Caray, Caray!

by Audrey (posted by Elvira, a few screencaps added by Elvira)


Lo del pasado:

In Ana Paula’s bedroom, AP is confined to the bed. It’s time for Rogelio’s operation, and María, Margarito and Dani keep vigil with Ana Paula, praying for the safety of Rogelio’s operation.

Later, Cinthia makes a visit to AP’s bedside. They worry over Rogelio’s operation. Cinthia wants to know if AP really loves Rogelio. If so, she is willing to help Rogelio accept AP with her baby in exchange for AP helping her marry Gustavo. Cinthia tells her she doesn’t need to give her answer right away, but think about it. AP looks like she’s about to hurl.

Lo de nuevo:

Gustavo comes into the room, interrupting the tense moment. Cinthia makes a show of look how she is starting to “get along” much better with her cuñada. AP looks even more horrified. Gus asks Cinthia for news about Rogelio. Cinthia is going to call Ernesto again. AP begs to be advised of any news.

After Cinthia leaves, Gus is very pleased to tell Ana Paula that her brother Miguel now has a carpenter job with a friend of Mercedes — he introduced them. This makes AP feel much better. He’s really excited because he’s brought Ana Paula a gift - a book about the stages of pregnancy that they can read together. Ana Paula gifts him with a pleased smile.

María is polishing a silver bowl in the main salon and then drops the bowl in the fright of her life: “Rogelio!” Rogelio is sitting there in his wheelchair. He has a cold, hard look on his face. He left trusting that María would let him know of anything that happens at the hacienda. Why didn’t she tell him that AP was ill? María protests that they didn’t want to worry him since his operation was so delicate and important. Rogelio reminds her that AP is the most important thing to him!

Back in AP’s bedroom, Gus is still gushing all over Ana Paula in his excitement about her having his baby. Gus goes on and on - he’s so in love and excited. AP smiles at him indulgently.

Meanwhile, in the salon, María tries to stop Rogelio from rolling off to see the Mrs, she wants to “explain things”. Rogelio is having none of that. Margarito comes in wearing blue plaid pajamas. He is delighted to see “el patron” and runs to him to give him a hug. Rogelio is delighted to see Margarito up walking. “But what about you?” wonders Margarito. Rogelio tells him his operation will wait, he’s ready to see his wife now. Margarito now tries to stop Rogelio. “Let me pass, chamaco! You look good in blue hahahah.” and Rogelio rolls out of the room.

Ana Paula and Gus are enjoying the book together. She shows him a picture of what the baby should look like right now. Cinthia comes back in, she wasn’t able to reach Ernesto. Ana Paula is very anxious that they get news about Rogelio’s operation immediately. They go off to find Mercedes new number, leaving the doors open. Ana Paula hugs the pregnancy book and prays that Rogelio is OK.

María and Margarito are still in the salon, freaking out together. Margarito wonders if el patron already knows that Ana Paula is going to have Gus’s baby? “No - he just knows that she’s ill!” Margarito wants to warn Gus, but no, Maria doesn’t want Gus talking to Rogelio. María is in total helpless freak-out because there really is little opportunity for damage control at this point!

Chio and Mercedes at the Hernández (that’s Ulises & Macaria) Eatery talking about Mercedes' plans: the lovely house she and Ernesto are setting up in San Gabriel, blah, blah, blah. Chio offers to help decorate now that they are friends again. Mercedes gets a phone call from Ernesto - Rogelio has gone AWOL!

AP is sitting quietly in bed reading her book. Rogelio rolls up to the door smiling. He pauses, waiting for AP to sense his presence. She does. “What are you doing here? What about your operation?”. He rolls up to the bedside. “I found out you were ill and couldn’t even leave the bed. I’m here to be with you.” he answers, kissing her hand. AP starts to get upset. Rogelio asks AP: “What’s wrong? What (kind of illness) do you have?” Ominous music!!!

