Caray, Caray!

 Luna hugs her grandma and aunt, this time shedding happy tears.

Sal video calls Gala, who is happy to hear from him. Some light flirting happens, and then Sal tells Gala about yaya’s visit, bribe included.

Elvira wonders who is calling to blackmail her. Who could already know about Ginebra? Fogo will take care of it, she needs to focus on bonding with Ginny. Elvira is moved to tears by their possible reunion.

Paz serves food to the entire family (and Gin). It’s a minestrone soup, she explains the dish and everyone looks charmed, even Gin manages to fake some polite smiling. Gala gets a smaller portion, because “she doesn’t eat a lot”.

Gin shares with Bosco her interest in fencing. She also likes martial arts and boxing. Gala would like to make a tick tock video about it.

Gin is so grateful for being invited to the meal. Paz wants to excuse herself, but Esteban asks her to join them. She went through all this trouble to prepare such a delicious meal, she deserves to enjoy it with them. Ginebra is ticked off, but plays along, do sit with us!

Paz still says no, she’d rather eat alone in the kitchen.

After they eat, Gin “feels bad” for enjoying herself, but pain always comes back around. Esteban agrees.

Eder would like Paz for to eat with them. After all, she will be around all the time.

Elvira arrives and is happy to see Ginebra. Less happy to see Esteban grimace. He says it’s a long story, he’s about to face Berenice’s assassin!

And off he goes, straight to prison to confront Rubio. At first the goon ignores him, but then Esteban starts demanding that the guy confess that he killed his wife, Berenice. Rubio approaches the gates, just enough for Esteban to grab his neck when he confesses that yeah, he did kill his wife.

Esteban demands an explanation, but a cop intervenes before he can finish strangling Rubio. He does continue to scream at him, asking if he did it for the money. Rubio remembers Mauro’s threat and says he’s killed many women, some for money, but he only killed his wife for the fun of it. You can all imagine Esteban’s reaction.

Elvira is so happy Ginebra is OK after what happened at her house. If she and Esteban share an enemy, this has to be connected to her. Her daughter, her company, somebody is after her. Ginebra wonders who could it be…

Ginebra only has her brother left, she is so grateful for Elvira’s company. She feels like those guys killed her daughter. Elvira asks her not to lose hope, sometimes people they thought lost forever come back to them. Wink wink!

They talk about Esteban confronting Berenice’s assassin. Then Ginebra tells Elvira she bought some of the company shares with the intention of returning them at some point. At first Elvira seems to pull away from Gin but then she says she’s so grateful, how amazing it is when women can support one another.

Paz is in the kitchen, praying for Esteban and Gala hears her and says thank you. She’s been praying a lot, lately, too, to her mom. They hug.

Gala asks Paz about almost kissing her dad and Paz says no way, they just fell because of some papers.

But Gala wasn’t born yesterday, does Paz like her dad? She won’t judge her. Paz asks Gala to promise not to tell a soul. Pinky promise and then Paz admits the obvious. Gala smiles.

Paz gets shy suddenly and starts doing the dishes, she has to remember her place in the house, Esteban is her boss. But Gala wants the tasty details, she thinks sometimes the heart wants what it wants. No, no, no, Paz will have none of it!

Gala tries to pimp his dad, he’s a hardworking good man, he’s been alone for so many years, he deserves to be happy. Who knows, there could be another couple between the two families, aside from her and Sal.

Paz asks Gala to stop, Esteban doesn’t feel the same and she needs to focus on the job, she really needs the money. Gala wonders how her dad really feels, Paz gets even more flustered.

Nandy hopes what she told Kenzo won’t change things between them. He says he already suspected this, but it changes nothing. She’s a woman and she’s his friend. Nandy felt the need to tell him, not everybody has an open mind like he does. She’s afraid she’ll keep getting into trouble with his ex and Elvira, but Kenzo promises to protect her. Nandy says thank you for taking the news so well, her community is having such a hard time getting good jobs and not being judged by everyone. Kenzo loves that he can help her, he admires her for her strength and courage to fight for what she believes in.

Mauro and Ginebra drink for their latest win: Esteban believing he found his wife’s assassin. Mauro is happy the attack wasn’t more serious (the dead bodies on the lawn are just a minor hassle for these two). Ginebra admits she was kind of impressed with Esteban, he’s a dreamer but he’s also kind of intelligent. And she’s getting closer to the family every day.

Mauro confirms that Elvira must have gotten the DNA results back and Gin is happy, this explains the loving way that idiot was looking at her earlier. Mauro is afraid they might get suspicious, but Gin is not too worried. Elvira will even help her get closer to Esteban because she will want to look good in front of her.

“Oh, imagine their reactions if they knew I was the one who ordered Berenice’s killing…”

“Nobody will ever know that you provoked your sister’s death.”

They both giggle, while Mauro tenderly kisses Gin’s forehead. They do make a loving family these two… in their own murderous way.

Esteban is with Elvira and his older kids, explaining what happened in jail. The same people who killed Berenice attacked Ginebra, too. The guy admitted to killing Berenice and said he only did it for fun. They are all shocked to hear this and Esteban adds there are still things he needs to figure out, but from now on they start a new phase in their lives, one of harmony and unity.

“First of all, Senora Elvira, you can stop hating me and pointing your finger at me!”

Elvita looks like she’s munching lemons.

