Caray, Caray!

So people,who do you think is more evil,Norberto or Danilo? I am yet at episode 7 but who would you think would end up in the final villian seat?
 

Sadness For A Child That Would Have Been Conceived With Love

Repeat: Ale and German's friendly conversation is broken up by Danilo's appearance with a phone for Ale. She is not impressed. Angry, confused looks from German ensue.

Luisa rebuffs Rubio's computer gift. The unwanted gifting of assorted electronic devices abound this evening.

Acacia is seeking information on the missing Ulisess. Juliana and Manuel are on hand, Manuel "comforting" Acacia here, and throughout the episode. A catfight ensues between Perla and Juliana. Juliana seems to be worse for wear, sporting some noticeable scratches on her cheek.

New: Juliana threatens jail for Nuria and Ulises.

A distraught Acacia returns home, crushing Esteban in a tear filled hug. To his credit, Este does seem concerned and not in the least lustful.

Acacia and Este go to an apartment (I suspect Nuria's) but were not admitted and came away with no further information.

Carmen is beside herself with grief. Arturo and Andres try in vain to provide comfort. Acacia is "comforted" by her family, who with the exception of Chris, seem to be thinking badly of Uli. Juan Carlos, I am so disappointed in you.

In the saddest scene of the night, Ale takes a pregnancy test and it is negative. I believe she laments that she will not be having German's baby. However, she puts on a brave face in front of Luisa but is clearly upset.

Manuel and his father have a conversation. I believe Norberto hints that Uli has been taken care of but avows he is not an assassin (no, you had someone else do it for you, you lowlife). Manuel looks mildly concerned (as much as he is capable of), although he doesn't threaten to do anything honorable such as call the police, tell Acacia.

Alonso receives yet another visitor, this time Acacia with fresh flowers. It appears there is no rest for the dearly departed.

Rubio is crying in his tequila bottle to an only slightly less drunk Memo, lamenting his failure regarding Luisa. There is some lovely harmonica playing and a few bars of song from the charismatic actor.

Rosa had confiscated the money Manuel had given to Luisa. After speaking with Cris, it appeared Rosa had changed her mind about accepting Arturo and Luisa are associates and gave Luisa the money back.

Manuel visits Acacia in her bedroom, pledging support. He is surprised by Luisa's presence, but quickly recovers and pledges the three agmios will stand together as they have since their childhood.

Norberto goes to see Danilo. I believe he might have threatened him? A tape was produced which I assume was of Norberto and Juli Jr. I suspect Danilo will not take kindly to blackmail.

There was more unwarranted posturing of Esteban toward Cris. I hate when he is so nasty to her. Cris gets a call from handsome Arturo Peniche which she does not answer. Sigh.

The advances show kissing. Real or imagined I do not know.

I hope what I provided is accurate. I tried to stay away from interpreting all but the most basic dialog as it would be guessing on my part. I hope some of you can fill in what I missed.

Thank you so much for posting this Gloria.

Thoughts of Madelaine and Vivi.

Stay safe today everyone.

Diana
 

Count, I don't think there is any doubt that Danilo is by far the most evil.

He enslaved, raped and abused young women, he murders - the list is endless!

Yes Norberto is rotten to to the cor. He caused Alonso's death, set fire to the barn and committed many despicable acts.

But Danilo is the devil. Norberto is only a distant relative.

Diana
 

Diana – Lovely melancholy title that captures Ale's loss. Terrific mini-cap. Quite a lot happens in LM every night and I’m kind of foggy by 10 pm, but you captured it all and with great style. We are so fortunate to have you covering LM for us. My favorite line: Alonso receives yet another visitor, this time Acacia with fresh flowers. It appears there is no rest for the dearly departed.

On the tape of Norberto with Julianita, Perla suggests Danilo use it now so they can keep Norberto in line and she can get A2. But Danilo nixed doing this as that tape is his ultimate upperhand, and he’ll use it only when he has to. Seems like he’s got another plan to control Norberto, but Viewerville doesn’t know it.

