Caray, Caray!

Bosco goes to find Pepa and confesses to him what happened with Gio and that she says that he was the attacker. He doesn’t want anyone else to know, because who will believe that a man was abused? Everyone will make fun of him! Pepa confesses something similar almost happened to him while in jail. They bond over their mutual trauma, shake on it and call themselves amigos.

Gio arrives home, Jeronimo has been waiting for her, they’ve been in cahoots all this time. He’s upset because he couldn’t sleep with Gala, but he wants her to suffer long and hard because of her health problems. Together they start to prepare for setting up Bosco, Jeronimo starts strangling Gio hard enough to leave evident marks on her neck. She makes it clear that she despises Gala and doesn’t want to be in her shadow anymore.

Esteban tells Gala that he will call her therapist to come the next day. Remembering Lupita’s encouragement, Porfirio tells them that he decided not to leave, he will stick around and be there for his grandkids. He’s complained about Esteban abandoning him, he won’t make the same mistake. He also tells Gala that her abuela had a very serious illness, but she fought every day of her life, and she has to do the same. He gives Esteban the black and white portrait of the two of them with a lot of other men. He calls it a wedding gift; I call it a peace offering.

Her hand bandaged (she told Elvira that she fell), Gala is asleep in her bed with Esteban watching over her and promising to always protect her.

Ginebra is waiting for him in their bedroom, ready and willing for their wedding night. Not that he’d go for it in better circumstances, but tonight Esteban is really not in the mood. He knows that she doesn’t care about his kids, but with everything that is happening with Gala, how can she think he has time for that? Gin says she can change, together they can be a real family. But Esteban makes it clear they will never sleep together.

Paz has a very hard time falling asleep, waiting for the overnight DNA results (from the Speedy Laboratory of Telenovela DNA).

The next day Esteban would like to talk to all his family, sans Ginebra, but she shows up anyway, since she is now his wife… She kind of has a point…They don’t get to talking about Esteban’s worries, because Gio arrives, and dramatically accuses Bosco of having abused of her. She shows the neck marks that Jeronimo caused, cries, whines, demands justice! Nobody believes that Bosco would do such a thing, she accuses them of victim blaming. Gala points out she was always the one after him not the other way around, Esteban asks for proof. Bosco denies everything, says she was the one to abuse him, making him smoke something that made him lose control. Esteban decides to check their video camera and on them we can see how Bosco rejected her and reminded her he is a minor.

But Gio insists he went after her later, in his room (where there are no cameras) and she said no. She shows them the photos she took of naked Bosco (saying he sent them to her. Unfortunately, Bosco didn’t save the many messages of harassment she sent him. Esteban and Gala believe Bosco, Elvira asks Gio if she’s after the money and Ginebra accuses her of taking advantage of so many women’s struggle to be believed (very good point) and swears she won’t get away with doing this to Bosco (and she looks like she means business).

As she is about to leave, Ginebra also tells Gio that she would never have come here to warn them she was about to go to the police if she had really been abused. Gin promises Gala she will defend Bosco.

Paz has spent part of the night cooking breakfast to calm her nerves. Everyone is at the table eating when Humberto and the police arrive with Max and the DNA test results. They are positive, Max is supposed to be Paz’ daughter. Hum explains there will be a trial to make it official that Paz is the bio mother and she will gain custody and Castro says they will continue investigating the child trafficking. Paz is happy, but very confused, Max rejects her and her entire family, Lupita says she needs time to adjust.

Vermin arrives and doesn’t believe Max to be their daughter (obviously!). First he says Esteban could be lying, but Paz trusts he’d never do that to her. Besides she has a positive DNA test. Vermin is sure Ginebra could have fabricated the results, they need to go to another lab and ask for a second test to be done. Paz might have said yes, but then he makes the mistake of saying that he loves her. She makes it clear again that they are never getting back together.

Mauro has had Vermin’s phone bugged, too, because he can listen to this entire conversation. He decides that Vermin has to be followed and he is to be told as soon as he goes to another lab.

