Caray, Caray!

Fidelia is pissed at Ricardo for not telling her that he got a butt whoopin'.  She's glad they got Alina away from Francisco and reluctantly agrees not to talk smack about him in front of the kid.  Paloma calls Ric to see how he's doing.  They're both feeling a little down this morning.  Unfortunately, Mariano is in Chihuahua, so he can't be there to console her.  Fidelia, feeling feisty, declares she'll go visit Paloma and screw what that uppity Matilde thinks about it.  Ricardo tries to call somebody…Inésiana?...whose phone is disconnected.

Inésiana and Alina have a tearful goodbye at school.  She asks when she'll see Tito and begs Nurse Berenice to take care of her mom.  Music of impending doom plays as Alina slow-mo walks into the school and then turns around to wave and blow kisses.  Inésiana dissolves into tears by the car.

Dr. Veronese comes by to see Ricardo and tell him about the tests Sebastian had done.  Turns out Sebastian is HIV positive.

Francisco is all sweetness and light when Inésiana shows up.  He doesn't even care that she brought Berenice with her or that Mike hasn't left yet.

Dr. Veronese explains that a person can live with HIV without developing AIDS and that if they administer the antiretroviral therapy, Sebastian could live for many years.  Ric suddenly thinks about how much Sebastian's been spreading it around and realizes he has to tell Fabiola…but first he calls Cesar.  Dr. Veronese tells him to calm down, that there's a chance that Fabi and the baby aren't infected.  He asks if Ric wants to go visit him, but Sebastian hates him and Mariano isn't around to help with the current mess.  Ric leaves Mariano a voicemail message.

Berenice and the maids giggle at each other in greeting.  Francisco explains that the Señora will be staying in the guest bedroom, where she'll be more comfortable.  He agrees to let Berenice stay in the room next door and tells Mike to hurry up and take the bags already while the maids giggle again.  They get berated by Francisco who asks if they don't have anything better to do.  He leans against the wall with a goofy grin on his face.

In Inésiana's room, Mike and Inésiana touch base and Mike explains about the alleged recording that Francisco made and tells her this may be just the thing she's looking for.  He mentions the safe, but Inésiana is hoping there's a text file on the computer.  Mike leaves and Inésiana realizes the phone in her room has the cord cut.

She heads downstairs, where Francisco is hanging out on the couch.  He reminds her about that awesome pollo a la criolla she used to make and Inésiana offers to make it.  She mentions the phone cord in her room was cut and he blames it on the maids, then asks who she's planning to call…assuming, of course, that it's Ricardo.  Inésiana asks him not to bring up that name in this house again.

Mike says he'll fix the phone, but it's going to take a few minutes.

Inésiana goes back downstairs, where Francisco tries to wheedle a massage out of her and refuses her offer to get Berenice to massage him.  He asks, again, who she's going to call, and Inésiana insists she's going to call Paloma, to have Paloma tell Marilu to look for her phone charger when she picks up Alina's things.  She's planning to go by and get it tomorrow.  "No.  Have someone send it over."  He insists that she's just trying to sneak off and see Ric and she reminds him again that she doesn't want to hear that name in this house.  "Tell Marilu that Mike will come over and pick up the charger."  The phone rings and Inésiana makes small talk with Dr. Veronese, reminding him that they met once when he examined her in the hospital.  She has to talk Francisco into taking the call after he insists yet again, that he's not sick.  She reminds him that getting treatment is the only way he's going to get his daughter back.  Dr. Veronese asks to set up an appointment, but since he won't come to the house, Francisco says the deal is off.  Inésiana takes the phone away from him and tells Veronese that her husband is a little upset right now because he had an accident.  She makes the appointment for him and Veronese tells her to be careful.  Francisco complains that she's trying to control his life.  Hola, Sr. Pot!  Inésiana sweetly says that no, she's not, she just wants him to get better, and now she's off to have her therapy session with Berenice and she'll be calling her grandmother from the phone in her room, if Mike has fixed it already, so he's welcome to pick up the extension downstairs if he wants to listen in.

Paloma is reminding Alina to call her every day just as Inésiana calls her and Francisco picks up the extension.  He hears her tell her grandmother that Francisco has agreed to undergo treatment and she's sooooo happy, and also, he's being sooooo nice to her.  His face lights up when Alina gets on the phone.  We don't see his reaction when she tries to get Tito to talk to her mom, but I'm pretty sure there was at least an eye roll in there somewhere.  As Inésiana asks Paloma about the phone charger, Francisco puts the phone down and croons "my little girl."

