Caray, Caray!

 1. As Chente sits down to play a board game with Ben, JuanGa and 2XJosé, Olga comes calling at the gate. A displeased Chente tries to "nicely" get rid of her saying that he and his buddies are playing a board game and physically blocks her from snaking her way in. He adds that they are having "family moment." He thanks her for trying ton help. She gets the message and assures him she will be back again to see if they need anything . . . (sure . . . )

2. Natalia thanks Mario forgiving them a place to stay. He will keep her copy of the criminal complaint she made so her daughters do not see it. He will send a taxi to pick them all up tomorrow and insists on giving her some money for breakfast for her and her children. 

3. Connie puts on the ruby necklace and likes how it looks on her!

4. Andrea has "good" news for her mother. She and Omar made up.  Omar and an apartment in  Polanco and has invited them ALL to come and stay. Natalia tries to explain to  daughter Andrea the Brat that they can to stay there because  The apartment doesn't belong to Omar. It belongs to his father who just kicked them out of their home.  Natalia tells her daughters that they are going to stay with Mario for a few weeks until she can find them a new home. Andrea the Brat voices her disgust asking if she is going to do the same thing with that her father did with Verónica and be lovers with Mario.  Natalia slaps Andrea the Brat. (Yes! I enjoyed it!) 

5. Adrián and  Verónica are going at it hot and heavy when he calls her "NATALIA".  (whoopsie!)

6. Natalia got Andrea the Brat's attention because she actually shut up and looks to be in a state of shock!! Her mother never hit her before!!. Natalia explains that she went way over the limit. She is her mother and will not take her rude and disrespectful comments. Natalia has noticed that Andrea the Brat never misses the chance to make this very complicated situation even worse. She goes on to explain to hare brained  Andrea the Brat ONE MORE  TIME why they cannot go to Omar's. Regina tries to make a comment. Andrea calls her stupid to shut her up and Natalia has to tell her that she won't talking like that to her sister. The discussion is over. They are staying with Mario. 

7. Verónica asks Adrián if he misses his wifey because if he does, he can go back to her. Adrián insists that Verónica is the only woman for him. Adrián (actually) tries to blame Verónica for him calling her "Natalia" because she is always bringing her up/ He states if he is there, it is because he chose her over Natalia. He even gave up his daughters. Verónica reminds him if he does go back to Mexico, he will end up in jail.  He wants to talk more, she is done and tells him to find somewhere else to sleep that night. ('Nuf said)

8. The next morning, Chente is having a hard time making breakfast. (ever hear of a pot holder?)

9. Natalia is at Mario's using the money he gave her to make a  breakfast for him and her kids as a way of thanking him.  At the table when Mario asks if everything is okay, Andrea the Brat has to complain about there being only one bed for the three of them. As Mario offers to buy an inflatable mattress,  Natalia says they will make do with what he has. Natalia stalks off. 

10. Chente serves Ben some eggs he finally managed to cook. When Ben cannot eat them, he has to admit he cannot stand his own cooking. They will grab something on the way to a therapist. 

11. Regina wants to support her mother however she can.

12. Andrea the Brat is in the bedroom complaining to Omar about staying at Mario's.  He tells her that anytime she wants to leave, she can count on him. Andrea the Brat has a plan that she knows will send her mother to run screaming out of this place. She won't tell him her plan but assures him they will be living with him at his apartment. 

13. Tania drops in to see her brother and is not pleased to see that Natalia is staying with him.  Natalia tries to explain her situation but Tania is not in any mood for "martyrs." Mario says it is his apartment and his decision. Tania says if that is the case, he can forget about counting on her for anything. Natalia is taking advantage of him.  (I sure hope he finds out that she chose Verónica over him sooner rather than later) 

14. Chente and Ben visit the therapist. She assures him that Ben will talk to them again in his own time. 

15. Mario comes to the shop.  Valentina is taken and does her best to make a good impression. She offers to make him a cup of coffee as he waits for Gus. 

