Caray, Caray!

Apparently the mission of Mau & Ren was scrubbed after failing to achieve liftoff. She tells him everything is still wonderful; their love was bound to be "different." Def true that.

Elisa wakes up in Leo's jacket and gets her hand-delivered Starbucks from the nurse. She takes a deep breath of Leo/leather/coffee and smiles to herself. 

Clara holds Majo's hand and tells her she will always be with her. Majo says they are the best of just-friends. That's good enough for Clara, who is just happy she knows someone who isn't dead.

Sonia's baby is delivered by four gung-ho docs with Ren looking on from the observation area. Sonia looks as happy as we have ever seen her, which isn't saying much. The baby looks like an actual newborn. Where do they rent these damp infants?

The maid spills to Vic & Elisa about Mau & Ren's slumber party. Vic remarks that her daughters sure do pick a bunch of losers, then she & El go back to arguing about Eu and all the Very Important Papers he got Vic to sign. Vic says if he did betray her, he'll find out what she's capable of. El gives her a fierce little look. 

Leo's forgettable boss tells him they've got someone undercover in Eugenio's operation. 

Sonia watches through the observation window as her baby has a respiratory crisis in the incubator. She starts screaming and Eu grabs her from behind and claps his hand over her mouth.

Ren shows up at the hospital to gush to Majo that she's getting her baby today! She finally notices the horrified looks on Majo & Clara and realizes her faux pas. "Too soon...? Oh, I know! We'll share the baby!" Girl gets nuttier every day.

Fab intercepts Fer & Juanito as they wheel their bags out of the hotel. "How did I find you? Well, your friend Alfonso is a coward." He turns to the cab driver. "This trip is canceled." 

Vic shows up at Eu's place dressed like a mafiosa, which suits her way better than those dresses made out of the curtains. He asks her why she's acting so butch. (Pssst...I think she's just realized she's taller than he is.) She questions him firmly. He asks what she's accusing him of, and she asks what he's guilty of. He goes all sugar daddy and pops out a necklace. She says let's get married ASAP, but she doesn't look happy about it. (Who would?)

Tere & Sara find Leslie's bed empty and go completely nutso trying to find her all over town, but they are doomed to failure as she & Carlos are currently on a plane to Acapulco. (Did she at least have the sense to grab the shoebox so Carlos doesn't get a big bill?) Clara lies to cover for her.

Adri sets up a blind date between El & Leo at her place. Leo is predictably goo-goo-eyed, but Elisa just want to return his jacket...and admit that he was right about Eu all along. She tells him about the Very Important Papers, the Panamanian shell company, and the fact that Cristina is working for Eu. Leo tells her they have a guy so far into Eu's operation that no one has even heard of him until ultimos capitulos. 

Fab takes Fer back to the apartment and sends poor, mute Juanito down to the lobby all by himself to "wait." He puts his hands over his little ears like a baby raccoon. Fab locks Fernanda in the apartment and won't let her out until she signs the $10 mil over...to his father. (Seriously? Is he that stupid? Oh, just forget I asked.)

Elisa calls Leo at the station, but he pretends the line is bugged so he has an excuse to go and see her. (The number of non-liars is now down to Mauricio, the Cantu maid, Juanito, and Sonia's baby.) The less-than-dynamic duo plan to set a trap for Eu by pretending that a particularly valuable antiquity is about to come onto the black market. Leo keeps edging closer, but Elisa firmly tells him they are allies, nothing more.

Eu pays for a covert DNA test and discovers that the baby is his. He doesn't look particularly happy -- maybe he's thinking about how long it takes to train up a little thug from puppyhood. 

Piedad rolls into the garden to visit Vicky, who tells the maid to leave them alone. (Alone with Vic? In a wheelchair? Piedad really is fearless...but the two of them are wearing perfectly color-coordinated outfits, which I believe is a secret message from wardrobe that they are now on the same side.) Piedad shows Vic photos of her and Eu, Eu holding baby Dario, etc. But she clinches it by telling her that she used to have money, but Eu bled her dry and then started abusing her. He did the same to Fabricio's Mom. (All the while a dramatic staircase is perfectly framed behind them, so the cameraman must be in on the secret messaging, too. Maybe the whole crew ran the writers out in disgust.) "Dario is unstoppable now," Piedad warns Vicky, whom we can only hope will be caught in the crossfire.

Chris meets up with Eu at the hideout. She wants her money; he wants something else first. They climb into the back of the limo, and I feel the urgent need to go and gargle. When I get back, Mario is surveilling the building from the street. He calls Adri, and she tells him to be careful. "Yeah, yeah," he says. Do I detect a little swagger? Is our Dormouse about to become Mighty Mouse?

Elisa confronts Fab at the office. "Do you really love me? Really really? Then resign the directorship." He hems and haws and makes a million lame excuses. She pulls an Eugenio and tells him she has declared war, and he's either with her or against her. He finally agrees. She advises him to take good care of Juanito: his father is capable of anything. 

JL calls Piedad and gives her the secret code to transfer money to Dario. She tells him to relay the message that she is totally on board with Dario's plans. I guess the grandchild-icide finally pushed her over the moral edge. 

Eu lets Ren hold the baby and proceeds to brainwash her further, claiming that her mother & sisters will make up any kind of story about him in order to take her baby away. She willingly slurps up all the Kool-Aid and tells him that he will always be "the best man in the world" to her. Guacala.

Fab marches into Fer's apartment and demands to know why she hasn't transferred the money and how did she get the door open, anyway? She says she called a locksmith, duh, and she isn't giving over any money because she doesn't believe he'll return Juanito anyway. He threatens to kill her and storms out. Adri emerges from the dark hallway with a tape recorder in her hand.

Elisa answers the phone Clara left in the hospital...it's Carlos, saying Leslie is muy mal in Acapulco and needs her medicine. Elisa dashes over to Casa Velasco, but not before scoring two plane tickets for her & Leo. Sara & Tere are so relieved that Les has been found that it doesn't seem to occur to them that maybe they should be the ones going to Acapulco. Either that or they're just a couple of yentas who love a good "only-one-room-at-the-hotel" setup.

Adri & Mario share a glass of vino at her place. He tells her he's still in love with her. She firmly friendzones him once again. Sigh. 

Eu & Cris return to his place, where he is surprised to find Vic sitting on the sofa. "Why?" she points out. "I live here, too." She sends Eu down to the wine cellar so she and Cris can talk "woman to woman." Cris looks legitimately worried, but for now Vic just wants to play with her. "How long have you known my fiance? Too bad about you and Leo...he's back together with Elisa, didn't you know? They're totally in love. So when are you re-arresting Sonia?"

Beach Doc tells Leo & El that he gave Leslie a double-dose of morphine and she's resting comfortably. She doesn't have much time, but if they give her a hypo of eye-opener in the morning, she should be good to hit the sand. 

Carlos says he'll stay with her, and they tell him to call their room if he needs anything...so there was only one room after all. Oh, God, does that mean we get the song again???

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