Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Por Amar Sin Ley, 6/19/18 Chapter 78: The Vultures Begin Circling


Victoria, Alejandra and Olivia return to Oli's office to begin the divorce papers for Benjamin's soon-to-be-ex, Karina who, with the new dye job Viewerville failed at first to recognize.

Candy Man Miguel is there for supper again at Elena's.  He's brought gifts again for the kids.  She must head out for a few minutes to get something last minute and leaves Miguel in charge.  He is visibly uptight being left alone with a couple of kids he barely knows.

Back at Vega and Associates (which may soon be two fewer in number) Benji and the now fully clothed Leticia scream and yell  at each other about who is really to blame that they've not only been found out, but that the spaghetti spined Benji didn't claim Leti as his one and only love and thereby humiliated her in front of his wife, not to mention the boss and half the law firm saw her practically naked in her Victoria's not so Secret bvd's.  Ben angrily tells her they're both to blame and that he's got much more at stake here than she does!  She eventually throws him out of the office and tells him not to rely on her for a single thing from now on. 


Back at Exlena's apartment, Federico is ready to play video games and comes looking for Migi. As there are no locked doors in Mexico, though as many reasons as people to have one,  Fede unceremoniously opens the CLOSED BATHROOM DOOR on Migi and immediately finds his mother's guest sniffing up nose candy from the counter top.  Yes, Migi has been seen and he angrily shoves Fede back against the hall wall whereby he hits his head and hurt his shoulder.  Fede manages to recover and races into get his sister then heads to one of their bedrooms where he must finally realize if he cannot shove a chair under the doorknob or move a piece of heavy furniture against the door, the lock will have to do.

Roberto reminds Vicki that he wanted to take her to dinner and he promises to leave her back at her door sans a nightcap invitation if that's how she wants it.

Fede dials Ricardo at work and hurriedly explains the chaotic situation in the house right now.  Ric races over to Exlena's to rescue the two children.  Candy Man Migi races to the opening elevator doors thinking it's Exlena.  It's Ric, who immediately gives him a right hook to the jaw and knocks the dude to the floor.  "--You the guy who hit my kid?"  Ric takes the kids away to his place while Candy Man lies half spaced out on the living room floor.

Gustavo and Alonso meet with Sonya to advise they don't believe Fausto's death was a simple gang revenge killing [ajusta de cuentas].  Sonya reminds him they found drugs in the man's car.  Lonnie doesn't have any proof of his suspicions that it was a setup and the murder was staged to make Fausto look like a drug-trafficking criminal, but he reports that Dorante came to his office with his posse to threaten him that afternoon.  He's willing to file a complaint.  While Sonya's off getting the paperwork ready, Lon confirms to Gus that he doubts Fausto was in any way involved with drugs.  They reason it out and determine that if the Durantes were capable of staging drugs in the car when murdering Fausto, then they might very well be involved with drug-running in San Benito.

Back at Vega once more, Oli and Ale are leaving for the day and discussing how learning that you've been cheated on is emotionally disastrous, but actually finding your loved one "in flagrante delicto" is devastating.  They agree that Leti's a beautiful, capable professional woman who shouldn't need to become involved with a married man who has a family.  And Benji should have been clear to his wife about the situation.  Leti overhears the chat and tells the women while they wait for the elevator that they don't have to talk behind her back.  Say what they think but tell her to her face.  Ale tells her she's not judging her, but why get involved with a married man when she's got all the qualities that should make her self-dependent and a great catch for decent, singles?

Exlena returns home with the food and finds Candy Man nursing his jaw with ice. He lies to her about not knowing the reason her crazy fool of an ex-husband came rushing in and knocked him down and then left with the kids.  She says he wouldn't do it without a reason and wants to know what happened.  She immediately heads off to pick up her kids.  Migi offers to take her there.  (Bad move, dude.)

