Friday, February 19, 2016
Weekend Discussion: Crimes of Fashion, 3rd Edition 2/19/16
Thanks to Soledad Romero-Vargas, our
fashion critic here at Vanidades, we bring you these
disasters. -- D.D.
Labels: lichita, mivac, no-creo, poder, weekend
Monday, January 11, 2016
Yo No Creo en los Hombres Lunes 11/11/16 #121, Pt 3 Gran Final
Chapter
123 (Gran Final): Blood, Guns, and Tears
Claudio
drove to the location demanded by the kidnappers. They called and
gave him his instructions and their threat if he didn't deliver the
ransom. He agreed. The detective stayed in the car. Claudio walked
out into the middle of the street. The kidnappers brought Max out of
their car between them. One aimed his pistol at Max's head while the
other aimed his at Claudio. They demanded that Claudio slide the
suitcase with the money to them. One picked it up and the other
said, “Here's a gift from a woman who loves you. You get to see
your son die.”
They
shoved Max down to his knees. A sniper fired at one of the
kidnappers while the other fired at Claudio. The downed kidnapper
got up just far enough to fire another shot, hitting Max in the right
shoulder blade. Police fire and both were down.
Labels: no-creo
Saturday, January 09, 2016
Yo No Creo En Los Hombes #122 Will there be any cast members left after tomorrow?
What a thrilling ride this TN has been. I'm thankful that I got to sub recap for this fantastic show, it's been an honor to do so. Thanks JdesdeNYC.
So here we go, we get about 15 minutes of repeat from Thursday. I pick up where we left off.
Clara is meeting with her pimp who is telling her that heaven is full of regretful people, so therefore, he’s going to forgive Clara and give her another opportunity to work for him, but it’s the last time. A relieved Clara thanks him. Ugh!
She asks him what exactly will she be doing. He replies that if she thinks he wants her to be a prostitute, that’s not what she will be doing. He runs a modeling agency, she would be an ‘edecanes’, a hostess, not an ‘edecarnes’, yuck, yuck, a flesh server. She’ll talk to men and whatever. Clara is looking quite sick at this moment. He hands her the business card of her new client, but before she can take it he reminds her that he gets his cut of the money for giving her the contact. He tells her to call him.
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So here we go, we get about 15 minutes of repeat from Thursday. I pick up where we left off.
Clara is meeting with her pimp who is telling her that heaven is full of regretful people, so therefore, he’s going to forgive Clara and give her another opportunity to work for him, but it’s the last time. A relieved Clara thanks him. Ugh!
She asks him what exactly will she be doing. He replies that if she thinks he wants her to be a prostitute, that’s not what she will be doing. He runs a modeling agency, she would be an ‘edecanes’, a hostess, not an ‘edecarnes’, yuck, yuck, a flesh server. She’ll talk to men and whatever. Clara is looking quite sick at this moment. He hands her the business card of her new client, but before she can take it he reminds her that he gets his cut of the money for giving her the contact. He tells her to call him.
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Labels: no-creo
Friday, January 08, 2016
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, Capitulo 121, 1/7/2016: What. The. Hell. MD has learned NOTHING!!!
Refrito:
MD thinks back on all the few lovely moments she and Max have gotten to share
during the course of this crazy story while reading vows. As she sits with the
head braced on her knees, an unknown prisoner with a shiv sneaks up on her…
Meanwhile, Dan gives the order to his prison
buddy: kill Max! Our blindfolded and bound galan has no idea that the kidnapper
is pointing a gun to his head…
Labels: no-creo, telenovelas
Thursday, January 07, 2016
Blog mom is considering deleting Caray, Caray entirely. Thoughts welcome.
Hello, friends, trolls, spammers, complainers, etc.,
Behind the scenes there has a been a lot of trouble over the past year or two. Against my instincts I let this project get too big. We used to just blog the three shows on Univision prime time. Now our net is cast across all of Telenovela Land.
