Caray, Caray!

Rosa asks Deb about her love life, making Prospi choke on his tea (again). Berta comes to ask about Modesto, Deb is not happy with the guy – it was his fault that she and Catalina fought back in the day. Severiano was such a gentleman, but he kept pursuing her and even as she was such a decent, innocent girl, who would have never gotten involved with a married man, she allowed herself to be seduced by him (Prospi has to admire her acting, since he knows from experience she’s lying through her teeth). And Modesto told Catalina the truth, poor Deb didn’t even know that Severiano was married at first. Then, when people found out what had happened, they all started pointing fingers at her, making her feel so bad she even contemplated suicide. Rosa is very sympathetic, even Bertha is paying attention.

Modesto has a flashback to showing young Juan his new room. The boy is so happy, he starts jumping on the bed.

At Avocados R US, Simon blames Sara some more for their problems, while Mateo is afraid Juan will change completely for Sara. Juan tries to say that Sara offered to pay, but Lucas points out this is NOT her fault, and either way, they are losing all their clients! Simon demands to know what he plans to do, Pedro is right when he says he is losing focus because of Sara. Juan reminds them all he’s done a great amount of business deals while their father was alive and he is the president of the company – who doesn’t like it, is welcome to leave.

Rosa tells Deb she has dinner guests, but it’s nothing important, there is no need for her to be present. When she finds out the Cruz family is coming, Deb wants to attend, just for fun, Prospi dislikes how they both make fun of the in-laws, especially his wife – he used to be poor, too. Rosa says that is in the past, what she’d like to know is why is Deb dating that good for nothing Salvador? All that Deb can say about it is that she’s very happy with her life right now. Prospi is shaking in his boots.

With Pedro back at the meeting, they continue talking about Mr. Henry and how another company could poach him. Juan says they need time, he knows what he’s doing. Lucas is in his corner.

Then Juan changes the subject to telling his brothers they all have to be present tonight for dinner, because Modesto is leaving. Pedro doesn’t think Modesto deserves all the fuss, Juan reminds him why the poor man is going away.

Bea and Tadeo are checking the homework. The boy drew a picture of himself with daddy, he didn’t add her because she works a lot. She promises they will soon go on vacation together.

Dante is on the phone with Deb, telling her Sara wants to sacrifice herself for the company, and Deb promises not to allow it. She asks Dante to find the adoptive documents of the boys, but it’s not that easy for him to do it when he goes to the ranch. But Deb has a meeting with Sara later, she will have to find a way to get her hands on those papers.

Adela is upset with her father for having spilled her secret. The past needs to stay in the past. She asks him to keep his mouth shut, Augie says he knows everyone’s secrets, he knows about Paloma’s mother and Rosa, and now, even about Simon and the accident. Adela is surprised, demands an explanation. Augie is tormented by this secret, so he tells his daughter that Simon left Severiano to die. Adela says this is huge!

Alone in his office, Pedro remembers his last talk with Sara and smiles, but then he flashes back to his mother drinking and gets angry.

Paloma and Simon are chatting, talking about making their engagement official. He says the problems in the company are very serious and they have problems at home, too, with Modesto leaving. It’s because of this that he can’t accompany her the next day. They kiss but stop when Salvador arrives. Simon leaves immediately, Paloma begs her father to stop meddling. Salvador says he loves her more than anything, that’s why he can’t agree to the wedding. Paloma hugs him, asks him to think about her happiness.

It’s night time and Sara is in her room, reading an article on her laptop when Juan knocks on her door. He asks her to come down for dinner, but she’d rather not. She tries to close the door, but he won’t let her. Instead he looks at her with sad puppy eyes, and it’s kind of working on me. He starts talking about her eyes and her lips, she tries to resist him, he adds that he’s sorry about what is happening at work. She says she doesn’t want to talk about that now, and he’s more than happy to oblige, he comes inside and they start kissing.

After a while Sara stops him, she can’t get over how he treated her at the company. He says they don’t have to mix everything, she needs to learn to separate things. But Sara disagrees, he needs to trust that she can do her job well, why would he say that she plans to ruin them? Juan declares that when it comes to business he trusts nobody. Not even the woman you love, Sara asks and when he doesn’t answer, she opens the door for him to leave. You’re an idiot, Juan!

Tadeo is preparing a bag, but hides it when his mom comes to get him downstairs. Tadeo remembers how Cornelio asked him to keep their vacation plans a secret and tells his mom that he was putting some clothes away because he’s gotten too big for them. Bea believe shim.

The Cruz family arrives for dinner and Bertha welcomes them with a lot of fuss, introducing the house like if it was a French Castle. The guests come carrying several pots and pans and the dinner table is very nicely set… for some of the seating, while the other places have plastic dishes. They start making room on the table for their food, just as Rosa arrives, explaining she thought they would feel more comfortable eating from the type of plates they are accustomed to. Bryan protests to such offence and Prospi arrives and asks Bertha to change the plastic to normal plates.