Back at the eatery, Mercedes has quickly surmised that Rogelio found out something about AP’s illness or pregnancy and leaves the building in a panic. She explains to the pursuing Chio that Rogelio didn’t have the operation. When Ernesto arrived at the clinic, he was told that Rogelio had suddenly left to attend to an emergency. She had got to warn her baby brother ASAP!

Rogelio is still at Ana Paula’s bedside, trying to get her to answer what is wrong. “Did you have another nervous breakdown? I was so worried. And why wasn’t I informed?” Maria appears - trying figure out some way to prevent the inevitable disaster. “We didn’t want to worry you before your operation.” explains AP. “That’s right,” says Maria, “and before Ana Paula was in bed, she was taking care of hacienda matters.” Rogelio is gratified. Ana Paula explains she did it because she’s come to love his lands. “And me?” asks Rogelio, “have you learned to love me?” Ana Paula looks up at María helplessly. Rogelio insists that María leave them alone. Rogelio gazes lovingly at his wife, who is now looking away uncomfortably.

Cinthia is in the salon ranting to Gustavo. Cinthia is worried about Rogelio and she can’t believe he didn’t at least take Hugo with them so that they could maintain contact. Now that she’s “in charge” and there are so many problems at the hacienda, she need to be in contact with her brother! Cinthia is freaking out about all the things going wrong at the hacienda and how she will be blamed. Vanessa has chosen other cattle suppliers for her packing house, and Vanessa’s family’s company has always bought their cattle from the Monteros ever since Cinthia was an child! And now they lose their most important client on her watch! Gustavo thinks she should be able to work things out with Vanessa, but Cinthia tells him that Vanessa doesn’t want to help her out, and when Rogelio finds out, he’s going to be furious with her! Gustavo comforts her.

“You love these lands?” Rogelio is asking Ana Paula at her bedside, “and me? You gave me a hope!” Rogelio pauses and smiles at her. “My love, listen. Could it be there is something deeper between us than a contract?” AP can only look miserably silent and starts crying. “I can’t Rogelio” says AP. Rogelio doesn’t get it. “You have to understand,” says Paula between her tears, “that when I escaped from here, I was with my then boyfriend, and I’m pregnant!” Cara de impactado from Rogelio. “You’re what?” “I’m expecting a baby.” answers Paula. “A baby? From your boyfriend?!!!”

Miguel and Dany are walking up into the haciendas veranda, waxing poetic about all the possible futures of his new furniture business. Tia Rosaura comes along, poo-pooing things, not wanting to lend much of “her” money as it needs to be saved carefully in case they are kicked out of the hacienda. Miguel reminds her that that money belongs to Ana Paula, and anyway, he’s determined not to live off Rogelio anymore. He now has a business opportunity with a friend of Gustavo. Now Tía is all impressed that he really is changing. “Yeah, no thanks to YOU!” says Miguel ironically.

María comes out running in a panic. She doesn’t know what’s going to happen or what to do! Rogelio is already here, and he’s with AP now! Caras de impactado! María doesn’t know who told Rogelio that Ana Paula was sick - which is why he returned. Tía says “Oh no! We have to hide her pregnancy from Rogelio!” Miguel points out what a futile effort that will be (we can’t cover the sun with a finger), he’ll find out eventually. “Well, we’ve got to go and interrupt them before Ana Paula tells him anything! He’ll go crazy!” panics María, and the four hapless messcateers rush off towards Ana Paula’s bedroom to prevent a tragedy. Margarito, who has been miserably hiding behind the furniture through this whole conversation, covers his head with his arms in despair, feeling very guilty about the horrible situation that he unintentionally provoked.

Back in Ana Paula’s bedroom, the ominous music is coming to a crescendo: “Of course! Of course you’re going to have a nervous breakdown if you are married to one man and pregnant by another!” Rogelio realizes bitterly. Ana Paula reminds Rogelio how things really were back then. That she was only with him because of the contract, and that when she ran away, she thought he had ordered her boyfriend killed. “Well, I’m glad you realized I didn’t send someone to kill him, but I never imagined you would go sleep with him! Why?” begs Rogelio in anguish.

