Caray, Caray!

Clinic: Teresa walks in as Aida moves in for a hug from Mariano as he consoles her over the death of Paulo. Teresa criticizes her, saying she should be ashamed of herself going after someone else so soon after Paulo’s death. Aida assures her she’ll never forget Paulo but obviously Tere wouldn’t understand because she doesn’t know how to love someone. Fortunately there are people like Mariano who understand and can be supportive. Mariano asks Tere to respect Aida’s suffering. Oh, Tere says she understands all right--no one likes Aida but she’s is happy that Mariano, who Aida has criticized and despised so much in the past, can give her a little consolation. Johnny comes running in at this moment just like Lassie to tell Mariano “Quick!, someone’s fallen on the stairs and they’re bleeding from the head!” SuperMariano grabs his cape, er, medical bag and runs to the rescue! Aida continues tormenting Tere telling her she can’t hide the fact she still cares for Mariano and is dying of jealousy (muriendo de celoz). Tere denies this, saying she’s the happiest woman in the world because she loves Arturo and getting everything she wants. “In exchange for love,” responds Aida. Tere insists she’s with whom she chose and “entre ser ó no ser, yo soy”. She’s what she’s always aspired to be and always gets what she goes after. Aida tells her the higher she climbs the harder she’ll fall (más fuerte será el golpe) and she plans to be there for the fall. Tere: “Oh, please, you’re nothing more than daddy’s little girl who studied only until “I get married”. “As it turns out, you didn’t get married, you’re not a good attorney, and you’re taking my leftovers!” Tere continues, saying she turned down Mariano and he’s the one suffering because she’s marrying someone else. Aida suggests she not claim victory yet. It remains to be seen if it’s not Tere who ends up crying for Mariano. Tere tells her many women have tried to be with him but Mariano can’t forget her. Aida thinks she’ll be the one that makes the difference then leaves. Tere’s pissed and calls Juana to tell her she can’t come up and visit after all cuz she’s running late.

Juana tells her not to worry --- she’s…..a little busy herself. She and Cutberto continue canoodling as he takes her phone off the hook.

Clinic: Mariano finishes up with the bleeding head victim. Aida thanks him for interceding between Tere and her. Mariano feels Tere was wrong in what she said but tells her he doesn’t want to get involved in their broncas (problems). Aida thinks Tere was jealous and asks if he still loves her. Mariano tells her if she really wants to help out, she needs to cool it with the gossiping. The ammonia incident was bad enough. He tells her to be very careful with her words and her actions. There are many in the vecindad that care for Teresa. Aida swears she came here to make a new start. She asks him to help her change. He tells her that asking for help is the first step. Aida talks about Paulo. She lost her reason for living when she lost him. She needs a new purpose in life, she feels so alone. Mariano feels her pain due to the loss of his mother.

Oficina de Rubigote: Secretary Eva doesn’t know what Paulo did with some paperwork that Ruben is looking for and considers asking Aida. Ruben quickly tells her not to bother Aida with such things. She’s in mourning. Teresa arrives and greets him as though they’re old friends. He grabs her by the elbow and moves her away from the secretary telling her Mayra found out about Espe and it’s all her fault. She reminds him he’s the one who was cheating (poniendo el cuerno). He didn’t keep his part of the bargain to keep Aida from bothering her. She just saw Aida at the vecindad with……..er, she doesn’t know what Aida was doing there. Genoveva told him she wanted to find out about some guy named Fito. Ruh-roh! Tere gets a little mussed about this news. Ruben fills her in that Mariano told Geno and Aida about this guy and suspects he may have been the one who sold drugs to Paulo. He wants to send this guy to jail just as much as his daughter does.

Speak of the devil, Fito’s at a pawn shop getting money for the jewelry Tere gave him. Pawnbroker asks if he’s had problems with the law. Fito always takes care of himself and says he gets moving before there are any problems. He’s counting his money as Gemma walks up. She tells him everyone’s asking about him and Mariano is looking for him. Fito snaps to attention at this and tells her she better not say she saw him. She tells him not to worry then asks if he knew the guy who died in front of the vecindad. He denies all and pretends he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. She’s not buying his act saying they both know what business they’re each in. People have come around asking for his “merchandise”. He suggests they do business together and she can sell his “candy” at her store. Not my kind of business, she says. He tells her to think about it and if she changes her mind, the pawnbroker can contact him.