16. The therapist explains to Chente that Ben is suffering from PTSD. They will find a way of communicating with him by watching his reactions to situations and people (YES! That means OLGA!) .

17. Mario decides he is going to take his car to show it to a possible buyer. Valentina INSISTS on going with him to help in the  negotiations.  BTW, one of the "stoopid" (thanks,  Jardinera) mechanics sees this all happen. 

18. Chole is working on JuanGa's hair. He asks her what is wrong. She complains about being tired because Olga doesn't do anything. JuanGa thinks it is because Gus' wife found them together. JuanGa doesn't know why she doesn't choose him instead. He is single and available.   

19. Natalia is at Adrián's company where she is meeting with Enrique Peralta a specialist  accountant of her own.  She is asking that he go over ALL of the accounting files so that they can find out where Adrián put all of the money. They have to do something to get the money he embezzled back. 

20. As they drive along, Mario asks Valentina why she became a mechanic. She suggests they get some tacos and then she will tell him. 

21. Tania shows up at the company and is not happy to see Natalia there. Natalia says they have  to find out what happened to all of the money that Adrián and Verónica stole. Tania thinks it will be impossible since they didn't leave a trace.  Natalia asks her for the passcodes so they can get into the computers and financial records. Tania refuses to give them to her.  Natalia decides that they will the to wait for Mario to arrive then. The office assistant tells Natalia that Chente is there to see her. 

22.  THOUGHT BUBBLE over Tania's head: Natalia isn't going to ruin my plans!!!

23. Valentina assists Mario in trying to negotiate a good price for his car by feeding the prospective buyer all of the technical info on the car. . Unfortunately, the buyer will not budge on the price. She says they will take it elsewhere and get what they want. 

24. Chente emotionally tells Natalia how hard he and his wife  worked to come up with money to make payments on the  house and all of the hopes and dreams they had for it. He doesn't think there is any way that Natalia could possibly understand what that house means to him.  He is ready to fight for it and has brought the contract and payment receipt.  When she sees the final page of the agreement he made with Adrián, she has to tell him that the contract is illegitimate. Somebody else signed her name as the owner of the property. That is not her signature. 

25. JuanGa comes in with 2XJosé and see that Mario's car is gone. The "stoopid" mechanic who saw Mario drive off with Valentina is asleep in a car in the garage, so he cannot be of any help in  this "stoopid" scene. Gus arrives and JuanGa tells him that Valentina must have stolen Mario's car. She had the keys! She could be in Acapulco already!  . . (okay "stoopid" also means  no idea of time or distance)

26. Natalia explains to Chente that her husband defrauded many people and that is not just him and her. He insists he made monthly payments on the house. Well, Natalia never received them. She has to tell him again that the agreement isn't legal because of the signature not being hers. That being said, she is the owner listed on the deed so she is the owner of the house where he is  living.  Chente takes that as a threat. Nobody is going to kick him out of his house. She tells him that she understands better than he knows. She herself was evicted from her own home and her belongings ended up on the street. They treated her like a criminal. Chente asks if that is what she has planned for him. She has only seen his good side and warns her that she doesn't want to see not even one bit of his bad side. Natalia accuses him of threatening her now. She tells him to calm down because there is no other way to deal with this. The only reason he was not evicted was that her name was on the deed. All properties her husband owned have already been seized. 

27. Valentina and Mario return to the garage with the car. Mystery solved! The "stoopid" mechanic is still sleeping. 

28. Natalia assures Chente she wold never be so cruel as to put him out on the street. She wants to help him but wants to come up with a new agreement and sign it with a lawyer. Chente isn't happy that he could have to start paying for his house all over again. She is willing to have him pay just what is owed. He doesn't think that is fair to her and suggests they could split what he has already paid which was a down payment and monthly payments. She insists that he pay only what he owes. That is enough. He thanks her addressing her as "señora." She tells him to call her what her friends call her :  "Natalia." (Oo lah lah!)

