Caray, Caray!

Julieta spends some time in her nursery writing in her baby journal to her now lost child. She writes that the love between her and Robert will never end so the baby will live through them forever.

Aristóteles and his family celebrate his perfect score on the academic olympics test. Later Aristóteles, feeling guilty, calls Romina who was just scolded by her parents for not getting the highest grade. They want her to be the best in everything. She tells him to enjoy his perfect score and hangs up. Aristóteles feels bad.

Catalina and the family talk over dinner. Hugo will be paid much better than at the aquarium. Hugo remarks that he knows nothing about clothing. Diana tells him he will be okay. Catalina says that is the problem with Diana: she will put up with anything. Bruno adds “even Hugo” which makes Hugo wonder what kind of plans Julieta has for Bruno. Hugo doesn’t think Bruno will be able to make it for even three hours at Julieta's place. Diana smiles.


Daniela returns with her plank to her room. Marisol brings her up to date on their father in the hospital. Marisol wants to know why Daniela has a little smile and her eyes are so sparkly. Daniela shows her the plank and the message. Marisol wants to know if it is an engagement ring. No, it is a promise ring.

At the Musi House, Gabriel comes by to visit in all of his filth from the graveyard. He tells his father that he is just coming from a get together at a campsite with all of his employees and how happy they are with the restaurant’s new location. Clarissa finds that really disgustingly low class for him to be socializing with his employees. Their father sees it as just a method that businessmen use. Gabriel agrees that being included is part of being a good leader. Gabriel explains he is so dirty because he tripped and fell. All Clarissa wants to know is if the fuzzy waiter or waitress or whatever it was was fired for spilling the soup all over her. Gabriel defends Daniela saying it was an accident. Clarissa insists it was no accident. She explains that he has a waitress that looks like a man. Gabriel disagrees. Clarissa says all she needs is a moustache and a beard. Gabriel explains she is his best and most responsible employee. His father tells him to fire her if she makes another mistake. Cassandra, another sister joins them. She is all excited that she bought a handbag and they are donating ten percent of what she paid to a charity. Gabriel starts to mock her and tells them both that they act like thirteen year olds. Clarissa announces that her birthday is coming up and that there will be a party. Their father says yes and all of their friends and acquaintances are coming. He tells Gabriel to invite his girlfriend. His sisters are shocked. Clarissa says they are going to use a loupe to check her out. She has to have excellent genes. They ask Gabriel if he gets it. Their dad parrots their question and asks Gabriel if he gets it again.

The next day early in the morning, Xavi is eager to help knead bread but Blanca puts him to work sweeping instead. She tells him one of the rules of the bakery is not to talk a lot or ask a lot of questions. Blanca looks sad as she works and we see that she really misses Eugenio. Xavi dances and sings throughout the bakery as he sweeps. The customers applaud but Blanca just glares at him. Marisol stops by Xavi and is surprised to see him working at the bakery. What about his career? He has no problem working in the bakery and becoming a successful baker and working on his career at the same time. Marisol tells him she is arranging an autograph signing for him. She tells him to have confidence in her. She is going to see about her dad at the hospital. He is left thinking about their kiss.

Amalia is busy putting on her makeup to put the moves on Hugo. Belén reminds her that Hugo is their bosses’ brother and Amalia did say that she was going to be loyal to her dance teacher Enzo. Amalia doesn’t want to hear and turns her back on Belén. Hugo finally arrives. Amalia calls him on being late. Belén tells him where he can put his stuff as Amalia growls at him playfully. Belén is sure Amalia will make him quit. Amalia insists she just wants him to know the rules from the start. And on it goes. . .

Catalina pins an evil eye charm on Hugo to keep the bad vibes away on his new job. He just hopes that somebody sees himand hires him as a model. She tells him to watch himself with the two spinsters. She does not trust them at all.

Aristóteles finds out from Diana that Romina is not going to be at school today. Her parents informed them that she would not be coming because she is depressed. Diana is worried because of all of the pressure that her parents put on her.