Rosa asks Jess if she doesn’t miss her home, but Jess says she is very happy with Bryan. They sit to eat, with the Cruz family creating the kind of racket you would imagine.

Another dinner table, young boys are eating quietly. Or at least this is how Modesto still sees them and it’s a rather poignant scene. In reality all brothers except for Pedro ask Modesto to reconsider about moving. Modesto says he’s going to live with Salvador for now, Juan offers to help, which upsets Pedro. Juan says he is the one who should fix the situation, gets very mad, especially when Pedro tries to leave the table.

At the Cruz-Millan table, they are all eating cheese and avocados and a few more dishes I don’t recognize. Deb arrives to mock, sits next to Prospi after Brandon makes some room. Alondra and Julieta arrive, too, asking about the dishes. Julieta is happy to eat frijoles, Alondra too, everyone prefers Adela’s dishes to Rosa’s. Deb tries to caress Prospi under the table, but reaches Augustin instead. He says there must be something under the table, wants to look, Prospi gets restless, and some food falls on the table. It’s a circus, even Bertha finds it amusing. Rosa tells Jess she needs to come back home, Jess would rather not talk about this in front of strangers… like Deb. Julieta supports her sister, can’t Deb go live somewhere else?

Deb pretends to be offended, stands up to go see her daughter, one can only hope she leaves for good, Julieta says. Then she makes a toast to Bryan, and they all drink, while Rosa is afraid they will break her glasses. Bryan adds that they will do a big wedding when they have a chance. Bertha agrees, Prospi warns him about making Jess cry, Dulce invites everyone to her Quinze. Rosa is furious she didn’t get to talk, as they all leave the table to go drink some tea.

Juan promised Modesto not to stop him from leaving. Modesto stands (he wanted to serve the food, but Juan doesn’t allow it). He starts talking to each of the men and we get to see the young boys again. He tells Lucas he held him in his arms when he was just a baby; he remembers how he kept Simon warm when he found him in a bassinet in the cold in front of the ranch; Mateo, always so passionate, how many times did he have to tend to his wounds of the flesh, but also those of the heart; Pedro, you only need a lot of love, forgive me for not having been able to fill that void. And Juan… Modesto can’t go on, because he’s crying (I’m not crying, I just have something in my eye). Juan goes to hug him, telling him there is no need for words, they can talk about it when he comes back home. Simon, Lucas and Mateo all go to hug Modesto, too, while Pedro looks on upset.

A bit later, Modesto is leaving the house. He hugs Lucas, then Mateo and Simon, telling them he loves them. Juan, who is full on crying, is the last to say good bye, while Pedro still looks on, from the study door, before going inside. Modesto has another look at the ranch and then he leaves. Outside he cries some more. Simon, who is waiting to take him to Salvador’s, hugs him again.

Inside the house, Juan goes to talk to Pedro. Lucas asks him not to fight again. Juan asks Pedro what does he have against Modesto and Pedro says he doesn’t like the fact that he’s just like their father, they both worship him. He could never be as good as Juan. Juan calls him selfish, dad loved you, too, and they need to work together.

What’s the point since dad left only you in charge? Pedro asks. I hate Modesto because he reminds me that you are the only heir to dad’s love.

Juan calls him a cynical, what he did to Cornelio was awful, he was like a brother to him. Pedro doesn’t care, says they can always hire a cook, but Juan promises one day he will pay for what he did to Modesto.

At the bar, Salvador asks Cornelio to stop drinking. Cornelio agrees, since he has important things to do the next day. Salvador asks him to come work for him, but Cornelio says no, his life will be somewhere else. He evades more questions, then he gets a call from Deb, his accomplice, who got him a truck.

Jess thanks Rosa for dinner, says she’d like to have them over at her new house one day. Julieta is happy to come, Rosa goes “God forbid”, but Prospi says it will be an honor. Rosa says a dinner doesn’t make them family, Jess points out she’d rather hang out with a perfect stranger like Deb and reject her husband! Adela says it’s time to leave, the Cruz family starts saying goodbye. Rosa asks Jess to stay the night, she says no, Prospi asks for the frijoles recipe, even Bertha makes friends with Brandon.

Deb has come to see Sara. What’s the story of Pedro being in love with you? Sara think he’s only competing with Juan, but he can cause her even more problems. Deb says soon enough their year together will be over and she can even go back to Esteban if she wants. But Sara is reluctant about never seeing that guy again, she loves Juan. Deb says Juan will abandon her just like Severiano did with her; she has to think about the inheritance.

Someone calls Deb, but she doesn’t want to answer, because it can only be Prospero, her business partner, wanting to throw her out of the house. Sara asks if something else is going on with Prospero and Deb admits they are lovers.

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