Caray, Caray!

It seems soooo long ago but we left with Cristina deciding to accept the job at the Instituto Palacios and asking Mr. Snoop Ricardo to leave.

At the family court office, Ricardo hands over a psychological evaluation that was done on him about six months ago to the judge. She says she will look it over. She asks if he has the "proof" he has told her about. He does not have those videos yet. He will be sending them to her and they will prove he never touched Tracy. He thanks her for the time and consideration she has given him. His case is interesting to her because she wants to protect his children and she can see that his children do love him which is the opposite of Tracy's claims. She wants all of the information as clear as possible.

Margarita and Kristel go to visit Silvana at the jail. Surprise! Surprise! Silvana's demeanor is totally changed as part of the "true revenge" plan as suggested by La Tuerta (Ole One Eye). Silvana is crying and asking for their forgivenes. She even kisses their hands and lets them "pet" her head like a dog but nothing has changed. She has successfully deceived them with her "pity me" and "mea culpa" act. In reality, Silvana thinks they are just as stupid as ever.


Ricardo meets with Baxter. Proof at last! Baxter has the videos from the security camera at Ricardo's apartment building. The video shows that Tracy enters and leaves Ricardo's without a mark on her. Also, she is alone so neither she nor Anastasia can claim that Anastasia was a witness. Ricardo is happy. He will get his kids back!

At Ernesto's, Tracy and Anastasia are at it again. It seems that Anastasia has decided that she does not want to go to jail for giving false testimony as a witness so she has decided not to formally swear to seeing Ricardo beat Tracy. Tracy throws a tantrum and throws Anastasia out of Ernesto's apartment. Unfortunately, Selena and Rodrigo hear the ruckus and come running out in their pj's to see what is happening. Tracy screams at them and they go running back to their bedroom.

At the shelter after doing some sort of emergency handyman plumbing(?)repair job and Irene going to get him a towel to dry his wet hands, Ricardo is watching live videos of Selena and Rodrigo with the camera that was placed in their room. He sees Rodrigo comforting Selena as she cries and talks about being afraid of her mother. Fortunately for the kids, he witnesses Tracy bursting into their room getting into it with the kids because they are still up. He sees Selena and Rodrigo being manhandled and finally Selena being slapped by Tracy after she screams that she is a witch.

At Esperanza's, Luca comes to talk to Pato. While Esperanza goes to get her, Luca tells Ernesto he finally fired Anastasia. Pato comes out but looks like she is in a snit.

At the shelter, Ricardo has seen enough on the video and decides he is going over to confront Tracy. Irene goes along with him when she sees she cannot stop him.

Back at Ernesto's, Tracy is still in full rage mode with the kids. The slap has not shut Selena up. She tells Tracy that she never loved them. She was always away. She always treated them badly. Tracy threatens to show her what badly really is and goes to back hand her when Rodrigo puts himself in between them. Tracy grabs him by the neck. Greta the maid comes in the room to see what is going on. Tracy tells her to get out. Greta says she is going to call Ricardo. Tracy screams for Greta to get out but stops dead in her tracks when she notices the tiny camera on the night stand. She shuts up and freezes when she realizes what is happening.

In Ricardo's vehicle, he and Irene are on their way to Tracy's with Irene monitoring the video feed from Tracy's,on her phone. Irene tells him that Tracy discovered the camera. Tracy throws the camera on the floor and steps on it.
It seems to be broken but Irene can tell that Greta is with the kids in their room. Ricardo asks her to place a call to Rodrigo. Irene asks Ricardo to please calm down as he seems to be driving as fast as he can to get to his kids

Back at Ernesto's, Greta is trying to calm the kids down while Tracy has the camera with her in the living room talking to herself/Ricardo telling him he is going to be sorry.

Back in Ricardo's vehicle, Irene is having no luck reaching Rodrigo. Ernesto tells her to call Greta.

