Caray, Caray!

When we left Metepec yesterday, Ximena had just imposed herself on Dion, Hissa, and Alonso, demanding to be let in on the plan.   If not, she threatens to go straight to Camila and Agustina and tell them everything that’s been done behind their backs.  Hissadora tries to pretend she doesn’t know what she’s talking about – they haven’t done anything behind their backs.  Alonsobusted has no choice but to tell mumsie that Ximena knows everything.  Mumsie’s eyes are like to bust right out of their sockets as she turns to look at her fake son.  I’m surprised Alonso didn’t just spontaneously burst into flames right then and there.  POOF!!  But he didn’t and he swears to them he didn’t tell her.  Ximena assures Hissie she figured it out all on her lonesomes and Alonso had no choice but to tell her everything.  She tells them she can be of use to them – they’re better off with her on their side.  Dion just laughs and tells her she’s got a point there – Hissa’s eyes bug out again.  Ximena is glad to see that Dion is on her side and asks for details on “el plan”.

Buenaventura

Mariano rushes into Ana’s room and covers her with kisses.  She protests that his beard is too scratchy for her to kiss him – has she been reading our blog?  Anyhoo, she asks about Tío Pablo.  She also asks about Andres and wonders who’s watching out for him.  She’s curious as to why Camila is there for him since he has no family.  Mariano doesn’t really have an answer for her but agrees to introduce her to Camila when they go to the hospital to visit Pablo.

Metepec, Council of Evildoers

Dion has explained, offscreen, “the plan” to Ximena.  He trusts she won’t tell anyone about it.  Heck no, she says, she stands to profit from the sale of the ranch.  She could care less if it’s a bull stud ranch or a tourist trap, it doesn’t really matter to her.  Hissadora asks if Ximena is sure she doesn’t mind that Camila and Agustina are in the dark about this.  Ximena explains she really wouldn’t mind seeing Cam and Aggie have some problems for a change.  They’ve never valued her so she doesn’t see why she should worry about them.  Dion thinks she’s a very practical woman and he likes that but he imagines  Aggie must be devastated (deshecha) knowing she’s involved with her sister’s hubbie.  Ximena could care less, she’ll just have to get used to it.  Besides, Camila and Alonso are practically divorced.  Not so fast, says Hissie, at least not until the ruling (sentencia) is signed.  Alonso mentions it’s just about done.  Dion chuckles at this little scene.  He now asks Ximena how it came to be that she left the hacienda.  Ximena admits Camila threw her out, as though she were the owner of the ranch.  Dion tells her not to worry.  He’ll take care of her expenses and hands her a wad of cash.  Ximena thanks him profusely, kissing him and hugging him saying she knew she’d like him as a stepfather.  Alonso gets a little flustered (jealous?) and suggests they leave.

La Malquerida

Natalia tells Luzma about Pablo giving his statement to the police about the shooting and that his parents were there.  Luzma is relieved to know his parents must now realize he wasn’t LeCerdo’s intended victim.  She asks Natalia to find a way to get her in to see Pablo.  Natalia’s a little hesitant but Luzma convinces her to seek Mariano’s help and between the two of them they can get her in to see Pablo.

Hospital

Iliana comes to Pablo’s room with a bouquet of balloons.  She tries to get Refugio to leave but the old lady stays put.  Yay!  Pablo assures her anything she has to say she can say in front of Refugio.  Iliana turns on the waterworks and swears none of this was her intention.  She feels so badly about how things turned out but she’s really very, very sorry.  Te lo juro!  Pablo doesn’t seem to know what to do and Refugio just shakes her head. 

Metepec, Council of Evildoers continues

Dion tells Ximena that as long as she is with them, she’ll always have their support, at least she’ll always have his support.  Alonso kisses his mother goodbye and literally has to pull Ximena away from Dion.  After they leave, Hissadora has a Hissy fit (“hissy fit” get it?  yuk yuk)  She can’t believe that estúpida has the nerve to threaten them.  Who does she think she is?  Dion laughs and admits he doesn’t like to be threatened either but this is not the time to have loose strings at least until Daniel shows his face.  Hissadora continues to rant about Ximena as Dion calmly mixes himself a drink.  He thinks they should let her have her moment.  What she doesn’t realize is that by agreeing to this pact, she’s signed her death warrant!  Hissie stares at him and then lunges at him in a liplock.  Eeeew

