Caray, Caray!

Recap courtesy of HellaShelle

Dom tells PJ she doesn’t dare tell Lola the truth, it would hurt her so! PJ says she’ll avoid lots of problems if she does. He wishes Dom Godly illumination as she leaves.

Melesio goes to see Aldonza after the shooting. Aldonza blames Sev, but Mel says he’s not so sure. Besides, without proof, they can’t just accuse anyone. Aldonza asks for his help getting some security and he promises to send someone by that he trusts. He also wants to talk about Cris. Aldonza insists she and Cris wouldn’t work, but Mel says her eyes tell a different story. (Geez – her eyes, her lips. Anyone use words in this town?)



Cande asks for Dominga, who still hasn’t come back to work. The other servant, Tonia, says Dom called out sick and looked liked she’d seen a ghost when she got back from market. Cande worries because Dominga doesn’t leave work for just anything. She goes to check on her.

Dominga and Mel are worrying about Viviana. What to do? Why is she here? Dom says she thought she saw her a few days ago, but Cande told her she was a widow who came to buy horses from Sev. They wonder if that’s true and Dom says she told PJ everything and he advised her to tell Lola the truth. Cande comes by, worrying about Dom, but Mel says Dom’s fine, just a little headache. Cande checks Dom’s temperature with her hand, like a mother with a child, and says she can call Hum, but Dom assures her she’s fine and manages a weak smile. Cande says ok, but is she gets worse, Cande’s calling Hum even if Dom protests.

E-man’s bummed about Lola. He wants to ask Mel to leave early so he can return the candy house, but Mel’s not around. Cris gives him permission and wishes him luck; with Lola’s character he’ll need it.

Mel apologizes to Sev for telling Cris that PJ suspected him of the shooting. He knows it caused problems. If Sev wants to fire him, he’ll understand. Sev does want to…but he won’t. He’s spent years cultivating his image and that blasted padre and his supporters keep blaming him for everything that happens to the Alcocer’s. (So ironic). He’s tired of it and if Mel pulls a stunt like this again, he’s gone. Mel just wanted Sev to hear it from him. Sev dismisses him.

E goes to his closet, but of course the house is gone.

Mel tells Cris that Sev just chewed him out. Cris apologizes because it’s his fault for blowing up at his parents, but Mel just wants him to understand that Mel advised him to follow his heart, not his impulses. Cris knows, he just couldn’t help himself. And even though he apologized to his parents, he’s not sorry that he was clear about his take on the situation. Cris wants to make sure Sev didn’t do anything more drastic than ream Mel out. Mel reassures him and is grateful. He thinks another boss would’ve fired him. Switching topics, Mel says he just spoke with Aldie. Cris want to know what she said and Mel teases him as they walk off to talk about it.

Humberto comes by the Santu. Aldie asks after Val. She wants to clear it up that she and Val are not rivals and she’s not in the market for a love with anyone right now. Hum doesn’t blame her. What happened between Cris and Val was inevitable; Hum thinks that Cris only thought he was in love with Val anyway and Aldie shouldn’t get blamed for things that aren’t her fault. Aldie takes all of this in, hearing it for the first time from a (fairly) disinterested party. Changing topics, Hum tells her he has bad news: Someone just offered him a lot of money to rent the house, trying to stop her from moving in.

Val’s at Las Animas, being snotty to the help. While she waits to talk to Cande, Lardo walks by. They both do a double take. Val wants to know why he’s there. Didn’t Cris fire him for whacking E? He works for Sev, not the ranch. Whatever, Val’s more interested in Lardo getting rid of Aldie. She already paid her fee (Ew.), now he’s gotta do his part. Cande came just in time to hear this and wants to know what she’s talking about.

Val admits she paid Lardo to help her with her Aldie problem. She’s desperate! She’d sell her soul to the Devil if she could get Cris back! Cande says she’s going about things the wrong way. No, Val explains. Lardo’s got a thing for Aldie, so maybe he can have her. (Aldie, the bewitching sorceress has no say in this apparently). Cande points out, smartly for once, that all that will do is make Cris jealous…unless…her scheming wheel is turning…Unless Lardo can make Cris think that Aldie’s just like her mother. Val likes this plan.

Hum thanks Aldie for her time and apologizes for the situation. Aldie says she knows he’s in a tough spot. Hum recommends that she do as he advised (off-screen, so we don’t know what he’s talking about), for her own good. He leaves and Aldie insists to Adelina that they can’t leave the house! They live in it now, they absolutely can’t leave it! Adelina’s confused by her fervor. What about the stuff they left at PJ’s? Ok, maybe they can leave it. Aldie tells Adelina to go get the stuff quickly while she stays at the house. What about the broken windows, Adelina asks. Not important! Go get the stuff, quickly! She’s physically pulling her aunt to the door. No time to explain! Adelina wants to know why. What did she talk about with the doctor? Aldonza says she’ll tell her later. Adelina goes.

E has gathered the suspects in the living room, but Juanita and Pru don’t kow where is candy house is. Well it can’t just have disappeared, right? Pru says that if Juanita can’t remember where she put it, she’s fired. E knows that Juanita’s not to blame, but what’s he going to tell Lola?

Cris runs into Val on her way out. She tells him not to worry, she’s there to talk to Cande, if that’s still ok. Even if he dumped her, she hopes she and his mom can still be friends. Cris says of course. Their doors are always open for her. In fact, can’t they still be friends? God, Cris have you never broken up with a woman before? Val says no, he’s hurt her worse than anyone else. One day, he’ll realize Aldie wasn’t worth it. Cris says for the millionth time that Aldie had nothing to do with it. Val says whatever, they obviously have different ideas about that…tipa (=chick).

