Caray, Caray!

Refrito, Elias kisses Valentina goodnight, she doesn't look too happy but the green stars make her close her eyes.  Jesús tries to take his leave of Aida since it is the evening when Agosto demands he attend him in his office for an emergency.  Oops, Alma has prepared a romantic heart laden table an donned her sexy red dress as she dreams of former kisses.

Rogelio tells Alejandra that he has an important client for her, Nick Donovan.  Even though he smells odd, she would rather cuddle with Rogelio but she is won over by the stack of cash he hands her from the conveniently located briefcase full of bills.  The photographer is burning up his memory card as Alejandra leaves and Virus-onica arrives.  Sanson does his usual disapproving growl.  She thinks Rogelio smells odd too.  Did I miss a product placement or what? Why does Rogelio smell funny?  In his hurry to pin Virus to the couch, she nearly crushes Sanson but he barks to shoo them off to the bedroom upstairs. Que asco.

Aida has to call Alma to tell her that Jesús is detained in a meeting with Agosto so she sits and daydreams of their romantic moments instead.


In Agosto's office Jesús tries to get get Agosto to reason with the group planning a strike but Agosto has a flight planned in half an hour and he doesn't care what Jesús had planned in his private life.  the Elvis guy teases him that he is needed to give a good image to the company in these business dealings. Oh and he is going too.

Elias and his lawyer argue over whether he has obligations or rights to Valentina and if Jesús is the legal father, Elias doesn't owe Veronica anything.

Back at Rogelio's flat, Veronica makes a sexy entry into the bedroom into the eager arms of Roger but Sanson sneaks into the room too.  What does he have planned?

Jesús has to call and break the news to Alma that he has to fly out and can't come to dinner. Alma thinks he must be joking but no…

Fernando and Xochi talk about her fantasy Papa that her mom invented and tricked her with all those years.  The guapo in the picture was a Venezuelan telenovela star. Xochi feels bad for making having such a fit in a moment of feeling small again (gee thanks Barbara, you really did scar this child). Fernando and the office friends surround her with sympathy.

Jesús has to hustle out of the office with Elvis snapping his fingers in delight as it dawns on Jesús that he is working for a tyrant while back at her apartment, Alma is seen ditching the meatloaf on the other end of the phone trying to be understanding of Jesús' new job demands..

Sanson's plan is executed as he climbs up on Rogue's bed and snarls at Virus as she comes back into the bedroom with her peignoir ensemble on.  Now she doesn't want to come into a dirty dog spit laden bed so Roger is at first dreamy and then jumps up to comply as he snatches the sheets off just to please her.  She so enjoys making people act in subservient ways.

Back with Elias, the lawyer thinks that the divorce judge can demand a DNA test to determine paternity of Valentina.  That will take some time but it will save Elias tons of money if he can walk away from child support and perhaps even the obligation to leave his house to Virus-onica.  Elias is looking more and more uncomfortable while the lawyer is showing $$$ signs in his eyes.

After a flight shown on the map, Jesús is in the office of Señor Romero . Elvis teases him about being the secretary to the enemy Alma and sure wasn't secretary of state.  When Romero enters, Elvis is rudely indifferent but Jesús charms Romero who reveals he can't talk to Agosto either, so a jocular rapport is established between the two and everyone suggests that Elvis get lost.

Romero and Jesús have a great time becoming friends and he understands that the strike (huelga) is cancelled.

Veronica comes down and hassles with the ever growling Sanson, picks up the brief case as a kind of weapon but sits down and opens up the treasure chest, she smiles broadly as she feels the money while our ever vigilant photographer has his camera set to Uzi as he captures damning evidence of Virus fondling a great deal of money.  Oh let's hope he backs up his memory cards, please…

Romero has let Jesús go home and he creeps into the bedroom to tell Alma that he avoided the strike. They are locked in embrace.  All the good bits are cut evidently because the next second he is bringing Alma breakfast in bed with a flower but he is already dressed for the office.  They are interrupted by Agosto calling early and anxious to verify that the two agreed to disband the strike. It sounds like Elvis has jumped in to take half of the credit.

Finally just when I was ready to enjoy the funeral, we see Maricela finally confessing to Ricardo that she is not rich princess but her Papa is none other than Panfilo.  Ricardo does not handle it well and does his SILLY dance of laughing at her excellent joke, how could this be true.  Maricela looks regretful that she told him.

Jesús and Alma go on talking about Jesús' less than ideal job with a crazy schedule, a vampiric personal assistant of the president that is stalking him and the feeling that he is being treated worse than a secretary by Agosto who wants to have him at the ready 24/7 with no respect for the private lives of his employees.  The secretarial job is looking better all the time from the rear-view mirror.  Alma grins and wants to know if the Vicky Vampire is attractive.  Yes, says Jesús in a way that lets her know it isn't important.  They laugh.

In parallel universes, the opening scene with Elias waking Virus up who is so irritated that Elias wants her to wake up and take care of her daughter instead of lounging in bed.  They scream and argue blah blah, but Elias is definitely getting sick of her attitude of entitlement.  She so regards Valentina as a piece of property that she can use to manipulate without consequence.  He says the battle is not over.

Alma and Jesús show up at the funeral/or velorio to comfort Xochi.  She is distraught over fighting with her mother when she found out the trick about her father.  They both assure her she did nothing wrong and her reaction was normal as a wolf has to howl when he has to.  Fernando comes in, greets Jesús with sincere friendliness at seeing him.  As he flashes on Rogelio's evil plan to ruin Jesús' life.  After Alma and Jesús leaves, Fernando tells Xochi that he really values Jesús' friendship and feels sorry that he treated him badly in the past.  They agree that Jesús is a true friend and great guy.

Pati complains to Alma about what a rat Rogelio is and has been, I don't think she knows yet what a rat he really is being in regard to his new Virus relationship.  Alma is too kind by half to listen patiently to Pati's whine.

Elvis and Jesús discuss Elvis getting credit for the Romero meeting. Vicky saunters in with coffee and Elvis tries to make up to Vicky who rejects him.  Agosto comes in, Elivis gets a call so Agosto takes his cell phone and dips it in his coffee like a biscotti.

The Avon office, all hell breaks out: Maricela tells her father that Ricardo didn't believe her.  But worse problems Rogelio show up in his dreamy state, meets the new security guard/taxi driver.  He runs into Elias who tells him of all the plans he and Alma have worked on.  Rogelio bursts into Alma's office displaces Paty and begins a shouting match that he is the boss and she the assistant director.  She finally stands her ground and tells him that he does nothing and she has done all the work for as far back as forever.  The office waits outside hearing all the shouting.  In the end, she comes into Rogelio's office and slams her resignation on the desk.

Meantime, Elvis is trying to fake a half share in Jesús's good work with avoiding the strike so Jesús stands up and tells Agosto that he has important things to do in his office and Elvis can surely fill him in on the details of the deal "THEY" made.  As he leaves, it is obvious to even the blustering Agosto that Elvis is full of it and cannot do more than mutter excuses as he tries to cover up his ignorance of the work.

The funeral prayers begin, but Barbara may not be the only corpse to surface soon.  Next steps, Chaos ensues at Avon as Rogelio's world is closing in on him. The Virus spreads with her narcissistic plans. Alma and Jesús are finding their strength. Only Barbara's destiny or at least her next movement is certain...

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