Camila’s Cabin

Agustina is waiting for Cam when she arrives.  She can’t believe Cam spent the night at the hospital.  Cam explains she did it because the man she loves is fighting for his life.  Agustina can’t believe she’s set her eyes on a simple chofer.  She doesn’t know what’s gotten into her daughters!  This isn’t how she raised them! Camila can’t speak for Ximena, but she’s very comfortable with her relationship with Andres because he is integro (honorable).  Aside from being a “simple chofer” as Aggie likes to call him, he’s  in-te-gro!  And she finds this much more appealing than being married to an businessman (empresario)  of dubious reputation.  Agustina is affronted she should speak this way about Dioncito.  He is irreproachable (intachable).  “Oh please, mom, are you sure?” asks Camila, frustrated.   Agustina accuses her of trying to sully his name to justify her own actions.  The difference between our two men es un gran abismo!  Camila would like to be wrong but she’s convinced Dionicio is not a good man and will end up hurting her.  Agustina can’t believe Camila’s saying this to her.  “The one here who will end up suffering the consequences due to her bad choice is you!” says Agustina. “Love has blinded you and you are headed for a disappointment (frentazo).  That man is a gold digger.  He came to Mexico chasing after a woman and when that didn’t work out, he had to stay here and make enough money to go back to his country. But of course, since he’s won you over, he’s going to stay until he tires of you.”  Camila doesn’t know where she’s getting this from -- she’s sick.  Agustina tells her Andres told her this himself.  She can ask him if she’d like but then don’t say she wasn’t warned!  She will respect her as the adult that she is.  She demands that Camila do the same with respect to her marriage to Dionicio.  Understood?

Hospital

Rafa and Vivi have come to see Daniel.  Doctor tells them he’s going to run some tests to make sure there isn’t any internal bleeding and then bring him back from  the induced coma and see how he’ll react.

La Malquerida

Cam’s on the phone with Osvaldo.  A few “housekeeping” items and then she tells him she’d like to continue their conversation about Dionicio.  He’s eager to speak to her.  There are some vital details she needs to know.  Camila worries about how her mom will react to learn about all of Dion’s misdeeds. 

Outside, Dion is arriving and Agustina confronts him, demanding to know how he dared dump her at a taxi stand last night.  He explains he had an emergency.  Agustina demands to know about the emergency, or could it have been another woman?  He admits yes, it was another woman.  She can’t believe the nerve he has in admitting this.  He disagrees, saying it involved her daughter Ximena.  She called to say she needed to speak to him urgently.  She’s living with Alonso in Camila’s house in town.  He turns the tables on her and wonders why she didn’t tell him after all that time they spent at the hospital together.  He’s very hurt at the way she’s treated him.  Agustina takes the bait – hook, line, sinker, and the pole itself!  Dion tells her Ximena is devastated.  She’s fallen in love with Alonso.  Agustina’s and Camila’s rejection has hurt her deeply.  Agustina protests that she should not have fallen in love with her sister’s husband!  He’s off limits to her!  Dion says she knows that but even so love found them.  He understands Ximena and would like to act as mediator between her and Agustina.  Agustina can’t look the other way.  She can’t imagine the scandal when everyone finds out.  She won’t be able to bear it.  “It’s as though Ximena’s dead to me!”  Whoa there, Gussie!!  Dion looks at her like, what?

Alonso/Ximena Love nest

Alonso manhandles Ximena and complains.  He can’t believe she had the nerve (the nerve!) to show up at Dion’s.  She doesn’t care, she got what she wanted—to be included in their plan.  Ruh-roh – Alonso’s pulling up his big boy pants now, telling her not to forget everything he put up with when he was with Camila, “always forgetting that the man in the relationship is me!  I put up with all of that, and now you’re trying to do the same thing?  What’s wrong with you?”  Ximena refuses to pagar por los platos rotos de me hermana (literal translation: pay for my sister’s broken dishes – love it!).  His relationship with Camila  is one thing, but with her, it’s very different!  Has he forgotten that with Camila he couldn’t…….. Alonso raises his hand, kind of, as though to strike her but not really and demands she never repeat that!  Ximena tells him to chill already, she only wanted to be included in the action (jugada) and see? She even walked away with a little cash!  She pulls out a smartphone and says she even took advantage of being in town to pick up a new phone – it was horrible being without one!  He tells her not to change the subject.  If she got the cash, it was thanks to him and their own plan and he expects her to share.  Oh no, says Ximena.  He didn’t really share the plan in good faith (de buena gana) because she actually discovered the plan on her own.  Alonso stares at her, dumbfounded (not so hard to do for him).  She takes a call on the landline which is presumably for him and takes a message.  She informs him the insurance has come through from the fire at his mother’s house and now he has his own “little cash”. 

