Caray, Caray!

The teasing continues in Zacatecas: Teresa tells Fer she’ll divorce Arturo but first, Fer must break his engagement with Luisa. She kisses him then slinks away. Fernando is left panting – oh what to do? What to do?

CASA FERNANDO: Poor, innocent Luisa still has on her wedding gown while Oriana continues to talk smack about Teresa, saying she wouldn’t put it past her to search for a new husband since Arturo hasn’t recovered his fortune. Luisa defends Teresa as usual. Lucia comes back into the room but tries to leave when she hears the topic of conversation. Luisa explains Oriana is imagining the worst for Arturo while she (Luisa) is convinced he’ll reclaim his old lifestyle. Luisa believes Teresa loves her brother and wouldn’t leave him for someone else. Oriana says Luisa’s youth and naiveté are to blame for her views and her parents weren’t around to guide her(orientar).
VECINDAD: Refugio & Armando talk about the possibility of her babysitting Rodriguito. She wants to take him to visit Grumpy Gramps to see if that will de-grumpify him. FF>>

CASA FERNANDO: Oriana is convinced Teresa has no scruples and thinks she took the easy way up by finding the perfect match. Luisa refuses to believe Teresa acted with premeditation. Oriana is convinced Teresa’s ambition is satisfied with power, wealth, and fame. Luisa bristles and reminds Oriana that Teresa, her friend and sister-in-law, studied and worked hard because she aspired a better life. Oriana thinks this proves her point. Living in Fernando’s apartment is much better than Teresa was accustomed to. She urges Luisa to realize Teresa knows no limits, she always wants more. She whispers devilishly into Luisa’s ear: “Ambition with no limits is an impediment to happiness. It destroys the heart and feelings.” Uy, cucuy! Odiana scares me but I have to agree with this last sentiment.

ZACATECAS: Mar, Doofus, Butts, and Tio-Butts continue their night out and Tio-Butts proposes a toast to the end of bachelorhood and to all the couples: Doofus/Juana, Mariano/Aurora, and Johnny/Pati. The only one without a partner is el Tio – hey, Oriana’s available! Jaja. They’re into some serious drinking here and tio makes a joke, saying they’ve always called Cutberto “el genio” (genie) cuz whenever a bottle is opened, he appears. Yuk, yuk.

CASA FERNANDO: Arturo is hard at work as Oriana gets ready to leave. She tells him Luisa looks stunning in her bridal gown. Arturo mentions he was originally opposed to the pairing between her and Fernando. Oriana agreed she never thought she’d see the end of Fernando’s mujeriego (womanizer) days. (don’t look now momma el mujeriego is baaaaack) Luisa’s sweet and innocent ways won him over. They both agree the couple will be very happy. Arturo’s grateful she has been able to step in as Luisa’s mother figure during this pre-wedding time. Oriana promises to always be there for them. However, someone needs to help Luisa wake up. She’s lived such a protected life that she has no malicia (maliciousness, alertness, awareness). She explains that although Fernando loves Luisa, there will be many women who will come after him, especially now that he’s come into his father’s vast fortune. Luisa needs to be very aware of this. Arturo starts to object, thinking Oriana is about to jump on the Teresa bashing bandwagon. No, she was going to talk to him about Lucia, whom she finds to be extraordinary. She knows his mother would agree that Lucia would be the ideal woman for him. Artruo reminds her he’s already chosen Teresa as the woman he’ll spend the rest of his life with. Oriana disagrees, Teresa chose him and in him she found all the qualities she was looking for in one package: social standing, wealth, and if that weren’t enough, an extraordinary boost (impulso extraordinario) to her insipiente (ignorant) legal career. (Boy, Oriana, tell us how you REALLY feel.) She tells him to think carefully about what she’s said and he’ll realize he was the perfect solution to Teresa’s carencias (deficiencies).

Upstairs, Lucia tells Luisa she was on the brink of quitting because of Teresa. On top of that, Oriana started asking her about her feelings toward Arturo. Luisa tells her not to pay attention to all that, she loves her job and shouldn’t quit. Besides, Arturo needs her. Lucia admits something was telling her not to quit. Luisa suggests she ignore Oriana’s rants about Teresa. She’ll soon see Teresa as a friend. HA!

CASA CACERES: Aiiiiiida’s invited Oriana for a visit. Oriana hopes it isn’t to discuss her efforts to recapture Mariano. He wasn’t right for her just as Teresa isn’t right for Arturo. The perfect couple in her view would be Lucia and Arturo because she’s of the right social standing. They played a round of golf today and he seemed so happy afterward. She doesn’t understand why Arturo stubbornly insists on keeping Teresa as his wife. Aida hopes he’ll someday rid himself of that rrrrrrrrrrata. She lets on that Teresa is in Zacatecas, something Oriana didn’t know! Oriana does a double take: wha-what?!

