Caray, Caray!

Diego gets a call from Alberto--he's got good news.

Irene shops for art supplies.

Eleazar hands the luggage tags and info over to Alberto.  Diego shows up and Alberto tells them that with this evidence, they can at least get Carmen out on bail.  Eleazar ribs Diego about being in luuuuurve with Natalia and Diego ribs Eleazar about being in luuuuuuurve with Carmen.

Oh, great.  Andres is back from sailing around the world.  Remember Andres?  The guy who put Rodrigo in a coma.  Remember Rodrigo?  The guy who's supposed to be Diego's twin, only we haven't seen him since Week 1?

Irene and Diego get to eat in peace, since Vicente and Diana are both being grumpy.  When Irene mentions Vicente threatening to "turn in" Diana, Diego goes upstairs to confront her.  He tells her that he saw the security videos, but she asks if he saw her face.  She turns on the waterworks about how humiliating it is for him to think so badly of her.  He tells her he remembers smelling her perfume and he's sure it was her who planted the drugs in Natalia's desk.  She counters that he's BEEN cheating on her since he met Natalia, or he would have told her who she was.

Andres asks Luz if she knows where to find the Garcias.  Yeah, I'm sure Natalia will be thrilled to see him.

Diana presses Diego for info, so he says he hadn't seen Natalia until recently.  And no, she's not the reason he wants a divorce, so her being here doesn't change anything.  Diego doesn't believe Diana's protestations of innocence and says it's over.  OVER.  Well, sweetie…you tried, you cried, you bought crappy cocaine and planted it in Natalia's desk and everything.  Time to pack it in.

Andres goes over to Garcia Central Station, where Brigitte is hanging out alone.  She wants to know all about his travels, but he never actually crossed the ocean, so, whatevs.

Vicente came downstairs for dinner after all.  Diego insists that he go get all the testing done that the doctor recommended.  Vicente insists that if the fights in the house were over, that would be enough to make him feel better.  Diego apologizes for accusing Vicente of planting the drugs.  Vicente plays up Diana's innocence, telling Diego to drop the idea that it was her.

Brigitte asks if it's true that sailors have a girl in every port, but Andres being Andres….  She fills him in about the fonda, Carlos, her mom's arrest…and she's about to tell him who Natalia's boss is when the rest of the family gets home.

Diego's sure it was Diana, and he wants to clear Natalia's name.  He encourages Vicente to get to know her better.  Grandpa lays it on thick with "You're the only grandson I have left.  I can't let you make the same mistakes my daughter did.  I lost Irene to a social climber."

Even after all Andres' travels, he still wishes they could all be Mexicana girls.

Vicente tells the story of the guy who was OBVIOUSLY after nothing but Irene's money.  Vicente could just tell, 'cause you call always tell with "those people."  He showed his true colors soon enough…he took off and abandoned her despite all his supposed love.  "And that's when she started drinking.  He ruined her life, and I don't want that to happen to you too."  Diego sticks to his guns, saying he knows what he's doing and Irene's story isn't his.  "Besides, what you're saying about my aunt doesn't square.  I don't see some other guy being the reason for her suffering…looks to me like that's you."

The family party breaks up and Andres invites Natalia out for a walk.  Lupita tells her brothers that if she were Natalia, she'd be all over that.  Paolo reports to Abdul that Lupita's already got a couple of guys after her at school.  "They're just friends!"  That's how it starts, Lupita.  That's how it starts.

Karina gets in touch with Diana and gets yelled at, as she was expecting. She lets slip that she also told Diego that Diana had talked to Natalia.  So Diana breaks up with her.  Awwwww…poor Karina.  Don't worry, though, she'll come crawling back next time she needs a favor.

Padre Juancho comes over to join Paolo and Abdul and watch some fútbol.  PJ hears about Andres, so he gets Paolo out of the room so he can ask Abdul if Natalia has already broken the news about Diego not being dead.  Oh, that's right.  Andres thinks he killed a guy.

He couldn't have been thinking about it that much…he's ready to get back to hitting on Natalia, but she tells him nothing between them has changed.  She just doesn't like him like that.

