Caray, Caray!

In his drunken haze, Mateo accuses Juan of having stolen the love of his life.

Juan asks what he’s talking about, but then gets distracted when he notices the bottle of wine. Simon has no clue about it, so Juan asks Lucas to call for Modesto. Mateo tells Juan he never wanted to betray him, and Simon tries to get him to shut up. Modesto arrives to say he took out all the alcohol from the house, so Simon asks if he searched for Deborah’s room, too. He hasn’t, so Juan and Simon leave in a huff.

Cornelio threatens Pedro with a gun, accusing him of attempted murder, but Pedro easily grabs the gun, removes some of the bullets, and spins the cylinder. He then hands Cornelio the gun and forces him to point it at him – a good old game of Russian Roulette, played in the middle of the town. While doing all of this, he also tries to “encourage” Cornelio by saying that if he were to kill him, he would deprive Tadeo of his father, too.

Cornelio moves the gun away from Pedro’s body and shots into the pavement (it would have fired, which startles Pedro), saying that he won’t risk going to jail and have Tadeo lose his dad, that much is true. Pedro says he’d be so happy if Cornelio died today and they get into it over who is more pitiful, with Pedro mentioning how he should thank Cornelio for freeing him from Beatriz. Cornelio raises the gun to Pedro again, this time to his chin, with Pedro encouraging him to fire (how many bullets has he removed?)

Sara is visiting with Bea (Paloma is also there). Bea wants to know about Sara’s life, did she really come to the ranch for the money? And how does she really feel about Juan, Paloma asks? These women barely know one another, but they’re already getting into very intimate conversations… women bonding, I guess… Sara says she only wanted to meet her brothers at first and tries to play the fool about Juan for a bit, but she eventually admits she felt something special for him from day 1.

The girls then ask about her relationship with her father and Sara explains that he never took care of her as a father. Then she imagines what she would have told him if she had the chance. In her make believe fantasy Severiano apologizes and tells her to forget about her feelings for Juan, because she will get hurt. She asks what can she do then, and Seve says that if she can’t let go, then she has to fight for him with everything that she’s got. Then Seve, the Wise Ghost disappears and Sara starts to cry, while Bea and Paloma comfort her.

Juan and Simon find Deborah downstairs and go off on her, accusing her of having given the wine to Mateo. Deb plays dumb, of course, she’s even drinking a tea right now because there is no more wine in the house. This makes Simon lose it and he starts dragging her out of the house. Juan interferes and stops Simon, but eventually asks Deb to wait outside while he investigates if she is really guilty and decides what he has to do. She warns they can’t push her around and expect her not to fight back. Juan insists she needs to get out.

Rosa and Bertha talk about Salvador and Prospero being good friends, a relatonship Rosa disapproves of. Bertha mentions how men always cover for one another, so maybe Salvador was covering for Prospi. She also suggests they go check that place out. Jamas! Rosa declares.

Outside the house Deb calls Dante to tell him she was kicked out. She’s furious with the brothers, but also with Sara, she can’t even reach her to complain.

Speaking of, Sara is still with her insta besties, Paloma and Bea, this time talking about how the three of them have been raised: Sara without a father, Paloma without a mother and Bea without any of her parents. The bonding is interrupted by Cornelio storming in and dragging a sleeping Tadeo from his bed. The women try to stop him, but Sara sees Cornelio has a gun and gets scared. After Cornelio leaves with the child in his arms, Sara warns Bea about the gun and Bea drops to the floor, bawling.

Back in Mateo's room, Modesto and Lucas are putting him back to bed, when Juan arrives to tell his brother what he's doing is not OK. Mateo completely loses it, does Juan think what he is doing is better? Juan is confused, so Mateo accuses him of stealing Julieta from him. Lucas and Simon try to drag Juan away, but he pushes them back and demands an explanation from Mateo. And that he gets: Mateo says Julieta is the love of his life and he, Juan, stole her from him. QUEL ESCANDALO!

Bea is afraid Cornelio will do something to Tadeo, while both Paloma and Sara try to get her to calm down. Paloma assures her Cornelio would never harm the boy, but Bea wants to call the police. Sara tells Paloma to go check at the bar, see if Cornelio didn’t take Tadeo over there. If that won’t be the case, they can call the cops in the morning (were this a real kidnapping, the morning would be a bit late, me thinks). Paloma leaves and Sara sticks around to take care of a hysterical Beatriz.

