Caray, Caray!

Mariano joins Camila on the riverbank.  She doesn’t feel like talking.  He tells her it’s not necessary for her to say anything.  He swore he would be by her and he will.  He encourages her to go ahead and cry.  She tries to hold back, but her anguish is too great and she turns to him and cries as he embraces her.  So sad.

Vivi and Rafa’s place     

Viv and Rafa return and she notices at once that the lights are on, convinced it must be Bruno.  Aaron comes in from the back room and scares the bejesus out of them.  He tells them Ximena found him.  He had no idea where to go so he climbed in through a back window.  They all agree he can’t continue to stay at the Hostal.  Ximena is sure to blab to everyone she saw him there.  It’s agreed he should stay with them because he’s got a meeting with Dion in the next 24 hrs – reason enough for him to be there.

La Malquerida

Alfonso/Xi’s bedroom:  Alonso twirls a ringer (wedding band?) in his hands as Ximena comes in.  He wants to know where she’s been all day.  She explains she went looking for her brother, and she found him!  Her father had told her he frequently met him there and that’s where she found him.  “Daniel” shared with her that he no longer trusts their father because he didn’t leave La Malquerida and return to La Hostal as directed.  She didn’t get a chance to find out where he’s staying.  She’s so dense she thinks that because he’s angry with their father she will, in time, win his confidence.  Alonso complains that she should have followed him and convince him to work with her.  Ximena says she tried but he threw it in her face that she’s Alonso’s lover.  How can he trust her when she betrayed her sister? She explains he doesn’t approve of the relationship but he’ll soon realize they’re his only allies and he’ll soon come to trust them.  No one knows she’s met him.  He begins to rub her shoulders and suggest she not tell anyone she’s met “Daniel”.  Fingering the ring again, he tells her they must always be one step ahead of her father and Dionicio.  He has to talk to Daniel before anyone else. She agrees Daniel should only work with her and Alonso – no one else.  Together, they can make the most out of their relationship with Daniel.  Right, Sebastian? Ok, Bella.

Bulls being corralled – SALUD!

La Malquerida

Dion is on the phone with the Police Comandante, telling him one of his men saw Leoncerdo at a cabin near Aculco.  He gives the directions that the cabin is near a bosque (forest) on the way to D.F. and says he’s only interested in helping them capture the fiend. 

Hospital

The nurse arrives to give D’Andres his meds --- but he’s gone!

Camila’s Cabin

Said  patient has arrived at Cam’s, still in hospital scrubs.  He enters her bedroom as she sleeps and calls her name.  She wakes up, surprised to see him there but she has no desire to speak to him.  She knows all there is to know and that he’s Daniel’s spy.  “You’re wrong.  I’m not a spy for Daniel. “   Cam continues to put on her robe,  “Por favor.”  He continues, “I am Daniel Diaz Acosta!”  She’s impactada!

At another cabin, near a bosque, on the way to D.F.

The flea-bitten varmint that is LeonCerdo is asleep when three burly men bust in the door and grab him.  He’s fighting back and we see Hissadora walk in, wearing gloves. (Darn, she’s taken off her Hitler Youth costume – it would’ve fit in so well in this scene)  Oh, this doesn’t look good for our resident creep.  She walks up to him and raises a very large knife and says, “I came to assure myself that you’ll never in your life talk again.”  Ooooooh

