Caray, Caray!

Capitulo #55 Lady Luck Turns on Ruben

Casa Rubigote: Mayra wants to know what’s up with the “wedding gift” that was delivered to Aida. She doesn’t believe him when he swears the signatures on the divorce agreement (convenio) are false. Crying and pointing to herself – actually her chest – she asks, “wasn’t this enough? Who is the other woman!” Of course, Ruben denies there is anyone else. He swears by all he holds dear, Mayra and their daughter, that there is no one else. Aida runs down the stairs pointing at him telling not to involve her in his mess (enredo) and by the way, she doesn’t believe him either. She suggests her mother stop begging him and grant him the divorce if that’s what he wants. He implores them to believe him when he says he doesn’t want a divorce. Someone is trying to split up their family. Oh, stop playing the victim, Aida says. We’re all victims, Ruben replies. Aida says he knows perfectly well there is someone else and he had sworn it was over. She now sees that’s not true. Ruben tries to mollify her, saying they had already discussed this but Mayra’s not standing by idly. No, she’s stunned that Aida knew about an affair. She physically attacks Ruben who tries to hold her off. Aida tries to pull them apart. Everyone’s yelling. Aida tells Ruben to quit the saint act. He’s a liar and she doesn’t believe him and she hates him! ¡Te Odio Papá!

Luisa’s checking out Fer’s apartment. He asks her to rejoin him in Cancún, he misses her. She had planned to stay only for the wedding but now she has other projects pending.

Paloma’s Coop: Paloma makes it clear Teresa’s not welcome in her home and reminds her she should conduct all business transactions through her apoderado. Teresa clarifies this is not a courtesy call nor is it related to business. She’s come to talk to her about the child she supposedly had with Arturo. She congratulates her on her shrewdness (astucia), but this will not help her re-conquer Arturo. Paloma says that was not her intent. She never planned to tell him. Tere’s not buying it. If Arturo wants to believe her, that’s up to him but Tere doesn’t. Furthermore, she tells Paloma that dead baby didn’t mean anything to him. Paloma can’t believe Teresa can be so cruel. Tere tells her Arturo loves children but the only children he’s going to have will be with her. “¡Largate! ¡Largate de aqui!”, Paloma screams. Tere just laughs. “Stop chasing him,” she tells her. “Besides you’re too old to give him children!” ¡Huy!

Fernando’s Lair: Luisa’s clearly uncomfortable being alone with Fernando in his apartment. They talk about the wedding while she tries to avoid his advances. He finally manages to steal a kiss.

Casa Medina: The Medinas are almost done packing. Juana and Cutberto have come by to say goodbye. Mariano and Aurora are also there. Nachita asks them all to watch over Johnny and Espe.

Fernando’s Lair: Well, that kiss has landed them on the couch. She pushes him off. She lets on that she’s a virgin. She’s embarrassed and thinks it’s “cursi” (tacky). He doesn’t think so and assures her they’ll wait until she’s ready. She refuses his invitation to dinner and his offer to take her home. She needs time alone to think and rushes off.
Casa Medina: Aurora tells Mariano she’ll be starting school again and won’t be able to dedicate as much time to the clinic. He hopes it’s not because she’s still angry with him over Teresa. She assures him that’s all behind them now. Then she tells him everyone reaches a point when they decide to stop suffering for someone else.

Casa Juana: Tere doesn’t understand the Mama Drama. She’ll figure out a way to get Armando a job and hopes Mama will stop causing so much drama. Juana notices Tere’s a little out of sorts today – wedding jitters? Tere wishes her wedding were today to get it over with. She’s worried that Paloma keeps coming after Arturo. She tells Juana of Paloma’s baby-mama-drama and the fictional story of a dead baby. Naturally Arturo was upset and it’s obvious that those memories are still very strong. She can’t run any more risks. She needs to get married now!

Fernando’s Lair: Luisa’s back! Her heart tells her she doesn’t need to keep looking. The man of her life and the love she’s always looked for is……Fernando. Well, that was fast! Fer is appreciative of the “gift” she’s about to give him and will do whatever is possible to show her he’s the man of her dreams. I say she should have held out longer. Anyway, he continues to kiss her then picks her up in his arms. TN cliché #23.

Restaurant Wa: Aurora tells Martin that although they’ve just met, she considers him a great friend. He’s happy she feels that way but he wants more than friendship. Aurora is honest and tells him she’s in love with another. Martin is very well aware of that, it’s obvious. She doesn’t want to lead him on. He understands but tells her just as she’s willing to do anything for that man she loves, he’s willing to do anything for her. If she wants, he’ll even slay a dragon for her. So cute, and she laughs. They both agree to see what happens.

