Amor Bravío #106 (Uni 101) Wed 1/16/13 “A Bottle of Wine and a Bottle of Tears”

Old News in El Pueblo

Luzma’s School:  Luzma and Irena walk along chatting about her upcoming boda.  She is pleased that the principal is being so understanding about her taking time off from school. Irena tells Luzma she has earned the principal’s generosity.  Suddenly, Pablo pops up at the school for reasons yet unclear causing Luzma to ask" what's up?".  He tells Luzma that all is well again at La Malquerida, that Camila and Dan are owners again and that they want her to return to the ranch.  Happy hugs all around.  Pablo is seen talking on the phone with big bro Mariano about the news at the ranch.  They agree they have no love lost with the owner-for-a-day Isadora.  More to the point, the brothers wonder why she and Cayetano are hanging around together.  Something is fishy in the family.

Dio’s Office:  Sr Esteves (I think this is the bad guy investor’s name) is PO’d that Dio and Isa, majority partners in the not-happening tourist attraction, have “lost the battle” for La Malquerida.  He threatens that they better fix it or suffer the consequences.  Dio is trying to tell him that crazy (ese demente) Al betrayed all of them.  Who knew that a rat could rat out another rat? Sr Esteves doesn’t much give a rat’s a$# about this explanation.  Bottom line is that Dio and Isa, better fix it or they will have to pay everybody back for their investments and be sued for fraud and end up jail (with fellow rat LeoSordido).  Sr Estevez leaves and Dio Rat slams his fist on the desk, steam spitting out of both ears and his mouth.

Lic.Becerra’s Office:  Osvaldo is propped up at his desk signing a pile of papers.  Marguerita tries to get him to take it easy, but Osvaldo is on a mission to set up the proper ownership of the ranch paperwork for Dan and Camila.  No time to waste exterminating the rats from El Rancho!  There is a knock followed by a visit from PC Juarez.   Osvaldo gives him the good news that before crazy Al died he redeeded the ranch to Camila and Dan.  PC Juarez is pleased.  He then asks Osvaldo if he knows who Rosario, the IC nurse, caregiver and real bio mom to Al is.  Sure, Osvaldo says Rosario is the one who delivered the papers on Al’s behalf.  PC Juarez tells informs him that she was also Al’s angel of death who delivered an overdose (sobre dosis) of potassium that caused his heart attack..  Que?  Osvaldo is dumbfounded with this news.

New News of El Pueblo

Courtyard of La Malquerida:  Dan and Camila meander down the steps, Camila wiping chocolate off Dan’s hands, and they talk about Agustina returning to the ranch.  Yup, Agustina never liked Dio’s house and always felt alone,  with no pictures on the walls and all.  They wonder how Agustina will feel when she figures out who the REAL Dio is (like the current one is some kind of prize, mm hmm!).  Dan reassures Camila that when the Dio dung hits the fan, he will be there at Camila’s side to protect and defend the ladies in distress.  Rodolfo approaches to announce that Viv and friends are awaiting them in the sitting room.  Camila wonders how they knew that she and Dan were back at the ranch?  The pair run off to greet the guests, but not before Dan rearranges Rodolfo’s neck scarf.

Back at Lic Becerra’s Office:  PC Juarez tells Osvaldo that Rosario relayed Al’s accusation that Isa was involved with Padre Baldomero’s death.  PC Juarez also mentions that he visited LeoSordido in jail and although Leo cannot talk, he may be able to help them when he is able to write.  PC Juarez has decided to open a deeper investigation against Isa with all these accusations piling up like crazy.  Osvaldo tells him to go for it and to try to find justice.  PC Juarez has one little problem, however, he cannot seem to locate Isa.  He calls her cell and no one answers.  Osvaldo says to look for Cayetonto if he wants to find Isa (as subtle as their “friendship” is at this point) because they have become BFFs.  PC Juarez agrees and remembers they were together at Al’s wake (velorio).  PC Juarez also tells Osvaldo that Dan has no worries where the law is concerned – no charges in Mexico or Chile- and is officially a free man.  Good news for our currently ranchful couple.  Osvaldo adds that he thinks that the attack he suffered on the street in front of his office was premeditated and he wants to make a formal declaration.  PC Juarez tells him to drop by the station and do it.

