Caray, Caray!

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Capitulo 53 

Dante on the phone learning about Juan’s “embezzlement”.

Huge dinner with everyone in the cast eating and thanking Modesto. Juli is so hypocrite in her appreciation that Deb can’t help but sarcastically comment on it. And when Tadeo asks his father to take him to the bathroom, both Cornelio and Pedro reply. Awkward… Pedro is the one to take care of Tadeo and the boy takes advantage of their time alone to ask him who Henry is. When Pedro asks “Henry who?” Tadeo says he means the one Senor Dante killed. Boom!

Pedro scolds Tadeo for making this up, but Tadeo insists he heard him tell this to Senora Deborah. Pedro reassures Tadeo that he believes him and makes him promise (pinky promise) that this will be their secret.

Bertha, Adela and Bea all agree that Deb is annoying, but Bertha needs the money because she wants to ask Cornelio’s permission to marry his father. Giggles all around. Have these two even kissed yet? Does she even know if Modesto can still “perform” – you know, at his age, and seeing that he’s only had one child and we haven’t heard of any lovers out there keeping his love letters locked up, how do we know if he’s potent enough?

Cornelio stands to thank for being invited to eat with them. Then he leaves, and the Cruz family do the same, just as Bertha assures everyone that she will take care of Modesto personally. Deb is rude with her, so Sara reassures her, since she isn’t the one who pays her salary.

Juan makes the mistake of asking Juli if she’s had enough to eat, so she answers that Severianito (try to say it three times in a row) is full and, by the way, she and Juan are getting married next week! (Deb’s face is the best at the news). Sara and Bryan go to the study, Lucas takes Alondra home.

Deb tells Juli she is the new owner of the Millan shop, and no, she didn’t steal the boutique, Rosa gave it to her. Maybe Simon could help with some therapy sessions before Rosa ends up crazier than he is (honest suggestion, in my opinion). Simon stands, but Paloma stops him from bursting. Deb reassures Juan everything was done legally, it’s not her fault Rosa is such a tonta. Juli gets mad and slaps Deb, Mateo runs from the other side of the room to stop her hand midair before Deb can slap Julieta back… Juli is frustrated she never had the chance to see the contract, wants to go see her parents, Paloma tells her she is already “on the case” and Juan asks her to calm down, don’t hurt the bebe. Mateo gets back to his seat, he might talk a good game with his Julieta Baby, but he’s still a fool for love.

Bryan asks Sara for a bigger salary and she says she will check with Simon see how much more they can pay him. When she finds out Bryan is getting ready to start University, she even suggests that there might be something better for him to do than just work at the ranch. Bryan is very grateful, but asks her not to tell Pedro about their conversation, he might get upset. Sara doesn’t think so, but she promises to keep this to herself. Then Bryan asks if they are going to lose their house.

When Sara asks for an explanation, Pedro walks in and Sara wonders if he has any information about this. Pedro says Juan should know about it, Bryan tries to evade by saying maybe he understood wrong and wants to leave. After just promising five seconds ago to be discreet, Sara tells Bryan he will have his raise!! Pedro, all smiles and hypocritical pat on the back, adds: “Sure, Bryan, why didn’t you say something before?” Bryan leaves in a hurry, he understands he made a mistake, but he has no clue what a dangerous enemy he’s just made.

After Bryan leaves, Sara wants to go talk to Juan about Augusto’s house, but Pedro doesn’t want her to fight with Juan again, he will handle this. He kisses her hand and leaves, Sara is smiling from ear to ear, unaware of anything and everything.

Simon and Paloma thank Augustin and Brandon for being there for Modesto, even Cornelio sat at the table with them. Yeah, Brandon adds, even Corni and Deb are friends now. What, what? Brandon explains how he once saw them chat in the street, can’t really remember when (the flashback tells us it was the time Deb asked for Corni’s help with Simon). Brandon eventually says the talk happened more than a month before and Simon immediately says this is when he was attacked.

