Caray, Caray!

REPRISE
Luisa stops by Mariano’s office to find out why he came over to her house earlier. Was it really to see her or to cause trouble between Teresa and Arturo. If that was his motivation it worked: they’re getting divorced.

Mariano warns Luisa not to trust Teresa. She is not as she seems. He drops the bomb that Teresa is hooking up with Fernando to secure her monetary future.

Luisa scoffs at the absurdity of his claim. After all, she’s about to get married! Mariano matter-of-factly informs Luisa that, for Teresa, that is not an impediment. He recounts how he too once thought he was going to marry Teresa and that nothing would change their minds. Arturo entered the picture and Teresa preferred money.

Again Luisa scoffs at Mariano. Mariano says he is embarrassed to reveal this to Luisa, but he and Teresa made love the day before her wedding, she promised to escape with him, and Arturo knows about it.


GUIJARRO HOME
Fernando and Arturo run into each other in the foyer as Arturo is leaving for court. Arturo shares the news that Teresa asked him for a divorce and left the house. Fernando gives Arturo the “Bro Stare”, a deep look into a bro’s eyes that’s supposed to reveal if he’s telling the truth, (usually only effective after several drinks) and asks if he’s got something going on with Lucia. Arturo flatly denies it. Look, that Lucia chick is hot, he says, but Teresa is a very special piece of tail. How could he want anyone else?
For Fernando, that answer does not compute, but he is interrupted by a phone call from said piece of tail, and Arturo runs off to court. Teresa and Fernando make arrangements to talk later.


MARIANO'S OFFICE
Mariano assures Luisa he’s being straight with her. The only thing that matters to Teresa is money, and Arturo no longer has it, but Fernando does. Luisa angrily cuts him off. She doesn’t know what Mariano’s game is, but she is sure his ulterior motive is to get Teresa back. Poppycock, Mariano says, his heart belongs to Aurora. He just finally realized Teresa’s true nature. He tells Luisa to mark his words; she’s been served notice. Luisa is dismissive and warns Mariano not to come sniffing around the house for Teresa, as she gets out of Dodge.

Luisa pauses in the hallway and has a flashback to the time when she recently caught Teresa and Fernando in a tight embrace. Her expression turns to worry, as she begins to fear the possibility that Mariano’s words have a basis in truth.

ESPERANZA'S HOSPITAL ROOM
Esperanza is venting to Aurora that she’s losing her mind over her missing child. Aurora has an idea how she can help.


MARIANO'S OFFICE
Aida enters Mariano’s office like the wind has been let out of her sails. She’s actually not screeching. (Yes, you read that correctly). Aida is down in the dumps about Aurora and Mariano being “novios”. Although she held out hope that Mariano would get back with her, Aida feels she should leave the clinic project, as she gives Mariano a pile of project records.

Aida is shocked to discover Rodrigo was kidnapped. She also learns Esperanza is in the hospital due to a nervous breakdown caused by the trauma of the kidnapping. She thinks it’s absurd that anyone would suspect Ruben. She points out Ruben may have fought for the right to see the baby, but that’s a far cry from stealing a child; “What kind of human being would do that?” she asks.


DOG PARK
At the Dog Park (thank you for that one Paquita, hahaha) Fernando and Teresa greet each other with a passionate hug and kiss. He tells her Arturo was devastated by her leaving and asking for a divorce.

Fernando is now very reluctant to hurt Luisa. He admits he has not spoken to her yet. Teresa works her mojo. She snuggles her pectoral fins (boobs) against Fernando and reminds him it will hurt Luisa more if he waits until the wedding day.

In between passionate kisses and boob scraping she tells Fer that Mariano found out about them in Zacatecas and threatened to tell Arturo and Luisa. He was about to spill the beans to Arturo when he got into a fight with him at Esperanza’s house. Ter feels it’s best to get ahead of the game and come clean with them now.


GUIJARRO HOME
Luisa pensively walks in as Lucia is finishing up some work. Obviously something is wrong. Luisa discloses her conversation with Mariano: Teresa wants to take off with Fernando. Lucia’s jaw drops to the floor.

Luisa’s doubts about Fernando are percolating as she recounts the time she caught Fer and Ter hugging. Lucia says that sort of thing can be easily misconstrued – look what happened when she hugged Arturo. She suggests Luisa remain calm and discuss it with Fer when he gets home.


DOG PARK
Mighty Excalibur! Our dog Fernando has a bone (so to speak) and is ready to hump Teresa’s leg. It must be Humptoberfest time. Teresa pulls away as Fernando is cocked n’ loaded. :^) Fernando angrily yells out, “Teresa you’re just PLAYING WITH ME!! You and I WANT this! DO NOT DENY ME ANYMORE; I WANT YOU TO BE COMPLETELY MINE NOW!!!” (That’s quite a romantic gesture, Fernando. Just what every woman wants to hear.)

“Here?” Teresa coyly responds.

