At church, Orines is
talking with Padre Plaid - he’s saying that Ricardo suspects her true
identity, but still, he has feelings for her. Oh my Gosh, Orines feels the same
way, but she can’t tell Ricardo the truth about her, he thinks she
killed his dad. Also, she doesn’t know if her husband is still alive or how she
could prove her innocence in Colombia.
Ricardo comes to visit
Mariano, too, but he meets Jorge outside the church and when he hears Ines is
with Padrecito, he pouts and leaves… Ines stole his best friend/ confessor.
Arriving back at the
house, Orines meets Raquel, who gloats about the 3 million pesos she managed to
squeeze out of Paloma. Orines is upset that Raquel went so far, they go back
and forth about who has more to lose if the big secret comes out. And,
obviously, Raquel warns Orines to stay away from Ricardo.
At the textile plant,
Ricardo and Piero talk about the remote possibility of a little girl firing a
.44 caliber. Piero has many thoughts on the matter, all very accurate.
(Short brake just to say that I find it surprising how this telenovela has never used misunderstandings or people jumping to the wrong conclusions just as a way to forward the plot - it almost seems to good to be true... I hope I don't jinx it.)
Anyway, back to Peiro, he says:
- he thinks a woman could shoot a .44 caliber, but she’d need to have some
experience with handling guns, especially since the shot was in the heart; also,
she’d have to be very coldhearted to shoot a man in front of her small daughter.
- he doesn’t think Oriana had anything to do with her husband’s wrong
dealings.
- isn’t Ricardo
obsessing too much about this whole story?
- the shot could have been coming from
another part, maybe Oriana just got scared and ran with her daughter.
- the
inspector said the little girl found the gun on the beach, maybe the owners of
the villa hid it.
- was there anyone else interested in killing Gabriel
– like maybe Lila and her brother?
And Piero rests his case.
No way can Sebastonto be the son of this smart man, not while he wears those yellow pants that surely come from the same factory where Hernan from La Tempestad gets his trousers. But more on this later.
Antonio comes to
Paloma’s house to deliver the power of attorney that puts Ines in charge of
everything. Orines wants to read it first, take her time understanding it.
But what she really needs
time for is to practice her fake signature some more. Later on she does that
and afterwards, she signs the document.
Ricardo comes to visit
his madrina (this man really needs a social life) and runs into Raquel, who
asks him straight up if he likes Ines. Well, what if he did? She has a husband,
Raquel says, now she and Ines are friendlier, so Ines confided in her. Besides,
the husband called once, when Ines was staying at the villa.
No problem, Ricardo
assures her, he doesn’t mind sharing. Hahaha……
Orines is covering her
bruise from the park attack with some make-up. Alina thinks she’s still very pretty, if she doesn’t
believe her, than go ahead and ask Ricardo, for example. And, like every
telenovela kid who has ever lived, 6 years old Alina is smart enough to see
that her mom blushed because of the Ricardo mention.
Paloma and Ricardo
talk about Ines’ supposed husband. Paloma doesn’t think her grand-daughter was ever married,
because Lina has Ines’ last name. Besides, she knows that the ex treated her
badly, maybe he was abusive, maybe Ines had to run away with Lina.
So, Ricardo, are you
really interested in Ines? Paloma asks.
Do bears crap in the
woods? Ricardo doesn’t quite say, but he sure is interested.
Just then Orines shows
up. “Estas guapisima!” (You’re beautiful) Ricardo drools all over her, and
then asks her out for dinner. Orines tries to say no, but how can she refuse
such charming persistence?
Dinner turns into a visit to Ricardo's house, but they don't make it past the front door. Orines gets upset that Ricardo would bring her home, she probably thinks this is just a booty call for him; he asks her if she’s afraid that he’ll try to
abuse her like her husband did.
“Jose Luis was never
abusive with me!” Orines shouts back.
(Ooops, busted! Bad girl, very bad
girl).
Orines tries to
correct herself, saying her ex’s name was Jorge Luis, but the cat is out of the
bag.
