Caray, Caray!

Capitulo 141





Audrey

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A repeat from yesterday where the ladies run into the captain at the pension and think he’s a thief.

At RyD mansion we start where we left off the previous episode. Victoria flanked by Jorge and Brandon have come to accuse Fedra of fraud and stealing the mansion from Marianela with Fedra emphatically denying the charge. Emanuel recites a litany of Fedra’s crimes - at least the ones he knows about. “I have proof in my hands” says Emanuel. “You have no idea how much it hurts me to say this, but you if you committed fraud, mama, your place is not in this house” Emiliano says to a weepy pouty Fedra who replies “I didn’t sign anything! Don’t let them arrest me like a common criminal!” Accusations, disbelief, insults and histrionics ensue. Emiliano tells Brandon he can take Fedra. After Fedra pushes Brandon down when he tries to handcuff her, Eman himself takes the cuffs and puts them on a chastened (not!) Fedra. A truly poignant moment - and nice acting VL! Brandon escorts the witch out of the mansion.

“Wow - I can’t believe it!” declares Axel, “with what else can our mother surprise us!” “ I’m only here doing what justice demands.” declares VM. “This is something only Marianela herself can resolve and she should be herself” complains Emanuel. Victoria claims Marianela will be there very soon.

Benigno runs down to tell Tio Maximo the great news! The general orders his dress uniform be made ready: “I’m going to dress how I should to meet Marianela’s husband who along with Victoria de la Garza finally brought justice to this family!”

Back at the pension where the ladies were alarmed to meet a mysterious stranger. “So - you are really not a thief?” breathes Netty as she saunters towards el capitán. “No. Well, not until you appeared, beautiful lady” he responds and introduces himself simply as “José”.

Back at Muñeca’s - thank goodness Oliver only has a flesh wound. “How could this all happen just when Fidel and Flora has a free day?” wonders Muñeca. “What a coincidence, no?” She picks up the card with the address of Lorenzo’s supposed bachelor’s pad that Garduño gave her as a “consolation prize” in their game. She’s ready to take Manzanita and go check it out. Wait - it could be a trap warns Oliver and arranges a police escort.

Lorena brings Christian to Muñeca’s. Muñeca asks her to stay with Oliver while he waits for the ambulance. She’s going to drop the kids off at the children’s home. Lorena starts giving Oliver coquettish looks.

Back at la mansión RyD: “When exactly is Marianela returning” demands Emanuel. “I need to talk to her.” Victoria shamelessly hedges while Jorge looks around at the ceiling. Ilitia doesn’t believe these people, they must be pulling a fast one on Marianela. As a Señora RyD she’s ready to put the house in order and calls the servants. While Eman hides his embarrassed face behind the papers as Ilitia declares herself the lady of the house while Fedra is gone.

Back at the pension, Netty expresses amazement that after all this time José would return to his birth place. “Life is a cycle” explains el capitán. “I’ve returned to my birth place to close the cycle.” “Wow - did Mauricio really stand up Kristel at the altar?” asks Manolo. Doris and Gladiola are delighted to explain VM’s brilliant scheme. The captain overhears all the talk about the wedding. “Fedra Curiel again? I need to find out who this woman is!” he thinks to himself.

“Where is Victoria de la Garza!” demands Mauricio as he walks right into the pension (again!). “She’s not here and you leave immediately” says Netty. “You heard the lady - out of here!” says the captain. “Who the hell are you?” asks Mau. “I’m here to see Victoria whether you all like it or not!” Jose takes physical charge, mashes BOM’s (Big Orange Meanie’s) head against a post and then physically throws him out of the house much to the ladies’ delight. “Wow - what a man!” breathes Netty. “Just what I was missing in my pension!” “Of course, for when I’m not here” says Pacheco proudly. “Oh, of course, of course.” the ladies murmur very politely as they smile at each other.

