Caray, Caray!

 Nieves dies with Clara sobbing next to her. I feel bad for her, in less than a year she’s lost her sister, father and mother. That being said, Nieves deserved to die times a million.

Elisa is crying, too, but not for Nieves. She’s remembering Leo’s smooth skill at cooking pasta back in NY, when life was simpler.

Mario phones Leo to let him know a 911 call came from Julia’s house; apparently a homicide. Leo goes to see what’s going on, gets stopped by Teresa, who is having a hard time with everything that is going on. Leo tries to cheer her up, asks her to stay calm for Leslie. When Leo’s gone, JLow calls Teresa from lockup – he asks her to stay in the house the next day, she will receive the rest of the money needed for Leslie’s treatment. Teresa mentions that something strange is going on at Clara’s, does he know what that is? He doesn’t care, she insists, he reminds her that he’s in prison and repeats that she needs to put their dirty money to good use.

Nieves is dead. Leo and Mario are talking about what happened, then Mario goes to talk to Clara. He carefully asks her questions about what she’s seen, but she’s not of much help. Leo asks Mario to postpone the talk, since Clara is not doing well, and he hugs her. He can’t believe what is going on, so much horror. Clara says she’s all alone now, Leo assures her that they are her family. Clara thinks Nieves was killed because of all that money, she knew her mom will get into trouble. Then she spills the beans about the money Nieves stole and JLow’s screaming “visit”. She also mentions all the things that Nieves knew about JLow, like the fact that JLow got Julia involved with Dario.

Flashback to JLow and Nieves talking about how Julia will get involved with the art traffickers. JLow warns Nieves that it will be very dangerous, but Nieves says “no importa”(!!!) – as Clara eavesdrops, Julia will do it for her family. And Nieves will forever be in his debt. JLow insists that they need to keep quiet, these are dangerous people. He’s almost asking her not to do it, but Nieves assures him that Julia will never talk if the cops catch her. JLow warns that Julia can never get caught, the bad dudes will kill her. Nieves tells JLow that he will hand her the money, since she’s in charge, and Julia is OK with this.

Back in the present Clara says that JLow has always been keeping an eye of them, and when Clara wanted to talk to Leo and tell him the truth she only changed her mind because she wanted to protect Leslie. Leo is shocked that every time he finds out something new about his brother, it’s worse than the things he already knew. Then Clara explains how Nieves got her hands on JLow’s dirty money and how mad JLow was when he came by. She’s sure Nieves stole that money and look what happened now – JLow had her killed.

The next day Elisa wants to make sure Majo realizes what she’s about to do. Renata comes down, asking what they’re planning, she’s in a good mood, thinks they’re going to the doctor for a checkup. When Majo explains, Renata gets predictably upset, makes a comparison with her situation. Majo tells her to butt out, Ren asks for Elisa’s help. Elisa is obviously struggling with Majo’s decision, too, but she thinks they shouldn’t interfere. Majo runs to the car, while Renata can’t wrap her head around this.

At the car, Majo is crying, doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. Elisa says this won’t be easy, Majo asks her not to make it harder on her. They drive off, with Majo sobbing on the passenger seat.

Strong knocks at the door, Teresa goes to open – it’s a guy, handing her a duffel bag full of mucho dinero sucio. She grabs the bag and heads upstairs.

Leo wants to talk to JLow, Mario thinks it’s not a good idea to do it while upset. But Leo won’t wait, he’s sick of it!

He goes to JLow’s cell and the talk goes like this:

“Who are you? Can you look at me and answer that? You’re not my brother. Did you kill Nieves for having stolen your dirty money?” Grabs him: “Did you involve Julia in the art trafficking? Did you kill her?”

“I only introduced her to Cobra, Nieves handed her over to him.”

“How did it feel like killing her?” JLow keeps silent. “Say something, explain all of this to me. Did you need the money, did they pressure you? I will find out what you’ve been doing, I will retrace all of your steps and I will find out who was behind you. Was it Eugenio Serrano?”

“There is no escape for me.”

Mario comes to let Leo know that JLow is about to be transferred.

Leo meets with Fab in the hallway; he’s come to visit Fer.

“Are you afraid that she will declare agains Eugenio? You can’t see her, she’s in a restricted area.”

“You must feel like the most imbecil cop, you had the assassin of your fiancée before your eyes this while time.” Point for Fab

“And you? You’re just your father’s pelele! (love this word for dummy) And you’re still waiting for Elisa to give you the time of day.” Point for Leo

Bottom line, they’re both L O S E R S. They get into it, Adriana separates them. Then she informs Sonia that she needs to give a new statement to the judge, she’s being accused of art trafficking and perjury (I think).

