Caray, Caray!

It's time for everyone to hand in their reports, but Marcela's has mysteriously disappeared from her computer. I keep thinking that she will say "no problem, I saved a password-protected backup on the network [or on a flash drive or whatever] and/or I printed a bunch of copies and hid them in the ladies' room," because it would be so funny if her saboteur's plan could fall apart that fast. But Marcela does not have a backup or a printed copy. I am disappointed in her.

My disappointment turns out to be short-lived. Meanwhile, Renato offers to help Cindy collect the rest of the reports.

But let's talk about some other stuff first.

Pluto and Adriano exchange confidences about their romances. (Helena is almost as good as Antonia, Pluto says.) Pluto pretends to be happy for Adriano. Adriano is sincerely happy for Pluto and gives his blessing for the relationship.

JC has looked over the records Mimi got from Accounting and can't find any evidence to incriminate Pluto or exonerate himself. If Pluto committed the fraud, he hid it very well.

Helena tells Lucia she's tired of hearing about Renato. Lucia insists this time that she's sure he wants a relationship.

Pluto is angry when Felix, the IT guy, says that he didn't find anything on Eva's computer. Felix remembers that Eva asked him to look at "something" on her computer once, but then changed her mind. Pluto threatens to fire him and suggests getting the data from her cell phone.

Next, Felix (who is having an amazingly busy day) tries to help Marcela. Fern tries to blame "computer maintenance" for the mysteriously deleted report. He says things always disappear during "computer maintenance"! (Fernando once experienced some data loss after Felix "worked" on his machine, on Pluto's orders. I think that was Fernando, anyway.) Felix says no; maintenance doesn't cause this kind of problem. People need to password-protect their computers. That's not his job! (Er, actually, IT can configure the computers to require password protection that kicks in after the computer's been idle for a few minutes.)

Renato nags Marcela for her report while she works feverishly to reconstruct her lost work. He is annoyed when Fern hands him Santi's report - obviously, with Santi absent this morning as usual, Renato was hoping his report wouldn't be turned in on time. Out in the hallway, he tears up Santi's work and throws it away, and the trash is emptied soon afterwards. (I keep imagining that the trashcan will ask "Are you sure?" like Marcela's computer did.) Renato gives the rest of the reports to Cindy.

Cindy takes the reports to Adriano and tries to flirt with him, but he boots her out of there in a hurry when Eva shows up. Eva asks if they can review the financials again to rehire the women, but Adri says Pluto is in charge of that. Adriano asks Eva to help him read all the reports. She says no, tells him not to call her "mi amor" in the office, and not to watch as she leaves the room.

Helena tells Lucia that she and Pluto are an item. Lucia signals her approval by screeching like a lunatic. Eva enters, and Lucia pretends that she was just laughing at a really good joke. She leaves, and Eva asks Helena what she's so happy about. Helena tries to change the subject to Eva's love life, to little avail. Eva asks if Helena still thinks about JC. Helena says JC is dead and she needs to move on. Eva goes back to her office, hikes up her dress, and whines about Helena to Mimi. Mimi tells her to hurry up and get that proof.

Mimi is summoned to Adriano's office. She leaves her Blackberry on Eva's desk. Felix snatches it, thinking it's Eva's.

Marcela has rewritten her report, but Adriano doesn't want it because it's late. He's surprised at her; she's always so responsible. She explains that the original got deleted, and this is just a quick do-over. He smirks at her excuses and flippantly beings flipping pages, prepared to diss her for taking such a long time. She nervously apologizes for the report's length and offers to edit it down. But after seeing those pages packed with the details of all the work Marcela has done for the company so far, Adriano changes his tune. It's the most thorough report he has ever seen! (To be fair, most of the previous reports he's seen were written by Santi and Fernando and probably have vulgar drawings in the margins.) He promotes her to Coordinator of Operations for GI.

Adri says Fernando's job will be re-evaluated after the Playa Majagua project is done. Until then, he'll be reporting to Marcela. (Eva giggles behind her hand.) Renato will be the Coordinator of Commerce and Administration (?) for the PM project.

