Caray, Caray!

I apologize in advance for forgetting some of the minor characters names. My first blog for this novela and I hadn't paid attention to all the names. Here it goes! ======================================== We pick up where we left off yesterday, with Paz telling Licenciado Linares that she must see him in person to speak about Luciana. He agrees to come by later. She dramatically says to Magda, “The time has come to tell El Licenciado that Luciana is the daughter he thought was dead.” (gasp) Paz anxiously wrings her hands (as usual) as Magda and Estelita assure her it’s time Linares knew the truth. She’s held on to this secret long enough. (Duh, you think?) Paz repeats her real concern is how Luciana will react to the news. She speaks to Galdino, praying to give her the words to say to Linares and to help Luciana understand everything they did, they did out of love. The phone snaps her out of her trance. It’s Pato looking for Luciana. Now she worries over what he could possible want with her Luciana. Eeeesh. Pato has just called to see how Luciana is getting along with her studies and promises to help her with math. School Campus Jana assures Lula that everything is fine in CupidVille. It’s just that Boris is convinced she (Jana) has a thang for luscious Lorenzo. Lula senses something’s up. Jana agrees Lorenzo is luscious and everything but now that he’s a jailbird....well….. – WHAT!!!! Lula says no way she can possible feel anything for him and never mind that her loca mama would never agree to a relationship with him. Jana explains, not too convincingly, that they’re just friends. Lula doesn’t seem convinced and Boris comes back just then and they’re off. TOODLES!! Airport Ariche and Rodrigo arrive from their excursion. Rod once again promises he will always look after Luciana. They spit promise to be BFF’s. Toreslanda Home At the dinner table, it’s only Jana, Connie, and Roselena. Connie understands Rosie’s wish to have the family together but has to realize everyone has a busy schedule. Gala walks in just then to announce she’s on her way to Colombia for an interview and if all goes well, she won’t be back (if only). Roselena insists she join them for dinner tomorrow for a proper send off. Gala does her part to pretend she couldn’t possibly…..but, ok. Apartment house Rod brings Ariche home and he tells Luciana how exciting the plane ride was. Luciana tells Rod they’re leaving tomorrow. When Rod says he hopes to see Ariche again soon, she tells him that won’t be likely as they’re not planning to ever return. Rod: Nunca? Luciana: Nunca! Ariche: Nunca, sob, sob, sob. Dramatic music ensues as our hunkalicious hero walks away and runs smack into Pato who explains he’s there to help Luci with her math. Luci joins them and she and Pato leave our hero standing there, shaking his head. Pato takes to teaching like a pato takes to, well, you know. Luciana repeats about her struggles with math, he shares he struggled with grammar and we have a few lovely filler scenes of them surrounded with study paraphernalia. We later see Luciana wheeling Pato into the apartment courtyard. They’re pleased as punch with their progress and Pato wishes her luck. As she walks away, Pato asks Genaro what he would do if he could do anything. Genaro hadn’t put much thought into that. Pato says he knows what he would do: he’d stay her with Luciana – awwwwwww. Estelita’s Depa Everyone’s in the kitchen with Estelita: Vio, the kids, Magda, Paz. Vio takes the kids out for ice cream and Paz commences with her worrying about spilling her guts to Linares. Magda tells her to stop it already. She’ll soon see that everything will turn out ok. Paz explains she just wants to go back to her pueblo. She’s worried about Lorenzo, she’s worried about Luciana, she’s worried about Linares, she’s worried about global warming, she’s worried about the price of wheat. Ok, I lied about the last two, but you get the gist. This woman’s worried about every darned lil ol’ thing! Estelita points out the obvious that this confession will change all their lives but it’s best to get it over with once and for all. Magda chimes in as well, saying Linares deserves to know the truth. Uh, yeah! WAAAAH, Paz doesn’t want Luciana to end up hating her. Estelita says, “Nonsense, how can she hate you. You’re her mother. You provided her with love and a home. She’ll