CASA FERNANDO: Lucia, Luisa, and Arturo talk wedding stuff over coffee. Lucia shares her views on love and marriage, neither of which she’s interested in now due to a recent disaster of a relationship.

CASA CACERES: Oriana tells Aida that Fernando is also in Zacatecas on business --- yeah monkey business ---. She’s sure Teresa found out and that’s why she’s there. Aida mentions Juana’s wedding and assumed she went with Arturo. Oriana clarifies that Arturo didn’t go. Aida can’t believe that rrrrrrrata fixed it so she could go alone. Oriana worries that Fernando is over there while Luisa the Vulnerable is here. Aida is sure Teresa’s in the big Z to go after Mariano again. Oriana’s surprised to hear he’s there also. Aiida’s convinced Teresa’s after him again. Oriana only hopes Teresa isn’t able to get anywhere with either man.

THE BIG Z: Fernando runs after the Strolling Strumpet that is Teresa. He must speak to her. “There’s nothing left to say,” she says. “When you end it with Luisa, then I’ll divorce Arturo. You’re now the one who has our future in your hands.” Who should walk by then, but our head scratching Johnny-on-the-spot! Of course! He’s the one who saw them outside Fernando’s door way back when. Fernando agrees to break his engagement, but first they must be together. She resists and tells him to please go and keep his promise. He responds by kissing her as Johnny looks on. Teresa breaks away saying they’ll talk later. Again, Fernando is left panting.

CASA LEDESMA: Poor little Rodriguito is finally home with momma. Doorbell rings – it’s not the landshark but a Barracuda by the name of Ruben! Dun-dun-DUN!

CASA GENOVENOM: Fito el Maldito tells Geno he was right outside the Ledesma’s home when she called. She’s glad he knows where her baby is living. She wants her baby and wants him now. Fito explains that Ruben had told him to hold off. She reminds him it’s her money and she wants the baby now, understood? He responds, “el que paga, manda, Chula.” Ooooh, so sleazy.

CASA LEDESMA: Espe tells Ruben to scram. The judge’s orders only allowed him to visit while the baby was hospitalized. She starts to close the door on him and he forces it open asking her if she’s afraid to be so near him. She tells him he disgusts (asco) her. LARGATE! He shoves her into the room and wonders if she’s worried about having problems with her husband. He bets that within a very short time he’ll recover her and their son. Their son is what will unite them forever. He jokes about this being the other side of the coin. She’s now married and can have him as her lover and she’ll realize the one she truly loves is her lover. He rushes in and gets her in a bear hug and she struggles against him. Eeeeeew, he’s so disgusting! He tells her not to be so proud and admit that she loves him. She scratches his hand as she breaks free and shouts for him to leave or she’s calling the police. As he leaves he tells her she’ll change her mind, “mi amor.” He blows her a kiss as she slams the door.

CASA CHAVEZ: Refugio is praying to Virgen de Guadalupe that Armando gets that job. He walks in just then to announce he’s got the job as a mechanic’s assistant.

CASA FERNANDO: Arturo’s on the phone with Teresa, telling her he won’t be able to make it to the Big Z. He reminds her he’s home earning the bacon so they can get ahead. Oriana comes in and they chat about last night. He tells her they decided to stay in for dinner and Lucia made a delicious pasta (oh, she can cook, too!) She tells him Fernando is also in Zacatecas, which is news to him. She wonders if Teresa and Fernando have seen each other there. He tells her he just spoke with Teresa and she didn’t mention it but he’ll ask her later. Oriana’s been trying to contact Fernando but apparently, his cell is turned off. Arturo hopes they run into each other (ha!) and that Fernando is able to accompany her to Juana’s wedding so she won’t have to go alone. Oriana figures he says that so there won’t be an issue with Mariano, who is also in the Big Z. This is news to him.

BIG Z CANTINA: Mariano’s sitting at the bar as Johnny comes running in telling him he got lost. Mariano assumes that’s why he’s so nervous. After he slams back a drink, Johnny spills it about seeing Teresa with Fernando. He’s sure there is something going on between those two. Oh, oh, oh, this is getting good!

