Caray, Caray!

 Deviate Diego is halted in his attempt to deflower the supposed Isable due to Dona Angela’s watchful eye.  She spies him from the hallway and asks why he’s risking his reputation attempting to abuse the trust (ahem) so to speak, of his fiancée.  He tells her she’s right and backs out of the room.  Isa’s BFF breathes a sigh of relief--nothing a bit of well-timed snores and snorts might not have aborted, should Angie not have been lucky enough to be wandering the floors that time of night.
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 Andres asks Julio how he managed to be let go.  “By telling the truth.”  Andres admits everybody including Isa thinks he was a murderer. Well, unfortunately, it is true.”  And in the old carpenter shop?  “--We discovered something to do with Cristina.  We found out who took her. But I can’t say anything because it will put all of us in danger, primarily, Isabela (which means he’s got full reason to blurt it all out now per tn rules, natch—and he does.) It has to do with Diego Montera – but Isabel wants to take care of him her way.  I may have lost a sister but she would lose her entire family.
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 At Detective Ayala’s meanwhile, Isa shows the two cameos (camafeo- ugly beds??????) and explains the initials and endearment on the back of each is exactly the same.  He gave the same exact one to his lover as to his fiancée—His lover was Cristina Olmedo!!!  (Dun-dun-dn-dunnnnn!). Well, Ayala admits it’s a pretty caddish and tacky thing to do, but it isn’t a crime and certainly doesn’t point to murder.  Ok, then look a the newpaper photo taken the night of her disappearance at the Hotel’s Lighting party.  He swore he never left her mother’s side all evening and yet he’s missing from the pictures!  Ok, this has finally gotten Ayala’s attention. He’ll look into it and see what can be done.



 That same night poor Sofia suffers cramping again and passes out alone in her rooms.  Hubby, meanwhile, has gone to the capital to refuse the position his mother got him named to.  His wife is going through a difficult pregnancy and he doesn’t want to risk it.  The official he speaks to understands and offers him a different position instead, tho’ Viewerville is kept out of the loop here.
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 The next morning Isa’s brought back to the outskirts of the hotel by Ayala.  She knocks a bit after on Julio’s window and they chat at the brook where she tells him the investigation has formally started into Diego.  However, she warns him, he has got to keep his identity hidden until the very last moment as he has too much to risk.  Julio agrees to that at least.

 Andres takes over Benjamin’s duties amidst the snickers of the bell boys.

 At the same time, Sofia is scolded over sneaking around in Diego’s rooms.  Sofia has a hissy fit that the man stole her husband’s ideas for his own.  Mama doesn’t give a darn y punto.  And when she learns Sofia’s supposedly been abandoned by Fredito she nearly jumps for joy.  “—Looks like he’s finally broken out of his shell.”  Sofia remains stupefied.
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 Diego, meanwhile, hands Andres a check as a loan and has him sign a contract extracting an exorbitant percentage of interest.  No problem. Naïve knave that he is, can only think of how affectionate Belen will be once she see it.  Oh, yeah, she is that.  Get’s him all hot and bothered and blows him off because she is about to besmirch their relationship.  She scurries out of Andre’s room to Diego’s office and enjoys a quickie with him instead.  Unfortunately –or maybe not—Sofia has stopped by to speak with him and notes the wide crack in the door while waiting on the new conscierge to get her her fan from her rooms or whatever.  Sofia is then able to spy on Diego’s bit of afternoon delight and runs later to tell Mama.

 Concierge Guy lets Diego know what Sofia was doing when he'd handed her that fan while she was standing in front of Digo's office door.

 Mama couldn’t give a dern again and this drives Sofia wild—especially when she learns the reason Mama won’t throw her sister’s fiancé out on his assets:  Mama bought Diego’s bastard child for her to raise.  (Gotta admit my recent meal was playing a fast and furious game of tiddly winks in my stomach after hearing it put that way.  I think I’d have gone a bit bonkers myself.)

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 Mati takes pleasure in insulting Julio when he brings Isa and her a tray of lemonade.  Think of all she’s giving up for you, giving you Diego on a silver platter and she’ll lose everything and everyone she’s ever known—all because of you and your little game.  (Mati, you are a genuine elitist bitch, ya know?  Why does Isa put up with you?)

 Diego comes looking for Isa and sits down to begin giving her the 3rd degree about where she’s been and with whom we suppose.  Thankfully, she and Mati are able to dump him and blow him off.

 Down in the bowels of the kitchen, Angela tells Belen what a nasty whore she’s become if she wasn’t one already when arriving there to work.  Sooner or later her son will throw her out of the hotel hoist on her own petard as it were.  She won’t be able to hide her true nature from him forever, right?  Well, considering it’s Andres……Angie can’t wait for him to fall in love with a proper young woman –Ha!  One exactly like you?  Ha! Well, if it isn’t what all mother’s want for their little boys!  Oh, and well I’ve finished polishing the floors.  What am I to do next?  “—The. Latrines.” (Viewerville salutes you, Dona Angela!  Well timed!)

 Dr. Vacario finds Sofia in a snit after her run in with Mama and he talks her down.  She needs a cure that comes from speaking her mind and talking out things with someone—a new type of therapy, he admits.  She sick from sadness.  She turns around and tearfully tells him how Teresa bought Diego’s child for her to raise.  Dr. Vacario is truly saucer-eyed impactado upon learning this. (Methinks those thoughts of flirtatious jaunts with Teresa the Tarantula has come to an abrupt end.)

 He promises the sleeping Sofia that this won’t be allowed to happen ever.  Just as he finds Teresa in the hotel lobby and asks for a moment to discuss it, Detective Ayala comes in with his arrest warrant.  They go into the office where she tries talking him out of it.  He warns her that what she’s attempting is considered obstruction of justice.  Diego wants to know his accuser.  That’s privileged information, Sr. Montejo. Dona Teresa threatens calling her judge buddy --- the one supposedly in charge of the case.  Again, Ayala threatens her with obstruction charges.  She gives in.  She asks for a moment with her employee an once alone, she asks Diego if he in fact had an affair with the maid.  He admits it and says thanks to that relationship he managed to keep her from telling tales out of school.  “—Do you really want them to incarcerate me?”  His meaning and unspoken threat of telling all he knows to the authorities is quite clear.  She promises no one will find out and that he’ll have the best attorney available.

 Mati and Isa arrive in the lobby just as Mama and Ayala, with Diego in tow, take the perp walk through there.  Diego stops and stares at Isabel as a lone crocodile tear streams down his cheesy cheek.  He sorrowfully states the obvious: “Isabel, I know it was you.”

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