Juan tells Modesto that Mateo is giving up on his inheritance and he understands and thinks that his responsibility as a big brother finishes when his siblings start making their own decisions in life. Mateo is happy Juan understands, Modesto says thank you for sharing this with me, remembers carrying baby Mateo in his arms, how proud his parents would be of him. Mateo and Modesto hug, then Mateo says Juan is the best brother he could have and what he did tonight, having all these people sit at the same table to eat, was an example of letting go of social prejudice.

Bea, Sara and Paloma are having a drink at the bar. Paloma hasn’t sang in a while, Bea says she can sing, too, so the girls encourage her to give it a try. So Bea sings, while Sara thought bubbles about missing Juan.

The song finishes in a duet, with Paloma joining Bea on stage. Everyone claps, Sara thinks they should really do a duet together. Paloma says Simon would never allow it, she hasn’t even dared to tell him she has some plans and is searching for a job as a lawyer. Sara is shocked, but gets interrupted by Sal arriving with some food.

Then Sara asks the million pesos question: the other day Bea mentioned how Paloma, Julieta and she could be sisters! Bea says she didn’t mean it, it’s not like the entire town is related through Severiano, right? Sara decides to change the subject, but how great would it be to be sisters? She hugs Paloma, who remembers that moment when her mom told her she looked like her dad, but not Sal. Bea jokingly asks Sara if she’d hug Julieta the same way, Paloma quickly says she has to send Prospero a document she’d forgotten about. Sal notices the scene.

Paloma runs to her room, crying over the possibility that she might not be Sal’s daughter.

In town Simon runs into Corni and asks what is his connection to Deb. Corni says they have nothing in common and wants to leave in a hurry, but Simon follows him to say he must be hiding something, Brandon saw them together. Corni ends up admitting that his only mistake was ever trusting her, when she came to him asking for help finding some men to do a job for her, he recommended the same men who attacked the ranch. Victoriano might be the one who attacked you, he adds.

Simon remembers the attack and realized it had been Victoriano, indeed, he knew Deb had to have been involved. Corni insists he didn’t do anything, he just kept quiet because they had all been accusing him, he wanted to avoid other conflicts. But Simon doesn’t fall for this, he can see how nervous Corni is. When he will have the proof, he will take care of him, too.

Aurora has come to visit Pedro and Juan. When she tells them who she is, they both make killer eyes (yes, Pedro and Juan, too).

“How dare you come here? Largate!” Pedro screams and he grabs her arm violently. She is shocked by how sudden this is (you ain’t seen nothing yet!). Juan pushes Pedro away, asks Aurora what she wants, she has NOTHING to do here. When she dares say that she is their mother, Juan adamantly replies their mother is Catalina. He’s very upset, but nothing compared to Pedro, who grabs Aurora’s neck, saying she’s dead for them and has been dead ever since the day she hit them first. He will never forgive her and if she ever calls him son again, he swears he will kill her. Juan pushes him off her again, she whines about just wanting a few minutes, she deserves at least that. Juan says even a hyena is a better mother, and demands her to get out. Aurora mentions second chances, knows she hurt them… Pedro asks Juan to throw her out, or else nothing will stop him. Juan asks Adela to escort Aurora out of the ranch and be sure that she is never allowed access again. Aurora leaves running, Pedro screams behind her, while Juan looks on in shock.

Aurora gets out of the ranch, with Adela following her, making sure that she really leaves. Dante walks by, as cool as a cucumber.

Paloma is still up in her room. Sal comes to talk to Sara and Bea, he is happy the three of them are friends. He will never stop defending his daughter, even if she is now married, so he has to asks Sara for a favor: he’s afraid Simon might hurt her. Sara reassures him that Simon loves Paloma, but nevertheless, he will never hurt another woman his entire life.

