Caray, Caray!

Tia asks Bruno about the man Ana Paula was arguing with and he tells her it's Vanessa's dad. She recognizes him, and Bruno realizes it, but she denies it and makes an excuse to go and yell at him for yelling at Ana Paula.

Mercedes tells Esteban to hold his horses with Vanessa. He's confirmed with her mom that what the papers said is true. Mercedes tells him she probably feels pretty bad right now and if he gets close to her, he'll just end up being the rebound guy. Ernesto comes to visit her…so he can whine at Mercedes about avoiding him at the hospital and how his marriage sucks. Mercedes won't let him in, but he comes in anyway and gives Esteban a dirty look. Mercedes takes advantage and says Esteban's her boyfriend, then plants a big kiss on him.

Ana Paula protests Dany's firing, especially over something that's not her fault. Rogelio comes up and threatens to throw Federico out at gunpoint, but he won't leave until he's found Vanessa. "Don't worry, she's locked up." Ana Paula's look of shock is priceless!

Esteban backs up Mercedes' story and tells Ernesto to get gone. He leaves, after throwing a dirty look at Mercedes.

Fed calls Rogelio a bastard, but he denies he "had" her locked up…he claims someone found her. He goes on to say that if she's there it was to beg him to take her back. Fed starts to attack him and gets dragged out by a couple of Rogelio's guys. Ana Paula tells Rogelio this is the worst day of her life and she's disappointed in Rogelio. Ooh, burn!

Mercedes apologizes to Esteban, especially since he's thinking of getting back together with his wife. Esteban says there's nothing to apologize for. She needed to get rid of the guy, and it looks like it worked. He can tell the guy's into her. Mercedes admits she likes him too, but alas, he's married.

Rogelio objects to Ana Paula talking to him that way. She reminds him that nothing gives him the right to use her. He denies having ordered anyone to lock Vanessa up (oh, come on, AP, even if he did - can you really blame him?). Tia Rosaura asks what was going on and AP explains it was Vanessa's dad. Rogelio summons Hugo and tells him to get Vanessa out of the catacombs and deliver her to her father, but make sure no one sees her. Rosaura can't understand why he was there…neither can Ana Paula. Rosaura's eyes light up with dollar signs and she wants to know what the business association is between Fed and Rogelio. Bruno explains that Fed has a meat packing business. Ka-ching! Rosaura explains to Rogelio that she was just checking up on her niece. He suggests they go back to the party.

Esteban is of the opinion that if Ernesto's marriage sucks so bad, then he ought to get a divorce. He thinks it would be better for the kid for her parents to split up than stay together and fight all the time. But he thinks Mercedes should make it clear that if he gets a divorce, it's because he wants to and it has nothing to do with her. He suggests they spend some time apart after the divorce is final and then see if they want to continue their relationship or not.

Miguel is embracing his new drunken lifestyle. Maripaz is thrilled to see him. He blames the accident for not coming back to town to see her again. She admits she missed him, even though she knows he has a girlfriend. He denies having a girlfriend and invites her to shake her groove thang. Dany looks on, upset.

Vanessa has decided to take a nap in the hay.

Rogelio thanks the guests for being there and toasts Ana Paula "For making me the happiest and luckiest man in the world." They drink with linked arms and she looks decidedly unhappy…though she smiles a little after he kisses her. Tia Rosaura leads the guests in singing "We want cake!" while Rogelio conducts. Ana Paula looks at him somewhat disbelievingly. Bruno looks angry and leaves the party.

Rosaura and Elena run off to gossip together about Ana Paula's father showing up. "Whaddaya know? He's Rogelio's business partner AND his ex-girlfriend's dad!" She's going to hold the info until the right moment. She's determined some of his money will be Ana Paula's. If she'd known where to find him, she wouldn't have encouraged Ana Paula to get married. They toast to Rosaura having scored a double--Ana Paula has a rich husband AND a rich daddy…and she assumes this means she'll be well taken care of, for life. They run back to the party like giggling little girls.

Dany is upset over everything that has happened. She tells Ana Paula that she and Miguel broke up…again…for good. Dany says he won't snap out of it and she needs him to get his act together. Dany wants reassurance that they'll always be friends, no matter what. Rogelio calls for Paula, apparently wanting her to sit next to him all day. Rosaura comes up and tells Dany that she (Rosaura) needs to talk to Federico. To tell him to tell Vanessa to leave Ana Paula alone. Dany looks confused.

