Caray, Caray!

* Lo refrito: Victoria, the jealous Balvanera princess gets owned by Arriaga. “Yes, madam, you’re right, Opalina isn’t just my spiritual guide. Good night.” Vicky is impactada, and she deserved it.

* Lo nuevo: while Nikki is anxiously waiting for her BoyToyBoyfriend, the aforementioned young gentleman is in the middle of a threesome with two American girls (who surely won the award for the most horrible accent in a telenovela). He says he’s with his coach, and they are making arrengements to his next United States tournament. By the way, he hopes this time his beloved flaquita (skinny girl) will accompany him… as his wife. Neta gets a small heart attack, but manages to feign enthusiasm: oh, that’s great, she wants to marry him so much, and now she’s super happy. Really. Roy promises that as soon as he finishes there *yuck*, he’ll pick her up.



* Beatriz and her beaten-up knight in the shining armor are having dinner at a restaurant. He confesses in a very touching and lovely manner that although he had never had a father figure in his life, and he has zero experience with children, he wants to learn about these things, and he’s looking forward to form a family with her and Guillo.


* Paula and Felipe are also having a nice and cheerful evening together: they are talking about the good old times, and Felipe assures his ex wife that he’d love to be her friend.


* Nikki Equis, who’s still waiting for Roy, is getting more and more annoyed every minute. So this is the perfect moment for Guzmán to enter the room, and as always, Nikki unleashes all her bitchiness at him: what are you doing here, gorilla? Why can’t you leave me alone? They start arguing about Roy: while Frankie is making fun of the boytoy, Nikki demands that he show respect to her boyfriend, her fiancé, her future husband. Oh, by the way, we’re going on a tour to the US soon! Guzmi starts clenching his jaw, and his situation gets even worse when Tomasina shows up and tells him that Aníbal wants to see him at the hospital. He’s probably bored and wants to talk to someone. Nikki finds the situation very amusing: oh, that sounds a great plan for tonight, have fun, gorilla! Guzmán switches into the mega-jaw-clenching mode.


* In the hospital Adriana is walking around with a HUGE GUN, because you know, that isn’t conspicuous, strange or creepy at all. She imagines threatening her father with the gun, and Fantasy Aníbal, who has frighteningly crazy eyes in that scene, answers that if she kills him, she’ll never find her daughter. Bwahahahahaha! Adriana shoots him nevertheless. Now we switch back to reality where Adriana is torn between her desperation and her conscience. “I’m sorry, God, I’m not a murderer. But what should I do, Virgencita, what should I do?”


* At the Balvaneras Vicky, who’s still obsessing over the relationship between Arriaga and Opalina, tells Tomasina that she doesn’t know if something happened yet, but she’s sure something will happen soon. Tomasina is “más perdida que la cabeza de Pancho Villa” (more lost than the head of Pancho Villa), and she doesn’t understand what the heck Ms. Vicky is talking about. Victoria informs her about José Ángel and his “spiritual guide”. She saw them together!!! It’s crystal clear, there’s something fishy going on between them!!! That man has some nerve!!! *Viewerville: calm down, bro*


* Nikki, who finally realized that Roy won’t pick her up that evening, joins them. She needs to talk with mother about Roy… who’s very serious about her. Victoria still can’t understand her fascination about that boy. A few days ago she seemed to like Guzmán! Nikki is so serious about Roy that she couldn’t even express her sentiments towards him with proper words: she and Roy has always been cool together, and when she saw him again, she felt super wow about him. Besides, her daddy loves him, too, and that is very important for her. Your dad? Nelson joins the ladies just in the right moment, so Victoria, la impactada can ask him about the situation. Why do you encourage this relationship? The kids haven’t seen each other for a very long time! And they don’t know what kind of man he became! Nelson answers that Roy is the son of their best friends, and he has a bright future, which makes him an ideal husband for Nikki. A husband?! Nikki senses that a big fight is in the making, so she tries to flee. Nelson agrees that they shouldn’t quarrel, and he kisses his furious wife passionately. Yuck, telenovela face attack! Neta rolls her eyes, because smooching parents are super-uncool, and she leaves the hall. And yes, this is the moment when the Angel enters the hall (because in telenovelas everyone has a sixth sense for these things). It’s a muy uncomfortable moment: Vicky and Arriaga look embarrassed, and Nelson fires a few snarky remarks at the big guy. After José Ángel apologizes and leaves, Victoria tells the Furminator that fortunately Nikki’s getting better, so they won’t have to fake their marriage for a long time. And she’ll sleep in her art studio tonight!


* At the hospital Aníbal tells Guzmán that he loves his daughters and his granddaughter very much, and he’ll do anything it takes to ensure their wellbeing. But he’s very worried about his little princess Nikki, and he begs Guzmi to trust him and tell him everything about her illness. In the meantime Adriana tries to sneak into the hospital room to listen to their conversation, but a nurse drags her away. Sorry, Miss, but visiting hours are over! A few minutes later she goes back to the room again, but she doesn’t notice that Frankie has already left. She hears Aníbal saying that “you’re the only one who knows my secret, I confide in you completely, and now I need you by my side more than ever”, but she doesn’t realize that he’s talking to someone on his cell phone.

