Caray, Caray!

Rehash from Yesterday:
-Refugio tells Teresa of hers and Armando’s wishes to be buried side by side
-Mariano gives Aurora The Ring.
-Fito teases Geno & Ruben with the Medalla

Now for the new stuff:

Rubigote has another job for Fito el Maldito: teach Mariano Sanchez a lesson!

ARMANDO’S WAKE: Johnny/Pati drag Teresa away in tears as Arturo speaks with Refugio (who continues to call him El Licenciado). They speak of Armando and she says he had great affection for Arturo. She realizes he and Teresa continue to have problems due to his alcoholism but she knows Teresa loves him very much. She suggests he get help from AA so they can return to the happiness they shared when they returned from Europe. He must realize that life will take away that which is most precious to you when you least expect it. She sobs over the casket. He hugs her and swears to her he loves Teresa more than life itself.

RESTAURANT: Aurora tells Mariano he has no idea how happy this ring makes her. It’s beautiful but she’s not sure about getting married just yet. He understands she’s not ready to take that step now and is willing to wait until she is. He tells her to keep the ring because it’s his way of telling her that he plans to spend the rest of his life with her. He says the day he sees her wear it, he’ll know she’s ready to get married.

THE FOLLOWING DAY IN MARIANO’S APT, shriekster Aida has come by for coffee and they’re talking about the TER/FER/ART situation. She can’t believe Teresa has the nerve to dump Arturo for someone with more money. She thinks Mariano should speak to Fernando to help him understand how conniving Teresa is. Mariano explains he already tried to speak to Fernando, but he misunderstood, thinking instead that Mariano is interested in Teresa. Frankly, he doesn’t want to risk his relationship with Aurora by getting mixed up in this mess. Aida asks if he’d be willing to try again if she’s able to convince Fernando to listen. Would he tell all? Mariano refuses, saying he doesn’t want to become embroiled in gossip. Wow, Mr. Buttinski is refusing to get involved – I’m amazed. He says Fernando is in lurve and won’t listen to reason. He doesn’t understand why Aiiiiida would want him to get involved. Aida doesn’t think Teresa should get away with this. Mr. Buttinski tells the Shriekster to butt out. He thinks this is just another one of Aida’s plots of revenge. As her friend, he tells her she should get on with life and forget about Teresa. She’ll never be happy if all she thinks about is revenge.

SALON DE BELLEZA: Luisa gets her hair done and Lucia tells her she looks beautiful but she’s worried Luisa may getting her hopes up. Luisa tells her not to worry. Fernando’s the one who called, saying he wanted to see her, asking for forgiveness and saying he never intended to hurt her. She wants to show up looking beautiful, strong, and confident. Oriana has suggested this is how Fernando must see her. Lucia asks if she needs her to go along. Luisa prefers to go alone. Oh my, like a little lamb on her way to the slaughterhouse!

ARMANDO’S WAKE: The priest prays over the casket. Mariano and Aurora arrive and she goes to Teresa. Aurora tells her she’s seen the way she looks at Arturo and can tell she loves him and that he adores her. If he’s here despite everything that’s gone down with Fernando, it must mean something. She pleads with Teresa that if she loves Arturo she should stay with him. It’s possible the relationship between Luisa and Fernando can’t be fixed, but her relationship with Arturo can still be saved. Teresa always finds a way to justify her actions and get what she wants. She tells her not to do to Arturo what she did to Mariano.

Meanwhile, Arturo takes Mariano into the other room to talk. He knows Mariano warned Luisa about Fernando and now asks him to tell everything he knows. They take the conversation outside.

CASA DE FERNANDO: Meathead is on the phone talking to someone about whether or not to continue with the Luna Turqueza project. Luisa walks in and she tells him she wasn’t able to sleep after what he said. He tells her he meant everything he said. He’s very sorry he hurt her. She admits it was terrible but she’s so happy he’s taken it all back (recapacitado). He tries to interject but she stops him. She’s willing to forgive him because she loves him and nothing matters more to her than to be with him. She suggests they go somewhere far away from everything and begin anew. She’ll talk to Arturo and knows he’ll understand. They don’t even need to get married. They can continue living together and do all those things they had planned. He gently takes her hands and asks her to stop. She’s apparently misunderstood, he only wanted her forgiveness. Luisa’s impactada!