We have had almost 18,000,000 visits to our site. Perhaps this is what has made us a target of ugly behavior. We have lost a lot of recappers due to nasty commenters. We have had to delete 1,000s of spam comments from witch doctors and spell casters and plumbing supply houses. We have had to scour the comments for spoilers and malicious mayhem.
Over the last year or more Diva del desierto (5 foot Latina) and her computer whiz husband have made a number of very complicated improvements under the hood. These improvements have answered some of your multiple complaints but the Diva has had it. She wants to throw in the towel. I cannot take on the work she's been doing.
So that's why I'm thinking about folding up the tent (to switch metaphors). People who complain and attack each other and post spoilers etc. have finally worn us down.
Most things online are eventually ruined by spam and porno. One could say about the whole internet: "This is why I can't have nice things."
Have you noticed that everybody who works on this site does it for free?
Another possibility would be to cut back to just three shows and dump the rest of this. I think I could keep my eye on three shows.
I am taking suggestions and comments below.
Behind the scenes there has a been a lot of trouble over the past year or two. Against my instincts I let this project get too big. We used to just blog the three shows on Univision prime time. Now our net is cast across all of Telenovela Land.
We have had almost 18,000,000 visits to our site. Perhaps this is what has made us a target of ugly behavior. We have lost a lot of recappers due to nasty commenters. We have had to delete 1,000s of spam comments from witch doctors and spell casters and plumbing supply houses. We have had to scour the comments for spoilers and malicious mayhem.
Over the last year or more Diva del desierto (5 foot Latina) and her computer whiz husband have made a number of very complicated improvements under the hood. These improvements have answered some of your multiple complaints but the Diva has had it. She wants to throw in the towel. I cannot take on the work she's been doing.
So that's why I'm thinking about folding up the tent (to switch metaphors). People who complain and attack each other and post spoilers etc. have finally worn us down.
Most things online are eventually ruined by spam and porno. One could say about the whole internet: "This is why I can't have nice things."
Have you noticed that everybody who works on this site does it for free?
Another possibility would be to cut back to just three shows and dump the rest of this. I think I could keep my eye on three shows.
I am taking suggestions and comments below.
Labels: announcements, hotel, la-vecina, lichita, mivac, no-creo, poder, qnc, telemundo
Yo No Creo en los Hombres #120, 1/6/2016: Would They Really Kill BOTH Our Protagonists?
The Old: Ursula
talks to the kidnappers and tells them Max has to be in his five senses before
he speaks to MD. They wake him with a tequila shower. Leo tells Clara, Doris
and Chelito that Claudio is dealing with trying to track down the kidnappers
and Max. The doctor tells them Esperanza had a heart attack, and had no trace
of any of the medicines she was supposed to be taking to avoid it (too
expensive). Now, any stress could cause the big one. Ursula tells Josefa that
they will soon be rid of Max AND Claud, but Jo thinks death is too easy for
Claud. She wants him alive and suffering for Marta’s death—she wants ALL of
them to suffer. Ursula points out that Claud and Marcelo were responsible for
putting Marta in jail, but La Abuela was responsible for her death. But not to
worry. First they’ll get Abuela to get rid of their MD problem, and then they’ll
get rid of her. Marcelo tells Claud he wants a guarantee that his name will be
cleared of ALL suspicion before he helps him save Max and MD.
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The New:
Ursula tries to calm Dan down after the big reveal that MD
and Max are married. She assures him they just did it so that Max can try to
get custody of the baby. Then she tells him how Max threatened to charge Ivana
with abetting (encubrimiento) if she doesn’t testify. But without an accused
(MD) or a defender (Max), then none of that matters. Dan’s ears perk up, and he
demands that Ursula NOT kill MD. Ursula backtracks and says it was just a
manner of speaking. They’ll just make sure MD stays in jail by having Ivana
testify that she was hit and fainted and didn’t really see what happened. They
both eye each other warily, neither trusting the other as far as they could
throw them.
Labels: no-creo
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Yo No Creo en los Hombres Lunes, 1/04/16 #119
I've
been up and down mean streets long enough I thought I'd seen
everything. I was wrong. Tonight I witnessed something so
disgusting it would make Sam Spade cry. Danny-Boy and his Mama Bear
need to burn in hell. I'd send them there myself if there were no
risk of being caught. Hell can't be that much worse than the prisons
here.