Juan doesn’t get what Mateo is saying about Julieta, they never even dated. Yes, they have, Mateo declares, but Juan never realized it because he was too focused on his work. And all that he’s ever tried to do was protect his big brother, their leader… But he can’t do it anymore. Juan asks why did he hide this from him and Mateo says Julieta never loved him as much as she did Juan. Simon adds his unrequested opinion, blaming Juan of being oblivious to how much pain Mateo is experiencing because he is so wrapped up in everything concerning Sara. Juan pushes Simon, realizing he knew about this, wants to know who else was in the know. Lucas and Modesto sure were. Mateo adds that he is a loser, he lost the woman he loved and Juan stole her from him. Simon asks him to breathe deeply, try to avoid an anxiety attack. Juan storms off and Modesto adds that had Juan known about his relationship with Julieta, he would have never pursued her. Mateo still feels guilty for having betrayed his brother. The man is a whiny mess, which complimenets his dullness so well. 

Deb is still outside when Pedro arrives and she tells him her version of why she’s there. If they want to go to war, she’s up for it. Pedro mocks her, but Deb warns that Sara might just want a family, but not her. Pedro calls her a bitch and walks away.

Juan gets to the study, screeching his teeth, talking to Severiano’s portrait about not being able to handle things anymore.

All of Adela’s flowers from the shop are now in the house. Very sad dinner talk among the family. Augie mentions his confrontation with Rosa, and Adela gets more upset. Dulce and Brandon talk about the app they created to sell flowers around town. They end up on a positive note, feeling happy they have love and health, that’s all they need. Brandon offers to help out, but Adela wants him to continue with school. He promises he will work hard to be a good man and so does Bryan.

Later Adela tells Bryan and Augie she is worried about Brandon dropping out of school. But she is very excited to see how the new flower app will work. Adela promises she will take great care of how she spends their money and Augie will help her find a new shop. United forever.

Lucas, Simon and Modesto are still trying to get Mateo to sober up, when Pedro arrives to ask what happened. He finds out Juan and Julieta used to date, asks Mateo why did he keep the fact that they were lovers a secret. Mateo says they were never lovers, Modesto asks Pedro to stop torturing his brother. Pedro asks if he tried to kill himself for Juli and Mateo admits it. Pedro is almost impressed with how clever Juli turned out to be, playing with both brothers. Mateo tries to defend her, while Modesto asks Pedro to stop making things worse than they already are. Things are already the worst, Pedro declares. The Patio agrees and we’re all here for it.

Bea is trying to call Cornelio, again, but his phone is still off. She feels guilty, asks the Virgen to forgive and help her, she’s so sorry. Paloma calls to say that she found Cornelio and Tadeo, who is already peacefully asleep (it took some work, but Paloma managed to calm him down). Bea wants to go get him, but Paloma thinks it’s better not to wake up the child yet again, wait for the morning, she will take good care of Tadeo in the meantime. Bea is torn, she has never been away from her child, but understands this is the last thing Tadeo needs. Sara offers to stay with Bea, but Bea is too sad, she’d rather be alone, it wouldn’t be the first time she ends up crying and all alone.

And it’s a good thing that Sara leaves, because another drama is waiting for her at the ranch. She finds Deb outside and gets an earful about what happened. Simon threw her to the ground, treated her like a dog and Juan? No, he didn’t defend her, they are all a bunch of unscrupulous machos. Sara gets very upset, goes inside the house, screaming for the brothers to show up. Simon, Pedro and Lucas come down the stairs and they get into it. This is her house, too, Sara states, they don’t have the right to throw her mother out. She asks to talk to Juan (he’s still in the study, looking ruffled). Pedro explains that Juan should be left alone now, poor thing just found out Mateo and Julieta have been involved.

Simon is not happy Pedro shared private information about their family. Sara says she’s not going anywhere since this is also her home, Simon should be the one to leave if he’s so unhappy. Simon says she is finally showing her true self and while she is defending Deb, Juan joins the party, asking what is going on. Sara asks why did they throw Deb out, that was not their deal. Juan says deals go both ways and Deb broke the agreement to respect the rules in the house when she gave Mateo a bottle of wine. This is news for Pedro, too, who threatens Deb. Deb says it wasn’t her, Mateo found the wine by himself, he’s an alcoholic. Sara asks the brothers to stop messing with her mother but Juan insists that if she was the one who gave Mateo the alcohol, she will have to leave the house. Sara looks at her mother with distrust, she obviously realizes Deb is capable of doing that and worse.