VECINDAD: The Suckers in Solidarity strengthen their bond: Arturo and Mariano are now outside as Mariano explains he wanted to warn Luisa after what he found out in Zacatecas. Then he heard Teresa talking to Fernando on the phone at Espe’s house and that’s when he told her she should talk to Arturo. The important thing now is that he now knows everything. Arturo finds it ironic that he now finds himself in Mariano’s place. He can now fully understand how Mariano felt back then. Mariano agrees but says the outcome shouldn’t be the same. It took a long time for him to understand everything Teresa did. At least Arturo now knows what’s going on. It’s much worse for him – it involves his best friend and his sister is caught in the middle.

CASA FERNANDO: It’s now dawning on Luisa that Fernando didn’t call her here to mend their relationship. He tells her there’s no use. She pleads with him, saying their love was too great for him to just end it from one day to the next. She loves him. He pleads with her not to continue. He tells her he no longer loves her. “No puede ser,” is all she can say. She wonders what she did wrong, how did she disappoint him? Of course she did nothing wrong, it’s just that he fell in love with Teresa. She grabs him by the lapels and demands to know how that happened. He doesn’t know how it happened. He only knows that his feelings grew stronger each time he saw the Sharkster. He knows he should have talked to her about it, but he couldn’t. She wishes he had told her. At least then she could have fought for him and shown him what she’s capable of doing to show her love for him. **I cringe** He doesn’t understand why she doesn’t hate him. She says she can’t hate him, her love for him is stronger than any resentment. She tells him that’s true love and what Teresa feels for him is not.

ARMANDO’S WAKE: Arturo and Mariano return but Arturo has one more question: How did Mariano get Teresa out of his heart? Mariano admits it wasn’t easy but he thinks it was when he realized she loved Arturo, or at least that’s what it appeared to be. It took some time, but he eventually fell in love with Aurora and she makes him happy. Teresa walks in just then, wondering what is going on. Aurora follows just behind her to tell her the representatives from the funeral home (funeraria) have arrived.

CASA FERNANDO: Nando feels badly about what’s happened. He knows he’s hurt her but in the end, it’s just his nature **the cad!** he just wasn’t able to resist the temptation of another woman. Luisa tearfully asks if this is why he called her here. He’s sorry if she misunderstood. He only wanted to apologize again and tell her he’s leaving the house, he bought it for her. She lashes out at him, reminding him that was because they were getting married! He can keep the house; he can keep everything. She wants him! She could care less about anything else he could give her!

ARMANDO’S WAKE: Refugio opens the casket to say her final farewell to her beloved husband. As everyone begins to cry, she gives thanks to God for having been with such a good man, for everything they built together. They had many dreams. Not all of them came true but he was always there for her and their daughters. He was a good husband and father. She’s going to miss him so much. She falls on the casket and Teresa pulls her back and they cry together. She continues by saying she and Teresa are now alone, but they will honor his memory by living a dignified life as he himself taught them. She cries out “Armando! Armando!” , Teresa cries out “Papa! Papa!”. The other mourners are also caught up in the grief and crying while Johnny scratches his head.

BACK AT CASA FERNANDO, Luisa angrily asks why he didn’t have the courage to tell her. When he asked her not to control him like his mother he could have told her then that he had doubts or that he no longer loved her. Why did he allow her to continue to get her hopes up? While she was here happily trying on her wedding gown, he was running after Teresa in Zacatecas. She asks if he slept with her there. He swears by his mother that he hasn’t slept with her. She accuses him of lying and says Teresa is the worst. He disagrees, saying Teresa had already decided to get a divorce because of the way Arturo treated her. Luisa angrily disagrees, saying Teresa decided to divorce Arturo only after she’d taken in Fernando (embaucar). She now understands why Oriana warned her about Teresa. She takes the engagement ring and places it on his finger. Then she places his hand on her chest, dramatically asking if he can feel that. It’s her heart, and he’s destroyed it! She’s lost him but there’s no use in cursing (maldecir) him or hating him. His sin will be his penance because she doubts he and Teresa can possibly be happy now that they’ve destroyed her and her brother. He can only stand there, speechless. PERRO!!!!