Casa Chavez: Refugio is at her Refugiest! She’s still angry and tells Armando she’s plum tired of Teresa always coming first. Then she bans him from her room! WHAT!? Armando’s all, “¿Que dices?” She tells him again, she doesn’t plan to sleep with him until he gives her her rightful place (Hasta que me des mi lugar). Hell, if I were Armando, I’d be jumping for joy.

Juana’s Apt: Tere is leaving and Mariano is there as she opens the door. He confronts her with sending the compromising photo of Espe/Rubigote and the divorce agreements to Aida. She doesn’t deny sending the proof of the Espe/Rubigote affair to Aida.

Casa Chavez: Armando’s following Refugio around the house telling her he understand how she feels but they need to support Tere until she gets married. Refugio’s worried about how they’re going to pay Gemma when he has no income. He tries to give her the money Tere gave him. Refugio refuses, saying what if Tere has another fight with el Licenciado, then where will they be? (isn’t she EVER going to call him by his name?) She notices the shopping bags on the couch. Armando tells her Tere bought him clothes so he can be presentable at the wedding and also to look for work. He starts to tell her Tere bought clothes for her as well when she says no, she doesn’t want any gifts. Gee, what a surprise that is. She goes on and on and on – you know the drill, telling him where is the Armando she once knew? The man who was so dignified. The man who always said one had to know one’s own worth. Now he just does whatever Tere says. She understands Tere has done well (superado) but doesn’t understand denying her origins or her embarrassment of them. Until he helps Tere see the errors of her ways, she doesn’t want them to be together (in bed). He asks where he’s to sleep since Espe has the other bedroom. Refugio will talk to her, but she can’t continue to be with him as though nothing has happened.

Restaurant Wa: Aurora and Martin open their fortune cookies. His says “Una persona entrara en tu vida no la dejes ir.” (a person will come into your life, don’t let her go) But he reads, “A person will come into your life, very beautiful (Hermosa) with an incredible smile and with a very profound gaze (mirada profunda)”. She laughs and asks him if all that is written on the little strip. He responds it’s in Chinese. So cute. Now her turn: “Darte una oportunidad y la vida te dará lo bueno que mereces.” (give yourself the opportunity and life will give you the good you deserve). “Humildemente” (humbly) he says, implying he’s the “opportunity”. She accuses him of fixing it so they would get these fortunes. He tells her she has no idea how much it cost him to bribe destiny. They laugh together and he tells her what a beautiful smile she has. Aw! I like Mariano but one dinner with this guy and I’d say Mariano who?

Casa Juana: Mariano doesn’t think Tere can explain everything and he no longer wants to listen to any more of her lies. He starts to leave but she stops him telling him she did all this to force Ruben to make a decision, to keep his promise to Espe and divorce his wife. Mariano accuses her of doing all this just to get even with Aida. If that were so, says Tere, she would have taken her to the Love Nest, but she didn’t. Mariano feels that’s no justification, Tere’s been the paño (cloth/handkerchief) of Espe’s lagrimas (tears) for years. Tere never betrayed her confidence but given Espe’s current situation she had to do something, and fast. She counts off Espe’s troubles: she was desperate, no money, working double shifts, exhausted. She can’t even pay Tere’s parents for the room she’s renting; how will she singlehandedly support her child? Mariano still insists what she’s done is not right. She’s hurt a lot of people and the person who could end up hurting (perjudicar) the most is Espe. Tere feels at least she was willing to do something to break up that marriage. Mariano tells her it wasn’t her place to break up that marriage. He just hopes things don’t get out of control. He asks that she not tell Espe about any of it to avoid stress and causing problems with her pregnancy.

Hospital: Meanwile cute Dr. Hernán el Galán talks to Espe. He’s sorry he was so rough on her when he told her she should tell Ruben about the baby. She didn’t take it that way but she’s sorry he had to listen to all her drama. He tells her it’s no problem he did it with mucho gusto. She yawns and he just stands there looking all lurvingly at her. Sigh.

