Caray, Caray!

Ciao, Muchacha Patio Peeps!  Let's find out what has happened since Pedro and Fiorella escaped from the scene of the two bodas of doom!  Gianna bids Fiorella and Pedro a warm adieu while Vittorio stalks out of the church, his family and guests surrounding him.  Now it's his turn to shout Fiorella's name.  Gianna comes around the corner and feigns surprise as she asks Vitto what has happened and then exclaims that she saw Fiorella and Gianluca running "that a way" and she points in the opposite direction of their escape.  The guests head off in that direction while Vitto calls her name over and over while Diana grins in the background.

Eloisa, Sergio, Julieta and Freddie have arrived back at El Rancho.  Sergio helps her in, her steps are heavy and she regrets having left the church:  Pedro could come back there.  Sergio thinks Pedro wouldn't return to the church as the paparazi were arriving and they couldn't just hang around looking like fools.  Not them, quips Freddie, but Aitana sure could.  Freddie is clearly amusing herself.  Sergio, Julieta and Eloisa ask her to chill.  Dante announces that there is no trace of Pedro at the hospital or in the police station.  Julieta thinks he ran away with Fiorella, Sergio says it's impossible as she was marrying Vittorio at the time.

Aitana is a blur of agitation and frustration as she runs frantically around Pedro's room rifling through his bureau drawers, under his bed, everywhere looking for clues of what could have happened.  Her parents, Celeste and Benigno, are there.  Celeste rejects the running away with Italian girl theory and tries to keep Aitana grounded with the practical matter of changing out of the wedding gown.  Aitana thinks her dad's failed wedding dress shredding scheme has brought her this bad luck!  Benigno thinks something bad has happened to Pedro and sites his missing motorcycle as evidence:  those things are dangerous!



Sonia and Assvaldo are in the study tossing around their theories and trying to go through the desk. If he's not with Fiorella, is he alone?  Where is he?   Assvaldo is pissed that everything is always locked!  Sonia thinks he took off on impulse and is on a plane to somewhere.  Assvaldo thinks it was all planned and there must be a clue somewhere.  Freddie comes in and asks what they are doing.  They nastily tell her they're looking for answers.  Freddie advises that answers are hard to come by in this family and they're going to be hidden much deeper than in locked desk drawers.

Finally!  Here are those crazy kids!  I thought they were long gone but here they are talking to Gianluca who is filling Fiorella in on how he found out about Vitto's fake illness and how Pedro rescued him.  Gianluca also tells her that everyone thinks she ran off with him and Pedro reassures her that Gianna will help them pull it off.  Gianluca tells them to scram and be very happy together! Fiorella and Pedro hug him heartily and thank him profusely.  He makes them promise to invite him to their first baby's christening; they wave goodbye and then turn to each other.  Ahhhhh, they agree it's crazy what they're doing, but it's worth it.   "Adonde va nuestro amor. . . . . blooms in the background like an audio bouquet as Pedro and Fiorella swallow each other's breathing with hungry kisses which they break with a giggle and prepare to remount the bike.  Pedro helps Fiorella gather the lovely wedding dress and. . . .WHAT??  Gianluca has then been there watching the whole time transfixed and probably wishing he'd hung on to her back in Maratea!  They share another quick but deep kiss and then Vrooom!  Vroooom! Vroooooooom!  Off they go!

At LDV, no longer restrained by his need to fake frailty, Vitto throws chairs and stuff around in his office while Diana tries to calm him down.  It's a betrayal, he shouts!  They stabbed him in the back!  Diana thinks it's probably for the better since Fiorella never loved him.  Vitto is NOT in the mood for her kind of help and growls to himself that he always was afraid she would run off with Pedro but never his own nephew!  With menace and conviction in his voice he vows that when he finds them, he will kill them!

Ahhhhhhhhh!  I'm going to sigh while I can!  I tell you folks, it does my novela heart good to see these two tooling down the open road on a beautiful sunny morning.  I don't even mind that they're not wearing helmets:  Pedro in his shades, Fifi still lovely in the delicately laced wedding gown and both wearing smiles that match the brilliant sunshine!  It's a beautiful sight and it seems that Jose and Livia, themselves, are enjoying the moment!