In the study, Pedro is still furious. Juan assures his brother that woman will never hurt them again. Pedro says he should have done something about it when she went looking for Sara, which is news for Juan. Why did she come back after all this time? Pedro begs Juan not to forgive her, and Juan assures him he won’t, but Pedro has to stay calm, not do something stupid. Pedro reminds him of all they’ve had to suffer as kids and Juan is very aware of this, but he can’t come up with a solution if he stops being rational about it. Pedro sees only one solution: that woman has to stop existing.

Sara is still worried about Paloma, who comes down trying to dissimulate, wonders why Simon is late. Sara apologizes for joking earlier, Paloma smiles, she’d love to be Sara’s sister, but she only has one dad, Salvador. And there he is, coming with her food. Paloma thanks him and kisses him.

Bea would like to spend a day at the beach. Sara suggests a day in Mexico City. Paloma is worried about work, Sara finds out Deb is now owner of the Millan boutique.

Alone in the study, Juan is still shaken up when Dante comes in. He tells him about his real mother showing up. Dante acts surprised, was it the woman he just saw going out? Juan asks Dante to investigate her, he has to defend his brother by removing her from their lives forever.

Pedro is on the phone, asking someone to investigate Aurora, too. Then he sees Bryan and apologizes about the raise, he didn’t know it was urgent. He will loan Bryan some money, but nobody has to know about it. Bryan would rather wait for the raise, his mom taught him to only spend what he earns. But Pedro insists, he is loaning him the money because he is such a hard worker. But since they have to keep it a secret, they should meet at night; he will have a check ready for him. I didn’t understand where he wants to meet, but Bryan looks startled for a second, I bet Pedro’s chamber of torture can’t be far away from their meeting place. But then Pedro mentions a present, too, and Bryan, simple mind that he is, gets overjoyed. Happy dying, Bryan, you’ll be missed (kinda...)

Deb is at home, reading one of Rosa’s love letters and laughing out loud. Bertha tells her this is not the polite thing to do, what is her endgame anyway, so Deb says she plans to reveal the letters to Prospero when the time is right. Bertha is appalled, but hidden underneath I can almost see Veronica Jaspeado smiling at Elizabeth Alvarez’ perfect delivery of the line.

Bertha declares she can’t work for Deb anymore, she has values. Deb gets mad, asks Bertha to get out immediately. Simon walks in just as Bertha is leaving. He confronts Deb about the attack, and she admits it was her, such a shame it was only a scare, and an even bigger shame is that he has no proof. Oh, no, Simon says Corni is all the proof he needs, he told him what happened. Deb is startled, but she has a comeback: maybe Corni should have a DNA test done, too, he might end up being their brother and have a right to the inheritance. Simon threatens her again, Deb thinks he’s ridiculous, maybe he should concern himself with his wife instead of attacking her.

Rosa and Juli are back from shopping for Severianito del Monte. Juli asks her mom how she can be so calm after the way Deb took her company. She wouldn’t even allow her to look over the contract. Rosa says Paloma, who is a lawyer, will help them and besides, she is calm because she has a surprise: she and dad are renewing their vows.

Sara arrives and Rosa asks her if she doesn’t want to see some of the baby clothes they bought for the baby. Juli laughs and I bet this is the actress laughing at the scene.

Sara ignores them splendidly, she goes straight to her mom’s room, to find Simon and Deb still fighting. When Simon tells Sara what he just found out about Deb, Deb plays the innocent. Simon storms out, Sara asks if it’s true what he said. Deb lies again, Sara asks about the Millan boutique, asks her mother to return it to the family. Deb refuses, Rosa gave her the company and she is a business woman. Has Sara become mellow again, does she want Rosa and Julieta to eat her alive? Sara just wants the problems to stop, so she has to return the company. Also, if she had something to do with what happened to Simon, she will press charges against her in person.  And she calls her Deborah again.

As Dante and Juan leave the study, Rosa asks Juan about some money he needed to give her. Juan already made a deposit. Rosa goes to ask Bertha for a tea, leaving Juan and Julieta alone. She wants him to come with her to the doctor’s the next day. The baby kicks, they both smile, Juli promises to be the best mom and to give their son a good family, she will fight for that because she loves him. Juan is sure his son will have a good mother, Julieta thanks him for allowing their son to be born in a family. And then she kind of kisses him, Juan barely allows it, but Sara has been witnessing the whole scene from upstairs and for her it all looks much worse.