understand.” No, no, no….Paz isn’t done agonizing over this yet. She must speak with Linares alone, face to face. Magda doesn’t help. She thinks Linares may die of a heart attack to learn that his daughter is actually alive and well. Ay, Magda. That just serves to drive poor old Paz into a panting tizzy, saying Luciana will leave her fo’ sho’. Licenciados, squared Barrera stops Linares just as he’s leaving the office to give him the good news that he was able to convince the judge to hear him out about the fraud case. In fact, he’s ready to see him in a few hours. Darn and he was just on his way to Dona Paz’s cuz she had something urgent to tell him. Barrera convinces him they can’t blow this chance to clear his name. Torre Torreslanda: Rod’s friends (sorry, forgot their names) come into his office telling him the old man is looking for him, and he’s still pithed! Rod can imagine, there are a few missed calls on his cell. He tells them about his day with Ariche and how happy the flight made him. The guys can tell Rod’s not happy. Rod leaves after getting a call from Dad. The guys stay behind talking about how bad Rod must be feeling and how they must help him get over this. Nicole’s Shop Nicole asks if Vicky has straightened out the mess with her two bf’s. Vicky assures her everything is fine and she will no longer be seeing Aldo. This doesn’t make Nicole happy. She was hoping Vicky would dump el osito. His wife is a VIP and …… Vicky doesn’t let her finish and pleads for her job. Somewhere in a plaza somewhere in Mexico, D.F. Vio is with the kids enjoying paletas when ho! What have we here? Marcial is stalking her! We just see him in the distance, whispering her name. No contact is made…..yet. Maximeanie’s Office Max admonishes Rod for not answering his phone. They argue about the biofuel. They go back and forth a bit with Rod conceding this may not be the right time for biofuel. He takes this opportunity to ask for a transfer to Canada. Max agrees and says he can leave tomorrow. Momma breezes in on her Nimbus 2000 (any Potter fans out there?) Rod tries to escape but she stops him, saying she’d like to speak with him in front of his father. Rod gives her The Glare. Rosie tearfully asks for his forgiveness. She realizes that in his eyes, she must be the worst mother (got that right). That he must think she wanted to separate him from Luciana just to make him unhappy. But he must believe her that was not the case. He keeps her at arm’s length and tells her it’s no use discussing it any longer. He and Luciana are separated and will never, ever see each other again. She assures him that one day, when he’s a parent, he’ll realize that parents only want the best for their children. She thinks only of him. Rod shoots back that she only thinks of herself. If she had thought of him, none of this would have happened! Max nods an “atta boy”. Now the drama really gets thick. Rosie says people may accuse her for many things (yup, and there’s a growing list) but they could never misjudge her for the immense love she has for her children. She pleads with him to understand she’s had no peace since their falling out, she’s doing her best to save her family. Max interrupts to tell her he’s sending Rod to Canada. WHAT!?! How can he take her son from her before he’s forgiven her!!!??? Yet more drama -- she turns to Rod sobbing and drops to her knees, begging his forgiveness. Ok, that does it. No self respecting man can see his mother on her knees. He caves. He’s no one to judge her. She’s his mother and he loves her and now he asks her for her forgiveness. She clings to him, a-sobbing and a-crying. Just wait till he figures out what she’s got in store for him at din-din tomorrow. Gala’s office Gala updates her friends on the Gala-Does-Colombia-But-Not-Really-Plan. This is her only chance. She’s leaving everything in Roselena’s hands that Rod will be there at the appointed time. Torreslanda Home Jana is visiting with Connie and tells her about Pato’s tutoring session with Luciana and shares that Rosie of course knows nothing of this. Jana explains, as we see Frigida eavesdropping, that Luciana is outta there as soon as she takes her exam. Boris drops by to get Jana, leaving Connie with Frigida who wants to confirm whether or not Connie is leaving for the weekend, surreptitiously because the curtains need cleaning. Connie says no, she