CASA GENOVENOM: The Rat Pack has convened and Genovibora says she’s fixed it so a rumor will start circulating about faulty construction at Luna Turqueza. Rubigote thinks they need to take more drastic measures. Geno is on it even though she may need to travel to Cancun. The idea is to cause much greater problems for the condos and then make them public. Aiiiiiiida takes this all in and hopes their plans work in their favor but thinks it can be done another way. Geno wonders if Oriana will continue to support Fernando after he dumped Luisa for Teresa. This is all news to Rubigote and Aiida confirms it. She also says karma’s a b!tch because Teresa’s father died yesterday. Life always hits where it’ll hurt most. Armando was the only person Teresa truly cared for and now he’s no longer by her side. Ruben seems happy to hear that.

CASA LEDESMA: Hernan and Esperanza talk about Teresa and Refugio’s loss. He’s sure her presence there helped ease their pain. He thinks they should forget about that for now and he begins to kiss her.

HOSPITAL: Juana visits Hector to talk about Aurora. She doesn’t feel it’s right for him to reject Mariano after Aurora waited so many years to finally be happy with him. He feels Aurora’s just fooling herself by justifying his actions. She forgives him just so she can keep him near. He will not support Aurora’s failure to take her proper place. Juana disagrees, saying that because Aurora has taken her proper place is precisely the reason Mariano fell in love with her. Hector says he will not change his mind and Aurora needn’t send her to talk to him. Juana says she came on her own because she thought she could change his mind. She sees now that she can’t. She’s not sure it’s because he disapproves of Mariano or
because he’s still angry with her for having married Jughead.

CASA LEDESMA: Hernan is trying to get frisky with his lady love but she pulls away saying that since Rodriguito’s disappearance she just doesn’t feel like doing anything. He feels they’ve done everything possible to find him but they must continue with their life. He tries to get close again and again she pulls away saying, “Maybe you’d understand if the baby had been taken from you!” He tells her to relax and repeats they must go on with their lives. He goes on to suggest they have a baby. Ohhhhh, bad move Hernan. She accuses him of thinking another a baby would replace Rodriguito. It’ll never happen. NUNCA!

MARIANO/ARTURO APT BUILDING: Fito is dressed as a handyman and is talking to the doofus parking attendant who gives him Mariano’s apartment #209 and verifies he’s not there now. Fito walks away as if to wait for Mariano when Arturo and Teresa walk up. He turns away so they won’t see him, pretending to clean the lightpost.

CASA CENOVENOM: Geno is on the couch with “Paulito” leaving an angry message for Ruben, telling him to call her back. Aiiiiida turns up, apparently picking her up for a trip to “el Club”. Geno quickly tells the maid to take the baby to his room before Aiiiiida can get too close. Geno gives the maid instructions as Aiiiida eyes her suspiciously. She knows something’s smells around here and it’s not “Paulito’s” pañal!

VECINDAD: Pati attempts to get Refugio to lie down but she refuses to lie down without Armando. Juana talks her into resting on Teresa’s bed.

MARIANO’S APARTMENT: Yikes! “Handyman” Fito is attempting to open Mariano’s door when doofus attendant shows up. Fito pretends he’s knocking at the door then asks when the good doctor is expected. Attendant tells him Mariano doesn’t have fixed hours. He walks Fito out, worried now that someone may find out he gave out Mariano’s apt # AND let Fito in the building. Knucklehead!

VECINDAD: Juana’s chattering away about the Luisa/Fernando breakup. Boboberto has his back to her, not joining the conversation. Oh, I thought he was going to spill the beans on the Fer/Ter affair but all they do is talk about his jealousy of Hector, the possibility of adoption, etc. etc. zzzzzzzzzzz

CASA FERNANDO: Oriana has come by to see if anything came of Nando’s discussion with Luisa, has he changed his mind? He explains nothing has changed. He only wanted apologize again and hand over the house but this only worsened things. Luisa doesn’t want the house. She thought he had called to reconcile which Oriana thinks would be best. He quickly nixes that idea and warns her not to start in with her threats. He has his own businesses and his inheritance and that’s enough to for him to continue to live in the style he’s grown accustomed to for the rest of his life. Even if it weren’t so, he’s not going to give in to her blackmail. She can take away her businesses, even those they began together, go for it. But, he warns her, if she doesn’t accept Teresa, he will be the one to walk away from her! Bam! He walks away from her and Momma looks like she’s trying to think of Plan B.