Ana Paula is back in her room, having taken off her wedding dress. She doesn't know how she's going to put up with this for a year. She reminds herself it is just a year, and her brother's life is worth it, so she's going to keep her word. She walks out of the room to go do Rogelio's physiotherapy.

He's trying to be romantic and sentimental, thanking her for the great day, but she keeps brushing it off, saying it's just a job. He asks her to read a letter, where he's written what he expects out of their marriage. Ana Paula starts to smile. She folds the letter back up and says he really surprises her. It was a pretty letter, but she doesn't know if he'll keep his word. He's not exactly known for that. Rogelio says he'll be different with her if she'll just give him a chance.

Vanessa whines to her daddy about how she just had to talk to Rogelio. Federico says this wasn't the way to do it. Vanessa admits she's not sure if she's more in love with him than she is angry. He advises thinking about her actions. He doesn't want to see her suffer. She understands…or so she says, but in the next breath she's right back to vowing revenge.

Ana Paula tells Rogelio she's sorry, but she doesn't trust him. He's willing to work to regain her trust, but she doesn't think he can do it. "OK, look, it's been a long day. I'm going back to my room." Rogelio says no way! Her place is in his room and in his bed, by his side. See, that's the sort of thing that maybe should have been covered in the contract. That should have been read. Before it was signed.

Rosaura and Elena are served tea by a grumpy Maria. Rosaura dismisses her and she takes her sweet time leaving. Rosaura is miffed that Maria doesn't seem to know her place…beneath Rosaura's heel. She swears she'll make Maria leave. "If she leaves I'll have the perfect excuse to stay here and take care of everything. I told you…I belong here!"

Ana Paula extricates herself from his grasp and reminds him that he said NO NOOKIE! He agrees to that, but says they have to live in the same room like a normal married couple. She absolutely refuses, so like the spoiled child he is, Rogelio says that if she can't stand to be in the same room with him for one night, she certainly won't be able to stand being with him for an entire trip. The honeymoon is called off! Ana Paula agrees and goes back to her room. Rogelio looks half crushed and half confused.

Cinthia sees Efrain and Consuelo making out in the barn. Consuelo is trying to make excuses to leave while Efrain is trying to talk her into staying. Cinthia tells Consuelo to quit wasting time and go help Maria in the kitchen. Efrain taunts Cinthia, saying don't he and Consuelo make a cute couple. "You have no right to complain, especially now that your boyfriend is here." David walks in and Cinthia says she was just telling Efrain to take good care of her horse and not feed it wet straw. She makes a point of telling him, in front of Efrain, that the horse is a one-of-a-kind gift that she doesn't think anyone can outdo. Efrain watches them leave with a big grin on his face.

Miguel stumbles into Dany's room, drunk off his ass! Dany starts to scold him and he shushes her, telling her since they're not dating anymore, she doesn't get to say anything. Miguel throws Maripaz in Dany's face. He parks himself on Ana Paula's couch and won't leave. Dany physically throws him in the direction of the door. Miguel drunkenly boasts he'll prove to her that he's not a loser. Dany says it would be nice to see him get ahead, even if it's Maripaz who gets to enjoy it. This time she shoves him all the way out the door, but he knocks at it until she screams at him to go away.

Ana Paula is in the kitchen, weeping and making herself a cuppa. She tearfully admits to Maria that Rogelio wanted her to sleep in his bed, but she refused. "But you're married. You have to." Maria tells her not to be afraid. Marriage is about adjustment. Ana Paula is sure the adjustment process would be easier if they were actually in love, but since they're not…. Maria wonders if Ana Paula could come to love Rogelio, but AP says no way. And not because of his disability. She says the problem isn't his legs, it's his heart. And she already has one love in her heart. She can't just shove another one in there. Maria is shocked to hear that Ana Paula is in love with someone else. Ana Paula just cries and nods.

David tries to come on to Cinthia in the stables, asking her to spend the night together. She says she won't, because Rogelio will catch them. So then he tries to take her for a roll in the hay, but she's really not into that and suggests they go back to the house. To separate rooms!