29. Fernanda visits Connie and Samia who are having lunch together. Fernanda asks how Connie could have closed the doors of her home to her own sister. Connie lies and says her sister never asked her for any help.  Fernanda doesn't know how Samia cold have allowed Elias to evict Natalia and her family. Samia lies saying she tried so hard to change Elías'  mind but couldn't. Fernanda isn't buying either of the stories from the "great" sister or  the "best" friend. Fernanda  leaves telling them they can talk about her now. (I like Fernanda!) 

30.  Chente asks to which account should he be making his house payments each month. She asks him whose name is on the account. He has no idea. The receipts only have an account number(?) and the number of a financial institution. She asks him to loan her one of the receipts. She will return it to him at the contact signing. She thanks him. He thanks her from the bottom of his heart. They shake on it and smile at each other. 

31. As they wait for Mario to arrive, Natalia asks the accountant  to investigate the payment receipt. It has to be linked to a bank abroad? or will it give them some other clue?

32. Connie and Samia both agree that Adriana and Omar should not be dating.  Samia assures her that her husband is taking care of that really "irrelevant"  topic already. 

33. Omar comes home to  "his" apartment and is surprised to see his father there. Elías asks his son if he has forgotten that the apartment belongs to him???  Elías thinks that the real question is what Omar is doing there???  Elías reminds him that the apartment was supposed to be a gift to him AFTER he finished his studies in London. Omar offers to come back home to live. Elías tells him that is not necessary or possible. His mother has taken his room and is making it  into her yoga room. Elias prefers no to not rock  the boat .Elías informs him that he can continue living there under two conditions:  1. when vacation is over, he will go back to England and finish studying for his career.  2. nobody except  him can live at the apartment. (Uh, oh!)  Elías also offers his son  a piece of advice. Andrea will never have a place in the Haddad family. At his age, he should be enjoying  the apartment as his bachelor pad. Elías gives Omar some spending money and asks him to call his mother once in a while. (a universal plea to young adults?) She loves him. 

34. Andrea the Brat goes to her school and suffers the ridicule of her classmates.  When she goes into a classroom, she sees a message written especially for her on the whiteboard: "It smells like poverty in here." Everyone laughs. Andrea the Brat looks at the cruel texts  to her on her phone. She cries and runs out. (WAH!!!!)

35. Regina has embraced the change and takes the initiative to find out about enrolling in a public school. She arrives the school and is recording the  whole interaction because she wants to be a journalist. 

36. Valentina confronts JuanGa about accusing her of stealing the car. He tries to blame 2XJosé but she doesn't believe him. She tells him not to mess with her because she is dangerous. She fakes him out and he jumps thinking she is going to hit him below the belt so to speak. 

37. Okay, Chente doesn't work at the garage but at an auto supply shop because that is where he gets to talk to Gus when he stops by.  Chente cannot believe that his sister-in-law got evicted. Gus says he wanted to help her to but her sister refused. Chente  is sorry to have to say it BUT his wife isn't really very "good people." Gus says everyone has their faults.  Chente is concerned because his wife Connie doesn't give him his place and respect that he deserves. Chente knows that when respect is gone, so is the relationship. Gus admits he hasn't been in love with Connie  for a long time. Chente thinks since there are no kids, he should go find his happiness somewhere else. Gus tells him the problem is that he never could give Connie a baby but  she never left him because of it. She saved him  when he was about to lose his garage. Chente asks how can Gus ever forget that when she constantly reminds him.  Gus sees it all as his fault. 

38. (News travels quickly in a  seemingly deserted office of a defunct company.) Tania confronts Natalia about her finding evidence of a seemingly unknown bank account. Natalia says the accountant is dealing with it.  Tania would like to help . . . (I bet). Natalia asks how??? Well, Tania would also like to know where all of her money went. She  wants to save her brother from  jail in case he is accused of  a case of fraud that he never committed. Natalia agrees but  is suspicious and asks why she didn't give her the pass codes when she asked her for them????  Tania starts talking about how if things are not resolved, it will be best for  Mario to leave the country and disappear . . .  Mario comes in looking confused by what he might just have heard. (HMMMM. . . . )

FIN

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