Caray, Caray!

The biggest plot points, of course, were that Luciana and David met for the first time and it did not go well, for reasons both on them, and Luciana delivered the bad news in person about Marcos to Marta.

And here's the recap!

- We begin with Luciana crying over Marcos' lifeless body. She tells him that they were going to return together to the vineyard; now she is alone.

- Bratty Bobby reports to Marta that Fernanda and David are fighting over her being in his bedroom and touching Lisa's things. Liliana intervenes to snark that if Marta were paying attention, this wouldn't have occurred. Bobby tries to defend Marta, but Liliana sticks to her mean streak and says she will scold until Marta does the job properly.

- Seems like a character named Ramon who I somehow missed has a little crush on Marta. He laments to Miguel that Marta sacrifices so much for David's kids. Miguel points out Marta is still married to Marcos. Ramon knows and says nothing, but he's crushing! Someone named Erika brings them the morning schedule and don't try to change it, as David won't like that. León points out that it is really Sonia (who I guess is an assistant for David) who makes the schedules. (I apologize on the vineyard workers, something about the vineyard business gets lost on me, so please correct me if needed.)

- Meanwhile the phone is ringing in the main house, and no one is answering, so David yells for Sonia to answer it. It's Luciana, looking for Marta (no doubt to tell her the sad news about Marcos). Sonia tells her Marta's not there. Luciana tells her it's an emergency. Sonia tells her that neither David nor Liliana like their employees to get personal calls at the house. Luciana asks who she's talking to. Sonia says she is the housekeeper for David. Sonia looks to David, who tells her if it's not for him, he's not interested. (LOL, that is how I handle calls as well.) After hanging up, she offers David coffee, but he dismisses her. Luciana looks at her box of Marcos' ashes and tells her father that she's trying to comply with his desire to reunite with the family.

- Fernanda is outside crying. Tano comes upon her and tries to comfort her. She takes that as a sign to try and kiss him. He backs off; after all, her father is his boss and would kill him. She tries to pull a little rank on him, but he reminds her that David and Liliana are the ones he really needs to obey. He goes off and Fernanda is left with a little smile on her face.

- Now two girls (Carito and Erika) are gossiping about León's sister (Luciana). Erika recalls that Luciana was a brat when she left the vineyard. Carito wants the scoop on Miguel and Luciana. Erika remembers Luciana outside, being a tomboy instead of helping her mother. Sure, Miguel liked her and they visited, but now Miguel is a man, and surely he's moved on. (I think that's what she said, please clarify if incorrect.)

- Turns out bratty Bobby is now gamer Bobby. He likes being with Marta and she helps him win video games. She tells him it's time to go to bed and he thanks her for helping him forget his problems with his dad and Fer. Of course Liliana comes in and snarks about Marta permitting too much video gaming. After Bobby leaves to go to bed, Liliana tells Marta she pays her to care for the children, not play with them. Marta replies that she's worried because since Lisa's death, Fernanda is rebellious and Bobby has no friends and plays on the computer all day. Liliana asks if she's implying David is a a bad parent. (YOU THINK???) Then she twists the knife and asks if Marta actually cares about the missing half of her family. Marta replies that she stayed because David asked her to. Liliana counters that Marta is there for the luxury.

- David's friend Amador - er - César - stops by to visit and encourage David to get back out there and try the new cafe. David doesn't feel like doing that. César is sympathetic, but stresses that David needs to get back into life and that his attitude now is verging on being selfish. That pisses off David and he lashes back, but César remains firm that David's current attitude is harming his children, and if he doesn't change soon, he'll lose anything. David tells him to get lost. (Aw, César seems to be a true friend, so I hope he'll come back and try again.)

- Crazy lady alert! Sonia the housekeeper is dropping off towels into David's bedroom. She sees his boxers and shirt on the bed, picks up the boxers and then picks up the shirt and takes a good whiff. Then she dances around with the shirt and takes one last whiff before Liliana calls to her and she must leave.



- César asks for Juan's help with David, as David is very depressed. Juan says he's tried to help David, but he doesn't listen. César presses, but Juan says that César shouldn't give orders since he's been in Paris and missed things. César presses some more, but Juan says that's all he's going to get. Jeez. Lilian comes in and asked what she missed. Juan says that César is trying to spoil their plan to leave David in a depressed state. Yikes. Then Juan has good news for Liliana: he has found a buyer and if they play their cards correctly, they will get all the earnings from the sale.