At El Rancho Eloisa continues in shock and morning over the shocking bodus interruptus.  Julieta and Sergio are truly sympathetic but Sonia and Freddie don't even try to fake concern and Assvaldo is suspicious--and angry, as usual.   Fidel enters the room with Dante who barks at Fidel to spill his guts.  Fidel denies knowing anything about Pedro's whereabouts.  After he dropped Fiorella at the church and returned to El Rancho, Pedro was gone.  Fidel says he tried to call Pedro from the house phone thinking one of them took him but he didn't answer.  He then went to the church and no one was there and he learned Pedro was a no show and so he came back to the house.  Dante ain't having it:  he called Fidel numerous times.  Fidel falls back on the dead cell phone battery story and, uh, once it charged he forgot to turn it on.  Fidel says he was excited for the day; after all, he's known Pedro since he was knee-high to a chicken.  Sergio calls off Dante and Assvaldo: Fidel is obviously as concerned and upset as they all are.  Sonia wonders since they are so close, didn't Pedro say anything?  Sonia doesn't wait for an answer but says that she can't believe Pedro stood Aitana up on her wedding day and launches into reliving of the expression on Aitana's face when they announced they were leaving the church to return home.  Sonia can't contain her mirth anymore and she and Freddie bust out laughing!  Freddie claims hers is nervous laughter.  Eloisa tells her to go with her nerves and laughter to her shrink, nothing's funny!  Freddie and Sonia ignore Eloisa and Julieta's clucking disapproval.  I would have loved to see Aitana's expression, myself!  Eloisa doesn't think he stood her up, something must have happened to him!  He's not like this and she just had a talk with him last night and he was decided and excited about marrying Aitana.  Assvaldo's attempt at comfort has more the feel of "Aw suck it up, Granny" as Eloisa almost cries that she thinks something dreadful has happened to Pedro!

Over at the Employee's Quarters, Simoneta, Quina, Benito, Fidel and Gianna arrive home and process the NOT nuptials.  Simoneta expresses concern for Vitto, Gianna defends Fiorella:  she must have found something out that made her escape with Gianluca.  Benito asks why she says that, does she know something?  Uh, no, but she always advised her not to marry someone she didn't love.  Then Quina wonders why not Pedro instead of Gianluca?  Well, Pedro was marrying someone else, Gianna answers.  Dante bounds in and announces that Pedro never showed up at the church and Simoneta wonders aloud where Pedro could be because they saw Fiorella run away with Gianluca.  Cara de feo and shock by Dante!  Quina confirms this story and I hope Dante's not looking at Gianna because she looks as guilty as sin!

Gael and Roxi are more thinking about the Handsome Stranger that knew Gael's name.  They wonder who he could be.  Gael doesn't think he's seen him before.  Roxi thinks it could have been a member of the press what with the wedding fiasco and all.  They also wonder where the heck Pedro could be.

Pedro and Fiorella maybe stopped on the side of the road for an al fresco potty break but anyway her hair is down now and Pedro is in a T shirt so white, it would make any box of Tide right proud.  The adrenaline buzz of the escape has faded and Fiorella has started to fret:  "What if they made a mistake, what if Vitto IS sick and Gianluca lied; Gianna is alone, what if they kick her out of El Rancho  because they think she's an accomplice; no one can know they escaped together, neither Vitto, nor Aitana nor his grandmother, no one will forgive us!" Yes, I know, I hated to hear her pronounce that old man's name but Pedro remains calm and tender:  "Fom now on I am in charge of making sure that you are never afraid again.  Your sister will be okay, we have not made a mistake, and besides, they lied to us.  At this moment, the only person I care about besides you is my Grandmother."  Fiorella begins to beg frantically that he not tell Eloisa that they ran away together.   "We have suffered so much from being apart, let's enjoy it.  We shouldn't care about anybody or anything accept ourselves, you and me and our love.  I love you."  "And I love you, Pedro Angeles."  Man, these two are beautiful in the sunlight and they allow us a close up as kisses are shared to seal the pledge of love they have made. 