At the hospital, Blanca and her daughters are all holding hands and praying for Eugenio.

Julieta is talking to Robert in Eugenio’s room. Yes, Eugenio has osteoarthritis and they are going to start his therapy immediately. At that very moment, Ana texts Robert asking how Eugenio is doing. He doesn’t answer it. Julieta says that it sounds like Ana is fishing to see if he told Eugenio the truth. Robert plans to make it really clear to Tulio that he won’t be telling the truth. Eugenio wants to know what truth. Eugenio overheard them because he is not sleeping. He wants to know how long they are planning on deceiving him. Ana has something to do with it, right? He wants to know if the secret has something to with Juan Pablo’s disappearance.

Ana appears at the hospital asking how Eugenio is doing. When they all just stare at her, she tells them not to look at her like that. Ana does or want to feel strange with her own family. Linda jumps up and starts chewing her out about after what happened yesterday. After that, how could they consider her “family”. Blanca tells Linda that they are not going to argue. Ana says that her intention is to help them and assist them. Daniela states that if that is indeed true then why would Ana and Tulio collect money from her family that it does not have. Blanca gets them all back to praying while Ana sits by herself.

Eugenio is aggravated that Robert and Julieta are not telling him the truth and says he will be getting worse unless they do. What do they not understand is that it is about HIS family and HIS son. Julieta suggests maybe they can talk more when he leaves. Well, Eugenio is ready to leave. Eugenio reminds them he has been waiting for an explanation for thirty four years. If it has to do with Juan Pablo, he has a right to know. He is the head of the family. Julieta leaves the room so Robert and Eugenio is can talk. Eugenio remembers a few days back telling Julieta that if telling a secret would hurt other people, it was best to keep it but now he knows that Robert knows the secret. He does not want Robert bearing the burden of that secret on his own. He wants to know what they did to Juan Pablo so many years ago. Eugenio promises not to tell anything to Blanca or Imelda. Eugenio asks Robert if he remembers that Juan Pablo always said he was his hero. He is asking that Robert let him be that today for him. Robert needs to trust him and tell him. Robert asks if Eugenio remembers that he always said that a woman abandoned him at the orphanage. Eugenio asks if that woman was Ana. Robert nods.

As Julieta is leaving, she almost bumps into Ana. In trying to avoid Ana, she runs into Dafne who asks her why she is looking at her like that. Julieta thinks that Dafne shouldn’t be kissing another woman’s boyfriend. Julieta expects no explanations. She just thinks that women should respect each other. Julieta walks on.

Eugenio cannot believe that Ana had deceived them all of these years. He remembers all of the tears his mother and his wife shed. Eugenio wants to know if Tulio knew all of this time. Robert has to admit that Tulio did know. Eugenio starts to lose it and Robert tells him he has to keep it together because Blanca and all of his daughters are just outside in the waiting room and they cannot find out. Eugenio calls Tulio an imbecile and adds that Tulio knew that Eugenio blamed Blanca for losing Juan Pablo. Eugenio looked for Juan Pablo like a mad man. Tulio know that he could not sleep because of the pain. He begged for anyone to tell him where Juan Pablo was and they were silent. Robert tells Eugenio they have to be strong now. He also tells Eugenio that Ana and Tulio tried to blackmail him using Imelda’s debt. Eugenio is surprised that they dared to do that. Robert says they did and he does not want them to hurt the family anymore. Eugenio insists he is not afraid of them because that they already have hurt him in the very worst that they could ever. Robert disagrees. He wants Eugenio to calm down. He has no plans on ever leaving Eugenio alone again. Blanca and Imelda cannot take this news. Robert tells him that the two of them alone will defend the family. Julieta returns to the room. She announces that Ana is there. Robert tells Eugenio to get dressed to go home. Julieta tells Eugenio that they will be by his side as long as he needs them. Robert grabs his father and hugs him to try to calm him down.