I'm
off for a good stiff drink. Maybe that will help.
– Dashiell
Chapter
119: Consequences
Honoria
was called to testify for the prosecution, but refused.
“Because
I will not testify to help anyone who is trying to sully my son's
reputation. He never was Maria Dolores' lover. He was good and
honest, values I taught him. Since he died my grief made me forget
those values.” She looked at Hosefa briefly and cried as she
finished. Max may have felt some relief and Esperanza, too, but it
wouldn't have been much. Hosefa looked nervous.
Labels: no-creo
Saturday, January 02, 2016
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, #118 The Trial Begins
We’re back at the prison yard, where Max is looking mighty fine in his suit and tie, (when doesn’t he look mighty fine though). And after an uncomfortably long kiss while everyone shuffles their feet waiting for it to end, he introduces them to a judge he brought along and asks MD if she will marry him right there, right now.
She hesitates for only a minute because she’s worried that if she gets a guilty sentence that she will not want Max tied down to being with someone in prison, but he tells her that he will always love her and he wants to have custodial power for Almita. Swoon!!! What a galan. So she says yes and they get hitched.
After the congratulations from Esperanza and Nayeli, Max hands her an envelop that he says she will need for the hearing that they are going to now.
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She hesitates for only a minute because she’s worried that if she gets a guilty sentence that she will not want Max tied down to being with someone in prison, but he tells her that he will always love her and he wants to have custodial power for Almita. Swoon!!! What a galan. So she says yes and they get hitched.
After the congratulations from Esperanza and Nayeli, Max hands her an envelop that he says she will need for the hearing that they are going to now.
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Labels: no-creo
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #117, Wednesday 12/30/15: Babies and Betrayals
Happy New Year, Patio Peeps!
The Old: Marcia tells Monterubio that he has to help her fend off the Santibañez, Max, MD, and Claudio. If she falls, they BOTH fall. Claudio tells Orlando that he thinks Josefa was behind Isela’s fall and he’s launched an investigation. Dan tells Ursula and Ivana that he’s NOT giving up his baby, not for all the money in the world.
The New:
Dan says that his daughter is all he has and he’s not giving her up. Ursula and Ivana are livid. Ursula reveals she already knew what he has been saying in rehab about having both his daughter and MD, and that he was going to betray her. She’s caught off guard when Dan reveals what HE’s learned from Arango. Ursula and Arango faked a will with a false signature after Hector died, leaving everything to Ursula’s administration. In reality, Hector’s real will left everything to Dan and Maleny (and nada for Ursula). Now that Maleny’s dead, all the money goes to Dan and Almita. Ha! As of now, Dan’s in charge, and he’s changing the admin on all the accounts from Ursula to himself. Ursula tries to guilt trip Arango for betraying her (again), but he already heard from Dan that she was planning on kicking him to the curb soon. He just got the jump on betraying her first. Now, Arango works for Dan.
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The Old: Marcia tells Monterubio that he has to help her fend off the Santibañez, Max, MD, and Claudio. If she falls, they BOTH fall. Claudio tells Orlando that he thinks Josefa was behind Isela’s fall and he’s launched an investigation. Dan tells Ursula and Ivana that he’s NOT giving up his baby, not for all the money in the world.
The New:
Dan says that his daughter is all he has and he’s not giving her up. Ursula and Ivana are livid. Ursula reveals she already knew what he has been saying in rehab about having both his daughter and MD, and that he was going to betray her. She’s caught off guard when Dan reveals what HE’s learned from Arango. Ursula and Arango faked a will with a false signature after Hector died, leaving everything to Ursula’s administration. In reality, Hector’s real will left everything to Dan and Maleny (and nada for Ursula). Now that Maleny’s dead, all the money goes to Dan and Almita. Ha! As of now, Dan’s in charge, and he’s changing the admin on all the accounts from Ursula to himself. Ursula tries to guilt trip Arango for betraying her (again), but he already heard from Dan that she was planning on kicking him to the curb soon. He just got the jump on betraying her first. Now, Arango works for Dan.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #116 Tuesday 12/29/15: Patrnity Bites, Maternity Without Rights, and Baby's In The Middle
• We go to Alma’s funeral. She left a letter to her family of last thoughts. Max is to take care of headstrong Leo. Leo is to stick with Clara who really cares for him. Claudio is left without Alma’s pardon, and a request to right the wrongs he’s done.
