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TAN CERCA DE TI, NACE EL AMOR #29 Part 1

Kassandra Doesn't Miss a Beat but is Foiled . . . For Now
Joaquín and Kassandra meet with the kids, Claudia and Carmen. Joaquín says that they all know that he and Kassandra have been together for a while and that she has moved in with them. None of the kids look happy and are out of there. Kassandra takes it in stride.

Isaura calls her daughter. Kassandra says she has made herself at home. Her first target will be the most fragile of the Miranda kids: Dani. She saw her talking to this kid Ramón on a video call. Isaura hopes they can count on him. Kassandra expects no problems with him with what she is planning on paying him. She hopes that she can destabilize Dani enough so she needs to get some "rest" at a mental health clinic.

Kassandra overhears Vale making plans to have Eleazar give her some motorcycle race training. She reminds Vale that her godfather has prohibited her from doing that. Vale does the usual kid thing and asks her not to say anything and tries to explain how important riding is to her. Rather than trying to say no but still being understanding, Kassandra hits the hard line and says it is NOT her decision. She and her siblings need some structure in their lives. She doesn't need freedom but discipline. While Kassandra is living there, things will be done the right way. Vero hears Kassandra's tone of voice and comes to Vale's aid. She tells Kassandra that she will not talk to Vale that way unless she wants to get into it with her. Vale smiles. Kassandra asks if she is threatening her. Vero says it is a "suggestion" but she is serious. When it becomes clear that Vero could be the object of retaliation by Kassandra, Vale apologizes to her and says that she will not be going motorcycle riding. It is clear that Vale appreciates Vero's defense of her.

It turns out that Dani met Ramón at the abductee group once upon a time, so when he video calls her and offers her help in finding some sign of her parents, she trusts him. He comes to the house and Dani sneaks him into her room. When he says he needs to use the bathroom, she directs him downstairs. He makes a side trip into Joaquín's office and starts looking for valuables to steal. Joaquín catches him and when he starts to throw him out of the house, Ramón draws a knife. Joaquín tries to calm him down and make him drop the knife. He easily escapes when all eyes turn to Kassandra pretending to be weak from the shock of the situation. Joaquín intends to make a police report.

After Dani's misadventure, Kassandra thinks that she should be punished as an example. Vero thinks that things like that can be better solved by love. Carmen actually agrees with Vero. Joaquín ends up talking to Dani about the dangers on the internet and even meeting with people in groups. You have to be careful He makes a point of telling her that she can always talk to him and teaching him what she knows. The best solution for safety in the family is for everyone to tell everyone else what is going on with them.

Kassandra, disguised in a head scarf and sun glasses being incognito(okay but she didn't cover her décolleté LOL), meets with Ramón later. It looks like he is out of luck for having messed up his
 

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Yaneli is In!
Vero and Consuelo tell Yaneli all about why Vero is doing what she is doing. Yaneli can not believe that fancy-schmancy Vale is her daughter. She thinks this is all beginning to sound like one of those grand Turkish telenovelas. She agrees to keep the secret so as to not increase the chance of Vero losing her daughter.

Diego Pushes His Luck
Diego continues to be rude to Joaquín. He is upset that Kassandra is just moving in without the children being consulted. Vale tells him that it is Joaquín's house, too. Claudia reminds him that but for Joaquín they would be in an orphanage. Vale asks Diego if he is looking to spit up the family. It seems that he doesn't know what he wants.

Diego talks Claudia into sleeping with him over night. In the past when his parents were alive, she would always stay with Vale but his parents are no longer there . . . Joaquín sees her leaving Diego's room in the morning and addresses the issue with him. He is disrespecting the house. His sisters can see it all. Diego sees no difference with what he is doing and what Joaquín is doing turning their house into a cheap hotel. Joaquín almost slaps him as he tells him to SHUT UP!! . . . but controls himself. He takes a deep breath and clarifies that he is asking that Diego respects the norms of the household. He is only 17. Diego says he has nothing to talk about with him. He did his talking with his father when he was alive. He also tells him that he is going to finish prep school but on the open campus plan whether Joaquín likes it or not. (surprised he didn't stick out his tongue) Later, he tells Claudia that he is going to talk to Joaquín. She tells him to keep his temper under control. He promises nothing.

Obnoxious Olga
Olga is driving everybody crazy. (somebody needs to grab that fan of hers)She gets Romina on the side and wants to know the low down on Iván. She seems to want to know if he is seeing anyone. Romina doesn't think he is. Olga likes competition because she always wins.

Iván is sick of Olga leaving all of her stuff over the living room that is her current bedroom. She calls him a grumpy old man. He accuses her of stealing the final years of his youth. She laughs saying nobody can rob him of what he lost years ago. Their arguing gets louder and louder.Majo comes downstairs and tells them she has had enough of them. She leaves for work.

Olga turns up at the snack bar wanting to talk to Majo. Majo reminds her she left Spain to get away from her and now she has popped up here getting involved in everything. Majo cannot sit and chat. She is working.

Industrial Espionage
Marcos is curious. It seems that the plans for the new motorcycle have been done for a while. Should they not be proceeding to the next step (like production? I ask) since Joaquín has approved everything. Facundo is clearly slow walking the process. He explains to Marcos that he would rather that they take their time and refine everything rather than missing something and getting publicly criticized for it.