- The vineyard workers are eating together. Sonia comes in to tell them she'll dock them pay if they are late. Sonia adds that Marta needs to tell her daughter not to make personal calls to the house. This is the first Marta has heard of Luciana's call; so she asks Sonia what Luciana said. Sonia tells her she hung up on her. Marta warns her not to do that, and Sonia warns her she'll sic Liliana on her. Marta tries to ring Luciana, but there's no answer. León reassures his mother that he's sure Luciana will try again.

- Luciana is on a bus, cradling the box of ashes, and flashing back to Marcos' congratulations on her graduation and his reassurance that they would always be a family.

- César and Susan meet cute when he helps her in the vineyard with carrying something heavy.

- Carito asks Miguel what he's going to do on his day off. She's thinking ice cream! Miguel prefers to rest. Does she want anything from the supermarket? Carito passes, she prefers rest.

- The buyer and Juan meet. Juan tells him that David wants to sell the vineyard and move to Los Angeles. It's too sad there in Sonoma. It's only a matter of time. David is his best friend and it's better for him to sell and move away. The buyer is like, oooh this is good for me. Juan wants to make a partnership with the buyer.

- Luciana has gotten a ride to the vineyard from what looked like a Volkswagen van of kids straight from the 1970s. She strolls right through the unlocked gate.

- Juan would love to turn the vineyard into an olive oil-producing ranch? farm? In any case, he wants to make olive oil, not wine. David never liked the idea but he doesn't make good decisions, y'know? The buyer likes the idea but notes that Juan and David don't seem to agree on things. That should make it easier to buy the vineyard and turn into an olive oil money-making machine! Give David my offer, says the buyer! Muhahahahaha thinks Juan.

- Bobby, Fer, Marta and Liliana are shopping in town. Bobby spots a video game and Liliana gives him money for it, snarking that now she's like Marta! After the kids go to buy the game, Marta mutters to herself about Liliana, and Liliana calls her on it.

- Luciana strolls the vineyard, talking to her father's box and telling him that finally he has returned to the earth he loved so much. She arrives at the house and knocks on the door, but there's no answer. So she lets herself in. She looks at the picture of Lisa and remarks how pretty she was. David comes into the room and says that Lisa was perfect. Luciana greets David, but he doesn't return the greeting as he doesn't recognize the grown-up woman who is in his living room.

- David asks who Luciana is and what she's doing there. Luciana re-introduces herself, but David cuts her off and tells her to get out of there. Luciana tries to explain why she's there, but David cuts her off again and angrily tells her he doesn't need explanations, so scram! Luciana tries to calm him down and tells him she is only looking for her mother. David asks if that's why she broke into his house? He doesn't like people who don't show respect! Luciana bites back that she doesn't like people who treat others badly and they have started off on the wrong foot. She tries to explain again that she's looking for her mother, and David cuts her off again, saying he doesn't know who her mother is, but it's clear she didn't educate her. Luciana snarks about how he treats the employees, but David (who doesn't recognize her and cut her off when she introduced herself) doesn't get it and threatens to call the police if she doesn't leave. Luciana tries AGAIN to explain herself, and David tells her AGAIN he doesn't like break-ins and neither would she so SCRAM. Luciana tells him not to talk like that, and he tells her that he talks the way he wants to. Now be thankful I haven't called the cops and leave! Luciana stomps out.

- Sonia is returning to the house when Luciana comes out of the door, muttering about how awful David has become. Sonia asks who she is and Luciana introduces herself as the daughter of Marta. Sonia remembers that she had called. Luciana remembers that she wasn't helpful and tells her that she came because the call didn't get relayed. Sonia tells her that she has no right to give orders or bother David. Luciana demands to know who she is. Sonia introduces herself as the "right hand" of Liliana and tells her to go look elsewhere for her mom.

- The shopping trip resumes as Fer has spotted an outfit she likes and takes Marta into a store to look at it. Gutierrez comes up to Liliana and just then Marta comes back out to get some money. She double-takes at Gutierrez and he slowly takes off his sunglasses and stares at her while Liliana gets the money out of the wallet. Bratty Bobby comes out of the store just then and asks his grandmother why she's friends with the police. Gutierrez makes his exit and Fer comes out. Liliana is ready to go home, but Fer wants to go to the movies with her friends. No go, Liliana says they are all going because she says so and stomps off. Fer asks about the outfit and Marta warns her it's better to say nothing at the moment.