That’s right, Acacia and Este went to check out Nuria’s apartment. That was a strange edit, because earlier I thought Acacia and Arturo said that they were going together to Nuria’s. Then the next scene with Arturo is him with Carmen at home.

On the advances, it seems Acacia has a fever that makes her think she's kissing Ulises, though it's Esteban.

CountxAlacran - Danilo is the one that scares me. Norberto has no scruples but he's lazy and lacks discipline. If Norberto is not afraid of Danilo, he should be. On the other hand, I can't take Danilo abusing Ale till últimos capítulos.

I'm glad they repeated Luisa's convo with Rubio because I didn’t catch it all before. When Rubio scoffs that her other men didn't buy her a computer, Luisa haughtily says she and Manuel will marry one day. Rubio, suspicious, asks her what makes her so sure. The scene ends, but later Luisa inadvertently gives Rubio another hint that something has happened with Manuelo. Rubio acts as if he would kill Manuelo over Luisa, but I thinks he's too smart for this. He just likes grabbing that machete, or whatever tool that is dangling from his belt.

Kudos to Acacia for sticking up for Ulises as best she can. Too bad this gives both Esteban and Manuelo extra opportunities for hugs. And course, the Bikini Goddess must wear a midriff top for this. How pitiful was Luisa watching Manuelo paw Acacia? Yuck.

Love the look Elena cut at Juan Carlos for dumping all over Ulises and upsetting Acacia even more. I think Elena knows Ulises is a good man. I’m disappointed in Juan Carlos. He of all people knows how talented Ulises is and that he wouldn’t need to stiff clients to make money. So Ulises just ditches his creative, groundbreaking project and runs off with Nuria without a word to his mother or brother, much less Acacia? Give me a break.
 

Thanks, DIana and Niecie...I still have not had time to watch. This show continues to move forward into darkness. Este has to man up and start seeing the evil around him instead of crushing on Ack.
 

Niecie, thank you for your kind, gracious words and for all the additional information.

Does Luisa really, truly believe Manuel will marry her? As you noted, it was hard for us to watch Manuel's pawing of Acacia's bare back, how devastating that must have been for Luisa. How much more will she need to be humiliated before she wakes up?

It will be interesting to watch Rubio as events with Luisa unfold. Her rejection of him for Manuel who he thought was safely out of reach and her budding friendship with Arturo were hard enough to take. If she is pregnant (which I'm wondering is now more of a possibility since Ale isn't), that might push him over the edge. Especially if she falls into Arturo's waiting arms.

I took notes last night just in case Gloria wasn't able to do a recap. My respect for the recappers continues to grow as it took quite a bit of time to write what little I did. I will be happy to fill in when I can. My inflexible schedule (needing to be up no later than 4 a.m. daily) is a bit of a challenge, but this is quickly becoming one of my favorite TNs and like you, can't wait to see what happens next!

Diana
 

Diana..I think of you every day when I get up at 5.15. "Diana is already up and going" I say to myself. Thanks for the recap.
 

Thanks , Niecie for filling in some details. Isn't it unusual for more than one girl to be pursued by several guys in a novela ? Ack, Ale, and Lu all have a couple hombres after them.
 

WOW! I can't wait from night to night.

Thank you a BIG MUCH Diana. I have said it many times and will again, the Caray team/people/grupo
are nothing but the best.

DevilDan is the worst but Norberto
is also soooo very disgusting. I can't wait to see them go down.

I did feel sorry for sweet Luisa when Manuel was all over Acacia last night. She still thinks that she a chance with him. Poor girl,
I guess that we are going to see more tears running down her pretty face before she comes to her senses. Luisa I'm sending out vibes to you. Arturo(((((((Arturo(((((((Arturo((((((Arturo(((((((.
Manuel doesn't have a thing going for him, not even honor. Stop looking with your eyes and start looking with your brain.

