Caray, Caray!

Capitulo 151.
Read k-Fuego’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Caro observes that Lety is doing better, but she still needs to think through her problems. Luigi is working Irmita to exhaustion. Saimon looks into a computer science night school course so he can get a promotion.

2. Tom sees Lety and Ali leave Conceptos at the same time. In his fantasy, Lety smacks him and takes the car keys and his money from FI, so Alicia is no longer attracted to him. He flirts with Ali as he helps Lety into the car. Lety’s bitterness is splashing onto Tom now too.


 
3. Fern follows Tom and Lety to Le Noir and spies on them, hiding behind various people. Seeing them together drives him nuts. Lety lays into Tom for going out with her enemy and making her look like a fool. Lety thinks she sees Fernando, and she confirms it with the parking attendant.

4. Lety tells Tom he can’t resign, and she holds it out as a test of their friendship. Tom declares how important their friendship is to him. They stage a hug for Fernando’s sake, and he nearly explodes.

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Capitulo 152.
Read Alma’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fern follows Lety and Tom do out of the restaurant. Tom asks her how much farther she’s going to take this; she’s driving Fern nuts (desquiciar). She says she’ll stop when he stops playing games with her, and she doesn’t know what extremes he’ll go to, to get the doctored balance and save his company. Lety says Fern knows she doesn’t care about money, so he promised to cancel the wedding after the meeting, but she knows it’s another lie. He can’t cancel the wedding and he doesn’t want to.

2. Tom doesn’t answer Ali’s call. Lety warns that Ali only wants his money. She warns that Ali will hurt Tom the way Fern hurt her. Tom says that he knows Ali only wants his money, but this is the only chance he’ll ever have with a woman like that. He’s living a dream and he’s not willing to miss it. (Sound familiar?)

3. Lety’s heart softens a little, and she lets Tom go on his date, but with three conditions: No more lies, don’t give Ali even a peso, and don’t promise her anything because this is a game he will have to abandon soon. She tells him to enjoy the short time he has, but don’t let himself get hurt. Ali calls again and Lety laughs through their entire call.

4. Lola tries to talk sense into Paula. If she loves Saimon, quit chasing the ricos. And if she doesn’t love Saimon, quit leading him on and breaking his heart.

5. Fernando confronts Lety at her door, quaking with jealousy. See the transcript. He says he saw her, caressing and hugging Tom. Lety says he has no room to talk, since he spends almost every night at Marcia’s, and not exactly sleeping. Fernando tells her earnestly that he hasn’t touched Marcia nor any other woman since their first night together. She says she doesn’t believe him but you can see she wants to. He’s dying to kiss her and she almost lets him, but Pop interrupts him.

6. Tom arrives at Alicia’s apartment, and she fakes a call about her car. She sheds some tears and he says he will find a way to get her the money.

7. Mama tells Lety that if she’s not going to tell her the truth, don’t tell her anything. Lety says she has to make important decisions. She knows her life must change, but she’s afraid she doesn’t have the strength for what she needs to do. Mama says that change is always frightening, but Lety has the strength inside.

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Spanish Lesson

Fernando Confronts Lety
Tom drops Lety off. Fernando stops her cold. He’s quaking with jealousy.
L: Listen, Tom & I are very close friends.
F: Sí! Buenisimos! Even something more than friends, it seems to me.
L: We’ve known each other since we were small.
F: Claro, and you played doctor too, right?
L: You know we had a fight.
F: Yes. Over a woman. An Oxigenada. Try to tell me no!
L: No. Over FI money.
F: Yeah, you clarified things amid hugs and caresses...
L: Y’know what? You don’t have any room to criticize me. You come to my house spying on me and my friend, but you’re kissing Marcia at the office. And you go to her house almost every night. Not exactly to sleep. Your complaints don’t sit very well with me.
F: (Very clearly, so she doesn’t miss a word.) I have not touched Marcia again. Leticia, since you and I were together the first time, I have not touched Marcia again, nor any other woman. You don’t believe me, do you? Well, that’s my problem. It’s what is eating me from the inside. (Lety hangs on every word, slackjawed. A part of her believes him.) I am not able to make love with any woman who is not you.
L You don’t have to give me that line, Don Fernando. I know very well the conditions of our relationship. Don’t lie to me! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need some sleep. I have an early morning tomorrow, to work on the balance.
F: (He pulls her back again, and trades places to show his good.) I swear it. I swear by what is most sacred in my life, which is you, Lety, that what I’m saying is the truth.
L: Yes. Of course.
(She tries to turn away, but she can’t resist him. He almost kisses her, but Pop comes out, ready to deck him. Pop asks if he was yelling at Lety.)
F: No! I was singing!
Pop: Let me tell you something. I don’t like how you sing, not one bit.
F: Well, coming from you, Don Erasmo, that’s.. that’s.. Thank you!

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