Rogelio reacting to Ana Paula's news.

“You have to understand that my circumstances with you were different back then.” begs Ana Paula, “That what I felt for you then is different than I feel now.” “And what do you feel now?” asks Rogelio sneering at her. “Pity? affection? or love?” “I’m very confused” AP tells him. “So I imagine.” Rogelio answers skeptically. “I came to care for you, I swear it!” cries AP. “And when did you realize that you cared for me,” asks Rogelio, “when you discovered you were pregnant?” “No, Rogelio, don’t think that about me!” implores Ana Paula

Ana Paula is in tears over Rogelio's reaction. . .

. . . and Rogelio has tears of his own.

Rogelio doesn’t believe her. He concludes that she now says she cares for him because her boyfriend didn’t accept responsibility for the “chamaco”. And now she needs him to take care of not only her brother, her aunt but this new baby too. Ana Paula is devastated that he sees things this way - “it’s not true! If you think that you don’t know me at all!” Rogelio is furious and yells at her for not even have complied with the darned contract! AP tearfully admits she hasn’t and that she did indeed marry him to help her brother. Rogelio says he doesn’t really give a damn about that contract. But it hurts him so much that she has been making a fool of him all this time. How she must have laughed every time he made a romantic effort. And in the meantime she was enjoying nights of passion with that imbecil! He thought the accident that caused his paralysis was bad, but now he met her, came to love her, and this is worse, because she is killing him! AP can only weep and repeat “Don’t tell me that.” over and over. “Why did you make we want to change, Paula? Why did you make me believe I could fall in love and be happy again?” asks Rogelio. “Forgive me! I didn’t want to hurt you. I do care for you Rogelio Ana Paula cries. I only wanted.....” Rogelio interrupts bitterly: “You have caused me the worst unhappiness of my life, Paula!” So that’s why everyone around him has been so secretive, and he like an imbecile not knowing a thing! Ana Paula tries to grab his hands as she keeps apologizing, pleading with him not to think this way. “Don’t touch me!” says Rogelio in disgust as he looks at Ana Paula collapsed on the bed crying. He then wheels himself out of the room as she calls after him weeping inconsolably “Rogelio!”. What an intense scene! ¡Qué grueso!

She leans into him, begging him to understand . . .

Efrain is slinking into the Hernandez business again! Consuelo gives him a pretty smile, but he doesn't notice and goes right over to the counter to check up on Macaria. She’s feeling much better now that she knows Miguel wasn’t responsible for Maripaz’s death. Efraín starts hitting on Macaria big time, trying to get Macaria to leave with him for a bit of fun. Consuelo looks through the bar window and notices Efraín in full flirt mode. She turns away in annoyance. The chat-up succeeds, and Macaria asks Consuelo to mind the business while she steps out for a short bit. After she agrees, Consuelo notices that Macaria is following Efraín out.

Miguel is marching down the hacienda hall going to protect AP while Tía tries to stop him - “We can’t all bust in there together! It’ll look suspicious!” Miguel and Dani should go first, and just ask casually about the trip. She shows them how it’s done: “We must stop and listen at the door first. Rogelio might be with her! We first need hear what they are talking about!” Miguel ignores her and bursts through the door first anyway. Ana is in the bed weeping loudly. “Did you tell Rogelio?” asks Tía in a panic. “Yes, he now knows I’m pregnant.” admits AP. “No, no, no! You didn’t tell him you were pregnant!” screams Tía, followed by much wailing and tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth, as Miguel comforts the devastated Ana Paula.

It’s dusk at the town plaza, and Macaria and Efraín are snuggling up and kissing - did they just finish a tryst? Efraín tries to send Macaria along now to “be a good little wife” to Ulises who has been feeling neglected. Macaria looks pretty guilty - she’s can’t be loving with her husband at the same time she’s cheating on him! LOL! Effer doesn’t see the problem - Ulises is her husband after all. Effer tells her that Ulises thinks her lack of affection is due to her grief over Maripaz, but if only he knew...! Still, Macaria willingly accepts more kisses before leaving. Consuelo comes along in the distance and sees them together kissing. Busted!!!! A crying Consuelo leaves without them noticing her.

