Caray, Caray!

Capitulo 155.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Luigi works Irmita to exhaustion and she faints. He cries and begs her to be okay. He reacts as if it were his own mother, and he knows he pushed her too hard.

2. Fern is getting very drunk at his desk. He tells Omar that Tom asked Lety out, and she is almost dying from emotion. (Boy howdy!) He says she can do what she wants, but he’s going to sit right here until she gives him that balance.

3. Fern kicks in Lety’s door. See the transcript. He tells her she’s driving him crazy, and she’s not leaving until they finish the balance. He says he’s the new Fernando she has created. He forces a kiss and she yields (what a kiss!), but Caro comes in and sees them and then leaves quickly.

4. Lety finds Caro with the crowd attending Irmita. She fantasizes that in front of everyone, Caro rebukes her for kissing her boss, expressing her worry that Caro will tell Marcia what she saw considering that they’re good friends. Caro assures her, “I know nossing!” and she agrees that Lety needs to get away. Caro asks if Lety’s novio is waiting for her, and Lety says intensely, “I don’t have a novio.”

5. Omar warns Fernando to control his emotions or he’s headed for disaster. Omar says (loosely), “I don’t know if you’re lying to yourself or only to me, but we both know that what’s upsetting you is not the balance but what Lety is doing with Tom. It desarreglar (to disrupt, to mess up as hair) your life. You need to fight against your feelings. The meeting is almost here, and I don’t want my president in sentimental chaos.”

6. Ariel’s toady Olarte reports that the owner of FI is Leticia.

7. Lety tells Tom, “Game over.” See the transcript. She says she’ll be gone by this weekend, and Tom needs to break up with Alicia before the committee meeting as well.

8. Fernando ask Lety’s chair (loosely), “Why do you want to destroy my life? I wrote that I’m willing to cancel the wedding for you and you don’t care. You won’t even tell me what’s wrong. Thanks for everything.”

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Capitulo 156.
Read k-Fuego’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Lety goes to visit Irma who is on bed rest. Fernando calls to check on Irma, but his main focus is finding out that Lety is there with Tomás. Tom mourns his loss of Alicia.

2. Fernando pulls up to his parents’ house, and he feels like he’s going to the executioner, between Marcia’s talk about her wedding and his parents’ relentless questions about the company. He concludes, “I don’t want to be here. I’m going to where I do want to be.”

3. At Irmita’s, Fern and Tom give each other the stink-eye. He has no patience for Marcia’s call. Lety gets into her car, but Fernando drags her into his car instead, and he says (loosely), “We’re going someplace so we can talk calmly and alone. Stop this game. You love me, right? You love me like I love you. So leave this guy and come with me. I’m dying over you. I love you.” Tom yells at Fern to leave her alone.

4. Fern screams at Tom that he’s a criminal and he’s exploiting Lety. Tom protests that the money they spent is from the profits they earned. Fernando says, “Fine. Keep the money. But not Lety. Leave her for me.” Tom refuses. He takes off his glasses and starts swinging wildly at Fernando, but Fern easily weaves out of his way, but then Tom connects with a punch to the face. Fern says, “You asked for it,” and gives Tom a solid roundhouse in the face. Once he starts, he can’t stop. Two more roundhouses until Tom slumps to the ground.

5. The sight of Tom’s bloodied face shocks Fernando. He tells Lety, “I love you. I love you and I’m going crazy.” Tom comes back for more. The cuartel hears the noise and comes out into the street. Lety pulls Tom off and Saimon tries to pull Fern off. Fern grabs Tom and screams, “Neither you nor anyone else is going to take Lety from me.” He winds up but Saimon grabs his arm. Fern throws Saimon to the ground and screams at him to not interfere. Lety steps up, screams “Quiete!” and slaps Fern hard, while all the cuartel watches.

6. Driving home, Lety tells Tom it wasn’t jealousy, it was fear for his company. He only wants her so she’ll doctor the balance. She says, “I’ll never forgive him.”

7. Fernando sits on the curb outside Irmita’s with his flask and says, “What have I done? My jealousy is killing me.” He tells Marcia that he’s going home and not going to his parents’ house. He yells at her, “Dejame en paz!”

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Spanish Lesson

In the Cave.
F: Did you finish the balance yet?
L: No, I’ll finish it tomorrow.
F: Tomorrow? Since we have sooo much time, right? No, that won’t work. You have to finish it, right here, right now.
L: Perdon. They’ve already come for me. They’re waiting.
F: Ha! They came for you? How nice. You’d prefer to leave with him than finish your work?
L: I’m very tired. I want to leave.
F: No, you’re not tired. What you want is to torment me, to make me crazy.
L: You’re mistaken. Good night. (She tries to leave. He blocks her path.)
F: No, don’t leave. No, because I’m getting tired of this situation. And sick of it. You’re going to stay here with me. Together we’re going to finish the balance.
L: Someone will find out. (He kisses her forehead and she tries to push him away.)
F: What do I care if they find out? You want to provoke that, don’t you? You want something terrible to happen here, don’t you? Because that’s what’s happening. You want to drive me crazy? Perfect. This is the new Fernando, the one you created. Who can yell if he feels like it. Who can kiss you if he feels like it. Who can do what he wants with you.
He tries to kiss her. She says no and tries to push him away, but he overpowers her and kisses her. Carolina walks in and sees them, and she leaves. Lety saw Caro, but she goes back to kissing Fernando. What a kiss! When he shoots his arm behind her back it just floors me.

Lety and Tom in the Car.
L: It’s over. Se acabó. I’m not going to continue this absurd game tormenting Fern because the one who loses is me. I don’t even know what I’m doing. Someone important in Conceptos found out that there’s something between Fernando and me. Everything is exploding. I’m killing him and I’m killing myself. I gain nothing, trying to cause jealousy in a man who doesn’t love me. (Painfully.) I’m making him crazy. He’ll do anything to get the fake balance. He swears he loves me. He promises he’ll cancel the wedding. He follows me. Today he kissed me in the office. As much as I try to reject him, I just can’t. I can’t resist him. All I’m doing is making myself look ridiculous. I’ve lost my way. Everything I’m doing to torment him is ridiculous and stupid. I’m not the same Lety I was before. I feel like an aggressive woman. Like a clown. Without my compass. A low class atrevida (bold in a bad way) nutcase. Now I know I was wrong to buy this car. To spend a wad like that in a luxury restaurant. We’re not like that, Tomás. We’re making ourselves rediculous.
T: I’m secure in this. I don’t feel ridiculous.
L: Sí, Tomás. I’m playing games with Fernando, the families, the companies. You’re playing a millionaire with that woman. But the worst thing is, they are all laughing at us. I’m sure she’s laughing at you. Enjoy your dream while you can. It’ll be done by the weekend. I’m not going to be here for the wedding. And by then you need to be out of her life.

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