From yesterday---I said it and I am not backing down. Does Rubio care for/love Luisa? I don't care!
Cry in your tequila Rubio you get no sympathy from me. Did you use DevilDan's dirty money to buy Luisa that computer? Yes Rubio remember the dirty money you got for spying, for selling Alejandra
to the Devil. If it wasn't that it would be something else. I said it yesterday and here it is again---There is high classed trash as well as low classed trash. Rubio you have no honor. Your cousin is no honor Memo, is Manuel your cousin also?

The gringo is not in the redeem Rubio camp or Manuel either.

Is it a dream or is "the kiss" real tonight?
Where is Ulises---Where is Nuria?
must see TV tonight.
the gringo
 

Yeah i agree that DevilDan is more evil than Nor but i think Nor could suprise him in the end since he always somehow potrays characters which are clinically insane and i want him to be the final villian because GGC is such a badass actor to me:) So far i am on episode 8 and i am enjoying DevilDan's growling from the pain .And i am already hating on Rubio ,why does Fabian Robles always has to potray dirtbags/lazy assholes? Can not take him seriously in an another role maybe in an comedy but for protangoist i kinda doubt it :)
 

Count, did you ever see al diablo con los guapos?

Rubio played the ex of none other than our own Acacia. It was the first time I'd seen him. He wore a long ponytail and remembering that role still gives me the chils. Trust me, he can do any role.

gringo, I didn't know what to make of the preview kisses. I just want Uli to turn up and be with Acacia and for Este to realize Cris is his one and only. As neither is likely to happen, I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Diana
 

My vote goes to Danilo! Hands down. Nice to see you comment Count.
 

Hello Malquerida team! I am on the mend from my surgery. Still in pain, and sleepy and loopy, but feeling better each day. I haven't been able to stay awake late enough to watch the show. But the episodes will be waiting for me on my dvr when I get home. Thanks so much Gloria and Diana for the wonderful recaps. I'm so worried about missing Uli!
 

Diana, thank you much for recapping.
You did a great job, it's clear to see you are writing about a novela we are all ingrigued and drawn to. Your enthusiastic and engaging recap shows you are really into it!
Rubio also played a young honorable doc who married a young spoiled rich girl, but they worked it out in the end. so yes he can play anything. Thanks fir mentioning Al diablo con guapos. I am going to see if I can find it. I had never seen Aca in anything else and am curious about them together. That manuel had one evil eyeball when he was comforting Aca. Bad bad apple
 

Vivi, how wonderful to see your comment!

Happy to see you are recovering. You have been uppermost in our thoughts and prayers.

My heavens a lot has happened. Can't wait for you to see everything.

Please rest and take care of yourself. We are eagerly awaiting your return amiga.

Diana
 

Vivi---Are you on the mend? I hope so. You are really missed.

Madelaine---The same goes for you.
please get well so that the world can enjoy your presence on the Caray blog once again.

Vivi y Madelaine healing vibes(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
the gringo
 

Vivi - Yay! Thanks for checking in to let us know you're okay. Glad to hear you're on the mend. Wishing you a very restful recovery.

CountxAlacran - Fabian Robles played a mild-mannered doctor in Soy Tu Dueña and an honest police officer in the series El Equipo. Interestingly, Alberto Estrella (Danilo) was a good guy in El Equipo too, as the leader of a police task force.
 

Thank you Novella Maven for your very nice words. I so appreciate them.

I know we are all enjoying this tremendously and this really adds to the fun!

I am very curious as to which novela you are referring to? I am very interesting. I also recommend La Verdad Occulta which not only has Fabian, but Eduardo Yanez and Gabriel Soto. Dream cast needless to say.

I hope you do get to watch Guapos. It also featured the amazing Allisson Lozz (who retired at 18) and Eugenio Siller.

And yes "That manuel had one evil eyeball when he was comforting Aca". He certainly did!! HA!

Diana
 

Novella lover, so sorry!!

Diana
 

Vivi,

So glad you're on the mend.

Ann-NYC
 

Vivi!! Glad you are coming around. Rest, eat well, let yourself get pampered and enjoy catching up w missed tn's. positive and healing thoughts your way. You are missed!