La Malquerida

Dion has ensconced himself in the parlor, reading the paper – looks like a financial paper, it says DINERO splashed across the front.  Piedad comes in informing him some guy is at the front door saying he’s the father of the owner of this here spread.  It’s Dan’s dad alright.  He introduces himself as Francisco Javier Diaz Medrano,  Daniel’s father, and he has a notarized legal document signed by his son giving him authorization to take over the ranch!  Camila walks up and, recognizing him as Javier, wonders what he’s doing here!  Now Agustina walks in and says the same, telling him he hasn’t bothered with her or their daughter since their divorce.  What’s he after now?!  Dion is surprised to find out this is Agustina’s ex and he informs the ladies that he’s Daniel’s papa!  Javier says he’s surprised to find them there.  Camila doesn’t understand how Daniel would have failed to tell him the ranch was left to him by her Tío Daniel.  Javier insists Daniel didn’t share that with him and if he did, Javier certainly didn’t realize that man was her Tío, or the man Agustina was so in love with.    Agustina tells him to shut his trap!  She explains to Dion that she knew her ex had been married but didn’t know he had a son.  Javier responds that Agustina never wanted to know anything about his past.  He married Agatha, they divorced and she went to Chile and for many years kept him from contacting his son.  But Agatha’s gone now and he and Daniel have reunited.  Camila doesn’t believe him and neither does Agustina.  Aggie can’t believe she never knew that Agatha, who fooled around with Daniel, was married to Javier.  The fact that he was married to her and Daniel carries his name doesn’t mean he’s his son. “That muchacho is my brother-in-law’s bastardo and that’s why he inherited this ranch.”  Javier declares that by law and in his heart, Daniel is his son!  And nothing she says can change that!  Camila finds it strange to think that Daniel is either her cousin or Ximena’s half brother.  In either case he’s family?  Javier says Daniel is no stranger as they may have thought.  Dion butts in, saying Daniel may not be a stranger but just because he carries Javier’s name doesn’t mean he’s related by blood.  Don Daniel wouldn’t have left his ranch to another man’s son if he wasn’t sure Daniel was his own son.  Yeah, says Agustina, and besides, that bastardo is named after her brother-in-law and not Javier.  Javier is sure that’s due to Agatha’s stupid sentimentality toward Don Daniel.  He doesn’t know why Don Daniel left the ranch to his son, the fact is that he did—and that’s what counts.  Dion suggests they take this conversation into the parlor. 

Hospital

Rafa calls the police to report (anonymously) that LeoCerdo is the man who shot Pablo and Daniel.  Furthermore, he’s living at Dion’s house and provides the address in Metepec.  He leaves but quickly backtracks – Dion’s henchman is hanging about.

La Malquerida

Javier can understand why they aren’t happy to see him but Daniel trusts him enough to have him claim the inheritance.  Dion wants to know where he ran into Daniel and Javier wonders who wants to know?  He chuckles when Dion says he’s Agustina’s latest hubby.  In fact, he has a good laugh at Agustina’s expense.  All joking aside, he understands he should be dealing directly with Camila and she confirms this.  Dion stands up and says he would like to point out that it’s obvious that this tipo is trying to pull a fast one.  Javier asks him to show more respect.  After all, he’s standing on the ranch that belongs to him (Javier) and Daniel!  Camila corrects him, the ranch belongs to Daniel, not Javier.  She knows him and knows he is not to be trusted.  She doubts his story of being a devoted father.  After the way he treated Ximena, it’s clear to her that the role of fatherhood doesn’t suit him well – at all. 

Hospital

Vivi and Rafa sit outside Daniel’s room.  Rafa confirms he’s made the call to the police.  It’s only a matter of time before they arrest Leoncerdo and Dion too, for harboring a criminal in his home.  Vivi hopes they’re doing what Daniel would’ve done wanted.  She shares the doctors are still considering whether or not to bring Daniel out of the coma. 

La Malquerida

Javier assures Camila he’s not here to be judged by anyone.  Camila’s understands but they need to know all the details (pormenores).  Dion starts the questions:  How did Daniel contact him?  When, and where did he give him this authorization/power of attorney?  Javier explains it was very recent.  Daniel sent him an e-mail, they met, and Daniel asked him to claim his inheritance.  Camila doesn’t understand why Daniel would do that when he and she were already negotiating how they were going to handle things.  Dion comes unglued to learn that she’s been in contact with Daniel.  Camila turns on him and says she has no reason to be giving him any explanations!  She’s capable of handling her own problems.  (Bravo Camila!)  Javier interrupts, saying the only thing that matters is the document.  He’s the only one who can claim the inheritance because Daniel doesn’t plan on claiming it himself.  Camila is reading the document and sees that Javier may be right but she assures him she will check this out to make sure this is Daniel’s signature.  Javier swears he wouldn’t be doing this if Daniel himself hadn’t signed it!  Dion is reading the document and he has a flashback to the day when he followed Hissadora and he saw her leaving the attorney’s office.  Bingo!  Back to the present and Javier wants to know when they will vacate the premises.  Not so fast, Dion says.  Camila tells him she will have her attorney, Becerra check out the document and then they will determine how to proceed.  Javier makes the mistake of calling her Camilita and she explodes!  “No me digas Camilita!”  Javier continues to provoke her, saying how the years have been kind to her.  She ignores him and eventually agrees to reach him at the Hostal.  She turns to get the document back from Dion and he suggests he have his attorney review it.  “What part don’t you understand?  I can handle my own affairs!”  She grabs the document away from him and storms off.  (Again, Bravo Camila!)  Javier then asks Agustina to show him around “his property”.  Dion glares at her and she nervously explains she’s got a lot of things to do.  Dion walks away angry.  Agustina starts to run after him but Javier stops her.  He asks how many times has she been married?  At least 3 times?  Doesn’t she think that’s a lot for not having learned her lesson (escarmentado)????? (or is it punished?) He laughs at her. 

