Caray, Caray!

After Sev slaps Cande, Dominga helps her up.  Sev goes on a really bizarre rant about how Cande never loved him and that's why he sought out Roberta.  He put her on a pedestal, and now he knows she was always thinking of Padre J when she was, uh, "with" Sev.  He's acting heartbroken over it, with tears and everything, but the question is…is he really?  And more importantly, does anybody care or are we all handing him quarters?  Cande taunts Sev with "At least he's a whole man, and I don't mean your missing arm."  I suppose she means his soul.  Sev taunts back with "At least I'm a real man and not one who put on a cassock rather than fighting for the woman he loves.  But of course, he doesn't know what a woman is."  Totally thought he was going to end that with "of course, he never loved you."  Missed a primo opportunity there, Sev.  He continues his tantrum alone in his office, downing a drink and breaking the glass in his hand.

Don Camilo talks to the cops about the afternoon Adelina died.  And BTW, he thinks Sev did it.  Incompetente barely restrains himself from rolling his eyes.



Lola continues her interview of Doña Marga.  She and Arnoldo were madly in love, but Marga's parents thought he was a poor nobody.  They were going to send Marga to a boarding school in the DF, but Arnoldo said he'd fight for her and swore he'd marry her.  One night, he gave her the now-infamous Candy House and told her the best part was in the middle and if she ate it that night she'd never forget him.  Of course, Marga couldn't bring herself to eat it (wait, so you mean…?).  She wanted to keep it as a souvenir, or maybe share it with Arnoldo at some point, or with her kids (ew!), or her grandkids (EW!).  And the weird thing is…she never saw Arnoldo again (you mean, she never…?).  Her dad said he saw Arnoldo catch a train, back when the train used to run through there.  He was carrying a suitcase and crying.  Marga thought her dad was lying, but as the days passed, she didn't see Arnoldo and couldn't find him.  And a few days later she went to boarding school.  When she came back to town, she looked for him again, but he never came back.  She never forgot him, though, or married anyone else, or found out what happened to him.  Well, Lola, La Investigadora Ciber is on the case!  Except, no, Doña Marga doesn't want to stir up the past.

That's right…she never opened the box, and never found the ring or the letter.  So, I guess the moral of the story is, better to suffer some really hideous indigestion from eating way too much chocolate at once than to miss out on decades spent with the love of your life.

The cops are still confused about what happened to Adelina.  Renato stops by and is cranky about the lack of progress, but there is zero evidence pointing to Sev or anyone else.  Incompetente says they're not going to drop the case, but without evidence there's nothing they can do.  For now, Ren can return the letter to Aldonza and they can claim Adelina's body now.

Vero and Don Ant are leaving town.  Emmanuel says goodbye to them in front of the hotel. Vero ribs him about going after Lola now.  Don Ant hopes that Em will be returning to the competition circuit, as does Vero (and I'm betting, as does Solitario).  Don Ant gives Em a gun with one bullet to give to Aldonza.  She'll know what it means.

Renato brings the letter to Aldonza.  He'll take care of the arrangements for Adelina's body.  Aldonza can't bring herself to read the letter.

Back at the office, Renato complains about Silvia being out with Tomas again.  Pato says she's happy and they should be happy for her...or is Ren too jealous for that?  Ren retaliates by saying Pato doesn't exactly have the tidiest love life.  Pato admits he's been a bit of a mess, but he's going to fix that.  Today, in fact.

Silvia and Tomas are hanging out on a bench somewhere just basking in nature.  Silvia is contemplative.  She's been thinking she needs a change in her life, to see life with new eyes.  She doesn't want to depend on anyone else to be happy.  She's not sure exactly what that means yet, but for now she just wants Tomas to hold her.  Tomas isn't sure if he's going to like Silvia's decision, but if she wants him around for right now, he'll enjoy that as long as it lasts.

At the merceria, Irma and Lola are planning to get the books done ASAP so Lola can help Irma get ready for a hot date tonight with her big bear.  He's been nothing but supportive since the whole loan shark fiasco came to light.  Pato comes by with flowers for Lola and Irma tells her to run along, she can finish up the books on her own.

Sev and Nava drink to the death of Adriano.  In case this becomes important later, Nava's exact words were that Adriano was "declared dead."  Nava also looks rather nervous, even though this is good news for them.

In the town square, Pato explains that he's giving Lola flowers to thank her for having been his girlfriend, his friend, his accomplice…for everything she's give him…her happiness, her smiles…for being his Bella Flor…for everything!  He's feeling great and he's sure once he finishes what he has to say, they'll both feel even better.  Lola was Pato's first happiness when he got to SL and he hopes she still will be when they're not together anymore.  "Don't you dare break up with me--!"  Pato says he can't break up with her if she breaks up with him first, and he knows she wants to, but she doesn't dare, and if she doesn't dare, then he has to do it.  And since he didn't want them to have a bad breakup, he brought her the flowers.  Lola says she did try to love him, but Pato says love doesn't work like that and it's high time they end this game because it's unworthy of two people who love each other so much as friends.  And they are friends, and they owe it to each other to tell the truth.  Lola thanks him for being the best friend she's ever had.  Best breakup ever.