Back at RyD mansion. “From now on I’m the one who gives the orders in this house. Understood?” declares Ilitia. Victoria countermands - “Marianela is the owner of this house, not you. Until Marianela returns I’m the one taking the reins of this house and tells the servants to retire.” “I’m the senora RyD - I have much more right than you!” challenges Ilitia and you’re just a trepadora (social climber). “Control your wife!” Jorge tells Emanuel. “This is my wife’s house and Victoria is her legal representative.” “If you want to be the lady of the house,” declares Victoria, “tell your husband to buy one and move there! But here, you don’t give orders. Understood?”

“Are you going to let that girl come her and talk to me however she wants?” demands Ilita. “Ilitia - recognize that this house doesn’t belong to us” explains Emanuel. “I don’t care anything about that disgusting fatty and her husband. I demand you kick this woman and her lover out of here - because that’s what they are.” “Be careful of what you say” warns VM. Ilitia starts obnoxiously listing all the men that she imagines Victoria must be sleeping with while Jorge and Emanuel looks at her in amazement and then Ilitia declares how VM doesn’t respect anybody. (LOL! - kettle: black!)

Oh wow - Kristel and Lorenzo are lounging in a huge jacuzzi - covered with bubble bath bubbles everywhere! Kristel is still bummed, but Lorenzo is doing his best to comfort her. Sure - he can spoil her, bring the champagne glass to her lips while he croons all sorts of declarations of adulation. But to prove his true love for her, she wants him to break with her mother. “WHAT?!?!” Lorenzo falls back in the tub in shock - soap in his eye LOL! But he tells Kristel - “dalo por hecho (consider it done)”. Kristel can ask him for whatever she wants. “Really?” says Kristel. “Then divorce Muñeca and marry me!” This leaves Lorenzo speechless.

Bernardo is at a distance, watching the door Lorenzo’s apartment building. “Now your days are numbered Lorenzo Porta-Lopez!” Bernardo cackles evilly. “Fedra is going to turn into a wild crazy woman when she finds out you brought that innocent little girl to your apartment. Finally, finally I’m going to destroy you. I’m going to do a great service to society. Definitely!”. Then he sees cop cars pull up at the front door. It’s Muñeca and her police escort including commissioner Tejeda. Oh - Bernardo loves this! “It’s over for you, Lorenzo!”

Back at RyD mansion. “No excuses Emanuel - kick her out of this house!” demands Ilitia. “I can’t do that.” answers Emanuel. Ilitia doesn’t buy this. “Oh - right, you want that Españolita here so she can crawl in your bed whenever she wants.” “Don’t you dare talk to me like that!” says VM. Then Ilitia goes off on a bender reciting a litany of all the men’s beds Victoria is likely to hop from one into another. “If you mess with me you’re going to end up losing.” threatens VM, “And there is nothing between Jorge and me.” Oh - Ilitia isn’t buying that either. Emanuel: “Ilitia, enough already!” “But look at these two, Emanuel’ declares Ilitia. “First this gal arrives and takes control of the agency, and then Jorge shows up, and here they are taking over the house! And look - a handsome man like Jorge who could have any woman he wants. He couldn’t be married to a disgusting fatty worth her weight in gold and owning all these businesses. So of course those two Spaniards are lovers. That’s perfectly clear to me! They’re robbing not only Marianela, but the whole family!” Ooops - rusty wheels start turning in Eman’s dense head.

On with the raid! The police enter Lorenzo’s apartment, with Muñeca behind them.

Back in the jacuzzi de bubbles. “Well you promised me before making love.” says Kristel. “Did you forget already? Is it Alzheimer's? You say you were willing to leave everything for me! Carry out your promise to me!” “Don’t manipulate me!” counters Lorenzo. “Listen - if you don’t do what you promised” taunts Kristel, “then this one time in the jacuzzi is it for us! You know how many guys my age would die to be with me like this?” She’s ready to be out of there. “No, wait my love!” begs Lorenzo. “It’s just that you are an improved version of your mother (yech!) and you drive me wild!” and smooching commences again. Perfect moment for the police and to burst into the room guns drawn. Muñeca follows them - “Lorenzo!”