At Esperanza's, she is doing the usual blah blah blah to Ernesto about having seen Ricardo at school and wanting to tell him the truth but not being able to blah blah blah. Pedro comes in with Esperanza's tea. Pato is talking with Luca. Esperanza notices that Pedro is down in the dumps and wants to help. Pato and Luca are having a cup of coffee in the kitchen. She doesn't want to come off as one of those crazy possessive girlfriends. Yawning, Luca says she has every right to complain about him. He admits to having handled the Anastasia situation poorly from the beginning. As she starts in on a rant about Anastasia and how she felt about her from the start, Luca falls asleep and she has to scream his name to wake him up. She suggests he go home to sleep and they can talk tomorrow. He does not want to leave. He wants to talk. Talkimg tomorrow is not possible because he has to go to New York on a business trip. That does not go over well with Pato at all. She tells him to go get some sleep so she won't be responsible for him missing his plane. Luca says his goodbyes to Esperanza and the rest of the crew as Pato has led him to the door. He tells her that he loves her. She loves him, too, but she has had it. She starts making sarcastic rmarks about "understanding" his job and the stress it entails, etc. He tells her she does not get it. His professional life is in play here.She asks if she did not support him when he went for his post graduate work. He stresses that this is the opportunity of a lifetime for him. (Esperanza is grimacing in the living room as she is in ear shot of all of this) Pato gets more and more sarcastic as he tries to defend his position. He says again she just does not get it. Pato tells him what she does not get is why he can't get rid of a slut who only makes their life miserable; why he proposed to her just to basically ignore her afterwards. There just seems to be this abyss that keeps getting wider between them. She closes the door in his face. He looks stricken.

At Margarita's she and Félix are cooking for the dinner party they are going to have with Mario and Viviana. They are both wearing chefs hats and aprons with pictures of very toned bodies in underwear on them. The flirting is continuous. Félix is so busy flirting that he ends up pouring a whole bottle of hot sauce in the soup he is cooking.

Viviana is getting ready to go to the dinner party at Mario's. She has on a nice black dress but her maid Eufro is not a fan; too "dead" looking for her. She wishes Viviana good luck. At Margarita's, Mario is getting ready for the dinner for Viviana. He has on Félix's brown plaid suit. It does not get rave reviews from Margarita, Salma, Félix or Kristel. Margarita suggests a nice black suit. Salma and Kristel will help him with a dye and style job for his hair. Salma would like some hair removal on his legs and chest but they are not going that far. The whole family only wishes happiness for him. Suddenly it is time to set the table and put the meat in the oven. As a parting remark, Félix tells him to get a moustache. That is the sign of success!

Tracy has gone completely over the edge and goes stomping around the apartment with a new idea. She is going to get the kids out of there. She is going to take them away. Greta is afraid for the children and tries to stand up to Tracy. She tells Tracy she is not taking the kids out of there. Tracy gets a gun to threaten Greta with and drags the kids out. Ricardo and Irene are still driving and are watching the whole drama on the tablet. Irene tells him Tracy took the gun with her. She stuck it in her pants. This just upsets him more.

The table is set for the dinner party. Salma and Kristel are watching as entertainment from behind a door like two little kids. Salma is ready to take lots of photos/videos with her phone. Salma sees it all as a romantic movie. Margarita is talking to Félix about how he should have not bothered to make flan for dessert. He is going to be her dessert. The continuous flirting is cut short when Viviana arrives. Mario comes out in a black suit with his freshly dyed new hairdo looking very suave. That does not last long when he sees Viviana and manages to trip and lay himself out flat on the floor. He still manages to kiss Viviana's hand as she bends down to help him.

In the apartmet parking garage, Tracy shoves the crying and screaming kids in the back of her SUV and takes off like a bat out of hell.

Back at Esperanza's, Esperanza is talking to Ernesto about her anemic status and how that has shoved back her surgery date. She will be able to raise her hemoglobin levels by taking iron and eating the right foods like spinach and watercress. It should not take too long. Ernesto looks visibly upset as she tells him not to worry. He says he knows he should be encouraging her but sometimes her situation just hurts him too much he just cannot deal with it. He leaves almost in tears. Esperanza looks puzzled and annoyed. Both Pato and Pedro are bummed out about their respective romantic problems. Esperanza sits in between them on the couch and gives them a hug.