Living Room at La Malquerida:  The friends Dan, Camila, Viv, Rafa, and Aaron are gathered together having a rollicking good time together.  It turns out that it was Padre Anselmo that told the friends that Dan and Camila were now ranchful and had returned to La Malquerida.  The friends decide to toast to the good news and happy end to this part of the tale.  Camila insists that they cannot just toast to any old vino, but to “senora botella de vino” which must mean that it is wine with a cork and not a screwcap.  She goes to get it.  Meanwhile Rafa surmises to Dan that Camila must be happy to have the ranch back.  Yes, Dan agrees, but he says they are not yet in the clear.  He explains that Dio and Isa secretly signed the docs to turn the ranch over to Sr Estevez and they already had the excavating machines at the gate that same day.  All the while they were trying to make Al look like the guilty party.  Dan suspects they have not stopped trying to get what they want, the ranch.  Rafa wonders how, now that they have little leverage.  Au contraire, says Dan, Dio being married to Agustina gives him “an in” and as long as dopey Agustina believes in him, he can hang around la MQ plotting.  Aaron suggests they need to unmask Dio to Agustina  for her longterm safety (because being a dismissive and verbally abusive jerk isn’t enough).  Dan adds, this is essential for the safety of Amanda and Nat too.

El Zocalo of El Pueblo:  Nat walks the sad streets of el pueblo crying and running the memory film reel of past encounters with Dio before she knew he was Dad Dio.  She sits on the step of La Plazita and cries.  No puede ser!  All of Dio’s gushy gabbing and Dan’s worried warnings are making sense, al fin.  Nat comes up with a bright idea, or, at least, a bright phone.  She calls Yago who is happy to hear from her, assuming it means nearby Nat nookie.  No, Nat needs nurturing.   She needs to talk.    Whoa, no can do, says Pogostick Yago who is suddenly busy with work and just cannot make the time to talk until he is done with, said,  important business.  They hang up and Nat is alone on the sad streets of el pueblo.

Back at the Living Room of LaMQ:   All the friends have gathered and Camila starts to pour some wine and tell the story behind this wine.   This is a story just like a telenovela says Camila.  This is not just any wine, but wine from la Valle de Guadalupe de Ensenada where there once lived two people who were in love and faced many obstacles but survived the obstacles and so their love survived.  The two lovebirds happen to be Geronimo and Renata (and the background music plays a short clipped version of “Cuando Me Enamore”) which is a little nod to the recently retired TN that Ms Navarro recently starred in prior to our current TN.   All those in viewerville who followed TN CME have a quick trip down memory lane and those who did not are wondering WTQ?  Our friends keep making up toasts: one to those who are no longer on planet earth (Ximena and Al), those who were victims of others no longer on planet earth (Miriam and unborn child) and to those who are still on planet earth but are acting like angels (ie Padre Anselmo among others).  Last, the happy couple makes the announcement that we are all waiting for; Dan and Camila will be getting married the following Saturday.  Why not, they are now both widows (viudos).  Scene finishes with Dan asking Camila to “da le un beso por ese vato” – yes, give that guy a kiss Camila!

Kitchen of La MQ:  Piedad and Pablo arrive at the kitchen and Piedad and Dorotea are happy to see them.  Pablo bids Luzma, his cachorrito (some kind of endearing name like puppy or little budgy bear, etc.)  goodbye to return to work.  Piedad tells Luzma that the good news is everything is back to normal at the ranch.  A knock on the door and old friend from the old neighborhood, Hipolito,  enters bearing a wedding gift for Luzma.    Piedad is surprised to see him before Saturday and Luzma is surprised to see him at all.  Hipolito is honored to have been invited to the wedding of his good, but deceased, friend Fidencio.   Piedad fusses over him about sitting down and eating - which is noticed by Luzma.   Hipolito says he is plenty hungry and if Piedad can still cook like before, he will be eating and licking his fingers.  Luzma isn’t too sure about this new fellow (ese tipo) and worries that her mother has suffered much for love.  Dorotea  counsels Luzma that she will be marrying Pablo soon and her mother also has the right to find happiness again. 

Back in the Living Room of LaMQ:  Our friends are toasting and toasted and Viv offers to help Camila find a wedding dress.  Suddenly it occurs to Camila that she doesn’t have a dress and she play scolds Dan for asking her to marry him without her having a wedding dress.  Dan, befuddled by his dearly beloved’s change in temperament, offers to postpone the wedding.  No way, answers Camila.  She is getting married in a checkered shirt and jeans if she has to, but they are getting married all the same.  Agustina comes in and inquires as to the reason for all the good cheer besides having recovered the ranch.   The mirth subsides ever so slightly as Dan say, yes, the other good news is that he and Camila are getting married on Saturday.  He was planning to formally ask Agustina for Camila’s hand in marriage at some point.  Agustina is not pleased and the mirth dies completely as she announces that a marriage between them would be a grave error (un gravisimo error). 

