Caray, Caray!

And here we go again, with today's comedy. Hold on, guys, the chuckles abound, you might even die laughing when you're not crying your eyes out because our protagonista is dying, while wearing ugly make-up and without even having her beloved's perdón.

Ernesto is telling Cristina and Ricardo that he has to go search for a priest, because Esperanza wants to marry him before she dies. Ricardo is impactado with the news, but he tells Cristina that he wants to say good-bye to Esperanza.

Pato is now apologizing for having told Ricardo that Esperanza still loved him and she'd lied to him. She did it because her mom didn't deserve Ricardo's hate and now she wants mom to forgive her for saying what she should have said episodes ago.
But Espe doesn't care about this anymore because she is dying and she has nothing to forgive. And since Ric just happens to be here, with his prometida, can you fetch him for me? Time for some more tears.


Pedro and Pato get back to the living room and tell Ric that their mom is waiting for him. Cristina urges him to go to her. With Ric gone, Cristina tries to comfort Pato, but can't find the right words. Pato says that her mom fought so hard and sacrificed everything, but the maldito cancer is winning. Pato is breaking my heart.
Then she tells Cristina that Espe lied about his love for Ricardo and made them lie, too. Cristina guessed as much and yeah, the wedding is in two weeks.
Anya shows up, just in time to comfort Pedro. He prepares her a sandwich and they get to talking about how she lost her dad to cancer, too and how guilty she felt for not being able to save him (she already saw herself as a doctor at 12 years old).
Luca arrives and is introduced to Cristina and Anya, not Pedro's novia, yet.
Pato is broken, she doesn't know how she will go on without her mother. She never lost hope, she was so sure that Esperanza will get better, she doesn't know how she will ever be able to overcome this. Breaking my heart again, this girl.

Brief intermission with Adrian and Paolo fighting; Silvana shenanigans; Erasmo luuvs Anastasia and she accepts that she luuuvs him back - smooches and applause ensue.
Kiko visits Salma, but not even he can get through to her. She decided to party, live her life and not care about anything anymore. Basically she wants to screw life just like life screwed her. She didn't even get to see her baby, so what is the point anymore? Kiko is a nice guy, but he's just a kid and she has other plans - modeling, becoming an actress, partying till she gets knocked up again?
Estrella, Kiko and Adrian talk about this sudden change. Adrian hopes that it's maybe just a phase, but Estrella doesn't want to go back to being Salma's enemy.

And back to the gloom and doom.


Ricardo comes to see Esperanza. She is lying in bed, a shadow of her former self and Ric looks shaken up to the core to see her like this. He takes her arm and asks if she needs anything. His voice is calm and restrained thorough all of their conversation, but if she were better, I bet this would turn into a screaming match.
Esperanza: "I know that Pato told you the truth."
Ricardo: "You forbade me from living this with you."
E: "I didn't want you to suffer."
R: "Not suffer? You decided for me."
E: "I wanted you to forget me, to be happy."
R: "And, yet, here I am, next to you, suffering, with my heart broken into a million pieces. Your plan failed."
(They flash-back to what should have been their wedding day: the diagnosis, getting dumped, the fighting, the crying... They are both crying in the present, too.)

R: "After you left me, I didn't know how to get back from it, I cried and I suffered so much. You had no right. I loved you and you completely excluded me from your life".
E: "I knew what was coming, I didn't want to tie you to me."
R: "It was not your decision to make, I would have been by your side."
E: "This is what I wanted to avoid, I didn't want you to waste away, too."
R: "Your plan failed, here I am, suffering the double, the triple."
E: "You have Cristina, you will be happy with her."
(He shakes his head in disapproval).
R: "You still don't get it, do you? You wanted to manipulate my life."
E: "Please, forgive me, I can't die without your forgiveness. All I did, I did out of love. I swear!"
R: "You pushed me away when I should have been with you. It was my decision, not yours!"
(They are still holding hands)
E: "I didn't want you to marry someone who was condemned to die, I love you too much for that. You met a good woman, you are about to get married."
(He smiles bitterly)
R: "You had it all organized. Thank you for keeping me away from you."
E: "Ricardo, please! I don't want to fight, this might be the last time we see each other."
(He gets closer to her)
R: "Don't talk like this."
E: "I fought, but nothing works. What would have happened if I hadn't cancelled our wedding?"
R: "I wanted to be with you all the time, be with you through this. This is what people who love one another do, they give everything for the one they love."
E: "Yes, you would have suffered with me at the hospital, my attacks, the chemo, the fever, not being able to walk. Instead of that, you're happy, you have a future in front of you. You deserve to be happy."
(He hugs her)
R: "If you say this was the best solution, then why do you need my forgiveness?"
E: "For the pain that I have caused you. For having decided for you. For having lied to you when I said I didn't love you."
(She becomes very agitated)
R: "Please, calm down. You are the most important right now. You have to get through this."
(He kisses her forehead)
E: "You can go now. But call Cristina, I want to talk to her."
He leaves, looking one last time behind him, probably thinking this is the last time he sees her.
Esperanza is left almost sobbing - I bet that she would sob, if she had any strengths left.

Cristina shows up and Espe wants to tell her what she and Ric talked about. She begs Cristina to make him happy, love him and have a happy family with him.
Cristina will do just that, she loves him so much.
She gives Esperanza her blessing and the dying woman apologizes for still loving Ricardo. Cristina already knows it and at one point wanted to give him some space to figure things out, but now she changed her mind and she will fight for him no matter what. And after that she goes to get Pedro and Pato.

Why are these three people talking like they are about to meet in a couple of days at school? Ric not willing to forgive Esperanza on her dying bed is too harsh - yes, she did lie and manipulate the  situation, but it's not like she enjoyed it. She did a stupid thing, but this is not the time to hold on to your anger. He talks as if he still loves her (although he never said it in the present tense during their talk) and is a bitter, jealous ex, who just won't let go. If he's so happy to marry Cristina, then why can't he just forgive a dying woman and be done with it?
And what is Cristina planning to fight with? Esperanza's ghost?

Back in the living room, Ric has a sweet moment with Pato and Pedro, Ric's original accomplices in romantic mischief. They all hug, remembering the audience that just months ago they were supposed to be family and Pedro was confiding in Ric with his most personal thoughts. Whatever happened to all that trust?
Just then Ernesto gets a dizzy spell (perfect timing, I'd say). Anya tends to him, finding out about his kidney situation and PatoLuca's non sibling relationship.

After everyone else goes to see Esperanza, Ric and Cristina decide it's time for them to go. Ric assures her that they will be alright, he just needs some time to deal with this. She is willing to give him everything that he needs.
They meet the priest outside and Ric tells him where to find Esperanza. He looks on behind the priest, probably thinking that she is about to allow Ernesto the privilege that she'd decided to "spare" him of - marriage.  Hard not to be a little bitter, but still - dying bed!!! His last thought about the love of his life: "Asta siempre, Esperanza." 

Everyone else is with Esperanza. The priest says that he can't perform a marriage under these circumstances (that has to be a telenovela first and rather realistic, too, I might add). Espe is sorry that she couldn't fulfill Ernie's wish, but there wouldn't be any time for this, anyway, since she's now really dying, with Pedro and Pato at her bedside, crying their eyes out. They kiss her and she promises to look after them from up above. Her love for them is eternal, they are the most beautiful present that life has ever given her.
And then she ... dies? Faints? Falls asleep, exhausted from all the good-byes?
Everyone is sobbing now, maybe Anya should check for a pulse, just in case.
This sucks!

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