Back at Cam’s Cabin

“You’re Daniel? You?  I saw a photo of Daniel, and you’re not Daniel.”  He explains he used that photo to mislead (despistar) and protect himself so no one would discover him.   He swears he’s Daniel.  Andres Duarte was his cellmate who died when they escaped.  She doesn’t believe him.  It’s another one of his lies.  He swears it’s the truth and she must listen to him.  She angrily asks how he dares to tell her that now.  Does he realize how many times she told everyone he was a good man?  “You’re a liar, Andres – Daniel!”  She backs up to the wall and begins to cry as he drags himself to the lounge chair at the foot of her bed.  He wants to explain.  He swears everything he did had a reason and was justified. “What justification!” she screams, “what justification?  You have no explanation to justify what you’ve done, playing with me.  Of course,  you did it to claim your inheritance and so I wouldn’t throw you in jail.  You were only pretending.  It’s the only thing you do!”  She’s sobbing.  He tells her, feebly, that if he lied to her it was because he had no alternative.  She repeats that doesn’t justify anything.  That doesn’t justify playing/fooling with someone.  There’s no way.  He tells her he never played her.  His love for her is the most honest part of him.  She can’t believe he has the nerve to talk to her about honesty.  The only things he’s done this whole time is lie, even about who he is!  He says again he had no alternative.  He had to lie like everyone in this house – Alonso, Dionicio – who want to see him dead in order to claim the inheritance that her…….the pain stops him from saying any more.  She screams at him again,  “Again with the justification?  You don’t know how to do anything else!”  He agrees with her, he is justifying himself.  He apologizes but he has no other option.  He’s come to tell her the truth and he needs her to listen to him.  She tells him to scram.  “Largate!”  He agrees to leave and get out of her life if that’s what she wants.  But he won’t leave until he’s told her the truth.  Once he’s done that, she can do what she’d like, turn him over to the authorities, whatever. He reaches out to her and she tells him not to touch her.  She nods as though to say ok, she’ll listen and he acknowledges, “está bien. “

At another cabin, near a bosque, well, you know the rest

We see what I can only hope is LeoCerdo’s dead flea-bitten carcass.  The men ask Hissadora what she wants done with him.  She stands there with a bloodied knife and glove and instructs them to dump him on the roadside.  After they drag him out, the remaining goon tells Hissadora he’s surprised at her.  Few people are as cold-blooded as her.  Momma Kimodo wipes the knife on newspaper and explains one cannot have compassion with that class of people.  He agrees, comparing LeoCerdo with a ravenous dog who would respond viciously at any provocation.  (hey, that’s giving ravenous dogs a bad name, comparing them to LeonCerdo!)  Wow!  HAHAHA  Hissadora agrees with me!  She tells him not to offend the dogs.  LeoCerdo could have only hoped to be a dog.  He was nothing more than an odious rat.  (well, I think the rats would also be offended by that – Leo is in a class all his own)

Back at Cam’s Cabin

(There are a lot of flashbacks interspersed into Daniel’s explanation.  I chose to describe only what he says --  hope that’s ok) They’re both calmer now and he begins to describe his life in Chile.  He was having financial problems and had lost his job.  He was married to Miriam, they were in love and were about to have a child.  When he received the news he was to inherit some property, he was happy thinking all his problems were solved.  He thought of it as a stroke of good luck.  How wrong he was.  He never imagined this inheritance would end up ruining their lives.  Apparently it ruined many lives.  It seemed strange to Miriam and him that some stranger would leave him anything.  He had never heard of Don Daniel.  He explains how Don Dan investigated him.  He clarifies that he is not Don Daniel’s son.   Don Dan had his doubts but he’s perfectly certain.  Camila doubts him and wonders if he’s just saying this to justify having slept with his cousin.  She begins to get hysterical and he tells her that when he realized he was in love with her, he sent for DNA tests, using her hair strands.  She’s not placated.  She demands to know if he ran these tests before, or after they had slept together!!! He explains he did it for their peace of mind.  He didn’t want that to be a reason to separate them when they eventually had this conversation.  That’s why he did it.  He hadn’t planned on falling in love with her, and apparently she hadn’t either.  Agustina never thought that by asking him to protect Camila they would end up falling in love.  Camila lashes out at him, “I no longer love you.”  “Yes you do.” He replies, “You love me as much as I love you.”  “You have such a level of pride that you can’t accept it!  You’re arrogant!”  “It’s not arrogance, it’s love.  Please listen to me.  Everything I did, I did for a reason.  I did it to protect you.   Not just to protect me, but also to protect you.  Believe me.”  “Oh, ok,” she says, “so now that I stupidly believed you, you think you can sell me on you being the valiant prince who’s come to protect me.  Oh, please.  Go on, finish what you’ve come to tell me.  But don’t lie to me.”  He accepts that and understands.  He continues to explain how he found his wife being attacked at their apartment.  He assumes he was the one they had planned to kill but it was his child and wife that ended up paying for his inheritance.  They wanted to stop him from claiming his inheritance, at any cost.  He’s sure the assassin was sent from Mexico.  He had a tattoo of a scorpion on his neck.  That man was Julian, the man who was killed here.  Camila assumes he killed Julian.  He tells her no, he’s not a criminal.  He’s in a lot of pain.  She goes to comfort him.  He tells her it’s important to him that she understands he’s not a criminal.  He didn’t kill his wife and he didn’t kill Julian.  He repeats he’s not a criminal.  She stands away from him – thinking. 