Teresa is saved by the bell – her cell phone rings. It’s Luisa. She doesn’t answer but takes the opportunity to coax Fernando into talking to Luisa now. She will do the same with Arturo.


ESPERANZA’s HOSPITAL ROOM
Mariano walks in and Aurora gives him the cold shoulder. She won’t even deal with him and leaves the room.


RESTAURANT
Ruben tells Aida it is Esperanza’s fault that Rodrigo was kidnapped. If Rodrigo had been with him, none of this would have happened. He claims Arturo and Teresa are both determined to incriminate him.


DOG PARK
Teresa, ever the expert at manipulation, dangles the promise of horizontal recreation if he calls off the wedding now. Fernando reluctantly agrees. It's like he's taking the apple in the Garden of Eden all over again. Chicas...sigh...

Teresa grins like a Cheshire Shark as Fernando calls Luisa and tells her they have to talk. Teresa does the same and calls Arturo.


CACERES HOME
Apparently Mayra is going somewhere because Aida says she will miss her. Mayra counsels Aida not to keep grudges. This falls on deaf ears, especially when it comes to Teresa and Esperanza.

CHAVES HOME
Refugio’s and Armando’s wedding anniversary is coming up. FF>>

PENTHOUSE
Teresa and Arturo meet to discuss their marriage. Teresa tells him “it is a fact” that they are getting a divorce. Arturo wants to know the real reason their marriage is ending.


ESPERANZA’S HOSPITAL ROOM
Mayra drops in to visit Esperanza. She offers her support; she too is a mother and knows this is a tough time. She gives Esperanza a check and says to use the money to find her son. She could give it to Ruben, but knows he would make bad use of it. Mayra asks Espe not to tell Ruben about it.

PENTHOUSE
Arturo goes on an angry rant as he accuses Teresa of being in love with another man. Teresa insists she fell in love with him. Arturo yells “No, Teresa! Mariano was right. You fell in love with what I had, what I could give you! How could I be so stupid?”

Teresa swears she fell in love with Arturo. He cuts her off and completely loses his temper. He roughly grabs her by the shoulders and SLAMS her to the couch, SCREAMING at the top of his lungs, “LIES!! THIS IS A VILE LIE!! YOU ARE THE MOST CRUEL OF ALL WOMEN!! You only PLAYED with me and had it all figured out!!”

She again insists that she fell in love with him. She felt like an idiot and was a fool to stand by as HE put her through one test after another to prove her love! She is sick of how he did not want to regain their standard of living, tired of his drinking and fed up with his ABSURD JEALOUSY!!

Arturo continues to rough her up. He yells that his jealousy was more than justified. All the times she told him that she wanted him were LIES! Teresa rebuts and says after the Europe trip, he became the most important man in her life. Arturo quips, “Oh, yeah? So at what point did you STOP loving me? WHEN I RAN OUT OF MONEY, OF COURSE!!”

Arturo slams her against a loveseat and pins her down. He shouts, “I married you believing that you loved me and we’d be together for life. I dreamed of growing old with you.” Teresa replies, “And life is not made of dreams, but realities.” Arturo angrily snaps, “Well yes, of course, in MY case, the only reality is that the man YOU’VE always loved, Mariano, FINALLY WON THE WAR!!”

She screams, “Not because of Mariano!!” and blowing his stack, he shouts, “ENOUGH TERESA, say no more; no sense trying to justify yourself!! It is very clear that I had to buy you, otherwise, you never would have been my girlfriend, much less my wife, and that is the worst thing you could have done, because I’ve never had a woman in exchange for money, well, at least not consciously, because I swallowed that story that you loved me!! I don’t want someone who will only love me in exchange for money!! Your love is WORTHLESS to me!! TAKE OFF WITH WHOEVER THE HELL YOU WANT, GO NOW!!! GO!! Beat it Teresa!! GO TO MARIANO, he’s the one you want to see!! GO TERESA!!”

Arturo throws Teresa’s purse at her and rushes her out the door, brutally slamming it behind her as he collapses into a near fetal position, his soul shattered, and in tears. On the other side of the door, Teresa is sobbing and clinging to the door.


GUIJARRO HOME
Fernando begins breaking Luisa’s heart. He tells her he cannot marry her because he doesn’t feel the same way about her. Luisa begins to stagger about. She is horrified and in disbelief.


PENTHOUSE
Back at the Penthouse, sadly, Arturo begins to drink heavily.


GUIJARRO HOME
Fernando apologetically asks Luisa to forgive him. She’s losing her composure and aghast. She can’t believe it’s true what he said – he’s not going to marry her because he doesn’t feel the same??


HI-RISE ELEVATOR LOBBY
A tearful Teresa spots Mariano waiting for an elevator. Mariano sees her tears and begins to lecture her. She quickly tells him to shut up. He says, “You and I were very happy Teresa. You didn’t know you were wasting true love, and that cannot be reversed. For your boundless ambition betrayed me, lied to me and I ended up totally disappointed in you.”

