Caray, Caray!

REPRISE: Arturo taunts Fernando about the possibility that Teresa would enjoy another romp under the bed sheets with him, and he would gladly oblige.

MARIANO’S APARTMENT BUILDING: “Handyman” Fito is back again trying to get doofus Pancho the attendant to let him in, saying he really needs this chamba (job). Mariano walks up and gets a good look at Fito. He grabs him by the collar asking him what the devil is he doing here? He tells Pancho to call the police as he chases down Fito the Maldito. POW! A punch to the kisser, then SLAM! A kick to the groin. He gets Fito down on the floor and WHAM! POW! WHACK! The blows are raining down on Fito who finally manages to say through his bloodied mouth that he was only coming here looking for a job. (yeah, a WHACK job!) Super Mariano lifts him by the collar and tells him he must pay for all the evil he’s done. Fito again tries to say he’s done nothing wrong. MENTIRA! Fito tells him to calm down or the one that will pay will be the Doctorcita! Oh no, he didn’t just threaten Super Mariano’s Lady Fair!!! SM doesn’t take this lightly and delivers another well placed kick to the groin. Oooooh, he’s so manly! *sigh* He warns Fito that if he touches Aurora, he’ll kill him! Fito finally manages to break free and punches our hero and flees.

NOTARIO’S OFFICE: Ferneanderthal tells Teresa that Arturo warned him she’d be unfaithful to him with Arturo just as she was to Arturo with Mariano. She tells him not to listen to him, he only says this out of spite (despecho). Arturo was always jealous of Mariano and in the end that’s what caused so many problems between them so he best control himself, or else! Fernando grabs her by the shoulders and angrily says through clenched teeth that he would never put up with her betrayal, jamás! Teresa breaks free and says she will not be treated this way! Either he trusts her or they’re finished no matter how much she loves him. He apologizes but says he’s crazy jealous, what can he do?! She half mockingly asks him, Dude, where’s your security? Where’s his faith in what she feels for him? She calms down then kisses him and asks him if he realizes how much she desires him and what she feels for him. They continue to smooch, or rather, he continues to smooch. She suggests they go see about her divorce papers. He can’t get enough of her and continues to kiss her. She just takes it all in while visions of pesos dance in her head.

CASA LEDESMA: Esperanza is busy looking at her cell phone and heads out the front door. As usual, she doesn’t bother to check first and as usual, Rubigote is standing there. He asks if she’s thought about his proposal. Does she or doesn’t she want to see their son? He’s expecting some news about him today. He asks if it’s true Rodriguito was wearing a medalla of the Virgen de Guadalupe at the time of the abduction. She confirms this and he says the ‘nappers are going to provide this medalla as proof that they have their son. Esperanza is frantic about recovering her baby and starts to ask a ton of questions. Where is he? How is he? Who has him? The “people” who are helping him can’t tell him much but they assure him the baby’s fine and they should be able to get him back. Esperanza urges him to go to the police and if necessary, they can ask Hernan for the money. Ruben reminds her he warned her not to tell anyone. She swears she hasn’t said a word. Ruben hopes so, because if she does, she’ll never see her son again once Ruben recovers him. He leans in and kisses her as he says, “you and me, together.” Eeeeeeww!

LUCIA’S HOUSE: Luisa tells Oriana once again she wants to know nothing of Fernando. Oriana says that’s the wrong attitude. She knows Luisa can get him back if she sets her mind to it. Luisa wonders how she can say that after everything she’s just told her! Arturo arrives in time to hear Odiosa say that Fernando was under the influence of Teresa and she manipulated him. It will soon be over and Luisa will be there to help him straighten out his life. Arturo interjects, saying Luisa will not do what Oriana is suggesting. Teresa is not the only one at fault here. Fernando knew only too well what he was doing. Oriana starts to disagree but Luisa stops them both. She’s the only one who can decide what’s best for her and she’s already decided what she needs to do. She tells Oriana she will not follow her advice. Instead, she’s decided she needs to get away from all of this. Arturo doesn’t want her to leave. Luisa tells him she must confront this alone and she will succeed. She asks them both to understand. Oriana agrees to support her decision but Arturo still doesn’t want her to leave. Oriana tells her she can count on her. She chokes up as she kisses Luisa and says she’s always thought of them as her children.