Later, Facundo talks to Mario saying he is doing his best to slow down their motorcycle release. Marcos is starting to get suspicious. Mario needs one more day. He has to release his motorcycle first so he can grab all of the sponsors and the attention of the press. The quality really doesn't matter only being first does. He needs one more leak of info from Facundo and his role in this will be over. Facundo only wants what Mario originally promised him.

Everything Else
-Kassandra wakes up and notices that Joaquín did not sleep in his bed with her. It turns out he slept in his office. (Uh oh . . .)

-Hugo warns Eleazar that he better not hurt Vale or he will have to deal with him. (sounds like a big brother) Eleazar says he has fallen in love with Vale so Hugo can relax.
 

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-At an after school reading club, Meli and Alexa become "friends" and work on a project together.

-Aurelio "just" happens to be in the park when Isaura sprains her ankle during tai chi. (I wonder if he hangs out there to watch her) He offers to help her get home. She accepts and limps off as he supports her.

FIN
 

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Jarifa, thank you for your very fine recap which ebbed and flowed perfectly. I so enjoyed your commentary and clarification that filled in many of the gaps I had.

What a welcome Kassandra had. Blank stares and silence. Welcome to the family - NOT! But honestly, did Joaquin think the reaction would be any different?? Even he doesn't really like her!

"Olga is driving everybody crazy. (somebody needs to grab that fan of hers)" had me laughing away; so very true! She is quite the chatterbox and a very opinionated one at that! It seems unfathomable she and Ivan ever coexisted. The second she darkened the door she immediately wore out her welcome; both Ivan and Majo ready for her to vacate the premises ASAP! I was a bit surprised that Marcos still seems to be impressed with her. I'm even more flummoxed Romina seems to be pining after Ivan a bit. Confounding. ☹

Kass' "...first target will be the most fragile of the Miranda kids: Dani...(she) hopes that she can destabilize Dani enough so she needs to get some "rest" at a mental health clinic" was chilling. No trying to charm the siblings, she is moving right to search and destroy.

So Mario is ready to spring the trap...bad times ahead for certain.

Isaura hurt her ankle (my foot), poor 'lil thing. The spider has Aurelio the fly right where she wants him. 😊

Where IS Nuria???

Jarifa, thank you for another wonderful recap.

Diana
 

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Thanks Jarifa, that was a great read. Marcas might be the one to save the day. And now we know why Facundo was procrastinating on the design. I guess Joaquin hired the wrong guy to be in charge.

Kassandra is worse than I feared. She didn’t realize that by being mean to Vale she was bringing out the mom in Vero. But I think Vero will be like that with all the kids. And planning to get Dani so bad that she gets put in a mental institution. That is bad. I can’t wait until she and Facundo get what’s coming to them.

Hopefully Alexa and Meli will become good friends and Flores won’t get any information. But Alexa wants those concert tickets.

Diego continues to be annoying. It seems he’s back with Claudia and has her in his bed. Hopefully they just slept, although a pregnancy wouldn’t surprise me. Hopefully he just pushed her away because of his grief, but I feel he really was attracted to Margo.

LIZ
 

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Uh oh. I only saw half of last night' s episode. Did anything interesting happen in the second half? I saw Grecia schooling Gina ( Eliza Doolittle) on how to act in polite society.. I saw Emma smack Gina a good one for being in Sofie's studio. It looked like Gina was reading pages that Sofia wrote . I also saw her drag tiny Emma,out of the room . Also, Gina was up high in a.loft bedroom throwing feathers from a pillow on Franco below . Wow....the writers are going crazy with this character. Lots of Gina . susan
 

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I don’t remember what happened when, but Carlo convinced Barbi to submit to marital relations and then wasn’t up to the job. Barbi told Monique, who then announced it in front of the whole class. Rex was like, with friends like that, who needs enemies?

I really feel sorry for Carlo. He’s doing the best he can, and as far as I can tell he’s about the only one who isn’t lying to everybody.
 

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Jarifa, thank you. I appreciate your excellent recap which explained some things that I didn't get from the visual
Does Isaura know that Aurelio is Vero's father ? If not , she must think that he is rich ...ha.
Olga and her shrill voice and odd comments is like of a pre anvil for Ivan !!! She was very annoying and just weird. Poor Majo.
Kass is pure evil. I wish Carmen would open her eyes and catch her being her true self.
Claudia is so happy to be back with Diego snuggling in his bed, but what teenage boy can be content with just checking in bed ??? Susan
 

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Yes, I saw poor Carlo check under the cover . I feel sorry for him . I hope that the writers have a fitting anvil for terrible Monique.

Can't wait to see how far the writers go tonight . This show now is far , far away from the original AV. Susan

 

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Diana, yes, where is Nuria ? I am hopeful that she will be a positive force for good because we need some relief from all the villains winning constantly.

I still think that Marcos is observing Facundo and hopefully at some point , he will talk to Joachim about what he thinks Facundo is up to. Also,I hope that Ivan finally becomes His brother's ally. Susan