 

Vivi..I am happy to hear that you are through the surgery and recovering. Curl up on the sofa and have a novela marathon. This show is really heating up, I am just watching last nights episode.
 

Gloria, I don't know if you will see this but I put together some comments if you are not able to do the recap.

Thanks.

Diana
 

Yikes..one good guy down and another lost in lust..who is going to save everyone????? ..German and Arturo are the only two clearheaded good guys left.
 

Sending out wishes for good health to Mads and Vivi..rest and repair.
 

Hi all. I thought I would post this as I'm not sure if Gloria will be doing the recap.

Anger, Venom, Vengeance and Guilt by Association

Repeat: Perla paws a reluctant Danilo; Rubio nurses his hangover by drinking from a pitcher and belching. Luisa’s assertion she will marry Manuel is met by menacing stroking of his machete. Este and Cris bicker – Cris refuses to take Hector’s call under Este’s taunting gaze. Juan Carlos laments Acacia’s unhappiness, blaming Uli – Elena’s support seems to fall on deaf ears.

New: It wasn’t enough that Manuel deflowered Luisa (without love, with only desire and selfishness), he now sets out to ruin Arturo’s reputation with Rosa, planting seeds of doubt because of course, Arturo is Uli’s brother after all! It appears he succeeds as Rosa has a conversation with Luisa during which I believe she says they should sever their business relationship (is this right – can someone help here?).

Luisa runs into Manuel and kisses him. He shows his affection by wiping her kiss from his lips.

Carmen, German and Arturo go through Uli’s paper. Carmen is inconsolable. Elsewhere, Este finds incriminating papers…

Dan shows up with his always impeccable timing to interrupt German and Ale. Ale manages to put on a brave face, and to her credit, actually manages to smile at him, suppressing her natural instinct to gag. A continually crushed German leaves.

Acacia kisses Esteban in her feverish stupor. Este does pull back but is stricken.

Poor, dead Alonso gets yet another visit from a tormented Esteban.

Manuel rushes into Acacia and massages her arm inappropriately. He manages to spew more venom about Uli, Nuria and the “fraud” they perpetrated to anyone he encounters.

German is tidying up when Ale surprises him with the painting he did of her. Her smile is broad and genuine and her eyes are ablaze with the light of love. But, as expected, she rejects him and leaves.

Arturo has not suffered his last rejection of the night. He runs into Manuel who mercilessly berates him. Arturo, as always, keeps his composure although being obviously upset. He then sees Luisa run after Manual and the two of them walk off. He follows them and sees Manuel taking his shirt off, leaving no doubt as to what is to come. Juliana stalks up, ruining the illicit tryst about to take place. Arturo walks off, unseen by Luisa.

The episode concludes with Este asking Rubio where Uli is.

Next: We see a bruised and battered Uli being held captive as a menacing masked gunman appears. An ominous voice portends a confession is coming.

The conversations last night were too abundant and beyond my comprehension. I am hoping Niecie and Novella Lover can fill in much of what I missed.

Diana
 

Wow ,now i am still cathing up ,i am on episode 12 but the story is quite cool:) . Hopefully with how the story is going ,Estebans lust for Acacia ends and is only a temporary lesson..Just imagine how much pain it would cause for everyone.Not only Cris but Manuel ,Ulisses and others who thought Acacia was something worthwile but it only turned out she was just a waste of their precious time..Este would probably be facing some charges because of the massive age difference( Does not he know that his romance could cause him jail time,did he lost the compas already? ) but that is the least thing he would experience,this is much much worse than when Fevier was "dating" Aranza in Por Siempre Mi Amor!
 

