Caray, Caray!

Ricardo explains to Inés about Maria, at least as far as he knows.  Maria has epilepsy and some type of mental retardation.  Inés doesn't like the idea of leaving Maria with her dad, but Ricardo doesn't want to have her institutionalized.

Paloma fills Padre Plaid in on what Inés told him about Lina's father.  He thinks she might talk to a man of the cloth…tartan though it may be.  Paloma wants her to be happy and she feels guilty about what Inés has suffered.

Inés is wondering why Ricardo told her about Maria.  'Cause he likes you, duh!  He pleads for her to realize their kiss was for realz, but Inés denies it.  Ricardo tells her that he wanted her to know about Maria because he wants her to trust him.  Inés gets defensive and says he's just trying to get her to admit she's someone else, like maybe the woman who killed his father.  She starts to leave, but Ricardo won't let her and insists that if they can't get it on, at least they can be friends.  He figures she never had a lot of friends before, growing up as an orphan.  He tries to coax her to tell him about her life of ho-ing by saying he did his own stupid stuff, as she's now seen, but Inés can't be forthcoming about that since she has no idea that's supposed to be her past.  Raquel and Whatsisface (Matilde's husband) come in to the same restaurant where Inés is with Ricardo and start chatting about the lovely house they saw that would be just perfect for the new boutique hotel.

Ricardo takes Inés home, since it's too late go back to work.  He says goodbye to his godmother and reminds Inés they have a conversation to finish.  Ruben and Raquel are right on their heels and Raquel takes the opportunity to talk about the house for sale and how terrible it is that she doesn't have the money to buy it.  Raquel and Ruben go inside the house, while Inés and Paloma stay outside.  Inés tells her that Ricardo took her to meet Maria.  Fabiola and Lina are out shopping with the driver.  Paloma is practically pushing Inés at Ricardo and brings up those "mistakes" that "all" young people make.

Matilde bitches at Ruben for taking Raquel out to look at properties and then taking her to lunch at such an expensive place.  Ruben tells her that at lunch they ran into Ricardo and Inés.  Matilde gets excited and tells him about what she overheard Paloma saying on the phone.  Matilde is salivating at the thought that maybe Inés has a criminal record, or was involved in something shady, or maybe she's sick!  Oh, that Matilde, always looking on the bright side.

Fabiola and Lina enjoy some ice cream in the town square.  Sebastian comes up and starts talking to them.  He claims he was out looking for Fabiola.  Damn, is there any woman he doesn't hit on?  Lina has good enough taste to say she doesn't like him.

Raquel calls Lucina to chatter to her about the "perfect" house they found.  What they'll get for the sale of the hotel won't be enough to buy the place.  Lucina begs her to please not put too much pressure on Inés or they'll all hang.  Raquel tells her if she wants to nicely put the screws to Inés, she'd better get there and do it quick!

Inés goes to her bedroom and pulls out the jade stone, remembering Ricardo saying that their kiss was real…it was real, damnit!  Raquel comes a'knockin' to bitch her out for not staying away from Ricardo.  She then asks for 8 million (pesos, I assume) to buy the new hotel.  Inés tells her to sit her addled self down and tell her everything she knows about the real Inés Valdivia.  The only thing Raquel tells her of any interest is that she was a drug addict who died.  She says it was Lucina who talked to the PI, so she probably knows more.  Raquel finally says that she really doesn't know if Inés was a ho, but she sure did look like one.  Inés is appalled and thinks this must be the reason Ricardo kept asking her all those questions.

Ricardo calls Manolo to ask if he's found Oriana, but of course, Manolo hasn't.  Ricardo then asks if Manolo by any chance knows anything about Inés Valdivia, but of course, he doesn't. 

Manolo heads right on over to Villa el Descanso to pump Lucina for info.  Over beers, he tells Lucina that Ricardo was asking questions about an Inés Valdivia.  She avoids letting him look at the guest book by saying they've sold the place and she's already packed it.  He's sorry to see her go and she flirtily tells him he's welcome at the new place any time he wants…as long as he pays.

Inés goes to Padre Plaid's church to thought bubble to Dios about how she doesn't know jack about the real Inés and needs some help figuring out what kind of mess she's gotten herself into.  Padre Plaid offers to hear her confession, but Inés says she'd rather have some help and advice.  She figures he's a decent guy and she doesn't need the protection of the seal of the confessional to talk to him.  Padre Plaid takes her down to his gym/rec room/office and Inés begs him to tell her what Paloma and Ricardo know about her.

A man in a suit talks to a man in a t-shirt about handing over a check to pay for the Villa el Descanso.  Suit man tells T-shirt man to give her the check and then hang a sign that says "Closed for Remodeling."  Here's my guess--this is Oriana's definitely not dead hubby making use of his ill-gotten gains.

Padre Plaid tells Inés everything except the "ho-ing" part, but after she begs him, he finally tells her about that and her miscarriage.  She's upset and he's confused.  He asks her if she lost her memory or if she isn't really Inés Valdivia.  Instead of answering him, Inés goes running out of the church.