Hotel in El Pueblo:  Isa walks out of the hotel room’s bathroom shamelessly putting eye drops in her eyes. There is a knock at the door – it is Cayetonto- and she opens it and bursts into prebottled tears.  She reaches for him and tells him she needs him soooo much.  She goes in for a hug and pulls him closer – the camera moves in on Cayetonto’s blank expression that quickly flickers to the “daddy’s got the hots” expression.  He gives her a little extra squeeze.

Living Room of La MQ:  Camila tries to explain to Agustina that she and Dan are profoundly in love with each other.  Viv, showing good taste, attempts to excuse herself and the other BFFs.  Camila stops them saying they are there to celebrate.  Dan persists with Agustina and wonders why she still has a problem with him; after all, he is not the “nobody” bastardo chofer she thought he was before (tan poca cosa).  Agustina replies that they have known each other for so little time and that their relationship was built on lies.  She adds the jab that even though Camila knew Al for three years, look at how that turned out.  Camila says Al fooled everyone, not just her, but Uncle Dan and Agustina as well.  And furthermore, Camila adds that Agustina is out of place (fuera del lugar).  Agustina says that Dan lied about who he was too.  Dan defends himself saying that the circumstances for his deception were different and that it was due to his mistaken beliefs.  After the truth was clarified, Dan adds, he fell in love with Camila and has proven in a thousand ways how he truly loves Camila.   Camila reminds Agustina that she married Dio after knowing him only a few months.  Agustina-Self-Justina protests that Dio has always been completely honest with her – to which Viv and Viewerville cannot refrain from rolling eyes.  Besides, adds Agustina, Ximena and Al have just died.  To no avail, Camila attempts to explain to Agustina that it is time to find happiness and that to do otherwise will not bring the deceased back.  She tells her that she would be happy if Agustina were happy for them, sad if she is not, but that she will be marrying Dan, regardless.

Hotel Room:  Isa is still sobbing, Cayetonto swears unconditional loyalty and Isa proceeds to tell him the “details according to Isa”.

Somewhere City in Chile:  Comandante Abraham Farca holds a business card and makes a call. 

Patio Walkway of LaMQ:  Agustina is on the phone complaining to Dio that Camila and Dan are planning to be married.  Dio is PO’d (up to this point he is having a bad day) and insists Agustina must prevent this from happening.  She agrees and urges Dio to meet her at home where they talk calmly about this “pending catastrophe”.  Kiss! Kiss! and she hangs up.  Omar is taking a phone call while Dio is talking to Agustina.  Dio hangs up and Omar tries to give him the phone.  Dio is far too PO’d to take the call and Omar takes a message from a Comandante Abraham Farca.  Commander Abe needs to speak to Dio urgently.

Living Room at LaMQ:  On the girls’ side of the room Viv and Camila commiserate about Agustina’s sour attitude about their pending marriage.  Camila admits that try as she might, Agustina’s attitude troubles her.  They agree that Agustina is influenced by Dio and they know how Dio feels about Dan.  Viv assures Camila that Dio will make a mistake and Agustina will discover that he is not just a dismissive, verbally abusive jerk, but a philandering swindler too.   Camila also admits that she is very fearful about getting married (muerto de miedo).  Que?  Viv cannot understand why. Camila explains that she is afraid to have expectations (expectativos) about being happy after all that has happened to her and those she loved.  Viv tells her to look at the light, appreciate she has struggled hard for what she has now and to go enjoy it.  Camila lightens up and asks Viv about Rafa.  Viv tells her all is well in their loveland.  On the boys’ side of the room, Aaron tells Dan that Padre Anselmo is enthusiastic about developing the selfsustainable community.  Aaron has also recently spoken to the local ranchers who are also supportive of the idea.  Dan agrees that he is on board with the project and wants to support a better country and better world (un pais y mundo major).  Here! Here!

Hotel Room in El Pueblo:  Isa finishes her tall tale to Cayetonto.  She claims she was humiliated and treated like she was a piece of garbage.  She wonders if his offer of his attorney’s services still stands.  She needs to see if this new will that allowed Camila and Dan to  kick her booty off the ranch is valid or if it can be shown that Al was pressured to sign it.  Por supuesto que si, Cayetonto reassures Isa.  She has his support and adds that even if she doesn’t get the ranch back (after all, it will always be associated with the Monterde family name) he will be certain Isa doesn’t walk away empty-handed.  Isa thanks him, tells him she doesn’t feel so alone and places a kiss on his cheek.  She tells him how important he is to her.  The door closes behind him and Isa cuts the crap – she call Cayetonto an imbecile and mimics his telling her that the ranch will always be associated with the Monterde family.  She comforts herself by thinking that Cayetonto will unwittingly help her win her guerra!