VM meets with Eman in his study. (that dress top is a little small, girl!, you’re about to bust out) “Ilitia’s concerns are logical.” says Eman. “You two are taking over all this stuff, and where is Marianela? Neither you or Jorge are able to tell us when she’ll be here - give us an exact date. All our doubts will be gone if Marianela will just return and show her face. She better come as soon as possible, because if I discover that you and Jorge are stealing stuff from our family behind Marianela’s back, I’ll have no trouble sending either of you to jail!”

“Excuse me, but I don’t understand why Emanuel had to lock himself up with that idiot!” complains Ilitia. “What’s wrong with that girl - she wants to keep everything! The house, Marianela’s money, Brandon, you Jorge, my husband. But la golosa esa isn’t going to take him - nuh-uh!” Jorge is fed up with Ilitia’s endless rant and looks on in superior disapproval. “Will you just calm down, please!” he implores. “You don’t gain anything with these types of tantrums. If you don’t learn to control yourself, you could definitely lose Emanuel and that’s not good for either of us.” Ilitia starts to vamp: “Jorge, you can tell me the truth, are you Victoria’s lover? Are you cheating on la gorda with her? I can’t see how you would be in love with that disgusting fatty.”

“Listen, Victoria is nothing more than a friend right now, but that could change and it depends on you!” answers Jorge. “I don’t know what to do!” cries Ilitia. “We need to become allies”, says Jorge, “but if you keep acting so impulsively without thinking before acting, if you are unable to plan a strategy then you are of no use to me!” Ilitia: “But I’m desperate!” Jorge: “Look with these esthenas de thelos (jealous scenes) and tantrums you don’t gain anything. In fact, you lose more. If you don’t want to put your marriage in danger, from here on out, you need to do exactly what I tell you.” Ilitia is impressed with this intelligent dude! These appear to all be new concepts to her. Oh Sneaky Jorge, you’re really showing your true colors now! (and notice how Jorge never has anything nice to say about Marianela?)

Back at Lorenzo’s pad. Kristel and Lorenzo, dressed and somber, come out of the bathroom. Kristel is in her wedding dress again with veil draped over her arm - LOL! “Well, no police investigation needed here,” says comisario Tejeda, “but if Garduño contacts you again, please let me know immediately.” And over Lorenzo’s protests leaves with his policemen. “How shameless you both are.” says Muñeca. She can’t believe this nightmare. Kristel can’t believe Muñeca is in shock because she knows her husband perfectly well! The usual recriminations and excuses ensue with Muñeca upset about being Garduño’s victim while Lorenzo is off partying and Lorenzo getting a good slap for everything. Kristel doesn’t see what the big deal is that Lorenzo saw her grow up as now she’s a spectacular gorgeous woman. This super-flojera celosa business is too much for her - she’s out of here!

Teary discussion ensues between Muñeca and Lorenzo with a long litany of all the bad things Muñeca has had to put up with over the years and he earns another slap. He didn’t do this to hurt her - he just couldn’t help himself. Well Muñeca, hopping mad and ready to switch into revenge mode, heaps threats on Lorenzo while he looks dazed and mumbles “forgive me.”

Back at RyD mansion. “Until Marianela returns you both are not staying in this house!” declares Emanuel. Emanuel head spins in shock when Ilitia does a 180 and declares that she now understands - they can’t do anything against this. They need to accept it. “What did this guy (Jorge) say to you - eh?” Emiliano is totally suspicious. He’s not having any of this. Victoria and Jorge need to be out of the house. “Sorry Eman, call your lawyers or whomever, you won’t be able to make us leave. The law is on our side.” says VM smuggly. “Things are changing from this day forward, Emanuel, whether you like it or not.” “What’s wrong with you?” asks Emanuel. “This is not the way to do things Victoria. This is not in good faith.” Victoria turns into Nazi-VM, summons the servants and dictates orders above Emanuels protests. “Take everything of Fedra’s out of Fedra’s room and throw it in the trash!” Oooo - Delicia likes that!

