Caray, Caray!

But first, another editorial notice! Just as Chris has mentioned with regard to Heridas, I believe that our show is getting edited for the US audience. I've noticed that there isn't a simple one-to-one relationship between the Esmas site's recaps and the episodes we're seeing - that is, sometimes you have to look at two different Esmas recaps to cover one whole episode. (This is bad because reading ahead spoils the surprise!) That means that the Monday episode won't always be the Friday episode (eh, you know what I mean) as I've said before. You'll never be quite sure which night is going to have the juiciest revelations.

Having said that, though, I'm pretty sure that this Monday's (tomorrow's) is still going to be pretty juicy.

Omar wants to know about last night. Fern tells Omar that they - especially Omar - are the worst kind of filth (literally "pigs of the third kind"). Omar is not impressed and complains about Fern's attitude. Fern says they are miserable, awful men and he wants to stop the lies. He is concerned about creating another devastating, painful tragedy in Lety's life. Naturally, Omar takes this lightly.

They go to the boardroom to talk some more. Fern tells Omar that he and Lety made love. Omar does a double-take when he realizes that Fern isn't kidding. Again, he tries to make light of it, but Fern wants Omar to understand that this is serious - Lety is really in love with him. He can feel it. Omar is extremely rude, speculating about Lety's passion. Then he stops, worried about the pensive look on Fern's face. He says oh no, don't tell me you felt the same way. Fern just gazes at him helplessly.

Fern says he was surprised to hear that he wasn't Lety's first. Omar sits down and takes on a more serious air. "Pardon my surprise, but... who with?" Fern replies, "with someone who was just as horrible and evil as you and me." Omar becomes defensive and self-righteous.

Fern describes Lety's story about Miguel and Roman - how Miguel seduced Lety for financial gain. He did it to win a bet. Omar looks stricken for a split-second, but quickly recovers and starts joking about it. He says how dumb she must have been. (One of the things that had especially upset Lety was that they had been planning and discussing the bet openly, everyone else knew about it, and she didn't even notice.) Fern describes the little gifts and cards, just like the ones Omar gets for Lety.

Fern says how awful it was for her; how awful it was for him just to hear it. As far as Omar is concerned, however, it only proves that they are using a flawless, proven formula. After all, it's worked on Lety before, right? Fern grabs him and yells (not too loudy) that a person can die of sadness. He wants to quit lying to Lety, but Omar rehashes their plan again to remind Fern and us why Fern can't tell the truth. Omar's suggestion: a nice card!

Fern rants and raves. He says he needs to tell Lety something that's true, something from the heart, something she can believe without feeling stupid (something like that).

Omar's "Card of the Day" for Lety is too dorky and nonsensical for Fern. Fern says that's Omar's mouth, not Fern's heart, and sarcastically asks Omar if he could maybe write something even more ridiculous, stupid, and soppy. (They are having this loud conversation in Fern's office with Lety in the next room.) Omar shows Fern the gift he bought for Lety and says he paid for it with his own money, just for Fern. Fern sarcastically pretends to be all choked up with emotion. He says he wants something more special. Omar admits he's not a professional poet and says he's got plenty of other things to do, so Fern can just write whatever he pleases.

PM and Saimon (he's Simón in the credits but nowhere else; he's Saimón on the Esmas website, for example, so back to calling him Saimon) show up very late to work, joined at the face. They talk about their adventures last night and their newfound love. Alicia brags that she's been in lots of jacuzzis with lots of men. Omar overhears this and makes a rude comment.

Marcia scolds PM and S (henceforth "PMS") for their tardiness, and they compete with one another to take the blame. Marcia says she's happy for them, but is skeptical at first. She asks PM is this serious, or was it just a one-night thing. (Overall, Marcia seems to be much rougher on PM than on Saimon.) PM says of course she's sincere. They are so effusive about their new relationship that Marcia is touched (she doesn't show any sign of the envy she must be feeling). She wishes them well and gives them a break. PM swears to be worthy.

PMS dance back into the lobby. The feas ask what happened, and Alicia watches, hoping PMS have been fired. PM says Marcia has class, not like "that other one" (yelling into Alicia's ear)!

Fern gives Saimon a hard time about his tardiness and is not interested in hearing about how much in love he is with PM. He sends him on a secret errand to his house to get his suitcase, because last night he told Marcia that he was packing when he was really boinking his assistant.

Luigi gets a call from talk show host Cristina Rivapalacios. She tells him she's got a surprise for him - an even bigger surprise than the wax statue. When Cristina arrives to deliver her mysterious news in person, PM shows her up to the executive lobby, but then Alicia takes over, claiming that it's her responsibility to usher the distinguished guests around. She claims, "she's mine!" and is all over Cristina like a cheap suit. At first, Cristina bears it politely, but then Alicia grips her arm so possessively that Cristina cries, "you're hurting me!"

Marcia is eager to hit the road (she's planning to rekindle their romance in Germany) and asks Fern if he'd like to go to the airport with her. He says he still has his hands full with work, which annoys her. Fern asks Lety for Marcia's tickets and the status of preparations for the Bella Life jewelry campaign. She reveals that the vendors will deal only with him (cuz he signed the contract) and not her, so if he goes to Germany, production on the jewelry campaign for Bella Life will be delayed.

Marcia hits the ceiling. She accuses Lety and Fern of planning this all out in advance, so that he won't have to go to Germany with her and can hang out with his lover. Fern defends Lety - this is absolutely not her fault. Fern and Marcia argue in Fern's office, then take it into the exec lobby where Cristina is also witnessing the scene between PM and Alicia arguing over celebrity-ushering privileges and flipping their hair. Again Marcia says there's not going to be a wedding. (They don't notice Cristina.)

Cristina remarks that perhaps this is a bad time. Alicia proudly (cluelessly) tells her that's their president and his girlfriend. Cristina asks again to see Luigi. Alicia leads the way, shoving PM aside.

Fern suggests to Marcia that they go someplace more private. They head towards Marcia's office for a Serious Talk. Fern says don't blame Lety. Marcia says she's had enough - never again. He gives a sarcastic, lengthy, angry reply and storms back to his office.

Lety apologizes and tells Fern she can't do this any longer. Working at Conceptos has been rough on her conscience since the day she arrived. Fern assures her again that his troubles with Marcia are not her fault and soothes her anxiety with easy little kisses. Then he awkwardly pats her arm like a man and tells her to get back to work. He is still a nervous wreck, himself, trying to decide about Germany vs. Bella Life. He sends Lety to Luigi's office to get him an herbal remedy (valerian).

In his studio, Luigi screams as if he has seen a giant Florida cockroach. It's a blemish on Yazmin's face. Alicia bursts in, babbling an introduction, but Cristina bypasses her to greet Luigi. He begs her to give him the surprise. She teases him and says she wants to meet his boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Juana answers Alicia's phone. It's Roman and his gang, calling yet again for Alicia to make good on her obligation to go out with them. Juana runs to discuss this bizarre message with the feas.

Alicia wants Cristina to know that she, too, has been a TV host. (Luigi just lets Alicia talk, wondering where this is going.) It was a very important TV show - at school. She tells Cristina she took six semesters of finance at a fine university. (Luigi's dog looks bored.) It's a very awkward conversation. Cristina tries to asks polite questions, but Alicia keeps digging herself deeper. She says no, she didn't finish school, but she did get married. (Irma is wincing.) Well, she didn't stay married, now she's divorced. But she insists that she and Cristina have plenty of things to chat about.

Luigi ends the mass torture by throwing Alicia out. After she leaves, he confides to Cristina that her academic career was a joke, etc. Cristina waves this off and teases him some more about the surprise.

The feas congregate outside Luigi's office hoping to meet Cristina. Lety joins them, and their conversation becomes noisy and excited. Luigi comes out of his office looking angry, and screams in surprise when he sees Lety. Cristina comes out to see what's going on. He insults all of the feas and offers to cover Cristina's eyes. He tells her she should only have to look at pretty things, beautiful things - like himself, for example. He tries to disperse the group, citing concerns about contamination, bacteria, streptococcus; Cristina says she'd like to meet them. They all squeal like they're meeting Shawn Cassidy (if I may date myself a bit).

Cristina possibly (I'm not sure) invites the feas to a taping of her show. Luigi introduces each of them with nasty nicknames. Irma and Yazmin come out to see what's going on; Luigi introduces "Miss Irma, alias The Lovely, and Miss Thief, alias The Homewrecker." Lety gets his attention, and he introduces her by all of her nicknames: La Garnacha (thick tortilla), Rintorrico (? rhinoceros ?), Moscorrofio (some sort of fly?), and Tlacoyo Bigoton (mustached corncake). Lety makes light of this to make Cristina feel less awkward, welcomes her to El Cuartel, and kisses her on the cheek. Cristina is very gracious. Luigi looks nauseated. :-)

Omar and Marcia are in the lobby talking about the trip to Germany (he is trying to smooth things over with her) when Carolina shows up with a man named Ricky. Omar nervously informs Ricky that there might be a problem with the Bella Life jewelry campaign. Ricky says he needs to speak to Fern right away.

Fern, whose bad mood has been increasing exponentially, has gotten impatient waiting for Lety and comes out into the executive lobby to bellow aimlessly and argue some more with Marcia. He's so mad he doesn't even see the other people. He yells "cancel the wedding, cancel the campaign, cancel my life!!" Marcia says, uh, hey, Ricky's here. Fern looks around the lobby and says sure, Alicia's here, Carolina's here, Ricky Armstrong's here... and does a double-take. "Ricky Armstrong, our favorite client!" Ricky urgently wants to talk, so they all head into the boardroom. He starts off by saying that the Bella Life makeup commercial has been doing well...

Meanwhile, Cristina asks Luigi to show her the first Bella Life commercial. He brags that it's been shown all over the world, and everyone loves it. What we see is about 15 seconds' worth of choppy footage - a woman puts on some makeup and then kisses a man. Seems pretty lame to me, but maybe bits of it were edited out for the US audience.