• The paternity results are in and Daniel’s DNA is the darned baby-daddy. He rubs Max’s nose in it as much as possible. (What else would we expect?) Despite Max’s best arguments that DannyBoy is a drug addict and the family is suicide prone, the judge gives temporary custody to Grrrrsula and Family.
• Corina introduces herself to Nayelli’s kids and tries to take them with her, but Aldo stops her. She lies about knowing Nayelli and why she was with the kids.
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Labels: no-creo
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Yo No Creo en los Hombres #116 Martes 12/29/15
Chapter
116: Life and Death
Leo
entered Alma's hospital room and kissed her forehead. When she
didn't react he instinctively ran and called for the doctor. When
the doctor felt Alma's pulse he looked back at the nurse, who nodded.
They looked at Leo, who realized what this meant. He cried out
“Mama! Mama!” many times. He stayed at her bedside, embraced
her, and cried.
Labels: no-creo
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, #115 Monday 12/28/15 A Death in the Family
This is a super sad episode and the recap is very long because of all the detail.
A little refresher from way back last Wednesday, Orlando and Claudio are in the ICU with Isela who is on life support, arguing about who will take care of the baby. Orlando claims that Isela’s last wish was to have Orlando take care of her, but Claudio wants to step up and claim the baby as his own, even giving her his last name. Poor Doris, hanging back by the doorway, hears this exchange and is heartbroken at learning Orlando’s intentions and feelings. Just then, Isela takes a huge breath and her eyes jolt open. Orlando reacts, and runs to get the doctor while Claudio stands there stunned. (I know who I want around me in an emergency, and it’s not the Clod).
Orlando finds a doctor, sees Doris, hugs her saying that Isela is awake, and goes back in.
Back at the poor person's hospital, The Padre comes out with the nurse after baptizing the baby, the nurse tells Esperanza and Max that she will send them the video of it. Why couldn’t they be there in person?
Just then, Max gets a call that Alma is brought to the rich person's hospital. He runs off to see about her.
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Labels: no-creo
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Familiarize Yourself with the Background of "The Hotel of Secrets" - Starts 1/25/16
It’s 1905 and an unexpected encounter in a train will change the lives
of Isabel Alarcon and Julio Olmedo. They
sit together at the same table and realize that neither of the two of them belongs
to the places from which they come.
Protected
by anonymity and the brevity of the train trip, they speak of their dreams and
desires. Julio jumps off the train
without saying good-bye, thinking that he’ll never again meet up with this
fantastic being that Fate lent to him for a few hours.
Juliio arrives at The Grand
Hotel in order to look for his sister, Cristina. However, he receives a nasty surprise: that
his sister was fired and nobody has had any idea of her whereabouts for a month
now. From this moment a search will
begin that will take him along unimagined pathways; he will unearth each hidden
mystery at the majestic hotel; and he will begin a stormy and passionate
romance with Isabel.
Isabel and Julio will have to traverse a river of blood not only to
find out the truth about Cristina, but to succeed in freeing themselves from
the trials and tribulations that have marked their lives.
[ed. note: Translated from UVideos Conoce la historia de El Hotel de los Secretos]
Labels: hotel, lichita, mivac, no-creo, poder, proximas, synopsis-cast
Yo No Creo en los Hombres #114, Wednesday 12/23/15: Josefa Tries to Pull the Plug on Isela, But Pulls the Trigger on Alma Instead
Happy Holidays,
Amigos! I’m sure most of you are gearing up for festivities or traveling right
now, so I’m not going to put a lot of time in the recap. It will be done from
memory. Enjoy the next few days with family and friends!