Hospital

Rafa gets a call from Dion asking to meet him at Vivi’s.  Vivi worries Dion may have guessed he called the police.  Rafa doesn’t think there’s been enough time for him to have heard about it yet.  Vivi’s very worried, they hug, and we hear their song.  Awwww.

La Malquerida

Agustina isn’t buying it for a minute that Javier’s a doting father especially after the way he ignored Ximena all these years.  Why, he hasn’t even asked about her.  Javier complains that she always has to dramatize everything!  There’s a price to pay for having a man such as himself.  He reminds her she once thought he was a big deal and never thought to know anything about him.  All she was interested in was catching a husband and she succeeded!  Agustina admits she should have realized what a tipo nefasto (dreadful type) he was and none of this would have happened. She doesn’t think Daniel is his son, although by all appearances he’s a vivales (smooth operator) like Javier and is even capable of killing his wife for money!  Javier is shocked to hear this. 

Amanda’s Hostal

Osvaldo comes by to visit Amanda because he knows she’s very worried about Daniel.  She admits she’s very worried and frustrated because she can’t go see him.  She doesn’t want to run into Dion. He tells her not to worry.  To Dion, Daniel’s just a simple chofer.  She shouldn’t be afraid.  He offers to go to the hospital with her.  She thanks him profusely for being such a good friend and then bats her eyes at him.  Hmmmmm, is there a budding romance here? 

La Malquerida

Javier tells Agustina nothing she says will tarnish the image he has of his son.  She understands now why Agatha ran off to Chile.  Being married to him is the worst thing that can happen to any woman.  She’s very happy Agatha cheated on him.  Oh, he’s happy too!  Thanks to that affair, this ranch now belongs to Daniel who is legally his son!  Who would have known that his first wife’s lover and the platonic love of his second wife would have given him this marvelous property!  Sometimes life is fair and he came out the winner in all this.  He laughs as Agustina fumes! 

Out at the pasture,  Rodolfo and the other ranch hand (sorry, forgot his name) talk about strange goings on.  Rodolfo saw Camila leaving the house very angry and Dionicio as well.  And now this stranger (Javier) came looking for Camila and he kept eyeing the place.  They start talking business and the other ranch hand says he’s glad Rodolfo is the new foreman. 

Bulls being weighed and herded.  (Salud!)

El Hostal

Osvaldo asks Amanda if she’s ever had another love after Dion.  She’s such a beautiful woman and can’t understand why someone hasn’t snapped her up, etc. etc.   She thanks him for the compliments.  They hold hands, she bats her eyes, and he looks lurvingly at her.  Yup, budding romance!

La Malquerida Kitchen

Luzma prays to La Virgincita to see Pablo again.  Piedad doesn’t think his family will allow it.  Luzma thinks Mariano will help her.  Piedad supports Luzma in fighting for her love.  She’s sorry she didn’t do more to keep them from Leocerdo’s harm all these years.  Luzma deserves to be happy.  They both turn to pray together. 

Buenaventura

Yago tells Natalia he’s willing to help Luzma see Pablo.  Natalia’s surprised.  Yago wants to make peace with Pablo and he thinks Luzma will help him. 

Hospital

Speaking of Pablo, Cayetano comes to his room and announces that everything is in place for Pablo to attend the university for his master’s degree.  Pablo’s shocked.  Cayetano says it’s too late.   After what’s happened, it’s not safe for him to remain here.  Rocio and Cayetano will take him to the university as soon as he’s out of the hospital.

La Malquerida

Natalia calls Luzma with the good news that Yago has arranged for her to see Pablo.  Luzma can’t believe Yago is willing to help her and he’s on his way to pick her up to see Pablo! 

Buenaventura

Mariano receives a call from Rodolfo who tells him something about the bulls (sorry, didn’t catch it).  After the call, Mariano fantasizes that Camila has changed her mind about Andres and he and she and his daughter are very happy.  Back to reality, Natalia comes up and gives him a folder with some info on the bulls from Rodolfo.  She walks away with Ana and he’s left thinking aloud that he refuses to give up Camila without a fight.  Ruh-roh!