After that's finished, there are a few quick cuts between Luigi's office and the boardroom, as Cristina and Ricky simultaneously tell Luigi and the execs that the Bella Life makeup commercial is a top 3 finalist (out of 5000 entries) at the Cannes film festival! Cristina will be a presenter at the festival.

The feas, who have been listening outside Luigi's door, break into cheers. (The excitement of this scene is punctuated with kazoo music.) Luigi bursts out of his office and kisses the first person he sees - Lety! He runs over to the boardroom and throws the doors open, jumping up and down. Before he has a chance to say anything, Fern shouts, "CANNES!!" Luigi kisses everyone in the room (except possibly Alicia). In fact, he kisses Omar twice, who doesn't like it. Fern, who seems giddy, keeps repeating "Ricky Armstrong" and "Bella Life" with what I guess is supposed to be a US accent. (Actually he always says "Bella Life" that way.)

Fern gets up and kisses Ricky. Luigi kisses Omar again. Ricky says the ad has been great - it's making them lots of money and now it's up for a Golden Lion.

Fern is about to broach the awkward topic of the Germany trip when Marcia interrupts. All smiles, she says Fern had better stay here to take care of Bella Life, and she'll go to Germany without him. Carolina mentions that the film festival is around the same time as the Big Meeting (this is the meeting that will mark the end of Fern's probationary period as president of Conceptos), and Omar adds that it's also the time of the wedding.

The meeting adjourns. Fern makes as if to kiss Ricky again, but fakes him out. Luigi pushes Omar out of the way to sit next to Ricky, and Ricky kisses Luigi! He says it's because of his talent. Luigi reaches for Omar again...

Ricky, Omar, and Alicia remain in the boardroom. The rest go into the lobby, which seems to be the popular place for sensitive conversations. As Lety approaches with the herbal remedy, she hears Fern asking Marcia about the wedding. He says he just wants to know what kind of news to tell his parents. On the one hand, the great news about Cannes... on the other hand, the unspeakable cancellation of their wedding... Lety hastily retreats and the feas disperse.

Fern's still going on about the wedding when Luigi and Cristina approach. Marcia tries to tell him that Cristina Rivapalacios is here, and he gestures broadly behind him. Cristina takes his hand and shakes it. He turns around and recognizes her. Marcia gives her a friendly kiss on the cheek; Fern gives her maybe a little too friendly of a kiss. Marcia explains that Fernando is her novio, and Luigi says he's personally designing her wedding dress. He goes on and on, making Marcia sad. She excuses herself and leaves.

Luigi tells Fern how excited he is to be going to France. Fern says forget it, Luigi has too much work to do. Luigi has a fit. Besides, Fern adds, the award is for Conceptos, not Luigi. Luigi seethes. Fern says "you're not going to the festival - I am." (He seems to be laying it on awfully thick!) Carolina agrees with Fern. Luigi cries.

Back in the boardroom, Alicia is telling Ricky that it would be good for the PR images of both Conceptos and Bella Life if she were to accept the award at the festival, because of her great beauty and elegance. The whole world will be looking at her, her dress, her hands. Her eyes well up with tears as she imagines the scene. (She is probably hoping to pawn the Golden Lion to pay her bills.) Ricky tactfully tells her that Fern will most likely be the one to do that.

As they file out of the boardroom, Omar catches sight of Cristina and practically wets himself with excitement. He and Alicia compete with one another for her attention. Carolina introduces Omar ("before he collapses from nervousness," she explains.) Omar drools all over Cristina. He keeps pushing her hair back, and Cristina keeps pushing it forward, while Luigi rants and raves about "his" award.

They escort Ricky to the elevator to say goodbye. Alicia tries again to impress both Ricky and Cristina. Juana chooses this spectacular moment to tell Alicia that she had a call from some guys who identified themselves as "those nacos from last night" (and something about Jakarta). The look on Alicia's face (not to mention everyone else's) is priceless. Alicia tries to explain herself to Ricky, but Ricky just wants to get away from her. He says goodbye to everyone, and offers a special goodbye to "Lola - Lolita"! (Wonder what all that's about?)

Fern and Omar go back to the boardroom and Omar proceeds to drools some more about Cristina. Luigi interrupts them - he has major Mexican pop phenomenon Yuri on his cell phone. Omar and Fern briefly sing and dance to one of her songs. Yuri wants Luigi to do choreography for some charity event (?) and Luigi says something about tickets. Fern tells Luigi there's no time for this. Omar says he's going to Germany.

Luigi leaves in a snit. Omar asks Fern if he's finished Lety's card yet. Fern says no, he's not very good at this stuff. Omar says oh well, too bad, he's going to Germany. But he tells Fern not to worry - he's prepared all the things for Fern to give Lety while Omar's away.

Lety finally arrives with the herbal remedy. Fern gives her the card and chocolates, which cheers her up. He is nervous about the card, but it's better than usual (probably since Fern wrote it himself). She thanks Fern and hugs him tearfully. He kisses her forehead (these kisses no longer cause him to wince). They hear Marcia yelling irritably in the hallway, so they hurriedly separate. She comes in and asks about lunch. He says he has plans. (Lety excuses herself.) He mentions something about Yuri and the wedding; Marcia tells him to say something to his parents. (Sorry, I didn't get much of this.)

He pats her awkwardly on the shoulder tells her to have a good trip, and leaves her standing alone in his office without even a goodbye kiss.

Marcia invites Lety out to lunch (at Le Noir, the finest restaurant in town) in front of Alicia, who is miffed to be left out. Lety is incredulous and asks why her? Marcia says they need to have a talk. The feas lick their chops in anticipation of juicy gossip. Lety looks scared. :-) After Lety (and Fern) is out of earshot, Alicia asks Marcia how she can possibly be seen with Lety at a place like Le Noir.

In Omar's office, Omar shows off the care package he's preparing for Fern. There are numerous gift boxes, candies, stuffed animals, and greeting cards. Fern protests that he can't deal with all this stuff. Omar says he's going to make up a schedule for him to follow. He says how much he's looking forward to learning the culture of the German ladies.

Lunching on his own, Fern calls his father and says he has some news. (Two women at the next table stare and smile at him.) When Dad tells Mom to pick up the extension, Mom's first thought is that there's a problem with Marcia. Dad says on the contrary, we're supposed to have some champagne ready. He tells them about the Cannes nomination. They are excited, but note that the dates coincide with the Big Meeting and the wedding. (I'm not sure what they decide about this. I think Fern says he wants to do the whole thing in Germany!) He ends the call and meets with two men for lunch. (The women at the next table continue staring and smiling.)

At Le Noir, Lety is awkward. She won't let the waiter pull out the chair for her or unfold her napkin. When offered wine, she insists on lemonade instead. Marcia announces that it's time for them to speak frankly. She says that Lety knows all of Fern's private business, plans, and secrets. Marcia wants to know them too. (Lety tries to order a taco with everything on it.)
Marcia says she knows Lety's helping Fern with an affair, and that his confusion is normal, but ultimately, she (Marcia) is his girlfriend.

Marcia asks Lety about Tomas and says women like them need to stick together. Marcia says the difference between men and women is that women love with both their hearts and their heads. (Something like that.) More.

Lety protests that for her to tell Fern's secrets would be a violation of privacy. Marcia says it would be a violation of Fern's privacy, but not Lety's. Lety says she doesn't want to deceive him; why her? Marcia says that they seem close and she knows she can't count on Omar. (Lety rolls her eyes and agrees with this.)

Lety tells Marcia she respects her relationship with Fernando and takes it seriously. Marcia says she fears she's losing him. She tells Lety he's been having "relaciones" with another woman. She feels like she's dying from not knowing. She's been fighting for Fern for three years and doesn't want to throw that away. There's lots of crying and begging on both sides. Marcia begs Lety to help her, and Lety begs her not to ask.

Omar spends his lunch hour preparing detailed instructions for Fern. This letter and explicitly spells out (rehashes) their plan (or as Omar writes, "your routine of horror") to keep "the monster" happy in love with Fern so that she'll stay with Conceptos. Etc. He puts it all in a big red gift bag with Fern's name on it, staples it shut and leaves it on his own desk.

Marcia gets a call from Omar to go to the airport. Lety reminds her that Fern is stressed out over work stuff and wedding and everything else. Since Marcia's love for Fern runs so deep, surely they can get through all of this. Marcia says this trip to Germany was their last chance to save their relationship, but she thanks Lety for the encouragement and leaves Lety crying alone at the table in the restaurant.

There's a filler scene where the feas taunt Alicia (who hasn't eaten) about their great big lunch and how they have friends and can eat. Alicia makes fun of their "naco" food, beans, and gossip. She'd rather be hungry and alone.

Sara finds the red bag on Omar's desk. She shakes it, intrigued.

Roman rides up to Conceptos on his bike. Celso tries to chase him off. Or maybe not. On second viewing I'm not sure it's Roman and I'm not sure Celso tries to get rid of him. It looks like the guy on the bike is just delivering food and Celso wants some. Regardless, this guy has lured Celso away from his post.

Mr. Martha drops his, PM's, and Lola's kids off at Conceptos and tells them to behave. El Cheque is having a pointless discussion with Yazmin outside the building and Yazmin points out that these poor children are being abandoned by a taxi driver (Mr. Martha drives a cab). He is outraged and runs off to look for Lola, leaving Yazmin standing there by herself.

Filler scene: Luigi watches videos with Cristina and Carolina. He brags about his brilliance and they sexually harrass him. ;-)

Lety takes a walk after lunch, crying and praying. Her conscience is on fire. She can't continue her affair with Fern because it's wrong and it hurts Marcia. She is struggling between fulfilling her dreams, and being filled with guilt over lying. She needs strength to forget him and be a credit to her family. She resolves to break it off. But she can't. Or maybe she can. (She argues with herself.) She can't do it. Why, why? Please, God, help me.

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Will Yazmin suffer a disfiguring accident? (It never hurts to ask.)

Will Lety dump Fern like a bad habit?