- Miguel runs into Luciana in the vineyard and their reunion goes much better as he's thrilled to see her. They hug and he tells her she's beautiful. She begins to cry and he asks what happened. She tells him her father died and he gives her a comforting hug, which Carito watches from afar with an evil/jealous look in her eyes.

- It's the weekend and Susan is working on the vineyard problems. Juan asks her why. She tells him if they don't fix the problems, the vineyard will be in trouble. He replies he doesn't think she can fix them and she says she best go. Juan asks her why they aren't friends when they could do so much better. Susan gets his gist and tells him not to mess with her. He tells her not to think badly of him, but she warns him not to go near her.

- Luciana fills in Miguel on Marcos' death. He expresses his sympathy and asks why she didn't just call to let them know. She tells him she came because she realized with Marcos' death, she was alone without her family. Miguel tells her they are there for her, and also that her mom would've gone to Mexico, but Liliana would never let her go. Luciana is annoyed with Liliana about that and asks where Marta is. Miguel tells her that she's shopping with the kids in the village. Luciana groans, as always.

- David is mad at Sonia because of Luciana being able to open the door. He tells her she must lock it for the children's safety. She agrees to comply with this order and offers him a slice of cake. He tells her to give it to the kids and then make sure that Luciana has left the vineyard.

- Carito catches up to Miguel and asks if he's ready to go to the supermarket. He says he's not going as he stumbled onto someone very important. He introduces Luciana to Carito. Miguel and Luciana take off for the workers house, leaving Carito looking green with envy. Luciana tells Miguel that she ran into David and wow was he rude. Miguel confirms the personality change and notes that David treats the workers badly. Luciana starts to reconsider staying there, but Miguel tells her he carries that trinket she gave him for good luck and pulls it out. Luciana is charmed.

- Marta and the kids return to their house. Fer has a grumpy face and pouts that they had to return. Marta tries to cheer them up, saying to guard the things they bought and thanks for the earrings you got me. Fer tells her that Bobby and Fer only want to be with Marta. Bobby jokes that Fer's blouse lacks fabric and Fer tells him he knows nothing.

- Sonia fills in Liliana on Luciana's visit. Liliana is pleased to learn about David's anger with the visit. This is an opportunity to get rid of Marta and her daughter!

- Luciana continues to catch up Miguel in the workers' house, telling him her dad finally had gotten the visa. León and Marta enter and hear this and are thrilled to see her! But where's Marcos? Luciana has to break the awful news to them that Marcos had passed from a heart attack. Marta collapses and wails from her grief.



- Liliana tells David that the girl he encountered was Marta's daughter. David remembers little Luciana and can't believe how she grew. Liliana snarks that she's still rude and wild and trying the same stuff to get attention.

- Marta is in full Victoria Ruffo mode, begging her hija to tell her that Marcos didn't die. why didn't Luciana call? Luciana tells her she tried but it really was not something to tell her by phone. Marta wails that she's alone.  Luciana reminds her that she's there, just as she promised to her dad she would come, and she has his ashes. Marta wails. León reminds them of all the years Marcos tried to return, and Luciana mentions he wanted his ashes spread in the vineyard. Marta wails that Luciana has been alone and she told them (the immigration authorities I guess) not to separate the family.

- Erika pays Juan a visit. She looks cute and wants him to look at her because she's fresh from the salon. He goes and closes the office blinds. Apparently they've been having a secret fling that she doesn't want to be secret. Juan tells her to be patient, it needs to stay secret for now. They make out.

- Tano is strolling to the tunes on his iPod when Fer intercepts him in her new crop top. She wants him to show her the vineyards. He tells her Miguel knows them better. Fer still wants Tano to be the tour guide. Tano tells her some other time, her dad doesn't want him to neglect his job. She asks him what the issue is as this is the second time he's rejected her.

- Back to Erika and Juan. She's pressing him on the secret thing, but Juan tells her that David doesn't like employee relationships. (LOL what does David like.)

- In the workers' house, Miguel is offering condolences to upset Marta and family. What a perfect time for Liliana to stop by! She lights into Luciana for breaking into the house and upsetting David. Luciana stops her and points out that she just told her mom about her dad's death.(Point to Luciana) Liliana says that's not her problem, not her loss, and what Luciana did was wrong. Luciana said no one came to the door and Liliana says that's not a reason to break in. (Point to Liliana) David and Liliana want Luciana to GO, so she's GOING!

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