CASA LEDESMA: Teresa comes by to ask about Rodrigo and wonders if Ruben is still bothering her. Esperanza reacts angrily, saying she doesn’t know why that desgraciado, maldito Ruben continues to come after her when she’s sure he’s still fooling around with Mayra’s amiga. Q-Q-QUE?!? Teresa’s smoky eyes grow ever wider at this revelation! Yeah, Espe says, Genoveva. That guera. You remember I told you how I found them together way back when at the love nest? It all comes back to Teresa! She asks if Espe’s sure it’s Genovenom. Esperanza confirms it and furthermore, he was with her the day of Teresa’s wedding. Teresa’s all shocked and trying to take this in! Wowsers!

FERNANDO is arguing with some security guard about not being let in to a building. He’s the owner of this business, who could have possibly given that order. Bruiser security guard tells him Oriana has given the orders! Fernando makes a feeble attempt to get past Bruiser to no avail.

MARIANO’S APARTMENT: Mariano’s at the elevators on the phone with Aurora. He tells her they’ll need to postpone their dinner. He prefers to wait until things calm down. He wants her to be very careful when she goes out and makes sure she’s leaving with her father. Aurora gets scared and he finally tells her that Maldito Fito showed up. They scuffled and he escaped. He tells her to make sure she leaves with her father and to call him when she gets home. Aurora suggests that although they’ve parted ways, he should warn Teresa since she also lives in that building.

CASA DE GENOVENOM: Night has fallen and Maldito Fito has come calling. Ruben walks in with a briefcase and like a bad spy movie the dialogue goes pretty much like this: Ruben -- Cadena? Fito -- Relojes? Ruben – first the Cadena. Fito tells him to calm down. He’s got the chain but first he’s gotta share some bad news. He couldn’t go through with the job on Mariano. Ruben is angry. They had agreed Mariano would be eliminated. Fito explains he wasn’t able to get the jump on Mariano. Ruben’s worried Mariano may have recognized him. Of course he recognized him, can’t he see how battered Fito is? Ruben insists that he go back and finish the job. That infeliz can’t continue living! Fito says this is much harder than he thought and therefore will require more money. Ruben reminds him they had a deal. Fito tells him no lana, no trabajo! Ruben pounces on him, grabbing him by the collar telling him he’s not gonna make a chump out of him. Fito calmly pulls out a gun and Ruben pulls back. Geno walks in on this scene and hears Ruben telling Fito to put down the gun. She grabs a bronze knick knack (Eiffel Tower) and sneaks up on Fito and KABOOM! whacks him upside the head! Fito falls (dead?) to the floor. Ruben checks for a pulse. Yup! Dead as a doornail. Geno freaks and lets the knick knack fall from her hand. Ruben states the obvious: you’ve killed him, Geno! Good Riddance!

CASA DE LUCIA: Lucia agrees that Luisa would be better off leaving. (I know she’s supposed to be the nice one, but maybe she just wants Luisa out of the way – jeje) Arturo is reluctant to agree. Luisa convinces him this is what’s best for her to get over this tragedy. She wants him to think of how he can get over this. Lucia tells her not to worry, she’ll take care of him. (I’m sure she will – wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

CASA GENOVENOM: How will they get rid of the body before her servants come in? Geno leaves to tell the maid to stay in the room with “Paulito”, leaving Ruben there to think. He spies the bronze Eiffel Tower on the floor and springs into action. Grabbing a scarf from Geno’s purse, he carefully wraps the murder weapon and then hides it behind one of Geno’s many sofas. Speaking to himself he says “Now I have you in my hands, Genoveva!”