Ricardo finds out from Cesar that Inés didn't show up for work.  He calls Paloma, who's busy picking out some jewelry to give Inés.  Paloma doesn't think she's feeling well since she didn't have dinner with them.  The maid comes in to leave some towels and when Paloma asks her, she says Inés wasn't in her room when the maid went in earlier to clean.  They end their call and Marilu comes into Ricardo's office.  To chat.  Cause that's what people like to do at work.  In the middle of their workday.  When they're working.  She wants to take him to lunch, but he begs off, saying he's busy and besides, they broke up already, so what's the point.  She laughs it off, but begs him to be friends with benefits.  Ricardo says that didn't work before.  Paloma calls him back to tell him that Inés isn't anywhere in the house and no one knows where she went.  Paloma is worried, but Ricardo tells her not to worry.  Marilu just has to know what the conversation was about and figures out that Ricardo has a thing for Inés.  He hustles her out of his office, which she handles with a big smile and a swish of her hips.

Now the maid and Matilde are all worried about where the heck Inés has gotten off to.  Raquel tries to tell Paloma this is the same way Inés behaved at the hotel--taking off in the morning and not coming back until late.  Raquel calls Lucina and she thinks maybe Ricardo found out the truth and confronted Inés, so she went on the run.  She also tells her about Manolo sniffing around.  Lucina tells Raquel all they can do is pray that Inés doesn't open her big mouth and spill all the beans.

Marilu goes home to her aunt's and whines that Ricardo ignored her.  And he was rude, too.  Pout, pout.  He was too busy being preoccupied about Inés leaving the house without telling anyone.  Sebastian comes in and fills them in on the little he knows about Inés and their(?) aunt tells them that Inés' mother was kicked out of the house for getting involved with some loser.

Lina is home from school, but Inés still isn't home.  Paloma tells her that Inés went shopping.  Lina goes to take the dog out and Paloma shoos Matilde out of the room so she can talk to Ricardo on the phone.  He blames himself for pressuring her with too many questions.  Paloma says as long as Lina is there, there's nothing to worry about--Inés isn't going to leave her.

Inés is walking through a park when she's attacked by a couple of shady guys.  She's saved by a Doberman named León who chases the guys off.  OK, and his owner, I suppose.   León's owner takes her to a clinic where she's pressured by him and a nurse to stay for exams and then press charges.  Inés borrows mystery guy's cell phone to call the house.  She claims she ran into some friends and they were just hanging out.  She refuses to say where she is so that Jorge can pick her up.  Padre Plaid takes the phone and tries to ask where she is, but she won't tell him either.  Mystery guy's dog is out in the car.  The nurse comes back to take Inés in to see the doctor.

Paloma seems pissed, since Inés doesn't have friends there, as far as she knows.  Ricardo checks the number on the cell phone and calls it.  He gets Mystery Man, who won't give out his name.  He's perfectly willing to tell Ricardo the truth about what happened, though.

Ricardo and Padre Plaid show up at the clinic and meet Leonardo Olvera, aka Mystery Man, who already knew Padre Plaid.  The doctor comes out to let them know Inés doesn't have any serious injuries, but they can't talk to her since she's talking to the cops right now.  Ricardo is worried that she was sexually assaulted, but Leonardo knows she wasn't since he saw the whole attack. Padre Plaid pulls rank as a man of the plaid…I mean, the cloth…and insists on speaking to Inés as soon as the cops are done.  Ricardo is pissed and Padre Plaid admits that he talked to Inés earlier and thinks that their conversation upset her, which is why she didn't go home.  Ricardo goes back to his completely implausible (except that we're in Telenovelaland so he's totally right) theory that she's not really Inés but Oriana.  Padre Plaid tells him to quit acting like a caveman and let he who is without sin cast the first stone.  And then he punches Ricardo on the arm to emphasize that.  Cause Padre Plaid's hardcore, y'all.  When he fights sin, he, like really fights.  Forget "ten Hail Marys and an Our Father" for penance…you're going toe-to-toe with the Priestly Pugilist in Plaid!

Raquel takes a call from Ricardo, with the whole rest of the house listening in, and Matilde, that heifer, is once again salivating as Raquel asks "Was she raped?!"  I swear, she looked disappointed to find out that no, she was just assaulted.  There's a special place in hell, Matilde.  A special place.  Cesar offers to take Raquel to see her.  Matilde tries to frame this as Inés' fault for being out late, alone…maybe waiting for someone…maybe a man…or maybe looking for a man.  Fabiola rolls her eyes at her mother so hard they might get stuck facing the back of her head.

Lina is worried that her mom's not home and Paloma tries to console her.  She tells Lina that her mom fell and is in the hospital getting her scrapes all cleaned up, but she's fine.  Lina wants to go see her, but Paloma says they probably won't let them in.  Better to wait for Ricardo and Padre Plaid to bring her home.

Padre Plaid comes to Inés' hospital room.  He assures her that he didn't tell Ricardo what they talked about. "But you shouldn't have left like that!  This is a quiet town, but there's always something wanting to take advantage of a woman."  Padre Plaid begs her to open up to him.  "You're not Inés.  You're Oriana Caligaris."  Oriana breaks down and admits her real identity, but she swears neither she nor her daughter killed Gabriel.  She talks to him about how she didn't want to lie and she felt bad about telling her daughter that her father was dead.  She says if it was just her, she would have gone to the police, but she couldn't stand the thought of her daughter getting shipped off to an orphanage while the cops take their sweet time figuring out she's innocent.  She tells him she didn't want to play along and that she tried to tell herself she was bringing happiness to Paloma.  She tells him that Inés died of an overdose and asks him if he thinks she should tell Paloma everything.

Tomorrow: Raquel does her damnedest to get her hooks into Ricardo.

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