Caray, Caray!

⦁ Faithful ol' dawg that Leonardo is, he now admits to Elisa that he was wrong to set the federal accountants on her businesses just to get at the bottom of her Daddy's dirty dealin's.  He asks her to run away with him and escape the long arm of the law because he knows she'll have to be the one to answer once they find what they are sure to find.  She tells him no, she cannot ask him to sacrifice his life, his family, and (most of all) his career just to protect her and their luhhhhvvv.  (Wait, wait!  This is a definite 180.  Viewerville cannot stop rubbernecking the turn is so sudden.)  In fact, she finally blurts out all the money laundering that Cobra has forced her to do on the sly.  Yup.  Those perritos (auditors) will find this out.  "--So, now do you still want to run away with me?"  (This man has got to be as dumb as a box o' rocks; it begs the question: how can such an award-winning police pro prove to be such a pea brain putz????  Ah, the lower brain at work.....)

⦁ Meanwhile, speaking of pea brains, Fabricio has listened to Cobra's mama tell him the gawd's honest truth about how she became forever chained to a wheelchair courtesy of Papi Eugenio's sadistically savage personality.  (Has Fabby nary a single memory of Ewwy's outbursts during his childhood?  Viewerville's inquiring minds want to know....)  Darth Dario, listening behind a convenient door, walks into the room once Fab has left.  Mama reminds her darling Dario that it ain't gonna be a cakewalk convincing Curley Locks that Pops is and always was a pitiless barbaric brute.

⦁ Across town, Victoria is conflicted.  Ewwy is pressuring her to agree to tell the "kids" that she and he are definitely an item these days.  He tries shaming her over her feeling her daughters' opinions of their relationship is more important than the relationship itself.  She's ticked off because he won't kick Sonia to the curb once and for all.  She ain't buyin' his reasons for keeping her in the house while she's preggers.  Could be women's intuition or possibly once bitten, twice shy, but she stubbornly holds her ground and, to top things off, upstairs we have Majo tempting an apparently (and obligatory?) lesbian Clara (Who knew???) with a playful kiss.  Clara complains that Majo is a selfish spoiled witch who is now playing with Clara's feelings. (We suppose for Majo, right?)  Majo was only trying to help Clara get in touch with her feelings, she giggles.  

⦁ Outside on the lawn again, Leo and E-lies-a kiss and make up cuz she finally told him the truth.  (Yuppers.  It's definitely a real turn on for Leo.)

⦁ And in another part of Uptown, a down in the dumps Fernanda has invited Jose Luis to her apartment to ask his help in locating her son and mother.  Who does she suspect took them?  Why, Eugenio Serrano, of course.  He told her so.  JL, for his part, is too impressed with the sexratary's digs to seriously want to work a crappy missing persons case.  She doesn't care to discuss motive or to make out a police report.  She wants JL to skirt around this and tell Ewwy to give the kid and his gramma back to her.  He tells her he's a simple policeman, not some avenging angel type.  And, without some kind of formal written complaint, he cain't and he ain't.  Period.  Snicker, snicker.  "--So, then you aren't going to help me?"  He snarls his upper lip and stares over at her from the doorway.....  

⦁ Back in Vicki's living room,  Ewwy complains that she's putting him off because she doesn't want sex with him.  She tells him at their age sex isn't a priority any longer; dinner out, a movie, traveling together are more what she expects out of a marriage.  He pretends to be shattered.  Then, Ewwy finally walks out on her and says it's quits.  

⦁ Leo still wants to run away.  E-lies-a puts her proverbial foot down and says she's got a company and employees, and a family to support.  She cannot do such an irresponsible thing as running away from the ever so long arm of the law.  No.  He counters that he, Mario, and Adriana all can vouch for her as being threatened and intimidated to the point of acquiescing.  He insists it would buy time at least until they could develop her defense somehow.  No, his profession and their responsibilities toward others come first, says El. She won't accept anything else and walks back into the manse to underscore the score.  (Doncha just hate a gal with a real stick up her posterior?  Maybe Leo should.) 