Hospital

Rafa and Vivi become aware that D’Andres is gone.  The doctor explains D’Andres’ condition is very serious and if he doesn’t continue to get his meds and antibiotics, he risks a very serious infection.  He asks them to be sure to get him to continue his meds if they should find him and oh, by the way, he also needs to settle his account or he can get into some serious trouble.  Haha, spoken like a true hospital adminsitrator.  Rafa and Vivi quickly surmise Daniel’s gone to see Camila.

Cam’s Cabin

Daniel continues his story, telling Camila  about Miriam’s brother’s prejudices against him because of his religion and how he accused him of killing her because of the life insurance, of which he knew  nothing.  After he found out Miriam had died, he got in with a group of prisoners who were planning a break.  Camila wonders why he didn’t come to her.  He explains he mistakenly thought she might be behind it all since she stood to gain from his death.  Camila is understandably upset.  He tells her how he tried to call her but ended up speaking with Andres, who hung up on him.  He knows now she was another one of Alonso’s victims.  The next time he tried, the number had changed as well as the ranch website.  Camila remembers when that happened.  He admits this all caused him to believe she was aligned with Alonso.  He’s sure she also doubted him.  He admits the reason he wanted to get close to her was because of the hatred he felt, his need for vengeance.  He wanted to win her confidence and then destroy her.  She can’t believe he has the nerve to tell her this in that manner.  He struggles to stand.  He reminds her she asked for the truth.  He’s not perfect, he made a mistake.  (Gasp! We see there’s blood seeping through his shirt where he’s holding his side.)  He was blinded by hate.  He had lost everything.  He was blinded by his thirst for revenge and he’s sorry.  She says,  “Well, you’ve achieved (lograr) your goal, you’ve destroyed me!  Right now I’m in pieces!”  He’s sorry to hear that because everything changed once he met her and he grew to know her and when he began to fall in love with her he realizes she is innocent.  She’s just another victim.  “And you realized this when you read my uncle’s letter,” she says.  He admits it.  She feels all this wouldn’t have happened had her Tío been able to tell her everything before he died.  He was only able to say Alonso’s name and nothing else.  Daniel says everything would have been much easier and they wouldn’t have had to suffer so much if they had only read that letter.  She repeats that yes, they’ve been through a lot.  He asks her to look at him and believe him that he’s grown to love her more than anything.  He loves her to point of sacrificing his own life if it were necessary.  If he didn’t tell her the truth, it was because he needed to protect her.  He couldn’t make her vulnerable in front of them.  And he wouldn’t be able to forgive himself if they were to kill her because of him.  “That’s the truth.  It’s my truth, do with it what you will.”  Eek, there’s more blood seeping through.

