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Notes from the Couch

1. Joaquín grills Vero over what kind of info was she looking for in the house. She insists that she wasn't looking for information. She wasn't writing an article. He demands that she stop lying. She argues that she isn't lying. When he asks her about her boss Flores, she tells him that at the start Flores didn't even know that she worked there. When he found out, she tried to stop him or prevent him from writing something that would hurt the family. Then, Flores published the article behind her back. Joaquín concludes he has no idea who Vero is. She says that she considers herself more of a domestic and child care worker than a journalist. Joaquín sees her as an excellent actress and con-artist instead. Vero says she never wanted to lie. Becoming a domestic worker was the only way she could get near to her . . . Joaquín asks close to WHO? Sobbing, she answers "Vale". He wants to know what Vale has to do with all of this. She finally tells him that Vale is her daughter. His response is WHAT? She tells him she is Vale's birth mother. Shocked, he sits down trying to make sense of it all.

2. Mario is so sorry hearing about Vale's death and asks Aurelio if he can do something for her family. Aurelio, still incensed, tells him that there is no family because Vero never got married and never had children. He went on with his life as if nothing happened while she was fading away. Aurelio adds that she died of cancer but he always knew that she died of sadness from an abandonment that she never could understand. Mario admits that he has felt dead inside since he lost his daughter. Aurelio's looks incredulous and tells him to give his apologies to Isaura and Kassandra but he has to leave. Mario adds that he has all the things that men envy: money and power but his heart is completely empty. Aurelio leaves a very somber Mario.

3. Nico offers Lorena, who doesn't want Claudia to move out, to tell Claudia that it is his decision that she stay living with her mother so that Lorena isn't saddled with the blame but he and Lorena need to talk about what is going on between them. He asks her to be honest. That night when he came to dinner, didn't she get all dressed up for him? He sees how she looks at him . He is a man made of flesh and blood who feels, loves and who wavers. She tells him to shut up. She can't take it and tells FATHER Nico good night as she leaves. Nico prays for God to show him the way before he loses it all.

4. Mario rejoins Isaura and Kassandra. Isaura asks about Aurelio. Mario says he had to leave. Kassandra says that is better because never liked him as anyway. She hopes Isaura isn't giving him money as is her custom. Isaura asks what they were talking about. Still subdued, Mario answers that they were talking about a person they both knew who died a while back. He suggests they order.

5. Eleazar just appears in Vale's room AGAIN. (Isn't there a front door??) They kiss and he says he would like to take her on his motorcycle and ride away together She adds forever. She is a bit surprised when he says he would love to spend the night with her and that they should escape for a weekend together. He insists he isn't pressuring her but is very much in love with her. She admits it probably isn't the best that they are alone in her room either but suggests they talk about it when she isn't so tired. He says he loves her and asks for a goodbye kiss. She gives him one when Nuria walks in demanding to know what is going on.
 

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.6. Joaquín is overwhelmed wondering how what Vero told him can even be possible. He explodes still thinks she is lying. She begs him not to judge her and to listen to her story. He finally gives in but wants to hear THE TRUTH so there are no more secrets after tonight.

7. Nuria scolds Vale for gifting her vital energy and disrespecting her space. Her chakra is almost electric! Nuria sniffs and says she can detect pure Kundalini energy. She can tell that this young man is being encircled by that vital energy. Vale tries to make it clear that it isn't what she thinks. Nuria says maybe Joaquín would allow such exchanges of vital energy, but she won't allow her to be such a horrible example for her sisters. Vale insists they were not doing anything bad. Eleazar says he loves Vale. Nuria tells him to go and take his vital energy with him and indulge himself with somebody else before he hurts her niece. He tells Nuria that he and Vale are novios and leaves. They are in love. He respects her more than anyone in the world. That is the last thing that Nuria seems to want to hear.

8. Vale tells Joaquín that her father thought it was best to tear her daughter from her arms because it would benefit both of them. She was fifteen. There were years of pain of dreaming of her daughter and then waking up with empty arms. She spent years wondering if her daughter was well and cared for. She had no way to find her because she was still a child looking for another child. On her death bed as her last act of love for her, her mother gave her the information that she needed. Joaquín is visibly moved by her story. She explains that it all happened shortly before Luis' and Susana's accident. She got into contact with Susana who said she had to talk to Luis before they could allow her to meet Vale. She only wanted to tell Vale that she never abandoned her and that she had always looked for her. After hearing about the accident, Vero became desperate not wanting to lose her daughter again. She drove to the house and in her car wanting to tell Vale that she was not alone that she had her. Joaquín asks how can she be sure that Vale is her daughter. Vero explains that the information that her mother gave her led her to the institution that arranged the adoption. Joaquín still needs proof. Vero says he will have it.