Back at El Rancho, Dante trots Simoneta, Quina, Fidel, Gianna and Benito out to tell Elo, Sergio, Freddie (clinging to Eloisa like a poisonous leech), Sonia, Assvaldo, Celeste, Benigno and Aitana what he just learned, that Fiorella did not marry Vitto.  I DO NOT like the way Dante grabs and flings Gianna and they way NOBODY called him on it!  Grrrr!  Anyway, Gianna says Fiorella ran away with Gianluca, Benito verifies it as does Simoneta (adding that it was a vera vera romantic moment) but Eloisa looks to Quina for the final say.  Benigno pulls Assvaldo into another room and they discuss if Pedro could have found out about the stock swindle.  Benigno thinks not or surely his ass would be grass (jailed) now.  Despite what the servants say, Benigno thinks he ran away with Fiorella.

Diana is over the moon and sees nothing but blue skies ahead for her now with Fiorella out of the way.  Anibal calls and harshes her high:  he wants the money for his bail TOMORROW or her boyfriend is going to find out she's got a son!

There is a little comic relief as Adela and Ray express their sympathy and support to Vittorio in his office at LDV.  Adela, thankfully, has a different hairdo and looks lovely.  Suddenly Adela launches into a little speech on how she can understand what Fiorella did because Vitto's nephew is so young and handsome; she would have preferred the nephew as well and done the same thing.  Damn!  I don't like Vitto, but that was OUT COLD!!  Rey hustles Adela out of the office with apologies.  Vitto has heard none of it.  He is fuming and vowing, again,  Esto no se va quedar asi, or "This is not going to end this way."  Essentially, "they started this shit, I'm going to finish it!"

Later Freddie and Eloisa are in Eloisa's room.  Eloisa continues to be distraught over Pedro's disappearance and tries to work it out in her mind what could have happened.  Dante enters; it's time for her medicine drops but Eloisa wants him to look for her cell phone.  Eloisa gets up to look for her phone within the bedroom and Freddie puts a drop of poison in her water.  Eloisa comes back without the phone and Freddie gives her the glass of water which she scarfs down while Freddie watches.  Dante re-enters with the cell phone, Eloisa stands up, begins to dial and then collapses back in her chair.  Freddie kneels nearby, watching Eloisa's reaction.

Fiorella and Pedro arrive at a little boutique and she gets a chance to flirt and act silly before finally emerging in a cute little dress.  Pedro is delighted and amused.  Oh, yeah.  On the way out Fiorella gives the wedding dress to a pretty young girl about to enter the shop.  Awwww!  The two then have icecream, sitting at an open air table, laughing, playing and teasing each other in orange sherbert-flavored foreplay.  These two are so beautiful together!  Back on the bike and off into the countryside once more, serenaded by their theme song.

Dante tries to rouse Eloisa while Freddie pretends to be concerned.  Oh, what a viper she is!  Dante calls the Doctor.

Pedro and Fiorella arrive at a lovely villa.  It's beautiful, she loves it and gets more kisses and a spin for thinking so.  "Here, you will be the happiest woman in the world."  Pedro is greeted by a salt and pepper-haired man, his name is Heriberto and he hasn't seen Pedro in fifteen years!  Pedro introduces Fiorella as his future wife and tells him they will be there for a few days and he wants NO interruptions from the office or the family and if asked, Heriberto STILL ain't seen him in fifteen years.  Ok, those are my words, but you get my drift.  Heriberto goes to prepare their room.  Fiorella likes the sound of "future wife" and Pedro earns a kiss for that.  Pedro answers his cell phone.  It's Fidel asking him to call Eloisa as she is so worried.  The ever present Dante comes up to growl at Fidel, asking who he is talking to.  Later Dante tries to corner Fidel, asking why he's so nervous.  Fidel manages to fend him off but I hope there's a big bonus in this for Fidel besides the satisfaction of knowing Pedro and Fiorella are happy!