Casa Caceres: Ruben is at a hallway door pleading with Aida and Mayra to let him in. Nyah, nyah that’s what you get. Mayra and Aida are both very distraught and crying. Ruben continues to plead, huffing and puffing but he can’t blow the door down. He finally walks away. Inside, Mayra can’t believe Aida knew about the other woman and begs Aida to tell her who she is. Is she young? Is she pretty? She just doesn’t understand! Everything was good between them even though they argued. He told her he loved her. She wants to know who she is. Aida tells her Ruben said it was just una aventura (adventure) and that it was over. Apparently not. Mayra grasps at straws wondering if maybe it’s not true. Aida points at the divorce papers forcing her mother to look at the signatures. Mayra says he swore to her they were false and they can send them to an expert (perito) Aida calls her dad a desgraciado. Mayra’s off her rocker now and admonishes Aida for calling her father names. Aida then calls him a liar (mentiroso) and a hypocrite (hipócrita) . Who knows how long he’s been cheating and for all she knows he’s spending all her money on his lover. Mayra refuses to believe that Ruben is capable of such a thing. Aida tells her not to be so naïve. They need to be smart about this and start checking out all her accounts to protect themselves. Now Mayra’s a mess and Aida is the protective one.

Fernando’s Lair: Guess the “gift-giving” is over. Fernando and Luisa are cuddling under the sheets. He thanks her for her “gift” and she can’t think of anyone else she’d rather give all her love to….todo. He loves her. He knows her decision wasn’t easy. She doesn’t regret it one bit. She’s happy. He’s the man she’ll love the rest of her life. He’ll take care of her always, Preciosa.

Casa de la Barrera: Tere’s glad Arturo so happy. And that’s why she doesn’t want him to see that mujer because she always does something to upset him. She’s following her mother’s footsteps and this puts a damper on Arturo’s good spirits. It’s not Paloma, it’s his child he keeps thinking of. She suggests they go out to dinner to cheer him up. After all, they’re getting married in a few days. They should be celebrating and she suggests they invite Luisa and Fernando. He talks with Luisa, who’s still in bed with Fer. She gets all nervous and Fer tells her to take it easy, they didn’t do anything wrong. She hurries to get dressed when Fernando’s call from Arturo comes inviting him to dinner.

Casa Juana: Refugio comes by to help Juana with the wedding dress. She’s suffering, wishing that Tere will come to understand her, as well as Armando. Juana advises her to stop arguing with them especially now with the wedding so close at hand. Espe comes by and offers Refugio to give up her room. Refugio’s really embarrassed Espe’s aware of her marital woes. Juana suggests Refugio and Armando need to be alone and work things out She offers Espe a place to stay for a few days. Refugio begrudgingly asks if Espe wants back the one month’s rent she paid in advance. Espe understands they need the money what with Armando unemployed and all. You’ll notice Refugio didn’t insist. Again, she’ll take money from those who can ill afford to part with their money. But when offered money from her daughter? No way! Espe begins stammering and stuttering that they may want to rethink the whole arrangement and neither will want her staying with them. She tearfully blurts out that she’s preggers.

Casa Geno: Ruben tells his tale of woe to Geno, like she hasn’t problems of her own. Yeesh! Geno warned him a long time ago to leave Espe. She’s sure Espe sent the papers. He’s certain Mayra is so furious she’ll put someone in charge of auditing the accounts. He’s screwed if she finds out how much money he’s taken from her. Geno can’t believe he’s come to her with all this. Does he think she even cares about money or anything else at this moment? She’d give anything for Paulo to be alive. She just can’t figure out where she went wrong with him. How did he end up on drugs? She should have taken better care of him and not leave him alone so much. Ruben tells her it’s no use blaming herself. Parents are people and make mistakes. She hugs him and tells him she’d like him by her side like this forever. He tells her that’s not possible, especially now. She asks that he allow her to enjoy their time together at least for now as though nothing else mattered. She asks that he spend the night and comfort her. Oh, he’s struggling mighty hard.

Casa de la Barrera. Luisa tells Teresa about her tender evening with Fernando confessing they had sex. Teresa calls her a tonta and says Fernando will never marry her now.

Casa Juana: Refugio thinks Espe should have told her parents before they left. She’s happy Espe decided to keep the baby even though working and taking care of him will be difficult. Wow! I thought Refugio was gonna go off on her. Guess she reserves that for Tere and Armando. Juana assures her everyone will help her. Espe is ready to pay the consequences of her tontería but hopes her baby won’t be affected. Juana thinks it’s important she take care of herself and that the baby be born healthy. Espe wishes it could have been like Teresa who has both Mariano and Arturo after her and she chose—she sees Refugio’s face. She was going to say the one with the money, but stops herself and says Tere chose who she chose. Espe knows she’ll never marry but has the consolation of being Tere’s madrina for her wedding.