Oficina del Bigote: Tere understands they want justice for what happened to Paulo but she suggests they not get into any more líos (mess). She brings him back to the topic of Aida. Ruben says thanks to her, Aida’s no longer speaking to him. Tere’s all, “me?” and reminds him he shouldn’t accuse anyone without proof. He’s very intelligent and she’s sure he can fix that little problem. If he can fix it so Aida doesn’t return to the vecindad, she’ll see to it that Espe forgets all about him and not cause him any problems. He’s curious to know why she doesn’t want Aida at the vecindad. She tells him it’s because Aida bothers her and besides, he doesn’t want her to come into contact with Espe.

In an inner office at Rubigote’s, Paloma is tearfully telling Arturo she finds it difficult to think they can have a professional relationship after what they talked about the other day. She begs him to say something about how he’s feeling. It saddens him to think he had child that didn’t survive. Now she’s crying: not one day passes that she doesn’t think about their son and how different things would have been with him by her side. He also wishes his son had lived. Now she says that child was a part of both of them that could have given her the resolve to confront her father, seek him out, many things. She starts to get really upset and he tries to console her. She tells him she wanted to baptize him with his father’s name. She hugs him and puts her head on his shoulder, crying. He looks really uncomfortable, not knowing what to do. She tells him again she regrets leaving him, she’s never stopped loving him. She tries pulling him to her and he gently pushes her away. They’ve already discussed this and he no longer resents (rancor) her. But he now loves Tere and what happened between them is in the past. She keeps crying that it’s difficult to see him at these meetings- he’s so cold. As he repeats the need to keep their relationship on a professional level, in comes our Tiny Terror. Paloma is asking if Arturo will be coming to her fund raiser. Tere answers for him, as always, and says of course they’ll be there. Won’t we, mi amor, and plants a kiss on Arturo’s ever silent lips. She tells Paloma to tell her apoderado she expects they won’t have more misunderstandings in the future.

Clinca: Martin introduces himself to Aida. She tells him her father is one of the Luna Turqueza partners. He gives her his condolences for Paulo and excuses himself. Aurora tells Aida she’s happy to see her at the clinic and trying to overcome her sadness. Aida finds it ironic she’s now dedicated to charitable work. Aurora feels this will help her become a better person and she’s there to help her. Aida notices Aurora’s seems happy with Martin and tells her to enjoy her time with him because one never knows what can happen. She mentions her loss of Paulo as an example.

Hospital: Martin is complaining to Daryo and Magda that he’s fed up with everything. He needs to meet other chavas and asks Daryo to hook him up. Then he tries to tell them he and Aurora are just friends and besides she’s Teresa’s bestie. They both remind him of how much time he spent with Aurora and how much they have in common besides their medical careers. He admits he was upset to see her with Martin and Magda corrects him and says it was jealousy. Daryo tells him if he was so upset to see her with someone else it’s because “Aurora te mueve el tapete.” (literal translation: she moves his carpet) Ha!

Casa de la Barrera: Arriving home, Tere thanks Art for signing over the power of attorney and most of all for his love – smoochies. When he asks why she’s so affectionate, she tells him she’s decided to love him forever and ever. She once thought she was going to have to fight for him with Paloma, but now she no longer has doubts. She tells him she overheard their conversation earlier when he told Paloma to stop sending him personal invitations. He says it’s for the best, he loves her.

Luisa and Fernando walk in just then saying they have the wedding rings. Arturo talks about meeting with the Luna Turqueza partners and Luisa pulls Teresa upstairs to let the menfolk talk business. Fer and Art joke back and forth about tying the knot when Art jokes he can’t wait for Fer to take the plunge. Fer jokes he’s just looking for another victim to accompany him. Art says he’s to blame considering he’s his best friend and dating his sister. Fer laughs, maybe a little uncomfortably if you ask me.

Upstairs in Tere’s room Luisa lets on that they did the nasty again. Tere starts scolding her, telling her she should slow things down. Luisa doesn’t want to hear that and says she loves him and knows he loves her. She can’t believe Tere’s been able to hold out so long and asks if it’s possible they’ve never…..Tere stops her and tells her Arturo knows she wants to wait for marriage. She tells Luisa she’s her friend and will support her in anything she decides but she must be careful and not get preggers. Luisa laughs that off but Tere tells her to be careful and be careful with Fernando.

Vecindad: Mariano tells Espe about Aida helping out at the clinic, saying he really needs all the help he can get. Espe understands and just hopes she doesn’t run into her even though Aida doesn’t know who she is. She asks him not to let on about her pregnancy. He agrees not to say anything but suggests she remind Teresa not to say anything.

