Caray, Caray!

Os wants JP to convince Vic to tell him everything about the mystery kid. Yes, Os, you're always the last one to know. Os wants JP to tell him who the baby daddy is…in fact, he demands it! But Vic says he doesn't have the right to know. Max interrupts this tender scene by dragging Ximena in. Predictable whining ensues. Max carries her upstairs while Os calls the doctor. Vic turns on JP and blames Maria D for Ximena's troubles. She finally asks him what he came for…"I came to talk to Fer, but it seems like Ximena's the one who needs me." Vic gives him permission to talk to her after the doc sees her. But before he can go upstairs, she tells him that if his mom doesn't play ball, Vic will tell everyone that he's the baby daddy. JP says he's got to convince her to soften her heart. Ha! Like that's ever going to happen!

Bernarda and Padilla hate Vic. Yeah, we got that memo. Bernie thinks it's time to drive Vic crazy with problems. She's got a plan, and it's a fun one.

Nathy suggests a big party for JuanJo's dead buddy's baby, but the widow is still very sad and even though she's proud of her husband, but that won't bring him back. Maria D and Milagros come up and Maria tells them that Ximena made a scene. Nathy is pissed! Maria says Ximena will never leave them alone. Milagros says that Ximena is a vieja (old lady, but really "bitch") despechada (spiteful), and spiteful hags are capable of anything! Milagros advises Maria…"Don't misunderstand me, cause I like blondie, especially since he gave me my son back, but it's gonna be hard for him to leave his family, what with his sister, and besides his crazy wife's not gonna just let you take her husband away."

Said crazy wife is continuing to weep. The doc wants her to calm down. She's weak and these frequent freak outs are bad for the baby. He tells Max to keep her calm or the baby won't make it. Ximena just cries louder that she doesn't want to lose the baby and it's all Max's fault, and Maria's…and everyone else's! Wah, wah, wah!

Milagros thinks that Max is just too nice of a guy, and she knows if anything happens to Ximena's baby, Maria's not going to feel good about it. She wants Maria to give up on Max and find another guy. After all, she's young and pretty, and she's got that Eau de Protagonista about her. Maria cries and Milagros hugs all the girls.

Max clenches his jaw and tells the doc that everyone will make an effort to make sure the baby is born healthy. So he can do a DNA test and make sure it's actually his. No, of course not, that would be asking too much. The doctor leaves and Ximena wails even louder. Vic guilts Max about the baby and tells him to think about what he's doing. Then she leaves. JP asks Max to leave him alone with Ximena and Max does. JP smothers Ximena with a pillow. No, wait, sorry, that was my wishful thinking.

Israel's widow introduces Milagros to some of the other neighbors. As everyone's talking about where they come from, a younger woman walks by and introduces herself and the neighbors make fun of her. Israel's widow tells the neighbors that Milagros is a matchmaker and they get all excited. Yeah, she'd have her work cut out for her, trying to match those two! Don Napo comes off and gets them all flustered. He gripes at Milagros for leaving him alone with all those customers and when he starts flirting with the ladies, she hustles him out of there. The neighbors start fighting over who gets dibs on Napo.

JP tells Ximena to chill out already. "You know Max doesn't love you." She says it's just because Maria came between them. Xi invokes the earlier deal, where Max was supposed to stay with her until after the baby was born. She whines until she convinces JP to talk to Max. *sigh*

Maria tries to calm herself down. She tells Nathy that Max isn't going to leave his family while they need him. She'll just have to go it alone. *sigh*

Max tells JP he gets upset every time he thinks about the way Ximena tricked him. JP doesn't want Max and Maria to feel responsible for Ximena losing her baby, so he thinks they need to stop seeing each other. He tells Max that children mean sacrifice and you have to give up everything for them and be willing to change.

Ximena thought bubbles that she's sure JP will convince Max to stay with her, which will buy her more time to plan what she's going to do with Maria. Right. Cause lack of proper time to plan has been your major downfall all this time. She turns the waterworks and the whining back on when Max comes in. Max wants to have a calm conversation. She wants a promise: baby first, then divorce. "Promise me, or I swear you'll never see me or your kid again." Max promises. Dumbass. He wants her to promise to be calm. She does. Liar. "I'll do whatever you say, my love!" Max won't let her smooch on him and leaves the room.

Milagros grouches to Napo about flirting. Napo says the two of them are just friends and he's not ready to settle down anyway. "Or are you jealous?" Milagros denies it.

Vic doesn't want to talk about anything with Os but the kids…the ones they have in common, that is. Micaela comes down with Fer's tray--she's refusing to eat anything. Os goes to talk to her. Oscar needs Vic, but she says Max will have to take care of it. "He can't make this kind of decision!" A large portion of the company has to be sold right away…sales have tanked and a lot of events have been canceled. And the money for Os didn't help. Oscar says even if they mortgage everything, it won't be enough to help. Vic offers to send Max to negotiate with the bank. Oscar is willing to try it. Os tells Vic not to worry--he'll get his money back from Gui.

Max goes to see Maria. She's worried about Ximena. Max says they need to talk.