Teresa’s bedroom: Tere is giving Luisa hell now and Luisa starts to sniffle. Luisa knew Fernando is a well-known mujeriego (womanizer). That type of man wants one thing and one thing only. Although she may have been a bit of a challenge (reto) the end result was the same as all the others. ¡Huy! Arturo comes in and Luisa can’t hide that she’s been crying. Tere tells him it’s due to the wedding. Luisa had just told her she’s like a sister now and they both got emotional. They chatter back and forth about how women take so long to get ready and Tere finally gets him out the door. She goes back to Luisa and tells her if Arturo finds out what’s happened he’ll kill Fernando. Luisa can’t even look at him for the shame. Tere says fine, it’s done and now it’s important that she not give in so easily the next time. He needs to work for it so he’ll see she’s not like all the other Viejas who chase him around. Luisa’s different and is worth much more than that. Then she calls her hermanita and hugs her and gets that evil shark-smile on her face.

Casa Juana: Juana, Refugio, and Espe are sitting around the table working on the wedding gown. Espe’s yawning and Juana tells her preggers need their sleep. She also tells Refugio to go home but Ref says she has no desire to see Armando. She wonders if Juana is going back to el Licenciado’s (hello? His name is Arturo!) Johnny’s taking her back after he finishes his taxi duty. She wants to put in as many hours as she can on the gown. Ref’s concerned Tere is there alone with el Licenciado? (I give up) Juana tells her they’re having dinner with Luisa and Fernando. Ref hopes Tere will be happy when she gets married. This gown will have a piece of her even though Tere won’t know it. Juana tells her it’s a labor of love and is sure Tere would appreciate it.

Casa de la Barrera: Fernando is waiting at the bottom of the stairs as Tere walks down. Arturo is elsewhere in the house. Fernando tells Tere she’s very guapa as the steamy electric guitar winds up. She doesn’t think his comment is very prudente. Appreciating female beauty doesn’t seem to him to be imprudente or to admit his best friend is very fortunate to have someone like her. Tere just looks at him, thinking I’m sure: shark bait! Arturo shows up. They’re just waiting for Luisa. More compliments for Tere.

Casa de Grumpy: Grandad comes into Pati’s room bringing her a meal. He reminds her she’s a minor. He leaves a tray of food and she swears she’s going to escape and starts looking through her stuff and finds a nail file. She goes to work on the bars covering her windows.

Hospital: Baby Daddy Drama!!! Rubigote shows up at the hospital and grabs Espe, telling her she’s to blame (por tu culpa) for his ruination. He’s lost everything. “Is it my fault or your mentiras?”, she spits back at him. Just as she figured him out, now finally his wife has too. It’s her fault he says. Maldito be the day she confided in Teresa. Then he tells her Tere sent the divorce papers and the photo Aida. She doesn’t believe him. Oh, believe it. Her supposed friend has betrayed her. Espe is muy impactada.

Casa de la Barrera - Arturo noticed Tere seemed tense around Fernando last night. Anything wrong? Nothing, it was probably because she’s worried about her dad. She tells him he quit his job at the hospital. Arturo can help him out by hiring him as a messenger, if he accepts the offer. She’s very grateful he’s willing to help her family.

Casa Grumpy. Pedophile Johnny is sending a cell phone up to stupid Pati using a basket. It’s the one Ruben had given Espe. She sends him her lip prints on a paper since they can’t kiss. Oh goodness.

Casa Caceres: Aida’s crying over a photo of Paulo. Mayra comes in, also crying, and announces Ruben didn’t sleep there last night. Is he with that other woman? Aida tells her to forget about him and not allow him to ever sleep in this house again. Mayra’s still in denial. They loved each other. She doesn’t know what she’ll do without him! Aida tells her she needs to be strong. What he did was the ultimate (el colmo) and she herself will never, ever forgive him. Mayra agrees she may not forgive him as his wife but he’s her father and as such she’ll have to forgive him. Aida doesn’t agree and sits her mother down to tell her exactly what they must do.

Hospital: Oh no, now Rubigote’s calling her Chiquita and telling her not to be this way. She tells him to get away from her and he doesn’t understand when he remembers her liking him to touch her. He grabs her and kisses her while she’s struggling against him. He tells her they could have been happy but she ruined everything with her demands of marriage. Hernán el Galán comes on to the scene just then. He grabs Ruben and tells him he needs to leave her alone or he will get a restraining order forbidding him entry to the hospital. Scram! She also tells him to leave, they’ll talk later. Hernán now tells her he agrees that man doesn’t deserve to know about the pregnancy.