Teresa says, “I don’t follow.” Mariano tells her, “If you really fell in love with Arturo you have to fight to fix your marriage. Show that just because he has no money, you don’t want to look elsewhere, and forget about Luisa’s boyfriend.”

Teresa snaps, “Stay out of my life.”

Mariano says, “At least I have to tell you that if you’re still always looking where there is more money, nothing will ever be enough.”

Teresa rationalizes her ambition and hooking up with Fernando by saying Mariano’s mother died for lack of money and Rosita died under similar circumstances. Mariano says that isn’t true. His mother’s illness was incurable and money would not have prevented Rosita’s situation.

Teresa says, “What if life is now going to give me what I deserve, Mariano, and nothing is going to miss me.” Mariano says, “Are you sure you’ll have love?” She says she has it to spare – Mariano, Arturo, and Fernando all love her. But Mariano points out, maybe she doesn’t really love anyone.


GUIJARRO HOME
Fernando explains that he thought his wavering feelings were just a temporary confusion, but it was stronger than him. Luisa asks if he was only marrying her because of pressure from his mom. Fernando denies it. Luisa demands an explanation – when did things start to change!! Fernando says it was just out of his control, he swears he did not want to hurt her.

Luisa cries, “You’re breaking my heart!! You were the love of my life!! I believed in you!! You promised me if anything went wrong YOU WOULD TELL ME!!! She screams, “TELL ME THE TRUTH!! TELL ME!!

Fernando cowers and meekly says, “Luisa, I’m in love with another.” Luisa is stunned and heartbroken. She can barely speak but says, “Is it Teresa?

ANSWER ME!!”


Fernando says, “Yes, it is Teresa.” She says, “Then it’s true what Mariano told me – that you and HER...!!” Luisa ERUPTS WITH ANGER. She starts WILDLY swinging at Fernando, hitting him repeatedly as he falls on the couch, saying, “YOU ARE AN A$$HOLE, YOU WRETCH, YOU FOOL!! YOU MOCKED ME AND WENT AFTER THE WIFE OF YOUR BEST FRIEND, YOUR BROTHER!!!” Fernando says he didn’t mean for this to happen. Luisa shouts, “SHUT UP!! I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU MEANT!! YOU’RE A HYPOCRITE AND A DAMN BLOODY TRAITOR!!!”

Fernando tries to stop her as she storms out, but it’s no use. She’s gone.


PENTHOUSE
Arturo continues to drink heavily. He stares at his wedding picture, sadly embraces it, and breaks down in tears as he reminisces about better times in Europe.


HI-RISE ELEVATOR LOBBY
Teresa calls Fernando and they decide to meet to talk things over at Juana’s apartment.

Teresa begins to cry. She says under her breath, “Arturo, why? We could have been so happy. I sacrificed so much to be with you, and now, now that I love you so much...I have to leave you.” She fights to regain her composure and says, “Enough. I have to control my feelings; I have to be, I am.”

CHAVES HOME
Juana and Zilchberto have returned from Zacatecas. Refugio tells them about Rodrigo. FF>>



ESPERANZA’S HOSPITAL ROOM
My girl Aurora joins Hernan and Espe and turns on the television. A community service bulletin is broadcast asking the public for help finding baby Rodrigo. The baby has a gold medallion. A reward is being offered for information. They post a picture of baby Rodrigo who’s got a WTF deer-in-the-headlights look on his face.

The scene cuts to Fito sitting at a cantina watching the announcement on the bar’s TV. He jots down the contact number and remembers he has the baby’s medallion.

Hernan and Espe thank Aurora for her help in setting up the broadcast as she leaves. FF>>


JUANA'S APARTMENT
Teresa is at Juana’s place and Fernando arrives. Fernando says he feels terrible. Teresa and Fernando start to get kissy-kissy on the couch, and just as Fernando is heating up – BLAM – the door opens and Juana and GritBerto have arrived. Fernando and Teresa hastily get unstuck from each other. Teresa explains she is there because she’s getting a divorce from Arturo.

Cutberto points to the door (yes, I said Cutberto) and he tells that dirty dog Fernando to GET OUT!! (I really like that he did that, so just this once, I will not call him Zitberto, Scourgeberto, Bugberto, Cowberto, Gookberto or even Splotchberto).

MARIANO'S APT
Mariano is on the phone, apparently ordering some white roses for Aurora again.

There’s a knock on the door, and it’s Arturo, absolutely drunk as a friggin’ skunk. He mumbles some drunken banter about his wedding and says he’s there looking for Teresa.

Arturo proceeds to stagger around Mariano’s apartment shouting for Teresa.

Mariano tells Arturo to calm down; that he is looking in the wrong place for Teresa, she’s not with him. Arturo says, “Ah, no? (hiccup) Then, who? With whom, Mariano? (hiccup)”

Mariano firmly says, “With Fernando, Arturo.”

Uh-oh. It’s gonna hit the fan now. Plus, Arturo looks like he’s about to puke.

...And now you know what happened in episode 138.

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