Back in APs bedroom: “But how did he take it? What did he tell you?!!!!” yells Tía in a full Mentirosa screaming fit as she rushes the bed. She’s jumped on by María and Dani who remind her (yet again!!!) that Ana Paula needs her peace. Miguel continues comforting Ana Paula who is sobbing uncontrollably, and then she rolls over in bed and faints! Dani checks her pulse - she’s not good. Dani yells at María that AP urgently needs a doctor. Miguel and María leave to see if they can locate Dr. Ernesto. Despite Dani’s protests, Tía just won’t stop pestering and shaking Ana Paula to get her to wake up as Dani starts taking vital signs.

Nasty Bruno, walking down the street, receives a call from Rutilio who wants money and help hiding. Bruno tells him that he blew it - the San Gabriel police chief now knows that Rutilio was in jail for rape and murder. Bruno tells him he said he wouldn’t help him if Rutilio didn’t control himself, so now he’s on his own to hide himself as he can. Rutilio reminds a frustrated Bruno that Bruno has to help him, ‘cause if Rutilio goes down, he’ll takes Bruno down with him.

Gustavo is in the kitchen calmly drinking coffee. María comes in asking for Ernesto or Mercedes, AP is in bad shape and she needs the doctor ASAP. Gus dial’s Ernesto’s number for María and tries to run off to see Ana Paula. “No! You can’t go see her! Rogelio is back!!!!!” yells María as she grabs him. “And if he sees you with her, there’s going to be a tragedy!”

Tía comes across Bruno in the hacienda and calls him over. She’s all freaked out because things are starting to turn the color of ants! That is, things are becoming very ugly - Rogelio is back and already knows that AP is carrying someone else’s child! Bruno is simply delighted to hear it! He can only imagine the fury that Rogelio must be feeling. “Well, AP is doing poorly.” “How poorly?” smiles Bruno hopefully. “Well, I don’t know if she is going to lose the baby - only the doctor can say.” Rosaura tells him. “Even if she loses the “escuincle” (brat), the damage is already done,” says Bruno smugly. “You don’t think there is any way to fix this?” asks Tía worriedly. Bruno is convinced that even if she loses the baby, Rogelio, just knowing that AP was in the arms of another, will come to hate her and banish her from his life. This is not at all what Tía wanted to hear!!!

Gus and María argue in the kitchen - he needs to be with AP. “Don’t be so stubborn (necio)!” scolds María, “Rogelio already knows she’s pregnant. Dani is taking care of her, but she needs a doctor. You need to locate Ernesto NOW!”

Consuelo runs back to the eatery, where Ulises is putting up the chairs, visibly upset. Ulises insists on knowing why she is so upset, so Consuelo finally makes up the story that when she went outside just now, she saw someone who reminded her of that nasty old man Rutilio. Ulises reminds her not to go outside at night by herself, but don’t worry he’ll always be looking out for her.

Dani is in AP’s bedroom tending to her as she sleeps fitfully, telling her to be calm. AP must be feverish. She calls “Rogelio, Rogelio” as she tosses and turns.

Mercedes comes into the hacienda with Ernesto - “What a relief that you came to the town first!” Ernesto can’t believe Rogelio returned to the Hacienda. Gus comes rushing in to tell Ernesto that AP is doing very poorly after she argued with Rogelio.

A lonely, sad man in black sits alone in his study, glaring at everything, remembering back to his romantic dinner with Ana Paula when she accepted the “real” ring from him signifying his love, and the time in his bedroom when she gave him a glimmer of hope that she might fall in love with him. The memories are very painful for him at the moment. María interrupts with something to tell him, but Rogelio kicks her out. He then takes their wedding photo out of his portfolio and tears it up. Ouch!

Ernesto comes in to examine AP who has been thrashing in her sleep. Dani tries to shoo Gus from the room as his presence can cause all sorts of problems. Gus begs not to be separated from the woman he loves and his baby. He insists that in fact he will stay the night to watch over AP.

