Mentir Para Vivir #12 Tue 10/22/13 After Seeing How the Other Half Lives, Maria has a Spaz

No man is rich enough to buy back his past…Oscar Wilde

Casa de Breton Driveway:  By phone, Manolo tells Ricky that Oriana’s husband passed on to that big criminal enterprise in the sky.  Ricky is visibly shaken.  Later at the church, Ricky tells Mariano, the priest, that Jose Luis is dead.    A Columbian informant reported that his body was found in a building that burned to the ground after a gunfight with grenades.  They can’t match his DNA. 

Aresti Breton-Oriana’s Office:  Ricky says he wants to smother her in kisses, but she looks at the employees and says that they have to remain professional at work.  Ricky came to tell her that Lila wants Berto, a kinda sorta accountant, to work there.  He wants Berto to work for Piero because he wants no competition for her kisses. 

Outside, Ricky tells Piero to hire Berto.  He thinks Berto may have killed Gabriel or hired someone to do it.  Berto had no business in San Carlos.  He's a deadbeat, who lives off of his sister.  Berto knew that Gabriel would have left Lila out of the will and she would have been left with nothing.  Ricky heard Berto telling Ines that he’d seen her in San Carlos.  He wants Piero to get close to him and milk him for info.  He doesn’t think that Oriana or Rhodalina could have shot Gabriel.  Women don't have the smarts or strength to aim a gun and fire.  Now that he knows that Berto was there and he's stuck his tongue down Oriana's throat, he has his doubts.  Murderers don't kiss like that.  He's sure of it.  Piero thinks that that’s a lot of coincidences, but he agrees to help. 

Lila and Berto are having lunch.  Now that she’s sold the mansion in TJ, she’s downsizing to a condo.  She can’t afford to pay for the hotel there in Hermosillo.  Berto says that he will work at Aresti Breton and plans to go after Ines.  Lila says that Ines has the hots for Ricardo.  Lila thinks that Berto has a worms chance at a bird convention.  Berto thinks that Ricky ain't no big deal.  He can get close to Ines. 

Casa de Fedelia-Living Room:  Fedelia would like Ricky to give Marilu a job at Aresti Breton.  Maria has wandered uptown and lets herself into Fedelia’s purple palace.  She escaped from the doll hovel after her father left for the evening and the Elvira fell asleep.  Maria is impressed by the living room’s Barney, the Dinosaur, inspired color pallette; she wants to move in immediately.  Ricky says that she has to get the hell up out of there.  Fedelia asks who Maria is, but Ricky ignores the question and desperately tries to corral Maria towards the exit.  Maria refuses to go because she likes it better there in the Plumb fairy paradise.  As Ricky reaches for her, she turns it into a fun game of ring around the couch.  Hearing the commotion, Sabastian and comes down the stairs, just in time to see Maria fall into epileptic convulsions.  Ricky yells, “call the doctor”!  Rather than grabbing a phone, Fedelia and Sabastian continue to ask about the convulsing lunatic on the floor.  After accepting that Ricky was not going introduce his new friend to the family, Sabastian, concedes and makes the call.  Marilu walks in. 

Maria didn’t take her medication, says the doctor.  Maria is weak, but she’s going to be alright.  Once again, the doctor encourages Ricky to commit Maria or at least get a nurse to watch her.  Ricky says that he can’t do it because she is the mother of his son.  Awkward silence time!  After the doctor leaves, Fedelia, Marilu and Sabastian are left staring at Ricky.  Fedelia wants to know the nut’s identity.  Ricky directs everyone to sit down but, Benigno, exasperated with his daughter, barges in and announces that he can no longer control her.  He tells the Sabastian that Ricky is his father, not his brother!  Oh, yeah, and the spaz is your mother and I am your grandfather. 

Sabastian tearfully confronts his newly discovered, father.  Meanwhile, Marilu and Fedelia are standing on the other side of the living room, gawking and eating their buttery Orville Reddenbacher popcorn (they’ve sent the maid out for soda cuz, they don’t wanna miss A THING).  Sabastian thinks that Ricky has always been ashamed of him and wanted all of the inheritance to himself.  He says that he wants his portion of the inheritance and never wants to see Ricky again.  He then runs away to his room.  Fedelia tries to comfort Ricky, but he rejects her and says that he needs to be alone. 

The next morning, outside of the church, Father Mariano tells Oriana that Jose Luis is dead.  He told her because he doesn’t want Ricardo to get to her first.  He fails to tell her that they don’t have a DNA match, so it's possible that Jose Luis is alive.  She cries.    She can't understand why he would turn to a life of crime and ruin his family.  She says that Jose Luis is better off dead. He would have gone crazy in jail.    

Sitting on the couch, Fedelia tells Marilu that Ricky was 22 or 23 and Sebastian was 5 when they came to live with her.  After sleeping on it, Ricky enters his aunt’s living room as if the events of the previous night had never occurred.  He plant’s a big kiss on her cheek and asks if Maria is awake.  Fedelia says yes, she’s already ordered breakfast in bed.  She doesn’t want Maria in the house.  She also says that Sabastian didn’t come home last night. 