Will the red bag prove too tempting for curious eyes?

Will Alicia go out to lunch with Roman if he offers to buy her a bowlful of beans?

Find out tomorrow!

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Look in the sidebar on the left - see those clickable links by series? Click there and you will be taken to a list of all the recaps of that telenovela. Unfortunately, del.icio.us does not sort them by date, so you'll have to hunt a bit to get them in sequence, but that should straighten out from now on.

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• Maite's extended lecture, delivered to Guillermo's mother, about homosexuality (it's nobody's "fault" and we should love our children and wish them happiness just as they are) took up 1/4 of the show. At the end Guillermo showed up and there was a lovefest.
  
  
• Sergio overhears Josefa and Jose Maldonado having their usual argument ("Jose, you should tell Maite she is your daughter." "No, she's too upset about her daughters, maybe later..."). Sergio promises not to spill the beans.
  
  
• Valeria has developed some backbone. She shows up at the hacienda, the now-recovered baby Pedrito in her arms, and declares with uplifted chin that she will be taking care of the child from now on. Jacinta is not happy to see either of them.
  
  
• Remedios and Octavio will rue their decision to tell Federico that Octavio is his father. Federico now yells at Octavio: "Where were you when I was growing up, why did you disappear so long? I've figured it out - you wanted Doña Jacinta to think I was the son of her husband, and include me in her will, which she has done, but you will not get a cent." He leaves muttering that they'll pay.
  
  
• Another public service announcement: a bouncing little undergrad comes up and lets Professor Octavio know she will trade her Favors for a better grade. He tells her, "Actions Have Consequences," and suggests she study harder instead.
  
  
• Unibrow holds Juanita's son - his grandson by the defunct asthmatic Daniel. Evidently Juanita (who was always the smartest of those three girls) has been helping Unibrow with the wine business in Europe, and now is living with him in a location to be disclosed shortly.
  
  
• The brown-nosing biddies show Jacinta a magazine picture: Andres with a floozy actress hanging all over him. Jacinta waves it triumphantly in Valeria's face. Valeria acts all steely and unconcerned, but later swears to the camera that she's more determined than ever, now, that Andres will never know about his son.
  
  Later, Andres, loitering in the convent courtyard with his shirt mostly unbuttoned and a great deal of chest hair showing, actually sees Valeria in her nun's habit. She gets away. He confronts the nuns and they admit she's been living with them. Without exactly saying so, they allow him to believe that Valeria has taken vows. "I've lost her."
  
  
• Finally one of the countless arrangements of roses which arrive at the restaurant for Maite has a note: "Sorry I haven't been able to tell you my name. I will help you get your daughter back. Come to see me at Las Barricas."
  
  So Maite puts her hair up (it looks nice) and goes to Las Barricas, where she encounters - yes, you guessed it - Unibrow! Looking like an undertaker in his black suit, evidently rich now, but as ugly and harsh as ever. She's furious that he lured her there and stamps out without listening to anything he has to say.
  
  On the way out, she meets Remedios, who tells her Valeria is back! and living at the convent. When Maite goes to find her at the convent, though, she's already on her way back to the hacienda. Maite turns on her heel and steams off.
  
  
• Federico is ragefully boozing when Jacinta comes in and says: "I don't tolerate men who drink." He doesn't believe her when she reiterates that he is a Valladolid.
  
  Their conversation is interrupted by Maite's explosive entrance - she isn't going to be intimidated this time, and she won't leave till she sees her daughter!
  
  Jacinta tells Federico to get out, tells Maite: "You Will Get In Here Only Across My Cadaver," insults her, they slap each other, Jacinta chokes Maite and says, "You'll Cry Tears Of Blood!" Just then Valeria arrives and is surprised to see this scene. She tells Jacinta, "This woman is my friend," but Jacinta says: "No, she isn't your friend, this so-and-so is your mother."

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I don't know how often I'll be able to do daily mini-recaps, so please don't count on them. However, last night was quite eventful (yet again) and I thought a quickie update would be helpful, since I have the time to do it. I'll have more details in my weekend recap, but here's what you need to know now:

Lety tells Fern that working at Conceptos has been rough on her conscience since the day she started. Fern soothes her anxiety with sweet little kisses that appear to be effortless. He, on the other hand, is a nervous wreck. He sends Lety to Luigi's office to get him an herbal remedy.

Alicia follows Cristina around and tries to impress her with her six semesters of finance, etc. While Alicia is badgering Cristina, Juana answers Alicia's phone. It's Roman and his gang, calling yet again for Alicia to make good on her obligation to go out with them. Juana runs to share this bizarre message with the feas.

Omar and Marcia are in the lobby talking about the trip to Germany (he is trying to smooth things over with her) when Carolina shows up with a man named Ricky. Omar nervously informs Ricky that there might be a problem with the new Bella Life jewelry campaign. Ricky says he needs to speak to Fern right away.

Fern, whose bad mood has been increasing exponentially, has gotten impatient waiting for Lety and comes out into the executive lobby to bellow aimlessly and argue some more with Marcia. He's so mad he doesn't even see the other people. He yells "cancel the wedding, cancel the campaign, cancel my life!!" Marcia says, uh, hey, Ricky's here. Fern looks around the lobby and says sure, Alicia's here, Carolina's here, Ricky Armstrong's here... and does a double-take. "Ricky Armstrong, our favorite client!" Ricky urgently wants to talk, so they all head into the boardroom.

Cristina asks Luigi to show her the first Bella Life commercial. After it's finished, there are a few quick cuts between Luigi's office and the boardroom, as Cristina and Ricky simultaneously tell Luigi and the execs that the Bella Life makeup commercial is a top 3 finalist (out of 5000 entries) at the Cannes film festival! (Holy crap!) Cristina will be a presenter at the festival.

The feas, who have been listening outside Luigi's office, break into cheers. Luigi bursts out of his office and kisses the first person he sees - Lety! He runs over to the boardroom and throws the doors open, jumping up and down. Before he has a chance to say anything, Fern shouts, "CANNES!!" Luigi kisses everyone in the room (except possibly Alicia). In fact, he kisses Omar twice, who doesn't like it. Fern gets up and kisses Ricky. Luigi kisses Omar again. Ricky kisses Luigi. (I realize this all sounds a little odd, but they're all very giddy about the Cannes news, plus I think Luigi either has a little crush on Omar or just likes to harrass him.)

Marcia says Fern had better stay here to take care of Bella Life, and she'll go to Germany without him. (I guess she figures he'll be too busy to cheat on her now.) Carolina mentions that the film festival is around the same time as the Big Meeting (this is the meeting that will mark the end of Fern's probationary period as president of Conceptos), and Omar adds that it's also the time of the wedding.

The meeting adjourns. Ricky, Omar, and Alicia remain in the boardroom. The rest go into the lobby, which seems to be the popular place for sensitive conversations. As Lety approaches with the herbal remedy, she hears Fern asking Marcia about the wedding. He says he just wants to know what kind of news to tell his parents. On the one hand, the great news about Cannes... on the other hand, the unspeakable cancellation of their wedding... Lety hastily retreats and the feas disperse.

Luigi tells Fern how excited he is to be going to France. Fern says forget it, Luigi has too much work to do. Besides, the award is for Conceptos, not Luigi. Luigi cries.

Back in the boardroom, Alicia is telling Ricky that it would be good for Conceptos and Bella Life if she were to accept the award at the festival, because of her great beauty and elegance. (She is probably hoping to pawn the Golden Lion to pay her bills.) Ricky tactfully tells her that Fern will most likely be the one to do that.

As they file out of the boardroom, Omar catches sight of Cristina and practically wets himself with excitement. He and Alicia compete with one another for her attention. They escort Ricky to the elevator to say goodbye. Alicia tries again to impress both Ricky and Cristina. Juana chooses this spectacular moment to tell Alicia that she had a call from some guys who identified themselves as "those nacos from last night" (and something about Jakarta). The look on Alicia's face (not to mention everyone else's) is priceless. Alicia tries to explain herself to Ricky, but Ricky just wants to get away from her. He says goodbye to everyone, and offers a special goodbye to "Lola - Lolita"! (Wonder what all that's about?)

Fern and Omar go back to the boardroom to rehash some old information. Luigi interrupts them - he has someone named Yuri on his cell phone. (I don't quite get what this is about, but I'm sure it will become clear soon enough.) I think Yuri does choreography or something. Fern tells Luigi there's no time for this.

Luigi leaves in a snit. Omar asks Fern if he's finished Lety's card yet. Fern says no, he's not very good at this stuff. Omar says oh well, too bad, he's going to Germany. But he tells Fern not to worry - he's organized everything (I assume he means the cards and little gifts) ahead of time for Fern while Omar's away.

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Will this morning go on forever, or will Marcia and Omar eventually go to the airport?
How does Ricky know "Lolita"? (This may not be a big mystery - there's a whole bunch of episodes that didn't get recapped after Chris stopped watching and before I started.)

And who the heck is Yuri?

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Squeaky and Flor decide that the way to get themselves out of the poorhouse is for Miranda to marry Al. They agree that she won’t do it willingly. They will have to make her do it.

Miranda asks Al what he meant by insinuating that there was something between Fab and her. Al says he came because Flor called him. ‘Go see her, then,’ says Miranda, ‘and then leave. I don’t want you here.’ Al says that they have to talk [what else do they do on this novela?] Miranda says that she can’t forgive him for not telling her that Fernanda is her mother. Al says that the decision not to tell her was Fernanda’s, not his. Naturally, this makes no difference to Miranda.

Lasagna tell Erika and Veronica that she is sorry that she offended Raul and that they broke up. They think that she is well rid of a low life like Raul. Al comes up behind them and greets Lasagna. She tells him that Raul has gone back to Mexico City. Veronica and Erika think Al is a hottie.

In search of Flor, Al finds Juan and asks how Flor is. He says that she is responding to the treatment but her emotional state is precarious because of problems with Fab. Juan asks Al to calm Flor down and get her back into her exercise routine.