Leti is at home nursing her emotionally bedraggled pride/dignity when Benji begins banging on her door begging to be let in.  She lets him in and he complains that Karina has locked him out of the house with nothing but the clothes on his back and he needs a place to stay.  Leti says no way can he stay.  He tries whining that this is what she wanted: for him to leave his wife.  "--Yes, but because you wanted to be with me, not as your only other option!"  (Benji, why don't you part with a few of those Benjamin's of your own that you've been putting away all this time and get a room at the Embassy Suites or some such.  We know your a lowly, craven worm but still, why lower yourself to begging for a bed at Leti's?  It's because you ARE a lowly, craven worm!)  She says she's tire of his whining.  She knows now that he only wanted to sleep with her but never wanted to leave his wife for her.  "--I am no longer interested in you.  Get out."  She throws him out of her place.

Exlena finally manages to reach Ric on the phone and he tells her that he took the kids only after her drug addict of a boyfriend attacked Fede.  She refuses to believe him and says she's calling the police for kidnapping her children.  Ric, our morally staunch brick in times of panic, tells her to go right ahead.  Candy Man keeps driving and obeying Exlena's command to speed it up.

Exlena screams she just wants Ric out of her and her kids' lives once and for all.  She is screaming at Migi to put the pedal to the metal when out of nowhere, his speeding car is T-boned at an intersection.  (Whoa!!  That was a car crash Viewerville never saw coming!)  Ric hears the crash over the phone.  Exlena has at least finally been silenced, but Viewerville isn't certain if it is permanently or not.

This same evening, Lourdes and Lonnie are enjoying their chance to have dinner together.  He confides that after his wife's death and the children went to school outside of the country, never to return, he turned to teaching law and hired three of his brightest students into his firm.  They were SJW's just like him eager to provide justice in a country where none feel it exists.

The paramedics answer Exlena's phone and advise Ric of the accident and that Exlena is in very serious condition, along with the driver.  They're being taken to the hospital.  Ric will be right down.

Rob and Vicki's dinner date will have to be put on ice.  She has just gotten Ric's call advising her about the accident.  Vicki tells him she and Rob will head over to his place immediately.  She'll call Oli to take care of the kids in the meantime for him.  And, unbeknownst to Vicki, Ric's called Leonardo to take care of them as well.  (Woot!  Woot!)

As for Oli, she and Alan are sharing a glass of wine at her place.  He's just told her he was slightly jealous of her being in Cancun and is inviting her to spend the weekend with him in Cabo.  She is about as interested in that idea as peanut butter on dry toast.  She politely says she's got lots of work to catch up onl;  he is disappointed she's not more enthusiastic.  She says it's a charming idea but she'll let him know.  He asks if everything is fine between them and then realizes when she doesn't answer right away he's put his size 12 right in it.  He excuses himself for being so forward.  (Not so much forward as old, wrinkled and a stuffed suit compared to Leo in linen and Levi's.  Take a hint and bugger off you 2nd rate solicitor.)

Alonso, the old guy, tells Lourdes he doesn't want to beat around the bush--which is wise when you're in your seventies and have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.  He really likes her and wants to get to know her better.  She feels likewise.  They agree to start dating  (I believe.)

The Li'l Rascals, minus Ale, join up at Ric's.  Oli is surprised but pleased to learn that Leo's babysitting also.

Gus and Isabela discuss the dangers of the San Benito case over a sleeping Luis's head.

Ric blames himself for Exlena's vexing condition.  Hmmm.  Seems she's got pressure/swelling or some such on the brain and cannot be moved in this condition to a hospital that has more specialized equipment and doctors.  She's just going to have to manage to survive the night on her own.

At Ric's, Oli is surprised and pleased at Leo's winning ways with the kids.  He uses this to ask her for another opportunity to get to know him better.

When Rob and Vicki catch up to Ric in the lounge, he tells them Exlena's condition is serious and that he'll never forgive himself if she doesn't survive.  Vicki and Rob lend moral support for how he rescued the kids.  He's not to blame.  (I'll second that.  Vexlena was the one who went BSC and told Candy Man to run the Indy 500 over to Ric's place!)

The next morning Lon and Gus are discussing the rag that San Benito calls its morning paper due to the angelic light the Dorantes are discussed.  They're useless, Gus says.  Carmen races in to inform them of Exlena's accident and he wants to speak to Ric on the phone.

