Caray, Caray!

Capitulo 45 Revolving Doors at the Blecheler Pad

Showdown at the church. Everyone is assembled in front of the church and Rubigote arrives with a huge gift for Pablito – a racecar set (cresta de cochesitos). Patty-jail-bait shows up and Johnny runs up to her and they kiss. No one seems to have an issue with this, including Holier -Than-Thou Refugio. Teresa gives Ruben the old stinkeye. Ruben starts to make some excuse to Espe that he, um, uh, left his cell in the car. Teresa stops him before he can get away and tells him she’s known of the affair for years and hasn’t said anything. She goes on to say she felt it would have been a shame for him to miss this important day just to avoid running into her. Espe confirms Teresa is her BFF.

Paulo/Geno: Paulo gives momma some documentation indicating he’s drug free. She’s not convinced and asks if he’s lying to her. She loves him and would hate to see something bad happen to him. Well, he says, you needn’t worry. She leaves and he gets on the phone to Fito saying the drug analysis on “that guy” worked out great, but now he needs something.

Church: Teresa asks Ruben why he’s so nervous? Does he doubt her discretion? Espe tries to convince Ruben everything’s okie-dokie and tries to pull him toward the church. He’s not going anywhere and wants to know where they met. Tere fills him in, saying they know each other from the vecindad that his daughter holds in such contempt (desprecio). If his daughter knew that the woman he loves comes from the same vecindad as Teresa, she would say he’s fallen in love with another “rata del vecindad”. But of course she’ll never find out. Because when he’s divorced and marries her friend, they’ll live someplace else, right? He stammers out something about how complicated divorces are and you know how my daughter is. Teresa informs him she’s advised Espe to be patient. And Espe chimes in telling him she showed Teresa his divorce papers. Tere then tells him although Arturo does know everything that’s going on, he’s very discreet plus he won’t be attending the ceremony today. She walks away to join her family.

Nachita is telling Refugio that Espe’s BF is here and wants to introduce them. Papa Pedro makes a comment about the age gap. Refugio says that’s ok and emphasizes “as long as they REALLY care for each other” and looks directly at Teresa who ignores this and walks away looking for someone to take a photo. Ay Refugio just doesn’t give up, does she?

Aurora and Mariano are inside the church praying for Pablito. He puts his arm around her as he’s praying that he and Aurora will be good godparents. Of course, Teresa is tearfully watching from behind a wall.

Johnny and Pati skip around making small talk. FF>>

Ruben and Espe are arguing. Ruben is concerned about running into Tere just when he was becoming partners with Arturo. If he had known Tere was going to be there, he wouldn’t have come. There’s always a risk. Why didn’t she tell him Teresa knew? Espe: Because I knew how you’d react. Teresa has said she’ll never say anything even though your daughter has dedicated her life to bothering her. Ruben: You should have told me. How is it she’s your BFF? What if she’s the one who sent the photo? Espe: ¿Como crees? Besides Teresa would never do anything to harm me (HA!) especially now that you’re getting a divorce.

Jaws theme plays as Tiburoncita comes up behind Mariano and Aurora. Phew! She only asks them to step outside to take photos. [I thought she was gonna go all Great White on them.] Once outside, she suggests Pablito take a photo with Espe and her novio. Mala. Ruben is feeling really uncomfortable and wants to leave. Espe, of course, is having none of it. What will she tell her parents. He doesn’t care, he cannot risk having another problem. He warned her. He tries to move past her but she holds him back asking to please not leave like this, all angry. She’s kissing him and trying to convince him to stay. Aurora and Pablito are moving closer to take their picture. Aurora’s messing with her camera and then looks up and realizes Espe’s BF is Ruben! I forgot she knew him. Just at that moment, Cutberto comes out rushing everyone in, the priest is ready. Ruben takes this opportunity to leave. Teresa is smiling, Aurora is shocked and Espe is hurt and impactada that he would leave.

During the ceremony, the priest speaks about the godparents. They seem to be a couple on good terms (avenida). This is great for their godson and hopes they share the same values and always care for each other’s well-being; that they avoid selfishness, vanity, and ambition. Mariano looks back and meets Teresa’s eyes. The priests goes on to say this is the true meaning of love and although we all make mistakes, there is always the possibility to put things right. This time, it’s Refugio’s turn to look at Tere.

After the ceremony, Aurora pulls Espe aside and says she needs to speak with her, but later. They all pose for a group picture. Tere has a sourpuss look watching Mariano and Aurora together with Pablito. Refugio, never knowing when to keep her trap shut, says: “That should’ve been you.” Tere reminds her she chose not to be madrina. Refugio twists the knife in deeper: “That doesn’t mean you’re not suffering. I know you. That look tells me you’d like nothing more than be by Mariano’s side.” Teresa tells her that’s enough, be quiet, she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Refugio continues, “And where’s Arturo? Why isn’t he here?” When Tere tells her he’s working, Refugio still on her rant says, “Well that’s too bad you can’t be together on such a beautiful occasion. Face it. Your relationship with el Licenciado is starting off bad.” Tere walks away. Ok, I’ll reserve my soapbox rant for the comments but this woman needs to SHUT THE FUG UP!

