Caray, Caray!

Capitulo 225.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Harsh-ia says it’s obvious that today’s fight was because Aldo loves Lety. Fern weakly denies it. She suspects that he’s fleeing both her and Lety. He doesn’t want to talk about it, and she asks if they’ll talk about it when they get back. She says, “I hope while you’re gone you will clarify your feelings. And when you return, that we define what will happen between us.”

2. Alicia tells herself that if she wears the Dress of Inviability all night, despite it being too tight, then she’ll get to marry Aldo. Ali clearly believes in the power of the Preciousss.

3. Lety tells her diary that for a moment she believed Fern because she so much wanted it to be true, but then she concluded that he was using her again. The 20 days he’s away will be good for her, but it will hurt. She’ll try to get him out of her heart, but he said he’ll find a way to show his love. She’s stuck – the heart responds to intensity, and she can’t let that happen. The only thing that can rescue her is Aldo’s stable, honest love.

4. Fern calls Omar with his assignment: Make sure Lety doesn’t forget him. Send Fern photos of whatever Lety and Aldo do. And turn the painting upside-down.

5. Aldo teaches Lety to ride a bicycle. Lety wants whatever they have to stay outside the office. He admits that he told Tom and Caro that he loves her. He says it wouldn’t be a problem if she loved him back, and he gives her all the reasons she should (turn that vise a little tighter, Tutz!). He says love that’s kept secret isn’t love (say what?). Lety almost kisses him.

6. Erasmo tells Aldo that his family of three will be together forever. MamaJ says Lety one day will fly. Pop insists that’s only if he gives Lety to a man; not likely since no man deserves Lety. Aldo flatters Pop and he eats it up. Lety shushes Pop when says he’s seen Lety suffer – she doesn’t want to touch that memory around Aldo. Aldo offers to protect Lety as well, and Pop is impressed (who better to guard the henhouse?).

7. Tom doesn’t admit to Lety that he told Ali that Aldo loves Lety. Ali is civil to Tom so she can keep his cell phone. Omar hides pictures of Fern on Lety’s desk like Easter eggs. Aldo gives Lety a basket of apples.

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Capitulo 226.
Read Julie’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Ali asks whether Aldo really loves Lety. Tom remembers Lety’s orders and tells Ali no. Ali tells Marcia what Tom said. Marcia plans to think hard about her life on this trip, and when she returns she and Fern will define their relationship once and for all. Ali tells Mar she should loan Ali her car while she’s gone.

2. Omar is trapped in the cave when Fern calls. Lety hears a noise and discovers Omar hiding.

3. Paula calls Tom’s phone for Lety, but Alicia answers and hangs up. Paula reports it to Lety. Marcia is pissy because she needs her tickets from Tom. Lety doesn’t know where he is and can’t call him because he loaned his cell phone. Marcia gets pissier because the company is “paralyzed” because Lety’s VP loaned out his cell, but Lety notes that Alicia is the one who borrowed it. Marcia gives Ali the stink eye.

4. Harsh-ia does all she can to pick a fight with Lety, first because she needs her tickets, then because Lety owns the company, then she calls Lety a bitter woman (Marcia, your shrink would call that projection). She accuses Lety of trying to take Fern and finds the photo Omar planted, and she explodes. Lety says she wants nothing to do with Fern, and Marcia says, “I don’t believe you.” Lety’s had enough; she proposes that she quits and gives them the company. Tom intervenes and diffuses the tension.

5. Marcia, calmer now, says she hopes that when they return, Fern finds a solution so she and Lety won’t have to share (be careful what you wish for, Tutz!) .. an office, of course. Lety blamed the pictures on Omar, so Marcia checks his office, finds the evidence, and has a fit.

6. Tom tells Lety to forget about Fern and think about Aldo instead, Aldo who cares about her. It looks like Aldo’s friendship with Tom is paying back his investment.

7. Marcia calls Fern in NY and starts yelling at him because of the photos on Lety’s desk.

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