Caray, Caray!

• Nuria appeared behind Daniela as she argued her rights with Octavio. She stabbed her in the back at the waist, then took advantage of Daniela's shock to stab her in the stomach. The weapon was obviously a kitchen knife.
  “Nobody takes my son away from me!” she yelled visciously as her victim fell to the floor. “Least of all a monster like you!”
  
  She then fell to her knees and stabbed her victim in the stomach four more times.
  
  She collapsed for a moment, then got to her feet, her father staring in shock.
  
  She looked at him and for a moment they seemed to lock eyes.
  
• Ricardo, the children, and Elena sat on her bed watching a movie together. The kids wanted to watch another movie but Ricardo told them that their mother needed to rest. They asked if he was staying the night and he told them he would until their mother was completely recovered. Ricardo asked the children what they wanted for dinner and Federico said he wanted pizza. Elena communicated to make something with vegetables He took them out of the room. She actually looked grateful for his help.
  
• Octavio took the knife out of his daughter's hand and dropped it on the floor. She said “This evil one will never be in our lives again.”
  “Why did you do this?” he asked.
  “So he would leave my son in peace.”
  “I was about to settle this. You didn't have to do anything!”
  “I hate him, Father. I hate him! Daniel made me do this.”
  
  Alejandra rang the doorbell.
  “Someone is knocking. Who is it?”
  Daniela's cell phone began ringing. Octavio took it out of her purse and looked at the screen.
  
  “It's the lawyer.”
  “Damn Daniel!” She reached for the cell phone but Octavio held onto it. He looked at the text screen, which indicated that Alejandra was just outside.
  “This can't be! That lawyer knew he was here!”
  “Listen to me,” Octavio said. “Listen to me. Wash your hands and change your clothes.” Nuria tried to protest, but Octavio was firm. “Listen to me! Wash your face and hands. Get rid of that blood!”
  Nuria went upstairs as her father threw the cell phone – which was ringing again – into Daniela's purse.
  
  He then picked up the knife one more time and dipped his hands into Daniela's blood, which was pooling on her stomach. Alejandra was just outside with her cell phone and Chanel bag, impatiently waiting for Daniela to answer the phone.
  
  She rang the doorbell, then changed her mind, opened the door herself, and went inside.
  
  She found Daniela dead on the floor and looked up. Octavio was standing a few feet away and there was blood on the front of his shirt. She took out her cell and called 911 to request police and an ambulance.
  
  “I told him to stay out away from my family!” Octavio yelled, pointing.
  “She's dead! You killed her!” Alejandra yelled.
  “Yes. Yes.” He picked up the knife. “I killed him.”
  
  
  
• Carlos and Alan talked about the foundation. Alan tried to convince Carlos to shut it down, but Carlos said that it would only look like he had something to hide. Alan complained that Carlos never listened to him, then ended up complaining that since Cancún Olivia had been “different.” Carlos gave him some advice and Alan said he had to talk to her and be honest.
  
• Insofar as either of them knows how to be. However, Carlos seems to be less than honest with himself.
  
• Alejandra told Octavio to put down the knife; the police would be there shortly. Nuria came down the stairs in a clean black dress and started screaming “What happened, Father?” as though she knew or had heard nothing.
  
  He took her aside and told her he had argued with Daniel and things got out of control. “All I wanted to do was to protect you,” he turned to Alejandra “and my grandson!”
  
  “Where were you, Nuria?” Alejandra asked.
  “In my bedroom.”
  “You heard nothing that happened here?”
  Octavio prevented Nuria from answering, then said “When I insisted he leave, he wouldn't.”
  “This will have consequences,” Alejandra said. “Very serious ones.”
  The police sirens indicated they were almost there.
  “I told you many times that he would do anything to destroy my family.”
  “This is a homicide, sir!”
  “My daughter and my grandson are free of this thing!”
  “Don't say such things about Daniela because Daniela was an excellent human being! The ones who are not respecting justice are the two of you!”
  “How could I allow my grandson to find out that his father became this?”
  Nuria hugged her father from behind.
  “I'm prepared to make a statement,” he said. “I will make a statement.”
  
  The homicide detective entered through the already open front door. Octavio said that the victim was threatening to take away his grandson. Nuria tried to stop her father saying more but he said he would tell the whole truth.
  “Were you here when all this happened?” asked the detective.
  “Yes... but no. I was in my room,” Nuria answered.
  “Therefore you will have to come with us,” the detective said.
  “What?” she said.
  
• Roberto noticed that something wasn't quite right with Juan and wanted to know what it was. Juan said he needed his help. He wanted to get Fernanda back and needed to know what to do. Roberto told him it was in how he talked to her. That when telling her he loved her he was to take her hands and look into her eyes. But he has to be honest about it. If it doesn't work, they'll talk about it over drinks.
  