Casa de la Barrera: Art and Tere are going out to dinner. She “confesses” to him about throwing her ring into the ocean. She’s very sorry. He lets on he knows and out comes the jewelry box with a ginormous ring. Jaws theme ensues as he again asks her to marry him. They kiss and the music switches to --- wait a minute, wasn’t that theme for Mariano and Tere? That’s so wrong.

Clinic: Aida agrees she’s behaved badly and has offended a lot of people, Mariano among them. He’s such a nice guy, too bad he’s still in love with that Rata Teresa. Aurora wonders if he told her something. No, but it was obvious when they saw each other outside. Aida is sure she won’t have a problem running into her. The one with the problem will be Teresa.

Juana’s apt: Cutberto is singing “Aquellos Ojos Verdes”. Love that song, didn’t realize there were lyrics to the music. Anyway, candles are burning and the phone’s still off the hook. He knocks over one of the candles and she hurriedly runs around snuffing them all out lest they cause a fire. Now the room has darkened and yowsa! Cutberto makes his move and start talking purty telling her maybe it isn’t such a good idea to have so many flames isn’t a good. It would be better where there aren’t any candles that can put them in danger. Then, following TN protocol as he resumes singing, he sweeps her up in his arms and off they go!

Clinica: Martin is staring lovingly into Aurora’s eyes as she’s working on what appears to be schoolwork. He tells her he can’t help it, every time he sees her he thinks of all the things he’d like to tell her. He likes her very much. She starts to object but he stops her and asks that she just allow him to enjoy (disfrutar) this time with her. He reaches over to and begins kissing her.

Restaurant: Tere is thanking Arturo profusely for the beautiful gown. She can’t imagine what he had to do to get it there on such short notice. He replies he’d do anything to see her as she is now, happy. She’s very happy to have her engagement ring back and sighs to think how perfect everything is. They share a kiss and as they’re kissing the music changes from sultry guitar to sharkita music and she opens her eyes as though eyeing her prey. Evil woman!!!!

Clinic: Aurora pulls back. He persists on talking about their relationship. Aurora’s being honest with him saying she can’t promise she’ll reciprocate. He asks her to let him keep trying and reaches over to kiss her again when Mariano walks in. Martin says hi and tells him he has a way of showing up at the most inopportune (inoportuno) time. Mariano reminds him he works there. Martin quickly tells him it was a joke. Mariano knows and understands they’ll keep running into each other. Martin confirms this and he wants Mariano to be the first to know that she’s agreed to be his novia. Aurora looks very uncomfortable and as for Mariano, well, he manages to congratulate her but looks like he’s ready to choke on his words. She tries to rush off saying something about having her first rounds tonight but not before Martin reminds her they’re having dinner first. They leave and Mariano looks confused and angry.

Juana’s apt: Ay, ay, ay! They’re on her bed and he’s getting frisky! Breathlessly, she tries to stop him, telling him she still needs to work on the bridesmaids’ dresses and whatnot. He refuses to stop and suggests she doesn’t know how many other boxes may arrive from Sprain. Who knows how many other dresses el Licenciado has ordered. He tells her to consider how many times he’s been right, especially when it comes to her goddaughter. He doesn’t plan on letting her work tonight even it means the whole world has to go without clothing. Come to think of it that’s not such a bad idea and he begins to unbutton her top. Can it be? Will Juana finally give in? Stay tuned!

Casa Grumps: Pati is talking to Pedophile Johnny on her cell phone. Gramps comes in. They go back and forth about him keeping her locked up. He tells her she will go back to school tomorrow but she has to eat. She’s happy to hear she’ll finally get out and starts chomping on some bread he’s brought her.

Restaurant: Arturo hasn’t decided if he wants to take up the offer to buy up more interest in Luna Turqueza. Teresa advises him to do so. This way he has the majority ownership to protect him against the possibility that Paloma may throw a fit out of bitterness (arranca de despecho) and join forces with Geno and Ruben on a plan that may not be agreeable to him. He can’t believe that of Paloma. Tere reminds him of the past and all that Paloma kept secret from him. He’d be all alone and Tere would just die from the anguish (angustia) of not being able to help him. She wouldn’t put it past Paloma to do something like that just to get even. She tells him to think it over and consider all the problems it would avoid for them. Arturo looks off as though deep in thought. C’mon Arturo, you know you’re gonna do whatever she says. Just say yes and get it over with. Yeesh, what a wuss!