Mariano and Aurora share a nice little moment together talking about being godparents and what a great mother she’ll be someday. He takes her hand as they smile at each other. Teresa witnesses this looking very unhappy.

Cutberto takes Juana inside the church and swears to her before the alter that nothing happened during their night of tequila driven madness. He tells her if something had happened, she would have remembered. Nudge-nudge, wink-wink. She’s relieved.

Nachita and Pedro confront Espe about Ruben leaving. They thought he was going to change his work so he could spend more time with her. They’re very disappointed in him and everyone starts leaving to head off to the vecindad. Espe is left standing there mortificada and Aurora stands behind her, concerned, and behind them is Teresa, satisfied with her work.

Rubigote is asking if Aida can prove Teresa took that photo of him with the “other woman”. She can’t but he must understand why she can no longer have Arturo as testigo at her wedding. Ruben: “It’s impossible to cancel his invitation.” Aida: “Then find a way for him to come without Teresa. No way do I want her at my wedding – ¡ni en pintura! (Not even painted/in a painting). Ruben then has a bright idea. Teresa has said she wants to let bygones be bygones. Why not take her up on it and be her friend. Predictably, Aida scoffs at this harebrained idea. She doesn’t understand why he or el profe can’t see Tere’s true evil. Daddy has the last word: No way is he going to undo a multi-million peso contract because of one of her caprichos (whim) especially since she can’t prove Tere sent the photo.

Everyone shows up at the vecindad. Tere walks in and announces she has a gift for Pablito. Her chauffeur brings it in – a bike. Pablito’s jumping for joy and Mariano knows she’s just doing this to show off.

Cancún: Fernando and Luisa are enjoying drinks on the beach and Fernando takes a call from Arturo. They talk business. Art tells him he’s buying into Ruben’s project and he also mentions he’s planning to come down soon. He asks about Luisa. Fernando tells him Luisa’s very happy and not to worry, she’s in very good hands.

First Communion Fiesta: Mariano doesn’t understand why Teresa bought him a bike when she knows he shouldn’t exert himself or did she do it just to show she has money. She says yes, she does have money and Pablito is very happy with her generosity. He doesn’t understand how she could be spending Arturo’s money when they’re not married yet. She doesn’t understand what that would prove Pablito interrupts them and Tere makes her escape.

Pedro starts asking questions regarding Johnny and his jail-bait girlfriend. Did she skip school? In the end it comes out that she sneaked out of the house. Pedro is not happy about this – it’s just not right. Pati asks him not to say anything, por fa. Grandpa will fire Johnny and they won’t be able to see each other. Pedro stands firm – this isn’t right. He advises her to try to convince her Grandpa so they can see other openly.

Tere suggests Aurora speak to Mariano and convince him to forget about her (Tere). Aurora knows Mariano will not give in. Tere asks mom, in a voice loud enough for Mariano to hear, for her Baptism and Confirmation certificates. Since they’re getting married in another parish, she needs to take them with her.

Cancún: Fernando and Luisa are still at the beach. If Arturo is planning to come down, she’ll have to speak with him about what’s developed between them. After Fer suggest they call him now, Luisa says it’s best to speak with him in person. She knows he won’t take the news lightly given Fernando’s playboy reputation. To prove that’s all in the past, he suggests they fly to D. F. next week to speak with him together. She tells him she’ll have to leave as soon as her work is done anyway. He protests. She wants to help with Arturo’s wedding. She still can’t believe he’d ever fall in love again and get married. He asks about Paloma. Luisa tells him they haven’t heard from her in some time. Good riddance, she never wants Paloma to come near him again. She changes the subject, the important thing is that Arturo is happy and nothing will ruin that.

Mariano asks Tere if she plans to vow eternal love before God. Yup! She pulls her parents into the conversation telling mom she’s getting married by the church after all, just as she wished. Armando congratulates her for convincing el Licenciado. Tere corrects him. No, Arturo convinced her. Of course Refugio has to add her pearls of wisdom. Remember, getting married by the church is not just a ceremony. It’s a promise you make that you must keep Every.Day.Of.Your.Life! Duh, really? Jaws theme plays and our tiburoncita actually takes in a breath.

Ruben’s office: Geno arrives and see he’s in a huff. He explains Aida refuses to get along with Teresa. It’s best they make amends considering the partnership with Arturo. He asks Geno to speak with Aida to convince her to mend the friendship with Tere. Geno thinks that’ll be awkward. Aida knows she hates that trepadora (climber) more than Aida herself. Maybe he can get out of the contract with Arturo? No – he must keep his word. Not only due to their years of friendship but that contract is beneficial to him. Geno brings him the news that she may have the third partner they need.