Flor tells Al that he has discovered the plans of Fab and Miranda. She says that Fab and Miranda are going to wait until she dies and then get together. She is sure from the way that they embrace and talk that they are still in love with one another. Fab is going away to live at his ranch so that he can see Miranda without anyone knowing. Al instantly believes the wacko allegations of this neurotic woman. He also seems to be more disturbed about Miranda’s supposed betrayal of him than concerned about Flor.

Gonzo is about to leave the prison and is in a nice suit instead of his coveralls. He wants to know who paid his bail but the judge won’t disclose the identity of the person. At the dramatic moment, in comes Cesar and modestly says that it was he who made bail for Gonzo. Gonzo says, ‘You don’t expect me to thank you, do you? You paid the bail with my money.’ Cesar, in his boot-licking humble employee mode, says that to save the company, he sold his ranch. He tries to embrace Gonzo but Gonzo says, ‘you must think I’m an idiot. We’ll talk about this in my office, not here,’ and leaves.

Luciano comes to collect something from Father Buenaventura (hereafter Santiago since that is easier to type) and runs into Pamela. They exchange admiring looks. She is there about some poor children but when Luciano invites her for a coffee, she forgets about the children and accepts.

Fab takes Juan to his mother’s quinta to smooth things over between them. Juan says that his concern is Flor’s health and that Fab is complicating her treatment. Fab says that isn’t his intention but he and Flor has lost the ability to communicate. He doesn’t know what to do. Juan says that marriage counseling isn’t his job… At that moment Al storms in like a 5 year old and starts beating up Fab.

Back in his office, Gonzo receives a report on the investigation into the company from Vincente, his lawyer. There is no evidence against Cesar. Gonzo can’t believe it. He calls in Nuria and asks her to set up appointments with the head of accounting and all the other departments. An awkward pause ensues and Vincente has to tell Gonzo that other than Nuria, Cesar (and Luis Alberto, I guess) there are no more employee in SLI. Then Gonzo wants to meet with the owner of the reserved stock but Vincente says that the owner refuses to meet. Vincente and Nuria suggest that Gonzo go home, rest and read his email. Gonzo says that he won’t be condescended to and the next time he is at the office, he will throw them out.

Back at the scene of men behaving like kindergartners, Juan tries to keep Al off Fab and then Miranda comes in. Al says that Fab has to account to him for his treatment of Flor. Miranda wants to know what Al has to do with Fab and Flor’s situation. Since he isn’t going to tell her that Flor is his half sister, he has nothing to say.

Just for a change, Fernanda is in her office at the hospital and she is upset. There is a knock on the door and in comes Santiago. He wants to know about Andrea’s mental condition. Fernanda gives some kind of answer and then Santiago gets specific – is Andrea strong enough mentally to withstand being reunited with her husband? Fernanda is confused. Pamela told her that her husband is dead. ‘I thought so, too,’ says Santiago but he is outside and he wants to see her’. Fernanda wants to consult with Andrea’s doctors and get back to Santiago.

Nuria and Luis Alberto feel sorry for Gonzo since he has lost his business. Cesar says that the only thing SLI needs is an infusion of capital. ‘From where?’ asks Luis Alberto. ‘From me,’ says Cesar. He can pretend it is coming from the sale of the quinta. He calls Luciano and agrees to sell him the quinta. Then he asks Luis Alberto if the ‘old guy’s’ [Gonzo’s] plane is available. Luis Alberto and Nuria says that they are all still under investigation and it is too risky to draw attention to himself. Cesar blows smoke rings.

Having bitched at everyone for not telling her about her mother, Miranda now refuses to tell her sisters. ‘It’s not my responsibility,’ she says. Fab argues that Flor ought to have the opportunity to not hate her mother before she dies but Miranda says, ‘how are you going to live with yourself if you tell her and she keels over.’

Juan asks Al about his unusual interest in Flor. As usual when secrets are told in large drafty rooms and halls, someone is listening. It is Veronica. Al leaves and Veronica asks Juan to check out her swollen glands and she says that she has night sweats. Juan is no dummy. He says, ‘have you been tested for HIV?’ Miranda and Fab overhear this and I laughed out loud at Fab’s expression. I bet he didn’t use a condom when he screwed Veronica.

Leonardo gets the green light to tell Andrea about his return from the dead. Apparently, this will happen in the evening. Santiago leaves and Leonardo asks if Fernanda is Gonzo’s wife. ‘How did you know that? ‘I was in prison with Gonzo,’ says Leo. Leo makes a pass at Fernanda but she rejects it politely.


Lasagna, Squeaky, Erika and Flor are chatting about cheating on their partners. Flor is asked if she was going to cheat on Fab, who would she want to do it with. As Al walks up behind her, Flor says that the only man she is attracted to is Al. ‘I believe that I am in love with your brother,’ she says to Lasagna. Al slips away. Lasagna says to Flor, ‘Tell me what you just said is a joke.’ Flor says, ‘she and Fab have lots of problems. In contrast, all is peace and tranquility with Al. Even his voice makes me relaxed and secure.’ ‘A person’s voice doesn’t make you fall in love with them,’ says Erika. ‘A priest can have the same effect and you don’t fall in love with him,’ says Squeaky. ‘Any woman would fall in love with Al,’ says Flor. ‘You don’t know him very well,’ says Lasagna and she leaves in an agitated manner.

Fab goes after Veronica to persuade her to get tested for HIV and Miranda seems to think even before she is tested that she has to tell her sisters about this. Meanwhile Lasagna and Al talk about the knotty problem of having your half sister fall in love with you but not being able to tell her because it might kill her. Lasagna points out that Flor and Fab are having problems and she needs Al’s help. Al says he will talk to Miranda and Fab. ‘You can’t tell Miranda!’ exclaims Lasagna. Al agrees. The only person he can talk to is Fab. ‘You have to leave the hacienda right away,’ says Lasagna. ‘Why are we living in such a nightmare?’ asks Al.

Veronica is in what appears to be a chapel and is talking to herself. She can’t have HIV. She is fine. The whole thing was a plot of Tomasa and Juan. In comes Fab. He accuses her of knowingly trying to have sexual contact with him. Now it appears that he didn’t boink her. He stopped after a little petting but she would have gone all the way without protection. ‘Not so fast,’ says Veronica, ‘unless you give me money I will blab to everyone in the family and tell Flor that she is Al’s sister.’ Fab is surprised at this revelation.

Miranda tells Squeaky, Flor and Erika about Veronica’s possible infection with HIV. Then she drops the real bombshell. Due to their financial problems, the girls are going to have to not only clean their rooms but all of the hacienda, including the kitchen.[Maybe the girls could wear those sexy French maid uniforms for Chris ;-) ] Squeaky says that she doesn’t know how to do those things and Miranda responds that she will have to learn. Erika volunteers to help.

And now it’s “Abuse Rebeca Time.” This time it is Daniel who browbeats Rebeca to help him get control of his inheritence from Julio. For some reason, Rebeca thinks that doing this will kill Julio but Daniel doesn’t care.

That’s where the TiVo stopped.

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• As Andres was gripping Valeria's hand and speaking to the back of her wimple, Valeria's special nun came up to distract him, saying "we can't tell you anything, come back later."
  
  Valeria meanwhile slipped away through the tunnel and went to the hacienda, where she discovered the crying feverish baby and flew down the stairs with him in her arms, as Jacinta brought up the rear saying, "What's your hurry?" They all go to the hospital where the doctor says the kid has pneumonia and is mortally ill. At the end of the episode, though - he's ok. Valeria did not reveal her secret (that she's the mom).
  
  
• The white horse dances some more and Andres (wearing hot pink knee socks and a big bulge with his green outfit and scarlet cape) kills more bulls.
  
  
• There are lengthy lectures on homosexuality. Guillermo misses his mother, but his dad is too macho to accept a gay son. "Some families think it's because they did something wrong. I'd like my mom to see that I am happy." Maite points out that we can choose our family, the way she and Victor chose each other and then Veronica, and now Guillermo is part of that family.
  
  
• Nicolas loses it when he sees a red candy wrapper (like Omar's!) on the desk. Manola tells him to snap out of it, but that's not going to happen. Teodoro tells Maite about Nicolas's increasing paranoia, and she tells Gustavo, who says, "Since he is believing in ghosts, maybe I can be his worst nightmare."
  
  
• Guillermo's mom shows up unannounced at his apartment. Neither he nor Victor is home, but Maite is. This makes Guillermo's mother think he has reformed and is living with this beautiful woman. Maite gently disabuses her of this hopeful notion. The mother stands with her mouth open. Not much of a cliffhanger.

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I don't have my notes with me, so if I miss anything important, I'll mention it at the end of the week, but since people are wondering now, here are the broad points from last night:

Fern tells Omar about Miguel and Roman - how Miguel seduced Lety with romantic cards and little gifts in order to win a bet, and it nearly destroyed her. This has really shaken Fern up, but as far as Omar is concerned, it only proves that he and Fern are using the perfect strategy. After all, it worked on Lety before, right?

Omar's "Card of the Day" for Lety is too dorky and nonsensical for Fern. When Fern complains, Omar says he's got plenty of other things to do (you could have fooled me), so Fern can just write the card himself. Every time Fern tries to work on the card, he gets interrupted by someone else barging into his office.

PM and Simon (yes, according to the credits which I always skipped before, he's Simon, not Saimon) (well technically Simón but I'm too lazy to do the accents all the time) show up horribly late to work and talk about their adventures and their love. Alicia brags that she's been in lots of jacuzzis with lots of men, which provokes a rude comment from Omar.

Marcia scolds PM and S (henceforth "PMS") for their tardiness, and they compete with one another to take the blame. They are so effusive about their newfound love that Marcia is touched and decides to give them a break.

Fern sends Simon on an errand to his house - to pick up his suitcase, I believe.

