Caray, Caray!

At Mario's, jubilant Alejandra and Gabriela leave for the salon for Alejandra's wedding coif; but not before Gabriela disconcerts "Mario" over desiring an important conversation with him. Back in Édgar and Susana's room, he shocks her with news that during her coma not only was Roberto poisoned but that Garnica disappeared.

Édgar warns they shouldn't be seen together and he needs to allay suspicion by returning to Adolfo, whose orders to execute child hostages he disobeyed; thus Susana decides Édgar's basically a good person. At Adolfo's, enthused Dante is swooning over bringing high rolling Americans to their illicit archeological dig.

But Adolfo's subdued and presses to excavate more first, leading Dante to draw back and wonder at his tentativeness. Adolfo's sick and tired, so Dante offers him a pep talk recounting his meteoric rise to success and power. Still Adolfo feels all his bad deeds are coming home to roost and drag him under.

He's had success, but at a cost; and his sadness surprises Dante, who attempts to give misery company by acknowledging even though Dante repaid the jewel amount, he's still under investigation. And he's always admired Adolfo's strength to weather storms few others can. If they unite, they will emerge victorious.

Leonardo visits Yolanda who eventually simply explains what happened during the kidnapping. Though she never imagined Adolfo could do such a thing, Leonardo certainly did. And she reveals Chicles slipped the letter into the mattress of the missing maid, whose address Yolanda doesn't know. She agrees to ask Adolfo about it.

In Susana's room, her head still isn't working like it ought to; and suddenly she regrets confessing everything to Édgar. But he notes Susana also knows his secrets, which together can save their lives; so when Édgar requests she part with one of the diamonds to carry with him to Adolfo's, Susana agrees.

At the salon, Gabriela and Alejandra girl-talk, with Alejandra reassuring Gabriela no one is hiding things to hurt her -- right up until Gabriela asks whether someone has revealed things to Alejandra, and the stylist conveniently breaks in to change the subject.

In Mario's office, worried "Mario" discusses with Abelardo his intention to reveal only part of Márta's story during his inevitable meeting with Gabriela, leaving out Mario's paternity, her rightful heritage of millions, and that Julieta is only her half sister. Abelardo assures him little by little she will understand.

On their return, Gabriela enters Mario's office, while excited Alejandra rejoices with Abelardo on her upcoming marriage; he happily offers to plan their small celebration. Inside the office, "Mario" brings Gabriela up to date on part of Márta's story, including he was then married and she was murdered by Adolfo.

At Adolfo's condo, he just barely believes Édgar's failed execution story; but after considering the freak accident of Roberto's poisoning, decides he's just having a run of bad luck. Later Dante phones Adolfo with a plan to make Elsa a red herring to divert suspicion from them by framing Elsa for the jewel theft.

At Elsa's, Mauricio's counsels and soothes her that it's logical Caramelo would stay with the person who raised her; and surprises and delights her with the notion that a baby of their own could take her mind off this -- no, wait, how about FIVE babies? And this time she introduces the magic word, "marriage."

She takes a call from Caramelo with news of Juan José's wedding, and Elsa soberly explains she will return to "auntie" status. When Elsa confesses the sad thing is they are trying to take the child away, Mauricio thinks she's just confused and changes the subject by inviting her to dinner; and they share a warm embrace.

When Édgar makes a second apparently personal visit to Ulises to surreptitiously lift Elsa's apartment key again, Ulises gleans the understandably wrong impression and tries to make a little time with Édgar. He steals the key, and Ulises messes with Édgar's mind by not letting him exit without a kiss -- and then by kissing his hand instead.

Moments later upstairs, Édgar empties a small bag of clear gemstones into Elsa's fish bowl and exits. At Alejandra's architectural studio, she first teases Mina and then reveals with squeals that she's getting married the next day.

Adolfo visits Yolanda at home, and she claims she didn't report him, which so far appears the case to him. But she's incredulous he could be so sick as to execute children. They don't even have the infamous letter; what is he going to do, break into Juan José's house and check all the mirrors?

Yolanda recounts her story of their escape -- with the important difference that Édgar told them to run and left the keys. She confirms the thugs attacking him as they left, but Adolfo can't believe he'd be so stupid. Yolanda asks about maid Juanita's belongings, but he impatiently denies knowing and exits quickly.

Back at the architectural studio, Mina is just toasting Alejandra's upcoming "Mrs." -hood, when Juan José enters and calms his bride's wedding plan jitters with reassurances. At first Alejandra refuses to invite Bertha, when Juan José asks; but then she agrees to think about it at his noting Bertha's her only sister.

Adolfo makes Édgar sorry he returned by viciously jumping him with a revolver at the back of his neck the moment he appears at the condo. Adolfo's unhappy with the lame coverup of Édgar's disobedience. But Édgar thinks fast and bargains information about the diamonds for his life.

He's just about to spill the story when he pulls the single diamond given him by Susana out of his pocket, amazing Adolfo.

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