Caray, Caray!

 FYI  Capítulo 31's notes will be posted sometime on Saturday. It could be later in the afternoon. 

Now on with #30.  

The Appetizer--

* Sara and Pedro are at the Avocado Congress in Morelia. Juan is having breakfast at the hacienda. Lucas is on his phone monitoring the proceedings so they will be able to see Sara's presentation.  Juli joins Juan and Lucas still not understanding how Juan could trust Sara when she lost them millions of pesos. Juan admits it was also his fault and he trusts her. Dante and Deb arrive. Mateo says he saw them both at a restaurant. Deb decides to be the instigator and asks Juli is she has known Mateo since they were kids or just since they slept together. Juli throws a glass of water on Deb. Deb gets up and returns the favor. Juan stops the fight. Deb tells Juli she is just like her mother and that she will not be turning the other cheek like her daughter would only to get slapped again. Juan orders her out but Deb isn't going anywhere until her daughter, the owner of hacienda, returns. She vociferously defends Sara. Juli surprises everyone by asking Deb and Dante what they have  going on between them. A surprised Dante plays the wronged party and tells Juli that she offends them. Deb tells him to pay Juli no mind because she is only that way since finding out that  Sara and Juan are novios.  Juli tries to attack a smirking Deb but Juan stops her. He doesn't want anyone causing anymore scandals but asks if Deb and Dante have something going on himself. Deb explains that they have a good friendship that grew over time when  Severiano forgot about her and her daughter.  Dante says he gave them money so they could support themselves which he would have done for any woman without anyone to support her.  He is a man of integrity and asks them to stay out of his personal business.  Lucas has been watching Sara's presentation at the congress and is shocked at what he is seeing. He shows Juan. Juan knows he never should have left her go without him. At the same time, Dante has gotten a phone call and needs to talk to Juan in private immediately. 

* When Sara and Pedro arrive at the Avocado Congress, she tells him that she has a bad feeling when she sees Henry there. Henry approaches Sara to let her know that he is there and has every right to be there as a business man.  Shortly after, Sara goes to the podium to give her address. As she introduces herself and starts to speak, Henry, whose nose is still bruised from the head butt,  starts talking loudly from his seat, gets up and approaches her. He asks if she is Sara Del Monte in charge of the Del Monte finances who takes care of business by sleeping with the president and the vice-president of the company. Is she going to speak about all of the deals that the Del Monte's will be breaking, the destruction of crops and how good she is at cajoling men like her mother is? He wants them all to know that Sara is the result of  Severiano Del Monte's infidelity which makes her a BASTARD.  The audience is silent. When Henry is done speaking, a calm and collected Sara apologizes for Henry's daring and inappropriate comments.  First, she makes a point that she is no BASTARD because her father recognized her and gave her his name. Yes, she is in charge of finances as well as being an owner of the company. That is why she is there. She reminds Henry that this is not some gossip show. The audience laughs and applauds. Henry is humiliated. She continues with her original presentation. 

* After the presentation, Henry confronts Sara and Pedro in the lobby. He blames the Del Monte's for his business losses. She reminds him that they have two months to deliver his merchandise so he has  not lost anything on his investment. She tells him not to try to show off in public. Henry informs her that she is going to pay dearly for the way she spoke to him. Pedro defends her telling Henry not to disrespect her. He makes a point of saying that  he is capable of doing anything for Sara and his brothers. 

The Main Course--

* After talking to Dante, Juan has decided it is time to circle the wagons based on the information he got from him. He tells Lucas that he will be going to his office at Avocado Central and then taking a helicopter to Morelia. He will not be able to do the investor meeting as planned.  Pedro is not up to dealing with Henry and his kind. He tells them they are not to talk about themselves to anyone. Private security will be assigned to Lucas and Mateo.  He will not say anything more. Lucas asks him how  Henry knew that Pedro liked Sara. Juan concludes that somebody is leaking info to Henry. He tells Lucas and Mateo that they are to take care of business at the packing plant as planned and then come directly home to the hacienda. When Lucas starts to complain about having body guards,  Juan tells him he needs to do what he is  telling them to do because he is telling them to do it. Period. Lucas needs to pay attention because Juan is afraid of what Henry could do to any one of them. 

* As Juan is leaving, he runs into Modesto returning to the hacienda. He tells him that he has to go to Morelia and he needs him more than ever. Sara and his brothers are in danger. Dante had his people  spy on Henry and he found out some information which he prefers to not to talk about. Juan tells him that the guards need to be reinforced at the hacienda. This is nothing new for Modesto since Severiano went through the same type of threats many times.  Dante calls out to Juan that they need to leave like now. 

* Modesto organizes the hacienda to defend against  a potential attack doubling the guards at the front entrance and making sure the entire grounds are to be patrolled every half hour. Nobody is to enter or exit without him knowing. He remembers Severiano telling him that if he were no longer there, he would want Modesto to care for his sons as his own.  Modesto would  protect them with his own life if necessary. Modesto cancels the scheduled harvesting. All the workers are to go home and the guards are to check that nobody is left behind. 