She tries to cover by
showing how pissed she is because he brought her to his place to take advantage
of her. (These people are well into their
30’s, could they not make such a big deal out of this? She has a child and was presumably a prostitute and he just admitted the other day that he's had his share of courtesans.) Ricardo explains that his tia lives in the house, too, and he definitely
doesn’t want her for a fling (with his expressing a million
different budoair promises)
Just then arrives Friar
Third Wheel Mariano - Ricardo asked him to join them, too (threesome, then?)
But Orines is such a
party pooper, she now wants to go home. And to make matters worse, Mariano
offers to drive her and give up on dining with Ricardo.
So Ricardo is pretty
much left high and dry, with a stunned look on his face. Lately Mariano is
getting more action from Ines than he is, that would make any man upset, I
guess.
Marilu and Fidelia spy
the whole scene from the window, they both notice how elegant the woman leaving
with Mariano is, could this be Ines? Fidelia tells Marilu about Paloma’s
daughter and grand-daughter, but she doesn’t seem to know too many details
about Ines – hasn’t Ricardo told her all about the way Ines was found? Is
Fidelia suffering from Alzheimer, too?
Arriving home, Orines
is telling Mariano about the talk with Ricardo. Padre thinks Orines should tell
Ric the truth, he could help her and he’d surely keep quiet in front of Paloma.
Orines can’t do that, though,
he thinks she either killed his dad, or she’s a prostitute.
At the Blue Bachelor
Bungalow Ricardo is once again harassing the San Carlos police with his rants about Gabriel’s murder.
But Manolo is away with business (has Lucina sent him to sample out the best
brands of beers Mexico has to offer?)
Marilu comes to nag
him some more, asks for a job in the design department of the textile plant….
or something (since she’s a decorator).
Later Mariano comes
back to Ricardo’s. After dinner they go over what happened with Ines, too, and
Mariano gets Ricardo’s side of the story – of course he didn’t believe the fake
name she invented for her ex and he knows Oriana Caligaris’ husband’s name was
Jose Luis, too.
Ricardo adds that even
if Oriana didn’t kill Gabriel, she’s lying to Paloma. If he had the certainty
that Ines is really Oriana, he’d never
tell madrina, but he needs to know what truly happened, so he can understand
the whole thing better. What he sees is an intelligent, beautiful woman, but is
she a killer or a prostitute? Maybe she’s just a person who had bad luck,
Mariano suggests and since Ricardo is a fair, understanding man, he’ll know
what to do.
Orines is alone in her
room, thinking about whether to tell Ricardo the truth or not. Then she lights
some candles in her bathroom and starts to shower, while thinking about her day
with Ricardo at the beach (Is this foreshadowing for some very steamy future
love scenes? Maybe not under Paloma’s roof, but Ricardo has a similar shower at
his place. If not, what’s up with all the full body showings? Talk about
anticipation!)
The next morning,
Paloma tells Orines that she thought about giving Sebastian's shares to Madhilde and her family. Orines agrees with whatever Paloma decides.
Raquel comes to ask if
maybe, possibly, by any chance, Lucina could stay with them, too. Paloma agrees.
Later on, Orines calls
Raquel out for being such an encajosa (which
means clingy, meddlesome, needy, but in Raquel’s case, I’ll go with pesky
freeloader).
First she came to stay
with them, after that she asked for the money, now she wants Lucina in the house, too. What’s
up with that?
Oh, remember we are
the ones who helped you obtain this princess life for you and Alina – Raquel
never tires from blabbing.
They are interrupted
by a servant calling to say that Ricardo came for a visit – another reason for
the two amigas to go at it again.
Orines reminds Raquel
for the billionth time that they are in this together. How long does Raquel
expect for her to obey, no matter what she’s asked to do? She and Lucina were
the ones to put her photo on Ines’ passport; besides, the fact that they share
this secret doesn’t mean that she has to listen to them all her life. After
all, they’ve already had their reward, the 3 million for the new hotel.
As for Ricardo, Orines
adds, she never saw him show any kind of interest in Raquel, like ask her out
or something, they only slept together (I promise in her speech this whole
thing made more sense). So, as far as Orines is concerned, Ricardo is fair game. (I guess Oriana and Ines haven't heard the saying "Chicks before D!cks" - Just saying...)
Also, if Raquel really wants to tell Ricardo the truth, then she should just go ahead
and do it already. It would only save her the trouble to keep lying all the
time.