Cinthia is in the kitchen to get the scoop from María about what Rogelio knows so far. María informs her that he only knows about the pregnancy. “No reason for him to know that Gustavo is the father then,” concludes Cinthia. “ Why do you say that?” asks María. “Because if she gets ill again and she loses the infant, what’s the point?” This attitude really ticks María off: “That’s what you would like, right?” Cinthia feels perfectly justified in her point of view. “That spawn is the impediment for all the good things that could happen to me!” rages Cinthia. “Don’t call it that!” yells María. “ Why not? Because of that 'escuincle' Gustavo doesn’t want to marry me anymore.” responds Cinthia. “I can understand that you care deeply for Gustavo, but not because of that should you wish that infant to die!” implores María “Well yes, yes!” yells Cinthia. “That is my greatest wish, and I hope it’s fulfilled!” as she flounces out of the kitchen. Poor María is horrified. She looks like she is experiencing her worst nightmare.

Consuelo is looking sad wiping down the bar when Macaria returns. Macaria apologizes for being late as she ran into an old girlfriend. Consuelos says “Right, a girlfriend whose name starts with ‘E’ and ends with ‘N’.” “Why do you say that?” asks Macaria. “Don’t lie, I saw you. You and Efraín kissing!” Consuelo tells her. Consuelo reads Macaria the riot act for “rolling around” with another man just after her daughter died, and the man Consuelo is in love with no less!!! Consuelo is so hurt. Macaria is a deer caught in the headlights.

Oh - here we go! Rogelio is in his study looking like he might be borracho. He’s holding some some jewelry and crying “Why, Paula, Why?” as he smashes the shell jewelry with a liquor bottle. Was this the necklace AP used to wear from Gustavo?

The peones are talking in the kitchen with María glad that el patron has returned. But María tells Hugo that Rogelio is NOT to be disturbed this evening. The peones wonder if something went bad with the operation.

It’s early the next morning, first light and the cocks are crowing. Lots of happenings at the Hacienda del Fuerte and surroundings.

Wow, Guscake DID spend the whole night in AP’s room watching over her from a chair next to the bed. AP is still out of it. “Ana, you’ve got to get well, and I’m not going to let anyone hurt you or our baby.” Gus tells her. Miguel comes in to see how she’s doing. Her fever has gone. Miguel convinces Gus to go take a break, shower, unwind and he’ll watch over AP.

Cocks are still crowing. Macaria is sitting up in bed, while Ulises sleeps beside her, remembering Consuelo’s angry lecture. Can we say remorse?

María is praying in the kitchen - while standing and holding her cup of tea no less, LOL! - asking God please not to allow another tragedy to occur in this place, to give serenity to my child Rogelio. Margarito bursts in, causing Maria to send her tea cup flying. Margarito’s crying upset because it’s his fault that all this is happening. Margarito confesses that he was the one that unthinkingly told el patron that Ana Paula was ill when he answered the phone yesterday morning. He wonders whether Ana Paula will forgive him. Maybe he won’t be adopted now. He needs lots of comforting.

There is loud banging on the study door. Rogelio is still in there. Gus comes in, ready to talk about Ana. But, obviously, Rogelio is three sheets to the wind. Rogelio seems confused about who this “Ana” person is that Gus wants to talk about and doesn’t link the name to “Paula”.

Efraín enters Cinthia’s bedroom in his usual manner, and kisses his sleeping beauty awake. But she’s grumpy as she just got to sleep and she kicks him back out. And how strange that everything’s quiet at the hacienda, she wonders, what could have been happening?

