Caray, Caray!

Recap courtesy of HellaShelle

Severiano (Sev) saves Abelardo (Lardo) from the thugs that were beating him up. They jump off of him as soon as Sev says boo. Sev tells Lardo to get in the car and shushes the gang leader when he tries to explain that they were just playing with him.

Aldonza (Aldie) and Renato (Ren) are strolling through the streets. Aldonza has just shared her secret recipe for frying monsters in hell aka her big plans, but we were not privy to it. Whatever it is, Renato seems to think it’s a good idea, but wants to study the contract and local laws to make sure they can do it legally. He recognizes that Sev’s very powerful so they can’t jump into this willy nilly. Aldonza says she’s willing to put her life on the line for this. Renato says he wouldn’t recommend that as her lawyer…but as a man, he’ll walk into Hell with her if she asks. She smiles, thanks him and says that’s just what she needed to hear. In return he thanks her for her company. Um…seriously? I already feel for his poor, broken heart.



Valeria (Val) and Cristobal (Cris) are fighting about the engagement party. Val says it wasn’t her idea, so if he wants to be mad, he should be mad at his mom. He says he already chewed his mom out about it, but she also should have told him what they were planning. She returns that’s she hasn’t had a chance because he’s bailed on her the past few days, always “so tired.” But that being said, she admits she likes the engagement party idea. Well, he doesn’t. It’s stupid. Val shoots back that he’s just mad because he doesn’t want certain people to hear the official announcement that they’re engagement. Cris is pissed that she’s on her jealously kick again. Val says he should admit that she has a point because since Aldonza came back, he can’t even stand himself and he’s even picking fights with Lardo just b/c Lardo has a thing for Aldonza. Cris is ticked that she’s talking to Lardo at all and pissed that Val believes that idiot over him.

Back and Padre Jeronimo’s, Adelina says Aldonza should’ve asked Ren to stay for dinner, but Aldonza explains that he had work to do back at the hotel. She’s pleased though because things are moving along faster than she expected. Joaquin’s repairing the house and…Adelina cuts her off, upset that she asked Joaquin to fix the house. She shares that his wife is jealous and thinks Joaquin still has a thing for her. Aldonza teases her about being a husband stealer. Adelina’s concerned that they just got back to SL and already they’re causing gossip. Aldie says they’re not doing anything wrong, they shouldn’t have to live in lockdown just b/c SL likes gossip. Her aunt’s conscience is clean and she knows who she is, so all of SL can go kick rocks. They’ll show they’re decent through their actions. Adelina wishes she was that brave. Aldonza thinks her aunt is the braver of the two. They hug.

Cris is tired of fighting. He feels like everyone got together to ruin his day today. Val pleads with him to stay, but he shakes her off and leaves…Only to realize he doesn’t have his keys. He doesn’t want to go back into Val’s house, so he stalks off, frustrated.

Aldonza asks her uncle to settle the issue of her mother’s ashes before they move into the Santuario house. Padre Jeronimo (PadrJ) says he can’t promise anything and Aldonza wants to know why he’s stalling. Adelina admits she’s the one that doesn’t want Roberta buried in the family tomb, she wants her ashes to stay in the church. When Aldonza asks why, Adelina says that Rob was her sister and she has a right to make this decision too. Aldie presses and Adelina blurts out that Roberta wasn’t a good wife and doesn’t deserve to be buried with Raymundo. Aldonza snaps at Adelina for saying that to her. Adelina retorts that Aldonza’s was first in line to acknowledge her mother’s ways before. Aldonza rushes out of the house, hurt and offended. Adelina calls for her to stay and, after she leaves, admits to that she said those things to keep Aldie out of the tomb.

Lardo thanks Sev for saving him. Sev wants to know what the beating was about. Lardo admits he owes those guys money and they were the ones that beat him up before. He had to blame Cris because he couldn’t tell his folks about the trouble he’s in. Sev is gonna let this slide but if Lardo blames Cris for foolishness again, he’ll have trouble.

Humberto (Hum) gets home and finds Val at the table, obviously having cried. He asks if she fought with Cris again. She says yes, they had a big fight and Cris left. Hum says his car is still outside and suggests that she go find him and work it out. She thanks him for the good advice and leaves.

Cris gets to the park and finds Aldonza on a bench, crying. She tries to leave, but he wants to know what’s up. She says it has nothing to do with him. He asks if it’s about her boyfriend. At her confusion, he tells her he saw her leaving the hotel with a guy. She cuts him off to say she doesn’t owe him explanations, but it’s not what he thinks. She starts lumping him in with the rest of the town as a gossip that jumps to conclusions, and he interrupts, trying to explain that he’s not judging her, but then she interrupts, telling him to just leave her alone. He thinks it’s a shame that they can’t be friends. She doesn’t think they’ll ever be able to. He says, for his part, he wants her to be happy and would gladly help her out if she needed him. She says she doesn’t wish him ill either. He jumps on that, saying that she should let her guard down then and tell him what’s wrong because he knows she’s not crying for nothing. She finally admits that it’s about her mom, about things her aunt said about Rob that truly hurt her. She barely has a sentence out before he’s hugging her, stroking her hair. He takes her face in his hands and promises that everything will be okay. So, of course, that’s when Valeria should find them.