Ana Paula tells Maria that Rogelio knows she's in love with someone else and that he's dead. Maria warns her not to mention it in front of Rogelio, but Ana Paula scoffs that (a) you can't be jealous of a dead guy and (b) in order for Rogelio to be jealous, he'd have to be in love with her, which he's not. She doesn't think Rogelio is capable of love.

Rogelio slips off his wedding ring and studies it.

Maria tells AP she was young once too, and she understands how AP feels. AP says she's trying to be strong, but sometimes she can't. "When you're young you think your first love is the only love…" AP says maybe she can't love. She was in love with one guy who died, now she's married to another guy who she doesn't love and who keeps impressing her with the atrocities he's capable of. Maria insists he's a good guy, but AP says he's not. She knows it's hard for Maria to understand, because she loves him like a son, but Rogelio is not a good guy. Maria advises that AP get some sleep after her long, trying day, and maybe things will look different in the morning.

Rogelio looks at his letter: "Paula, I know since you met me, I've been very strict, and sometimes even cruel to those around me, but I'm willing to change." He mocks himself and rips up the letter. Maria comes in and asks what he's doing. Rogelio says he's ripping up a cheesy letter her wrote AP. He blames Maria, saying he took her advice and opened up his heart, and look what happened.

Ana Paula comes back to her room, where Dany is awake and weeping. She's surprised AP is going to sleep there. AP reminds her there was to be no nookie. "But you're not even going to sleep in his room? But that's the usual thing to do." AP is coming to the realization that she's the only one who thought she wouldn't be staying in Rogelio's room.

Maria tries to explain to Rogelio why AP didn't want to stay with him, but he won't hear it. He fumes that she's just a gold-digger, stuck married to a piece of trash like him for the sake of her brother. Maria says he knows that's not true, but Rogelio doesn't want to talk about her anymore and dismisses Maria.

The next morning, AP is looking out the window. She couldn't sleep all night. She's feeling sad. Dany laughs about how they both thought it would be so great to wake up in the arms of their princes. AP says that's life. Her prince is dead, she's married to an ass, and she'll never wake up in the arms of her prince.

Her prince is hanging out at the beach with Melina, who asks who taught him to swim (his dad) and why some dads die earlier than others. Gustavo gives an explanation involving God, candles, and nobody knowing how long their candle's going to burn. Melina can't wheedle another five minutes in the water out of him, but he will agree to a race back to the house.

AP starts to reach for her shell necklace, but Dany tells her to stop tormenting herself. AP says it helps give her courage. She knows she has a lot to live for, but she just doesn't feel it. She wants to know why Gustavo died.

Melina beats Gustavo back to the house. She says she always runs to school, so she gets lots of practice. Carmen comes up with buckets of water. They ran out that day. The pipe has been broken. Gustavo says they'll need to get it fixed.

Maria asks how Rogelio's night was. " You know I had a terrible night." He tells her to serve breakfast in the dining room and he says the wedding guests better not show up again, after everything he gave them to eat and drink the day before! Rosaura comes up and greets Rogelio…as if he wasn't already in a pissy mood…she congratulates him for the pretty wedding. And so tasteful! Oh, and since they're alone, she asks for a favor…oh, not more money, since she doesn't need anything at the hacienda…she knows Miguel was invited to live there, and she thought that she and Elena could stay there while he and Ana Paula went on their honeymoon. "Paula and I aren't going on a trip anywhere. And I'll tell you once and for all that you need to leave my hacienda." Damn right!

Vanessa's mom figures what Rogelio did shouldn't surprise her. Vanessa preaches revenge, but Federico doesn't think it's a good idea. He wants Vanessa to be calm and she can't be while she's thinking of revenge. He wants her to just forget it. Go on a trip. Don't even go to work, so there's no contact with him. Mami says no way, he doesn't need to think they're afraid of him! Federico tries to shut her up, but has a coughing fit.

Rosaura wants to know why they're not taking their trip anymore, but Rog tells her to back off. She tries to suggest that in that case, she should take advantage of a few more days with her niece. Rogelio tells her that "casados" (married) means "casa de dos" (house of two) and like all couples, he and AP need their space. I'm married. Can I have space from Rosaura? He tells her to go back to Tuxtla ASAP. She now tries to offer herself as a marital counselor, but he says he solves his problems on his own, thanks. Rosaura pouts. She looks like a frog when she turns her mouth down at the corners.