The dinner party is starting with everyone gatherimg around the table. Mario and Viviana are both having an attack of nerves with their constant laughing and giggling. Margarita tells Mario to lose his nervousness. Félix comes in with a tureen filled with his soup that he promises will be a surprise for everyone. Salma is on the floor just out of sight photographing/videoing everything. Félix serves everyone some of his soup. Mario starts the toasts and toasts to the chance to be together And Viviana being at their home. Margaritas toasts to true love that knows not age, social class or personality, and Félix toasts to everyone's health. The next thing is to eat the cream soup before it gets cold. They all try some and suddenly it is animation time: All of their facess turn red and smoke comes out of their ears!!! Where did he get this recipe? From hell?

Ricardo arrives at Ermesto's apartment and Greta the maid fills him and Irene in. She tried to stop Tracy but she threatened to kill her. Ricardo believes that Tracy is crazy and is worried about what she might do to his kids.

In Tracy's SUV, the kids are crying as Tracy is wildly driving them somewhere. They ask where but she says she does not know.

Pato, Esperanza and Pedro are still having their pity party on the couch.Pedro still has it bad for Kristel. He should forget Kristel. He just can't. Pato fills them in on her situation withnLuca. Finally, Esperamza tells them about running into Ricardo.

Ricardo is on the phone with Baxter, He needs his help. He warns Baxter that Tracy is armed.Rodrigo took his cell phone. He will send Baxter that number as well as Tracy's so he can trace both of them.

Back in the traveling SUV, Selena is crying for her father. Rodrigo is checking his phone and comforting her as Tracy is screaming at both of them that they will never see their dad again.

From Ernesto's apartment, Ricardo tries to call Rodrigo but Rodrigo's phone is turned off. Irene tells him to calm down. Ricardo goes loud. He wants to know how to "calm down": he was in the desert, he almost died on a mission, he was in jail, he survived training as a marine, he was in the war in Afghanistan, but nothing compares to the pain of not knowing where his children are. In he middle of this mess, Ernesto walks in and wants to know what is going on in his house. Ricardo suddenly grabs Ernesto by the collar and tells him that he is responsible for everything that is happening. If he never would have let Tracy stay there, none of this would have ever happened. He tells him about Tracy mistreating the kids and the video camera. Baxter calls. Ernesto is left to think that yes, Tracy is becoming unbalanced and she could spill the beans about Pato's birthday party. Ricardo gets a call from Baxter. Tracy has been spotted on the "México, D.F. to Cuernavaca" highway. Ernesto wishes Ricardo luck in finding his kids.

It is the end of the dinner party and Félix is drunk as a skunk wanting to get it on with Margarita. He is the "León bigotón" and Margarita is his trainer. Salma is still watching and recording. Mario profess his love for a loving Viviana and they kiss. Unfortunately the moment is cut short by a gasp from Salma who pops up from behind the sofa blaming the problem with her cell phone. Sorry!

Esperanza has made her way to her bed and Pato is in it with her as they continue their discussions.

Irene and Ricardo are in his vehicle. Ricardo is worried Tracy might do something to the children. Irene tells him Tracy is just using the kids to make him suffer. Tracy is a mother. Ricardo says she does not know Tracy: a mother who would allow herself to be beaten just to take his kids away from him. Irene tries to get him to calm down. He is so upset he can barely breathe. Tracy is armed and crazy and could do anything. Ricardo now has the video with Tracy slapping Selena. She will lose the kids.

Tracy and the kids are at a motel. She tells them to get into bed and cover up and to just shut up. They just keep whimpering. She is so happy. She has the kids and Ricardo has no idea where they are. Why did she have those damned kids anyway? She starts talking to "Ricardo". She has the kids and he does not know where they are. She will never give them back. She only had the kids to keep Ricardo around. She knew he loved Esperanza. So she had to get pregnant. She used to love him but now she hates him. Now she just wants him DEAD!

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