Emmanuel (E) is fighting the urge to scarf down his candy house, but it’s too awesome for anything but a special occasion, so he puts it on his shelf and we don’t get to find out what the deal is with the ring.

Valeria swoops in, already at an 8 or 9. She accuses Cris of leaving her house so he could come find Aldie (whore vocab alert! I’m adding Buscona to the list). Cris tells her not to insult Aldonza, who is just letting the foolishness wash over her. Val insists Cris has no business here, much the less hugging Aldonza. Cris is about to volley back, but Aldonza’s so over this scene. She calmly stops him, tells him Val is right and suggests that she fix her problems and he fix his because clearly he has his own life issues to deal with. She gives Val a pointed look when she notes that they’re “serious issues.” She leaves and Valeria starts hashing this out in the town square, but Cris doesn’t want to be yelling in the streets. She snaps at him to let her go and not touch her, which is funny because he’s not touching her, then turns on her heel to storm away, leaving him having to jog to catch up to her.

Hum brings cookies and milk to Emmanuel’s room for dinner. He wants to know where his stuff is. E says Pru took them.

Adelina is up and anxiously waiting when Aldie gets home, so they can talk. Aldie, resigned, says there’s no need to talk it out because her aunt is right, and if that’s how Adelina wants things, her mom’s ashes will stay in the church as she wishes. Adelina’s sorry she hurt Aldonza, but Aldie says there’s no need to apologize because, as Adelina pointed out, Rob was her sister and she should have a say in how they lay her to rest. Aldie does insist on a mass for her mom because they don’t deny that to even the worst person in the world. Adelina has no problem with that. She wants to know if anything else has Aldonza upset, but Aldie denies it.

Cris and Val are in front of her house, but she doesn’t want to bring their fight inside. Besides, he’s had their whole walk back to come up with a good lie. He says he doesn’t need one, he just ran into Aldonza while he was trying to figure out his car key situation. She was crying; what was he supposed to do, just ignore her. With sarcasm dripping all over her words, Val says oh of course not. He’s so good mannered and Aldonza’s a friend, so of course he had to comfort her. Cris thinks it’s bad enough that her mom when Old Testament on Aldie, now she has to add to it. He’s explained the situation but clearly Val doesn’t want to understand. Val says now she will have a hard time not believe Lardo and thinks it’s absurd that Cris is pissed when she’s the one that has a right to be offended. She goes into her house and Cris heads home.

Pru is waiting for Hum on their bed in a come hither pose. He wants to know why she moved his things. Well, because this is his room and he should have its comforts. He’s more uncomfortable here, he says, with a woman who – she cuts him off. She wants to stop fighting. She’s been thinking and he hasn’t given her a reason to distrust him. Besides, they shouldn’t ruin this wedding time for their baby. He agrees. I should point out here that Pru has gently pushed Hum onto the bed and taken off his shoes and she is literally kissing his feet. She tells him to get comfy because she’s going to get his “pantuflotas y pijamota” which sounds like pants and pjs but I have no idea why she’d be getting both or why she’s saying it like that or what pantuflotas is supposed to mean exactly. Hum meanwhile is left sitting on the bed, just as confused as I, but for different reasons. He look like he’s somewhere between “eh, whatever” and “ooh! Nookie!”

Next morning – Renato’s stopped by to say bye to Aldonza before heading back to DF. She wants him to set a price so she can pay him, but he insists that he won’t charge her before he’s actually done the work. She reminds him to keep it between them and he’s happy to share a secret. She holds out her hand to shake on it, but he uses it to pull her in for a hug and a kiss on the cheek. She says he’s a good friend and he heads out. Again, I can only shake my head at this impending tragedy.

Dominga has brought Cris some juice. He says she shouldn’t have gone to the trouble of bringing it up, but she wants to spoil him now because once he’s married, his wife probably won’t let her get anywhere near him. Cris sighs heavily and thinks about his future wife. Dominga asks what’s wrong and he asks, rhetorically, why everyone’s got it out for Aldonza. He fills her in on how Val insulted Aldonza horribly last night. Dom says Aldie can handle herself, but Cris argues that doesn’t give others the right to treat her like crap. He gets why PadrJ warned him away before, because he probably thought Cris would hurt her too, which he would never do because he-He stops himself. Dom advises him not to fight against his own feelings and leaves his with that.