Luigi gets a call from talk show host Cristina Rivapalacios. She tells him she's got a surprise for him - an even bigger surprise than the wax statue. When Cristina arrives to deliver her mysterious news in person, PM shows her up to the executive lobby, but then Alicia takes over, claiming that it's her responsibility to usher the distinguished guests around. She is all over Cristina like a cheap suit. At first, Cristina bears it politely, but then Alicia grips her arm so possessively that Cristina protests!

Marcia is eager to hit the road and asks Fern if he'd like to go to the airport with her. He says he still needs to finish up some work, which annoys her. Fern asks Lety for the status of whatever. She reveals that the (suppliers? creditors?) will deal only with him and not her, so if he goes to Germany, production on the jewelry campaign for Bella Life will be delayed.

Marcia hits the ceiling. She accuses Lety and Fern of planning this all out in advance, so that he won't have to go to Germany with her, and threatens to cancel the wedding (again, I don't have my notes, I may be misunderstanding something that I saw only in a preview for tomorrow's episode). They argue about this in Fern's office, then take it into the exec lobby where Cristina is also witnessing the scene between PM and Alicia concerning their celebrity-ushering duties. Fern suggests that they go someplace more private. They head towards Marcia's office for a Serious Talk.

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• Seeing as how he's already guessed her identity, Maite tells all to Andres. "If I hadn't married Adolfo, your dad would have rotted in jail and you and Daniel would have moldered in an orphanage. I lost my own daughter. But I knew Nuria was a good woman and a good mother to you..." It was a good scene. She informs him that she and Victor are like brother and sister, and that Veronica is adopted.
  
  Then she makes him promise to tell nobody. She will have to find her own time for telling Valeria the truth - if Valeria is ever seen again.
  
  
• Stupid, stupid Valeria sneaks out of the convent every night and INTO the hacienda, where she nurses and dandles her baby all night - then sneaks BACK to the convent through the cold, wet tunnels, and then has to say her rosary instead of going to bed, so she gets exhausted, and her little cough turns into a raging fever and she is confined to bed.
  
  
• Jacinta boots the nun out of the hacienda. Then she boots Cleotilde out of Pedrito's room. Then she opens the windows, takes the blanket off the baby, takes away his bottle, and watches him get sick. "You're a child of sin, son of a nobody, you'll be much better off with God." Then she leaves.
  
  In the morning she sneaks back in, gives back his blanket, and closes the windows. Cleo comes in and exclaims tremulously, "Pedrito is burning up!" "Oh, what a pity."
  
  Jacinta pretends to call the doctor: "Oh, he's with another patient, what a pity." She hangs up and says, "There's nothing we can do till the doctor comes. So go make my breakfast and leave this stupid baby here." Cleo protests, Jacinta screams again: "Make! My! Breakfast!" Cleo hightails it out of the nursery, and Jacinta hisses to the squalling infant: "Better you should go to God than live humiliated in this world..." It was splendid, my favorite scene yet, except for maybe the time she watched the old Padre die on the floor because she wouldn't give him his medicine. That might have been even better.
  
  
• Maite gets more anonymous flowers, Andres kills more bulls, nobody knows who bought Las Barricas, still no sign of Unibrow. Victor sings "Happy Birthday" (well) to his mother over the phone, then Guillermo calls his own mother. Really, I'm not making this up.
  
  
• Remember when I said that the superannuated Miss Josefina Maldonado looks like Joan Rivers? I found this picture of Joan at AwfulPlasticSurgery.com, a truly excellent and satisfying site.
  
  Anyway, the most pitiful subplot ever: some old dude in the Maldonado household, name of Nabuco, is actually jealous that dapper-but-useless Sergio (Jacinta's ne'er-do-well brother) is flirting with this tight-faced horror. So -- he puts salt in Sergio's coffee! And then Sergio doesn't want his coffee! Really, I'm not making this up.
  
  
• While showing off his dairy to Bruno (who is working for the mysterious out-of-towner who bought Las Barricas), Rodrigo admits: "I used to be a complete cretin, but the blows of life have put me in my place."
  
  Meanwhile his grandfather, Manola's dad Nicolas, is going bonkers. The maid spills an itsy bit of tomato sauce on him when she serves his dinner and he loses it, shouting, "You've stained my hands with blood." He rushes to the bathroom and scrubs and scrubs - but he can't get the blood off... The mother and Manola seem a little bit interested, but actually not very.
  
  
• Andres mopes around Aguascalientes and then decides to go to the convent and ask the nuns if they know where his wife Valeria is - at the very moment when she, Valeria, is staggering to her feet in that very convent, insisting that her fever has broken and that she must go to her baby.
  
  She dresses as a nun so as to glide anonymously past him as he stands moping handsomely in the courtyard, but he, coincidentally, chooses at that moment to reach out and grab her arm (do people actually grab nuns' arms?) and ask, "can you help me?" as she passes. Her mouth open in surprise yet again, she hasn't yet turned toward him when -- the curtain comes down.

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Last nights show had Daira and Alejandro talking over what the Father Buena Aventura had told Al. They replayed that scene again tonight as an opener with spooky music hinting at the importance. For some reason Daira makes the statement that "From everything that Sanitago told you the only one you suspect is Bertha." She says this to him for what reason? I thought she disliked Bertha after meeting her and Lucas?

Replay of last nights scene with the pouty Flor. "Miranda arrives and you have a lot to do! What a coincidence!" Fab tries to stand his shaky ground but Flor stuns him with the question of "What do think you'll do when I die?

The girls find Juan and Raul and ask them to go out dancing at a club. Juan says he cant go because he is watching Florencia. Miranda walks up and asks Renata to join her for a second in her room. Smiling Lizania tells Juan to change clothes and they will wait for him. Juan gives Raul all the money he has in his wallet saying it should pay the cover to the dance club. Raul tells him its ok because he isn't going. Not only does he not have money to pay the cover but he doesn't have better clothes. "What other thing does Lizania want me to put on?" The brothers hug over the sad shared moment.

Miranda opens her wallet and tells Renata this is all the money they have left and they still have a thousand things to pay for. Renata tells her that she wont spend anything because Lizania has invited everyone out. Even the doctor and his brother. Miranda scolds Renata a little by telling Renata to not pressure the boys because they are used to going out with a girl and paying. Neither of the boys should be paying for you. She asks Renata not to go tonight. Renata agrees saying she didn't really want to although she is all dressed up in a black dress with jewels. Miranda then asks her about Florencia. Renata says she doesnt understand Flor and Fab. They says they are in love but they spend their time being serious. Then Renata tells Miranda that Fab still loves her. The spooky music starts playing and Miranda asks if Renata knows how Flor knew she was dying? Renata acts stunned with this news. Miranda wants to talk more telling Renata that you wouldn't believe what else Flor told me but Renata quickly shuts the conversation down and leaves.

Veronica and Erika return to their room. Veronica is ranting about how insulted she is to be treated like a child. Erika points out that tomorrow Raul is going back to Mexico City and Veronica can leave too. Veronica doesn't want to go back with Raul because he is going by bus and she wants Renata to send her home by plane. Erika says she doesn't mind the bus and she just might go home on the bus with Raul. Veronica snickers, looks at the creaking door and asks if Erika has decided to take the boyfriend of Lizania. (Veronica used slang of bajarle meaning to score with in Argentina or to get off in Mexico. Please correct this if I'm wrong.) Lizania and Renata walk in on the tail end of the conversation. Lizania asks if its true, Erika denies it and Renata makes fun of them for fighting over such a low class guy. Veronica laughs throughout the whole exchange.

Flor tells Fab she knows what Fabs plans are. That he will raise their child with the ideal woman Miranda. Fab says he doesn't know how she found out or who told her but he swears that's not how things are! He leaves her room and she cries to her unborn child grabbing her tummy. She promises not to leave the baby until she sees his eyes.

Renata runs into Fab as he leaves the room. He tells her that her sister is unsupportable. He wants to know how Flor found out she was dying. Renata reminds him it was he who decided to marry Flor. He tells her that at best that was his error. He complains that he let Bertha and Renata manipulate him. Renata will hear none of that claiming she only did what her aunt asked of her. Fab says they were just puppets of Bertha so Bertha could do what she wanted with them. Renata reminds Fab that Bertha didn't put a pistol to his head to make him marry Florencia. Fab grabs Renata and tells her that "We were all accomplices and we destroyed Miranda. I assure you we are going to pay very dearly!" Renata ends the conversation by telling Fab to let her go. She is going to tell daddy and Bertha what he has done and how he treats Flor. So there!

Francisco, Carola and the other son talk over a dinner table. Carola enters and shares her news about starting over new. She says she doesn't have to ask Sanson permission because she does what she wants with her life and her body. First she will die before going back to that life. She goes into the kitchen and speak of the devil Sanson enters the casa. Sanson is looking for Carola, and has been looking for her for two days. Francisco and the other son deny seeing her and Carol hides. Sanson tells them lots of people at the "antro" (dive) are asking for her. He then asks for Raul. Francisco walks Sanson away from the kitchen asking if Raul owes Sanson something.

Cesar tries to pry information out of Nuria asking her why Bertha had to leave the country to quickly. She cant remember but spits out the details of where Bertha is going. Nuria asks him if he is going to marry her. He lies and hides his true self. She complains that sometimes he seems so cold and then other times..... Cesar hugs her and asks her if she wants to spend the night with him. She can make him dinner and organize his apartment. What a treat! He promises that after she completes his houskeeping they can have a romantic night.

Sanson tells Francisco and Amparo (who just waked in) that Raul belongs to his gang. Amparo quickly denies that this is true. Sanson tells her and Francisco to open their eyes! Raul has already been in his first attack so he is definitely part of the gang. Fransico tries to kick Sanson out but Sanson tells them to ask Joel. (Oh this is his name!) Joel hangs his head when Francisco shines his beady eyes on him asking if the news is true.

Flor cries to Renata saying its true that they both made fun of me, referring to Fab and Miranda. Evidently Bertha is not answering Flors calls and Renata isn't making her feel better so Flor decides to call Alejandro for help. Flor cries to him saying that "they are still lovers Alejandro! and I dont know what to do!!" Boo Hoo!