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In the hospital, Josefa tells Clod that Isela threw herself
from the 2nd floor balcony after she found out what a lying liar who
lies he is. In the background, Honoria looks like she wants to sing a rousing
verse of liar liar pants on fire. But Clod isn’t fooled by Josefa. He knows
Isela was more determined than ever to live her life, to move on from him AND
Josefa, and start her life with her baby. He suspects it was Josefa herself who
threw Isela off that balcony, and if he finds out that’s true, he will
personally see that she rots in jail!
Labels: no-creo
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #113 Tuesday 12/22/15: Bye-Bye Baby Or All The King’s Horses And All The King’s Men
It's late in coming but at least it is here!-edit.
• Isela has another bout of guilty conscience. After hearing Claudio’s confession that he screwed around with Marta’s sentencing to please his buddy, the other judge, Sr. Monterubio, hide his sins. First, she visits Orlando in the his old apartment and says if only…..They share an if only hug. (Alarm bells should be going off about now for the Viewerville aficionados.)
• Clod admits his guilt to Max who tells his papi he deserves to rot behind bars for knowingly using his influence to help the rich and powerful. Clod says he hopes he’s opened Max’s eyes a bit so that he can properly defend Maria Dolores.
• Speaking of MD, she’s telling off her guard and Marcia, the Women’s Warden, that she knows how Marcia and Grrrrsula have colluded in trying to take her baby away from her; she’s also threatened the guard with spilling the beans to UNOWHU about the horrible way common prisoners are treated in this prison; and, woe is they if anyone dares raise a hand against her again or puts her back into solitary AND if they don’t get Nayelli out of the punishment cell and fast!!
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• Isela has another bout of guilty conscience. After hearing Claudio’s confession that he screwed around with Marta’s sentencing to please his buddy, the other judge, Sr. Monterubio, hide his sins. First, she visits Orlando in the his old apartment and says if only…..They share an if only hug. (Alarm bells should be going off about now for the Viewerville aficionados.)
• Clod admits his guilt to Max who tells his papi he deserves to rot behind bars for knowingly using his influence to help the rich and powerful. Clod says he hopes he’s opened Max’s eyes a bit so that he can properly defend Maria Dolores.
• Speaking of MD, she’s telling off her guard and Marcia, the Women’s Warden, that she knows how Marcia and Grrrrsula have colluded in trying to take her baby away from her; she’s also threatened the guard with spilling the beans to UNOWHU about the horrible way common prisoners are treated in this prison; and, woe is they if anyone dares raise a hand against her again or puts her back into solitary AND if they don’t get Nayelli out of the punishment cell and fast!!
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Labels: no-creo
Monday, December 21, 2015
Yo No Creo en los Hombres #112 Lunes 12/21/15
Chapter
112: A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Maria
Dolores asked the nurse if the test was done. The nurse answered
that it was and left. Maria Dolores didn't even count to three
before removing the IV needle and getting out of bed. She headed
down the nearest stairs and asked the way to the neonatology.
Meanwhile
in that ward Ivana was holding Maria Dolores' newborn daughter. The
nurse who had been bribed by Mama Bear told her she was holding the
baby correctly against her skin so the baby could feel her body heat.
Danny-Boy leaned over the baby from Ivana's left side. It was just
as well that he wore the surgical mask; the poor infant would have
been frightened out of a year's growth at the sight of him. He began
talking to the baby who was reaching at random and looking away from
him. She turned away from the sound of his voice. Smart baby.
Labels: no-creo
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, #111 Friday 12/18/15
I’m filling in for JdesdeNYC. I had no ccs for this one, so I did the best I could with understanding what’s going on. No doubt I missed stuff and got stuff wrong. If you would kindly point it out in the comments, I will make adjustments to the recap.
We start where we ended yesterday with Alma reaming out Claudio for what he’s done to her and the family, etc. Hangdog stoneface leaves the room.
MD and Max are talking in the hospital after she gave birth about Claudio’s involvement in her continued stay at the prison. After asking the same question we all have been asking, why, Max’s said that Ursula had continued threatening him about outing his slimy reputation so he agreed to slime it some more by doing what she asked.
