Caray, Caray!

This is from memory (watched while cooking dinner), so sorry for any mistakes; I did a lot of editing, I combined scenes for better flow, stupid dialogues were ignored (almost everything having to do with the Threesome that nobody asked for, formed by LetMe, Eraser and Brujita).

Estela is waiting for Ryan at the restaurant, but he's a no show. She calls Furia and Genesis tells her that Ry forgot his phone at work because he left in a hurry - he needed to "save" someone. This worries Estela, she asks Genesis to search for the last call on Ryan's phone and give her the number. (Note to Ryan: password protect your phone, you silly idiot.)
She then calls said number and ends up at a rehabilitation clinic where a receptionist tells her that Mr. Cabrera has been checking in, without giving any further information.
Estela is impactada that Ryan would hide something this important from her and tells Chayo that she needs to further investigate. There is no way that she can tell him her own deep dark secrets as long as HE has deep dark secrets of his own.

So these two lovable fools already have a rocky relationship three days into their dating/ engagement (who would have guessed, with all the lying by omission, by mistake, on purpose, for the grater good etc etc..). When they meet back at the house, Ryan apologizes for standing her up at the restaurant, in the process making up a story about some business deal that he had to solve asap. Estela pretends to believe him, but decides to do some investigating into  Ryan Cabrera, Man of Many Secrets and ardent lover.



She goes and asks Chavallin to hack into the rehabilitation clinic's data base to figure out what is going on with Ryan. Chavallin, the ONLY voice of reason in this telenovela, says that maybe she should just talk to her boyfriend instead. Estela reassures him that she will, but she'd rather have a preview of what she is to expect when she asks Ryan about  his past. It's not like she wants to commit the same offense that she has been accusing him of - nosing into his personal affairs and not trusting him.

Chavallin doesn't only have one annoying woman bothering him today. NeverLetMe is at his office/ home, too, at first getting help to contact the kids (they're good, they think mom and dad are doing swell and they're all about to reunite). She also receives some very pertinent advice about not letting a fool fool you - why should she beg Erasmutt for attention, when what she needs to be doing is go back home to the children and explain them the situation. LetMeBeStupid says that she doesn't mind supplicating, as long as she'll have her family back. She's not willing to let go of such a prize.
When Estela comes over to ask for Chavallin's help, they have a girl talk and since they are both oblivious to how an actual honest, lasting relationship works, neither can give the other one any good advice. More so, LetMeBeClingy ends up calling Eraser and convinces him to meet one last time for a "proper" farewell ( is this Mexican code for afternoon nookie?). Of course what she wants and hopes to achieve is to reunite the family once and for all.........Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

In more interesting developments, Danilo introduces Lucio Galvan, aka El Dorado to Mercy and Joe, saying that he's a possible investor into the company, and more important, into his precious band. Mercy and Joe refuse to take the offer into account before Ryan is not up to speed with everything.
The next day Danilo and Ryan talk about the very serious business man that is interested to invest in the company and Ryan eventually goes to meet him at his very serious restaurant, where El Dorado all but enamors Ryan with his story about helping the poor depressed immigrants, who have a hard time adjusting to a foreign land and fall into bad habits. He's even donating money to a rehabilitation center - what a coincidence that it is the same that Ryan is going to, Primos (Cousins) Something Something, because once there, they all become family.
The guy obviously did his homework well, because Ryan all but claps at such amendable action - this is exactly the type of people that he likes to associate with. Danilo watches the whole thing with a stupid/ silly/ smug look on his face, adding his two cents at the most inconvenient times.
Later on he pats himself on the back for a job well done, but Assdrubal keeps him on a short leash (is it wrong if I love him for that?).
Ryan does some investigating into El Dorado's claims that he gives money to the rehabilitation clinic, talks to Mercy and Joe about the benefits of finding a solvable investor that they can later on drop and finally signs the binding contract, turning Furia into a money laundering enterprise for the fans of regional music and such...
Later on Steve calls him to say that someone has been hacking into the clinic's system, but did they find traces of Chavallin or El Dorado? Will Ryan make the connection? And by then, won't it be too late?

In the meantime Danilo tries to score some more points with big bro, by sweet talking his way into getting his own assistant at the company and managing his band, for which Estela will be composing by the way. Mercy, the only voice of reason in this whole "turn Danilo into an actual power at Furia", tries to slow down the whole thing, but Ryan is all set on trusting his mischievous carnalito. So, he's actually half deserving what is waiting for him, in my opinion, just for being plain stupid.

Needing a ride back to Furia when she leaves Chavallin's place, Estela calls the office and she is sent none other than What's his Face, Danilo's new assistant, aka the baddie who kidnapped  saved her from deportation ICE corrupt cops. Estela recognizes his voice and she is afraid to get into the car, but she does anyway, and on the way to the office tries to figure out what is the guy's connection with Ryan, who she thinks employed him.
Arriving at Furia she goes straight to Ryan to scream at him - did he have anything to do with her kidnapping from the police or/ and the threats that she received? Ryan is shocked, he has no clue what she's talking about. Estela confesses that someone mysterious called her just as she was about to leave him forever and threatened to harm Paloma or him if she disappeared.
Ryan asks what all the Patio has been wondering: is she with him because she is afraid and needs protection? NO, Estela cries, the threat made her realize how much she loves him and she needs to know if he had anything to do with what has been going on. Ryan has no clue who the new driver is so he asks Danilo about it. Playing his best clueless innocent face Danilo says that he only wants to help the poor guy, father of two and so on. They even call the new guy and he modestly pleads his case in front of Estela, Ryan, Danilo and Mercy who wonders what new mess Estela is about to get herself into.
Between Danilo's astute manipulation, Ryan's idiocy when it comes to his bro's true colors and Estela's own gullible-ness, she starts to doubt that the guy has the same voice of her kidnapper/ mystery caller, so she backs off.
Someone said the other day that Morgana and Danilo barely share a brain between the two. Estela and Ryan come a close second. What a silly duo, if the likes of Danilo can play with their heads like this, it will be a walk in the park for El Dorado and Mr. Blake .

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