We see a young man pacing a hallway and Whoa! In walks Paloma! She greets him as Martin (have we met him before?). She wants to become a partner in the Cancún project and needs his opinion.

Cancún: Fernando asks about the heart locket she wears. It’s a picture of her parents. She always feels them near. He remembers them well and suggests they visit the cemetery when they return to D.F. He wants to tell them he will take care of their daughter.

Martin tells Paloma he checked out the Cancún project and feels those condos will sell fast and at a large profit. She’s wants to get more involved in real estate. Martin tells her Geno is very interested in getting another partner involved in the project. They may end up signing the contracts this week. She’s in agreement and suggests he sign as her power of attorney if she can’t make it back from Puebla. He recommends they set up a meeting in Cancún to review the site and get to know the people from the construction company. The name of the project: Luna Turquesa (Turquoise Moon).

Teresa tells Juana and Cutberto they don’t make a good couple (no hacen pareja), but her Madrina will figure that out for herself. He tells her "con esas porras me la va espantar peor" (with that kind of encouragement [sarcastic use of Porras=cheers] you’re going to scare her off more.) He asks Juana what more does she want? He told he respected her. Why is she still angry? If she wants, they can go off and he can respect her some more! Ja ja Now she complains that he should have told her right away. He again swears she just fell asleep and he carried her to her bed.

Pati and Aurora chit chat a little about the clinic. Aurora invites her to volunteer at the clinic. Pedro pulls Johnny aside and tries to have a heart to heart with Johnny warning him against dating the boss’ granddaughter. Pedro warns him to respect her. Nachita interrupts them to send Johnny to the market for more refrescos (soft drinks). Pedro tells him this isn’t over.

But before Johnny can leave for the refrescos: Aurora tells Espe they need to talk about Espe’s BF. She doesn’t know how to say this but her BF es casado. Johnny overhears and goes ballistic! WHAT DO YOU MEAN ES CASADO? WHOA – el gato’s out of the bag now! Johnny’s screaming at Aurora demanding to know if the BF was stringing her along. Now her parents are in it too. Did Espe know he was married? SuperMariano to the rescue again and gets between Johnny and Aurora telling him to calm down. In the ruckus Espe escapes to her room with Tere close behind. Espe asks her to get the papers proving Rubigote’s getting a divorce. Tere agrees but in the meantime, Espe needs to consider clearing everything up once and for all so she can be happy with Ruben. How, asks Espe, he’s still married and his daughter hates me. Tere advises her to confront the daughter as well. The important thing now is to tell your family he’s the man you love. There’s no going back now (ya no hay marcha atrás). Tere leaves and Nachita and Johnny come in looking for blood!

Tere walks up to Aurora: creo que ahora si lo regaste (slang=now you’ve done it). Aurora is upset, she didn’t mean to. Tere observes ahora no era el momento (now was not the time). Pedro announces the fiesta is obviously over. Poor Pablito is not happy. Cutberto takes Pablito and Hugo out to try out his bike. Aurora tries to apologize. On the contrary, Pedro says, thank you for opening our eyes. Mariano offers to help. Pedro tells him this is a family matter and asks them to leave. Pedro goes to the racing car set Ruben gave Pablito and destroys it, knocking it to the floor. Johnny and Nachita are in the bedroom with Espe. Nachita is shocked at Ruben’s audacity to speak to them. Johnny can’t believe he deceived her. He wants to know where to find him so he can romperle la cara (literally=break his face). Espe pleads with him not to. Nachita confronts her: did she know he was married? Espe can do nothing else but confess but says he loves her and will marry her as soon as he gets the divorce. WHACK! Nachita slaps her. Everyone is crying. Such a distressing scene and well done, too!

Mariano is consoling Aurora telling her the truth was going to come out sooner or later. This may actually have a good ending forcing that jerk to make a decision and get a divorce. Aurora knows the family and as far as she knows Rubigote and wife are fine and have no plans to divorce. He had a feeling this was so and tried to warn Espe. Aurora just can’t believe this of Aida’s father. Aida’s always bragging about how much in love her parents are. She’s wondering why Teresa didn’t do anything. Mariano tells her she reviewed the divorce papers and found everything in order. Obviously it was all a lie. Aurora’s distressed about Espe and her family. Mariano tries to cheer her up and invites her to have some ice cream. Having ice cream with him always makes her happy, but it’s not the ice cream, it’s his company. She smiles meekly.