Diana, thanks for posting [and Gloria for extra duty and speedy recovery to Vivi]
Couple random things I remember:
Correct Diana, Rosa told Luisa she could not be in a business relationship with Arturo because Art is Uli's brother and Uli is a fraud.
When they were going through Uli's office, another man came in and said he too had been swindled by Uli/Nuria.
In her fever faint [brought on by seeing Uli's signature on both contracts for A-2, which seemed to be a turning point for her], Aca was saying "Uli, no" as she was kissing Este.
When Este went to poor Alonso, he confessed a lot of guilt, and also that he desired Aca more every day!
Sad [as Niecie noted] that JC has turned on Uli. JC did say to Este that Este's concern for Aca was not "normal," but Este blubbered his way out of that by repeating his tale of trying to protect her.
Chris and Este had another spat about Hector. A scheduling problem arose, Este has to go to Periera [and Aca plans to go with him] so Este can't accompany Chris to Hector's gallery as had been planned.
Aca got in the middle of the spat, and later defended Chris's loyalty to Este.
Also a scene with Aca and Chris talking about Este's jealousy, and stalker Este is behind a pillar listening.
Oh dear, the sad scene where Danilo was touching Ale's face and she was trying not to pull away. Dan threatened her not to tell the therapist anything about her past, and she said she wouldn't, but that she had to go thru with the appt because Chris had set it up. Dan wants German's portrait of her. Ale said she had already given it back to German, which is why she later brought it to German. In their convo, German was still trying to understand why she denies their love.
Ale went to see Padre Roque, who encouraged her to be straight with German. One of Danilo's henchman was posted observing outside the church and made the point to tell Ale that Danilo wished her a good day, i.e. he is watching her.
In a Danilo/Norberto conversation, there was a reference to Nuria now being far away with the money she got from them, so apparently it was a set up as someone here predicted.
Arturo, really bad day!
 

Thanks Diana and Anonymous. It was awful watching Manuel and Este both pawing Ack when she was ill and ranting. Both are desirably weak. However, Damnilo wins the prize got creepy evil. Poor Arturo.
 

Arturo was yelled at by Rosa and Juliana. It was terrible seeing a beaten Uli lying on that dirty floor in the previews. HELP.... Will Este snap out of his haze of desire and round up young German and Arturo to defeat all this evil ? or will Hector come to save the day ?
 

...whoops..that was supposed to be "despicably weak"
 

There are so many bad guys and so few good guys. Perhaps Hector will come into this story to rally the good young hombres , reveal Este's desire for his stepdaughter, and save the day. Perhaps a bad guy will bring down DamnDan..Perla ? Norb? Memo? Rubio?
 

Diana – Muchas gracias for another stellar mini-recap. You zoom in on the high and lowlights with grace, with gems like Arturo has not suffered his last rejection of the night and Dan shows up with his always impeccable timing to interrupt German and Ale.

Anon @ 11:48 – Thanks for the added info.

Arturo wanted to talk to Cris, so maybe he still can do that later. At least I hope so, because Luisa should continue working with Arturo and maybe Cris will override Rosa.

Danilo and Norberto, being criminals and all, agreed it wouldn’t be good for them to go to the police themselves to press charges against Ulises, so Danilo is getting Perla to do it under her real name (Edelmira).
Norberto noted that the jig would be up if Nuria returned to town and Danilo assured him that she wouldn’t, so I’m thinking Norberto was not in on the Nuria scam.

It’s a good thing Luisa and Manuel got interrupted because they still have not taken care of birth control. Earlier, Luisa reminded Manuel that he needed to take her to San Jacinto so they could get “the pills.” He told her to shush, lest someone overhear.

CountxAlacran – Acacia is past the legal age of consent (I think she’s 18-19) and Esteban is not a blood relation or an adopted father, so Esteban would not face legal charges if they became lovers. The damage would be emotional only.
 

Anon, thank you!

A fantastic summary of all that I missed.

I did hear JC tell Este something was't normal and while I assumed it was something about Acacia, could not determine exactly what. I appreciate your noting that very important scene.

Wow, whoever predicted early on (I wish I could recall who) that Nuria was a plant was spot on.

Susanlynn, you are so right. For someone who has done nothing wrong (and in fact is one of the few good men here), he is really suffering.

Again, thank you so much for your fantastic comments.