Diana takes several stacks of cash out of Vitto's safe.  She quickly puts her hands behind her back when Vitto comes in asking what she's doing there.

Dr. Elizalde is with Eloisa; Benigno, Assvaldo and Freddie are also there.  Dr. E thinks Eloisa's fainting was brought on by stress.  Freddie instigates and shrilly announces in the background she just knew it and tries to dissuade the Dr. from returning in the morning to draw blood for further testing.  Benigno sternly tells her, with a look of surprised annoyance, that the Dr. checking Eloisa is what is indicated.  Again.  One cold-blooded b*tch!  Eloisa asks to be left alone; Benigno tells her goodbye and remarks that Aitana is doing badly, and that she's holed up in Pedro's room.

At La Villa di Amore Pedro has a roaring fire going in the fireplace; he takes a moment to call Eloisa.  She asks him where the devil he is, she's going crazy, and how dare he leave Aitana at the altar!   Pedro does not fall into his usual deference but rather tells her this was hard for him but he wasn't ready to be married, he felt pressured, it just didn't feel right.  Eloisa hisses that he had better not be with Fiorella or she swears that she. . . .why does she think he's with Fiorella when she just got married?  Eloisa tells him the concocted story of Fiorella and Gianluca.   Whatever, she wants him to come home immediately, she wants to talk to him face to face!  Pedro tells her he won't be home for a while, do not look for him, he wants to be ALONE, please!  And he hangs up and tosses the phone.  He should have thrown it into the fire.  Fiorella enters the room in a short, white terry cloth robe.  Is he okay?  He's worried about his Grandma.  Yes, she understands and asks if they shouldn't go back.  Realizing he's pricked her worry wart,  more kisses are in order.  He tells her she is the most beautiful woman in the world; he just wants to look at her and for them to be together.  Pedro has a surprise for Fiorella and leads her by the hand. . .

Benito, Gianna, Quina, Fidel and Simoneta discuss the crazy day over dinner.  Benito thought Fiorella might change her mind, but the Gianluca part surprises him.  Quina is shocked, Simoneta is not.  She thinks Gianluca is sooo handsome; Vitto is good looking but he was too old.  Gianna gives that an "amen."   Simoneta IS surprised about Pedro not marrying Aitana.  Gianna and Fidel keep exchanging glances as the theories are floated.  He offers that something must have pushed him to it.  There are always motivations for what people do.  Gianna agrees and says she understands why Fiorella ran away but Pedro. . .Fidel wisely shuts her up suggesting she put salsa, instead of her foot, in her mouth.  Quina hopes that Pedro is fine and that Fiorella made a good decision.  Gianna proposes and they all toast for Fiorella and Pedro's happiness, wherever they are!  Outside the dining room, Dante clings to the wall like a bad stain, listening.

. . .to a candle lit bedroom.  She giggles and walks with tentative steps, her eyes closed; he kisses her cheek and asks her to open her eyes.  For a fleeting nano second I thought I saw an expression of concern but this quickly melts into a smile and she declares she loves it.  And Pedro says he loves the look in her eyes and her smile and his own beautiful eyes sparkle, framed by silky, long lashes.  She tells him about how after they met for the first time she couldn't stop talking about him to Gianna, he was so handsome and she was sure she had met her Prince Charming.   Pedro confesses that from that very moment he was totally in love with her as well and that she has always been on his mind and in his life.  

Pedro:  From that very first moment, destiny marked both of us.

Fiorella:  Destiny has had us going around in circles, hasn't it?

Pedro:  Yes, it has.  I love you, Fiorella.

Fiorella:  And I love you.

Eyes close and smiles fade into the tranquil solemnity of passion as their lips meet for kiss after deep kiss as their hands clasp and then enfold one another and they begin a slow dance gently backwards toward the bed, lips never parting.  Fiorella lands softly on an overstuffed pillow as Pedro hovers lovingly over her and then draws back for a moment as if to take in the wonder of her beauty and her willingness to surrender to what they both feel.  He tenderly caresses her face and they kiss again and roll as Fiorella now commands the kiss. . . .

Ahhhhh!

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