Espe’s room: Mom’s understandably upset. Que decepción (disappointment). How could she do this to the family? Espe didn’t mean to do anything wrong, she fell in love with Ruben. A married man, Nachita screams back. Yes, Espe tries to weakly explain, but his wife only made his life bitter (amargo). His wife! Nachita says. Now it’s Johnny wants to know where did they meet, when did they meet? Nachita suddenly realizes the money she brought home was from that man. She admits he helped her sometimes. Johnny is disgusted, saying he admired her and thought she was working so hard. Espe begs for forgiveness. Mom’s not having it. Espe is the lover of an old man. Pedro tells her Ruben will one day tire of her and find another lover. Espe refuses to believe this saying he’ll divorce his wife and marry her. (ah, poor Espe, this sounds so much more pathetic now) Pedro is really upset and says she can go to him now, “¡Vete con el!” He drags her off the bed and toward the door.

Whew, we need a break from all this drama. At the park, Juana and Cutberto are trying to teach Pablito how to ride a bike. Cutberto flirts with Juana.

Ruben and Tere arrive at Arturo’s at the same time. He tells her they need to talk. She’s kept his lover a secret for a long time but now he needs to do her a favor. He wonders if she’s threatening him. No, she’s proposing a non-aggressive pact. In exchange for her discretion, she’s asking that he speak to Aida to stop harassing and humiliating her. It’s clear to him she is the only one who could have sent that photo. Why should she do that when she’s got much better proof to show Aida the real man behind the bigote. He warns her not to threaten him. She tells him to stand back, Jack! Instead of telling Aida, she can talk to his wife. He calms down considerably saying this is a non-aggressive pact. She agrees there’s no need for aggression. She doesn’t want problems. It’s best they form an alliance instead of working against each other. Arturo walks in and sees she’s having a chat with his new partner. Well, she was just telling him how glad she was everyone is happy and that hopefully Aida will eventually join in. Ruben can only stand there and smile. Tere takes it a step further and invites the Caceres clan over for dinner to celebrate their business venture. She takes a call and excuses herself. It’s Espe.

Espe is distraught. Poor thing. She’s a pitiful sight, standing in the vecindad, suitcase in hand. Dad kicked her out, telling her to go live with Ruben. Tere doesn’t skip a beat. Espe must now seek Ruben out and tell him he needs to step up. After all, she’s told her family everything and now he must do the same. Before hanging up, she whispers “Búscalo” (find him).

Park: Hugo and Pablito are complaining about the fiesta ending. Cutberto is flirting with Juana telling her she’s so good with kids. She should get married and have children. She tells him he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He tries to steal a kiss and she rejects him, telling him needs to start at zero.

At the Medina home, Johnny is suggesting they should have made Espe stay to see if that man would have the nerve to show his face again. Pedro doesn’t think they’ll see him again. Mariano, Pablito, and Hugo arrive from the park. Pablito starts crying over his broken racecar set. Johnny tells Mariano that his dad sent Espe off to live with that man. Mariano starts talking about how the Espe/Ruben affair went down, letting on that he knew about the affair. Johnny’s in disbelief and attacks Mariano. They tussle back and forth but no real damage is done.

Espe arrives at the blecheler pad. Ruben comes out of the bedroom in a bathrobe, “who’s there?” -Oh, this is surely going to be bad. What is she doing here, he demands. She runs to him and starts crying telling him what happened. He wants to know who told them - Teresa? Espe tells him it wasn’t her but that doesn’t matter now saying, “My family doesn’t want to have anything to do with me.” (no quieren saber nada de mi). He says, “Well, you always knew that was a possibility and yet you insisted that I meet them.” She understands but now he’s going to need to speed up the divorce proceedings. He pulls her off him (!), “No, Esperanza. I warned you that I didn’t want problems. It’s your fault that everything’s ruined. I told you to be discreet. But you and your cheap (cursilería) romantic ideas, wanting to have a novio con manitas sudadas (BF with sweaty hands) ruined everything. Forget about me!” Espe: “How can you ask that of me? I’ve left my family. I confronted my family. (yo enfrente a mi familia) and I was waiting for you to get a divorce.” Ruben: “Well, yeah but that was before you committed tantas estupidezes (so many stupidities) y peor aún (worse yet) I let myself be convinced. Give me the keys. I won’t permit you to ruin all my plans.” And with that, out comes Genoveva wrapped in a sheet: “I think Ruben was very clear." She wraps an arm around Ruben.

Maira and Aida arrive at Arturo’s for dinner. Teresa’s coming down the staircase looking very much like the lady of the house and Aida says so. Tere asks how the wedding plans are coming along. Well, Aida went to try on a dress and a certain RATA tried on the dress she liked so now she’ll have to find another dress. Arturo walks in and greets Maira. She goes to greet him and Tere asks if Paulo is joining them. Aida says most assuredly not and don’t think she’s planning to stay. She didn’t bring along any pesticide (pesticida) Teresa warns her not to provoke her. Tere turns to speak to Maira and Aida stops her, saying she better not mention that other woman. Tere: “If you stop humiliating me, I’ll keep quiet but that’s up to you.” Aida loudly announces she’s leaving and splits. Maira asks Teresa what happened. Tere doesn’t answer but says she has many things she wishes to discuss as they walk off arm in arm.