Lucas is doing a live, telling all his viewers that Modesto is doing much better. Modesto is ashamed, he doesn’t like not being in his own bedroom, wonders about his son, Cornelio and the people in the kitchen. But no, Lucas wants Modesto to stay in his room, so he can take better care of him. He tells Modesto that he plans to visit Amado and his other brothers soon, and Modesto is very proud of him.

In the kitchen, Rosa kind of apologizes to Bertha (without actually saying “I’m sorry”). Bertha says she’s leaving the ranch, Rosa asks her to come back to work for her, they all need her at the house. Bertha tells Rosa that Deb has her letters, Rosa says those letters are not a big deal, just platonic messages, like something you’d send a movie star. Bertha warns her Deb plans to show the letters to Prospi.

Sara comes down the stairs and Juan asks her to talk about something very important. Sara says she doesn’t have the time, Juan insists, saying it’s a delicate matter that they need to talk in private. When Juli asks if she can join, Juan says no, they will talk later. LOL

Juan tells Sara Aurora came to see them and asks about the visit at the company. Sara explains she didn’t want to interfere and she told Aurora as much. Juan is visibly hurt, says Aurora’s eyes haven’t changed, they are as vicious as they ever were. There came a time when the beatings didn’t even matter that much, her words hurt them more. And the things she’d do without carrying that he and Pedro could see her… He stops, unwilling to continue, but Sara encourages him to speak, she’s there for him. She holds his hand.

Capitulo 54

Juan says he wanted to tell Aurora so many things, but he couldn’t, how could Sara forgive their father? Sara says she never did, but she learned to live with it, not get consumed by revenge, look towards the future. She advises Juan to get some closure with that woman, for him and for his brother. Juan thanks her, he needed to share this with her. And he leans over, caresses her cheek. They almost kiss, but Sara stands, asking when is his wedding. It’s soon, Juan replies, but this won’t be a marriage of love, he will never be able to love Juli the way he loves her… But his son needs him and he has to sacrifice their love. He tries to kiss her again, but Sara avoids it. She understands, because they were both born in broken families and he has to do the right thing. When Juan asks if she feels something for Pedro, she gets upset and leaves the study.

Still with Modesto, Lucas remembers his mom Catalina dying, in front of all the grown boys and Severiano. In the flashback Pedro turns his back, crying, as Severiano apologizes to his wife and Catalina asks him to take care of her sons. She adds that she loves them all and asks them never to forget her. The boys say their I love you’s and good bye’s one by one, first Juan, then Mateo, Simon hugs her; Pedro turns to stand at her feet, speaking about how she saved him from so much pain and then Lucas says goodbye, too. Catalina tries to give her bendicion to the boys, but she dies before she can finish. They are all sobbing. Back to the present Lucas remembers how frail his mother was and nobody could do anything about it and we get a split screen of all the brothers looking just as sad as the day their mother died.

At Avocados RUS, Pedro asks Dante about killing Henry. Dante tries to deny this, but Pedro ruffles him up a bit, asking if Juan sent him to kill Henry. And is he the one who found Aurora, too? If he finds out Dante was behind all of this, he will end him for good. Dante warns him not to provoke him, it’s basically a cock fight with mortal implications

Rosa wants Bertha’s help with Deb, who can’t be allowed to reveal those letters. She promises to give her more money, make her an associate at the company as soon as she gets it back. She begs and wants to kneel, Bertha asks her for some time… Deb arrives to ask Bertha why she’s still around and Bertha says she’s back working for her ex patrona and staying in Santa Catalina.