Casa de la Barrera: Juana arrives happily carrying the gown. She unwraps it and describes all the embroidery done by hand. She’s so busy showing off all the work, she doesn’t notice Tere’s face. Uh-oh, the sharkette isn’t liking it! How sad for Juana.

Casa Caceres: Ruben arrives and tries to make small talk with Aida asking how she’s doing. Aida takes a step back asking him what he’s doing there. He’s come to talk with both of them. Mother’s out. She went to see her attorney. He’s taken aback and asks that she at least allow him to explain. She doesn’t need his excuses. He needs to excuse himself to her mother and since she’s not there he can come back another day and by the way she no longer works for him. He’s a hypocrite and a liar, telling her he wants to comfort her and console her and at the same time lying to her and her mother. She accuses him of continuing the affair. He denies it, she doesn’t believe him. She wants to make it clear, crystal clear, that from here on out she’s in charge of her mother’s affairs. I think Ruben’s gonna choke.

Tere’s bedroom: In her gown, Tere looks miserable as Juana fusses about recounting the many nights she went without sleep to get it done. Reina walks in with a huge box from Spain. As Juana goes to help, the box falls open and yup you guessed it, it’s a wedding gown. Juana is crushed, another wedding dress? Tere doesn’t know what to say, momentarily I’m sure.

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Capitulo 56 La Madrina y La Malagradecida

Casa Caceres: Ruben can’t believe what Aida’s just told him. He has his own fortune. Then he hasn’t got anything to lose, Aida says. He thinks it’s absurd, telling her he makes a very good living as a notario. She knows he makes very good money, but infinitely less than mom’s enterprises. She’ll know for sure when she gets a report from the accountant auditing everything pertaining to mom. He tries a different approach. Calling her “Princesa”, he tells her she shouldn’t concern herself with business when she’s just suffered such a loss. She needs to recover. Maybe she and mom can go on a trip and he’ll join them later. What a tool! She’ll never recover from Paulo’s death and she’ll never fall in love again. She thought she would have her family to fall back on but he ruined that too. He tells her, “Estas haciendo un tormenta de un vaso de agua.” (You’re making a storm from a glass of water). She disagrees. She’s found a reason for living: protect her mother and her interests from him. He can’t believe she’s talking to him this way especially when she knows the affair had no meaning and that it’s over. He pleads with her to help him fix things with her mother. Don’t let that mistake cause the destruction of a marriage. He loves Mayra! She doubts that and her mother does too because she’s at the attorney’s now to start divorce proceedings. Oh, he’s so screwed. Guau! What a great scene, ¡Qué emoción!

Tere’s room: Poor, distraught Juana’s still on the floor holding the gown from Spain. Jaws music begins and Tere start circling, saying she doesn’t know anything about this dress. Juana asks if she’s sure. Tere throws out yet another whopper. Maybe Luisa ordered it. Luisa had told Tere about this expensive designer in Spain and they had checked out the website. She’ll have to talk to her about it. Juana’s near tears now asking Tere if she ordered that dress. Tere denies it then wonders if Arturo asked Luisa to order it for her. Oh, Juana’s eyes are really tearing up now. Tere’s going to talk to Arturo but she needs to change out of her dress, because he can’t see her in the dress she’s wearing to the wedding, right? As Juana’s helping her, Tere tells her she’s so appreciative that Juana made her the dress.

Geno’s house: She’s crying and looking at Paulo’s picture next to the urn with his ashes. She’s sorry she didn’t realize he had such a big problem. She swears she’ll find the person responsible. He wasn’t able to realize his dreams. She doesn’t want the same to happen to her. She will end up with Ruben. Now that Paulo’s gone, she will realize her happiness at any cost. She’s crying and Mayra walks up behind her. Eek! It kinda scared me. She’s come by to check on her. Geno lets on that Ruben filled her in on their problems. Mayra wants to know who the tipa is that Ruben is cheating with. Geno feels there’s no point in knowing who, the point is he cheated on her. Mayra talks about suspecting he was cheating and sharing her thoughts with Geno, her best friend. And now her suspicions have come true. She was going to see an attorney but changed her mind. Why leave the path clear for that tipa? Of course, Geno advises her to divorce Ruben. Now that he’s cheated on her, she has no choice. Why live like that? Divorce him and find someone else. Mayra planned on being with Ruben the rest of her life. She just doesn’t know what happened. They both agree it’s sad. But Geno trumps her by saying nothing compares to the loss of a child. She tells Mayra she’s alive and needs to see to herself and her daughter. She’ll see, someone else will come along. She hugs her. ¡Vibora!

