's very bad news; the two men aren't sufficient legal parents, and social services is going to take Caramelo away. While the woman is still there, Asunción terrifies Juan José on the phone, with her explaining the legal documents they need -- especially proof they are not ex-convicts!

Juan José hangs up, absolutely thunderstruck, so that Alejandra can't calm him down. More than ever he realizes the crushing need to find that letter! He must prove his innocence now -- in order not to lose Caramelo!

Back at Mario's, David asks Gabriela to get Leonardo to accompany them to the end-contract signing; they don't have the cuff link to threaten Adolfo with any more. He doesn't know that, they say, but hopefully the policeman's presence will unnerve him enough to sign before he realizes it.

When Julieta arrives, Abelardo insists Dora not handle servant's duties any more and goes to let her in. Today Julieta remembers where she left her keys before the robbery and dismays Gabriela with news that it was at Roberto's. Santiago is really upset to hear this development from Gabriela over the phone.

At Leonardo's he has his sling off, though his arm is still stiff. When Paula asks why he's looking so happy, he explains his arm is better, he can go back to work, he loves her a lot -- and for something that he can't tell her about. Leonardo has to tickle Paula into submission to stop her wheedling the secret out of him.

In a D.F. hospital, two doctors discuss a mysterious comatose patient, of whom no one has asked nor did they find any information: only a pair of shoes, clothing and a picture of an unidentified woman. If she doesn't awaken soon, it may mean brain damage, they say.

At home at the condo, Adolfo feels downright jolly as he relates developments to Yolanda. In fact, if things go well, he may return Carlos's ring to him, he says, making Yolanda very happy. She's about to rhapsodize into a sentimental father-and-son scenario, when that's going too far for Adolfo; and he steps on that.

Adolfo charges Yolanda with finding Susana by going by Mario's and talking to Gabriela about their former maid. They have to find the shoes and photograph! In Puerto Vallarta, Elsa almost makes Caramelo throw out the famous letter with the trash; but Caramelo gets to keep it because Chicles gave it to her.

In Mario's office, Santiago informs David that Julieta lost her keys in Roberto's condo; and they deduce what happened and decide to contact Roberto. It's crucial Roberto doesn't tell Adolfo he suspects someone is posing as Mario. They just have to make it to the signing first.

Juan José & Co. return home from the beach in a flourish; and Alejandra assures Asunción and Juan José that a Mr. Alonso she knows, a family practice lawyer, can help them. In their absence, Asuncion brought Chicle's mother to the house to work for them; and she is very grateful for all they do for him.

Meanwhile across the way, Julieta and Gabriela up in her suite put their heads together and note a load of inconsistencies in their understanding of the family incidents -- and are determined to make Santiago come clean and spill everything.

Back at Juan José's, when Mina explains further how she discovered Garnica's helicopter through a very helpful import company contact, she becomes flushed and flustered, as he plants two big grateful kisses on her face. After her hasty escape, Juan José tells Asunción he intends to inform Leonardo about the chopper.

Napping David dreams a sweet story, inspired by his beautiful wife's intelligence and determination, where she is so capable that she can even make him rise from his wheel chair and dance with her. In an ethereal violet haze, David romances her through the steps -- before awakening to smiling Gabriela, full of questions about her hotel business studies for her own personal professor.

Later alone in Mario's bedroom, David is just hanging up after leaving a message on Roberto's voice mail, when "Mario" enters through the tunnel door. David declares he thinks Santiago should tell the girls everything; and if he doesn't, he says, horrifying Santiago -- David will tell them himself!

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