CASA BARRERA/FERNANDO/TERESA: Teresa is back and talking to the giant Arturo bear. She flashes back to when Luisa and Arturo welcomed her. She speaks to Arturo bear: “Por Fin, I have my house – our house, mi amor. Little by little I’ll recover everything: the money, social status, and above all else, you.” CARAAAAAAAZY!!!

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben is now wearing gloves and rolls Fito’s body. He finds Rodriguito’s medal and pockets it before Geno can see it. She’s back with garbage bags. Very fitting that Fito should be disposed of like the garbage he is…..was.

CASA BARRERA/FERNANDO/TERESA: Fernando argues with Momzilla. He can’t believe she’d dare remove him from his position at the construction company. If she’s declared war, he doesn’t understand why she’s here! She explains she still has hopes he’ll come to his senses and brush off that spell this woman has him under! He tells her she’s wasting her time. She tells him he has time to avoid the worst of it. She pleads with him not to marry Teresa. He knows she doesn’t want to hear this, but that is exactly what he plans to do as soon as Teresa’s divorced.

CASA GENOVENOM: Teresa is parked outside spying on our murderous duo as they drive away. She follows close behind.

CASA BARRERA/FERNANDO/TERESA: Oriana warns Fernando to at least not get married with community property. He angrily tells her they haven’t even talked about that and he’s fed up (harte) with hearing her criticize Teresa. Why does she mistrust her when Teresa loves him and he knows it to be so. Oriana claims that Teresa has him idiotazado (couldn’t come up with a translation to do this justice---maybe stupidfied?) and she tells him all this so that Teresa won’t take off with half of everything. She pleads with him that even though they’re on the outs he should at least consider separating the assets before marrying.

CAR CHASE: Geno and Ruben drive up to an isolated location. Tere drives up just behind them with her headlights off. She walks up and sees them carrying what appears to be a body and asks herself, QTH? What are they doing? Just then, Geno drops her end of Fito. Sorry, I laughed out loud – so comical. They swing the body and on the count of 3, they throw his body into some water as Teresa looks on, shocked!

CASA LUCIA: They drink a toast to Luisa. Arturo wishes her the best on her travels and Luisa’s wish for him is to find a good woman. LOOK NO FURTHER! HERE I AM!!!! Pay no attention to that woman with her assets hanging out!

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben arrives the following morning and Geno is exhausted, not having slept the whole night, thinking of the body. Now she complains that he didn’t stay with her last night. He tells her they must remain calm and be very careful about what they do and say. No matter what happens they have to be in agreement about everything. She thinks that’s obvious. No, no, no – not so, says the mustachioed one. She’s not understanding him. They’re in this together but at the end of the day, she’s the one who did everything. She killed Fito in her house, his body was taken to the canal in her car where they’ll find her tire tracks. She insists she did so to defend him. They both cleaned the rug and they both disposed of the body. She starts freaking out and he tells her to calm down. He doesn’t plan on saying anything to the police but they must come to an understanding where they’ll both remain protected. Geno gets a “ruh-roh” look on her face, or “oh sh!t”

CASA LUCIA: Luisa is still saying goodby. She and Arturo say their tender goodbyes. He asks her to stay in touch via e-mail or a call. Before she leaves, she wants to know why Artie hadn’t mentioned he had kissed Lucia. “whacha talkin’ ‘bout Luisa?”

CASA GENOVENOM: Geno’s crying and Ruben embraces her, saying he knows he doesn’t have to blackmail her because she loves him and wants to share not only her life, but everything, right? She’s not so sure. He says he just wants to have the security he needs in order to give her and his son everything they need. He feels terrible having to depend on her, it’s downright humiliating. He knows she wants a man that will protect her and care for her and their son but he needs that financial security to feel good by her side. She asks him to let her think on how she can arrange that. He tells her to leave this mess in his hands and concentrate on how she can help him while he watches out for her. She seems afraid of him and he looks as though he’s just grabbed the brass ring.