Blecheler pad: Espe physically attacks Ruben yelling at him: “¡Cínico! (shameless) ¡Descarado! (barefaced/blatant) How long have you been cheating on me.” Ruben: “Think what you want, but stop bothering me.” Espe: “I’m so stupid, if you did it to your wife, how could I think you wouldn’t do it to me. ¡Eres un desgraciado!” She attacks him again. She throws the key at him and then tells him now she wants nothing more to do with him. She picks up her suitcase and leaves. This whole time Geno is standing there smirking. She tells Ruben she guesses he’s now finished with Espe forever. Then she lets the sheet fall: “Where were we?” He tells her he needs to leave. He’s expected at Arturo’s. She relents saying it’s important that he attend this dinner as the Cancún project will prove beneficial to both of them. She expects this will be the first of many projects they’ll work together. They start to smooch. Ugh – they deserve each other.

Cutberto can’t believe Johnny fought with Mariano. Mariano understands and asks Cutberto to put himself in Johnny’s place. How would he feel if it were his sister. Sure, Cutberto says, but it’s certain le dio mas entripados (it made him angrier)when he found out Mariano knew all along and didn’t say anything. The Medina’s are really going to be hurting for money now that Espe won’t be helping out. Johnny also told Mariano he no longer wanted to drive the taxi. They talk about Ruben. Mariano saying he knows he’ll never get divorced. Cutberto says it makes matters worse that he’s the father of that girl who is always tormenting Teresa. Mariano then says he needs to talk to Teresa.

Ruben finally arrives at Arturo’s. Arturo, Teresa, and Maira are already seated. Arturo and Tere offer a toast to the project in Cancún. Maira’s surprised to hear about the project in Cancún. Ruben starts tap dancing saying he’s only one of the partners. Then he corrects himself. They are only one of the partners, because after all “what’s mine is yours.”

Reina comes in and calls Tere away, saying someone is asking for her. Tere excuses herself and finds Espe waiting for her in the entryway! “¡Teresa, ayudame!” Ave Maria Purisíma – what now?

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Capitulo 46 Bobblehead Arturo

Tere wants to know how she can help. Espe is desperate and asks if she can stay here tonight, she has nowhere to go. Teresa agrees Ruben is a desgraciado but explains he’s here now with his wife and it’s obvious that infeliz never plans to divorce. Espe wants to go tell his wife right then and there. Tere stops her saying Arturo would kill her. Espe can’t be seen here. She sneaks her up to her room.

At the dining table, Maira tells Arturo she’s happy he’s finally ready to marry. Arturo expects she’ll tell him next Tere’s not the right girl. Maira says if Arturo is happy with Teresa, then he has their support. Arturo says if it were up to him, he’d marry Tere tomorrow. She’s the woman of his life (es la mujer de mi vida)

Tere and Espe enter the bedroom. Tere says she’s furious with Ruben. If it weren’t for Arturo’s business, she’d tell him a thing or two. But she really can’t do anything. Espe’s distraught saying she’d love nothing more than confront his wife and tell her everything. No, Tere says. He’s an infeliz. He had that woman in his apartment today but imagine how many others there have been. Juana walks in just then, surprised to see Espe. Tere fills her in. Juana hugs Espe, consoling her, “All men are condenados (wretched)”. Tere asks Juana to help Espe settle in while she goes back to her dinner party.

Mariano and Cutberto commiserate about their woman troubles. Cutberto suggests Mariano reconsider his friendship with Aurora and date her.

Aurora is on the phone with Espe, apologizing for her blunder. Aurora is angry at the way Ruben treated her and offers her a place to stay. Espe still doesn’t know what she’s going to do. Tere comes up and warns Juana not to let Espe out of her sight and not to allow anyone to see her. Espe assures Tere she’s her friend and wouldn’t do anything to cause her problems.

In the dining room, Maira, Ruben, and Arturo are talking wedding plans. Maira shares that after Aida leaves, the emptynesters plan to do some traveling. Tere returns, apologizing for her absence but she had to help a friend who is having man trouble. Maira agrees it’s important to help her, breakups (rupturas amorosa) are so terrible. Tere tells her the friend is suffering terribly. Ruben is stone-faced (the cad!). Tere asks Maira her opinion, as a woman, “Isn’t it terrible when you love someone so much and give yourself to him and in return he cheats and lies to you.” She looks straight at Ruben as she says this. Maira agrees it’s terrible. Tere starts twisting the knife, saying the “friend” dated him for 4 years. Ruben clears his throat. She continues that her “friend” was understanding, affectionate and only asked that he devote more time to her and meet her family. Tere feels such men are so selfish and will stoop to any depth of treachery so long as they get what they want. Again, she looks at Ruben as she finishes then asks everyone’s opinion on the matter. Arturo says nothing.