Julieta goes out to tell Blanca and family that Eugenio is ready to go home. Ana decides to leave now that she knows Eugenio will be okay. She and Blanca give each other a peck goodbye while Linda applauds Ana leaving. As they are waiting, Daniela shows Julieta her ring. Daniela is happy but confused. She is still going to need Julieta’s advice. Julieta will help her. She asks Julieta for information on how to be a girlfriend. Julieta tells her there are no manuals for how to be a girlfriend. Julieta reminds her that Gabriel is the Cinderfella and she is the brave one. She has been so from birth. She cannot stop being herself. As they are talking, Daniela has a fantasy where she arrives with a sword trying to rescue Cinderfella from his sisters and father. Damiela cannot believe she is going to have to fight all sorts of obstacles to be with Gabriel. Julieta reminds her of Gabriel’s personality and lets her know that his family is rather complicated. Julieta tells Daniela to concentrate on the beginning of her relationship and not to put any rules she has to follow in her head. She deserves to be happy. Daniela looks happy.

Eugenio comes out into the waiting area with Robert. He hugs Blanca and kisses her. On the verge of tears, he tells her that he loves her.

Catalina is upset as she sees Bruno packing up to go to Julieta’s. He is going to leave her in that Diana’s hands? Bruno thinks that maybe Julieta will help him with his robotics. Catalina sees it as Julieta’s revenge on her because of what her dad told her. He thinks Catalina is exaggerating. As Catalina whines, Bruno leaves.

At home in their room, Linda is upset with Daniela that she is all friendly with Julieta. Linda tells her that they cannot be allied with Julieta. Daniela does not know why not. Daniela calls Julieta a lovely (linda) person which sets off Lindab ecause she is using her name in reference to Julieta. The real problem is that Daniela told Julieta first that she and Gabriel were now novios. Daniela explains that she told her because Julieta and Gabriel are friends. What really burns Linda more is that Daniela has a boyfriend (who is good looking and rich) and a ring and she Linda has nothing. Daniela reminds her that that is what Linda wished her on her birthday.

Robert and Julieta drop off Eugenio and Blanca at home. Later, Robert will fill them all in on Eugenio’s medical condition. Eugenio shouldn’t work so much. Eugenio states that if he doesn’t work he will die. Now, he wants to see how Xavi is doing. Blanca knows That Eugenio is just trying to avoid facing his illness. Blanca will be there when Robert explains to them what is going on with Eugenio.

In the bakery, Xavi smells something burning. It is a tray of bread. Eugenio sees it as Xavi just learning. Blanca just wants to save money. Blanca wants Eugenio to rest. Eugenio sees the bakery as needing him. He is in pain but pushes ahead.

Julieta invites Polita over to offer her the baby items she had accumulated. Polita starts choosing what she wants. The crib Daniela made will be kept in the family. She shows it all to Audifaz and he feels like they won the lottery. Polita has an idea. They can sell everything except for the crib. Audifaz agrees but nobody can know.

It is the second round of the academic olympics and Aristóteles tells Diana that he does not want to continue. He leaves and is sitting outside of the school with Frida. A student comes up and asks him why he is not happy because he is the most famous kid that the school. Aristóteles explains to Frida that it is because sometimes the best students are not on the honor roll and those who do deserve it are not there. Frida does not get it and asks if somebody lied.

Aurelio is having another ice cream soda date with Belén. He wants to know when she is going to tell him if she will accept giving their relationship another chance. It all comes down to Amalia. She lives with her and does not want to leave her alone. Aurelio understands. He also knows that Amalia can’t stand him but Belén has to remember that she is not Amalia’s mother. She has to stop treating her as if she were a little girl.