PENTHOUSE: Juana and Refugio have come to visit Teresa who is glad to see Refugio in much better spirits. She recalls how she felt when Fernando came to pay his respects at the wake. She remembers he was beat up and wonders what happened to him, did it have anything to do with Luisa? Teresa hesitates and finally lets it out in one breath: Fernando didn’t get married because he fell in love with me. Refugio goes all Fred Sanford, gasping for air as Juana and Teresa do their best to calm her down.

CASA LUCIA: Luisa’s finally left. Lucia tells him she promised to take care of him. He’s very embarrassed and asks about the kiss Luisa mentioned. She explains it was when he was drunk. He promises to control his drinking. She doesn’t regret he kissed her. On the contrary, she reaches over and plants a big one on him. Luisa’s been gone, what, 10 minutes?

PENTHOUSE: Juana and Teresa are in a flurry around Refugio as Teresa calls Mariano and frantically asks him to hurry on up!

CASA LUCIA: Arturo pulls away. Lucia understands he needs time. She wants him to know she’s not expecting anything. He laments he has nothing to give. After what they did to him, he can’t offer her any type of security. She tells him again she’s not asking him for anything and tells him he’s wrong. He has a lot to offer. His person, his manner, his strength and so many things (like great abs, pecs, sigh).

PENTHOUSE: Have no fears, SuperMariano is here! Refugio’s fine, it was just her blood pressure. She’ll be fine – no need for the hospital. Teresa’s afraid she’ll die of heart failure as her father did. Mariano feels it’s best for Refugio to relax and be worry-free. Juana promises to take care of Refugio but scolds Teresa for giving her such shocking news. Mariano looks on disapprovingly.

VECINDAD: Johnny/Pati talk about how wonderful it is that Pati can now make money as a seamstress. He forbids her from leaving because of the threat of Fito. Goofberto shows up and wonders why they’re arguing. Pati explains it all started when Fito showed up at Mariano’s apartment.

PENTHOUSE: Teresa wonders what she owes him for the visit. After all, they’re no longer friends. Mariano reminds her he will always take care of Refugio without any need for compensation. If he and Aurora no longer consider her a friend, it’s because they don’t approve of her behavior. He advises her to do the right thing for her mother’s sake. He tells her to come to her senses and leave Fernando and guess who pops up! Yup, the Ferman himself. He quickly jumps on Mariano and pushes him against the wall.

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben is scouring the newspaper for any news on Fito. Geno tells him she just heard they found a body in a canal. She wonders how the police found out. Ruben doesn’t know but they must continue to monitor the news. Geno says the news reported that the police are investigating but the body hasn’t been ID’d. Ruben says there’s nothing to do but stay calm. Geno can’t sit around as though nothing happened. She wants to leave the city and start a new life. Ruben agrees but they can’t just suddenly leave. He has to keep up the act that he’s worried about his son. He plans to go to the police to ask about his son’s case.

PENTHOUSE: Mariano explains he was there due to Refugio’s attack. Fer doesn’t believe him, of course. Mariano doesn’t judge him but he knows what Fernando is feeling, been there, done that and all because of Teresa. Teresa tells him that’s enough, he checked on her mother and he can now leave. Mariano turns again to Fernando and tells him to look in the mirror or, better yet, in Arturo’s. Whoa! Good one Mariano! The good doctor leaves and Fernando immediately confronts Teresa, asking if her mother is really sick. She confirms this and explains it was because she confessed that he loves her. Juana comes out to see what all the fuss is about and she also confirms that Refugio has been taken ill. Everyone goes inside. Refugio tells Teresa she can’t believe what’s going on. Fernando walks in and she asks him what he’s up to. He was engaged to Luisa and now he supposedly loves her daughter? What gives? Her daughter is married! Fernando explains she’s getting a divorce. “Because of you?” asks Refugio. Teresa thinks it best that Fernando leave now. Refugio can only repeat to herself, “no puede ser!”

CASA LUCIA: Bumberto has arrived. In his bumbling way, he asks Arturo if there is a possibility Juana and he can adopt a child through Paloma’s foundation.