What’s happening, is that Rogelio is still drowning his sorrows, trago by trago (swallow by swallow) while Gustavo looks on, rather amazed. “And why do you want to talk about Paula - excuse me! ‘Ana Paula’? ” Rogelio slurs sarcastically. He wants Gus to join him in the tragos. “You’re too far gone says.” Gus disgustedly. “No, not far enough!” answers Rogelio, laughing sarcastically. “Are you now going to tell me why you came to see me in Mexico?” asks Rogelio. “What’s going on with Paula?” he asks, “What new pain is she going to cause me now?” Gustavo is not going to have the conversation he so desires with Rogelio so drunk. Rogelio doesn’t want Gus (he calls him goose) to leave. “They say drunks and children always say truthful things. You know what’s the worst thing? The woman that I love, because you know I would give my life for her, is expecting another man’s child!” says Rogelio as Gus looks down with angry frustration into Rogelio’s tear-stained drowsy face. Fin.

Gus comes to talk to Rogelio, while Rogelio has been imbibing in various alcoholic beverages.

Gus listens in frustration as an intoxicated, devastated Rogelio explains the cause of his distress. . .

. . . and drunken, weary Rogelio looks up at Gustavo, unaware of the reason why Gus wants to talk to him in the first place.

Avances:
Cinthia warns Mercedes that it’s all over for AP and her ‘escuincle’ now, while Bruno schemes with Rogelio to name Ana Paula’s child as his heir.


Vocabulario:

Dicho: No podemos tapar el sol con un dedo - we can’t cover the sun with a finger. i.e. you can’t hide something big (like a pregnancy) - sooner or later it will become obvious!

a las costillas - at the expense of. Literally: at the ribs of.

echar a perder - to spoil, ruin, screw-up.

Dicho: Las cosas están poniéndose color de hormiga - things are starting turn ant-colored, that is, things are getting ugly (tricky, dangerous, very serious). This is apparently very Mexican slang.

(el) buzón - mailbox (used for phone messages - i.e voice mail)

¡Qué grueso! - How heavy/harsh/rough. (Kind of like in old hippie speak: “That’s heavy, man”). Mexico city slang.

revolcarse con alguien - roll around (in the hay) with someone.

despejarse - to unwind, become unraveled.

un trago - a gulp or swallow; but also means a shot or drink of an alcoholic beverage.

Dicho: Los niños y los borrachos siempre dicen la verdad - Children and drunks always tell the truth.

Recap written by Audrey (posted by Elvira)

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La que no podía amar (LQNPA) April 17, 2012, Cap 80
That darn blabbermouth kid

This is another short bulleted recap, which hopefully will be expanded later. (UPDATE: It's been as filled out as it's gonna get!)

We start out with a screencap:

Rohell, garbed in fetching hospital gear, looks serious after hearing from that blabbermouth M-Grito that Cupcake is bedridden.

RECAP IN BRIEF (Events are not necessarily listed in order)

* It looks like Rutile is believed now to be the culprit for Maripaz's demise and Miguel is (finally!) off the hook. Macaria and Ulises apologize to Miguel. Consuelo does too, and she and Miguel hug and make up.

* Sinthia is now officially the Weakest Link. She has messed up the cattle thing soooo badly. She's told by the officials that this doping the cattle thing could land her (or someone) in jail. She begs Effer for help, but he tells her to accept the blame for messing up. She took the guards off the cattle, just to defy Cupcake and now she (Sin) is going to have to accept the consequences for that.

Sin is desperate for Effer's help, but it's not forthcoming, since she's been such an idiot. She also earns points with Effer by calling him "stupid."

* The Gustavito gives Cupcake a rose and tells her some mushy stuff about how he'd die if anything were to happen to her or the hijo. Then he tells her about Miguel's good news. She's thrilled. Gustavito moves in for a kiss but Cupcake doesn't seem all that eager to be kissed by him. Tia walks in on this (interrupting the almost-kiss) and rips the Cupcake a new one for allowing all this to happen.

Prince Charming . . . NOT.

Cupcake really isn't totally into getting this kiss, but she doesn't resist it either. Fortunately Tia comes in to save the day. (Seriously, Cupcake? This is in your HUSBAND'S house. True, he's been a douche, and true, he's not a "real" husband . . . yet . . . but he's trusting in YOU. Use some decorum. And you too Gustavito! You eat Rohell's food, boink his sister, and now are putting the moves on his wife, while he blissfully is unaware and trusting.  Sheesh!)

