Caray, Caray!

Hello, Patio! I’ve had computer troubles that are not yet solved, so this is going to be a fast one. Feel free to fill in the gaps and sorry about any mistakes, writing this without a working mouse has been quite challenging.

Ginebra gives Esteban an ultimatum: if he wants his son Eder to live, he has to sleep with her. She wants a baby. Esteban is disgusted (and Paz who is eavesdropping is about to lose her breakfast, lunch and dinner). Gin threatens him with harming the others if he doesn’t obey, he is trapped and he might as well accept it and stop resisting. Esteban accuses her of going after Elvira’s money and being obsessed with him. Their marriage is a joke, did her mommy abandoning her cause so much harm that now she is begging for attention? Gin says she’s no victim, she’s a fighter and a winner. And Esteban is going to be her prize.

Porfirio is with the Roble family and Kenzo, asking questions about Nandy. He is confused about her being a woman is a man’s body, going out with another man and dressing like a woman and … his head is turning. Everyone tries to explain to him how it works and he is trying to understand, but this is Porfirio, so it’s not a given. Gema arrives with a baby crib on wheels (how convenient, am I right?) and sure enough, she gets into it with Salo, Gala (that tramp) and the entire gang. Salo makes it clear again that he will only take care of the baby and Lupita assures her she will always have their help raising her child. But of course Gema gets mad, she ends up threatening to get rid of the kid, and then storms out.

Later Porfirio and Lupita quarrel over the fact that he doesn’t want his grand daughter to have to deal with this kind of issues at her age. Lupita defends Salo, who is a good boy, but I totally see grandpa Porfi’s point of view.

At the same time, Gala and Salo reaffirm their love for one another, she promises to stand by him and help him with his baby. (As in raise him and change diapers? Not clear, but boy, oh boy, that does sound like a fun activity for a 19 year old. #clueless).

Elvira has caught 40 something Mireya and Mauro making out on her lawn and acts like they are Eder and his first girlfriend. She tries to offend Mireya, but Mauro cuts her off immediately. It shows that she’s always been rich, he says, people like you have always despised people like me and Mireya, who have had to work their way up. He adds he can no longer keep quiet, he has too many physical and emotional scars left by people like her. But enough is enough! Elvira manages to say that he’s making the same mistake as Esteban (with Paz), but Mauro is really not in the mood. He loves Mireya and she will have to accept it, whether she likes it or not.

Well, she obviously doesn’t, she mumbles that they obviously have different values in life and asks Mireya when she is leaving. Mireya says she is here at Esteban’s demand, helping out with Eder. As soon as the crazy woman is gone, Mauro tells Mireya that he truly wants to change. But she pushes him away, she needs space.

After making him swear to keep the secret, Felipa ends up telling Jeronimo that Sandro is not his bio brother, she bought him from Ginebra and Mauro when she couldn’t have a second child to keep Kenzo with her and “preserve” their family. Jero is shocked, declares that Sandro is not his brother (he’s really a waste of human space this guy). For once in her life a sobbing Felipa says something sensible, they are very much brothers, and together they are all a family, united by love. But Jero doesn’t want to hear his mother talk about love connections, when she has been yapping for so long about blood and biology and asking him to reject his father because of Nandy. She keeps saying she did it all for their family, but Jero accuses her of doing it for her own selfish reasons. He now realizes that the cryptocurrency scheme was not even her fast way to get rich, she was using him to launder money for a child trafficking rink. She is just a common criminal. At least Jero has the decency to look half horrified by this realization, but Felipa, ever the dotting mother, threatens that if she goes down, he will go down with her! #mothergoals

They are interrupted by Sandro arriving to ask what is going on. I missed their conversation, was it important?

Paz is tending to a very bad looking unconscious Eder when Mireya arrives. She tells her about Ginebra’s ultimatum if he wants Eder to wake up and accuses Mauro of being her accomplice. Mireya defends him, Paz is horrified, Mireya asks her to stop worrying, she’s a grown woman, she can take care of herself. #famouslastwords.

Paz is not only upset because Esteban might have to sleep with Ginebra, but she’s also terrified that she might be after his money and her endgame is killing him.