“Are you sure of what you are asking us to do?” Paula asks Victoria. Victoria is not worried about the witch returning - she’s going to be in jail a looooong time. “Don’t do things this way Victoria!” begs Emanuel. Jorge explains condescendingly to Emanuel - “no, Victoria’s not doing it - the servants are the ones doing it” and tells the maids if they don’t do what Victoria says, they can leave. “Oh, right away señor”, answers Paula. “Con much gusto!” “So we’ve come to this have we?” asks Emanual. “Until the end.” answers Jorge. Nazi-VM declares that Fedra will pay for all the hurt she has caused this family! Ilitia asks Emanuel to let it go and how they’re only doing Marianela’s will and we have to respect la gorda now. “Now what’s wrong with you, Ilitia?” asks an amazed Axel. “She’s nuts!” answers Emanuel. “Wow - you changed ‘boom”’ just like that!” observes Axel. Victoria gets an inventory of who’s staying where and assigns bedrooms, assigning Fedra’s to herself and Jorge to Marianela’s room. “Hey, wait a minute, that’s been my room since....” yells Emanuel. “You two are married,” lectures a prim Nazi-VM while Jorge nods approvingly, “and your place is at your wife side.” “I’ll take care of it!” volunteers Ilitia excitedly, “I’ll move your stuff.” Everyone runs off to fix respective bedrooms.

“Not so fast!” Emanuel grabs Victorias arm as she tries to run off too. “You’re not going anywhere until you tell me what you are trying to do. What’s going on Victoria? Are you wanting to end our relationship? Marianela would never have done something like this.”

Fedra is behind bars still dressed for the wedding that wasn’t while Emiliano is reading her the riot act about all the shame she has brought to the family. Fedra goes into teary mode and denies all wrongdoing. “Everything I have ever done has always been for my children.” “¡Basta con la justificación! (enough with the justification!)” yells Emiliano. “You should always have been the owner of that house. Your parents should have left it to you, not to Luis Felipe and his wife.” wails Fedra. “You’re always pretending. Don’t you realize that I don’t believe you anymore!” yells Emiliano and calls for the guard to let him out. I’m going to pay for the services of a lawyer, he says, beyond that I’m not moving a single finger to get you out of here. “No Emiliano, please no! Fedra begs and cries as Emiliano leaves and then of course curses him once he is out of earshot. “Where’s Bernardo? - I need him. Well, even if the world abandons me and leaves me alone, it doesn’t matter.” - she saunters over to the cot flouncing her skirt like the queen she imagines she is.

Emanuel is still holding onto Victoria’s wrist. “If you don’t agree with how I am doing things, Emanuel” Victoria lectures “pack and get yourself and your wife out of this house.” “I’ve lived all my life here with my family - I’m not leaving.” he answers. “Are you really capable of kicking me out of this house after everything that has happened between us?” he asks her. “This is not your or your families house anymore Emanuel,” she answers. “ And if you don’t follow my rules you leave!” “Hmmmm - no! I need to speak to Marianela. She needs to know what you are doing because I’m sure my lovely gordita would never approve of what you and Jorge are doing.” Emanuel answers.

“I forbid you to call her ‘my lovely gordita’!” cries Nazi-VM “Don’t be such a hypocrite You have stopped loving her.” “Because I fell in love with you!” Emanuel yells repeatedly. And we’re back to the same, old, same old. “Don’t you dare to repeat all that stuff you told me in the hacienda and make me fall in your arms and take advantage of me” spits back VM. “It will never work between us.” Emanuel repeats his history of how he loved Marianela with his whole heart and soul and now he can’t believe it, but he has fallen even harder for Victoria. Of course VM doesn’t believe a word and insults Eman, and he responds with how he put everything into their hacienda encounter, while she was just messing around. “So, was I just another lover on you list, like Jorge?” That earns him a slap! Nazi-VM is mad now! “That was a mistake at the hacienda!” she cries. “Don’t you ever talk to me like this, I don’t believe a word you say. I don’t love you and you don’t love me!” ad nauseum. Emanuel - “I don’t believe you, you feel something for me, I love you like a mad idiot” ad nauseum. And since words don’t work of course has to go in for the forceful “convincing kiss” which, um, Marienela doesn’t stop right away....