Deb wants to throw Bertha out, she gets into it with Rosa about Prospi and the company. They both think the other is worse, Rosa asks for her letters back, Deb can’t wait for Prospi’s reaction when he finds out. Rosa promises to throw her out as soon as Juli becomes owner of the ranch. Besides, she and Propsi are getting married again and Paloma will help them get back their company. And Deb will end up in jail. 

Juli asks Juan what was the talk with Sara about. Juan wants to talk to Juli about their wedding, he only wants a legal ceremony for now. He can’t lie in front of God, they are doing this for their son, and this is everything he can give her. Juli reluctantly agrees, notices that something is wrong and Juan tells her his real mother showed up. He knows what it means to be raised with a mother who has been hurt, he can’t repeat the story.

Alondra comes to visit Lucas, they both go to his therapy.

Juli asks about what Juan felt seeing his mother. Juan dislikes the name, says he’s worried about Pedro. Juli thinks he can’t take care of Pedro forever, but Juan disagrees. And he leaves. Juli grabs a onesie from the coffee table (maybe someone should take those baby clothes upstairs, wherever they hid that fancy crib). She says she doesn’t care about Juan’s mother, all she cares about is her wedding, even if it’s just a civil ceremony for now. Baby steps…

At the company, Mateo and Brandon are at the kindergarten, where the kids will be taught about robotics. Brandon starts his lesson… recapper break.

Sara and Bea arrive, Bruno tells her the architect is coming this week to do some work in her office. Pedro wants to talk to Sara.

He’s upset because he thinks Juan could forgive their mother. Sara says she talked to Juan, and he’s feeling very bad, too. Pedro is not so sure, Juan always wants to be so charitable, he might even invite her to live at the ranch. He doesn’t know what to think anymore, especially since now he found out something else: the proof he’s mentioned before. He hands Sara some papers, account statements, where she sees the amounts missing from the company. And the account is in Juan’s name, Pedro hurries to mention. Sara is in shock! She can’t believe Juan would do such a thing. Pedro pretends to be upset, too, he even shared this with Simon and they were both reluctant to believe it until they found the proof. Just as Sara asks what are they supposed to do with this information, Juan walks in. He asks what is going on and Sara lies they are talking about their next meeting, they are planning a way to show their new partners how transparent the company affairs are. Juan asks to see the plans, but Pedro says this is just a draft, he will have the final version soon. Juan wants to talk to Sara alone, mentions in passing that soon enough they will be able to share the same office. Pedro is surprised, Sara leaves without saying a word.

At the Bar Simon is still fuming about Deb, Paloma tries to calm him. Simon wants to talk to Pedro about it because he’s sure Juan would only say that they need proof first. Paloma agrees with Juan, Simon says they are all in danger while Deb is living in their house. Paloma warns him not to go too far.

Deb meets with Corni, to reproach him having spilled the beans to Simon. And she slaps him, but Corni slaps her back and the shock on Deb’s face is amazing. They actually start to struggle and Deb has to defend herself with her stiletto. He accuses Corni of putting them both in danger, because Simon is capable of anything. He was a coward, starting now he has to do everything she tells him to do.

Sara goes back to her office, Bea tells her everything is on track with the new contract. She notices something is wrong, Sara confirms that something terrible is happening. She can’t talk about it, though. Bea knows Sara in hurting because she loves Juan, but she has Pedro also. She knows better than anyone else what a charmer Pedro can be. Sara asks Bea if she wants her to stay away from Pedro. Bea says she is her friend, that’s why she’s asking her not to allow her mind to win in the battle with her heart. Sara says she sees Juan as a person who can light up the world (ser de luz), Pedro is different. Bea talks about how hard it is to be a woman: if you work, it means you are neglecting your child, if you stay home, you are a mantenida; when she allowed Corni to beat her she was an idiot, but when she cheated, she was a maldita. People can always point out one’s mistakes so easily, it’s not fair.

Brandon in the kindergarten with Mateo, who is remembering his drunken confession to Juan that Juli’s baby is his.