And now, so she doesn't hear it some other way, Pato tells her he fell in love with Mari…but it's not her fault, she had nothing to do with it.

Aldonza reads the letter from Adelina.

Cris gets home and hears about the knock-down drag-out from Dominga.  He tells Sev that if he ever touches Cande again, Cris will kill him.  Sev goes toxic macho and says they're married and he can treat her however he wants to, however [he thinks] she deserves to be treated.  Since Cris doesn't think ANYTHING justifies hitting a woman, Sev tells him he caught Cande kissing Padre J.  They continue the conversation in Sev's office, where Sev clarifies that he actually caught them kissing earlier, but TODAY he found out that Padre J is the love of Cande's life and she's sad that he's leaving.  And his manly pride just couldn't handle that.  Well, what about Cande's pride?  Sev cheated with Roberta and then had a child with her, and then he had another and another and another (children? Or lovers?).  "It's not the same.  I'm a man."  Cris gives a brilliant WTF face and says it's not "manly" to hit a woman.  It's the lowest thing a man can do.  Sev acts (or maybe is) shocked that Cris is defending his mother after "what she did" (uh, did you not hear what he just said to you about the comparison between what she did and what YOU did?).  Cris calls Sev a coward and says if he lays a hand on Cande again, he'll have to deal with Cris.  Sev doesn't exactly look like he feels all that threatened.

Lola finally tells Pato that Mari has been talking smack about how she was going to get her mitts on Pato and make him fall in love with her since the day she started working at the law office.  She's pissed that she has to explain to him, yet again, that Mari only wants what Lola has.  Pato hasn't told Mari anything yet, because he thought the right thing to do was to talk to Lola first. He begs her not to say anything and let him deal with it.  Fine, Lola will postpone her beating of Mari until later.

Em says Vero and Don Ant have left town.  He gives Aldonza the gun and the bullet.  She remembers Don Ant talking about having a bullet for Sev, and being afraid that it wasn't for Sev it was going to be for him.  Aldonza says the bullet is better off in her hands than in Don Ant's.  Em has already heard that Adelina's body was delivered to the funeral home.  Padre J will pick up the ashes later, and Em calls him to talk about scattering the ashes at El Santuario later that day.  Aldonza loads the bullet into the gun.

Cris goes to his mother's room, where she is busy trying to claim part of the responsibility because her confession was so earth shattering.  She just couldn't keep it in anymore.  Cris asks about the snogging, but Cande clarifies that SHE kissed Padre J when she found out he was leaving.  But at least Padre J can't be hurt by Sev anymore.  She tells Cris it's Sev's fault that Padre J got transferred, because Sev complained to the bishop.  She wants Cris to take her to the church tomorrow so she can say goodbye to him.

Humberto refuses to put the property in Em's name only.  He tells Ren to go forward with the original plan and they'll talk Aldonza into it later.  Ren hands over the will he prepared.  And also, Humberto wants to be divorced as quickly as possible.  Ren is on it.  And what about the investigation of Adelina's murder.  Humberto calls the cops inept.  He's furious that Sev keeps getting away with things.  So furious, it brings Blanca running in to ask if he's ok.

At the falls, Emmanuel scatters Roberta's ashes, Aldonza scatters Adelina's, and Padre J scatters Raymundo's.  Cris watches from nearby but doesn't intrude on the family moment.

Drunk Pru is spreading the news of Val's pregnancy to someone over the phone and insisting that Cris IS going to marry Val.  Val comes home, upset, and blames getting kicked out of Las Animas on Pru and her big mouth.  Val is also offended that Sev was trying to use her to get Humberto to sign over El Santuario and since she failed she got kicked out.  And he even insulted her!  The nerve!

Padre J walks the kids back to the house and reminds him he's leaving tomorrow night.  He wants Aldonza to think about his offer to go with him.  Don Camilo gives Aldonza the notice of her second divorce hearing.  Sev's new flunky watches from afar.

Pru is as unhelpful to Val as usual.  She suggests Val get rid of that "useless" baby, but Val still somehow thinks BabyLardo is the key to getting everything she wants.

Tomas visits Padre J at the church to moan about his great love for Silvia and his impending dumping.  "I told you you were playing with fire.  I told you that girl wasn't the one for you."  Padre J tells him to prepare for the inevitable.  Sev comes in to the church.  Sadly, once again, there is no divine smiting.  He came to say his goodbyes and remind Padre J that Cande's HIS wife.  He whips Padre J across the face and Tomas is all set to take him down, but Padre J settles for Sev leaving the church and tells Tomas to leave him.

Outside the church, Don Antonio is waiting for Sev.  He grabs him and pulls a gun on him.  Don Ant wants to kill him like the rabid dog he is.  Here, in into the shadows, the way Sev also acted in the shadows when he raped Don Ant's sister, like a coward.  And while he's got plenty of reasons to kill Sev openly, instead he's going to kill him here, where no one can see him.  He orders Sev to kneel and Sev begs for his life.

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