A little break in the sturm und drang while Axel steals a kiss from a smiling Delicia. Delicia asks him if he is OK about his mom. Well the good thing in this is that we don’t have to hide our relationship anymore smiles Axel. Back to their smooching...

Hospital room with Oliver whose arm has just been patched up but he is waiting for the doctor before release. Lorena is in the room with him. “Are you still here Lorena?” asks a bewildered Oliver. “Oh - Muñeca told me I had to be with you all the time” answers Lorena. She has no where to go, doesn’t want to see anyone because of her shame in being Mauricio’s cousin, starts to cry, whining about how Alex and Delicia have been deceiving her lying about how they were going to get married. Gets a shoulder to cry on. And then, of course, she’s all over Oliver!

“Errrrh!” VM finally pushes away from Emanuel and demands he never do that again! “I love you, I love you, I love you!” responds Emanuel, “and from the way you just kissed me, I realize you’re the one who is lying. You’re just not brave enough to tell me to my face that you also fell in love with me.” A furiously mad VM pushes his shoulder out of the way as she leaves.

Back at the pension. Netty just gets off the phone. “Oh - you’re not going to believe this!” she crows to the ladies, “my niece and Jorge have just taken possession of the RyD house and Brandon arrested Fedra!” The ladies are delighted. “Today is the beginning of the end for Fedra Curiel!” declares Netty. José watches, curious. “I need to do an article for tomorrow’s paper says Manolo, and I have just the photo”. Jose overhears: “I am hearing so much about Fedra Curiel that I have the urge to meet her!” “Oh no you don’t want to meet her Jose, that woman is the incarnation of evil!” declares Netty. Manolo shows Jose the photograph. “Oh no, it’s not possible!” thinks the captain, “it’s Juana Felipa! She’s not dead!” Jose stares into space, impactado. “Are you OK Jose? you look pale.” the ladies ask. “No I’m fine, I think I’ll just go out for a walk and get for some air.” and the captain leaves. “Oh - that man gives me the shivers” says Gladiola. The ladies start raving how virile, etc. José is. “Gosh - he reminds me of the star of that telenovela” blah, blah, blah.....

Fedra posing in all her finery on her throne (prison cot) doing her Shakespearean Tragedy monologue. “I can’t believe my own son would every betray me like this! I should have died in the burning shipwreck with you in my womb along side your father José Maria Sevilla, rather than see this day. I’ll never forgive your betrayal.”

Emiliano walks in the pension to talk to Netty. “Who was that man who just left?” “A new renter.” “I want to ask your forgiveness as all the stuff you told me about Fedra was true.” asks Emiliano. He’s so sorry he couldn’t stop Fedra. “Don’t blame yourself, she was very able, she had even bought a judge!” replies Netty. They commiserate over the sordid family history of Fedra’s offenses. “And you know what, Emiliano, what hurts me the most, is that you never would believe me, but that’s all under the bridge.” Netty tell Emiliano. “That’s what I’m here about, Netty, now my children are well out of Fedra’s reach, and I’m going to start the divorce proceedings. I want to marry you as soon as possible!”

Avances - Jose comes to visit Fedra in jail and calls her Juana Felipa Pérez!

vocabulary:

escenas de celos - jealous rants/scenes (or as Jorge says - esthenas de thelos)

berrinche - tantrum

dalo por hecho (dar algo por hecho) - consider it done; also can be to take something for granted.

flojero/flojera - boring, worthless

pasar el rato - to mess/fool around; to hang out (like with friends)

los escalofrios - the shivers

la golosa esa - that sweet tooth (person)

un aliado - an ally

las lonjas - love handles (rolls of fat)

Que descaro - what cheek, insolence, effrontery

Que poca vergüenza - what little shame

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