CASA FERNANDO: Luisa has joined Oriana and Arturo in the den. She hasn’t been able to get in touch with Fernando either. If she’s able to contact him, Arturo would like to ask him to find Teresa. Oriana thinks Fernando will be too busy with business to see Teresa. Luisa tells him not to worry about Mariano. It makes sense for him to be there since he’s such good friends with Cutberto. Now Lucia arrives. Oriana and Luisa leave and Lucia asks what’s wrong. Arturo explains his dilemma. Teresa is in Zacatecas, as is his archrival but he has too much work to leave and go after her. She offers to work all night so he can make it to the wedding in the morning. That won’t work but he thanks her for the offer. He can’t stand the thought of his wife being near that infeliz. Lucia suggests he calm down and think of how much his wife loves him. Surely if she loves him she’ll reject any man that comes near her. He must trust his wife. That’s imperative in any relationship.

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben is pacing as Geno walks in. She immediately notices the scratches on his hand and knows they were made by a woman! He admits it was Espe. He merely went to visit his son at her house and this is how she reacted. Geno ain’t buying that story. She accuses him of trying to relive old times and Esperanza scratched him in self-defense.

CASA FERNANDO: Arturo is clearly downtrodden and Lucia notices the difference in his mood from last night when he was so happy as in her sketch. She tells him she prefers the “Arturo” in the sketch. Aw, that draws a smile from my handsome hunkasaurus. *sigh*

CASA GENOVENOM: Ruben can’t believe Geno would think he’d want to go near Espe. He only went there to see his son, “their” son. Espe scratched when Ruben tried to pick up his son. That’s the truth! Geno doesn’t believe him – she knows him. He pleads with her not to be jealous. If he didn’t want to be here with her he’d leave. She knows too well how much he desires her. Geno admits this but she also knows how much he desires money and las jovencitas. “Listen very carefully because I’m only going to say this once,” she says. “If you betray me, I’ll kill you.”

THE BIG Z: Mariano catches up to Teresa in a lobby, telling her he needs to talk to her. She wrongly assumes that the fling with Aurora was temporary. She knew he couldn’t live without her. Wrong, Sharkface! Aurora is very important to him because that is true love. She scoffs at this. He tells her he’s only there to ask her to behave and not do anything to ruin the Cutberto/Juana wedding. She assumes he’s referring to her disapproval of the Mariachi/Seamstress match. Wrong again Sharkface! He spills it that he’s aware of her fling with Luisa’s BF. Sharkita is stunned!

CASA FERNANDO: Arturo is tells Lucia he’d very much like a portrait of Teresa. Esperanza arrives carrying the baby. After Lucia leaves, she tells him of Ruben’s craziness. Arturo confirms the judge’s order doesn’t give Ruben the right to see Rodriguito outside the hospital. Esperanza fills him in on Ruben’s aim to continue to come after the baby and also after her. He wants her back and she’s very confused. She doesn’t know what to do to keep him away from her. She doesn’t want Hernan to know about the visit because he’s so jealous. Oh, it was horrible, she tells him. She tells him about scratching Ruben as he tried to kiss her.

THE BIG Z: Oh, silly Mariano. Tere assures him he’s been misinformed. It’s true Fernando is here, but it’s only because of business. He did call on her to advise him (guess that’s what they call it in Zacatecas) but that’s all. Mariano assures her he could care less about her goings on. He’s only concerned Juana may find out and it will ruin her big day. He doesn’t believe her when she tells him she only spoke with Fernando about business. He repeats what he’s told her before. Don’t treat Arturo as she treated him. Arturo loves her, she shouldn’t deceive him. He thought she’d fallen in love with Arturo but sadly, he sees she’s incapable of love. He walks away from her as she sheds a tear. Waah, waah, poor sharkita.

CASA FERNANDO: Arturo and Lucia are working late into the night. We learn that Arturo went to the police station with Esperanza. He gets a call from Teresa but we only hear his side of the conversation. He tells her he’s learned Mariano is there. He tells her that even though Aurora is there he’s still worried. He wonders if she knew Fernando is also there and maybe he can come with her to the wedding. Before he hangs up, he asks her to be careful. Lucia has fixed him a cup of coffee and they talk about jealousy and love. Her ex was very jealous and it was pure hell. She tells him no woman can bear that kind of life.

CASA LEDESMA: Espe is waiting up for Hernan and tells him about Ruben’s visit and that she’s reported it to the police. She hopes this shows Hernan how much she loves him.

THE BIG Z: Fernando can’t understand why Teresa wants him to return to D.F. She explains she doesn’t want to do anything they’ll regret. She promises she’ll see him as soon as she returns. They share a hungry kiss, but she still rolls her eyes.

MEANWHILE BACK IN D.F., Arturo and Lucia have worked the whole night through. They have just enough time to shower and change to be ready for their meeting with the Germans. He holds her hands as he thanks her profusely and says he appreciates all her help. She stammers as she steps away to go upstairs. Methinks she’s been struck by the luuuurve bug!