Miranda is crying outside. Fab walks up saying his soul and life will never be able to catch up with her to ask for forgiveness. She starts to cry about her problems and falls into his chest. He takes that moment to grab her head and begins to kiss her. Miranda is pissed, she says stop! Do you know what Florencia would think if she saw us! Miranda juts out her chin and bares her teeth as she continues. Fab sourly says if Flor saw them it would confirm her suspicions! Ha! Miranda continues telling Fab how much she suffered and cried (Dias!). She tells him that she doesn't love him anymore.

Alejandro wants to know what has happened. Flor wheezes out that she discovered that Fab is with her because he feels sorry for her because she is about to die. Al is upset to hear this and says he will come to the hacienda tomorrow. Before they hang up Al asks for Fab and Flor makes out that Fab is most likely with Miranda at that moment. After they hang up we see Renata rise from some dark corner of Flors bedroom. She tells Flor that's it! Miranda has to marry Alejandro to save her family! Miranda is obligated to marry Alejandro to save us!

Nuria is told to watch where she puts Cesars newly ironed clothes. She is scolded not to put it in the wrong place because he likes it separated by color and design. She reports his kitchen is clean. She is told she can go to bed (for that romantic night). At first he is a jerk about having too many covers but then relents to being nicer. Why I ask?

Joel tells Fran and Amparo how he wanted to tell them about Raul but Raul wouldn't let him. Carola advises that its too late and they cant do anything for Raul. Amparo cries. Flash to Amparo and Fern talking in Ferns house. Fern promises to talk with Sanson about Raul. Alejandro enters Amparo exits. Al lets her know that Flor knows that she is dying. Al also tells her that Flor called him and said that Fab and Miranda are having a romance. Fern doesn't believe that Miranda would do that. Al points out that for love we are capable of doing stupid things as he has found out and she well knows.

The group of girls and the two boys are all sitting around a table outside having breakfast. Saving money no doubt. Lizania asks Raul to stay longer at the hacienda. He says he cant miss anymore class. Renata starts to make fun of the National University of Mexico, UNAM. Juan says it is one of the best universities in the world. She continues her ridicule and Juan gets upset. He tells her obviously she has never been in a university campus and one of these days he will take her to teach her what a real university is like. She continues to poke fun. Juan says after today he is going to tutor her because he realizes that she has no respect for anything and he is going to call her Renata. She tells him to call her from now on Miss Renata. He gets up from the table and says "ok excuse me your Majesty." The table laughs agreeing that he showed her.

Fab enters the bedroom thinking how he wants to be with her. She gets up mad wondering where he spent the night. She thinks he was with Miranda. He looses it and tells her not to count on him. He starts packing his stuff saying he has tired of loving her. He thought they would be happy but he never imaged how quickly she would change his life into hell. He is going to his ranch and tells her if she needs something she can call him. Flor starts hitting him accusing him of moving to the ranch so he can get with Miranda. She is hysterical (practically) and soon faints from the beating she is giving him.

The Father Buena Aventura is introduced to Leonardo Altamirano. Leonardo is the cellmate protector guy who took care of Gonzalo. Leonardo wants the Father to help him to help him return to his wife and daughter. Pamela and her mother Andrea. The Father says he will see how to do it. If Andrea can they will get reunited if not they will wait till the right time.

Juan checks Flors vitals after her fainting spell. Juan says the pool and breakfast are waiting for her. They will do less today but that the whole day waits them. They leave the room. Flash to Juan telling Miranda and Fab that Flor is fine but think how you would feel if you found out that you were going to die.

Fern is happy that Flor survived the news that she is dying. That means her heart is getting stronger. Al asks her to join him at the hacienda. Fern declines and says she knew nothing about what happened to Santiago. Al admits that he thinks Bertha is behind everything. Fern agrees.

Fab tells Miranda that what bothers him is Juans attitude. He cant stand him. Boo Hoo! She tells him that they are going through hard times. Don't fault Juan for doing his job of keeping Flor alive. And don't treat her Miranda like he did the other night (by kissing her). Flor will of course demand his time. He resists this and says he doesn't want Flor to make him be with her. Miranda reminds him this is what he chose. They have to help her, the three of them, Juan Fab and Miranda. He tells her he has to go to the beach for a few days for his project. Miranda says ok and them asks about Bertha. She says that the friend that Bertha is supposedly going to see died the day he married Flor.

Outside somewhere Luciano tells Al that his accounts are in order. Al says he will absorb some costs so some constuction workers aren't left without work. They discuss Gonzalo leaving prison and agree to stay in touch. Al leaves. Pamela and her mother walk by Luciano and Luciano tells the ladies hello. He looks love struck at Pamela.

Lizania asks if it is true that he and Erika like each other. Raul tells Lizania that what they feel for each other won't do each other any good. She presses him to be honest and to tell her if she did something. He finally spits out that there were two things that she did. One the day that she acted crazy and he didn't know what had happened to her. Two last night when we went to the dive. "You decided that we would go without asking me and you practically ordered me to change clothes. Didn't you understand that these are my best clothes!" Wha!!! They break up.

Renata runs into Juan outside Flors room. She asks if he will take her to the UNAM. He says yes whenever she wants. She asks if its a date and he says "no. Its a tour nothing more."

Renata goes into Flors room to find Flor on her cell talking to Bertha. Renata overhears Flor asking how long will Bertha be in New York. Renata grabs the phone to asks Bertha to buy her clothes while she is in NY. After Flor hangs up Renata wants to know if they don't have any money how is it that Bertha is going to NY? Flor tells Renata that hopefully Berthas friend Nena Valderrama will be paying. Renata then tells Flor that Nena Valderrama died on Flors wedding day. Who did Bertha go with? Renata says don't worry she will check the internet to find where Bertha is going and or with whom.

Miranda is introduced to Nati, who, when she sees Miranda quickly says Fernanda! I have the secret! Alejandro walks in as this is happening asking Miranda how she is.

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Tonight is a night of confessions. Everyone seems to have to have at least one or two little things to get off their chests.

We ended yesterday's episode with Miranda running from Fabricio's clutches and a close-up of his flaring nostrils.

Fernanda is visiting Amparo. She wants to tell her something that she just found out. "Tell me," urges Amparo, "my mouth is a tomb." (Meaning, I suppose, that it goes no further.) Julio told her that Bertha and Gonzo were lovers before she married him. "Animas Benditas!" cries Amparo, but then adds, "no fue en tu año, no fue en tu daño." Literally, what wasn't in your year wasn't your damage, i.e. what you don't know won't hurt you. Fern says that's not all, Berta told her that they were lovers even after Gonzo married Fern. Amparo offers this most moving sympathy, "Do you want another cafecito?" They go to the kitchen and discuss Gonzo's hypocrisy for throwing Fern out while at the same time boinking Berta. Fern tells Amparo that she's determined to win her daughters back.

Alejandro is trying to get his uncle the padre to tell him what he knows about past events. His uncle has the answers in his hands but refuses to help. Al would hate for them to become estranged. He respects his uncle but if he has no confidence in Alejandro then they have nothing to discuss. Uncle padre can't speak, a sacrament impedes him. "Ah, a confessional secret?" asks Alejandro. "Yes,"admits uncle. Alejandro wants to know whose secret. Uncle says he can't tell any more. Alejandro must leave now. He kneels and asks God to give him strength to not tell Alejandro the truth.

Alejandro has made a charcoal effigy of Miranda so he can talk to it since she won't answer his calls. "There is an ocean of things that separate us. I'm closer to my vengeance than ever, yet I don't want to hurt you." He rips the picture up. Pretty short conversation. Daira wants to speak to Alejandro; she's looking for Luciano because she's worried he's not adapting well to life in Mexico. Alejandro says his only problem is that he loves two or three women at once and with the same intensity. It's nice that Daira and Alejandro are concerned, but Luciano himself might not think that loving three women is exactly a problem.

Daira picks up the torn picture and wants know to why Alejandro destroyed it. He doesn't know why, one minute he knows where he's going, the next he's lost. He doesn't want to lose control. Just when he gets close to his vengeance he thinks of Miranda and all the suffering he could cause her and he loses his direction.

Veronika tells Erika that she saw her with Raul and that she didn't waste any time going after Lasagna's stud muffin. She'll help Erika get him and teach him a lesson. "Why, what do you have against Lasagna?" asks Erika. "Nothing, except that I can't stand her and she has a yuck face as if she's always smelling a sewer." Veronika doesn't know if Erika will be able to get Raul to like her, but, and she's only going to tell this to Erika once, at least Erika is a lot prettier than Lasagna. Veronika is a Superslut, Megabitch and Lyingsack.

Daira tells Alejandro he can't tear up his love as easily as he tears up a silly picture. He says he's going to finish what he came to do and the three of them will return to Italy. More moaning from Alejandro about his mixed emotions; enough already. The phone rings and he jumps, "It must be Miranda." Nope, only Uncle Padre losing his battle with the rules of the confessional. He wants to talk to Alejandro and he'll be right over. Daira tells Al to have compassion and to put himself in his uncle's place.

Gavino the peone is on the phone telling Berta that nobody has said anything about what she promised. (About the salaries?) Berta tells him to make sure nobody opens their mouths because Charo already spilled the beans to Miranda once. She tells him to find Miranda and put her on the phone. She calls Miranda sweetie and asks her if she has discovered Berta's malevolent plan against her yet. Miranda says not yet, but she's certain that sooner or later she'll find out. I guess they're kidding around in an ambiguous, toxic sort of way. Miranda asks Berta if she has money. Berta has some, but not much, not after paying all the utilities. Miranda says what she really needs are work hands. There aren't any men to pick the cacao but there are 15-17 women, including Berta and Renata. (Could it be that the bikini babes are gonna have to pick cacao after all? Right on!!) Berta says "Sure honey, I'll be there bright and early...when my sore throat gets better. Oh, and excuse me Sweetie but you owe me an apology for the other night, and you'd better give it to me in front of Alejandro. Don't think that things are going to remain the same between you and I." Bertha smirks and Miranda looks pissed off. Juan walks in and needs to speak to Miranda.

