Caray, Caray!

No pimp slap for Claudia tonight. Better luck next week!

Marcela asks Fernando where he got the money for all the home entertainment stuff he brought home. He tells her he found he's getting a big bonus too. She disapproves of spending money before receiving it. "Party-pooper," is the wittiest reply Ferni can dredge up.

JC wipes his new mirror clean and tells Mimi he's still bummed out over Helena. Fortunately, his parents will be visiting at GI tomorrow and he's got a plan!

Modesto and Eugenia discuss tomorrow's visit to Grupo Imperio. Eugenia says there's someone at GI she'd prefer to avoid. She asks Modesto what he plans to do about Claudia. Modesto ignores her question in favor of getting a drink of water.

Next day, Renato tells Helena he's reviewed all the info and thinks Fitsa (that's Pluto's shadow company) looks like their best bet. Helena says they do look good, but she'd like to talk things over with Adriano before making a decision. Renato says he'll arrange a time for them to meet with Adriano.

Adriano tells Renato he doesn't have time to see Helena now, because he's meeting with JC's parents. Renato seems to froth internally at the thought. Adriano adds that Pluto has been saying great things about him. Renato secretly froths some more.

Rebeca summons lazy Onesimo to the office.

Eugenia and Modesto show up at Grupo Imperio. Eva pulls Eugenia aside and asks if she remembers signing any papers around the time she wandered out of the house by herself and went to the empty theater alone. She drags her to Pluto's office and asks if she recognizes him. Of course - Eugenia knows him as Antonia's husband and she saw him at JC's funeral. But that's all she's ever seen of him.

So much for JC's big plan. Pluto wants to talk to Eva, so Eugenia wanders off by herself again and gets lost in the halls of Grupo Imperio. She runs into Onesimo - and recognizes him as the fan who came to her house and she gave him an autograph. Onesimo owns up to being a big fan, but denies that he's ever been to her house. He says he's meeting her for the first time.

Pluto wants to know how Eva knows Eugenia. She says they met soon after JC died. Unable to poke any holes in her story, Pluto suggests that they have a double wedding - Eva, Adriano, Helena, and himself. (Oh, yuck. Just... yuck.)

Meanwhile, Adriano tells Modesto that JC opened an account in Eugenia's name - and he shows Modesto the proof. Modesto is ashamed. He asks Adriano not to tell Eugenia. He also tells him that his love child is living with them, but they don't get a chance to talk about this because Eugenia finally finds Adriano's office. Eva joins them a moment later. Adriano announces their engagement. Eugenia is impactada.

Onesimo tells Pluto that he just ran into JC's mom, but fortunately she's easily confused so it will probably be okay. Pluto is annoyed because he told Onesimo ages ago to keep out of the office lest he be recognized. (Pluto probably should have thought of that when he told Onesimo to be at Rebeca's disposal and keep an eye on her.)

Eva corners Modesto and Eugenia on their way out and tries to make nice with them. Modesto tells her congrats on your engagement, but please stay away from my wife. Eva thanks Modesto for getting Eugenia some help.

Eva goes off on her merry way and misses seeing Rebeca come out of the elevator right in front of Eugenia, who, amazingly, does not recognize her as the fake journalist who interviewed her at the hospital. Rebeca quizzes Vero at the reception desk about Onesimo's whereabouts.

Lucia chatters to Helena about wedding preparations and honeymoon plans. Similar to her talks with Renato, Lucia doesn't realize that she pretty much carries the conversation. Eventually Helena suggests that they get some work done.

Onesimo has dutifully left the GI office and is eating a snack up in a tree someplace. He calls impatient Rebeca and tells her he's stuck in a traffic jam. Then Jacqui comes into Rebeca's office with some papers and mail, including a Very Important Magazine about women in business. Rebeca tries to get her to do some errands for her. Unfortunately, she calls her "Vero" because those blue-dress women all look alike to her, so Jacqui refuses. She tells Rebeca that Onesimo was already there earlier, but left. Miffed, Rebeca mutters about "that lying naco."

Eva is looking at her own copy of the Very Important Magazine. An article about Helena is inside. Excited that Helena is finally getting the national recognition she deserves, she proudly brings it to Helena, but is horrified to find that Helena's one-page article is followed by a three-page article about Eva herself!

And now for something completely different: the Fernando and Marcela show. Ferni is looking at cars on the Internet. He wants to buy a car for himself. Marcela says their old car isn't dead yet; and how can he be so sure about that bonus? (It's a good question, since they're having this conversation on company time and he is now fiddling with another paper airplane.)

Adriano is playing putt-putt in his office again. Pluto asks him to let Helena choose the Playa Majagua developer. Adriano says he will make the final decision. Then he takes a swing with his putter and breaks the frame on a photo of (I think) himself shaking hands with the Queen. He wants to travel the world with Eva on his honeymoon, but Eva doesn't want to. Pluto says so what - don't let her manipulate you like all women do.

Eva is still upset to be upstaging Helena with the longer magazine article, but consoles herself that probably nobody around there reads that magazine anyway. Rebeca bursts in with her copy and asks Eva for her autograph. She tries to rub Helena's nose in the fact that Eva got the longer story because of her role in rehiring the 100 women who were fired.

Eva goes into the lobby and is cheered by her female coworkers. Helena remains in her office, where she gets another visit from Pluto. He tells her it was JC's idea to fire all those women; and if he were still alive, they never would have been rehired. "We'll never know," Helena replies vaguely. Pluto earnestly assures her that it's true. Plus, he was fooling around with a business partner's fiancee, which caused the company to lose a huge deal, which is why the women had to be laid off in the first place. Helena wants to go to lunch immediately. (I'm not sure why this conversation made her hungry!) Pluti promises a surprise.

Eugenia is at home, putting away some of JC's things. She tells JC's photo that she doesn't understand why he's doing what he's doing. Modesto comes in to tell her that he has to go away to his work. She asks him again about Claudia, and again, he puts her off.

Adriano finally notices the hubbub in the lobby and says that just as there is a woman behind every great man, he's the great man behind Eva. Then he tells everyone to go back to work. Eva's a little annoyed that she didn't get a chance to give her speech, but Helena finds her and tells her she read that Eva got those women rehired because of her. Eva says that a lot of the things she does are motivated by Helena.

They are standing very close, looking intently at one another, their faces mere inches apart. Something about this seems familiar to Helena. "Your eyes," Helena murmurs...

Next time:
Oh, joy. Helena sets a date for her doom.

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