In the garden Ricardo
is bending over to pet Tito (very good direction choice, btw), when
Orines arrives – and
they both apologize for the other day and they’re smiley-smile, while Raquel
watches from above like a starved hawk.
Once inside, Ricardo
and Orines talk about the way Paloma had to obey her husband and not look for
her daughter. Thanks God they found you and Lina, Ricardo says, which makes Orines
very uncomfortable.
He reminds her she
owes him a dinner date and he thinks she should be part of the management of
the company. They start to giggle, she has a beautiful laugh… You know, love
happens.
Paloma finished with
the new will, Antonio leaves with the notary, after kissing her hand.
The old lady surely
doesn’t fancy Antonio too much, as soon as he leaves, she wipes out his saliva
with a handkerchief.
And here is Madhilde, with
today’s perfectly shaped red apple. – Is she channeling Snow White’s step-mom? Or, in
this case, fake Snow White’s step-aunt?
She asks Paloma what
the notary was doing there. I had to change my will to favor Ines, Paloma
promptly explains.
But, what about us?
Madhilde is shocked. Shocked!
We don’t get to hear
Paloma’s answer, but later on Madhilde tells Ruben the news – apparently their
kids were left with something, and there are also Sebastian’s shares who will be
transferred to them, but that's not enough, Madhilde is sure as soon as Ines gets married her new husband will want to
throw them out of the house.(What's up with Maddy saying that a potential husband might throw them out? I'm pretty sure Ines could do it on her own if she felt like it. Girl power!)
Back to Maddy's big worries, she continues her cringe worthy whine with saying there is no way they could ever pay a rent and utilities
on their own. Oh, the horror…
So what, grown ass
Ruben shrugs, Cesar has a job…
Fidelia is seated in
one of her huge pink armchairs when Ricardo comes for a chat. The girl he came with
last night, Paloma’s grand-daughter, is he trying to seduce her? Fidelia
inquires. She’s d be a good catch for him, he should definitely bring her to
dinner one day.
Sebastian and his yellow pans arrive just
then and Ricardo tells him the shares will be divided in 3 days. Also, Lila got
5 mill on the house in Tijuana. Sebas thinks it’s not that much, surely Lila lied to them. He hates
Lila, he hates Berto…ugh…I thought yellow was the color of jealousy, not childish tantrums. Even if he is right...
In Tijuana, Lila is moving out of the big house. Indeed, she
made a deal with the buyer to give her some of the money illegally. If only
Gabriel had left her the entire fortune… Thank God that he died when he did, or
else he could have left his money to Lucina.
Cesar explains to Ines
what her new charges will be all about – she’ll be part of the Board of
Directors, the people who make all the important decisions for the company.
And the new job comes
with a brand new office, detail that wins Ricardo a hug from Orines. She
doesn’t think she deserves any of this, but Ricardo sees her as such a brave
woman, one that had the power to overcome the adversities – she deserves this
and more, even a good man to love.
He leaves and she
starts reading a note (did he leave her the paper, I didn’t really notice).
Anyway, the note says:
“We’ve both been
through Hell and maybe this is what brought us closer. You managed to overcome
your problems, unlike me. I’m still a coward.”
Orines’s weepy eyes
are not too happy to read this.
The next day, Orines
and Ricardo are out for lunch, when they meet Berto and Lila, who are finally
in town.
We get a flashback of
Berto remembering how he spied on Gabriel in San Carlos, when Gabriel was spending time on the beach
with Orines and Alina. It’s a scene I don’t think we’ve actually seen before,
because back then Orines also got a glimpse of a man looking at them, before
Berto could hide.
Back in real time,
Ricardo introduces Ines to his relatives. Berto gives Orines a very bad vibe,
while Ricardo stares at him with an obvious wish to strangle the lecherous slimeball.
Alone with his sister,
Berto denies having seen Ines before (although, he definitely remembers her all
too well). On her part, Orines tells Ricardo that she feels like she’s seen
Berto somewhere, but she can’t remember where. Maybe in San Carlos, Ricardo suggests, he was around after Gabriel
died (and before, I might add). Orines is not sure.