Santi: But that's my position! If he's doing that, what am I going to do?
Adri: We're going to talk about that privately in my office. I'm going to explain it with apples.

Eva sneaks out to visit Mom. Mimi finds her phone on Eva's desk, but all of her data seems to be missing. Meanwhile, Felix tells Pluto he copied all the data on Eva's phone to a USB drive and gives it to Pluto. (Does Felix know how to copy data without deleting it?)

Rebeca wants to know why Pluto's in such a good mood. He denies that he's doing anything with Helena. Becky says if so, then why doesn't he announce their love to the world? He replies that it's too soon after Toni's death (remember, Adri has already given them his blessing) and he still has the rest of the month and she should leave him alone till then. "Tick-tock, tick-tock," she taunts him (though with her accent, it sounds like she's offering him a Tic-Tac).

Pluto calls Helena with an important message: he loves her. Gag.

Adriano is incredulously reading aloud a report that sounds like a steamy love letter when Mimi replies to his summons. Indicating Mimi's report, he asks "what kind of joke is this?" She says it's her detailed report of what she feels for him. He wheezes. He's flattered that "a woman like you" loves him, but he's in love with Eva. They agree there's no need to tell Eva about this.

Eugenia isn't happy to see Eva. "I don't want to see you again, ever." She's tired of people making a fool of her. The doctor sends Eugenia back to her room (they're outdoors) and scolds Eva for whatever it was that set Eugenia off. Alas, Eva has no idea.

Fernando grumbles. Marcela tries to comfort him and says maybe Adri will change his mind. Ferni is humliated that she's proven to be better than him at everything. She says they'll work together to find a solution. That makes him feel worse, that she always has the answer. He confesses to deleting her report and asks her forgiveness. (She should make him beg harder.) She asks if it's so hard for him to accept that she's as capable as he is. He was afraid that if they compared her report to his, they'd realize that he doesn't do much. Marsela asks if he felt macho enough when he deleted her report. Maybe he should ask himself if he really likes working there, she says. And now she's going to do some of the work they pay her for.

Renato walks in and notes the tension. (Fern has his back turned to him and agrily swipes a tear from his cheek.) Adriano is ready to see him and Santi now.

Angelica and Rebeca are friends again after their argument the other night. Rebeca says it's Angelica's turn to help her for a change. They agree to meet for drinks.

Santi and Fern meet with Adriano. Santi says "if you read my report..." and Adri says he never got it. But it doesn't matter; Renato already finished Santi's work.

Lucia goes into Renato's office and starts chattering at him. She wants to take him out to eat to celebrate his promotion. He's not exactly mean, but he's too "busy" (straightening some items on the bookcase) to hang out with her.

Adri asks Santi about his Vegas wedding. He thinks Santi should view it as a motivator to work harder - not an excuse for slacking off. Then Adri taunts Fern for being not as good as his wife. Eva scolds Adri and defends her boyz. Adri says there's no JC to defend them anymore, so they'd better put their noses to the grindstone, or they can just forget about working at GI.

Lucia is still chattering. She asks Renato about the kiss he gave her after Santi's party. He says he doesn't remember. She backpedals awkwardly. He coldly hands her some papers to take to Helena.

Eva lectures Santi about taking care of his job and marriage and kind of smacks him in the head. Santi calls his mother.

Modesto has heard about Eva's visit to Eugenia. Eugenia denies that Eva was the reason she got upset. No, it's because of JC. He's been deceiving her all along. Modesto says she has to accept that JC's dead; that's why she's here. Eugenia rolls her eyes.

Rebeca wants Angelica to help her find out what Pluto's up to and if he's having a thing with Helena. They follow him to a swanky mall. He's buying jewelry. Lucy and Ethel follow him to a restaurant and sit at a table nearby, sort of behind him.

Santi phones Angelica. She leaves the table to take the call. (Since when? Isn't she exactly the type of person who loudly takes a phone call at her table in a restaurant?) A moment later, Helena shows up and kisses Pluti on his nasty lying lips.

Rebeca gapes. "¡No puede ser!" Oh yes, it totally puede ser.

Next time:
Mischief transpires.

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