has no plans this weekend. Frigida leaves as Oscar walks in. Quick as a bunny, Frigida calls Julie to tell her the news that Luciana will be gone after her exam. Julie is excited to hear the news (well, I assume she’s happy -- hard to tell with all that botox) Oscar knows something’s up but not sure. Connie tells him she can’t make it this weekend and starts to make up all kinds of excuses. Oscar’s not fooled and asks her for a simple yes or no. Does she, or doesn’t she want to go with him this weekend? If she doesn’t, he’ll understand; but if she does, he guarantees she’ll have a mahvelous time! Ok, she can’t say no to him and agrees. Besitos. Yay, Connie! All us “girls” of a “certain age” applaud you! Meanwhile, Rosie arrives and asks Mattie after her cousin. Mattie explains she’s in the library with Oscar. Rosie just saw him leave. She says Connie is very stubborn and if she doesn’t listen to Rosie, she will regret it. Anyway, she asks Mattie to prepare a huge dinner for her entire family and all of Rod’s friends, including the girlfriends. They’re going to celebrate her reconciliation with her son. Mattie’s overjoyed because Pato’s been so worried about all the squabbles. All that’s over, says Rosie. From here on out, there will only be peace and harmony. Project Taco Luscious Lorenzo gets the bike for his taco business. San Francisco Al Alto (yawn) Procopio and co-worker cheer because they have a customer!! Sacerdote Serafin finally keeled over. They begin to make plans for the funeral and the flowers. The Chismozas show up with donations from around town. Procopino promises everything will be on the up and up. Even Lucha shows up with her donations. Procopio says even Aquiles will have to pony up his share. Judge’s Chambers Hizzoner tells Linares he’s ready to judge on the side of justice. If Linares is innocent, Justice will be on his side. Linares tells him he’s gathered evidence that he was victimized by Maximino Torreslanda. Linares wonders why the judge has agreed to hear his case after all this time. The judge explains he’s done his own investigation and has found Linares to be of impeccable character. Linares proceeds to show him what he’s gathered. Estelita’s Depa Norma calls from Linares’ office to tell them the tickets are ready for their trip back home, by plane. Luciana doesn’t feel that’s necessary – they can go by bus. She asks Paz her opinion, who of course starts wringing her hands and tells Luciana to do what she thinks is best. Luciana accepts the plans as they are. Ariche comes running in just then and is tickled pink to hear they’re traveling by plane. He goes on and on about the flight and how Rod promised to help him become a pilot someday and he also told him he would always take care of Luciana. This saddens her and she puts on her sourpuss face. Aquile’s Shop Aquile is quite put upon by all the racket made by the bells tolling for the defunct Sacerdote and is none too happy to hear he’s expected to make a donation. Procopio’s prepared and has bought a crowd with him who begins’ chanting they want Aquile to give up the cash. Pato’s room Rod and Pato talk about Luciana’s tutoring session. Pato’s confident she’ll pass with flying colors. Rosie pops in and asks Rod to please join them for dinner tomorrow. Rod still seems uncomfortable but agrees. She kisses him goodbye. She tells Pato she’s sooooo happy. At last her life and her family will be back to normal. Violeta’s Depa Vio tells mom how much she’s going to miss her after she’s gone. Magda tells her to call whenever she wants. She gives Vio a blessing before she leaves for work. Magda tells Paz she doesn’t know how she can leave knowing how Vio is working in that place. Now it’s Paz’s turn to do some comforting. She reminds Magda that Vio is a wonderful mushasha. She’s no longer a child and is now responsible for her actions. Magda gets up and serves herself some coffer then points out that Linares will most likely not show up until tomorrow. Paz agrees but wishes she could talk to him and get this over with. Rodrigo and Luciana in bed --- but in different buldings Rodrigo is in bed channel surfing and gives up. He sees the wedding rings on his night stand and has a flashback to when he proposed. Scene dissolves to Luciana’s hand holding her engagement ring as she sleeps.

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