* Kendra and Cris arrive at Cozumel, where we get another product placement (this time a nice lady tells Cristina what a fantastic place Cozumel is), Cristina is having a great time, and Kendra is praying for patience because her personal assistant is getting on her last nerve.


* At the Arriagas Little Orchid informs Betty and Salsero that Cristina is on a business trip with Miss Kendra. The couple look uncomfortable at the mention of Kendho, so Beatriz quickly starts talking about how happy Cris looked for having that job. Guillo, who had a nightmare again, interrupts them. While Beatriz is putting the little boy into bed, Salsero is about to leave… but Liliana holds him back and asks him to be careful with Beatriz. Please don’t hurt her, and if he’s serious about her, he should forget Kendra Ferreti. Salsero gets a phone call from Guzmán (Liliana’s face lights up), who asks for a free night off. Dances says okay, and then he tells Lili that the only woman he’s interested in is Beatriz. After Salsero leaves, Betty confesses to Little Orchid that she feels horrible for lying to Santino about what lowlife did, and then she tells the girl about the rape.

* Cristina’s absolutely enthusiastic about her luxurious hotel room in Cozumel. She’s simply adorable.

* In the hospital Guzmán notices Adriana, and remembers back to the day when he met that mysterious young woman at the ranch. Adri, who’s determined to find out everything he knows, flashes a wide, seductive smile, and says that she’s very happy to see him again.

* In the meantime Cristina’s soulmate, her husband, the love of her life is wondering around in the Balvanera mansion. He ends up in the kitchen where he meets Victoria. She asks him if he can’t sleep. No, he can’t. She says it must be his conscience: he made his bed, now he has to lie in it. *Viewerville: thanks, Vicky, that was very helpful* Arriaga can’t take any more of her jealous holier-than-thou remarks, so he starts confessing… a lot. Can’t she see how desperate he is? He can’t even think about cheating on his wife, but he has never felt like this before! He never had feelings that he couldn’t keep under control! And now he’s doing everything he can to avoid being unfaithful to Cristina. Victoria looks impactada, again.

* Adriana has a simple plan: have a drink with Guzmán, get drunk together, and make him spill the beans. She says her name is Apolonia Alvear, and she’s Adriana’s friend. She tells her even more lame lies about how she ended up in the Balvanera hacienda, and then she can’t stop talking about her best friend, Adriana. It’s obvious that Frankie sees right through her, but he seems to enjoy her company, and she really amuses him. She orders a glass of champagne to celebrate their reunion.


* At the Balvaneras Angel tries to explain his feelings with apples: he made an oath to be faithful to Cristina, to love her and respect her forever. And he has never thought about other women before. But now he is tormented by these strange feelings! He grabs her hands and says that he doesn’t want to feel this way towards this woman. He begs her to say something, anything. Victoria asks him if he thinks that woman feels the same way about him. Well, sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn’t. And that’s very confusing, and it’s driving him crazy. Please, say something! Vicky, who’s still swimming in the river Denial (by the Oblivious Bay), doesn’t get it. For God’s sake, Arriaga, I’m the least likely person to talk about these things! José Ángel gets angry: if she doesn’t listen to her, then with whom else could he talk about this? I don’t know, says Victoria. But not with me. Not with me! I hope you can solve this problem, Arriaga, says the woman, and then she flees from the kitchen.


* In the bar “Apolonia” is getting more drunk every minute, and she’s just talking and talking and talking about Adriana and her cold, calculating father, Aníbal Balvanera. To Aníbal if you don’t have money, you don’t exist. But Adriana is nothing like her family, and actually, Victoria is very different from their father, too. She’s generous and noble, but maybe she shouldn’t have stayed so close to her father… He surely kept her away from exploring her artistic side completely. Frankie finds Apolonia very intelligent and interesting. And what does she think about Miss Nikki? Oh, she’s a wild child, says Adri. But she’s very nice and charming if you push the right buttons. Guzmán notes that her fiancée, Roy Pavia obviously knows which buttons to push. Wow, he’s a very famous tennis player, and he was her first boyfriend, says Adri! Frankie says that Apolonia is surprisingly well-informed about the Balvaneras, to which she answers that no, she isn’t, because they live in different worlds, and she could never fit into that family. Cheers!

* Vicky’s now raging in her art studio… to poor sleepy Tomasina whom she woke up and dragged out of her bed. *LOL* Unbelieveable!!! Arriaga had the nerve to tell her about his future infidelity! That cynic bastard! Tomasina, who’s more clever than the whole Balvanera household combined, asks Vicky if the Angel was talking about Opalina. Well… he didn’t mention her name, says Victoria, but she’s sure she was talking about her. Completely sure!!! After all, she saw them hugging!!! *sorry for the abuse of the exclamation point*


* The tormented and almost-fallen Angel is packing his stuff into a bag. Because what’s the point of staying in this house if Victoria can’t notice how much he loves her?

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