Caray, Caray!

Adolfo not only knows about the tumor but concludes it's why "Mario" is pressuring him to end the contract. When he then insults Gabriela's efforts to step into management, Leonardo and Abelardo must prevent "Mario" bounding over the desk to throttle Adolfo.

As "Mario" exits, he promises that his children will save the company. At Leonardo's admonition that Adolfo take care, considering the deck already stacked against him, Adolfo laughs and demands proof. Leonardo warns him he doesn't belong in the director's chair: the only place he belongs is a jail cell.

At Elsa's, once again Caramelo can't locate her special letter. A happy call to Asunción confirms its whereabouts -- and Elsa's regrets that Caramelo wants them to all live together, which is impossible now. Back at Juan José's, Asunción's jacket needs dry cleaning; and Chicles uses the chance to steal back the letter out of the pocket.

Across town at dinner, Mina rhapsodizes to Alejandra the shame that David's gorgeous bod is confined to a wheel chair -- and wonders when love will ever come to her. Alejandra concludes very personally that looking for love, it never comes; and when it does, then you're sorry it did.

In the kitchen at Juan José's, Asunción notes to Lucha failing to find Caramelo's special letter among his removed pocket items. Across the way in Mario's office, agitated Santiago admits he should control himself; but gets David geared up to sock Adolfo over insulting Gabriela, too.

Abelardo calms them and reveals to David Adolfo knows about the tumor, and they angrily figure Bertha snooped in Mario's planner to discover his doctor's name. Outside in the hallway, Gabriela's first to question the absence of Dora, without alarm as yet.

As David's stunning wife heads out to study with Juan José, Santiago counsels David first hand about the hazards of his jealousy peeking out. Bertha visits Alejandra's office, where Alejandra offers to help her sister with an apartment, relieving Bertha greatly.

Sure enough, Abelardo learns and tells David and Santiago about Bertha's visit to Mario's doctor, and now there's no way David would welcome that twit back. Abelardo goes to check for Dora, and David is just concluding he'll have to somehow return to work to thwart Adolfo when Abelardo rushes in and reports Dora missing!

They decide to summon Leonardo over there to help. At Juan José's, Lucha wrote out a fake replacement letter, which fools Caramelo not for a second. Caramelo's letter was written so nicely, and the fake one's not. Frustrated at Chicles again, she falls into Asunción's arms, crying she wants to stay there with him.

Half-clothed Zaida visits Juan José at the hotel and is just clamping him suddenly in her grip when Gabriela enters, shocked to witness the kiss. Zaida exits and despite Juan José's protests, Gabriela politely follows. Leonardo arrives at Mario's and denies Dora's disappearance would be due to Adolfo's threats or kidnapping.

Adolfo doesn't know she's a murder witness or David's mother. Leonardo admits he's the one likely scared her off. He grilled her forcefully on his last visit. Her testimony would solve all their problems, without the letter, which apparently Susana stole -- not Bertha, Leonardo reveals to the men.

Her convict husband confirmed she took the letter, the picture, the shoes and the diamonds and disappeared. But most urgently Leonardo wants to find Dora! And unfortunately no one thought to ask her where she returned from the last time, in the emergency of the shooting spree.

At a cafe, Bertha's friend can hardly believe Bertha's sugar daddy only asks her a few platonic -- albeit dangerous -- favors. Still, Bertha's certain if Adolfo knew about her and Carlos, he'd murder them both. Her friend concludes to risk so much, Bertha must care about Carlos; and Bertha dreamily admits she does and he's the only one cares about her without wanting something.

Lunch time at Mario's, Gabriela raises Alejandra's suspicion asking if things are good between her and Juan José, but won't elaborate. Across the alley at Juan José's, he breaks up a fight between Caramelo and Chicles about a stolen letter and briefcase. He's shocked Chicles robbed Garnica and learns a letter supposedly went to the dry cleaners.

Back at the lunch table, David angrily brings Alejandra up to date about Dora, the tumor -- and Bertha's treachery at the doctor's, which propels Alejandra backwards on helping her sister. After Alejandra's exit, Gabriela reveals to David that she encountered Juan José kissing another woman.

Across town at Elsa's, Asuncion explains to her with barely restrained enthusiasm that Caramelo wants to return to Juan José's; and when she reports in frustration she can't legally renege on the adoption contract, he posits that she should inquire if he might get serious and learn how to read and adopt her himself.

In Mario's office, David regretfully reveals to Alejandra what Gabriela told him. When Alejandra hears Juan José was kissing another woman, she shrieks Elsa's name in shock; but then learns it must be the business associate, Zaida, instead.

Juan José lays down to the law to Zaida at a business dinner before Mauricio arrives; and she apologizes, promising she's more interested in business and will stick to that. Meanwhile in her room, Alejandra agonizes in devastation past one delicious memory of Juan José after another through her tears.

Adolfo waits in Carlos's office to hear from Zaida; and when Carlos appears, he grills Adolfo about the ring. Why did the policeman want it as evidence? Why did Adolfo want it back? Adolfo doesn't care about it now, though, and rudely orders Carlos scram for his meeting with Dante.

Dante enters as Carlos exits; and upon learning he's Adolfo's son, Dante assumes from his recollection Carlos is the maid's murderer -- which Adolfo angrily denies, pointing out the murderer is fortunately toast. Dante informs Adolfo he has a meeting with the beach investors, including Juan José.

And when Adolfo reveals he wants to ruin Juan José, they both enjoy a belly laugh realizing ruination is their specialty!

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