Caray, Caray!

Some scene combined for clarity.

Ginebra saw the intact wooden box. She was angry that it was intact and had not been burned. She demanded to see Samara's dead body. He told her he had not killed the child. She fired several shots past Mauro and came closer, saying he had been the only person she had ever trusted. She was within point-blank range.

At the same time Paz and Esteban were talking. He had been crying. She was her usual optimistic self. A cop released him. Esteban and Paz hugged. She looked concerned, but finally smiled.

Mauro admitted he had left her in the box, not thinking whether she would survive. Ginebra hit Mauro who said that Samara could not have survived. She said that they had survived worse things than the forest. He had led her to believe he had killed the girl. She continued to point the pistol at him.

Samara and Monito talked about Gorila and his treatment of them. Monito said he used his brain to survive.

Mauro reminded Ginebra that they say they met they were nobodies, even garbage. They had been in an orphanage where they had sworn to obtain everything. He always thought of her as a sister and always had loved her. She was the only person he had ever loved. She looked about to weaken so she hit him again with the gun, demanding “How could you?” before firing into the air several times. He collapsed against the empty box and kept an eye on her.

Esteban began eating the torta as the clerk handed him the envelope containing his personal things. He asked Paz to come back with him to his place and he would have his chauffeur drive her home. He was very concerned about his children. Two women entered the room, one of them telling the other “That's the man accused of killing his wife.” [We know where this could go.]

Mauro said they had to get out of there in case someone heard the shots. Ginebra continued to accuse him of complicating the situation; therefore she had wanted Samara dead. They would be in deep shit if she was alive and remembered anything. She demanded that he find her and kill her, then walked away. He collapsed on the ground, crying.

Samara and Monito sat on a low wall and talked. She still remembered nothing of her past. Monito suggested she first try to remember her mother. She remembered nothing but met a woman whom she wished were her mother. Flashback to her meeting with Paz on the bridge.

Mireya and Nandy admired Pedro's latest mural and encouraged him. He talked about painting murals in all the barrios.

A very impatient Gorila shot a video of Samara holding up the front page of the morning newspaper as she spoke the script he demanded.

Mireya and Nandy continued to sell their food in the marketplace. Someone there made Nandy nervous.

At the office Kenzo greeted his son – Jeronimo – and was interrupted by his ex (Felipa) who seems like a real and condescending piece of work. They argued about child support in front of their son.

Nandy had caught an attitude or had seen this man before and it reminded her of the experiences of being a trans girl [Cause of the Year at this network?]. She flashes back to her youth when she was a boy and put on her grandmother's high heels, feeling that she was meant to be a girl. Her father abused her by smashing her head into the full-length mirror and kicking her when she landed on the floor, followed by whipping her with his belt. She told Mireya that only her grandmother was understanding. She chose the name Fernanda. She flashed back to her first meeting with Mireya and Paz when she had run away after having been savagely abused, blood on her face dripping down to her sweatshirt.

Esteban entered his house, calling for his children. They ran over and had a family hug [somehow transported into the front garden] just as Elvira slithered in demanding his gratitude for dropping the specious charges.

Ginebra trash-talked Paz whose support group might find Samara [Need clarification here]. Vermin called Mauro threatening to to ruin him for having stolen his daughter.

Esteban and Elvira argued first about her accusations, which hurt his kids, about Paz, whom Elvira called una intrusa. He defended her and wanted to hire as the family's chef “to help feed the soul”. Eder loved the idea. Paz defended herself, explaining that she had gone to culinary school.

Mauro had ended the call and told Ginebra that this was possible news of Samara. He wanted her to let him investigate whether this was real or not. Ginebra said to do whatever he had to but her only forgiveness would be for him to hand her over.

Esteban said this was to be temporary until the restaurant was back in business. She accepted. Eder cheered and hugged her. Bosco scowled. Esteban and Elvira continued the argument and he was not pleased that this was happening in front of the kids. Elvira made insulting comments about Paz' education and what she wanted to believe about it Paz answered that she knew about nutrition. Esteban was convinced. Elvira said she would have to prove herself.

Gorila sent the video of Samara to Mauro who put his phone in his back pocket before Ginebra could see it. She told him that while he searched she would be at the Villa de Cortes office. He replied that he was going to see someone about Elias' business, since the investigation seems to be moving along. She was pleased at the prospect of all the money this would lead to. [However, we must wonder about the undertone of her statement.]