Aldonza’s at the bank, getting the account stuff. Uriel’s had the account switched over, set up her debit card and added a credit card application, if she’s interested. He plugs some savings options or something and lets her know that she can use her money immediately is she wants.

Sev is waiting for Hum when he gets to the office. He wants the keys to the Santuario house but won’t tell Hum why. Hum tells him he rented the house to Aldonza before he and Sev spoke. Sev is about to go nuclear, but a patient has arrived for Hum. Sev warns Hum that he’s on thin ice. Hum doesn’t know why Sev wants the house, but he reminds him that back when Rob lives there, Sev had lots of problems at that house…Sev shushes him, tells him they aren’t done with this yet and menacingly notes that they’ll see about the Santuario house situation.

Val goes to see Cande, who criticizes her again for causing a scene. She has to learn to control herself. Val says she was afraid the whole relationship was at an end, but Cande won’t hear of it. Cande advises her on the ice queen version of if you can’t “beat them, join them” approach, which is a little more Sun Tzu/Machiavelli: if you can’t defeat them, make them your allies).

Cris is waiting for Aldie in her living room when she gets back from the bank. He wants to apologize for last night. Aldie says that in this situation, Val was right. If the situation were flipped, he would’ve been upset, right? He says that if you trust someone, you don’t need to be upset. Aldonza notes that he and Val are not on the same wavelength on that score. Aldonza is saying that she doesn’t want problems with anyone and doesn’t want to cause him problems either so when he sees her in the street, he shouldn’t even say hello. Cris is barely registering this because his entire focus is on her lips, not her words. He’s being pulled in like a magnet, and despite her words, Aldonza is not getting out of his way. He goes in for the kiss and they’re both saved by the doorbell. It’s a flower delivery for Aldonza. Cris wants to know who they’re from, but Aldie points out that it’s none of his business. Cris says she’s right, and she was also right, that they shouldn’t even say hello in the street. He leaves and she reads the card. The flowers are from an admirer. She wonders if it’s Renato.

Abelardo gets a phone call and rushes out.

Irma, now at the store with Lola, is still looking for the money. Lola saw her put it in her purse so it’s gotta be at the house because it’s not in the store. Irma has another theory, but is interrupted by Adelina who has come in for a zipper. They share a cute moment of laughter.

Cande is getting Dominga on board for the engagement party dinner. Dominga laughs at her because it seems obvious to her that Cande’s only having this party to make it harder to Cris to break the engagement. Cande’s just fighting for Cris’s happiness. Dominga thinks Cris should decide what makes him happy. Cande tries to change the subject to the pots hanging over the kitchen island that Dom’s supposed to get rid of, but Dom will not be distracted. Dominga reminds Cande that she’s not just another employee and she worries about Cande and Cris like family.  Cande can’t deal and bails.

Val visits Aldonza. She apologizes and says she feels like an idiot now. Aldonza doesn’t believe a word of it, and Val says she understands and would probably feel the same in her shoes, but she’d like to make it up to Aldie by inviting her to the engagement party. I should note, Val’s playing this like she’s sincere, no real sneer or anything, so Aldie gets extra points for knowing her enemy.

Lardo’s call was from Sev. He’s waiting for Sev in his office when Cris comes in. They circle each other and snap like two dogs, sniffing for a fight. Lardo tells Cris that Cris can’t touch him now or everyone really will believe Lardo’s story, so now Lardo is untouchable. This doesn’t stop Cris from grabbing the punk and almost hoisting him off of his feet. Sev comes in and wants to know what’s up. Cris reminds Sev that if Lardo stays, Cris goes. Sev says they’ll talk about it later, but Cris is unintimidated by his father. He repeats his position and the slimeballs to their one on one.

Aldonza doesn’t buy the invitation at all, no matter how Val insists, even when she says that E and Lola will be there. Aldonza has no business at her engagement party, but Val keeps the invitation open. She goes in to kiss Aldonza good-bye on the cheek, but unlike with Ren, Aldonza’s firm on ending this with a handshake. They part just as Adelina comes home. She shares Aldie’s skepticism about the visit.

Cris and E are training horses while Cris unloads about Lardo and Sev. They don’t think Sev will let Lardo back after what he did to E, but E points out that Sev doesn’t care about him, so who knows what he’ll do. Cris tells him not to feel bad because he doesn’t care about Cris’s opinion on this either. Cris clearly stated his opinion, and Sev didn’t give a hoot. Cris says he wanted to stay until after the wedding, but he thinks he really will have to leave now because of the Lardo situation.

Sev has paid off Lardo’s gambling debt. In return, he wants Lardo to be his flunkey. Lardo’s 100% on board.

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