The same judge who handled the custody case is meeting with Ruben and Matilde.  She argues that he only wants a divorce to take up with the skank he's living with.  Ruben explains that he and Lucina have nothing romantic going on between them.  Matilde insists he only wants to get money out of her, but Ruben counters that he doesn't want anything, even though our community property lawyer, Manrique, tells him that he's entitled to it by law.  The judge reviews Ruben's grounds…abuse, incompatibility...and tells Matilde that  if he doesn't want to live with her and he's not asking for alimony that why not divorce him?  "I don't want a divorce!  Can you imagine what people would say?  We're a high-society family!"  Ruben has to admit that he never asked for a divorce before because he was living comfortably off of Paloma's money, just like Matilde.  He brings up Cesar's attempt to run away from his mother by joining the priesthood and Fabiola's pregnancy and Matilde replies, "That wasn't my fault!  She's just a slut.  It runs in the family, you know, but of course, everybody thinks that Paloma Aresti is such a saint!"  Shut.  Up.  Matilde.  The judge finally grants the damn divorce and tells Matilde she'll have to pay alimony, at which point, Matilde swoons into her chair as she cries "I'm dying, I'm dying."  Ugh!

Fabiola's OB/GYN calls to tell her that there was a mix-up with the blood tests and asks her to please come by and get them redone.  She doesn't think there will be any kind of chromosomal abnormality or that would have showed up on the ultrasound, but it's still important to look at the blood work because it detects other things.  Shenanigans, writers!  Shenanigans!  You're just trying to freak us out!

Alina happily announces to Fidelia that she's back.  Marilu says that Ric has a horrible flu, so she can't see him right now.  Marilu leaves the phone charger with Celio and says someone will come by to pick it up.

Alina's room has been decked out with everything a spoiled girl could possibly want…stuffed animals, dresses, play jewelry.  I thought she was doing ok with the TV, but Fidelia's having fun giving her everything she would have given her own niece.

Lucina, at the inn, and Inésiana, at the house, are treated to their respective sides of a Francisco/Raquel phone conversation.  Raquel wants her apartment already, and Francisco ends up telling her he hurt his knee and he doesn't want to go out with crutches.   He'll send her a check tomorrow with Mike.  Raquel says he'd better…or else!  Lucina laughs that he's not going to rent her an apartment.  Inésiana asks Francisco if anything is wrong and gets permission to use his computer.  Lucina ribs Raquel about Inésiana being back in Francisco's house, but Raquel insists he's not longer interested in that "cold fish."

Matilde has been checked out by a doctor who assures both her and Ruben that Matilde is fine.  "But my blood pressure went up!"  Yes, the doctor agrees, and came right back down again.  She's not in need of any treatment.  Ruben thanks him and tells Matilde he'll give her a ride home as soon as he's paid the bill.  "Don't worry about me.  I'll take a taxi.  And as for alimony payments…forget it!"  She stumbles down the hallway until she can get a nurse to help her.

Mariana calls Ricardo back, but Ric wants to talk in person.  Marilu wants to know what the call was about, but Cesar shows up before he can answer.  Cesar notices Ricardo's beatdown look and thinks Ric wanted his help in setting up a rematch with Francisco, but no.  Ric beats around the bush quite a bit before he comes right out and says that Sebastian is HIV positive and Fabiola is probably infected too.  So, he thought he needed to tell Cesar (not Fabiola) so that Cesar could tell his parents (not Fabiola) and when Mariano gets there, he'll help tell Sebastian (not Fabiola).  FINALLY he says he doesn't know how they're going to break it to Fabiola.  Hey, don't worry, by the time you locate your cojones, her doctor will have told her already.

Piero and Fabiola hang out in Paloma's courtyard. Piero is jealous of Leo, but Fabiola says she's really not interested in having a boyfriend right now.  She's got to focus on herself and her baby.  She tells him that she's got to re-take the blood tests and tries to go alone, but Piero insists he'll pick her up at 8.  Gosh, their dates are always so sexy.  Piero is trying to convince Fabi to give him a chance and be his girlfriend, when they're rudely interrupted by Matilde who tells Piero to just marry her daughter already.  "Her belly is showing more every day.  Marry her or you're not allowed to date her anymore."  Once Shutupmatilde is gone, Fabiola tells him not to listen to her, even though Piero insists he'd marry her tomorrow if it were up to him.

Homero yells at somebody over the phone to get the undercover guy over to Castro's today.  He explains to Leo that they're stalling, but he's sure when the operation is a success they won't be able to get the medals around their necks fast enough.  Leo's been out at the practice range, shooting arrows.  He also went to visit his godfather and tell him that he can't accept the veepship he was offered.  Thankfully his godfather agreed.