Vanessa's mom tells her that Esteban came looking for her, and not to make fun of her. Vanessa won't go back to him because she luuuuuuurves Rogelio. "Well, what's stronger right now? Your love for him or your hate for what he did?" I can see where Vanessa gets the crazy from.

Rosaura whines to Ana Paula that the honeymoon was her chance to get to know him better. AP's not interested. She knows he's an ass and getting to know him better isn't going to change that. And no way is she going to sleep in his room…what's she supposed to do? Never undress again? Cause she's sure as hell not interested in reenacting the Victoria's Secret catwalk for him. (Eh, she probably has boring underwear anyway, being such a good girl.) Rosaura fake-cries that she feels so bad about how hard this has all been *pause* on Ana Paula, but she's upset her husband soooo much that he's even *sob* thrown out her dear loving auntie. Ana Paula looks shocked. Probably because she absolutely does NOT know her aunt after all those years of living with her, the same way she's sure she knows all there is to know about Rogelio. And this is not to say I'm going to bat for him…he is an ass, he's just an ass with more depth than she's giving him credit for.

Vanessa's mom is willing to support her in her revenge plan. She reminds her that between the two of them, they have the controlling interest in the family business. If Fed doesn't want to make Rogelio pay, she sure does. She feels the entire family's honor was damaged by Rogelio. Pobre de Federico! Those two are going to wreck his company and ruin the family financially, just to get "revenge" for Rogelio's humiliation. Brilliant plan.

Rogelio is waiting in Ana Paula's room when she comes out of the shower in her bathrobe. He says he came to get his whip. "Why, to run my aunt off with it?" She tells him at the least he has to wait until she's dressed. She tells him to get out of her room several times, and when she says "please" he suddenly decides to comply.

He runs into Maria in the hallway and says no, they haven't made up, he just came to get his whip because it was stupid to put it away. She says it wasn't, and he needs to stop fighting with his wife. Furthermore, he needs to understand that the reason she doesn't want to sleep in the same bed with him is that she's embarrassed to be seen in her skivvies. "Do you think she hasn't been with a man?" Maria gives him a pitying look and says AP might as well have a neon sign above her head reading "VIRGIN." She says they may be married, but they never actually had an engagement. How's she supposed to trust him when they never took the time to get to know each other? She advises they keep separate rooms and Rogelio grudgingly agrees with her.

Mercedes's friend flirts with Esteban saying his wife shouldn't have let him get away. "Oh, you're just saying that because you weren't married to me." "Any time, honey, let's go, right now!" Esteban laughs it off good naturedly and thanks them both for the coffee and the good company, but he's got to get to work, as does Mercedes. Mercedes walks him to the door as her friend looks on. The friend admits that Esteban makes her little heart go pitty pat every time she sees him. She is determined to help him get over his ex-wife (what's that they say…the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else?) but Mercedes breaks it to her that his ex isn't getting remarried after all and Esteban is going to try to get her back.

Rogelio goes back into Ana Paula's room and retrieves his whip. She says that means she's going to start wearing her necklace again. He says he'll stop using the whip if they can start over, as if they just met. He gives her that smile and she softens.

Rocio thinks it will be harder to go after Esteban, and that's too bad, cause he's so hot. Mercedes gripes that it seems like you've gotta be some kind of bitch for a man to like you. She's not exactly referring to Ernesto and his wife, but the fact remains she is his wife. Mercedes says he hasn't been coming around since he thinks she's dating Esteban. Even if it's for the best, it still hurts not to see him.

Rogelio is still waiting for an answer. AP says she can't trust him…what for? She'll keep up her end of the deal and they'll be the perfect couple in public, but behind closed doors, nothing. Especially after the way he yelled at her last night. Rogelio loses his temper and smacks the table with the whip, leading AP to say that there he goes again, doing what he always does, and he's never going to change. And here's the problem I have…as soon as we say someone's not going to change, can never be redeemed, never deserves forgiveness, then why should they bother?