* Juan and Dante are ready to leave Avocado Central for  Morelia when Juli and an almost giddy Simón tell him that the results of the fertilizer analysis have come back and it was tampered with so it must have been Sara. He is sure that Juan will fire her now. Juan says it does not  prove that Sara did anything. Juan thinks she is innocent and reminds them she is the love of his life. A nearly hysterical Dante comes to get him because they cannot delay due to the Feds closing air space. Juan leaves. 

* Sara and Pedro are on the  road driving back from Morelia.  He insists that he will still win her heart. She tells him that is impossible.  He has never felt about anyone like he does about her. She thinks that Juan is the perfect man for her. He has all the qualities she has ever wanted in man. Pedro says he will be watching it all when their relationship falls apart. 

* Juan has arrived in Morelia and calls Sara.  She tells him that they are already on the road home. Juan is beyond upset and asks to talk to Pedro. He needs to know exactly where they are. A flippant Pedro hangs up and tells Sara that they can talk to Juan when they get back to Santa Catalina.  Dante and Juan keep calling desperately hoping  that Sara answers again but there is no answer.  Suddenly, because Pedro was too stupid to realize that he was being tailed, he finds himself blocked by SUV's on all sides on the  mountain highway.  Pedro tells Sara to call Juan and she tries as she watches masked  men get out of the SUV's. She gets Juan on the line but fear takes over as she sees what they are facing.  The goons at gun point drag Pedro out of the vehicle and beat him viciously. They finally knock him out and  Juan listens  as the goons beat Sara.   He keeps calling for her as she lies bleeding on the ground. 

The Sides--

* Simón goes to ask  Agustín to come back to the ranch but Agustín has a problem with the way Simón talks about his father as if he were so important to him when he saw him leave his father to die.  Simón's loose screw because apparent and he starts to cry as he tells Agustín that he doesn't know what he is talking about. He did't let him die.  It was an accident. There was nobody there to help them. Agustín wonders if it were an accident as he says,  then why did he hear Severiano asking for help and see Simón running away.  Simón finally says he left his father because maybe he deserved it. Agustín says NO child can say that about their father.  Before he leaves, Simón adds that Agustín didn't see everything that happened .  

Simón ends up at  the cantina and finds Paloma.He is worried and rambles on about Agustín knowing all about the car accident and what happened. She tells him it was an accident. Simón says he was arguing with his father before  the accident. There is a flashback from the car interior with him telling his father that he would rather be dead than be like him. Paloma tries to calm him down telling him he cannot focus on the  past. Juan is depending on him.  He feels better and finally leaves. Sal watches and shakes his head. 

* Mateo apologizes one more time to Juan and swears he will never drink again. Juan is tired of the endless cycle of apologies and promises. Juan tells him he has an illness and he cannot cure it alone. Mateo will not go to rehab but will agree to his brothers helping him cure his addiction. Lucas agrees to be involved. Mateo assures them it is all going to be fine.

 Juli is surprised to see Mateo still at the hacienda. Juan thinks everyone deserves a second chance. Snarky Juli says that Mateo must be on his fourth or fifth chance by now.

* Berta scolds Cornelio about disrespecting his father. Cornelio suspects that she wants to take his mother's place and never will. He  calls Berta a "yegua" that is "quedada": A mare that is an old maid. He can see it in her eyes. Modesto finally puts a stop to Cornelio insulting Berta. 

* Sal tells Modesto that he thinks that Paloma will be safer married off to Simón than with her mother.  

* Cornelio tells Sal his father never loved him. 

* In kiddieland, Dulce gets a call from her father telling her that there is no money for her quinceañera dress and he won't be able to attend her party. Brandon tries to comfort her. 

* Juli tells Deb and Dante that she is going to find out what is really going on between them. Dante warns her to be careful. He is very much the gentleman and she may not know it yet, but she doesn't want to get on his wrong side. Deb smirks.  When Juli leaves, Dante blames Deb for talking way too much. She could ruin it all for them with her comments. 

* Rosa has not talked to Deb yet and wonders why a woman like Deb would go out with a married man. Rosa is in favor of Alondra going out with Lucas Del Monte. Alondra makes it clear she has no intention of trapping him or winning him like some livestock on a farm. 

* Lucas is troubled about how Simón treated Sara. Should he tell Juan or not? Mateo thinks it is better to let it go because Juan would never forgive Simón. Lucas does not look convinced. 

* Bea tells Paloma she and Cornelio are getting divorced. 

* Romance is clearly in the air for Modesto and Berta.

* Irma pays a visit to the cantina when Sal is not there. She sees Paloma and tells her that she is her mother. 

* Deb hires Cornelio to hire some guys to beat up Simón so everyone knows who she is and he is sorry for what he did to her daughter. 

Dessert--Nothing was tasty enough tonight; just bitter. Sorry. 

FIN

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