Gui is hanging out at his swingin' bachelor pad. Os comes to call, interrupting Gui's chillax time. Is he keeping Ofelia's body mummified in some other room of his house? Sorry, distracted. Blah, blah, blah, chit-chat, I want the money back from the theater. "What theater?" "The one I gave you all the money to help buy!" "I don't know what you're talking about. You don't have any proof that you gave me any money, but I, on the other hand, have a paper you signed giving me power of attorney." Oh, so the claws are out now, are they, Gui?

Ximena's freaking out, the baby's in danger, Max doesn't want the baby to die and Maria doesn't want that either. Max starts to promise that when his baby is born…Maria is done with promises. Their relationship has always been impossible, she says. Max wants a chance to prove to her…but Maria thinks it's time to accept reality and get on with their lives. Max will go be with his sister and his wife and be the pillar of the family. Their love just isn't enough. Max wants one more kiss, but Maria says they need to walk in opposite directions and he needs to do it without turning around. Maria walks away. Max walks away. Maria turns around to look at him. Max turns around to look at Maria. They go back to each other and hug and kiss. Maria pushes away from him and walks off. Max cries.

Maria walks in the park.

A photographer gets into his truck. He sees Maria. He sees her holding her belly. He grabs his gear and gets back out of the truck.

Max remembers Maria saying their love is impossible. He decides he doesn't want to lose her.

The photographer takes pictures of Maria watching the kids play in the park. It's a little stalkerrific. He asks all the kids to pose for a picture with their moms. Maria looks at him doubtfully…he's actually taking pictures of her. She keeps it together until the group of kids leaves then starts sobbing. He comes over and tells her not to cry, that whatever it is will be ok. "Sometimes we think that what happens to us in life is the most important thing, but the most important thing is that we're alive. You'll be fine, you just have to calm down. You'll see." Max comes over to beat the guy up.

Gui plays dumb. He says he hasn't defrauded or robbed. "You signed the documents. It's not my fault you didn't read them." It's all legal. The theater belongs to Gui and Gui alone. Os punches him! Fun times! He starts choking him…woo hoo!

Photographer guy is all, "Dude, you hit me!" Max is all, "Dude, you're macking on my woman!" Photographer guy is all, "Dude, she's YOUR woman? No wonder she needed comforting!" Max is all, "Dude, the best thing you can do right now is walk away." Photographer guy is all, "Dude, I know that, but guess what, I'm not gonna…nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah!" They start to fight again and Maria is all, "Dude! [that's Max dude, not other dude] This isn't helping! And besides I, like, JUST broke up with you!" Max is all, "But I don't wanna break up!" Maria is all, "Dude, like you're the only one who doesn't like it?! You gotta go now. This whole thing is just too messy! Just go away and quit making this harder than it already is." Max is all, "OK, fine! But I--------- will always love you-------------…" They're all *smoochies* while the Photographer guy is all, "Cool, it's my turn!" Max leaves.

Os keeps choking Gui. Gui punches him and stumbles away. "Why are you doing this to me?" "Seriously, dude? You have to ask? It's because I hate you, duh! You stole the woman I loved!" Os reminds Gui that Leonela never loved him. "Yes she did! She did until you showed up!" Hm…this sounds familiar. Gui's been waiting for his moment of revenge. And this is as good as it gets? Gui says he orchestrated Vic finding Os in the hot tub with Linda. He pulls out a gun and he and Os fight over it. The gun goes off (mark your BINGO cards!).

Gui got shot. Os calls 911.

Photographer guy apologizes and suggests they start over. He introduces himself as Alonso del Angel. Maria is ready to take off, but he wants to know her name first. He wants to see her again. She laughs and says now's not really a good time. He offers to be friends and to give her a ride to work. Maria doesn't get into strangers' cars, though. He apologizes again and then offers to walk her to work.

Max is back at work, all pissy and taking it out on the office furniture. He tells Fabian that he and Maria broke up and some other guy has already after her. Fabian tells him to just calm the hell down already. Oscar, Toni, and Pip come to tell Max the company is tanking and he's got to save it. Fabian agrees that things have been in the crapper since Vic stopped coming in. Oscar gets a call…he has to leave and he can't give them any details. Toni shows Max a report.

Maria and Nathy are at work, talking about Maria's breakup. I'm sure her boss finds that thrilling. Nathy doesn't like it, it's not fair. Tears and hugs.

Max finishes reading the report. Yes it's that bad. Yes your mother knows. There's an interested investor, but they have a risky proposition--they want to buy a certain percentage of shares or there's no deal. Max says they aren't going to let themselves be blackmailed. He goes to talk to the bank. Fabian hopes he can work a deal.

Max is at the bank, still thinking about Maria. Does the phrase "bigger fish to fry" mean anything to you, Max? Yes, yes, it was a sad breakup. And this whole thing is stupid and created by the stupidity of the couple in question. The bank manager comes in and Max asks him for a loan. The manager says he's heard rumors that they're nearly bankrupt and he's not comfortable loaning them money. Max says they've always paid early. The manager says there's just not enough collateral for them to use. He won't budge.

Sweet William Levy in a Kayak!

Tomorrow: Alonso finds out about the baby before Max; Vic wants Os to sign the divorce papers; Os finds out about the baby; Max finds Xi and Gui's place; Vic finds out they're nearly broke; Xi whines some more and the threatens to throw herself out of Max's car.

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