Diana
 

Thanks, Niecie. I am a little confused about the reason Dan hired Nuria to mess with Uli's business. Who will eventually uncover all this evil ? Chris ? Hector ? Este?
 

Diana..Was it Novella lover who first suggested that Este hired Nuria to mess with Uli ?
 

Niecie, gracias for your as always generous words.

You always pick up on all of the details so beautifully.

I do hope Arturo gets to speak to Cris. Cris will likely listen in her kind, gentle nonjudgemental manner. She has not yet condemned Uli and doubt she will do so to Aturo. If anyone can talk Rosa into reason, she can.

We haven't seen Nuria for a while...I'm wondering if Danilo paid her well enough to leave permanently or if he arranged her permanent departure. I put nothing past him.

Thanks again Niecie.

Diana
 

Thank you--Thank-you--Thank you Diana, I was on the edge of my seat last night.

Good grief!! Did we have to go to Alonso's grave on Halloween night?

I don't blame Este for lusting after Acacia, I blame God for making her so desirable. At least there was no bikini scene last night. OMG!! I think that I would run to Alonso's grave too if Acacia grabbed me with passion
like that.

Well it was Halloween last night so the writers decided to torment us with a little more El Diablo.
The devil in a suit with an ugly tie. UUGGGHHHH!!! I hate this guy

I'm beginning to dislike Manuel more and more, he's despicable. Give him a machete and he could be Rubio's brother. Rich boy trash

Did Alejandra let something slip last night? It looked like after she spoke, the light bulb in German's brain turned on. Then right after that, Ale turned around and left the room.

Luisa didn't wake up yet, she"s still in her beautiful dream of a happy forever with Manuel. It's going to hit her hard when she finally wakes up but until then, Manuel will be enjoying the goods
fo as long as he can. He's got her wrapped around his finger. I'm hoping for an Manuel anvil. Three amigos really?

I was expecting Cris to walk in during the Acacia Esteban lip lock last night but maybe that will come later---or they both might come to their senses before that happens. How will Acacia act when she sees Ulises? I am assuming that he will somehow escape.

Monday noche is so far away. Please hurry--please hurry.
the gringo


 

gringo, I smiled while reading your entire comment especially "Did we have to go to Alonso's grave on Halloween night?" and "I don't blame Este for lusting after Acacia, I blame God for making her so desirable".

Like you, I am definitely hooked on this. With a superb cast and tightly written storyline with no certainties in place, I am also waiting with baited breath to see what happens next.

Manuel is in villain territory for me now. He was teetering on the edge but what he has done to Luisa has finished him in my eyes.

Diana
 

By the way,La Sombra del Pasado begins airing on November 10th in Mexico because La Malquerida is in its final weeks there. It is a remake of El Manatial :) I certaintly cannot wait to see Mr.Ayala again ,he is supposed to play the main male villian there so that novela is definetly on my watchlist! Also from the looks of it, Alfredo Adame is in there ,as a priest:)

The promo is here if anyone is interested :
http://youtu.be/zDCgMkmnfrY
 

Gringo you so funny "Monday noche is so far." After watching advances, I turned and whined to my mom "Why, oh why cant they show it on Saturdays and Sundays??"" I am tickled when Men admit to watching them and enjoying them w gusto like you. Course, Acacia is obviously one driving force for you.

Poor Arturo had one very bad day on Friday. It was boom, bam, boom. First Rosa and the hurtful things she told him (in a nice way, but still...) then seeing Luisa run after Manual, oblivious to Arturo (her and Manuel) were bout to get it on in the garden! I even hoped Rosa caught her. Then the forever bitchin and threatening Juliana. Wow, it must be very painful to him and his family that Uli is getting judged and condemned when they KNOW Ulysis is Missing!!! They KNOW he would never rip anyone off!! How unjust, I dont care about the forged contracts, if he was guilty he would not have left behind. He even refused payment from JC and Este when he designed bodega. He not money hungry.
 