Oli and Leo discuss how he feels since he was shot that life is passing him by and yes, he'd like to settle down and start a family.  Ric comes in and tells the kids that their mom survived the night and he'll spend time with her at the hospital--out of guilt, no doubt.  Leo offers to continue taking care of the kids in the meantime.

Benji arrives to find huge moving boxes full of his things that Karina had sent over to him.  He is not a happy camper.  (Viewerville's surprised Alonso hasn't had Carmen pack up the things from Benji's office as well.)

Lon calls a staff meeting and tells the group that Ric's to be out a few days as his ex is very ill.

Jaime meets Mayor Dorante at breakfast and shows the headlines in the paper about Fausto.  "--You better defend yourself.  He was the first to file against you and now he's dead.  If I find that you've deceived me I'll refuse to be your attorney in this case."  Dorante twists the facts to his advantage.  He was meeting with Vega himself that evening while this was happening.  He only was there to see if Vega had come to his senses about this case because he's accusing me of crimes I never committed!  I am ready to be investigated.  But I will tell you,   You know how things can get with these fanatics and me being a politician and all.  I myself am afraid for my life.

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This is what I have and if there's more let me know and I'll addi it in or if a blogger here posts it, I will put it in with credit. Thanks!
 

Wonderful, juicy recap from my snarkalicious friend Jardinera! starting with:

Victoria's not so Secret bvd's. and continuing with:

(Benji, why don't you part with a few of those Benjamin's of your own that you've been putting away all this time and get a room at the Embassy Suites or some such. We know your a lowly, craven worm but still, why lower yourself to begging for a bed at Leti's? It's because you ARE a lowly, craven worm!)

and then this gem:

He asks if everything is fine between them and then realizes when she doesn't answer right away he's put his size 12 right in it. He excuses himself for being so forward. (Not so much forward as old, wrinkled and a stuffed suit compared to Leo in linen and Levi's. Take a hint and bugger off you 2nd rate solicitor.)

Just a great recap of a very satisfying episode. Since we know a certain number of critical hospitalizations are necessary in a telenovela (I've printed out a couple of the old telenovela bingo cards and will be checking off a number soon) this is all good. And as you said, at least the crash put an end to Elena's shrieking for a moment.

Hope everyone on the Patio has a great day. Irene, we miss you. Hope all is well.


 

Great work, Jardinera and that was it. You got a whole episode.

My faves:

but that the spaghetti spined Benji didn't claim Leti as his one and only love and thereby humiliated her in front of his wife, not to mention the boss and half the law firm saw her practically naked in her Victoria's not so Secret bvd's.  

(Benji, why don't you part with a few of those Benjamin's of your own that you've been putting away all this time and get a room at the Embassy Suites or some such.  We know your a lowly, craven worm but still, why lower yourself to begging for a bed at Leti's?  It's because you ARE a lowly, craven worm!) 

 (Not so much forward as old, wrinkled and a stuffed suit compared to Leo in linen and Levi's.  Take a hint and bugger off you 2nd rate solicitor.)

Vexlena was the one who went BSC and told Candy Man to run the Indy 500 over to Ric's place!

Viewerville's surprised Alonso hasn't had Carmen pack up the things from Benji's office as well.


I'm sure that Benjamin's pink slip is being printed as we type.

Based on what's wrong with her it doesn't sound like Vexlena will make it. While that would normally be better for the children I'm sure that whether she stays in a coma or dies Carlos will do whatever it takes to send the children to an orphanage rather than allow the courts to award custody to Ricardo, who has been a more caring parent than Vexlena any day. She knowingly left her children alone with a drug addict and went grocery shopping, something she should have done earlier that day when the kids were in school. She came back with two large bags, not a single item she didn't realize she lacked.

Once she knew that Miguel was into drugs she should have dumped his ass. But since when is she ever aware of anything others recognize as reality? I truly think she believes her own lies.
 

Nice work Jardinera, an entertaining ep and recap as well.