Teresa is at the hospital, talking with the new doc, who confirms that nothing more can be done for Leslie, they can only take care that her last days are comfortable. Tere thought they could do something for her, but the doc explains it’s too late, her disease is too advanced.

Renata talks with Vic on the phone about Majo. Vic thinks the abortion is a good idea, Ren wonders if she’ll have her baby. She's going everything that they asked of her. Vic tries to sound reassuring, Ren wants mommy to go baby shopping with her.

When she hangs up, Victoria tells Eww that she’s sick of Renata’s baby obsession. Eww says that the Sonia situation is solved, his judge friend will take care of it. But Vic wants the charges dropped because Sonia is about to give birth. Eww is surprised, he thought that Vic despised Sonia. Yes, she does, but it’s better to give her her freedom and some money, so they can have her baby for Renata. If they don’t do that, Renata won’t keep silent about what they’ve done to her in the manicomio. Eww thinks that Sonia won’t just hand over her baby so Vic suggest stealing it and killing Sonia. Even Eww looks shocked and disgusted by this – I love his face – dude, Vic is too much villain even for you.

Dario gets the visit of his new lawyer, one that Eww sent. He has a message for him – cause no more problems and follow the instructions. The judge is waiting for his declaration. Dario wants to borrow his phone. He calls his mom, asks if she’s OK. She assures him that she’s fine, he needs to think about him and Majo and his son. Forget about your revenge! Dario promises to do it, but who believes him?

Sonia is in front of a judge , she admits that she was indeed Mauricio’s amante, like Fer said, but she didn’t know about Eww’s dirty dealings. Also, it was Fer who gave her that artifact, but it was a trap to get rid of her. Then Eww left her to die on the yacht. The coast guard saved her and when Eww found out she was pregnant, he kept her locked up in his house for a while. Then she was taken to Fer’s house, until she could get away and search for Leo. She’s only alive because of her son, Eww wants to know if he’s the father. It’s a miracle Sonia still remembers everything that has happened to her so far, I’ve lost track a long time ago.

Dario declares, too, he says that Eww was not the boss, he was. He was paying Tapioca and JLow acted as the hitman. His first job was to kill Augie, who was starting to interfere in the art trafficking, Julia was just an uncomfortable witness. Leo is present for the whole declaration.

Majo and Elisa arrive at the clinic. Majo remembers the teddy bear Renata offered her and Dario’s happiness when he found out the news. She apologizes (to the baby?). The nurse comes to ask if she’s ready.

Cristina comes to Leo’s house, the door was open. Leo is in no mood to chat, asks her to leave. She reminds him she’s a professional therapist, tells him that JLow will be in protected custody because he’s a cop. She did it for Leslie. Leo asks her to stop interfering with his family, she has what she wanted, JLow in jail, him and Elisa separated. Cristina wants to be friends, Leo says it won’t happen. She goes in for an amigo kiss, but he pushes her away. She apologizes, she couldn’t resist the impulse. He asks her who ordered the investigation against JLow, which of the bosses knew about it? She doesn’t answer, but he apparently gets it. I didn’t, what am I missing?

Majo is at home, Elisa puts her to bed, then goes to talk to Ren. Majo remembers how she changed her mind, touches her growing belly and smiles. Poor baby, we couldn’t even see him this morning, he was probably hiding.

Renata wants to know what is going on, she’s upset because Elisa doesn’t trust her. Elisa explains that JLow killed Augie. Ren asks what about Leo, did he know about it? Elisa can’t believe he didn’t, he’s cop, a smart man, how could he not know?? HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW! Caray is in full agreement. Ren doesn’t think he kept this hidden to hurt her. Elisa realizes that she’s more lucid than ever. (Is she?) Ren wants to tell her something because she needs her sister’s help.

Eww is telling Fab that he wants “it” to look like retribution (ajusto de cuentas), blame it on the brother, while Fab continues his plan with Fer – they need the 10 million. Is he planning to have JLow killed in jail?

Sonia arrives in her cell, she’s scared out of her mind. She wants to make a phone call. The guard says she can’t do it now, it’s too late. Sonia asks for a doctor, since she’s having contractions. But the infirmeria is closed now, so she better not bother them – she needs to go to sleep.

Leo asks Teresa about the confrontation with Nieves; Teresa tries to lie that it was just their savings that Nieves stole. Leo doesn’t buy it, says that Clara mentioned a lot of money and the people who killed Nieves are very dangerous. She needs to be careful.

He’s going to see Clara, and Tere runs to the duffel bag – she remembers Leo’s warning while looking at the mucho dinero.

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