JUANA/CUTBERTO’S BIG DAY: Inside the church, Aurora is fussing with Cutberto’s charro suit as Teresa gives them the evil eye. Goofberto’s tio introduces her to Goofy’s grandparents. Mariano walks Juana down the aisle and Goofy continues to act his doofus self as Teresa shakes her head in disgust. He acts the buffoon through the entire ceremony which is mercifully cut short for us Juana/Hector fans. The bride and groom kiss and Mariano steals a kiss from Aurora (shocking! Kissing in church?). Anyway, this is not lost on Teresa who is furious.

CASA BARRERA: Lucia is nervously getting ready in Luisa’s room for their meeting with the Germans.

RESTAURANT: Oriana and Fernando are lunching. Apparently, Oriana met his plane on the tarmac and he’s pissed that she was there. She explains that since he claimed he had an urgent business matter she wants an explanation. She wants to see if she can help. He’s offended, saying his father left the businesses to him and he’ll decide how to run them. She reminds him that she and her husband jointly built that fortune. Besides, they’ve always made business decisions together. She demands to know why he has such a curt attitude. He apologizes but says she at times makes him feel like a child, incapable of making decisions. She asks if he saw Teresa in Zacatecas. He admits he did but she was too busy with Juana’s wedding preparations to see him. She’s glad he didn’t spend much time with her and advises him to keep his distance from Teresa. Arturo is a very jealous man and she’d hate for them to have problems. She reminds him of that old saying: El hombre es fuego, la mujer estoga (coarse cloth), Llega el Diablo y sopla. (basically: man is fire, woman kindling, the devil arrives and fans the flames). But clearly, Odiana says, that’s not so in his case, especially now that he’s only a few days from his wedding. Fernando looks guilty as sin and then excuses himself. That Oriana is a smart old broad, she knows what’s going on.

Arturo and Lucia arrive at the restaurant. While waiting for a table, we learn the meeting with the Germans was a huge success. They congratulate each other for their work and then hug. Of course, Fernando sees them hug. Ack! Arturo explains their success. Fernando responds coldly that he sees they’re celebrating. They chitchat about Zacatecas and Fernando excuses himself to go see Luisa and grumbles about being detained by his mother. Lucia notices Fernando’s attitude and Arturo hopes the trip to Zacatecas didn’t cause problems.

THE BIG Z: Quick peek – everyone stands outside congratulating the happy couple.

CASA FERNANDO: Fer arrives home and has a flashback of Teresa promising to divorce Arturo once he breaks off with Luisa. Luisa comes to him, happy to see him and he tells her, “we need to talk.” Eeeek!

THE BIG Z: More celebrating. Juana is wearing a beautiful regional dress. Love it! I’d love to go to a wedding like that.

CASA FERNANDO: Fernando starts by telling her everything is almost ready. She talks of her dress and begins to cry because she’s so happy to see him and how they’re finally going to be married. He wonders why she’s crying. She tells him she missed more than she thought she would and she’s happy to see he obviously missed her too because he returned early. They hug and he has a very worried, guilty, look on his face. What a skunk – he needs to man up.

THE BIG Z: As everyone celebrates, Aurora shares messages sent from Hector warning Cutberto to take care of Juana and wishing Juana every happiness. Everyone’s happily dancing, etc. Everyone but Teresa, that is, who stands by and sheds a tear.

CASA GENOVENOM: Geno has asked Fito if he noticed her “husband” there. (her husband? I don’t recall her calling him that before! CARAAAAAAZY CHICA) Anyway, Fito didn’t see him there. Geno asks him to notify her immediately if Ruben ever appears at Esperanza’s home. Of course, she realizes this will cost more money. It just never seems to be enough. He accepts that but also warns her that if they cross him, things will get really ugly.

THE BIG Z: To the sounds of “Corrida de Zacatecas” the celebration continues and Teresa continues her brooding.

CASA LEDESMA: Hernan and Esperanza share some time together, he promising that he won’t let Ruben ruin their relationship.

THE BIG Z: Back at the celebration, Teresa warns Cutberto he better treat her madrina right because there’s always divorce. Aurora interrupts her and says that won’t be necessary because Juana truly loves him and proved it by giving up Hector. Juana agrees Love is the most important thing. Cutberto picks up a very reluctant Teresa in a bear hug. They raise their jarritas-on-a-rope in a toast and the celebration continues.

D.F.: It’s evening now and Espe drives up to her house with Rodriguito but before she can open the garage door, two gunmen (one is Fito) approach and demand she get out. She complies but before she can get the baby, she is thrown from the car and they take off, baby and all! No Puede Ser!

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