• Nuria protested that her child needed her. The detective told her not to worry, that the department would take care of him.
  
  She embraced the supporting column and started falling to her knees, but the detective ordered his men to arrest her. Alejandra identified herself to him, saying that she had called in to report the crime. Nuria then asked Alejandra to help her father. “You were my lawyer,” she said.
  “Yes, and I had helped work out a good arrangement with Daniela that you did not respect.”
  “It's that you can't understand –”
  “The only thing I know is that your actions provoked this.”
  “That is not true!”
  “Don't you get that your hatred followed you? This was not fair.”
  “The only thing I asked you was to help with this problem. I didn't hate him.”
  “I'm sorry, but I can't be your lawyer. Daniela's death is too painful to me. I'm sorry.”
  One of the SWAT cops handcuffed Nuria. She and her father were taken out to the police van as the crime scene team came in.
  
  Alejandra sat on the couch and called Ricardo.
  
• Alan entered Olivia's office, saying he was just passing by and decided to invite her out to lunch. She told him she had too much work, but he insisted it would be good for her. She agreed and said she needed to drop by Archives first.
• Juan called Fernanda and invited her to eat with him that night at his place so they could talk. He would make dessert. She agreed and he said he would see her at eight. He then called his mother to aske for a favor.
  
• Obviously Juan had never prepared a dessert before. Will he ever stop needing Susanna's help?
  
• The receptionist and others watched Olivia leave for lunch with Alan.
  
  As the elevator doors were closing Leonardo hurried to get in and Alan copied from Carlos' playbook by getting physically possessive with Olivia. She was a little uncomfortable with the embrace from behind and afterward with the kiss. Leonardo swallowed his pride, wished them a good repast, and was the first out of the elevator when it hit the ground floor.
  
• Elena had not quite fallen asleep when Ricardo told her he had to leave and why. He told her that the housekeeper was there and the nurse would arrive shortly, but she should call him if necessary. She told him not to worry and take whatever time he needed for that. She seemed grateful for what he had done and told him not to worry. He went on his way.
  
• Alonso and Gustavo came out of the meeting where Alonso gave his statement about Benjamín. He did not feel good about this. Gustavo reminded him that he had done this for the good of the firm. Alonso always wanted everyone in his firm to do things ethically and he felt as though he had failed. Gustavo told him he had not, that once the appropriate authorities investigated this it will become Benjamín's problem, not his.
  
• Leonardo was having a whiskey on the rocks at his desk when Roberto came in. Since it was not usual for him to drink alone Roberto asked what was wrong and Leonardo admitted he couldn't tolerate seeing Olivia with Alan. Roberto teased him about jealousy, which Leonardo denied. However, he did pour himself another drink and admit his feelings for Olivia.
  
• Ricardo arrived at the crime scene as the experts finished their work. Alejandra was there, waiting for him.
  
  He embraced her as she began crying. She explained what happened. He couldn't believe where this had gone. She repeated what Octavio said, but couldn't believe it was the truth. Neither could Ricardo, who noted that Daniela always was calm while Octavio had always been aggressive. She started crying again and they embraced briefly, then watched as Daniela's body was wheeled out. Ricardo embraced her a third time and smiled slightly at being able to do so.
  
• Alonso didn't have much appetite that evening despite being out with Lourdes. She understood because she knew something of this situation. However, he still felt that he had somehow failed because of what Benjamín had done and how he had behaved with the other lawyers.
  
• Octavio told the same lie to the clerk at the police station who recorded the murder victim as her previous male identity. He asked Octavio if he had anything else to say and he replied “My daughter is innocent. She was in her room when all this happened.”
  He was told that she was detained at the moment; it was Procedure. He then said he wanted to get a good lawyer for her.
  
• Guess whom the clerk recommended? Will this be another gladiatorial battle in the courtroom arena?
  
• Alonso continued to vent and Lourdes to reassure.
  
• As they were leaving the police station Ricardo and Alejandra talked about this. Both agreed that this should not have happened and she felt a little guilty. She finally accepted his offer to drive her home.
  
• Carlos wasted no time in coming to see his new client, Nuria, at the lock-up. They met in a room that looked like something out of a classic film noir. She demanded to know about her son. He told her that the child was alright and took out some documents for her to sign. She went on about needing to be with her son, etc., and demanding to know when that will happen. He grabbed her hands and told her to calm down. He then said that her father had told him something about the case but he needed to hear her version of events.
  “My father killed the father of my child.”
  “Why?”
  “Because my father's temper was on fire. He always worries about me and my son. He wanted to protect us. Please don't leave us here. I beg you, help me, please.”
  “Yes, I will help you. But I need to know all the details. Everything you tell me is very important. I'm listening.”
  