The hospital

Vivi and Rafa frantically make plans to find Daniel

Cam’s Cabin

She asks him to explain why Padre Baldomero’s asked for that letter of recommendation for him.   Daniel limps over to the bed and sits down and begins to explain.  Padre knew everything.  The letter from her Tio was left for Padre Baldomero and it included a picture of Daniel and that’s why he recognized him at the church.  He had no choice to come clean with the Padre.  That’s why when the death certificate for Daniel showed up, the Padre went to La Malquerida to confront Alonso and Hissadora and therefore signed his own death sentence.  He was murdered.  It was planned by Alonso and Hissadora.  He assures her they’re capable of that and much more.  They had LeoCerdo to their dirty work.    He reminds her of the day they learned of the accident and Alonso blurted out that the Padre had hit a tree – no one had mentioned that yet.  Camila remembers that now.  He also tells her of the paint chip on Alonso’s car that matched Padre’s pickup as well as LeoCerdo’s coat button near the car.  When the accident didn’t kill him, they’re the ones who made sure he would meet his Maker.  Camila can’t believe it.  He knows it’s a lot to take in but it’s important that she know the entire truth in order to comply with Tío’s wish to protect her.  Camila shouts at him, “I don’t need your protection!” “I’m going to do it anyway,” he responds.  “I’m not going to do it just because I promised him, but because I love you.  I love you, Camila.  I love you and I’m ready to die for you if necessary.”  Someone starts knocking on the door as Camila tells him the only thing she asked of him was to tell her the truth.  He knew perfectly well what her life was like and he should have know she would react this way.  He swears he was going to tell her the truth.  “But you didn’t tell me,” she shouts at him, “that’s the truth!  You didn’t tell me!  You still have a lot of ‘splaining to do!”  The knocking continues and she finally goes to answer (can’t believe the door is actually locked!).  It’s Luzma coming to tell her that Andres has escaped.  They hear a crash coming from the bedroom.   Daniel has collapsed!  Camila goes into veterinaria mode.  She checks his wound and finds it has opened.  She tells Luzma no one can know he’s here.  She asks Luzma to bring her the botiquín (first-aid kit) and starts to provide first aid. 

Notario’s Office

Sorry, can’t remember his name – Hissadora’s crooked attorney – his secretary comes in with a notice from the Colegio de Notarios (attorney’s association???) saying he must present himself before them regarding a criminal charge (denuncia penal) raised against him.  He asks to be left alone.  He quickly scans the documents then pounds his fist on the desk.  “Maldito Becerra!”

Cam’s Cabin

Daniel is tucked into Camila’s bed.  Luzma noticed Cam called him Daniel and admits she’s known for some time that his real name is Daniel.  Camilas is understandably surprised and upset.  Luzma explains she found out because of the letter from Don Dan that LeoCerdo had asked her to read him (the illiterate oaf!)  She explains she didn’t really read what was in the letter and made LeoCerdo believe it was nothing more than a love letter.  She didn’t say anything at the time because Camila was in the hospital.  Daniel swore her to secrecy, saying Camila was in danger.  He told Luzma he would eventually tell Camila the truth, and she sees he has.  He was only trying to protect her, he loves her so much.  Camila wonders who else knows.  Luzma doesn’t know of anyone else.  She wonders if they should take Daniel to the hospital.  He looks pretty bad.  Camila says that can’t be done.  The police are waiting for Andres Duarte to appear before them to give them a statement along with his identification.  If the police figure out that Andres is Daniel, they can end up putting him in jail.  Another knock on the door.  Luzma’s sure it’s Rodolfo coming about some issue with the bulls.  Camila tells her to have him take care of it and not to say anything to anyone.  Luzma promises she won’t.  After she leaves, Camila says to the unconscious Daniel, “So you trusted her more than me?”

Slow speed chase

A cop car comes crawling up the lane.  It goes into a field where two cops discover LeoCerdo’s body.  Bloody hell, he’s alive!  They radio into headquarters saying there’s no evidence of a gunshot wound or a knife wound.  Upon closer inspection, one of the cops realizes his tongue had been cut out!!!!  Le cortaron la lengua! EEEEEEWWWW. 

La Malquerida

“Buenos Días,” Camila greets Dionicio at the breakfast table.  He’s traded his “Dinero” paper for the “Global” paper.  He asks how “it” went.  She responds, “LeoCerdo won’t be talking anymore.”  He gets the impression that she enjoys (gozar) death and suffering.  She’d be lying if she told him that wasn’t so.  There’s something in that moment that makes her feels powerful.  She caresses his face and warns him to be careful because she’s capable of anything.  He grabs her hand and tells her these threats are of no use.  She knows perfectly well of what he’s capable.  The difference between them is that he doesn’t get his hands dirty.  Ximena can be seen eavesdropping --- does she look scared?  Hmmmm

Avances

Dion is aware Daniel’s (Andres) is out of the hospital.

Cam tells Raf and Viv that what they and Daniel did to her is unforgivable!