Cande is again ranting about Aldie to Sev. Ugh, he, like the rest of us, wants to know is she has anything else in the world to talk about. Well, she has to get this off her chest with someone and he’s the equally interested party. What does she want him to do about it? So far, Aldie and Cris aren’t even together and Cris, not Aldie, is the one pushing the relationship. Cande’s like puh-leeze. Aldie’s just making him beg to light his fire more and Cris is so stupid he doesn’t realize it! Sev says that gives them time to figure out what to do. Cande suggests that he do whatever it is that he did last time. Whatever it was should be easier now without Rob, right? No, Sev says. Aldie’s not lost in -he taps his glass of liquor- vices, like her mom. She’s much stronger and more clever than Rob. She’s already gotten back into her old house.

Adelina’s sharing Aldie’s weirdness with PJ. She thinks maybe Hum is trying to back out of the rental agreement. PJ thinks that would make sense. PJ now shares that Lola is absolutely NOT Roberta’s daughter. He can’t tell Adelina why, but he’s certain Lola’s not Aldie’s sister. Adelina urges him to drop it, but PJ insists he must get to the bottom of this.

Lardo brings Sim some groceries and tells her Sev sent him to do whatever she needs. He indicates a cougar-pup arrangement, but Sim’s not interested. She asks if Mr. Mendoza is coming later. Lardo doesn’t know. She asks about Dominga, saying she met her a little while ago and she seems nice. She hears she has a granddaughter too. What’s she like? Lardo says Lola’s nothing special, just a girl. Not as fine as Sim. Sim goes from vaguely lukewarm to chilly. Lardo notes the change in her face and heads out.

Mel’s friend, Camilo Montiel, has come to El Santu to be the velador(=guard; night watchman. Also, interestingly, night table.) All he needs is a food and a place to stay as payment, but Aldie insists that while it won’t be much, he’ll get paid too. There’s a small, but cozy room for him by the front. Because of it’s ubicación(=location, placement), it will also be the caseta de vigilancia(=security booth).

Flavia and Joaquín are eating dinner. Joaquín’s disappointed that he didn’t get to see Ray before he went to bed, but he’ll catch him tomorrow. He thinks he’ll finish early, but with the shooting, he has to redo a bunch of work. Flavia gets pissed. Those Alcocer’s are always looking for excuses to have him around! (Yeah! I bet they shot up their own new house just to hang out with him!) She’s had it hasta el copete(=had it up to here! Literally, up to a tuft (of hair)). Well she’s going to have to hacer de tripas corazon(=make heart from guts (like tripe). Basically, do something you don’t want to) because he and Aldonza are going into business together so he’ll be seeing them for a good while. Flavia says if what he really wants to do is run off with Adelina, he should just do it rather than make up excuses to see her. That’s it! Now Joaquín’s pissed! He’s going out for a drink, rather than stay and listen to Flavia’s endless accusations!

Cris takes Cande some flowers and sweet-talks her. He thinks they both got out of hand, but he’d like to apologize for his part of it. He knows they don’t agree on a lot of things, but he is her son and he knows he owes her everything, starting with his very life. He hugs her and kisses her cheek. Cande mom melts.

Dom prays for guidance.

Mel goes to pick Lola up from work, which is unusual for him. He says he just wanted to tell her again that he and her grandma love her to bits and thank God for her every day. Awwww! They’d head home, but Lola has something to do first. She feels bad, but does he mind if she meets him at the house? He asks her to be very careful. He looks so sad watching her leave that I just want to hug him.

Sim corners Hum just as he’s about to leave the office. She’s called several time. He says it was a crazy day, lots of patients. Sim cuts to the chase: Is he avoiding her? She needs an answer. Will he rent her the house or not?

Lola’s errand was picking up the candy house. E doesn’t have it. Lola wants to know if he ate it or is jerking her around. He stammers and mumbles and she says he’s got until tomorrow or she’s send her grandpa after him and they both know Mel’s just looking for a reason to knock E out. She shoves him and he goes back in the house. Then she sits on a bench and cries. Inside the Zapata house, Juanita tells E that she thinks Pru’s got the sweets. Pru’s listening around the corner.

Sev has stopped by Sim’s new digs. He wants to know how things went with Hum. Badly, Sim admits. Aldonza’s already moved in, so they can’t kick her out. Sev is furious! He breaks his glass of wine and tells her she’s useless! The first time he asks for something, she fails! She tells him it’s not her fault Hum figured out Sev’s game. Sev storms out to go fix her mess.

Pru studies herself in the mirror again…then calls Tomás. She asks him to come over, but Hum comes home, so they quickly make plans for tomorrow, at his house. Hum asks who it was. She says Cande. She asks why he’s home so early. He said he didn’t have many patients and was tired.

Adelina’s walking down the dark night streets of SL, hands full of bags. Sev drives by, stops the car and offers to give her a lift. It’ll give them a chance to talk. She declines. He tells her to get her niece out of SL. Now. And if she doesn’t want to go? Adelina asks, chin lifted. Well, Sev doesn’t think Aldie wants to relive their last encounter…Adelina says he’d better not touch her girl or he’ll see what she’s capable of. Sev says if the fiery Rob couldn’t take care of him, Adelina certainly can’t. She tries to smack him, but he grabs her arm. Sadly, right now Adelina is more smoke than fire. She’s already crying as she softly tells him to stop, he’s hurting her. He says this is nothing. He takes a deep breath of her scent and reminds her that he can hurt them much, much worse…

Avances: Adelina furiously asks if Aldonza’s going to take this to the point that they get hurt. Aldonza, standing in front of Sev and Cande, wants to know if Sev really wants his wife to know what he’s capable of.

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