Caray, Caray!

Yolanda's screams draw armed Édgar and awakened, exclaiming Zaida to her side; where Édgar orders Zaida to call Adolfo and fires into the ceiling to halt the aggravating clamor. Desperate Adolfo demands they stay put in Yolanda's condo until Pablo and Ears get there.

Yolanda can hardly believe Édgar's assurance it was Adolfo himself ordered her shut up; and she's willing to risk them shooting herself -- but not one of the kids; so she acquiesces, but promises if they survive this, this time she's going to denounce Adolfo. The three goons and Zaida carry off their captives.

At Juan José's, poor Pancha is just reporting her husband regained his butcher shop job when Asunción drops the kidnapping news on her. And across the way at Mario's, David tells Gabriela he's getting a P.I. to look for Dora, as distraught Alejandra enters and shocks them with the news, too -- recalling Juan José's wealth.

Back in Chicles's bedroom, superstitious Pancha notes in horror the broken dresser mirror and prays earnestly for his return. Bertha calls Adolfo at the condo with her return travel plans just before Édgar enters and reports Yolanda's threat, which Adolfo can't help now. He has no choice.

But he doesn't want her or the kids hurt; and when Édgar admits his doubts over Pablo and Ears, Adolfo reminds him he trusts no one, including Édgar -- whom he'd off at the whiff of disloyalty. And even though Zaida looks fragile, she's strong and ambitious, Adolfo says.

Yolanda's maid, Juanita, enters as Édgar exits; and Adolfo lies that Yolanda's gone to a foreign facility and gives Juanita severance pay and permission to take her belongings. At the AFI, Leonardo explains to Juan José and his counsel that Dante agreed to return Elsa's jewelry sale money and that they have no evidence against her.

But since her convict brother is involved in smuggling, they're holding her a couple of days. When Mauricio enters with his own lawyer, stubborn Juan José gets his hackles up and has to be rebuked by Leonardo to pipe down and let them all work together for Elsa.

Alejandra visits Santiago at the apartment to cry on his shoulder and brings him up to date on the present disaster. Meanwhile at Pablo's hideout, Zaida brings the three victims some sumptuous ramen noodles for breakfast, which convalescing Yolanda can't eat -- nor upset Caramelo.

Chicles makes the best of things, as usual, and promises he's going to save them, as Yolanda tries to assure Caramelo someone will come. While Chicles rummages around and ponders how to escape, Yolanda urges him to inform her before he takes action.

At the AFI, Ramón brings Leonardo search warrants for Yolanda's and Adolfo's condos; and they rush out just as furniture movers tote maid Juanita's mattress with the infamous letter stowed away within a broken seam. Back at Pablo's hideout, the hostages are horrified to hear two cracks of gun shot outside on the grounds.

Édgar had just dragged off formerly gleefully cruel Ears after disarming him for threatening the hostages and bashing Yolanda a bloody head wound. Didn't he warn him not to hurt them, on pain of putting his ears out? Ears managed to re-tape Chicles's hands behind him before being hauled away.

Leonardo and crew arrive at Yolanda's to search, while upstairs Adolfo hears on the phone from Pablo that Édgar destroyed Ears's hearing by discharging the gun point blank next to each ear. However, Adolfo's sure Ears deserved it, stresses that Édgar's the boss, not to bother Adolfo with stupid stuff, and hangs up.

Pablo's not happy, however, and gives Ears an evil chuckle surmising what might happen if they get rid of their hostages and blame Édgar. Back at Adolfo's, Bertha returns happily from the beach; and Adolfo is just enjoying her conversation when Leonardo & Co. arrive at his place with the warrant.

Adolfo lies to Leonardo that Yolanda has sadly disappeared after attempting suicide -- and shrewdly requests the police's help in finding her. The crew finds nothing before Leonardo searches Adolfo's office, also encountering only the two cuff link rings in the wall safe.

Adolfo points out he has the genuine pair, and Carlos has a copy -- unbeknown to Adolfo that Yolanda switched in the fake on Adolfo to give to Carlos. Leonardo can make nothing of them and exits, after Adolfo reminds him Yolanda is like a sister and the most important thing in his life.

At the hideout, Yolanda learns the kids already know Édgar from the white-board fiasco at Elsa's and explain about the letter tale, including they don't know what is says; but the news is Chicles recently heard it referred to as "Juan José's letter."

In the tunnel house, David's just making up his disguise when Leonardo phones, and they plan to meet in the covert control room at Campo Real; David tells Abelardo he wants Leonardo to see how they are foiling Adolfo. At Adolfo's condo, Carlos is hugely upset to learn from him that Yolanda is lost somewhere alone.

And he's shocked to hear Adolfo has even apparently enlisted the help of nemesis Leonardo and also employing a P.I. to locate her. Bertha wants to accompany Carlos home to mull things over, and he's pleased she does. At Campo Real, Abelardo and David are monitoring the council gathering when Leonardo enters the control room.

They are astounded when the moment Leonardo lays eyes on David he pulls his weapon and shouts for a "Hernández" to raise his hands. Leonardo only lowers his gun in confusion upon David's assurance he's in disguise to avoid detection that he can walk now.

David explains what they are doing covertly; and Leonardo explains David's disguise looks practically identical to former law officer, Luís Carlos Hernández. Meanwhile up in Carlos's condo, Bertha's not helping, advising that suicides often keep trying until they succeed.

Carlos is very upset and swearing vengeance if someone hurts her; and it seems so odd she'd run off. Carlos grabs Bertha, shaking her, insisting desperately Yolanda promised him she wouldn't try it again. He weeps he couldn't protect her from brutal Adolfo and demands Bertha leave Adolfo right away, too.

He begs Bertha to leave Adolfo, embracing her, worried something bad will happen. Back at the AFI, Leonardo gets a notion he shares with Ramón to catch Adolfo in a crime by having David sidle up to Adolfo, posing as the crooked cop, Hernández, who could offer to help Adolfo in his crooked deals and wouldn't be suspected.

Finally, the cops having no evidence to hold Elsa, they inform her together with abiding and loving Mauricio that she's free to go. At Carlos's, he tearfully reveals to Bertha that he's been seeing a therapist over never having known his mother, among other things, and informs her about doctor-patient confidentiality.

And she's delighted to learn he told the therapist about Bertha and her growing importance in his life. At Elsa's, she and Mauricio learn from Ulises about the kids' disappearance. And back at Campo Real, Gabriela is doing nicely in the meeting, until suddenly David loses the signal in the control room, just as Adolfo's demanding she explain the term "synergy…"

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