Juana lectures Espe. This is why a woman should let herself be pursued (hacerse desear) Espe cries she just wants to die. Juana says no, she has her whole life ahead of her. Espe only wanted Ruben to love her and now she realizes he didn’t love her, never loved her. She doesn’t think she’ll ever love another as much as she loved Ruben. She feels a part of her has died. Juana consoles her telling her to believe everything will be better in time.

Meanwhile, downstairs Maira is shocked that Tere’s friend had no idea her lover was married. ¡Ay Dios Mio ! ¡Que Horror! For a woman, infidelity is one of the most hurtful blows she can sustain. In her opinion it is an unpardonable offense. That said, Tere suggests they change the subject to the matter of the partnership. Ruben talks business and says they only need another investor for Luna Turquesa. Arturo asks if that is the final decision on the name of the project. Tere asks if he doesn’t like the name. He tries to shrug it off and Ruben goes on talking about the project. Arturo goes into a fuzzy flashback of Paloma and him in bed and on the nightstand there’s a book with the title Luna Turchesa. Tere snaps him back into the present. He apologizes. He was distracted. Tere looks at him suspiciously. Could it be he was thinking of something else besides her loveliness?

Paloma is checking out the plans for Luna Turquesa and she has her own flashback of the bedroom and Arturo is reading the book Luna Turchesa – He’s impressed she was able to find it in Italian. He’s spent years looking for it. She found it in Venice. She comes out of her flashback talking to herself that she misses him terribly and needs to see him.

Casa de la Barrera: Ruben hands Arturo the invitation to the wedding and makes it clear that of course Teresa is included in the invitation. She’s delighted to attend. Jaws theme: Now that her friendship with Aida is mending, she wants to wish her the best on that day. She adds, “It will certainly be an unforgettable (inolvidable) wedding. Oh, I’ll bet.

Paulo and Raul are in the poolroom talking about Paulo getting married and starting a new life. Paulo says it’s time Raul start a new life as well and stop thinking about Aida because he’ll be dead before Paulo allows him to touch his woman.

Aurora and Aida are at a club talking wedding and bachelorette party. Aurora can’t help but have a preoccupied look on her face. Aida asks what gives. Aurora asks if everything’s ok at home (not too slick, Aurora). Aida says sure, why? Never mind. Aida goes on about the wedding saying she wants everything to be perfect on the day she marries Paulo.

Casa de la Barrera: the party has moved to the living room. Both couples are talking marriage and how happy the Caceres couple looks. Oh no, mad Espe is in a robe on the balcony watching as Maira talks about 25 years of wedded bliss and kisses Ruben. She watches as they talk about their plans for their silver wedding anniversary. We see Juana leading mad Espe away from the balcony.

Aida complains to Aurora that her dad is now partners with Arturo de la Barrera meaning he’ll be closer to Teresa. Even now, he’s having dinner with them. She was invited but didn’t stay. She criticizes the way Tere flaunts herself as the woman of the house. Aurora suggests she get used to it. Aida knows Aurora doesn’t like her to speak ill of Teresa but really, she is not a good person. Aida acknowledges that she’s very class conscious but clearly Teresa is mad, bitter at life and is genuinely not a good person.

Juana marches Espe back into the room asking her what was she planning to do, cause a scandal? Espe just wanted to see for herself what the Mrs was like. She thought she was a witch but now realizes she is a nice person. Ruben painted her as a desgraciada but she’s a good woman.

Arturo and Teresa are saying good bye to the Caceres. Teresa seems to be doing all the talking with Arturo only nodding his head appropriately. She hopes to one day host a dinner for all the investors although she doesn’t think Genoveva will want to sit at the same table. Ruben assures her Geno is a businesswoman and knows how to separate business from personal differences. Maira offers to host the next dinner. They say their goodbyes and leave. Arturo thanks her profusely for being such a good hostess (anfitríona) They share a tender kiss. He assumes it was Espe that came by. He understands she’s her friend and is ok with her staying there. They’ll talk in the morning.

Espe apologizes to Tere for the drama but she had nowhere to go and promises this will only be for one night. They discuss her options and decide she can stay at Juana’s. Juana leaves to get her something to eat. As soon as she leaves Tere gets to work. “Are you going to admit defeat so easily?” (te vas dejar por vencida tan facíl ) “If I were you, the least I’d do is ruin Ruben’s marriage, cause a scandal.” She should confront the wife and tell her everything. It’s the least that jerk deserves. Espe sinks into the bed, feeling faint. She hasn’t had anything to eat and Tere offers her some fruit. When Espe says the sight of it makes her queasy, Tere’s eyes almost pop out of her head! “Esperanza, no estaras embarazada.” (Can you be pregnant?) I don’t know where this falls in TN rulebook but it’s gotta be in the top 10. OH NO!

