Paula
became more and more anxious about Alejandra's condition and whatever
decision she might have to make. Lourdes arrived to give her
support; Jaime encouraged Paula to go with Lourdes to have coffee.
Jaime tried to encourage Ricardo to eat something and get some rest.
The
judge announced that since Andres Camacho was not present for these
proceedings it was necessary to contact the appropriate authorities
to locate him in Austin and present a summons to appear in court. In
view of the seriousness of the charges he was not releasing Violeta
and Aurora and there would be a new court date. The ladies were
upset. Victoria shot them a look to calm down. Violeta said she was
worried about her daughter, who would be anxious away from her. The
judge said that they would be bringing her husband back to hear his
version of events, Aurora said her daughter had done nothing wrong.
Violeta begged them to look for Sol. The judge looked like he was
thinking carefully about this, then rapped his gavel to dismiss
court. Victoria and Adrián went to the holding cell to explain that
nothing more could happen until Andres was found and brought to
court. She told them that they would continue to investigate and
they would find him.
Sofia
failed once again at getting Javier to work with her.
Adrián
and Victoria still hadn't come up with a possible motive for Andres
Camacho's actions, but were worried. They agreed that going to
Austin to find him would be more effective rather than waiting around
for phone calls and documents. They knew whom they had to talk to to
get the necessary information and decided to meet with Alonso about
this.
Ricardo
went home to clean up and put on fresh clothes. He stared at a
picture of Alejandra and “prayed.”
Roberto,
Gustavo, and Juan were on their way in talking about the evidence
they needed for the arson case while Victoria and Adrián met with
Alonso. He agreed that they needed to have Andres in Mexico and
Victoria said that it would be best if she and Adrián went to Austin
to find him. They could talk to Border Protection and get a
destination address from US Customs. Andres had made lots of trips
to Austin and there had to be a reason for them. Alonso agreed and
told them to have Carmen make the travel arrangements.
Sofia
called Ricardo to check up on him and Alejandra's condition. She
told him that she and Lorena were handling his cases. [If I were
my usual nasty self I'd be wondering whether she still has her eye on
him.]
Nancy
was invited to a closed-door meeting in Carlos' office. He told her
to contact the people she knew in the DA's office to find out
whatever she could about El Gringo. She told him that this would not
be easy because this information is sensitive and she didn't work
there anymore. He told her there would be extra money for this and
he considered her very capable. She asked why and he said he had his
reasons. Which caused her to stand and ask what this was all about.
“Is this about those men with the bags of money in the middle of
the night? Are you blackmailing someone? Well, if you don't explain
your connexion to organized crime, I won't help you.”
Tatiana
paid an unexpected visit to Juan, going on about concern for him
after what happened to Alejandra. He told her that Alejandra was in
intensive care and her condition was very serious. She went on about
taking advantage of being alive, etc., when her demeanor made it very
clear what she really meant. Juan listened and looked a bit
uncomfortable.
Carlos
told her that people who worked for El Gringo were the ones
responsible for what happened to Alejandra. She asked “Then it's
not about the ones with the money?” He told her it wasn't. She
was not willing to risk her life. He was willing to provide whatever
money this would take, as it was very important. He also emphasized
the importance of secrecy.
Victoria
and Adrián discussed next steps and she told him that their flight
was confirmed for the following afternoon. He asked if he could pick
her up so they could go to the airport together and she told him she
wanted to stop by the hospital first. He agreed.
Tatiana
got a little too close and a little too much in Juan's face as she
took her leave. He looked relieved and a little guilty.
Javier
came into Sofia's office with a ream of paper, saying he hadn't found
anything new yet but that it could be in the statements by people who
were at the club. Police, firemen, employees, customers, and
survivors. It was a lot of reading and Sofia insisted they begin.
She handed some to Javier, who looked like he resented being told
what to do.
Ricardo
went back to the hospital and Jaime told him there was no news.
Ricardo continued to worry and Jaime had him promise that when
Alejandra got well he would take care of her. Ricardo promised him
that he would get the people who did this, but Jaime told him to
leave that to others. He asked instead that if possible he was to
take Alejandra far away and out of danger. Not perfect, but at
least he would be assured of her safety. Ricardo promised him.
Manuel
and Roberto were talking about law school when Gustavo came in. He
told them he had tried calling Ricardo by he didn't answer his phone.
All three left to go to the hospital.
Alan
was sitting with his feet up on his desk, swiping across his cell
phone when Nancy came in. She started asking about what had gone on
with Carlos' ex. She asked whether it was an accident and he said it
wasn't. She asked if this was about what happened to the other
lawyers at Vega and he reacted with surprise, finally telling her
that this was all in retaliation from the late Joaquin Dorantes. She
said she was worried about their firm getting dragged into it because
of the moneybags being delivered to it. That if everyone knew what
that was about it would inconvenience them.
Javier
and Alonso talked about the attack. There had been crossfire. No
evidence that the attack was planned against Alejandra, but there was
ballistics information he was waiting for. They needed to know who
was returning fire.
Violeta
and Aurora talked again about the situation. Violeta was sure that
all was well before this happened. The only thing that had changed
was that Andres suddenly had much more work. And much more business
travel. That was why they talked about a vacation. She then thought
that she had become the problem.
Sofia
and Javier found statements of people hearing someone telling
customers that nobody got out without paying.
Carlos
was drinking at his desk when Alan came in to talk. He tried to get
Carlos to stop blaming himself for what happened and to extricate
himself from these people. This did no good.
Jaime
and Paula thanked Ricardo's colleagues for their support. They left.
Paula began to lose it as the doctor appeared, saying that there had
been no improvement. They were waiting for test results to see if
they could go ahead with the operation. He did warn them that things
might not go as they expect. Paula begged him to not let anything
happen to her.
Sofia
and Javier saw in the documents that nobody was allowed to leave
without paying. It did not appear that they were ever told about the
fire. Javier speculated that they were looking not to lose money
from a busy night. This led to the deaths and injuries. Sofia said
she would file the documents in the morning.
Juan
and Fernanda talked. He wanted to take her shopping and on a trip.
She was not interested in big money, but in helping people. He gave
her the “seize the day” statement. [When he kissed her he had
better not be thinking of Tatiana.]
Carlos
and Alan had the argument about investigating what happened to
Alejandra. Alan told him to leave this to the police and he refused
to sit on his hands and do nothing. Alan was fed up with his
obsession and Carlos refused to have the big party until Alejandra
was well.
Paula
and Jaime had to have that difficult conversatio about worst case
scenarios. Alejandra had signed a living will and Paula did not want
to talk about this. She almost ran away from him.
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