Ricky drags Maria home kicking and screaming.  She says that she likes his house more than hers (frankly who wouldn’t).  She remembered that she met Piero at Ricky’s birthday party.  She asks about Piero’s cute friend.  She doesn’t remember his name.  He shoves her into the doll hovel.  Benigno says that he wants more money for his silence and that he won’t go looking for her next time she runs away.  Ricky grumbles at Elvira and says that she should keep a better eye on Maria.  After Ricky leaves, Benigno tells Elvira that Maria isn’t his child.  His wife was pregnant when they married. 

Oriana is grieving in her office when Ricardo knocks on her office window.  Instead, of having a private conversation away from potentially prying ears, Ricardo leads her into the front stairway and spills his guts.  Ricky knows that he’s my son, he says.

Ricky tells Ines what happened during the big reveal.  Oriana tells him that he can turn lemons into lemonade.  Now that the secret is out, he can be a father to Sabastian.  He breaks out the sympathy card and gets some of those kisses that he was craving earlier.  Oriana tries to resist, but he begs her to give them a chance.  He confesses his love for her.  She’s afraid that he will reject her eventually.  He doesn’t care about her past.  He’ll never reject her, he says.  He tells her that she’s beautiful; they make out on the stairs.  So much for professionalism.  Ricky tells Oriana that he wants to make love to me and she gets jealous.  OK, I lied.  Ricky tells Oriana that he wants to make love to her and I get jealous.  Tramp!  She says that Ricky’s been through a lot today and she doesn’t want to be used.  Use, me Ricky!  He says that she’s right. 

Berto visits Paloma’s house and introduces himself, to the gardener, as the late Gabriel’s brother-in-law.  Needing no other proof, other than the stranger’s word, the gardener tells him to go right in and kill the whole family if he wants (just lock the door behind him on the way out).  In the courtyard, Berto sees Raquel and reintroduces himself to her.  She has a short memory.  He reminds her that he’s Lila’s brother.  Remember?  I was there at the cat fight at Villa El Descanso Eterno (Adriana Noel).  They go out for lunch.

Later, Berto and Raquel come upon Sabastian guzzling Tequila at an outdoor cafe.  Rather than stopping the drunk seventeen year old, they decide to sit down and have a drink with him.  Sabastian tells them that Ricky is really his father and his mother is the town lunatic.  Berto asks if he’s sure.  Sabastian says yes.  Berto buys another round and orders some popcorn.

Ricky drives Ines home and gets more sympathy PDA kisses in the front yard. Orianna tells Ricky that she doesn’t want Paloma to leave her anything.  Ricky says that rich people can leave there fortune to whomever they want.  Berto and Raquel pull up in the driveway.  Raquel calls Oriana a tramp. 

Berto tells Lila that Sabastian is Ricky’s son.  Lila wishes she would have known that before the divorce.  She could have used that information for leverage to get more money.  She gives Berto power of attorney to work on her behalf. 

Jealous Raquel corners Oriana in the hallway and reiterates that Ricky belongs to her.  Oriana tells Raquel to stay out of her life.  Raquel slaps Oriana and Oriana slaps her back.  Raquel smacks Oriana again and Oriana returns the blow. 

Mathilde, who silently witnessed the smack down, runs out of the hallway.  She tells Ruben that the girls are punching one another.  Ruben asks if they are fighting over Ricky.  Have you seen him without his shirt on?  Ruben says that the fight is none of their business, but he knows what is his business!  THE GAME! And IT IS ON!  After Ruben leaves, the gardener announces that Sabastian (NOT A STRANGER, UNLIKE BERTO), a friend of the family has come to visit Paloma. 

Hung over, Sabastian drags himself into the Casa de Breton.  Occasionally, he stops to hold on to the wall for support.  Mathilde escorts Sabastian to Paloma and tells Mathilde to leave.  Sabastian tells Paloma that Ricardo is his father, not his brother.  Last night he found out that his mother is crazy.  He says that he will hate Ricky for the rest of his life.  He wants the money for the stock now.  Ines sits quietly by munching on a bag of hot buttery Jiffy Pop popcorn; she wonders where the maid is with her drink.  Outside in the hallway, Mathilde is eavesdropping.  She runs down the hall and tells Ruben what she’s heard. 

Aresti Breton:  Ricky tells Piero that Sabastian knows everything.  Ricky no longer cares whether Ines is Oriana.  He doesn’t think that she killed his father.  He loves her ass and that’s it.  He hid and lied about something and he understands why she would have to lie as well.  Piero tries to talk him out of it.  Ricky also tells Piero that Maria remembers him from the party.  Ricky doesn’t know how it’s possible that Little Ricky Ricardo was able to stand up because he was blasted out of his mind.  Piero nervously says that it’s possible to get an erection when you are drunk (trust him, he knows).  Ricky asks Piero if he remembers anything about the night that Sabastian was conceived.  Piero pleads amnesia and runs out of the room. 

Villa El Descanso Eterno (Adriana Noel):  A man comes to talk to Lucina about buying the hotel.  Lucina wants to know why they want to spend so much money.  He says that he’s part of a group of investors.  When Lucina leaves to get the keys from Felipe, the man calls someone that does not answer. 

It’s bedtime and Pretty Ricky is shirtless again.  He calls his love, Ines, to whisper sweet nothings to her.