Hospital: Juana runs into Daddy Hector the Director who says he stuck around to wish her luck on her first round (sorry, I know there are some med people out there – what’s the correct term for this: rounds, watch, tour, what?) Martin is with her – ok, he’s cute and sincere but getting a tad too clingy. He needs to back off a wee bit. There’s an awkward pause where he’s waiting for her to say something and then she tells Dad they’re dating. Dad’s very happy and hugs her then tells Martin he looks like a nice guy and jokingly says he hopes there are no surprises. Martin assures him what he sees is what he gets. His only desire is to make her happy. So sweet.

Cantina: Daryo is giving Mariano the old “I told you so” speech about Aurora and there are quite a few shot glasses on the table and they look as though they’ve each had a few copitas. Mariano tries to defend himself by saying things happen for a reason. Daryo tell him not to be so lame, it’s his fault for thinking about that other woman and wasting his time. Mariano agrees but also says he didn’t want to risk his friendship with Aurora. He rationales that once that line is crossed there’s no going back.

Casa de la Barrera: Art kisses Tere goodnight and she’s worried they’ll wake Juana (ha!). She enters her room calling for Juana to show her the ring then realizes she’s not there. She gets out the other ring (you know, the one that’s at the bottom of the ocean?) and compares it to the much larger replacement and talks to herself, “first this, tomorrow the house, the shares, everything. Everything will be passed to me.”

Fernando’s Lair: Snuggled on the couch, Luisa says she liked the movie they watched but didn’t like that the characters didn’t marry. He tells her there are many couples who are happy in an open relationship and still others who live in their respective homes and get along just fine. What does he prefer?, she asks. He’s seen so many divorces that honestly he’d like to live together before getting married. She looks worried and remembers a conversation they had in Cancún when he told her he hadn’t married because he hadn’t found the ideal woman. Does he plan to never marry? He takes a deep breath and says he’s answered her honestly. He knows how important marriage is to her but he’d like to live together first even though he knows she’ll never agree. He’s right, that’s not what she wants but when it comes to him she’s learned to take risks. He asks if she’s willing to continue taking a risk. The only thing she knows is that she can’t be without him. He kisses her and tells her he feels the same.

GOOOOOOD MORNING VECINDAD!: Juana and Cutberto wake up in each other’s arms under the sheets. She doesn’t want him to see her without make-up. He tells her he loves her no matter what. He feels as though he’s dreaming; now she’s really his, his chulita, his Juanita. (Yeah, until she finds out who really sent the flowers)

Casa Alcazar: Dad loves to see Aurora so happy and is sure Martin has something to do with it. He’s also glad that she’s finally got Mariano out of her head. She really likes Martin but still isn’t sure it’ll work out. He suggests they celebrate as a foursome at dinner. He’ll invite Juana. That is, if he can ever get hold of her.

Speaking of said phone, Cutberto runs out in his boxers to put the receiver back on the cradle and then jumps back into bed. She’s worried about what others will say. He says everyone will just notice how happy they are. The worst that can happen is someone will die of envy (envidia). He wonders where they’ll live. She sits up, “without marriage?” He says of course they’ll get married, and have children. She stammers that she’s not sure they should marry so quickly, they need to continue dating. He agrees and furthermore thinks they should forget about all those years she refused him.

Casa Grumps: Pati’s in her uniform and ready for school. GrumpyGramps instructs the maid she should be at her side at all times. She’ll see her to the door at school and be there waiting for her when she comes out. At no time is Pati to be alone. Then he says a bunch of cool things when Pati protests: You think I was born yesterday and don’t know you want to go see that pelagatos (a nobody). Cuando tu vas por la leche, yo ya vengo con el queso (When you go for the milk, I’m already coming with the cheese, meaning he’s ahead of her game)

Casa Caceres: Ruben tries to convince Mayra to attend Paloma’s fundraiser with him. Needless to say, she doesn’t want to go anywhere with him. He can’t buy her forgiveness. Aida comes in saying they see him more now than when he was living there. She tells him she’s on her way to the office to evaluate her mother’s interests. He tries to convince her she’s too inexperienced to understand everything without an asesor (advisor). She tells him she’s not has dumb as he thinks and besides the accountant will be there to help her and then asks if Mom is coming or staying. He pleads with Mayra again to go with him to the fundraiser. She hasn’t made up her mind but if she goes, it’s out of respect for Paloma and will go alone.