And I will say this, Lourdes is HOT. I don't care what the Kitty Cats say. :-)
 

Jardinera, thank you so much for another humorous recap.
I especially enjoyed the following lines:
"the spaghetti spined Benji didn't claim Leti as his one and only love and thereby humiliated her in front of his wife, not to mention the boss and half the law firm saw her practically naked in her Victoria's not so Secret bvd's"
"As there are no locked doors in Mexico, though as many reasons as people to have one, Fede unceremoniously opens the CLOSED BATHROOM DOOR on Migi and immediately finds his mother's guest sniffing up nose candy from the counter top."
"We know your a lowly, craven worm but still, why lower yourself to begging for a bed at Leti's? It's because you ARE a lowly, craven worm!"
"She is about as interested in that idea as peanut butter on dry toast"
"Ric, our morally staunch brick in times of panic, tells her to go right ahead."
"Not so much forward as old, wrinkled and a stuffed suit compared to Leo in linen and Levi's. Take a hint and bugger off you 2nd rate solicitor.)"
"he doesn't want to beat around the bush--which is wise when your in your seventies and have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel".

Irene

P.S : I am not sick (which, after watching all those PASL episodes back to back, is a small miracle), I couldn't comment all that time because I went on a very exciting wilderness expedition where, among other fun things, I rappelled 120 meters into a secret cave.

 

I am a little late to comment about the ridiculous battle of the sluts trial, but will address it nonetheless. Needless to say that am speechless at the absurdity of this trial.
I am not an expert on Mexican inheritance law, but as far as I understand if a couple is married in a bienes mancomunados (Community property) regime, it means that half of the property belongs to the wife from the get-go.It's hers and only hers, and it doesn't matter if the husband dies or if she divorces him, that half will still belong to her, even if she contributed nothing whatsoever to acquire it. The mistress and her child obviously can't inherit something that is not part of the inheritance.
Since Mexico doesn't discriminate illegitimate children, the mistress' child can indeed inherit, but only from the husband's part of the property and not at all the way it was portrayed in PASL.
According to the law, the children and the partner (including concubine) inherit in equal parts. However, concubines only inherit if they or their deceased partner were not married (article 1635 of the Codigo Civil Federal). So, the mistress has absolutely no right whatsoever to inherit and both the judge and Rick the legal brick are dead wrong. The child does have a right to inherit, but it's only a third of the husband's part of the property (the other two thirds go to the wife and the daughter).
So, he is getting only 33% of half of the property, not 40 % of all the property, the way this judge decided. And of course the mistress doesn't get a dime from the inheritance, let alone money for being evicted from the house.

Irene

 

This episode was quite eventful and I am happy that something somewhat interesting is finally happening. However, everything is so damn contrived.
-Candy Man, who was behaving like a perfect gentleman up to now and treated the children well, suddenly underwent a personality transplant and became a monster in a matter of seconds.
-And as you said it so well, Jardinera, nobody understands the concept of locking doors in this telenovela.
I about died last episode when Benjy and Leti had sex in the office during working hours and didn't think of locking the doors, even though people already walked in on them doing the nasty before!
-Elena leaves her children alone with a man she knows for a hot second even though Carlos told her she has to be careful and be on her best behavior because of the custody dispute.
-Federico the 13 year old teenager doesn't know what coke is. I wanted to throw something on my t.v when he said "He was sniffing something white" like a 5 year old.
-Why do two relatively big children need 4!!! babysitters?!
And normal, reasonably intelligent children, would have realized immediately that something is really wrong if out of the blue 4 adults came to entertain them.
And if Brick needed all 4 of them to babysit, then why Rob and Victoria left? How callous of them to leave those poor adolescents with only 2 babysitters?!
-And I think I want the indestructible phone that Elena has, that managed to stay intact during such a collision and was conveniently available to paramedics at the scene.


Now, what bingo cards are in store for Elena and Brick now that she is in the hospital?
Amnesia? Fake Amnesia? Paralysis? Fake Paralysis? Being on the brink of death (or faking it) and asking Brick to marry her to save her children from the orphanage or something?
Can't wait to find out.

Irene



 

I have that phone that you want. Your secret cave is not so secret now. Anita has gone to Home Depot to get 120 meters of parachute cord and we will lower your new phone down this afternoon.

