Caray, Caray!

Princess Juju was unable to join us, so here is little bit of this and that from last night.

--Chole reads Olga the riot act.   If she hears that she is bothering Natalia, she is out.

--Chente thought that Granny Magos was delirious from the anesthesia talking about a novio. She tells him that Heliiodoro  ended up being the joy of her mornings and her nights . . . those nights! Chente is visibly uncomfortable and says she doesn't have to say anymore.  She makes it clear that she is not going to be pulling any old man's oxygen tank for him. Since Heliodoro  is younger,  Chente is worried he could be taking advantage of her. No way! She likes her men strong and vigorous so they can keep up with her. Chente is worried about his intentions. Granny Magos doesn't take too kindly to that and wonders who asked him for his opinion anyway??? or his permission???  

--Granny Magos has Heliodoro running a mystery errand. It involves him having brought her some papers from her home. She is going to get together with him tomorrow to look them over and then she wants him to go back to their town and take care of business ASAP. It is urgent. 

--Chente is still all shook up having dreams and nightmares about Natalia.  

--Vale invites Mario to spend the night. He refuses saying he wants to take things more slowly.

THE PARTY:

--Omar asks for Andrea's hand in marriage. Of course she accepts. 

--2XJosé comes all decked out in the style of his neighborhood. Regina asks him why he came dressed like that. Everyone notices him and makes snide comments about his clothes. Claudio assures Adrián that he will take care of 2XJosé. He manages to sideline 2XJosé (who doesn't drink)  and guilts him into having a celebratory shot for his appointment as ambassador to Germany.  2XJosé is easily encouraged to drink more and once drunk and his inhibitions are  gone, he tells everyone off for how they have treated him and is branded a persona non grata by all. 

Connie talks Tavo into getting back together so she can more easily adopt a child. 

Natalia gets "schnookered" into helping Adrián who is evidently running a fever due to an infection and takes him to the hospital to get checked out.  It is the least she can do since he got shot defending  her.

SEVERAL WEEK TIME JUMP

Regina talks to Natalia about  having the final rehearsal for her quince.  She wants nothing to do with 2XJosé at the quince.  He will NOT be a chambelán. 

Chente lectures a still despondent 2XJosé about staying away from alcohol and being the best he can be when 2X says he wants to leave the prep school he is attending. He is all broken up about Regina. 2X adds  that  that maybe Chente should follow his own advice about alcohol considering the mess  he got into with Olga after drinking too much. 

--Omar and Andrea find out that the baby is a boy. 

--Ben never wants to miss  Natalia and wonders why Chente is never  when she comes around to cook with JuanGa. 

--Connie stops by Chole's asking if she knows who the father of the baby is. She suspects that it could belong to many men. Chole says it can only be Tavo since she never cheated on him like others did (aka Connie) . . . Connie calls her a slut anyway and informs her that Tavo came begging for her to take him back. Chole tells her that now she sees that Tavo is just as rotten as she is. 

--Natalia is living at Adrián's. He says he could have lost his life to the infection he picked up. He thanks Natalia for taking care of him all of this time. Natalia wants the divorce. He wants her to rethink it and maybe salvage their marriage. He wants the chance to win her heart. If things do not work, then they can get a divorce and go their own way.  He goes to kiss her but  she is saved by the  bell.  SURPRISE!  it is Vero who had to see it for her own eyes when she heard that Natalia was living with Adrián again. She knows she has been there precisely for two weeks. To Natalia's wonder, she asks  how she is getting her info but Vero isn't talking.  She suggests that Adrián will be real good at "buying" her back.   Natalia says she isn't for sale. Vero says he is really poor at buying gifts but she on the other hand, she  isn't. She waves to a minion who brings in a huge bouquet of yellow roses. Natalia calls for Adrián and starts to leave. He insists that she stay because Vero has  no business being there. Natalia answers that since his lover is back, she can take care of him. Adrián tries to get her to change her mind.  Vero laughs at it all and says she must have mistakenly arrived early.  Adrián doesn't know what she is talking about. She understood that Natalia wasn't going to be home so she would never know. Adrián says it is a lie. He grabs Vero's arm and tells her to get out. She warns him to to treat her that way.  He tells her she is the worst mistake he made in his life and pushes her out of the door. Natalia tells Adrián that she remembers the same yellow roses that filled their home with bitterness the night he left. She remembers throwing the roses on the floor after reading his letter and feeling so humiliated and mocked. Adrián only  wants to start fresh and heal all the old wounds. She picks up a rose and tears off the petals. She asks him to tell her what is left of the rose to be able to flower again. This is all that is left of their love and 20 years of marriage. It is just a stem with thorns. She throws it on the  table. 

CLOSING SCENE:

--Olga calls out to Chente on the street. She says she has been feeling sort of sick lately. She went to the doctor and they did a bunch of tests. He asks what is wrong with her. Olga doesn't want to jump the gun as to a diagnosis. . . Chente says he doesn't understand. She assures him that he will. He hopes it is nothing serious. She says she hopes it won't be serious for him, anyway and walks away. Chente is left looking concerned. 

FIN

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