• Fernanda arrived at Juan's home. The table had been nicely set and the apartment was decorated. Juan wore his best suit.
  
• Juan looked like he was following Roberto's advice to the letter.
  
• Nuria said “I came down from my room and Daniel was lying on the floor, dead. My father was near him, covered in blood. He was explaining it all to Ms Ponce.”
  “Alejandra was there?”
  “Yes. It seems that Daniel had talked to her before she came to the house.”
  “Why?”
  “Because she had been involved in the case from the beginning. At first she was my lawyer when Daniel wanted to meet my son. But when I saw her again she worked for the Vega firm and represented Daniel and came after me to repect the deal they had made.”
  “I want to know what happened with this agreement.”
  “I stopped sending him information about my son and for that he got Ms Ponce to help him.”
  “I understand. I'm going to be very sincere with you. This case is very complicated. I will have to talk to your father to review his testimony and build your defense.”
  “That's fine, Counselor.”
  “Once we convince a judge that you had nothing to do with Daniel's death, you will be free. Your father made a confession of guilt and he will have to pay for what he did, although I will fight for a fair sentence for him.”
  “Do what you have to do, Counselor. Please.”
  “I will talk with him in the morning.”
  “Thank you.”
  “Finally, I need you to sign this to authorize me to get information from DIEF about your son.”
  
  He opened the blue folder and handed her a pen.
  “I need to know that he's alright.”
  
  She signed the document as he watched.
  “Thanks, Counselor.”
  
• He stared straight into her eyes. Carlos had an instict that something was strange about this case.
  
• Ricardo took Alejandra home. She thanked him and he said he wanted to make sure she was alright. When he touched her face it was as though nothing had gone wrong. However when he moved in to kiss her her cell rang. She looked at it and noted that it was Carlos. Ricardo then excused himself. She said he didn't have to but he said, “I have to go take care of Elena.”
  “Of course.”
  He kissed her on the cheek before leaving.
  
• Alejandra looked almost sick after he was out the door. She did not know that Leticia had lied about Ricardo returning to Elena.
  
• Juan and Fernanda consumed the dessert as though they had just watched the eating scene in Tom Jones. They got up from the table and he told her how much he loved had missed her. She told him she didn't want to be an obstacle to his work. He did pour it on as Roberto advised leading to the Three Words and the reconciliation kiss.
  
• Gustavo, Isabel, and Luis finished dinner and Luis pulled out the pirate gear they had bought earlier. Isabel read the story while Gustavo and Luis played with their swords. The game ended with a family embrace.
  
• Fernanda told Juan that what she loved most about him was that he was good, honorable, and noble. She told him never to change that. He then asked if she would take him back and she said she would.
  
• What do they call them in Mexico, tórtolitos? At least someone was happy that night.
  
• Juan told his mother the good news at breakfast the following morning. She told him that the most important thing for couples is communication. He slapped some honey or preserves on his pan dulce and was almost out the door when she reminded him his keys were on the sideboard. She then shrugged at how he was always in a hurry to get to the office.
  
• Carlos visited Octavio, who asked about his grandson. Carlos assured him that the boy was alright and he was not to worry. He explained that he had met with Nuria the night before and now it was important that he tell him the entire truth. He emphasized that he would not judge him for this.
  “The only truth is that I killed that man to defend my grandson.”
  “Yes. Your daughter told me about the case brought by the child's father.”
  “Counselor, I couldn't allow my grandson to be taken by a person like that.”
  “Yes, yes, I understand. Listen to me when I tell you this. This is very serious and I have to tell you that you won't go free.” Octavio's head dropped. “But I will fight to get you the least number of years possible.”
  “That's alright.”
  “Now I need you to explain what happened. Everything. I need to know every detail. It's important.”
  
• Alejandra talked on the phone about Daniela. She finished the conversation as Ricardo entered her office and told her that she had spoken to Luca, Daniela's significant other. Understandably, he was shattered. Alejandra still could not understand how Daniela ended up dead just for wanting to see her son. Ricardo didn't understand it either but what was important was that their firm fought for the rights of people like her.
  
  He tried to make her feel better as they had done nothing wrong. He wiped away a tear, then excused himself to see Alonso.
  
• Octavio told Carlos the same story he had told Alejandra, that “He became aggressive and I couldn't take anymore, so I killed him.”
  “How?”
  “With a knife.”
  “Where was the knife?”
  “It was there.”
  “The knife was there? In the living room?”
  “Yes, yes. It shoudn't have been, but I found it.”
  “Hm. I think we need to be very careful. Above all, because there is a child in the house.” He took his pen out. “Let's suppose this is the weapon you used. Take it.”
  Octavio obeyed.
  “Explain to me how you used it.”

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