FITO AND RUBIGOTE meet out on the street somewhere. Fito tells him he’s already scoped out Mariano’s place and assures him he’s a pro and it will happen as promised. Ruben’s called him out here because there are certain things he prefer they not discuss in front of Her Rootness, for example what is REALLY going to happen to Mariano. Fito gets all serious, “Like what?” Ruben explains he doesn’t just want Mariano beat up, he wants that infeliz dead!

HOSPITAL: Smarmy scene with Mariano and Aurora smooching in his office (how unprofessional). They both talk about how happy they are. She’s nervous about her upcoming exams and he tells her that’s why he’s agreed to help her study although he doesn’t know how he’ll get through the whole session without kissing her.

BACK TO FITO/RUBIGOTE: Fito wants to know why Rubigote is so hot to have Mariano whacked. (Funny, in this segment he calls Ruben ‘lic’, pronounced ‘leek’)Ruben almost says it’s about his hija but changes gears and says he doesn’t want Mariano anywhere near his loved ones. Fito assumes he’s speaking of Espe. Ruben tells him to just do as he asks and not ask questions. Furthermore, he wants his son’s medalla returned unbeknownst to Geno. Fito asks if Ruben is going to pay him for the medalla and the whack job. He only asks because as they both know, the one with all the lana is the Rooted One. Ruben says, “let me worry about that. That’s my problem.” Fito explains Ruben’s problems become his problems if Ruben doesn’t have the money to pay him. Ruben tells him not worry, everything can change. But in order for that to happen he needs Fito’s help. If Fito sticks with him, he’ll have plenty of work. Yeah, he gets to do all the dirty work but he can do anything, for a price. And much more for his loyalty (lealtad). Ruben reminds him this contract is between the two of them. Geno doesn’t need to know about it.

PENTHOUSE: Arturo has taken Teresa home with him. He tells her to rest and they can talk later. She’s very tired and wants to sleep. She asks him to join her and not leave her alone. Her cell rings and he grabs it first, seeing it’s from Fernando. He demands to know if it’s true Fernando didn’t marry Luisa because of her. When she doesn’t answer, he lifts her by the shoulders and says he already knows she was cheating on him with Fernando, who was like a brother to him. He wants to know if she’s in love with Fernando, or is it his money she’s after. CONTÉSTAME!!!!

CASA FERNANDO: When Teresa doesn’t answer his call, Ferneanderthal tells Oriana the three of them must talk this through. Oriana has nothing to say to her. She can’t believe he’d turn his back on his own mother for that arribista! It’s not love he feels for her, it’s passion. She slept with him and drove him crazy…..because she’s an expert at that. Oriana starts to call her a cualquiera but Fernando stops her telling her not to dare insult Teresa and for her information, he hasn’t slept with her. Oriana doesn’t believe him, saying Teresa didn’t respect his relationship with Luisa or her marriage to Arturo. He needs to admit that Teresa enticed him and now he’s driven by desire. That’s what that type of woman does and if he likes it that much he can sleep with her as many times as he likes, but he shouldn’t marry her.