Juana’s apt: They’re dressed now but Cutberto’s all over her like a duck on a june bug when poor Espe walks in. She’s come by with a uniform that Juana promised to let out a little. They tell Cutberto el Chismoso that Espe’s gained a little weight. He tells Espe to congratulate them cuz Juana finally said ¡Si!
Well, they’re just novios because she wants to wait before they talk marriage. Espe’s very happy for them and always knew they liked each other. Cutberto says of course. As the saying goes “Dinero y amor no se puede ocultar.” (money and love can’t be hidden) They’re both very happy and snuggling. Speaking of money, here comes trouble with a capital T-ere. She gasps when she sees them hugging.

Clinic: Aurora waltzes in all happy and sunny, says buenos dias to Mariano, pecks him on the cheek and says it’s a beautiful day. He tells her she’s the one who’s beautiful when she’s smiling. She agrees she’s very happy today. It must be thanks to Martin, he says. She’s agrees it’s nice to be important to someone, to be loved, cared for. He’s glad for her, she deserves this happiness.

Juana’s : Tere is in a frenzy. First Aurora at the hospital and now Aida here. Espe tells her to chill. Tere doesn’t want to chill and says Aida is trying to make her jealous over Mariano. Espe can’t believe that, seeing as Aida just lost her BF; she’s almost a viuda (widow). Tere reacts saying that’s all part of Aida’s plan. Espe thinks it’s obvious Tere’s jealous considering how she’s acting. She insists that Tere not marry Arturo when she’s still in love with Mariano. Tere doesn’t want to go there and instead changes the subject. What was Mariano thinking, bringing Aida in when he knows she’ll likely run into Espe and she’s pregnant! Espe says no way can Aida know this child’s is Ruben’s. Tere’s eyes grow wide when she says this. Espe goes on saying she no longer has anything to do with Ruben, Mariano has told Aurora not to let on about the pregnancy and now Tere has to promise not to say anything. She plans to never see Ruben again. Tere asks if she’s sure because she saw Ruben and he told her the divorce is on. (egad’s this woman is such a liar) Espe repeats she will not reconcile with him and again asks Tere to promise not to reveal who the baby daddy is. Tere doesn’t agree. Espe responds by saying just as she’s not in agreement that she marry Arturo. Juana walks in and the discussion ends. Tere wants a word with her madrina.

Casa Grumps: Gramp’s going through Pati’s drawers when the maid walks in, startling him. She wonders why he’s so overprotective. We finally see a soft side of Grumps even though he’s still kinda scary. He doesn’t want Pati to go through the same thing her mother did. She fell in love with a sinvergüenza (shameless) who took advantage of her, then abandoned her when he found out he wouldn’t be giving her any money. When the maid says Pati looks so innocent, he tells her about the budding romance with that vago (idler) and he must protect her. This is his duty (deber).

Juana’s : Tere asks about Hector the Director. Hector’s been wonderful but Juana’s always like Cutberto and he’s been so nice lately. Tere doesn’t think she should let herself be persuaded by a few nice gestures. She needs to think of the future. There’s a better world out there outside of this vecindad. When Juana says Cutberto cares for her, Tere asks what about her? After all she’s done to prevent her parents from embarrassing her, Juana turns up with Cutberto. No way does she want that mariachi at her wedding. Juana doesn’t plan on taking him to the wedding but she has a right to be with whom she likes. Tere understands but wants Juana to think about what’s best. Juana feels money and love don’t always come together. Tere’s lucky to have found both in Arturo. This causes Tere to pause a minute.

Pedophile Johnny is waiting on a street with a rose. Pati comes running, trying to tell him what’s going on. They embrace and here comes the maid, beating on him with an umbrella, separating them.

Rubigote’s office: Arturo’s considering buying additional shares in the project and has a proposal for Ruben.

Mad Maid with Umbrella is holding Johnny back and drags Pati away.

Vecindad: Aida passes by Espe and stops her, asking if they’ve met.

Rubigote’s office: Tere runs into Paloma and Martin. Paloma has given Martin the necessary paperwork authorizing Tere to make decisions on Arturo’s behalf. Martin says sarcastically he hopes this will avoid future misunderstandings. Tere announces she doesn’t need those papers anymore because thanks to Arturo, they’re now looking at the new partner of Luna Turqueza. Nyah, nyah.

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