At Casa Castro, Francisco praises Inésiana's cooking, but she insists the sauce needed longer to thicken.  She reminds him she needs a job and denies that their life will ever be the way it was before.  Francisco thinks seeing the psychiatrist will be a good first step, after which, he'll try to win her back.  Inésiana says he can start winning her back by giving her more freedom.  "And if you're worried about me needing protection, then just assign Mike to keep an eye on me.  He seems like a nice guy, polite, I like him."  Too bad Francisco doesn't, not that he's ever been able to put his finger on why.  He tells Inésiana that he'll take her to the company tomorrow and introduce her to old man Trejo, and maybe they can get her a job in HR.  Inésiana insists she'd rather work in IT.  Francisco says "we'll see," and asks her to send Berenice to his room to massage his knee.  Um, not without listening at the door, you'd better not!

As he's walking to his room, Francisco sees Mike, who tells him he picked up the phone charger.  "Is the house well-guarded?"  Mike says not really.  As far as the cotton business, Mike says that Joaquin called and countermanded Francisco's order so as not to raise suspicions against Arte Folclore.  Francisco assigns Mike to be Inésiana's bodyguard, since she's got this nutty idea in her head that this is 2014 and she wants to work.  "I warn you, if you betray me and pass reports to Joaquin, I'll kill you."  Mike says that's too bad, he'll have to quit his own job at the factory.  He asks Francisco what he's supposed to do if Joaquin calls and asks how things are going.  Francisco tells him to play dumb.  Mike agrees.

As he's walking out, he notices Inésiana waiting in the living room and hands her the phone charger.  Inésiana says she heard everything and at least the two of them will be together.  Mike calls Homero to tell him that he's now Inésiana's bodyguard.  Homero is grateful, since the idiots he's been talking to all day haven't sent anyone over yet.

Ceferino tells Antonio that he has no way to force the workers to work for Arte Folclore.  Ceferino tells him that cotton is in high demand and everyone is spoken for.  Even the guys who used to supply Trejo Bonfil have found other buyers.

Ruben gets the news from Cesar, who tells him to hope for the best.  Maybe Fabiola and the baby won't be infected.  Ruben says it's only a small chance and cries for his princess.

Francisco and Antonio have a loud argument about whose fault the mess with the workers is.  Antonio blames Francisco for proposing it to Joaquin in the first place, but Francisco blames Antonio for not realizing that they would have a problem finding suppliers.  Francisco screams about the money and Antonio proposes that use it to open some other business.  He reminds Francisco that while he may be working for him, that doesn't mean he can treat him like crap.  Francisco screams at him to get out and starts in on a long rant, "You're all a bunch of useless idiots!  Nobody pitches in!  Nobody thinks in this house!  I don't know why you're working for me!"  Inésiana hears the whole thing from the stairs as Mike shakes his head at her in warning.

Fabi gets done with her blood draw, but the doctor asked her to wait, so Piero goes to get her some juice.

Mariano goes in to see Sebastian, who's just about as polite to him as he was to Ricardo.  The doctor tells him that his wounds are healing and the epilepsy is under control, but he's HIV positive.  Sebastian starts screaming about how this is another one of Ricardo's lies and he doesn't have AIDS, and breaks down into tears.

Out in the hallway, Mariano reports that they had to give Sebastian a sedative and remarks on what a tragedy this is.  He worries about Fabiola and wonders if Cesar told the family already.  Mariano waits for Sebastian to wake up while Ric goes to Paloma's.

Ruben tells Cesar that he thinks that they should tell Matilde and Paloma, but Cesar thinks only Fabiola needs to be told.  Ruben feels hopeful, knowing that the doctor already ran bloodwork, so if anything turned up, they would have seen it, right?  Cesar agrees that if they didn't tell her, she must be fine.

Fabiola refuses the juice Piero brought her.  Her dad calls to asks how she's doing and hears that she's waiting for the results of her repeat bloodwork.  The doctor comes down the hall and asks Fabiola to go with her.

Sebastian wakes up and Mariano is praying by his bedside.  He asks if it was a nightmare.  Mariano tells him that they caught it in time and the medication can help him live for many years.  Sebastian thinks this is a death sentence, but Mariano reminds him we've all gotta go sometime.  Sebastian whines that Ricardo didn't even come to see him.  "Yes, he was here all morning."  "Oh, so he left because he found out I'm infected."  "No, not for that.  A disease like this has consequences. You slept with Fabiola and it's likely both she and the baby are infected."  Sebastian bursts into tears.  Mariano tells him the sooner she finds out, the sooner she can start getting treatment.  "It would be a good idea if you told me who else you had sex with."  Sebastian says he doesn't know…lots.

Raquel looks at some wedding cake toppers and feels a disturbance in the Force.

The doctor sits Piero and Fabiola down in her office and asks for clarification about who the father of the baby is and whether they've slept together.  She explains that the results of the current tests aren't good.  The baby is fine for now, but Fabiola is HIV positive.

Tomorrow: Raquel torments Ricardo, Ricardo torments Inésiana, Francisco tells Inésiana they're going on a trip.

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