Diego asks Vicente where Irene was for all that time she was missing.  He never believed the "clinic in Switzerland" story.  Vicente brings up Tad's name.  Diego's really not buying the "social climber" thing, having met Tad.  Plus, they were both "adolescents" so really, at that age, everyone's just starting out.  Tad obligingly shows up, gets past Lala, and confronts Vicente in the dining room, telling him that he's got some stuff to clear up with him.

Natalia comes home, without Andres.  She shows Lupita the present Andres brought her.  Paolo asks for a private meeting in the kitchen.

Tad asks which of the nephews this is…Diego or Rodrigo? (Mention of Rodrigo…drink!)  Irene had mentioned them to him.  Vicente tells him to get out, but Tad insists on settling matters.  Irene shows up.  Oops.

Natalia tells Paolo that yes, she did fight with Andres, because he tried to kiss her…again.  "Oh.  Sucks to be him.  Hey, you told him he didn't actually kill a guy, right?"  Natalia said there wasn't really time what with all the thwarted wooing.  Padre Juancho goes into the kitchen to have his turn at chastising Natalia.  "What's going on with you?  And don't say 'nothing.'"  Natalia says she wants to make confession, like now, in the kitchen…she can't take it anymore!  She makes him promise not to get mad at her.  "Spill it, already.  I'm sure it has something to do with Diego."

Now Irene tries to throw Tad out.  He says he's not the only one responsible for what happened.  Diego asks her to hear him out, especially now that he's heard Vicente's version.  Irene scoffs at the idea of what Vicente's version of the story would have been.  Tad tells Irene, "Your father is more responsible for what happened than you think.  If you don't believe me, ask him who was responsible for giving me the internship in Paris.  It was your father who got me out of your life."

Natalia can't even get her "confession" out without already supposing that Padre Juancho isn't going to grant her absolution and that she's going to refuse the penance he gives her.  And I guess her "confession" is that Diego's the guy she first met?  Padre Juancho asks if she's in love with him, which…yeah, of course.  PJ gets that you can't tell the heart what to do, but he reminds her that Diego is married.  "Don't do anything stupid!"  Natalia says she'll just hold on to her love, is all, and she won't get in the way of their marriage.

Tad tells them what the board member said about insisting on giving Tad the scholarship.  Irene leaves the dining room in tears.  Diego's a little pissed that Tad would dump that on them just like that.  Tad tells Vicente that he doesn't give a rat's ass about Vicente's money or his social standing or any of that crap…all he wants is the chance to talk to Irene about what really happened between them.  And now that he's stirred the pot, he's out of there.

Irene, up in her room, ponders what her dad's been capable of.  Considering he had her locked up in Tuxpan, she's inclined to believe Tad's story.  She starts to cry that Vicente never loved her and that no one ever loved her.

Diego takes Vicente's blood pressure and insists on him taking his medicine.  He won't discuss what happened, since he doesn't want to upset Vicente until his pressure comes down.  He does seem to remember Vicente trying to buy someone else off, though, so there is that…"but we'll talk about that later."  Irene comes in, wanting to talk to Vicente and Diego reluctantly leaves.  Irene just wants to know if it's true.  "Are you going to believe him?  After you know what he's capable of?"  She just wants a "yes" or "no" answer, and he won't give it to her, but he eventually cracks and says "What do you want to hear?  That I paid for his room and board?  That I praised his talent?  With or without a scholarship, he left you.  But I've always been here for you, supporting you."  "Nice way of supporting me, locking me up in Tuxpan so no one could see me.  You never came to see me.  Didn't it occur to you that I might have needed your love?"  Vicente says he thought he was doing the best thing for her.  "If he had really loved you, he never would have left you."

Irene goes back to her room, crying.  She goes for the bottle she stashed in a cabinet, but calls Alonso to tell him what Tad said.  She's really confused, since as far as she's concerned, both her dad and Tad are liars.  She cries about no one loving her and Alonso has a hard time convincing her that not only is she worth loving, but he loves her.  She assumes he means "love" in more of a brotherly way.  "I've got a bottle in front of me and I really want a drink."

Tomorrow:  Diego paid Carmen's bail…yay!  Diana takes some pills.

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