Vanessa's mom asks her to reconsider getting back together with Esteban. Vanessa nixes the idea again. She wonders why he bothered, knowing she doesn't want him. "Ha! Rogelio must have thought the same thing when you showed up begging him to take you back." "That's different! I actually do love Rogelio. Esteban's just being nostalgic." Mami thinks that Esteban coming to find Vanessa means he really must love her…doesn't that lend credence to Vanessa saying she really loves Rogelio? Mami says Esteban's a gentleman and Rogelio's an ass. "Wake up! You deserve someone better!"

Rogelio says the whip lets him control everyone. Once they see it, they take another attitude. AP says he's right…fear! Wouldn't he rather be loved than feared? Rogelio isn't interested in their affection--he just wants them to do what he needs them to do. "Great. Then don't worry about me. I'm going to do what you need me to do, but you won't have my respect or my affection, especially not while you have that whip in your hands." "But I put it away and it didn't help. So I'm going to keep using it." He leaves and Ana Paula grabs Gustavo's necklace and says Rogelio is so different from Gustavo and she misses Gustavo.

Later, presumably, she's lying on her bed, still looking at the necklace, when there's a knock at the door. She rushes to put the necklace away and lets Maria in. Maria gives her the torn up letter. "The last letter Rogelio wrote before this was to his parents one Christmas. It's hard for him to express his feelings, and I think he wanted to try with you." AP doesn't know what to do. The letter is pretty, but Rogelio came back for his whip, he's in a foul temper, and besides…it's all so complicated! Maria tells her to make it simple, because she can't spend all her time like this. AP starts piecing the letter back together. Dany comes in and asks what she's doing. "It's the letter Rogelio gave me last night. I don't know why I'm putting it back together. He probably ripped it up because I left it when I left his room last night." Dany starts reading it.

Rogelio flexes his whip…not a euphemism…and Maria comes in with his coffee. She tells him again that he can't expect AP to sleep in his room when they never really dated. "Well how are we going to do that when this was a marriage of convenience?" Maria says it's never too late to start. "You were always very gentlemanly, very attentive. You always had a lot of girlfriends before Va…. Um, I think to get along better with her, you need to make more of an effort, but from the heart. Not money. She doesn't care about that." Rogelio's not sure he's capable of that, but Maria asks him what's the worst that can happen…"That you become a better person?"

Dany and AP are reading Rogelio's letter: "Sometimes men are too stupid to say stuff. Even more so when we're not used to dealing with women like you--both sweet and bitter, soft and strong, hard and tender at the same time. I'm not good with words, but I hope you can find in me a good man, a good husband who knows how to understand you." Dany takes the letter and asks how he can write such beautiful things, being such a hard man. AP doesn't understand it. Sometimes she thinks there's a good guy in there and she wants to see it, but she thinks it's impossible. Dany thinks that Rogelio is in love with AP. "What if he really loves you? What are you going to do?"

Cinthia and David go riding. David wants to give Cinthia a "proper" saddle for Bonita, but she wants to keep the one she has--it has a lot of memories. She starts fishing around about his departure date for Boca del Cielo. He thinks it's because she doesn't want him to leave, but really she wants to get rid of him. She makes it sound like it's on his behalf, because she knows he's got a lot of problems out there and needs to get back as soon as possible and she totally understands that he has to leave, like, TODAY! And David is such a dumbass that he buys it, thanks her for being sooo understanding, and agrees that he does need to leave today.

AP hadn't really considered it. Dany advises giving it a chance, but AP says (a) no way, and (b) she just finished being a complete bitch to him. Dany says if they're going to be stuck together for a year, maybe it would be better if they were getting along.

Vanessa reports to her mom that her dad finally went to sleep. Mami thinks it's horrible that Fed isn't interested in revenge after what Rogelio did. Well, Vanessa has considered it and she's willing to take her mom up on her offer. "Give me your shares and I'll give Esteban a chance." Mami says this will be wonderful--Vanessa will have a decent husband. Vanessa replies, "And between the two of us, we'll figure out the best way to get revenge on Rogelio." What two is she talking about?

Tomorrow: revenge and hope; Rogelio lays it on thick, but he's doing a replay of his greatest hits with Vanessa and she is not pleased to hear it!

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