⦁ Back to Fern's problems.  JL says it's not about money, it's about her asking him to do something totally illegal--and for what?  Some vengeful play because she had Cantu's illegitimate kid and Serrano is upset about it or something?  After being Cantu's mistress, what is there possibly now between her and Serrano?  Unless she 'fesses up he's not lifting a finger.  She finally admits that Ewwy is the boy's abuelo and Fabricio is the father.  Ewwy sent Fab to London and so he never found out and doesn't suspect she had a kid, let alone his kid.  She provides for them and now that her mother is in the final stages of cancer it's important that she find the two of them.  JL finally agrees to help.

⦁ Dario and Mama are having a serious discussion about Majo.  He is still in love with her but it's going nowhere.  Mama begs him to reconsider following the same path as his daddy's.  He admits he simply cannot back out now.  He says he blew it trying to turn his life around and so the only thing left is his need for revenge.  Mama says forget that; his papi will eventually fall of his own dead weight.  Dario is more interested in making sure Ewwy pays for every blow, every beating done to Mama.

⦁ Back at the Cantu manse, the new psychiatrist is giving El instructions which she agrees to follow to the letter.  Afterward, El visits Renata and tells her she'll probably be away for a long while, but Ren will be properly cared for.  She won't go into the details.  (At least, I think so.)

⦁ That evening Clara mentions to Leslie that she's in love but doesn't tell her who the lucky person might be...

⦁ Fab drops by Fern's.  She makes up some excuse why Mama and Juanito aren't there any longer.  He will stop the nurses from coming then.   Suddenly, he asks Fern if she really loves him and she says but of course.  He says then please tell him everything she knows about his papi.  She is surprised, to say the least and we assume that is exactly how much she does say.....

⦁ Back at los Velasco, Theresa gets a text from Reynaldo that he'll take her tomorrow to the lawyer's appointment.  Terry's been packing her bags.  JL walks into the bedroom right after and they argue about arguing all the time.  He's tired of her playing the victim to Leslie so often.  He warns her that if she leaves, she leaves with nothing and Leslie stays with him.  She tells him Leslie knows perfectly well how abusive he is towards her; anyway,  she's not frightened so skedaddle.  She continues her packing and walks out of the bedroom.  He sneaks to the dresser and picks up her phone then checks it for messages or phone calls.  He sees Rey's text but doesn't let on.  

⦁ Next morning Terry's is up and dressed and ready to leave.  Leslie wakes and begins giving her mama the 3rd degree.  Terry says she's got a divorce attorney appointment early and a male friend is picking her up and is paying for the lawyer.  "--I am afraid of your father so don't say a word to him.  Terry leaves.

⦁ Leslie looks at her bruised/abused belly and cries.

⦁ Over at the gallery where Dario's dirty dealings are supposed to be evaluated and authenticated (?) El is getting things positioned.  They grouse over the deal she made with him to get through this.  She tells him to stop badgering and let her do her job.  "--So, are you having 2nd thoughts about this agreement of ours?" (Hell yeah! Who in their right mind wouldn't???)  No, she's not backing out of the deal as long as he keeps away from her family.  He dares to ask how "she" is doing.  El turns around and asks instead, "--You really expect me to answer that?"  Yeah, she got him good, that time.

⦁ Cobra answers a call from Fab asking for a meet asap.  Cobra and posse head out for the appointed location.  It would seem as we beam over to Fern's apartment that Fab was calling from there and still hasn't changed from his birthday suit.  He's going in later and has an errand or two first he informs his lady love....She gets on her high horse and he gripes back again that she's not been telling him everything she knows about Papi.  (Viewerville wonders what gave him the first clue.)  She asks who's been laying this load o' crapola on him.  He insists she's working for Pops and wants to know what that's all about.  She denies it and leaves.

⦁ Rey rushes Terry to get into the car for her legal appointment.  They rush off with lurking Jose Luis unbeknownst in hot pursuit.  

⦁ At los Cantu, Ren has decided she's going downstairs for a change.  She's had enough of being locked in her bedroom despite the maid's desperate insistence to the contrary.  Mama Victoria has commanded and Ren refuses to obey.  Could be a tough tongue lashing is in store for the maid.  