Diana, someone else might have said it about Nuria being a plant. Not to receive credit but I had also said that, but I also had said I thought It was Este who planted her to sabotage Uli's business and his character. I saw N's and Este make a brief eye contact at the ribbon cutting and that is where that (possibly outlandish) thought came from. I had made reference to a Argentinean movie about a cold murder case that a detective solved years later when he saw a high school group picture and he noticed the way one if the students looked at the victim in that photo. Didnt mean to go off on a tangent, but I have found in real life that eyes reveal a lot. Movie: "The story is in the Eyes" or something close to that.
 

Thanks count, going to google Ayala. Name sounds familiar, I know I know him but need to see his face. Nonetheless, it is now on my watch list too, I judge what tn's I watch by the title and characters. Sombra Del Pasado sounds good to me.
 

Diana, I just read your recap. I had posted comments not realizing you had recapped. I have bad habit of reading from the end (bottom) and scroll upwards. I had posted lots of things you had already said in a much better way. I will start reading from the the top down from now on. But yes your recap was great as usual thanks for doing that.
 

I was hoping that during Juliana's nasty rant to Art she would see Manuel and Luisa behind that nearby wall. Her baby Manuel is a randy, spoiled little puppy.
 

Novella lover, how intuitive you are! I thought Nuria was a little grifter but didn't realize she was a set up. And your assertion Este might have been behind it certainly made sense.

And I totally agree in that everyone knows that Uli has character and honor but seem to be throwing that knowledge (as well as common sense) out the window.

Things are dark now, all the way around. We need some goodness and light. And quickly.

Diana
 

OK---So Nuria was paid off to make Ulises look like a dishonest person out trying to cheat people.
You know collect as mush money as you can and then disappear. When you think it through, it just doesn't make sense. Ok, so he takes the money and runs, to where? And with who, Nuria? He barely knows her. Is he going to leave his family whom he loves never able to come back to see them for fear of being arrested and thrown in jail? I don't think so. A loner, rogue kind of a guy maybe but Ulises was definitely close to his mother and brother. Would he want to bring shame on to his mother? I say no. So who paid off Nuria to forge Ulises signature on the contracts? Was it Esteban? He wanted Ulises out of the way, away from Acacia that's for sure. He surely would destroy Acacia's love interest if he could. Or was it Norberto? Norbe wanted Ulises out of the way so that Manuel would have no opposition and could run, charge full speed ahead towards a marriage with Acacia and thus gain control or at the very least, becoming partners of Rancho Buenavente. I believe that at some point Ulises will escape and be able to clear his name. What makes me sad is that I will not be able to attend the big dinner where crow will be served as the main course. I would love to be there when all of Ulises' accusers are forced to eat crow.
I would even pay for a ticket to that event.
the gringo
 

gringo, I believe it was Danilo who paid Nuria off. I'm with Niecie in thinking Norberto wasn't part of this.

Diana
 

Why Danilo? What would he gain?
the gringo
 

I thought she was a plant by Este, but if not she could be acting on her own as grifter con thief. But everyone in that town automatically thinks they were in it together. His superintendent told Juliana, manuel and Aca that day they went to the site that there was nothing but work between "Nurata" and Uli and Juliana was quick to snap "dont justify for him!!" Everyone dead set on thingking bad of Uli, even Aca is caving. Starts having a meltdown when she saw his signature on two contracts and starts kissing Este in her, ahem, delirium. IF and when he shows up, she will probably be mad and you gotta know he messed up his probation. Sigh.
 

Novella lover---Yeah he messed up his probation. Thugs or no thugs,
JC won't be happy with Ulises. Poor Ulises is between the devil and the deep blue sea. At least Acacia hasn't taken the cross off,
not yet anyway.

How many crows will Rosa have to cook for the "we were wrong dinner?"
the gringo


 

Ha! Lots of crow for sure. I will take mine with mole'. Tsk tsk Rosa, I would have thought her to be somewhat more generous in her assessment of Ulisses and Arturo. Probably cause of her over zealous protection of Luisa. Look what luisa doing at first opportunity. I think that happens when parents are too strict. At some point they lose all control eventually.