She tells him that the Santibanez want to take their baby from them too. She pleads with him to not let the baby out of his sight.
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We start where we ended yesterday with Alma reaming out Claudio for what he’s done to her and the family, etc. Hangdog stoneface leaves the room.
MD and Max are talking in the hospital after she gave birth about Claudio’s involvement in her continued stay at the prison. After asking the same question we all have been asking, why, Max’s said that Ursula had continued threatening him about outing his slimy reputation so he agreed to slime it some more by doing what she asked.
She tells him that the Santibanez want to take their baby from them too. She pleads with him to not let the baby out of his sight.
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Labels: no-creo
Friday, December 18, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Yo No Creo en los Hombres -- Karmageddon!
Karmageddon
comes to DF this time for the devil's own in Yo No Creo en los
Hombres. We've had a very interesting collection of villains
and top performances by the actors. Due to the nature and pace of
this story, I've delayed this until today and this is updated
through last evening's episode. As usual, we ask two questions:
Labels: Karmageddon, no-creo, weekend
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, Capitulo #110 Thursday 12/17/15: A Child Is Born (...in a world of monsters)
Rewind: Doris shares her fears and annoyances about the other women
in Orlando’s life with Nanis. In the prison, the warden sends her flunkies off
of get a spare key before the Abuela kills MD rather than let her give birth to
her baby. The Bitter, Crazy Grief twins storm past an overwhelmed maid to get
into the Bustamante house. Max and Leo ask them to leave because their sick
mother doesn’t need more crap. “I know she’s kicking the bucket, but so are we
– dead in life, two mothers without children!” (We’re barely two minutes in and
the rage that wells up in me at this demonstration of Josefa’s selfishness
almost chokes me.) Claudio asks Hon how they can help her and she responds that
she just wants justice for Julian, which won’t happen if he keeps using his influence
to push MD’s hearing back. Cara de horrified “WTH?!” from Max.The Abuela proves
to be the absolute worst labor coach in history. It’s not her fault; she’s just
confused the “hee hee hoo hoo” chant with “it’s better that your baby die…it’ll
me a monster like its father…it’s better that it die now, before it sees and
feels…” She keeps up this stream of chatter while poking at MD, thinking that
she’s taken the miscarriage pill. When MD reveals that she hasn’t, the Abuela
starts smacking and pulling at her, enraged.
Labels: no-creo
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Yo No Creo en los Hombres #109, Wednesday 12/16/15: Claudio is Outed (Again)
Thanks Tofie, Victoria, GoBlueFan, Anon207, and Urban!
Between all of you, we have a really great mini-recap of this episode. I can’t
wait to see it!
Max files a petition to have a doctor see MD. The warden
calls Ursula, telling her she will comply, but the doctor can be someone of
Ursula's choosing. Ursula wants a doctor to say there are complications at
birth, so that she’ll be able to take the child.
At Julian’s graveside, Jenny resolves that though she wasn't
the love of Julian's life, she was the first woman he danced with and kissed,
and she will have his child. He will live on through this child for her, and it
will give Honoria a reason to live. Later, as a doctor describes the artificial
insemination procedure to Jenny and Fermin, there is concern on Jenny's face as
the required condition of her reproductive organs is discussed.
Josefa and Honoria go to Ursula to find out what is taking
so long, after they both provided information to assist Ursula. Honoria wants
to know why MD's trial hadn't begun- she wants justice for Julian and wants
Maria Dolores convicted of the crime. Josefa wants info on Marta's death. Ursula
shares that Romina, a friend and coworker of Marta's, told a different version
of the story. Marta wanted to get away from Josefa, and she was in a consensual
relationship with Monterubio, who was married. However, his family would never
allow Monterubio to marry Marta, just like Claudio would never marry Isela, and
she would never allow Daniel to marry Maria Dolores. Monterubio and his family
framed Marta for the robbery, and his friend Claudio helped send her to prison
with the maximum sentence.
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