Humberto has managed to put a tracker on Mauro (or was he saying something else, I didn’t quite catch it and with my computer bugging so much, I was afraid to go back and listen again). Esteban is grateful for all that Humber is doing for him, but he still feels trapped, he sees no way out. He writes the number that Gin had given him a while back (the 0708 one or what was it) on a piece of paper, asks Hum to look into it, maybe they could actually discover something. Sam and Monito appear just then, see the digits and recognize them as the code they had used in the past. Monito almost screams, Sam asks him to keep quiet, the grown-ups ask the kids to talk slower. I didn’t get this scene, shouldn’t have Hum and Esteban asked what they are talking about?

Anyway, Paz arrives, the kids go to the kitchen and Hum realizes she and Esteban need some time alone to talk and he leaves, too. She tells him she’s going now, but Mireya will stick around, take care of Eder. Esteban wants to tell her about his conversation with Gin, but Paz admits to having already heard it. She knows that Eder’s life is in danger, so she understands the sacrifice Esteban has to make.

I know this is supposed to be sad and tragic, but talk about a hall pass!! Go ahead, Esteba, have sex with the sexy lunatic, do it for Eder’s sake. #luckybastard

Elvira is in her room with Fogo, explaining how frustrated she is because she can’t change. She has no clue about how the less fortunate live. Ginebra and Mauro are living proof that one can overcome hardship (with murder and mayhem, the Patio notes). She herself has abandoned her child, so she is in no position to criticize others. But, as hard as she might try, she is incapable to see things differently.

Fogo, ever the loving sexy stud, helps her see things from a different angle: when she looks at him, does she see who he used to be, who he is now, or who he could become? Aren’t we all like a symphony waiting to be heard? Elvira is impressed (Adriana Noel even more so), she asks him to sit by her side, places her head on his shoulder and together they start listening to a music box. #yogatime? #lockthedoor

Mireya is cooking, Paz sends the kids to the garden to play. She tells her sister she is afraid to leave her alone in the house, but Mir is not scared. I don’t really get why Paz has to leave immediately, but it all becomes clear in the next scene, because Esteban is about to accomplish his marital duties with Ginebra.

It is broad daylight and the house is roaming with nosy kids, but Ginebra wants to get it on with her man, whether he likes it or not.

Of course he looks like he’s about to go to the guillotine, doesn’t even try to hide his utter contempt. Gin couldn’t care less, he better start cooperating, it would make things easier for everyone. She starts caressing his naked chest and I hope he closes his eyes and thinks of England, because I don’t see a way out for him.

All the kids are in Eder’s room, talking to him; Monito even sings and it’s quite a touching scene (I maybe even shed a tear or two, don’t tell anyone).

Paz is at home, trying to cook but obviously upset. Lupita makes sure to remove all sharp objects from her hands (hehe), Paz can’t stand the thought Esteban and Ginebra might be making a baby. That woman is a lousy mother, the child would only suffer. And she is completely jealous, she really hates Ginebra.

Mireya is bringing Mauro a tray of something, forgot what it was, he says she doesn’t have to tend to him, they have the hired staff to do this. She points out she is part of that staff and asks him never to kiss her again, nothing can happen between them. Mauro says he wants to change, to be honest, and to prove his point, he shuts down all the tracking devices. This only makes things worse for Mireya, she accuses him of hurting Eder, he’s basically a monster and he will never change.

Mauro denies harming Eder and starts shaking, insists that mistakes are only human and he truly wants to change. Mireya realizes he’s not OK, he’s having a panic attack. She asks what she can do to help, Mauro says his life is meaningless without her in it and falls to the ground.

In the marital bedroom, Gin and Esteban are now on the bed, Esteban in a catatonic state, while Gin is all over him. They hear Mireya’s screams for help and both run to the study. Esteban and Mireya help Mauro stand and grab him a chair. Esteban wants to call an ambulance, but Mauro refuses. Gin, who has been staring at them without lifting a finger, demands that Mireya leave, since this is a family matter. Mireya sticks around, just outside the study, so she can hear Gin asking Mauro to be strong and basically get over himself. She is as cold as ice, showing zero empathy for her so called beloved brother. Mauro accuses her of never caring about him, if he’s having these crisis is because he feels suffocated, there is no way out for them. Esteban wants to leave, thinking that Mauro is putting on a show, but Mauro asks him to stick around; he can’t stand what Gin is doing anymore, they need to save Eder. Caras impactadas all around.   

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