PENTHOUSE: Arturo’s waiting for an answer. Does she love Fernando or did she seduce him in order to enjoy his fortune. She tells him he’s hurting her and finally breaks away from him and falls back on the bed. He already knows the answer: It was for “interés”! Just like she left Mariano because he (Arturo) had money, now she’ll leave him for someone who give her all the luxuries that she loves sooooo much! But this time she really had no limits. She showed no consideration for the fact that he is Arturo’s BFF or that Luisa is supposedly her BFF. If she had to leave him for someone, couldn’t she have found someone else? Why did she have to destroy Luisa and the friendship he’s had with Fernando since childhood? She tries to tell him she didn’t go looking for that. LIES! He accuses her of calculating every move as though they are all pieces in her game of chess (ajedrez). He had reason to be jealous. He knew she was involved with someone else but he could not imagine his rival would turn out to be Fernando! How could he when he considered him his brother. How they must have laughed at him. He will NEVER grant her a divorce. She’s his woman because he bought her, right? For her it was only a financial transaction. Teresa’s heard enough! She admits she wasn’t in love with him when they got married but she was fascinated by him. She was deslumbrada (dazzled) by everything he could offer her. She mistakenly thought that was love. She did eventually feel true love for him – when she discovered he had slept with Paloma. She realized through her jealousy that she truly loved him. Then when they traveled she discovered so many new things about him. She fell in love with him when she saw how much he tried to win her back. “Win you back?” he asks. He never won her in the first place, his money did. “But,” she tells him, “I fell in love with you. I want you to see it clearly that I love you and you have no idea that when I touch you, when I kiss you……” They lock lips in a passionate kiss but he breaks away first, asking if she loves him why did she cheat on him with Fernando. She shouts at him, “It’s all your fault! I told you you needed to come out ahead and accept Fernando’s help!” Arturo puts his hands to his face in frustration and says sarcastically that because he didn’t do that she clearly had to get involved with Fernando.

EL CLUB: The Rat Club (less Rubigote) meet with Oriana. She tells them she’s never seen Fernando so aggressive. Geno blames it on Teresa’s bad influence and Aiiiiiida says that rrrrrrrrata de vecindad bewitches men and makes them lose all reason. Oriana can only hope Fernando doesn’t commit any more locuras in order to be with her. There’s nothing more Oriana can do. Fernando’s accustomed to doing as he pleases as well as enjoying any woman who comes near him but she will not allow him to bring just anyone near her. Problem is, Geno says, he inherited so much money father that he doesn’t care what Oriana thinks. Oriana would like to teach him a good lesson (escarmiento). Aiiida sees Oriana has joined the I Hate Teresa Club. To begin with, they’d like to see that the remaining Luna Turqueza condos don’t sell. Oriana doesn’t think that’s such a bad idea. This way Fernando will see all the bad luck Teresa has brought upon him, just as it did with Arturo. She’s going to do what she can to make her son realize this. Fernando has declared war, and war is what he’ll get. As for Luisa, she’s worse off than before and now even refuses to take the house he bought her. Geno feels this shows how dignified Luisa is. Aiiiida feels for Luisa then tells them Mariano tried to talk to Fernando at Armando’s wake. Oriana’s surprised to hear this. She spots Mariano walking by and calls him over. When he asks how she is, she complains that her blood pressure has shot up as a result of all this Fer/Ter mess. It’s impossible for her to relax to think her son is following in Arturo’s footsteps and may even end up the same, betrayed and penniless. She asks him to please talk to Fernando and tell him of his experience with Teresa. He explains he already tried. As he told Aiiiiida, Fernando is not in the right mindset to listen to reason. Oriana thinks Teresa still loves Mariano. Mariano says he’s in love with Aurora and he wants to remain as far away as possible from Teresa. Besides, he’s convinced she’s in love with her husband. Aiiiida finds that hard to believe. Teresa only loves money. Mariano agrees she’s very ambitious but it’s also true she loves Arturo. One can’t hide love or money. He cites the loss of a loved one as an example. People in mourning will draw strength from someone they love. It was obvious to him that person was Arturo for Teresa. Oriana is surprised to hear Arturo attended the wake.

LUCIA’S APARTMENT: Luisa arrives and tells Lucia what happened between her and Fernando. She was an idiot to get her hopes up. She hadn’t even considered he had purchased the house where they lived. She doesn’t know where she’ll live now. Lucia immediately offers to take her in.

PENTHOUSE: Teresa tells Arturo he pushed her away with his drunkenness and by testing her loyalty and that’s why she was drawn to Fernando. He was there for her. DING-DONG!!!! It’s the Fer-shark! He walks in asking if she’s ok, “mi amor”. ARTURO: “I’m talking with my wife.” FERNANDO: “More like bothering her. She’s already made her choice now why don’t you step aside. Learn to accept your loss.” Oh yeah? ARTURO: “If you’re so sure you’ve won, then why did Teresa kiss me just now?” FERNANDO: “Mentira. You’re only saying this to make me angry. Teresa chose me. She prefers me!” Arturo drags Teresa and puts her between them asking her to choose here and now --- “which of the two do you prefer?”

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