Caray, Caray!

Okay, I'll recap it. But I'm telling you, hardly anything happens. A few things are wrapped up and a few things get started, but this is mostly fluff and filler. Cheryl's "next time" from last night pretty much covered the whole thing. It's not good when the avances can double as the next night's recap!

Oh well. Let's start with the rewind:

Cantú gloats prematurely, thinking that Chucho will be late with the payment for Chatita's house, but bwahahaha he and Rogue are thwarted again. In a brief conversation with Chucho, Cantú reveals that Rogue doesn't actually pay him; Cantú makes money as a side-effect of working with Rogue, or something like that. He doesn't really elaborate, but I'm sure Chucho is filing this away mentally for when it's time to connect the dots a few months down the road.

Cantú lets Saturn know to call off the eviction, and there is much rejoicing in the neighborhood. Chucho signs some paperwork while his innards rumble ominously; Cantú jokingly warns that he shouldn't let the stress kill him. Ha, ha, ha. Meanwhile, Augusto waits impatiently for Chucho to come back to the office.

At Avon, nearly everyone in the company is in a meeting except for Jess, Sue, and Pánfilo. Rogue has to step out of the meeting to take a call from Cantú who's giving him the bad news about Chatita's house. I don't know why Rogue takes the call in the lobby instead of in his office, but Jess and Sue hear him cuss out Cantú by name.

Morónica meets with her lawyer and scolds Domitilia for attempting to serve coffee with a mismatched pot and cups. The lawyer warns Moron that she could actually go to jail for denying Eli his visitation, so Eli will get to see Vale after all.

Paty stews over the fact that she not only lost her job on Two-For-One Wednesday, but didn't even get paid for the work that she did. She feels worthless.

Chucho gets back to the office, where he is chewed out by Augusto and Melquiades.

Chucho meets with his own lawyer, who tells him the judge has ordered the DNA test for Valentina. They'll give their samples tomorrow and it'll take about a week to get the results back. (Check your calendars!)

Eli arrives at Rogue's to pick up Valentina. I see Vero's wearing relatively sensible shoes today. She reminds Eli (AGAIN) not to let Chucho see Valentina. Eli does her the great favor of taking Sansón along too.

Also, at Avon:

- Mari tries (again) to explain herself to Ricardo. She tells him about her mother abandoning her and her father to run off with a rich guy. Ric expresses some sympathy, but he's not over his anger yet.

- Jess breaks up with Cardenas, out of love, because she feels bad about giving him hives. I don't understand, and neither do Cardenas and Ricardo and Xochi, why she doesn't wait to see how the allergy shots work out before crushing his dreams, but I suppose it's not up to us. She gives back his ring.

- Cardenas and Ricardo commiserate: Cardenas blubbers; Ricardo squeaks like a brokenhearted Muppet.

Augusto's in a better mood now. He tells Chucho he liked his presentation and he noticed that when he was talking about the car, he kept looking at Melvis. Does Chucho suspect that Melvis had something to do with the car's breakdown? Chucho says yeah, he does suspect that. He asks why Augusto doesn't tell Mel he's his father. Aug thinks Mel is bad enough now; just think what he'd be like if he knew his father was the director of Orion! (I think Augusto has it backwards, but I'm sure he'll soon see the error of his ways.)

Alma meets with Eli, Valentina, Rai, and Sansón at Chatita's house. Apparently this is the first time she's seen Rai as a girl; Alma is surprised. They are preparing a surprise thank you party for Chucho for saving Chatita's house. There is lots of food - with lingering close-ups. I see a dish that looks like feijoada, whatever they call the Mexican equivalent. Chucho refuses a cup of hot chocolate because of his gastritis; smarter people would rush their friend to the hospital immediately, but it's been a long day so maybe they're off their game.

Chucho tries to scold Valentina for her little froggy prank on Rogelio, but has a hard time hiding his laughter. Eli says he talked to her teacher, and she has to behave better at school.

From the hospital, Martha calls Chucho. She'll be kept there for observation for a couple of days, but she's worried about her mental illness which the hospital apparently isn't dealing with. She has something important to tell Chucho and has to see him right away. He says he'll see her later.

Eli invites Paty to join the party and meet Chatita and Valentina. (As they all congregate in Chatita's living room, complete with Rogelio's dog, it occurs to me that Chatita has now befriended nearly everyone in Monterrey and she could probably start a cult.)

Paty shows off a photo of herself as the Unhappy Hamburguesa (it's on her phone - so who took the picture?) and everyone laughs. She is hitting it off with Chatita and Valentina right away.

It's time for everyone to go. Rai takes Valentina aside and gives her a tube of Superglue. Valentina hesitates; she promised not to play any more pranks.

Chucho and Alma say goodnight. He has things to do, so she'll be alone tonight. (I think a storm's coming, because the parakeets are very loud. Televisa will master the fine art of sound editing someday! I just know they will! Maybe!)

Rogue goes home and notices that Sansón is missing. He panics. He doesn't feel any better when Vero says she let Eli and Valentina take him with.

In the car, Eli acknowledges that Valentina should never lie, but asks her not to let her mother know that she saw Daddy Chucho today.

Chucho is back in the office with Julio and Aida, when suddenly he feels woozy. OR DOES HE? Tune in tomorrow to find out!

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