⦁ At the Serrano's, Ewwy is staring at Sophia.  She wakes and he's ready to make nice.  Even brought juice and early a.m. snacks.  He just wants to know why the keen interest in cell phones of late, in particular Victoria Cantu's.  (Let me guess.  Being kept incognito 24/7 might have a bit to do with it.  Reaching Leo may have even more, though.)  He tells her she brings out the worst in him and he chooses not to be violent, but if she goes after Victoria's things again he won't hold back.  And another thing, he's kicking her out of their bedroom.  She gets the teensy guest room at the end of the hall now.  

⦁ Downstairs at the Cantu manse, Vicki jumps on Ren for coming down.  Ren says she's going to take advantage of fewer drugs in her bloodstream; she wants to talk clearly.  When hasn't Mama ever done so, right?  Does Mama hate her because of her illness or because of Tio E's great affection towards Ren?  Like the huge beating Mama gave her after reading an immoral letter from Tio.  (If I heard right.)  Well, Ren will never forget.  

⦁ So, Terry and Rey (sly devil) are in a hotel room (?WTQ?) post appointed meeting with the attorney(?)  Terry decides to have a last fling with Rey there.  (Caution, Will Robinson!)

⦁ Ren accuses Mama of being jealous.  Sly glances for forever and a day between Tio Ewwy and Mama hadn't gone unnoticed.   Vicki took advantage of Ren's illness, made her out to be crazy so that nobody would believe anything she'd said.  Vicki denies, but Ren insists even her daddy knew.  Victoria says there was never anything illicit between her and Ewwy.  Now, why did Ren return home?  Why did she have to...Ren says to get the last laugh essentially at having overcome it all.  Mama left Ren without a child or a husband, anything.  "--What do you want?"  Ren says to be left alone and to become invisible to her witch of a mother.  Ren races outdoors to catch up with Majo.  Where's El been all this time?  Not just here but traveling to N.Y. and so on.  Majo admits that Darth Dario has been forcing her to do illegal things for him.  Majo stresses that no, she's not gone back to be with him.  Suddenly there's a commotion at the gate and Ren races over.  Mauricio is all a dither.  He's got important news for Renata and it cannot wait so he escaped to deliver the huge 411.    

⦁Fern has a change of heart and suddenly decides to admit her lies about her mother and her great embarrassment about her origins in the vecindad to Elisa.  After getting her scholarship and entering the school, she decided to hide her background from El and all their friends.   Sorry for the big lie, blah blah.....  

⦁ Back at Motel Seis, Adri and team are checking into a dead body lying in bed.  The receptionist reports that the couple came in and were there for 15 minutes or so and then the woman began appealing for help.  JL suddenly walks into the room and asks for details.  The man wasn't alone.  He was there with a woman.  "--Hooker or lover?"  Dunno yet.  She is there hiding in the bathroom.  The camera pulls back and said dead dude is no other than Reynaldo in the graying flesh.  He's got a huge red stain chest high on his undershirt.  Have they questioned the woman yet?  Nopers.  Adri and the other cop are looking very sheepish about now.  JL yells at them.  "--What's your problem?  Get her out of there and start interrogating her!!"  Adri bangs on the door and pretty much says come out or they'll be coming in and dragging her out.  Lo and behold it is a terrified Theresa now facing none-other-than an angry-looking and oh so shocked and hurt Jose Luis.  Ruh-roh.  (Viewerville is anxious to know if and what she must have heard when the kill was going down.)

⦁Meanwhile, Fabricio arrives at Cobra Central and is shocked, shocked at the surroundings while he's being patted down by a couple of the many gun-toting goons.  "--Welcome to the real world, Little Bro."  "--What is this place???"  "--This is Operations Central of Eugenio Serrano.  We give, shall we say, preferential treatment to his clients here."  "--So then you were the ones who kidnapped Majo and forced Elisa to money launder for reasons of illegal art trafficking."  Smart dude.  There's a reason Papi paid for your expensive education and Dario says as much.  "--Amazing your powers of deduction.  Did you learn that at the university?"  "--Answer me!  Did my father give you the orders or not??"  "--Surprised?  Welcome to the real world, bro.  Eugenio Serrano is the one who manipulates our lives, that of Elisa and her family and yours...and mine."  

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