Casa de la Barrera: Tere joins Luisa and Arturo in his office. Luisa and Fernando have agreed to be the padrinos of the rings. Tere’s all happy and agrees with whatever he chooses for the rings. She talks about Aida saying she hoped she would have joined them on their big day but doesn’t expect Aida will feel like going to a wedding now. And neither will Genoveva. Arturo says she’s a strong woman and she’s found a new purpose: finding the source of Paulo’s drugs. Tere feels she should just let it go. Arturo and Luisa disagree. They should find the desgraciado and put him in jail. Tere can only agree, but she’s shaking in her tiny spike-heeled feet.

Vecindad: Mariano and Johnny are talking about Fito leaving the vecindad. Johnny remembers him leaving the day Paulo got sick. Mariano puts two and two together and figures it was Fito who provided Paulo with the drugs.

Casa de la Barrera: Tere and Luisa are talking about the rings, with Tere saying she’ll go with whatever Arturo wants so long as he’s happy. Luisa says Arturo is very happy participating in everything having to do with the wedding. They turn to leave and we see Juana on the balcony – she’s so sad.

Tere goes back to her room to find Juana comparing both dresses, seeing that the other dress is much finer. Tere says Arturo had ordered the dress for her after she had commented that she liked the design because the silk chiffon was made in Mexico. But no, she can’t do that to Juana. She told Arturo she would please him in any way with the wedding. She’s using the lazo from his parents’ wedding, the rings he chose, but she’s going to wear the dress Juana made even though it’s part of his plan. She goes on talking about how he ordered the dress through Luisa, wanting only the best for his bride to have an unforgettable wedding. Isn’t he just wonderful? She just keeps piling it on as Juana keeps looking at the dresses. She’s crying now and tells Tere she must wear the dress Arturo bought her. “Are you sure you wouldn’t mind?”, Tere asks. Of course not, Juana says, then she thinks of the hours she and Refugio put into making this dress. But no, she needs to wear the dress Arturo bought her. Teresa hugs her and thanks her for being so understanding. She just wants to make him happy especially after what he went through with Paloma. She wants him to really enjoy planning this wedding and wants to make him happy. Juana can’t stop crying and Tere can’t stop smiling as she’s hugging Juana.

Fernando comes by and asks Luisa why she was so serious at dinner last night. She’s worried he’ll no longer take her seriously. He’s more in love with her. She shouldn’t doubt his love. Does she want him to propose? She doesn’t feel it should be that way. She doesn’t think it should be on the condition of marriage. She did it because she loves him, she loves him, she loves him. She surprises him more and more every day. He likes the way she is and how she thinks. Yeah, especially cuz she’s not asking for marriage?

Juana’s still crying, poor baby. Tere threatens to go tell Arturo right now that she’s going to wear Juana’s dress. Juana stops her, telling not to be silly. She’s going to wrap up the dress so he won’t see it and avoid any problems. Tere is ever so grateful that Juana understands her, not like her mother who surely would’ve made a drama out of all this. She takes the dress back from Juana, saying she’s going to preserve it along with the other dress and keep it all her life. Juana decides she needs to go back to the vecindad and leaves. As soon as she’s out the door, Tere tosses the dress aside and goes to the designer dress and fondles it. Juana’s on the other side of the door, falling to the floor in tears. Ah, so sad. While Juana is crying, Teresa is holding up the designer dress against herself saying this is what she deserves. From here on out, adiós to homemade clothes.

Grumpy Grandpa is hiring a maid to take watch over his granddaughter. The maid-to-be says she’s really good at taking care of rebellious girls.

Juana’s apt: Oh, Juana is really crying now. She tells Cutberto about the dress. He can’t believe it. Esa muchacha tiene mal entraña. (that girl is bad from the inside/heartless) Cutberto says the obvious, couldn’t she have told her el Licenciado had ordered a dress? Juana refuses to hear anything bad about Teresa. She explains how she convinced Tere to use the other dress. She’ll always defend her. Cutberto says Tere is mala but it’s up to Juana if she wants to let Tere continue to treat her badly. She kicks him out. She keeps crying.