Aurora tells Dad about her evening with Aida and the wedding plans. Dad’s glad and teasingly asks if she may have met a galán even though he knows she still has her heart set on Mariano. She tells him that’s on hold because Mariano insists he’s going to keep pursuing Tere until she gets married. Dad feels this is a mistake. Aurora thinks it’s a sign of true love. No, dad disagrees, true love is letting that person go when they no longer want to be with you. Daddy Hector the Director is so cool.

Espe doesn’t even know where she’ll live and now that she may be pregnant…..Tere suggests they first need to do a pregnancy test but this may not be a bad thing. Can she imagine what Maira and Aida will do when they discover she’s going to have his child? As they’re pondering this, we hear mariachi music starting to play “Si Nos Dejan”. A serenata! Tere assumes it’s from Arturo, how romantic. She runs downstairs to take a peek. She sees it’s Cutberto singing with Mariano by his side looking all hunky and hawt! Juana and Tere are worried about what Arturo will do when he finds out. On cue, in comes Arturo.

Arturo asks about the serenata. Tere tells him she’s sure it’s one of his neighbors with a romantic boyfriend. She changes the subject, wanting to talk about what happened with Espe. As the song keeps playing in the background, she keeps him busy by talking about how she didn’t want to bring up the subject of the affair because of his friendship with Ruben. Espe comes down and tells she’s embarrassed by what’s happened. Espe thanks him for his hospitality and explains she’s leaving the next day to stay at Juana’s. Arturo agrees ending the affair is best and they’ll talk tomorrow. Espe thanks him again and starts to leave. Tere tries to keep her there talking and and tries to signal with her eyes for Espe to stay and talk. Espe’s tired and just wants to go to bed now. Music’s still playing and Tere’s getting frantic. Arturo hugs Tere and says he had warned Ruben this day would come and he would have to choose and it’s obvious he has stayed with his family. She breaks the news to him that Espe told her Ruben already has another amante. While they’re talking, Tere is mouthing to Juana who is still standing by the window – “help me” Arturo, as usual, is oblivious to all this.

Casa de la Barrera: Mariachis are still playing. Mariano is giving them instructions and stands against the wall, hidden from the house. What, is he planning to stay there all night? Inside, Arturo is going on about how he was never in agreement with the whole affair, marriage is sacred, etc, etc. Tere keeps holding him, signaling Juana behind his back to do something! Juana’s at a loss. She suggests they all retire. How can they rest with all that racket going on? He’s going to ask them to stop. Tere tries in vain to stop him from going to the window. He thinks he recognizes Cutberto. Juana’s so embarrassed, saying he’s come to serenade her. Tere chimes in saying Cutberto is Juana’s suitor. Tere suggests Juana go and tell him to leave. Arturo thinks they should invite them in as is customary. No! We’re all tired. Juana yawns, yeah, so tired. She goes outside and tells Cutberto to get the hell outta there. Cutberto refuses until she kisses him. Juana then starts in on Mariano. Mariano starts shouting about his love for Teresa, climbing the fence. Juana tells him she’s out with Arturo. Mariano insists he wants Tere to tell him she no longer loves him, in front of Arturo. He plans to wait until she returns. The three go back and forth at some length.

Inside Tere and Arturo are resting on the couch. She telling him she can’t believe Cutberto would bring the serenata to his home. Love makes us do crazy things, he says. Just then Juana comes in to tell them the mariachis have left. Tere goes back to her room and speaks to Mariano via Teddy the Familiar, telling him it was so wonderful for him to bring her a serenata and to see how far he’ll go for her. Juana comes in and tells her she lied for her, telling Mariano they were out. She tells Tere Mariano’s got it bad, he loves her so much. But wasn’t it romantic?

The following morning, Arturo and Teresa are working. She mentions she noticed he seemed a little tense when they spoke about Luna Turquesa. It’s nothing he said, just thinking about the project. She suggests if Ruben is capable of lying and cheating with Espe, maybe they need to be cautious in their dealings with him. He may be a womanizer (mujeriego), but Arturo’s never had cause to distrust him when it came to business. Tere understands he’s a friend but Espe is her friend and doesn’t want to give up the friendship. He’s fine with that only he suspects Espe wouldn’t want to run into Ruben. He’s sure she can get through this.

Cancun poolside: Fer and Luisa chit chat about work a little then head off to jump in the pool. Zoom into their cellphones sitting side by side and sinister music plays.

Vecindad: Mariano tries to talk with Johnny. Johnny’s still angry with Mariano for keeping Espe’s secret. Mariano’s concerned Johnny no longer wants to drive the Taxi only because of the money Johnny will be missing out on. Johnny is still very angry, saying he doesn’t need any favors, especially when he hasn’t asked for them. Then he stalks off.