* Sin complains to Bruno about the clenbuterol. Somehow it's Cupcake's fault, she thinks. Really, she is too much.

* Mersnotty freaking out by the Gustavito's near miss with Rutile and his gun. Shrieking and carrying on as I FF>>>

* Sin thinks that when the clenbuterol crap (however you spell it) clears from the cattles' bodies (a few days) that they should be good to sell. Vainessa, however, says no way, that the cattle are contaminated and she's not buying them! Sin tries to play the friendship card with Vain, but Vain, who is for the moment showing common sense, is not going along with this. She even threatens to sue Sin if she doesn't sort out this mess. Impactada look from Sin. Vain says she'll get her meat somewhere else, she's not going to let her business suffer because of Sinthia's idiocy. (Remember, Sin ordered the guards off of the cattle, which then allowed them to be tainted yet again with clenbuterol crap.)

* Vain even goes on to say that she now sees why Rohell never allowed Sinthia to handle her half of the Hacienda—she's incompetent! Also, it's revealed that if they lose this account, that the Hacienda could be out half of their profits. Vain also reluctantly admits that when Paula was in charge, things were going okay. So this is all Sin's doing. Sin responds to all of this by kicking Vain out.

"Don't put the blame on Cupcake!" Vain yells at Sin.

* More crap with Team Evil. The Gustavito knows that Rutile worked for Bruno. The Gustavito also knows now that Bruno was the guy that Mersnotty saw kissing Cupcake. Gustavito now connects the dots and figures that Bruno sent Rutile to beat him up, thus separating him from the Cupcake, and threatens Bruno and says if he ever finds out that it was Bruno that was behind his beating . . . Bruno tries to imply that Rohell ordered Rutile to beat up Gustavito. He leaves in a huff and Bruno displays a sh*t-eating grin.

Sneaky Bruno smirks as a huffy Gustavito leaves.

* Tia comes in and puts in a word for Team Rohell. What a great guy he is, generous, blah blah blah. She tells Cupcake that she loves Rohell. Cupcake claims that she loves both guys. More claims of confusion. FF>>

* Effer talks with Ulises and Macaria about that Rutile guy. They're trying to connect the dots more about him being the culprit for Maripaz's death. After Macaria leaves, Ulises and Effer talk about Ulises's marriage. Yeah, right. Ulises says that at some point it feels like he and Macaria became less of a couple and more like Maripaz's parents. He's afraid that Macaria doesn't love him anymore. Effer looks concerned about this.

* Sin cries on the Gustavito's shoulder about being such a complete and utter loser and hopeless at running the business. Gustavito gives her encouraging words, not aware of what a complete dipshit she really is.

* Cupcake writes Rohell a very lovey-dovey, touchy-feely letter to Rohell, hoping for the best outcome for the operation, telling him that she "querers" him, and ending the letter by giving him a "strong hug." All very affectionate, so you know Rohell's going to lap that up.

* Cupcake gives this letter to Maria (who will relay it to Ernesto). She and Maria have a nice little chat where she thanks Maria for her support, even though she knows that her complicated situation (impregnated by the Gustavito) will affect Rohell when he finds out. Maria smiles and says she doesn't see any reason to make things more difficult for Cupcake. Then it comes out how Sin is treating poor Maria like crap, even though Maria raised her from infanthood. Maria is very hurt by this and cries that Sin makes sure to remind her that she's just a servant. Cupcake comforts her.

Sin, you bruja, you made your NANA cry. That is seriously not okay.

* More with Sin and Gustavito. She can count on him to help; he thinks it's troubling that there's someone trying to sabotage them.

* Bruno spins some BS tale to Ulises, saying that he didn't know what Rutile was up to and that he's told the police everything he knows, but it wasn't enough to help. Ulises has no reason not to believe this.