Paz is making Eder taste her food, Gala wouldn’t do it. Eder loves it, he also loves spending time with her, does it feel like this being with you mom, too? He was so young when his mom left. Paz says he will always have his mom’s protection from up above. Eder would like to have a mom on Earth, too. They hug.

Mireya plans to leave, she has a job interview. Lupita disapproves, this is no hour for work. She wants to take Luna for a snack before bed, the girl would like to hear the song Paz already sang to her. Vermin shows up, offers to sing, too, but he’s quickly rejected by Lupita.

It’s dinner time and Paz explains that Elvira asked for the lobster and Eder says he helped her cook.

Elvira attacks Paz, saying she confronted her sister Mireya, who showed such lack of class and education. Gala argues with Elvira about going to see Salomon. Esteban disapproves, Elvira accuses Sal of having other interests.

Bosco asks Paz to leave, it’s so late after all. Paz agrees, she needs to run to catch the last bus. Esteban offers to drive her home, she refuses, he insists since he’d like to talk to Sal. Then Gala wants to go, too and Elvira mocks her for having to ride the bus, minibus, micro bus and whatnot to reach her new boyfriend’s house.

Paz says true love always finds its way and looks at Esteban, who kind of smiles. Gala notices, Elvira just keeps munching lemons.

At the house, Esteban talks to Sal about his relationship with Gala. He was a teen once, too, he understands these things, but Sal can’t play with his daughter’s feelings. Is he still a virgin? Dude!

No, Sal must admit, but nothing ever happened with Gala. Esteban makes it clear Gala has been in a lot of pain after her mom’s death, she deserves the best and if he ever makes her suffer!!!

Sal understands all of this, he will treat her like a princess. He was raised well, by three incredible women. They shake on it.

Gala is on the roof chatting with Pepa. He hopes her relationship with his brother will be OK. Gala asks why they are always fighting, and Pepa says Sal is just annoying.

Paz comes to give Luna a kiss before bed. She asks her to speak quietly, she missed her a lot, she will have to work on having a better schedule, so they can spend more time together; Luna asks about Monito and Paz says her women group haven’t heard anything about the boy in the hospitals they checked, but they won’t give up, they will find him.

Then Paz sings to Luna, reminds her to be quiet, because her boss in in the house. Luna closes her eyes, smiling.

Monito is still in that hospital bed. He wakes up, stands, gets dressed and leaves his room. Poor kid.

Kenzo and Nandy are preparing a tent by the fireplace in his house. They do it for the kids, but for now they are the ones happy to share it.

When the kids arrive later, they are both looking forward to their reaction. But Felipa is with them, immediately ruining the mood.

Mireya is out at a bar, waiting for Mauro, who arrives a bit late. What is he having, tequila, beer? He’d like a beer, please and it’s funny how it seems like she’s controlling the date, even if it’s obvious she’s nervous. She wants to be direct with him: she’d like to know him better.

Later they are both seated on a couch and Mauro wants to play 20 Questions to get to know each other better.

Mireya starts by asking if Gin is his only family and he says yes, he never knew his parents, but that’s a long story to tell. He asks about her two kids and her husband and Mireya says the guy left her when the boys were very young. The fact that she’s single seems news to Mauro, but he immediately changes his demeanor. He is single, too, go figure.

Sal asks Pepa to talk later, but for now he will spend some time with Gala on the roof. She tells him Geronimo is getting jealous, he even asked her out for coffee. They should make a video together, so Sal suggests they practice kissing to make it more believable. She seems startled, but then she goes for the kiss.

Then they both decide they are only acting. Sure!

Paz and Esteban are into another type of role play: she’s describing some plants to Esteban, explaining how to prepare tea with them. He goes to grab the herbs, touches her hand, she gets restless, thought bubbles that she can’t understand why a simple touch can have this effect on her. He thought bubbles too, about the possibility of something happening between them, could they be able love again? Real Paz and Esteban are seen moving their lips, probably still chatting about teas and plants, while their inner selves are having another dialogue, about their growing feelings for one another

When Paz finally frees her hand, Esteban thanks her for all her advice, she always knows what to say, talking to her brings him peace every time, just like her name suggests. She eats this all up… and so is Adriana Noel, who wishes she had a sexier name right now.

Fogo tells Elvira Gin managed to buy the shares of the company right before their competition managed to pull a hostile takeover. Elvira thinks her daughter is helping her mother without realizing it. When Fogo reminds Elvira she has another grandchild, she decides they need to help with the search, Gin and her granddaughter deserve to be happy. And she needs to give them all the love she couldn’t before. She can’t wait to see Gin’s face when she tells her she will inherit all her fortune.

I can’t wait to see Gin’s face either. And how quickly Elvira gets 6 feet under after that.

Bosco is still up. He closes the door to the room and starts… vaping with one of those cigarette pods (I think they’re called that way).

Esteban is still with Paz, asking about her restaurant, but she says she still has a lot of work to do before reopening.

He says he wanted to bring her home because he needed to talk to someone, like they did that other time. Confronting his wife’s assassin was very difficult. He still has many questions and there is a trial pending, but he feels like he can finally turn the page, his wife can rest in peace now. Paz asks if he’s only been in survival mode these last six years, and he admits it’s true. Same for her, and she has a confession to make: she’d like to start living again.

Esteban would like that, too, they both deserve it. He grabs both her hands this time, gets closer and they start staring into each other’s eyes.

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