Hospital: Tere tells Espe she did something to convince Ruben to get a divorce. Espe’s not surprised it was her who sent the divorce papers, photo, etc. She tells Tere she feels betrayed. Tere feels she’s doing what’s necessary to make him responsible for the baby. Espe’s not happy. She told her not to say anything and now Ruben is complaining he’s lost everything. Tere’s convinced she’s won. Now Espe needs to get to work and get him back. Now she and her baby will be happy. Espe looks at her like she’s crazy and just shakes her head in disbelief.

Casa Geno: Ruben is telling Geno that Aida’s convinced Mayra to put her in charge of Mayra’s interests. Geno: It’s really costing you to have obsessively fallen for the wrong woman. Ruben doesn’t want to hear her reproaches. He needs her to understand that if he can’t pull money into the Luna Turqueza project, they’re gonna have big problems. They both agree construction can’t be delayed. He asks for her help on getting Aida away from Mayra’s business. He also wants Aida to forgive him. Not only because her rejection hurts him, but also because without her forgiveness Mayra will never return to him. Divorcing Mayra is not convenient for him. I’ve got news for him: it’s not convenient for Geno.

Hospital: Tere is working hard to convince Espe to reconcile with Ruben. Espe knows he’s seeing someone else. Tere thinks it’s dumb now that he’s divorcing to leave him to that other woman. Espe feels he’s a bad person and besides he’s angry with her for confiding in Tere. And truthfully, she’s not very happy with Tere either. Tere only has her best interest at heart even if it means losing her friendship. She may have had good intentions but Espe feels it was still wrong and she wants Tere to swear she won’t tell about her pregnancy. Mariano walks by and Tere calls out to him. She tells him the same thing, that she did what she did only to help Espe. Mariano disagrees and feels she only sent the divorce papers to anger Aida. Then he tells Espe to think about what Tere did to her so she won’t continue to deceive her as she did to him for so many years.

Casa de la Barrera: Mayra comes to see Arturo about divorcing Ruben.

Back at the hospital, Tere tells Mariano he just wants to pit Espe against her because he’s angry she’s not marrying him. He tells her he doesn’t want her to use Espe to harm others. He sees Aurora pass by and excuses himself leaving Tere open-mouthed impactada. She tells Espe not to listen to him. He’s just hurt because she returned to Arturo. Espe knows and doesn’t understand why she returned to Arturo when she loves Mariano. She noticed the way she got when she saw Mariano go after Aurora. Espe tells Tere not to marry Arturo especially because she still loves Mariano.

Casa de la Barrera: Arturo asks Mayra if she’s absolutely sure she wants a divorce. He lied to her, cheated on her. She’s sure Arturo must know who “she” is. Who she is doesn’t matter, he says, what matters is that Mayra evaluate her situation. He tells her think clearly about her next move. She should calm down and then they can talk. He then tells her he doesn’t feel comfortable representing her since they’ve both been such good friends all these years.

Hospital: Mariano asks Aurora about her schooling. She’s been allowed to practice in this hospital. He congratulates her and asks her to lunch. She takes a call and tells him she can’t maybe later. After she leaves Daryo asks if she has a boyfriend and Mariano reacts. Daryo notices this and Mariano explains it’s just that since she went to University he hasn’t seen much of her and he misses her. Gosh he’s cute.

Aida goes to visit Geno. They both cry as they hug. Aida just doesn’t know how she’ll get along without him. She notices the urn on the table. Ay bebé. Poor thing, she’s really suffering.

Juana’s apt: She’s also crying when Hector the Director comes by to invite her to the movies. She’s really sobbing now and he offers a shoulder to cry on.

Hospital: Tere agrees to think about Arturo vs Mariano but Espe needs to think about Ruben. She’s already fought with her family and the bomb already dropped at Ruben’s house. When Espe objects that he already has another lover, Tere reminds her she’s having a baby. Why should she sacrifice herself? Tere tells her she still loves Ruben and she’s no longer alone and taps her tummy. She sees this as her big opportunity.

Aida is crying and talking to bebé, saying he didn’t have the chance to finish telling her about Teresa. But she will get revenge against Teresa with what will hurt her most. Just then, Mariano walks in.

Teresa’s room: She’s playing the Mariano/Tere theme and dancing with good ol’ Teddy and talking to Mariano. She still loves him but she’s going to take him out of her heart just as she took him out of her life. Whenever she thinks of him, she’ll think of everything’s she’s gained alongside Arturo. She’s kept her word and got out of that dirty (mugroso) vecindad and she’ll have everything she deserves. The only thing left to do is to fall in love with Arturo, and this too will come to her. She puts Teddy on the bed then grabs a cushion and SMOTHERS TEDDY! O-M-G! Someone save the bear! I didn’t know whether to laugh or be scared. This is one scary tiburoncita.