Esteban talked to Kenzo who told him that there were journalists at the office who were full of questions. When he ended the call the kids questioned Elvira about her accusation. All of them were suffering on social media about this. She told them they had to understand her desperation. Esteban insisted that she tell them that he was innocent of the accusation. She – though insincerely – said so. Gala's face showed that she saw through that. Esteban told his kids not to worry and that they'll spend the afternoon welcoming Paz and showing her around. Bosco copped an attitude already about her being hired. Esteban said that she needed the job and he felt she would be an asset. Gala and Eder agreed while Bosco an Elvira exchanged looks.

On her first day on the job Paz looked around the kitchen and was very happily impressed with it [Wouldn't we all love to have that big fridge and huge pantry?]. Eder asked whether she made cake and she promised she did along with any other dessert he liked. Bosco gave her grief and Gala stopped that. [Does that young idiot know that his name is on a chocolate syrup product? Who gave him that name, anyway?] Gala suggested they meet with her dad so they can show her around the house.

Elvira acknowledged she had made a mistake accusing him of Berenice's death. However, she would not forgive him. Only that someone was torturing them. He then withheld his gratitude certain that they would again be enemies.

Paz confided to Gala and Eder that her daughter had been stolen years before; they were shocked but empathetic. Esteban apologized for Bosco's rudeness and said he had to go to the office to solve a problem. Elvira came out of the house with her demands for what groceries never to buy and what meals to make. She even talked about a uniform. Gala told her that was so outdated, colonial. Estenan said his kids had strong convictions. Paz had her chef gear, which she said she earned the right to. Esteban described Elvira as “complicated” [which is too mild a description in my book].

Bosco practiced his fencing. [He's got an attitude and he's hardly dashing; this will not help.]

Vermin was eating a steak (presumably at his current workplace) as Mauro approached with a very scary-looking henchman. Mauro silently gestured for the cook to leave and was obeyed. He picked up the scary knife, speared a large chunk of the steak, and almost forcibly fed it to Vermin. After Vermin carefully took the meat off the point Mauro held up the knife, saying “I am the boss around here.” Vermin nodded, clearly afraid.

Ginebra went to Elvira saying she needed therapy because of her recent losses [shocking all of us that Elvira fell for this] and a job in her company. She claimed no business experience but a degree in chemistry which could be useful. Elvira looked interested.

Mauro said he wasn't looking to make enemies. Vermin accused him of retrieving the money, then threatened to file charges against Mauro. He threatened to go to police with a hair sample to prove that the missing child is his daughter. That would make him a hero to his wife [In your dreams, pendejo]. Mauro hit him hard, then grabbed him by the throat. He then slammed his hand onto a metal surface that looked like an electric saw used to cut bones. He turned it on while the henchmen held a gun toward Vermin's head at point-blank range. Vermin shouted over the noise as the blade moved closer to just below his right wrist, saying that there could be consequences if anything happened too him. Mauro pulled his arm back and hit him in the gut.

Paz poured cake batter into a spring-form pan and was shocked that Gala didn't want to eat for fear of fat. Paz explained that she used very little sugar. Gala talked about being an influencer and that cameras add weight. Bosco came in with his foil and Eder said he was a champion fencer. Bosco opened the fridge for a drink. She invited him to taste the cake but he was ruder to her than before, also citing her nephew's behavior toward him. Gala questioned his behavior and he accused Paz of being in love with their dad.

Samara talked to her dog, saying how she wanted to go home but didn't know where it was as Monito told her that Gorila was going to sell her.

Elvira entered Esteban's office with Ginebra and told him she had hired her. He said they needed to talk privately about that.

Paz brought Bosco's fencing helmet to his room; he had left it in the kitchen. She wanted to talk. He took the helmet without thanking her and said he could not respect anyone who had de$igns on his dad and demanded that she resign.

Esteban was not happy at seeing Ginebra in the office. He and Elvira argued about her hiring Ginebra without consulting him. It was a tit for tat about him hiring Paz without her permission. There was also how her accusation hurt his image and possibly the company. The class issue came up again in relation to Ginebra's degree. Esteban said he judged people by their hearts, not their status. She said Ginebra was suffering and if her employment doesn't pan out she accepted responsibility.

Ginebra looked at the photo of Berenice, saying something about displacing her. Finishing with “I am here for your husband.” Mauro called Ginebra about Vermin. She said to dispose of him; she did not want to lose control over Esteban. She ended the call, then broke the glass on Berenice's photo frame, picked up a shard from it, and cut her wrist to bleed profusely just in time for Esteban to see it. No Roman matron, she deliberately leaned on him to take full advantage of his concern.

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