Casa de la Barrera: Espe doesn’t know what she’s going to do. Tere has brought her a pregnancy test. As Espe runs off to pee on a strip, Tere’s left to muse on Ruben, as though talking to Aida: “your dad may not leave his marriage, but the news that you may soon have a little bro/sis will be worse.” Then she whispers, let it be positive! Let it be positive! Please let it be positive.

Rubigote’s office: Geno comes by and smooches him before he even has a chance to close the door. She tells him of the new investor who’s just recently moved back from Spain: Paloma Dueñas. Hmm, the name sounds familiar to him but he can’t quite place it. She’s meeting with her and if she agrees to invest, a meeting will be set with Ruben and Arturo.

Espe and Tere wait for the results. Here it comes, the suspense builds: RESULTA POSITIVA!!! Espe is beside herself as Teresa grins behind her back. Teresa can’t believe Espe didn’t take any precautions in this day and age. Espe doesn’t want to have the baby. She always dreamed of having a baby with Rubigote but didn’t plan on it happening like this. Teresa tries to reason with her, telling her a baby is always a blessing. Espe counters that she has no money, no support and how will she work and take care of a baby! Tere tries to comfort her telling her she’s good with babies saying how well she did with her little brothers. And besides Ruben will have to help her, even if it’s only financial help. Espe can’t imagine how Ruben will react to the news of a little Mini-bigote. Tere wants her to think about it calmly. She’s going to drop her off at the vecindad and they’ll talk later. Just remember that a baby is the greatest miracle of love. Amazing how Tere gloats and grins with glee then immediately changes when Espe turns to look at her.

Clinic: Mariano receives word that the hospital Santillana has accepted his application for residency. Aurora hugs him in congratulations and lingers maybe a second too long when they break apart. Mariano seems oblivious.

Arturo asks if Espe is ok, he thinks she’s pale. Tere and Espe leave for the vecindad. Reina brings in the mail. He drops a magazine, sees Fernando on the cover then he picks it and rips it open to find a picture of Fernando and Luisa! In the pool kissing! Infeliz, says Arturo, te encargue a mi hermana. (Scoundrel, I left you in charge of my sister). I'm confused, aren't Fernando and Luisa in the pool at this very minute? And she's wearing the same bathing suit -- those tabloids work fast!

Cancun: Luisa and Fernando chit chat about his mom. We get the impression she’s a very busy woman always working and he can’t wait to tell her face to face about meeting Luisa. They kiss. In the distance, her cell phone rings, it’s Arturo telling her to call him immediately. Arturo throws down the phone then looks at the magazine again. The cover story is about Fernando, el playboy.

Fernando tells Luisa he can’t wait for his mother to meet her. He hasn’t told her he’s in love yet. He wants to wait until he introduces them. Art leaves her another message, then tries her room. Of course, no answer. Angrily he says, “no puede ser.”

Espe arrives at Juana’s. Cutberto comes by claiming the serenata was for Teresa because if he wins her over, he wins Juana as well. Juana: Si me toca, me pierde. Then she breaks the news that Espe is now living there.

Cancun: Luisa and Fer are still kissing in the pool and now his phone is rings. Arturo leaves an angry message saying this is the fourth message he’s left. He throws the phone across the room and it lands at Ruben’s feet who has come by to meet with him. Ruben hands him the contracts and tells him Geno is meeting with the possible new investor and suggest they meet if the investor decides to sign on. Arturo tells him he’s leaving for Cancun, for a personal matter involving his sister and he’ll review the project site while he’s there. Ruben leaves and Arturo is still agitated, repeating, “no puede ser”

Tere’s in the car talking to Arturo via cell. She can’t believe he’s on his way to Cancun and didn’t say anything to her, did something happen to Luisa? It’s nothing like that he says, and he’s gotta go. Then he hangs up on her (!) as he leaves through the gate to his taxi. Tere stares at her phone then dials up Luisa’s number and gets voicemail. Sista’s still smooching up the playboy is my guess. She leaves a message then says she can’t believe Arturo had the nerve to go without her. He’ll regret it. She then orders the chauffeur to take her to the vecindad.

Clinic: Mariano is on the phone in an interview saying they’re opening another clinic and will continue until they have 60 clinics. He finishes his call and in walks Mala Hembra herself. She tells him yesterday he serenaded her with no thought to the fight that may have ensued had Arturo found out. Mariano doesn’t care so long as she realizes the depth of his love (lo grande de mi amor). He’s willing to do anything to win her back. He kisses her and she kisses him back, and their theme plays. He asks her to stay with him. She tells him her life is with Arturo. He knows she still loves him and asks yet again for her to return to him. She claims she’s very confused. Maybe she needs to be alone to figure it all out. Then she lays it on him, she’s going to Cancun to figure it all out.

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