9. Nuria makes the mistake of telling Vale that things are different with her because she isn't like the other children. She is a "gift " that the universe brought to the house and she was blessed with a home and the family that received her. For that reason, she has to behave better than the others. She has to earn her place every day in this house. Vale knew that she was going to come up with that. It is always the same. with Nuria who never wanted her and who has reminded her anytime she opens her mouth that she is adopted.
Nuria smiles clearly pleased with herself. Vale has had enough with her venom. Nuria warns her about how she is talking to her because if she defies her . . . Vale asks what she is going to do, throw her out of her house??? Vale won't wait for that. She is leaving and starts to pack.. Nuria reminds her that she better leave with what is on her back then because she owns nothing. She doesn't even own the last name that Luis gave her. Too bad she doesn't know how to respect it. Vale tells her to take it all away but she will never take away who she is. She will not tell her what she is worth.
 

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10. Aurelio needs to talk to Nico in his role as priest. Nico is up for it but mentions that he is feeling lost, too. Aurelio tells him he bumped into Mario Vero's baby's father. He lied to hm telling him that Vero is dead. Mario asks why? Aurelio says he made a big mistake in the past and it wasn't putting the baby up for adoption. The mistake that he made was not convincing Vero that the baby died while it was being born. That would have been more merciful because it would not have condemned Vero to years of searching for and now trying to get close to the girl. Nico looks like he cannot believe what he is hearing and reminds Aurelio that he robbed Vero of her most sacred right: to love her daughter. Aurelio angrily admits that he knows and he carries that cross everyday but now it is better to get rid of that miserable Mario in one fell swoop. Mario is getting married. He told Mario Vero was dead so he would forget his daughter forever. Nico tells him he keeps digging that hole deeper and deeper and one day it will be so deep, he won't be able to get out of it.

11. Joaquín wants to know who is who. Vero explains who the real Consuelo is: her aunt who is like a second mother to her. Nayeli is Consuelo's daughter. Joaquín is upset how she played with his feelings and trust. She insists that was never her intention. In tears, he complains that it is all a lie. Vero disagrees and says she modeled herself on her aunt Consuelo. Joaquín says that was the woman who he admired, not her. Vero looks like she was punched in the gut.

12. As Carmen tries to call Joaquín, the other kids beg Vale not to leave as Nuria encourages her to go. Vale won't stay where for the smallest of reasons, she is told she doesn't belong. Diego is upset with Nuria who made Joaquín move and now this with his sister. Joaquín has his phone turned off. Nuria says if Vale cannot vibe there then it is better for her to go away. Vale clarifies things and says she doesn't vibe with HER. Vale is out of there. Diego asks Nuria if she is happy now.

13. Vero tells Joaquín that she did it all for her daughter. He doesn't get why she had to pretend to be another person. Vero says that Vale hates her and he knows that very well. The first time she was with Vale, she told her how she hated her birth mother and that she was the worst because she abandoned her. What could she do in the face of that? She was terrified she would lose her forever if she told her the truth. She discovered they needed domestic help and she lied because she needed to be near her daughter and earn her affection. She has been waiting for the right time to tell her the truth but the fear of rejection has paralyzed her. Lying was all she had and she got to be her mother every day. She became fond of all of the kids and started to see them as her kids, too. Then she fell in love with him and didn't want him to reject her. She doesn't want to lose them. They are her life, her family, the only things she has in this world. Joaquín can barely look at her. She begs him to tell her she won't lose them. She sobs. He says nothing
 

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14. Nayeli catches up with her mother outside. She is having all kinds of weird cravings but the worst is crying at the drop of a hat. She also cannot get Hugo out of her heart. She says her heart is as stubborn as a burro that refuses to move.Consuelo doesn't want to see her end up like her and Aurelio. Nayeli sees Hugo and Aurelio coming down the street . She says their appearance is as if they said their names in front of a bewitched mirror. .

15. In tears, Joaquín explains that he still cannot understand what she/Consuelo /Vero did. She apologizes saying she knows what she did has no justification. It wasn't done out of being evil, it was done for her love for Vale; the kind of love that was so big and desperate that it made her lose her way. She makes it clear that everything she said to or did for Vale was true just like the feelings she has for him. She realizes he may hate her and may never forgive her but she wants him to remember one thing. She could have watched her daughter from afar but she chose to be apart of her life. She preferred to risk it all to be with her daughter. Nothing will change the truth that Vale is her daughter and that he is that man who she loves as she never thought she could ever love anyone again. She leaves and he ignores her. They both cry.