Rosa is still feeling bad, so Bertha suggests they check out the invitation list for the wedding. Rosa only cares about the “well to do guests”, then calls for Prospi to get his list of people he wants to invite at the wedding, but finds out from Julieta he's not home. She wants to talk to her mother in private. She tells her she needs her so much, she can’t stand Sara anymore, she is getting closer and closer to Juan.

Rosa comforts Julieta in her own way, too much crying will ruin that lovely porcelain face. Juli asks for some real TLC, but Rosa thinks she shouldn’t worry, soon enough she will marry Juan, have a splendid honeymoon, live at the ranch as a queen, have some babies… What more can she want? Juli wishes that were true, but she’s not so sure about it. Rosa repeats how bad crying can be for the skin, Juli could wake up with big swollen eyes. To sleep now! But Julieta doesn’t look comforted at all.

Dante arrives and Deb explains she was the one to call to ask if the brothers can threaten to throw her out. Juan declares Dante is being paid by the Del Monte family and has to protect their interests, or else he will get fired, isn’t that right? Dante has no other option but to agree, he’s only here to explain to Deb she has no power in this house. This rubs Deb the wrong way, especially when Dante reaffirms his loyalty to Severiano and his sons. Sara says she is giving her mother the power in the house and since the lawyer is here, maybe he could explain if the men can become violent to women just like that.

Looking fed up with the whole thing, Juan declares that nobody else in the house is ever allowed to put a hand on Deborah or any other woman. And asks Simon to apologize. Simon would rather leave the house, which enrages Juan and prompts Pedro to ask him to apologize, too – no more fighting between the brothers! Simon says “disculpe” but I think he’d rather burn off one of his many turtlenecks than actually feel sorry for what he did.

Brandon and Dulce are in town, walking and talking about his father’s abandonment. The guy left when he was very young, he will never forgive him. Then they talk about both being single and we can see that Brandon has some compliments scribbled on his hand – he tells them to Dulce and asks her to be his girlfriend. She accepts.

When they are alone, Sara asks Deb if she gave Mateo the wine. She denies it, Simon made it all up, the adoptados would be capable of anything to get her out of the house. Sara doesn’t think Simon would go this far, but Deb thinks he’s crazy, he’s no psychologist, he’s a psychopath (heh). Sara begs her mother to behave, this is turning out to be so much harder than she thought. Why isn’t she going back to their apartment, now that the debs are paid? No, Deb has to stand by her daughter, protect her.

Propsi arrives to talk to Deborah. Sara is surprised, what about? Prospi says it’s personal and Sara gets that something is off. Deb explains to Sara that she and DON Prospero (LOL) had a meeting scheduled and she forgot to mention it to her. They are going to talk about their future partnership. Sara asks with what money, Deb says she has a financial strategy in place. Prospi confirms this is why they are meeting and Deb invites him to go talk in the study. Sara would rather they take it elsewhere, Juan might get upset, but Deb says it will only be a second. She won’t walk on eggshells all day long because of Juan. And off their go to the Dearly Departed’s sainted office.

Salvador thinks Cornelio should take Tadeo back to his mom. Cornelio is feeling bad, he still loves Bea; Salvador asks him to look at how much Paloma is hurting without her mother, should Tadeo go through the same thing? Cornelio can’t forget her betrayal, but he still loves his wife, why can’t Bea just ask him for his forgiveness? (Dude is delusional) Salvador says such betrayal can’t be forgiven, Bea needs to pay for what she’s done, just like his wife has (Huh??). And the well-meaning uncle turns into a bug eyed nutso in the split of a second.

Juan is paying a midnight visit to Julieta. He demands to know what happened between her and Mateo and why would she keep it hidden? Did she cheat on him? Juli says they were together long before she and Juan ever got involved, but Juan doesn’t want to hear it, he says they are done. This would seem like a stretch in normal circumstances, but since they were already on a break and he’s probably looking for a way out anyway...

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