Toodles :-)
 

Hey Irene! Happy to know that not only are you not ill (NAUSEOUS maybe from these telenovelas, but not ILL) but were actually on an exciting wilderness trip. Back in my day we used to go on bat banding expeditions in caves with our biology teacher, but no rappelling, thank God. I was never good at climbing up those poles in gym class either.

Interesting information on inheritance rights for children born out of wedlock. Sounds quite reasonable. As always, love auditing your law class my friend.
 

Thanks, Jardinera. Hilarious. I could quote the whole recap but I'm writing on the phone.

Please writers, no vexlena waking up back in time when she & Ric we're happy. Anybody care how Candyman is doing?

Irene, welcome back you cave rappeler! Sounds like quite an adventure. What a crazy world it would be if mistresses & mistros are entitled to some their dead married partner's stuff.

Loved Katrina shipping Benji's crap to the office.

 

Kirby, I am back home now, so too late for lowering it into the cave. But I still want one, mine doesn't even compare to the titanium-plated one Elena has.

JudyB, the rappelling part is actually quite easy and fun, it's the slithering on your belly in extremely narrow spaces to go between the cave chambers that's a bit more challenging. At times, it felt quite claustrophobic there.

Niecie, actually the concubine can inherit (if he/she fulfills certain conditions) but not if either of them is married. And, if the deceased had several concubines, none of the concubines can inherit.

Irene
 

Hahaha, Irene! FOUR babysitters for a teen and a tween. Lol. Actually, Ric called Leo to sit. Unbeknownst to him, Victoria called Oli for kid duty. Vic and Rob were there for moral support and to go with him to the hospital. But I like your version better. After all, a teen who only knows the guy was "smelling something white" needs all the babysitting one can muster.
 

I just love being part of a community where "none of the concubines can inherit" is a logical sentence structure.

Also "one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel."
 

Irene, your last post tells the reason why I never became an archaeologist.

I think Rob and Vic were meant to meet Ric at the hospital because he now needs cool-headed legal advice. Since Vexlena never allowed him to legally adopt the children he is not in a good position even without the pending custody case. Also, since Miguel was high as a kite when driving there will be pending criminal charges against him as well as whatever charges Vexlena could try to bring against Ricardo from coming to her apartment and taking the children (or Carlos on her behalf, if that's allowed).

Vexlena clearly ignored Carlos' advice about watching her behavior, but she's a narcissist so she thinks the rules of society don't belong to her.

As to the community property issue I just looked up the US version, which describes it as assets jointly earned or acquired during marriage. We don't know how long Carolina was married to Armando, but I'm sure that he was already rich when he said "I do." So, the 40% might not be so outrageous after all.

This won't matter to the story unless there is an appeal.
 

I brought this up before but none of you answered. Does anyone else think that the kid actors are possibly younger than 13 and 11 and that this casting was deliberate? They both look younger than those ages and the characters may be intelligent but they are very sheltered and emotionally immature.
 

Hmm, Urban. I think you have a point about the child actors. Maybe the casting director wanted "younger playing older" rather than "older playing younger" which sometimes results in annoyingly precocious characters (a la Anifer in PATM). Guess it's hard to find exact-age actors who can really act for some characters. I've seen some awesome little actors in TNs, but they may end up being over-exposed (i.e., Diego Escalona).
 

Urban, to me the children look about 11 and 13 (and according to logic they can't be younger than that, because Brick and Elena were married for more than 10 years), but they certainly act much much younger. I still remember with horror the scene where Brick was reading a book for toddlers to Natalia.

As far as property acquired before the marriage, each spouse gets to keep what he acquired before the marriage in the US and in Mexico (if I am not mistaken), but I am sure this wife, who is definitely a gold-digger and is not dumb at all if she managed to marry a wealthy producer under a bienes mancomunados regime, would have made him register everything he has in her name. And I think that if he had assets acquired before marrying, Brick would have mentioned them when the issue of marital regime arose.
But I am more interested in knowing how on earth did the judge come up with 40%.Assuming that his position was right and the concubine has a right to inherit too, then the mistress and her child should have gotten 50%. And if only the child inherits, then how come he gets to inherit 40% while the daughter inherits only 30%?
And I should probably commit myself into a manicomio now for even thinking about this stuff.