Gala has been blocking Jerom from her “redes” but he still manages to video call her. He is kind of apologetic, while still offending her, but she’s not having any of it anymore, she dumps him.

We get another round of Kenzo and his family fighting over money, Nandy and whatnot. Ffw…

Esteban tells Bosco that he needs to go press charges against Gio and they need to get his blood tested, see if they can still find the substance that he vaped. Bosco doesn’t want to hear about the cops, everyone will laugh at him, call him a coward. Esteban points of that this is more important than his online reputation, he could end up in jail. Bosco insists that there are already in the eye of the storm because of everything that has already happened with Esteban briefly going to jail and Paz being accused of kidnapping. Esteban doesn’t care, he will insist until Bosco says yes because it is the right thing to do. And he will be standing by Bosco the entire time.

At the office, Nandy is signing for a wedding gift and having a brief conflict with Mauro. He pulls rank, threatens to get her fired if she ever talks back again.

Later she talks with Kenzo about the state of their relationship. She knows that his family is still fighting with him, but she won’t be against him having a relationship with his kids. He apologizes for being cold at the wedding, he has a lot on his mind, but has to admit that he’s afraid of the moment they will become intimate and what that will entail. She gets upset, asks him to stop imagining how it might be and just allow himself to feel. I actually think Kenzo’s worries are valid, so maybe she should take it easier on him?

Paz and the family all fuss over Max, try to feed her and get to know her. But she is acting very rude, throws her plate to the floor (and breaks it), wants to get back to her real parents. Paz shows him the drawings she had done of her Maria, says she has been looking for her all this time. Sal tells the family he doesn’t feel any type of connection to this girl, nor does Mireya. Paz asks them for time.

Elvira comes to talk to Gala before her therapy session, she knows she can be severe, but she wants to help. Gala explains that her tough love doesn’t work, love has to be more than constant scolding and never-ending rules. Elvira says this is how her father always treated her, Gala suggests it’s time she broke that cycle. They hug.

Mauro calls Vermin to his office to basically says that he’s a nobody who doesn’t count and he will never be able to prove that Samara is her real daughter and not Max.

Bosco is still upset when Ginebra comes to talk to him. And in a brief moment of actual empathy, she shares how she was abused as a child and how she and Mauro managed to make that man pay. Of course this is Ginebra so we can only assume what horror she caused herself, but a child abuser deserves everything that crazy Gin might have come up with.

Gala has come to visit Paz, to ask about Max and tell her they all need her so much. Paz is called away because Max woke up, so Sal asks Gala to talk alone. She agrees, so they go to the roof (Gema sees them and she doesn’t look happy about it). Sal tells Gala that he loves her and wants to be with her. She is happy to speak to him but reminds him he’s about to become a father. Sal says he will take care of his child, but he will never marry Gema.

Esteban calls Humberto to ask him for help with Bosco.

Pepa talks to Bosco on the phone, also encourages him to go to the cops, while Mireya keeps telling him to hang up because the restaurant is open and they have a lot of work to do (shut up, Mireya!). Later Bosco tells Esteban that he has decided to press charges against Gio.

Max is still behaving badly, doesn’t want to eat or to talk to anyone from the family. Paz tries to explain to her that the people who raised her stole her when she was a newborn, but Max won’t hear any of this.

Alone with Lupita Paz admits that she has mixed feelings about everything, because she doesn’t feel any type of bond with Max. Lupita asks her to give the child more time, she will come around.

Ginebra goes to see Gio and quickly makes it clear she has no time for her games. Grabbing her by the neck, she asks what she is truly after. Haha, I’m actually cheering a little bit.  

Humberto is back to see Paz, she wonders if Max is truly her daughter because she can’t feel any type of connection to her. Humberto says he can only go by the proof they have, Paz insists she immediately felt a connection to Sam and everyone always mentions the call of blood, so why doesn’t she feel it with Max, too? Humberto tries to comfort her, she’s been having a very hard time, she needs support. And he loves her. He goes in for a kiss, while Paz looks paralyzed.

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