16. Hugo asks Nayeli if she is going out with anyone. She asks him what is he doing. Is he seeing if she is available like a restaurant table after Mis Fancy Schmancy sent him the bill? He sheepishly says he never saw her as second best. She disagrees because he was with her when he was in love with somebody else. He got into her bed and her life. While he called her "my love", he was thinking of Valeria and she is not forgetting that. He doesn't disagree but he has always cared for her and he still does . . . a lot. He can't stop thinking about her. She finds his affection strange because he used her as a bandaid to cover the bullet hole the other one left him with. Hugo says he also felt betrayed when she hid a everything about her cousin from him. She refuses to apologize because that was family.He agrees. She starts to cry.
 

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17. Joaquín thinks back on what Vero said when there is a knock at his door. It looks like he is expecting it to be Vero and rushes to the door. It is Vale.

18. A smiling Hugo tells Nayeli that he is expecting nothing. He only hopes she forgives him one day and she gives him another chance, God willing. She makes a point of ignoring him as he decides to leave. She shakes her head and says if he only knew . . .

19. Vale asks Joaquín if he was expecting Kassandra. He tells her that they broke up. She is glad about that. He wants to know what is going on with her. She tells him that she had a terrible fight with Nuria.

20. Nico prays for God's guidance.

21. Joaquín calls Diego to tell him that Vale is with him. and is okay.

22. As Vale tells what happened, Joaquín is surprised that she was with Eleazar in her room. Vale tells him that they are novios. She insists that they were't; doing anything wrong but Nuria ran him out of the house and reminded her she was adopted again. She couldn't deal with Nuria and neither her parents or he was there to defend her.. She always makes he feel less because she doesn't share the same blood. Joaquín says nothing that Nuria says changes who she is, what she is worth or what she means to this family. He tells her how much her parents loved her just the same as her siblings. They and he love her, too. Vale says she is the first to be grateful for the family she has and all the love they gave her after her first mother threw her in the garbage. He tries to explain that they do not know what conditions her mother found herself in. Vale doen't want to hear. Her mother abandoned her and she is left to deal with that emptiness, with that wound. She cries and he consoles her.

23. Vero tells Consuelo she told Joaquín the truth and now he hates her. She saw it in his eyes that were suddenly cold and hard. She has lost him forever.Consuelo says this is not necessarily the end but can be a beginning based on something clean and honest. Vero cannot believe her. Consuelo says to give it time. If he loves her like she thinks he does, he will find a way to forgive her. She hugs Vero.
 

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24. Joaquín asks Vale if she has ever thought of looking for her birth mother, getting the answers that she needs and perhaps healing that wound. She asks why?? so she can hear that she was nothing more than a nuisance and that the fact that she existed ruined her life??? Is she going to hear that she never loved her and that she tore her out of her heart even before she saw her??? Joaquín tries to explain that there are very young girls who get pregnant and are not prepared. Sometimes there are others who are making decisions. There are many factors. Some of these girls are cornered and cannot do what they want and carry that pain their whole life. Who ever told her that her that her mother never looked for her? Vale is not convinced and hopes that her birth mother never finds her because if she does she might just have to spit in her face. She wants nothing from the woman who got rid of her. Joaquín hugs her and thinks back on Vero's confession. Vale asks if there is something wrong. It seems like he wants to tell her something but he isn't. He says she knows him well. She asks if it as to do with Eleazar. He says he didn't know they were going out. She says they have been novios only a few days but she is in love and she knows he is in love with her, too. He is pleased but tells her they need to take care of each other, respect each other, not rush anything and to know each other very well before taking any big steps. She promises him they will. He assures her that he will always be there for whatever she needs no matter who she is with. He will be there for any doubt or fears she has. They also have to take care of her little sisters. He doesn't like Eleazar visiting her at night or secretly being in her bedroom even if she says they weren't doing anything. That is not okay and aunt Nuria was right. Vale says she gets it and thanks him for making her feel safe and being able to talk about everything with him. She misses her mother at times like this.

25. Vero prays to the Virgin to care for her child and to help her not to hate her or reject her. She would lose her will to live if her daughter told her one day that she didn't want anything to do with her. She also asks the Virgin to touch Joaquín's heart so he doesn't tell her secret.

FIN