Ricardo once again
mentions his past mistakes. Orines had problems but she managed to get away
from them, unlike him. She tries to comfort him, she thinks Sebas would be left
traumatized if he knew the truth. Ricardo insists that he should have taken
responsibility, marry Maria and admit his paternity.
Maybe that’s why he
hasn’t married until now, or maybe because he hadn’t yet found the right woman …
until now, that is. He felt something so wonderful when they kissed, he’s sure
she did, too. So, why don’t they give it a try, no strings attached?
Orines agrees (!!!)
but, down the line, won’t he reproach her that she killed his father or she
used to be a prostitute?
Today Ricardo is sure someone else killed Gabriel
and her old job happened when she was so young, almost a child, and she managed
to move past it (like he’s already told us a million times). All he can ever
think about is her, he feels something so special for her. She’s so
intelligent, so kind, couldn’t they just go for it?
From the other table,
Berto is spying and he gets the romance vibe that is floating in the air. Lila
thinks Ricardo is taking advantage, after all, she’s Paloma’s heiress.
Night comes, the background
music says: “Te as convertido en parte de
mi alma” (You became part of my heart – I swear to
God, no Spanish lyrics ever sound as romantic in English)
Orines is at home,
thinking about her new boyfriend (the new part of her heart). She’s a little
distracted when Alina arrives – could she be thinking about Ricardo’s abs?
She goes to talk with
Paloma and tells her how nervous she feels to be part of the management of the
company. Paloma thinks she can just ask Ricardo when she’s not sure of something, he’s a
reasonable man, he can help.
The next day is the
day the shares are being divided among Gabriel’s heirs. Ricardo tries to calm
down Ines, she only has to sign some documents. In the meeting room, he
introduces her to the lawyers and his brother (while Berto keeps looking at her
in a strange – I know who you really are – way).
We don’t get to see
the meeting, but afterwards, Ricardo agrees with Lila’s decision to have Berto
in charge of her shares, but to have him work there, too? Why not, he’s an
accountant, even if he never finished his studies, Lila proudly talks him up.
Orines is telling
Sebas that he should be interested in having a career, money is not everything.
Yeah, like he’d ever pay attention to a millionaire. Anyway, his bro is a lucky
man, she’s very guapa. His compliment make Orines feel slightly nauseous, but
thankfully, he leaves.
Enter Berto, to tell
her she’s beautiful, too, he hopes they can even become friends. Have you met
Gabriel by any chance, I think I’ve seen you in San Carlos, he swiftly inquires. No, I haven’t met him, Orines
tries to scramble a way out of this, just as Ricardo approaches and listens on
their conversation.
“Quien sabe…” (Who knows…) Berto gives up on the questioning for now
and leaves. Ricardo then asks Orines if maybe they did meet at the villa, after
all. No, no way, in town, perhaps, Orines tries to brush away his always
present suspicions.
Later with Paloma,
they chat about the reunion. Paloma is proud of her behavior and says she’ll
buy Sebas’ shares and give them to Madhilde. Orines refuses Ricardo’s date invitation,
she wants to spend some time with Lina.
When he’s gone, she
has to admit to Paloma that she’s afraid one day he’ll reject her because of
her past. Paloma is sure if he truly loves her, he’ll forgive everything.
On his way out Ricardo
meets Raquel. He asks her about Ines’ husband, she says she only knew about him
because he called once at the villa, but she has no clue why Lina doesn’t have
his last name.
Then how about Berto,
has he ever stayed at the villa? No, never, Raquel says. Fancy going out with
me?
Thanks, but no thanks,
maybe another day, Ricardo refuses.
After, he gets a call
from Manolo, the cop, who tells him he has no news about Oriana Caligaris, but
her husband could possibly be dead.
I haven’t seen a
preview, so I leave you with these all important questions:
Should Marilu forget
about working in a boring textile plant and maybe start a new fashion line for
priests, deacons, bishops etc… with Mariano? Would the Pope fancy the Plaid?
For a little girl who
has gone through so much in just a few months (losing her home, thinking her
dad is dead, having to lie about her identity), doesn’t Alina seem very
cheerful? Could Cynderella be right about Rhoda? Could Alina be framing poor
Berto?
And the most important:
If she ever moves in
with Ricardo, will Orines want to change the blue with pink in his bungalow?
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