Sal asks Paloma and Simon to come to dinner. Simon is happy to accept the invitation, Sal mentions that Augustin and Adela will be invited, too. Sal says he wants to keep an eye on Paloma, he’s worried about Deb, he doesn’t trust her. Simon asks Sal if he has anything that he’d like to share about Deb and Paloma encourages him to speak, too.

Sal doesn’t want to talk, he says he’s just feeling bad after everything that happened with Modesto. Simon then tells him Deb ordered his attack and Sal remembers Deb threatening to make Paloma’s life very hard inside the ranch. Simon asks Sal to come to dinner at Santa Catalina, which is Paloma’s home now. And Adela and Augie can join them. Sal doesn’t think he’ll feel good going, asks them both to take care of each other.

Juan and Pedro talk about their mother. Pedro gets angry immediately, Juan tells him seeing her reminded him of their past life. But he loves his brother and he will never allow that woman to hurt him. Pedro says he loves him, too, but he can’t reminisce about the past, he just wants that woman gone. Juan asks him to forget about the past, he wants to protect him the way he couldn’t when they were kids. Pedro is afraid he won’t be able to refrain himself if he sees her again, he wants to kill her. Juan plans to go talk to her, Pedro is afraid she will manipulate him into forgiving her. What good would it do to talk to her, remember the good old days when she starved them and beat them? Juan only wants to know why she’s back, it can’t only be to ask for forgiveness.

Pedro comes to take Sara home, but she wants to stay a bit longer at work, she had already refused Bea’s offer to leave together. Sara asks about Juan, Pedro says he doesn’t know, caresses Sara’s head, gives her a kiss on the hair…

Prospi is reading a marriage counselling book, he suggests Jess do the same with Bryan. Jess thinks there is no need for that, they are very much in love. Rosa arrives with Bertha, everyone is happy, Prospi is sure they will be OK. Bryan comes to say he needs to go out for a bit. Jess smells him, thinks he looks to pretty, makes a huge fuss about it. Bertha reminds them confidence is important, Rosa takes Jess’ side, Bryan says he’s going in search of progress. Oh, boy!

It’s late and there is nobody else at the Bar, but a waitress, who tells Corni that Sal is gone to have dinner at the ranch. Corni is in a very bad mood.

Sal is at the ranch, looking at Sev and Cata’s picture on the wall, thought bubbling that Sev will never take his daughter. He is welcomed by Paloma, Simon and Tadeo. Adela and Augustin arrive, too, thankful to have been invited. Simon is happy to have them all in the house, especially since Adela is his father-in-law’s fiancé. He asks to talk to Augie alone in the study.

Alone with Simon, Augie says he misses Sev a lot. Simon wants to talk about the day of the accident, why was he around? Augie explains how he was feeling bad and left the harvest to go home; he saw “everything” that happened, but Simon asks him to be more clear. Augie admits he was feeling dizzy, but he did see him run from the scene. Simon asks him to speak upfront, is he accusing him of having killed Severiano?

Deb tells Dante how upset she is with Corni, but he got his punishment. Dante asks her what she plans to do with Tadeo, he’s sure he was the one who told Pedro.

Mateo gets out of his bathroom, wearing only a towel and runs into Julieta, who was waiting for him. He asks what does she want, she starts kissing him directly. He keeps asking what she wants, she says she wants to prove him that he’s only in love with her. Mateo says his love died the day she lied about their baby. Julieta insists the baby isn’t his, but Mateo is sure she’s lying, because they never stopped sleeping together (!!) and he can put two and two together. He doesn’t know what she did to manipulate the paternity test, though.

Bryan has arrived to meet Pedro and yes, it is at his chamber of torture. Pedro is waiting for him inside, playing with a lighter, looking creepier than ever.

Sara is alone in her office, thinking about Pedro giving her the “proof” of Juan’s guiltiness. A man is approaching her office, I can actually recognize Juan’s ankles. He comes inside, looks distraught, says he can’t take it anymore… and kisses her. Better to ask for forgiveness than for permission, am I right? Wink wink…

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