Irene
 

Jar--before it gets too late. Commendations on a charming--well, no, deliciously snarky recap. I never know what's going to grab your fancy, so it's a treat to sit down and start reading. Thank you.

Kirby--"And I will say this, Lourdes is HOT." Yes, she is, Alonso needs some hot pepper in his life. I don't think he'd get that with Paula (spends too much time sermonizing) or Alicia (who spends a lot of time nodding).

As for the two kids--I think they were also chosen because they looked alike--or maybe because they really are siblings. Someone is fudging on the ages, though. Last night I could tell that Nati was already developing, but they are both kind of chunky, so that may not be a factor in their ages. Still it was hilarious that Irene thought the two needed 4 adult babysitters.

But I agree, even an 11-year old would know how cocaine is ingested. They DO go to school and PSA announcements and programs on drugs in schools are not unheard of. Fede should have said right off Migi was snorting cocaine and later told Ric he knew because he learned about in school, or something.
 

I think Federico is a little short to actually be 13. Every 13-year-old I've ever known was taller than he seems to be relative to the adult males in the story.
 

Kirby: IF Elena does FINALLY die (all of us are hoping & keeping fingers crossed), I can easily see Carlos having the kids sent to an orphanage then going to Ricardo just to up the ante against our Antihero.


 

UA...impossible to tell, without knowing these kids' birthdates but I have a granddaughter who at 13 is very very short (short father, short grandparents on father's side). And boys usually have a growth spurt later on, not early. I remember always being taller than the boys in dance class when I was in middle school. So the ages could be accurate. But they are treated like toddlers for some reason which eludes me.
 

Steve, Yep. Don't trust anyone who buys a jacket, shirt and tie in one box from the same cloth Like Alonso's pocket squares and tie matching. They should NOT. When they do, they look like a gift from Aunt Mary who bought it at the Garden Club gift shop.
 

Elena is a narcissist and they can only deal with toddlers. They don't like to see their children grow up. That means they themselves are also getting older and that the children are maturing away from their influence. That is why she gaslights them.
 

You are right Urban, Elena is a narcissist for sure. But Brick was babying the children too, I think even more than Elena. In any case, I pity those poor children.


Irene

 

I don't agree. He seems to have taught them some responsibility and certainly how one is responsible for one's behavior toward others. That doesn't sound like anything Elena cares about.
 

Thank you Jardinera. Good stuff. Iam really Lovin the fact that the wuss
And the trampola got outed by the wife
Of the wuss. And she packed up all his worldly Good-for-nothings and sent them all Packed up to him.Good for you
Katrina. Isa was nicer but this was so
Much better.

"Oli was as interested In a trip to Cabo with him as peanut butter on dry
Toast".Oh please dont use peanutbutter
Peanutbitter is fun anytime, Alan is so borring, all the time. Lol. Maybe
Being with him is more like vinegar & prune juice. Cuz he is full of crap.

I like the honesty of lettie telling ally and oli to be honest with her.See
Shes an intelligent woman, why settle
For doodoo & vomet when she can have
Champaign and caviar. Which is what ally was saying but only in A nicer way that me. I'm just telling it like it is. And she needs to change the people she associate with(elena). Shes
Better than that. I'd like to like her
But if she stays on this trek,I won't.

I get the feeling either Jaime or lony
Or even Gus may be on Steve's body ct
List. I hope neither one but this is getting deadly. Durante does not mind
Spilling plasma. Hes scary to look at.
His got death all over him.

No rick it's not your fault loonylena
Is in a coma. She brought that on her
self.She left a dopehead with her kids
What did She think was gonna happen? O
She wasn't thinking. At least not about her kids. Now she's a veggie. I
Hope Carlos don't try to take them away using some bogus law with that popcorn lawyer of his.

Lonny is enjoying his date,I hope it's
Not his last.

Thank you Ms J.

 





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