Geno’s house: Aida introduces Mariano to Geno. She thanks him for taking care of Paulo. She begins to cry as she asks him to explain what happened to Paulo.

Casa Caceres: The maid comes and tells Mayra there’s a brand new car outside waiting for her. She gives her a letter from Ruben: Don’t throw away 25 years of marriage because of a tontería. I still love you. Forgive me. Ruben walks in asking if she’s going to come see her gift. She doesn’t want anything from him. If he thinks he can get her back by buying her gifts he needs to think again. He begs her forgiveness and asks her to think of the love there has been between them. Mayra: He never loved her or he wouldn’t have betrayed her. Ruben: That woman was a stupid mistake that he’ll never be able to live down. A woman of no importance, an aventura. Mayra: A woman of no importance that you bought an apt for! The apt that was supposedly for Aida was nothing more than your love nest (nido de amor). She’s sure he didn’t tell Genoveva the real reason for the apt because surely she would have told the truth. She was so stupid, worrying about him working nights. Ruben: Please know that she and Aida are so important to him. That’s why she should forgive him. She shouldn’t let Teresa’s envy separate them. Mayra: She couldn’t even if she wanted to. In fact she’s grateful to Teresa for opening her eyes. It sickens her when she thinks of him with that other woman. ¡LARGATE! She screams at him as she physically pushes him. She continues to scream at him as she asks him for the keys, tells him to take his things or she’ll throw them out. ¡LARGATE! Like I said before, he’s so screwed.

Geno’s house: Aida shares how she saw Paulo buying those pills but didn’t get a good look at the guy. Mariano shares his suspicion of Fito but doesn’t know his full name. Geno starts getting ideas on how they can ID the guy.

Juana’s apt: Hector and Juana return from the movies and he comments on her crying at a movie about bullets and violence. She gamely laughs. He asks her to dinner. He takes a call from Aurora who’s cooking dinner and asks him to invite Juana to come for dinner.

Casa de la Barrera: Cutberto arrives with a rose and finds out from Teresa that Juana’s not there. She’s very rude to him and tells him to leave or she’ll have him thrown out. He asks if she’s planning to have Arturo kick him out. If that’s so Cutberto plans to tell him all about the dress. Arturo comes out just then and recognizes him from the serenata he brought for Juana (which was really from Mariano to Teresa).

Casa de Geno: Mariano leaves and Aida explains he’s the man Tere loves. She’s planning to get her vengeance on Tere through Mariano and then through Arturo. Time’s a-wasting so she needs to work fast to make Tere pay with lagrimas de sangre (tears of blood) . She also throws in “Rata de Vecindad” for good measure.

Casa de la Barrera: Tere says Cutberto was just leaving. Arturo invites him to stay and wait for Juana and Cutberto agrees. Arturo has to leave so he leaves Cutberto with Teresa. Cutberto thinks it’s a shame Arturo doesn’t know the kind of woman he’s marrying. He’s here for Juanita to console her after Teresa’s snub. She tries the lie about Arturo buying her the dress. He calls her on it saying the novio pays but the novia chooses. He wishes she were a kind person with a big heart. That would have saved Juanita her current pain but Tere doesn’t value her. Tere disagrees. She does value her. Cutberto isn’t buying it. She tells him to leave and says Arturo won’t like that he’s such good friend with Mariano. Cutberto tells her that’s the only thing he’s grateful to her for: she’s left Mariano.

Hospital: Mariano asks Dario to cover for him. He wants to see Aurora to mend their relationship. He thinks she’s still angry with him.

Grumpy Granpa: He introduces Pati to the new maid. Her parents are so angry they don’t even want to talk to her. Text msg from Johnny telling her he’s thinking of her and loves her. FF>>

Restaurant: Arturo meets with Ruben, telling him he doesn’t want to represent Mayra. Ruben doesn’t want a divorce. He broke it off with Espe and wants to work it out with Mayra. Arturo asks if he’s sure. Ruben speaks to the problems caused by divorce: community property, the business. He also shares his cash flow problem with respect to Luna Truqueza and hits him up for a loan.

Casa Alcazar: Aurora’s in the kitchen with Martin. She doesn’t know how to cook and he’s there to help her. We have a cute scene where he’s teaching her how to knead pizza dough with his hands covering hers telling her the dough must be kneaded with cariño (affection). Their faces get really close. Mariano walks in as he’s dusting flour off her nose and they’re giggling. Oh no!

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