Gabriel meets with the staff at their new restaurant. He gives the group a pep talk. Daniela can only giggle and laugh because she keeps imagining him in his Cinderfella get up. Gabriel keeps asking her what is going on. He takes her to the side. He reminds her that at work he is her boss.Later, he explains to Daniela that he got upset because he thought that she was laughing at him. He wants her to tell him what she was laughing at. he is talking to her as her boyfriend now and not her boss. She will only say she is sorry. That is not quite enough for him. He wants something in return. He starts to kiss her. She starts to giggle. He wants to know why she is laughing. Her answer is that it just was some silly thing. He asks her if she is ready to take their relationship seriously. She admits she is not the best in relationships but she is going to try her best. That is good enough for him. He tries to explain that if she makes fun of him, the other employees will lose respect for him. Then, Gabriel invites her to his sister Clarissa’s birthday party with his whole family. Daniela says she isn’t going. He says she has to go. It is an order. She reminds him he wasn’t talking to her as her boss now.

Belén calls up Blanca who is making hot chocolate. She doesn’t know if she should accept Aurelio’s proposal or no. Blanca wants to know why not. Belén says it is Amalia. She knows that Amalia will not survive without her. Blanca tells her that Amalia could always come and stay in their building or with them. She is Blanca’s sister. Blanca has no more to say other than that Amalia is her sister.

Robert tells Julieta that he is going to Ana’s because Eugenio left the house and nobody knows where he went. Robert knows he went: to Tulio’s. Robert is on his way to Tulio’s. Julieta understands Eugenio because she would do the same thing.

Eugenio has arrived at Tulio’s and tells him to go get Ana. Eugenio asks Ana why she did that to his son. Ana drops to her knees sobbing and begging him to forgive her. He cannot believe that she abandoned their son. They opened their home to her. He does not know what kind of punishment she deserves or what to even call her crime. Tulio tries to get him to just shut up. Eugenio will not be silenced. As for Tulio, he was capable of being a traitor to his own blood and his own mother. Juan Pablo was his brother’s son, his nephew. Tulio tells him to be a man and face the truth. Ana abandoned their son but she really did them them a favor because he and Blanca were incapable of doing a good job raising him. Juan Pablo grew up better without them. That is the final straw for Eugenio. Eugenio punches Tulio in the jaw.

Daniela is still chatting with Gabriel. The flirting continues. He also would love for her to give him the gift of inviting him to her house for dinner to get to know her family. She says “Okay, Cinderfella.” He gets a real kick out of it and hugs her. He accuses her of being a blackmailer, and playing dirty. She is evading him. She finally agrees she will put on her armor to tell her whole family that they are novios. He asks her for a peck and soon they are kissing again.

Tulio is not cowered. He accuses Eugenio of being afraid and not handling things like a man. Ana begs Tulio to just leave Eugenio alone. Tulio invites him to dare to hit him again. Eugenio does not want to see either of them in his life. Tulio tells them that will be very difficult because they owe them a great deal of money. Eugenio tells him he will never mess with his family again. He will not blackmail them anymore. Tulio tells him how naive he is. That is how Ana was able to deceive them for so many years. Eugenio asks him to at least have some respect for his mother. Tulio asks if Eugenio is really going to blackmail him using his mother. That will not work. Eugenio calls him a poor devil and Tulio calls him a failed old man. Tulio is going to make Eugenio sorry for what he did. Eugenio concludes that he wants to take everything away from them. He can go ahead and just try. Eugenio is not afraid. That is exactly what Tulio is going to do. He is giving Eugenio one week to make up a payment schedule with the interest inclided, of course. The doorbell rings. Tulio tells Eugenio he can go. Robert rushes in to support his father. Ana screams at Robert telling him he is responsible for all of this. Eugenio reminds her that she is the one responsible for starting all of this in the first place. Tulio reiterates to Robert that his father needs to send him a payment plan for the money he owes. Tulio’s advice to Eugenio is to stop wasting time crying and go get the money because time flies. Ana pleads for them not to tell Blanca amd Imelda because they will never survive this. Eugenio remarks that whenever he thought of Ana and Tulio he used to feel sorry for them because he knew that they were so very unhappy, but now he knows that they deserve it. Robert and Eugenio leave.

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