PENTHOUSE: Teresa tells moms she’s headed home. “To the vecindad?” asks Refugio. Nope, to the house she once shared with Arturo. She explains Luisa no longer lives there. Refugio demands an explanation. Teresa explains she left Arturo for all the things he did to her and now he’s living with his assistant, Lucia. Everyone thinks Arturo is a saint but that’s not so. How can they expect her to mend her marriage when he no longer cares about her. Refugio doesn’t understand how Fernando came into the picture. Weren’t they best buds? How is it that he’s in love with Teresa?

CASA LUCIA: Jughead continues to explain he’d like to have a chorro (loads) of kids. Enough for a futbol team, or maybe a basketball team. But Juana can’t have children. He explains they were turned down at the adoption agency. Arturo gives a PSA about the agency having to ensure children are placed in the right home, etc. Jughead understands but asks if Arturo can help them.

PENTHOUSE: Teresa doesn’t understand how it came to be that Fernando fell in love with her. She swears she did nothing to provoke it. She thinks he never truly loved Luisa and felt pressured by Oriana and Arturo. They know she’d be incapable of becoming involved with someone who already has a novia. What Fernando did to Luisa bothers her but it’s still best they didn’t marry without love. She thinks Fernando is confused, yeah – that’s it. She thinks of him as a friend but he says that over time, he, uh, fell in love with her. Refugio agrees Teresa is a very beautiful woman but men don’t fall in love just like that. Teresa doesn’t understand why Refugio insists on saying she had anything to do with it. She didn’t do anything other than confide in him about her problems with Arturo. She tells her Fernando was the only one who came to her aid when Arturo was flat out drunk and she had to go running from the house because she was afraid he would hurt her. Refugio and Juana aren’t convinced that he fell in love with her but Teresa says that’s what Fernando says happened. Refugio thinks that his problem. She thinks Teresa should be by Luisa’s side. She must be suffering so badly right now. She shouldn’t have anything further to do with Fernando!

CASA LEDESMA: Ruben arrives and Espe immediately wants to know if he has proof, did they give him the medalla, what happened? He shows her the medal and she confirms it’s Rodrigo’s. She’s frantic to know where he is. All in good time, he tells her. For now, she should go pack a bag for she’s leaving with him right now!

WOMEN WHO LUNCH: Aiida and Aurora blab on about nothing in particular: Why won’t Fernando talk to Mariano; Mariano and Aurora are now aware of what that rrrrrrrata is really like; No one believed her when she trash talked Teresa; Aiiiida needs to get over Mariano, Aurora advises her to date someone else but Aiiiida feels she needs some alone time first, blah, blah, blah. Nothing to move the plot along.

CASA LEDESMA: Ruben says the kidnappers aren’t ready yet to release the baby. They’re not easy to deal with. Esperanza is frenzied, who are they? Where are they? Why won’t he tell her? He’s already told her it’s dangerous for him to tell her and dangerous for Rodrigo. She doesn’t understand what she’s supposed to pack. He reminds her of their agreement that once he recovered their son, they would go off together and form the family they should have from the beginning. She doesn’t believe he’ll bring back her baby. He takes back the medalla and says this the proof that they have the baby. He starts to leave and she chases him, asking him to return the medalla. She needs to have it to feel close to her son. He refuses to return it to her until she trusts him. He’s lied to her so many times it’s difficult for her to believe him now! With everything that’s happened she’s no longer the same person either. He wants to know what she means by that. It means that she’s not going anywhere with him until she sees that he has her baby.

CASA TERESA: Teresa lets herself in and heaves a great sigh. Now no one can take away what is hers. She calls for Reina who tells her Fernando is not in. Oh, she knows. She just wanted to let Reina know that from this night on, she will be staying here, because this is now her house. There’s a delivery truck arriving soon with all the new furniture she’s ordered, so Reina needs to keep a lookout for it. Oh, and prepare Fernando’s suitcases, because he’s moving out! I wonder if Fernando knows this?

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