Uncle padre tells Alejandro that he wants to discourage his (Al's) feelings of hate and vengeance. Al tells his uncle that he doesn't know what it was like to see his father's suffering day after day without being able to alleviate his pain. Uncle padre says he understands as a son and a man, but not as a priest. Nevertheless they are family and for that reason he has come to tell Alejandro some things on the condition that Al ask no more questions on what he is about to confide. Many years ago he was punished and sent from the country because of a decision by the Bishop and Episcopal council. They accused him of various things, of visiting cantinas, bars, brothels and sexually harrassing young women. Al's mother heard of it, they had a heated discussion and she rejected him because she believed it. He had to leave before they would let him explain he was only helping the drunks and prostitutes. He returned some months later, but only in time for her burial, and then he had a career crisis and began to doubt his faith. Alejandro tells him that his father tried to look for him but couldn't find him. He wants to know who invented all the lies about his uncle. Uncle padre cannot tell him.

Juan wants to talk to Miranda about Flor who is not responding to her medicines. She is still weak and tired and doesn't want to do anything except sleep. Tomorrow he's going to talk to Doctora Fernandez and ask her to come to review Flor's case. Also, Flor has gotten depressed, he thinks things aren't going well with her husband. They fight a lot and don't spend much time together. He thinks Miranda should talk to them to ensure Flor remains calm and tranquil. Miranda drops the news that she is aware of Doctor Fernandez's true identity. Miranda knows Fernanda de Aragon, AKA Doctora Fernandez, is their mother but her sisters are still ignorant.

Alejandro talks to pictures, what's next? How about Berta whining to Lucas the dog? "Oh Lucas, how could Fernanda dare to hide something like that (that Gonzo is not Flor's biological father)? When Gonzo finds out he's going to bust." Lucas tries to sleep but she grabs his ears. "Lucas, Fernanda took what I wanted, she stole Alfredo's love for me, I never got to be in his arms. Then she got pregnant by him and deceived that idiot Gonzo. Do you hear me? (Tugs ears.) Fernanda got everything, Alfredo's love resulted in Florencia, Miranda and Renata symbolize her love with Gonzalo. Stupid head, she got everything! I...nothing." Her phone rings and it's a mood buster. Excuse me but am I the only one who thinks Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" is a completely inappropriate ring tone for our villaness?

Speaking of ridiculous, Squeaky is on the line and she has something to tell her tiíta. (Tiíta? Speaking of ridiculous...) It's something she overheard from that 24 hour guard doctor that Doctora Fernandez prescribed. He gave Tomasa a bunch of Flor's medicines to guard. He wants to give them to La Doctora so that they can be analyzed at the hospital. Berta's face looks like it's going to crack.

Raul tells Juan it was a mistake for him to come to the estate with Lasagna. He's thinking about hooking up with Erika because she has less money and her dad is only a bank manager. Juan tells Raul that he shouldn't obsess about money, it's what's in one's soul that counts. Anyway, it's bad form to arrive with one hottie and hook up with another. They have a boring conversation about family values and Miranda arrives at the doorway to eavesdrop. She smiles at what Juan tells Raul, "Clearly families aren't what they once were, but we must fight to recover the values of those times. If you connect with Erika at that level why does money matter? If you have money the important things are still to be happy, to be stable and strong." Miranda enters and Juan introduces her to Raul who tries to excuse his existence. Miranda graciously welcomes him. She asks Juan where is Tomasa? Juan thinks she has gone to Tapijulapa.

Squeaky tells Berta that Tomasa hid the meds in a bag in the kitchen. Now Squeaky has them in her posession. Berta is thrilled and instructs her to guard them until Berta's return. Berta mutters that Fernanda must suspect that Florencia has never taken the appropriate medicines. If Fernanda consults with Flor's doctors in Germany then she will discover what Berta has been up do. "No, I absolutely cannot permit that," Berta concludes with furrowed brow.

Alejandro asks his uncle if proof was ever presented against him. Apparently there were some circumstancial photos of him walking with drunks but the truth is he just didn't want them thrown into the street. Also, somebody opened a bank account in his name with a huge sum of money and it was connected to fraud. This was enough to have him sent from the country, castigated, humiliated, and angry. Whoever opened this account was also responsible for the death of Alejandro's mother. Alejandro is shocked, his mother was murdered? Uncle says Sofia had been responding well to the chemo and medicines. Suddenly she got worse for no reason. Alejandro says Fernanda was the only one helping at that time. Uncle says no, Fern wasn't responsible. "And I suppose the rest of the secret is protected by the confessional, correct Uncle?" Al says he is going to find out who killed his mother and why.

Gavino confesses to Aracadia that he feels guilty for siding with Berta against La Patrona Miranda. Arcadia points out that Berta is very bad and is capable of having them killed. Gavino says he feels so much guilt he cannot look Miranda in the eyes. It was he, Gavino, who hurt Miranda's horse Chocolate. All of a sudden they hear moaning from the bushes. It's Nati. She's dirty and hungry.

Berta calls the clinic in Germany and is lucky enough to get someone who speaks Spanish. She wants to talk to the two doctors who attended Florencia. The voice says they are no longer there but are in two different cities. For some reason Berta is incredulous that they were informed by mail. I don't get the significance.

Flor is brushing her hair in her gloomy boudoir. Miranda enters and asks how Flor is feeling. Flor heaves her brush at Miranda, "How do you think I'm feeling? How would you feel if you knew you were dying???" Miranda is shocked that Flor knows.

Berta tells Charo that she's going on a little trip. She tortures the nervous Charo by making her take Lucas downstairs to get picked up by the kennel. It's "The Entertainer" again...Nuria calls while Cesar is snacking on her ear. She tells Berta everything is ready, her plane leaves for Germany (via New York and London) tomorrow. Berta tells Nuria that nobody can know what she's up to, is that clear? She asks if Cesar is in the office. "No Madrina," lies Nuria, "he left early and hasn't returned."

Flor has a huge hissy fit at Miranda. Miranda tells her to calm down, if not for herself then for the baby. Flor says Miranda and Faby are hypocrites. She knows Miranda's plan. Miranda wants her to die so she can marry Faby. "Sure, let the poor idiota be happy for what little is left of her life, isn't that right?" Flor asks Miranda.

Gavino and Arcadia help Nati who doesn't remember who she is. Nati says that very soon they will be rich and she babbles about some treasure in a tree. Gavino and Arcadia help Nati to their house.

Gawd, back to Flor and Miranda again. Flor bleats on about how Miranda was always more beautiful, more loved by papa, wah wah wah (sounds like Berta, eh?). To paraphrase Florencia: "I'm dying and feel totally sorry for myself so let me spend my last days making you miserable too, as if stealing your fiance and marrying him myself and forcing you to be in the wedding isn't enough torture for you. Go, go! Now I'll slam the door and sob in self pity!"

Squeaky is telling Lasagna how inferior Raul is. What does Lasagna see in him? Lasagna says he has a pure soul and a super nice family. Superslutmegabitchlyingsack says "Here's a good one, Renata with Juan, Lasagna with Raul, don't they have another brother for Erika? It could be a triple wedding, so typical of the common folk. Lasagna says they do have a brother Joel, no mother, but an aunt they call Mama Amparito. Close up of Squeaky as she mocks "Mama Amparito!" This from the bimbo who calls her aunt Tiíta. Somebody slap her, please. Or make her pick cacao.

Al reports to Daira what his uncle told him. Daira says it can only be Berta behind these dastardly deeds. He wants to talk to Fernanda to clarify things. He calls Miranda, she looks at her phone, refuses to answer and listens to his message that he'll wait for her call. She's counting money and looks worried.

Faby enters the room of gloom. He says he can't understand why every time he approaches Florencia it seems to bother her. She says it's because he acts like he's doing her some favor. He says she's imagining things. (That's what people always say when they're guilty of something, remember Gaslight?) He says her health and the health of the baby are of utmost importance to him, aren't they to her? She sulks, "To me, yes, but you seem to have many more important things going on. Everything is more important than baby and me." She whines. He lies and makes excuses before his zinger, "We should never have married, our marriage was doomed to failure. We not only forged the misfortune of Miranda, but ours as well." "Wah, it's all your fault," shrieks Flor, "What do you plan to do when..." And Tivo stopped here, but she was probably going to say "...when I die?!?!"

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Lots of Love, Kisses and one Very Sad Story...

Okay I’m trying a new format. Let met know if you like it, hate it; more details, less details. I’ll try to accommodate.

Monday

Marcia & Alicia

Marcia and Alicia talk in the museum about Lety and Fernando. Marcia doesn’t want to talk about it and says they should go party with Luigi. Alicia thinks Marcia should be checking on Fernando. They go back to Luigi who is very happy about the figure in his honor. Alicia, of course, has to say something rude. I think she said “What did you say to get them to make this figure” or something like that. Alicia takes Marcia home to her apartment. More from Alicia about “la otra.” Marcia is, of course, in denial about the whole thing. Alicia wants gas money from Marcia. Later, Alicia talks with Marcia on the phone about Lety. Marcia hangs up on Alicia again saying she’s no longer her private detective. Alicia is in front of Lety’s house. The neighborhood gang sees her get out of her car and get back in. Alicia tells Marcia that Lety’s house is peaceful and she can’t tell if Lety has come home. She decides to go to Conceptos, and the youths follow her. When they get to Conceptos, they remember that Lety works there. Meanwhile, Alicia calls Marcia to see if Fernando has arrived home. Alicia hangs up on her. Alicia knows this means that Fernando is not there yet. The security guard confirms that Fernando and Lety are not at the office.