Firepit by the Lake at LaMQ:  Camila and Dan are sitting by the fire preparing to roast wieners - well sort of.  She tells him how much this place means to her.  The lake is the first place she saw him and fell in love with him.  We are treated to the film of Dan swimming  in his skivvies, in the water at the lake.  Many in Viewerville are in very solid agreement with Camila about having verrryyy fond memories of seeing Dan at that time, yessirreee.  They reminisce, it starts to rain and he carries Camila back to house to roast wieners - well sort of.

El Hostel:  Amanda and Osvaldo are sitting together catching up on the news about Nat’s reaction to the news that Dio is dad.  Amanda is appreciative of Osvaldo’s kindness and Osvaldo reassures her that there is no need for her to be grateful.  He will always be by her side.  Camila and Dan arrive and Amanda tells them that she has told Nat that Dio is dad.  Dan reassures Amanda that Nat is a good person and will come to terms with it and reconcile with Amanda.  Osvaldo fills Dan and Camila in on the other news from PC Juarez; namely, that Rosario was the one who killed (euthanized, really) Al according to his request.  Caras impactadas! 

Jail in El Pueblo:  Rosario reports to jail.  She is given prison garb and a haircut, is fingerprinted and photographed while she thought bubbles.  She reasons that the twenty years of imprisonment for premeditated murder will be worth it just to have heard Al call her his real mother.  She tells her heavenly father  that she knows she should regret what she did, but, in truth she does not.

El Hostel:  The gang is still processing the news that Rosario euthanized Al.  Osvaldo adds that Rosario told PC Juarez that Isa offered her money to kill Al and that PC Juarez has initiated an investigation against Isa but cannot find her.   Like everyone else, Dan suggests they look for Cayetonto if they want to find Isa.  In other news, Osvaldo tells Dan that he has been cleared of all charges in Mexico and Chile although he and Dan wonder why no one followed up on the original charges against Dan in Chile.  Dan reasons that Dio is probably behind this mystery in Chile, in some way, perhaps offering a bribe (soborno) to someone when Dio was in Chile.

Dio’s Office:  Isa saunters in after her other important engagement.  She complains that her phone keeps ringing over and over again - PC Juarez keeps trying to reach her.  Dio tells her that Dan and Camila are planning to get married.   Isa takes the opportunity to needle Dio by saying that the news about his secret fantasy girl has gotta hurt.  Dio does not appreciate the needling.  He growls at Isa that he is not in the mood for this, particularly because Sr Estevez is threatening to put the two of them in jail for not delivering the ranch to the investors.

El Hostel:  The group is discussing the lack of evidence against Dio.  Camila remembers that before Al died, he told her he had someone looking for the phone records between Julian and Dio.  Osvaldo offers to find out who Al might have asked to do this.  Amanda mentions the copy of Julian’s passport that she has, showing his visa dates when he visited Chile.  They all agree they must hurry to get the evidence together, soon, because Dio is a dangerous guy.  Changing the topic and tone, Camila and Dan tell Osvaldo and Amanda why they really visited the hostel – to tell them they were getting married.  Happy looks and tears abound – Amanda tells Dan his mother would be proud of him for being with Camila.  Dan asks Amanda to stand in place of his mother at the wedding.    Happy, happy love and smiles all around!

Dio’s Office:  Isa tells Dio that they need to move to Plan B.  Que?  Yup, Plan B for Buenaventura, Isa cackles.  Dio tells her to dream on, that she is fantasizing.  Isa assures Dio she is not fantasizing and that she believes Cayetonto will leave Rocio when he discovers her infidelity with Don DanSr.  Isa says she has proof in some letters that she found at LaMQ and that she will need Dio’s help getting the letters back.  Dio offers his help, but points out that Cayetonto is un viejo.  Yup, agrees Isa, but adds that the older they are, the sooner they die.  How convenient!  Isa says Cayetonto will only live long enough to please her (we assume she refers to her ambition, not her libido).  Dio chuckles over Isa’s calculating plans.  He adds  his own plan to plant an epidemic at LaMQ in order to shake things up and recuperate the ranch for himself.  They hug in mutual satisfaction over their future plans and Dio thought bubbles over Isa’s shoulder that “we” is really “me”.  Dio only has plans for “me and Camila”.