* Rohell is writing a letter to Cupcake, while wearing black satin jammies. He displays his dimples to great advantage and he remembers (as we are shown flashbacks) all the good times with Cupcake—her offering him a taste of her ice cream cone, the many kisses they shared, and so forth. He remembers her saying that if she fell in love with him, all she'd care about was him. This brings on even more dimples as he smiles, all hopeful and oblivious to what's really going on at home, thinking good thoughts of love about his blushing bride. Then the nurse comes in to ask him how he's doing. He says he's fine, but nervous, since tomorrow he's having an operation that will change his life forever. Then he gives another dimpled grin. Aw, Rohell, bless your heart, your trusting, hopeful heart!

Writing a letter in his satin jammies.

Remembering some of the good times with Cupcake, while also remembering what she told him about if she falls in love with him, he'll be the only thing she'll think of.

Hopeful and dimpled.

* Sin and Bruno talking about the cattle problem. She tells him all her concerns. He advises her to suck it up and ask Vain for help.

* Chio appears and I hit the FF button. Sorry. (Okay, I didn't hit the FF button but I felt the need to check my email just then. Just saying.) Actually, she's looking for a good carpenter. Gus does know of one, as it happens.

* Mersnotty tries to make nice with Cupcake, since Cupcake is the incubator for Mersnotty's niece or nephew. She also tells Cupcake that the Gustavito would "die for" the kid. Cupcake is touched, I guess.

* Tia gets into an argument with Bruno about all that's going down. Bruno has a plan, however. Rohell will be gone for a while, Cupcake can have her baby (or not) and in the meantime, they can conspire to get everything signed over in Cupcake's name, and then Bruno can get his lands back, and then start to manage the Del Fuerte Hacienda. He has a lot of contacts and can repair the soon-to-be-trashed reputation of the Hacienda by saying that it's no longer in the hands of the Monteros.

* Tia enjoys rubbing it in with the Gustavito how his single (cheapskate LOL) rose does not compare favorably with Rohell's (hideous) large floral arrangement. She makes a big production of finding somewhere to put Gustavito's lone rose, making sure the Gustavito sees Rohell's lavish gift in the process. The Gustavito gets the message loud and clear.

* Sinthia approaches Cupcake in her sickbed and asks Cupcake if she really cares for Rohell, and if so, Sin will help clear the path for Cupcake, encourage Rohell to accept Cupcake and her kid, as this will leave the field clear for Sin to swoop in on the Gustavito and marry him. Cupcake looks a bit incredulous at hearing this offer.

* Things are going bad for Sin, who is now regretting her arrogant mishandling of the cattle thing. Vain just isn't in the mood to let her business suffer due to Sin's idiocy. David looms in and says to Sin that he's the only one who is left supporting her. Sin replies that it's a lie; had he been truly "supportive," he wouldn't have cut off water to the Hacienda. Ouch!

* Rohell is about to go to be operated on, and he calls home. Big mistake. He gets that blabbermouth kid M-Grito, who lets slip that Cupcake is bedriddin and too ill to come to the phone. Rohell tries to act like he's not concerned, and M-Grito immediately realizes that he blabbed where he shouldn't, but the DAMAGE IS DONE, DAMMIT!!! You can see the wheels spinning in Rohell's mind as he digests this news.

Rohell is shocked to hear about Paula's mystery illness.

Little blabbermouth realizes too late that he's stuck his foot in it.

* Later, Cupcake, M-Grito, and Maria all pray for Rohell's well-being as they wait for news on his operation. Which never comes. Night falls and still no news. 

Many prayers for Rohell's wellbeing.

Avances: Rohell returns to the Hacienda, STILL IN HIS WHEELCHAIR. That darn kid! He's ruined everything! We see Rohell talking with Cupcake, his face at first hopeful, but then she drops the bomb and you see Rohell looking shocked and striken. I think she's going to make Rohell cry.

Here are some select screenshots:

Still hopeful, Rohell rolls into Cupcake's room.

She drops the bomb. . .

. . . and I think she made him cry!

Poor Rohell, still absorbing the shock.

That is all I've got in me. Put a fork in it, I am done!

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