Erasmo & Julieta

Erasmo is not happy that Lety is late. Julieta reminds him that Lety is far away and it is complicated to get home from the museum. He yells at Lety when she calls. She lets her father know that she’s in Omar’s apartment working with Omar and Fernando. He doesn’t believe her. She says they are working because Omar and Fernando are leaving for Germany tomorrow. They hang up. Roman and the neighborhood kids are outside the Padilla house making noise. Later in the night, while Lety and Fernando are together, Julieta lights a candle for her daughter praying that she is protected from another tragedy. Erasmo comes in and says that Julieta doesn’t need to worry about Lety but he’ll accompany Julieta’s with her prayer.

Paula María & Saimon

Paula Maria, Saimon and the cuartel, walk through the museum. Saimon and PM try to make each other jealous by talking about their “plans” for the night. They all go to grab something to eat. PM and Saimon continue their usual bickering and games. Pm wants a taxi to go “somewhere” while Luigi wants to do the same with his motorbike. Saimon passes out some lollipops to all the kids, while Celso talks to PM. Irmita says that the men should get PM a taxi. PM says that the men have great plans and she wouldn’t want them to disrupt them for her. Juana tells Saimon that PM may too proud to say it, but she really can’t afford to take a taxi. Saimon says he would take PM, but he hasn’t heard anything from her. PM assures him that she won’t be asking for a ride anytime soon. Sara decides she tired of PM and Saimon and takes them aside. She goes back and forth between the two. Can Saimon take her home? Will PM ride with him? Will you talk to her? Tell him thank you, like you mean it. Okay, you guys go together. Celso, you’re going to accompany Lola. Now, hold hands you two. Now do us all a favor and have fun. The cuartel is relieved. All of a sudden, they realize Lety is not with them. Saimon drops PM off at a club. They talk. He says he’s not leaving until he knows she’s safe. She goes to enter the club, turns around and tells him that no one is waiting for her there. She wants him to take her to Lola’s. Then she says she’ll find a taxi; Saimon has friends waiting. Saimon says don’t worry. Not a single person (other than Celso) is waiting for me. They finally admit that all they want is each other. A nice sweet kiss follows.

Fernando & Lety

Fernando and Lety are in his car. Lety is unhappy because Fernando lied to Marcia and because Fernando is leaving with Marcia to go to Germany tomorrow. She thinks that Marcia is going to win Fernando back while they are in Germany. Omar calls. As usual, he wants to know how things went with Lety and Marcia in the museum. He gives his usual warnings about being discreet and suggests that Fernando bring Lety to his apartment. Omar says he’ll find a young lady to give him refuge for the night. More from Omar about how Fernando needs to resolve his problems with Lety. Fernando and Lety argue. She wants to go to her home; he wants to take her somewhere to spend his last evening in Mexico with her before he leaves for Germany. Once again, Fernando does the reverse psychology thing. Lety reminds him how much she loves him and desires him. She relents and says they can go somewhere, but where? He suggests Omar’s apartment. At first Lety does not seem too enthused about the location. She does not want Omar to know about their relationship. Fernando covers himself by saying that Omar has someplace else he has to be. He would take Lety to his house, but that would be the first place Marcia would look. Lety agrees, but she wants some kisses. Once they get to Omar’s apartment complex, Lety does not want to go into the building. Fernando tries to hide from the security guy, but he recognizes him (Juaco, is his name… I think) and gives Fernando the key. Juaco makes it pretty obvious that Fernando has been there before. Fernando tries to rush Lety away. Once they get into the apartment, Lety goes on about how nice the apartment is and how big it is for a single man. Fernando decides he wants a whiskey; his first and last for the day. Lety just wants juice. Lety wants to call her parents. Romantic moment as Fernando hands her the phone and their fingers brush. Lety calls her father and lets him know what is going on. Once she gets off the phone, Lety apologizes for her father’s tone. Fernando replies that she really does have a good father. Lety tries to joke that her father acts as though he is the parent of a model or some great beauty. Fernando tells Lety that she is a special girl, and her father has reason to be nervous. Lety says that Fernando sees her with a different pair of eyes. Fernando says no, you’re the type of woman that needs to be discovered. Lety is nervous that Omar is going to find out about their relationship once the door man tells him that Fernando was there with an ugly woman. Fernando says the doorman will just refer to her as girl, no description. “Because I’m just another of many women?” Lety talks about the type of women Fernando likes. She wants to know how many ugly women he’s brought to Omar’s apartment. None, because I am the first and the last ugly woman. She says she’s an accident and one day Fernando will wake up and go back to his normal life, with beautiful women. If he doesn’t marry Marcia, it will be another beautiful woman. Fernando and Lety go back and forth about the reality of their relationship. She goes to kiss him goodbye, she’s going home. This is one of my favorite moments!!! Check out the sexy move. He starts to kiss her neck. She’s still going on about how bad she feels about the whole relationship; he’s trying to let her know that she’s wrong while trying to subtly let her know that he really does want her with some kisses. She’s talks about how afraid she is. He says no, you don’t need to fear anything. “Yes I do because I love you and you have no idea how much.” “Me too Lety, me too.” They kiss as they start to undress each other. (Anybody else notice how different these kisses are from the first time, or any other time at that?) I love that he lowers her on top of him. It’s like he gives up total control to her. More caresses and kisses while a love song (Leandro Martinez - Besáme) plays over the scene. The next time we see them, they’re in bed making love. There are candles and kisses. We actually get to see Lety’s face without the glasses. Afterwards, Lety is in the mirror looking at herself and smiling. She runs out to Fernando, who is on the couch. They talk about how beautiful it was, and she says it is time to go; her parents are waiting. He’s not so eager to leave. First, he wants to know what happened her first time. She knows about his past; he wants to know about hers. She agrees, but says that it’s not a nice story. It involves Roman and the neighborhood gang. Is that the same group following Alicia????!!!!

Tuesday

Alicia
Outside of Conceptos…Alicia attempts to call Marcia again, and is approached by the neighborhood gang while she is dialing. They would like a ride in her Mercedes. Alicia to tell them differences between decent people and them. They insult her and call her the “queen” but they let her go. The boys want to know why Roman let Alicia go. He’s has a plan.

Saimon & Paula Maria

The two dance in the club while the employees clean up at the end of the night. PM tells him that she’s always been looking for someone and never realized until recently that it was right in front of her. Saimon wants confirmation that he’s talking about him and not Celso or all the guys she talks to on the phone. Saimon runs around the dance floor and announces to everyone that he always knew that PM was the one for him. Saimon says they should cancel all encounters with others and focus only on each other. He tells her that was always hers. Saimon wants another song, but the DJ won’t play anymore. The waiter gives him his bill. It’s another big one. PM wants Saimon to take her to her house. Saimon says no. Seductively, PM asks him where he is going to take her. She kisses him all over. He wants the waiter to hurry. They both run out of the club… I’m not exactly sure to where. I do know they’re both late the next day. J

Julieta & Erasmo

While Lety is telling her history to Fernando, Julieta and Erasmo remember the situation that happened with Miguel. Julieta blows out the candle. She and Erasmo talk about how Lety will always have them and will never be alone.

Lety & Fernando
Lety says she never did anything to Roman or his friends, but they’ve always like to have fun with her. Maybe for a diversion; she doesn’t really know why. She starts her story…
A couple years ago new boy, Miguel, joined the neighborhood gang. One day, when Lety was passing by, they introduced her to him. He flattered her and Lety was entranced. He came over to her house with flowers and chocolates. Miguel introduced himself to Julieta and Erasmo. He would visit Lety often and would present her with cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts. Lety decided that she would accept him as her boyfriend. Julieta was thrilled about the relationship. Even Erasmo could see that Lety was “illuminated”. Lety felt like everyday she discovered something new. One afternoon, Miguel wanted to make love. He promised that he loved her, and Lety gave in to him. After that day she never had anymore happy moments with him. Erasmo and Julieta see the sadness in Lety, but didn’t know how to help her. Miguel never came back to her house and never called her. He was her neighbor, but she never saw him. Lety put on some makeup and went to his house to ask for him. The woman at the door told her that Miguel was not there and that Lety should never return to look for him. Lety ran into one of her friends and asked her if she had seen Miguel. The girl told her that the whole neighborhood knew that the two of them had sex, even Roman. A couple days before Lety left for university, she saw her friend playing with the neighborhood group. Lety went up to Miguel and demanded that they talked. Roman and Miguel told Lety that Miguel only slept with her for money. It was all for a bet. They laughed at Lety for thinking it was real. Lety went to the corner and declared “Never again!” She cried and wanted to know why her. She never suspected it, but they were always planning this tragedy. She thought he would be the only man she would ever have; all because of a bet. She told her mom all that happened. Her father heard her cry and knew that something had happened. He basically threw Miguel out of the neighborhood.
Back at the apartment Fernando tries to comfort Lety. She keeps calling her self the neighborhood ugly girl. Lety makes a mistake and says “he and Omar” and then corrects herself and says “he and Roman.” Fernando flashbacks to the conversation he had with Omar when Omar told him that he had to make love to Lety. Fernando asks Lety what type of person has the capacity to do that. He also is curious if Tomas participated. Lety tells him of course not, he’s the closest person to me other than my mom, dad and you. He’s always supported me, through all of my suffering. And then one day, Don Fernando appeared. You took away all the disillusionment and showed me how to love and to believe in it again. I’ve suffered a lot and never want to return to that hell. Fernando says he’s not the man that Lety thinks he is. “Of course not! But I know that you’re a good man; you don’t have the capacity to do something like that. Above all, you’re honest, honest with your feelings.” She lets him know that it was hard for her to tell him her story. They kiss and he helps her clear her tears. She leaves to get dressed. Fernando sits on the couch, obviously affected by Lety’s story. He has another brief conversation with God (No lightening this time). Marcia calls and wants to know if Fernando is done with Lety yet. Fernando is very short with her. Lety comes out of the restroom and wants to know who was on phone. When she finds out it was Marcia she volunteers to take a taxi to her house. He tells her no. They kiss a couple of times and then leave.
Fernando drops Lety off at her house. She tells him that she hopes her story did not make him think worse of her. Fernando tells her he was flattered and thankful that she shared her story with him. She rests on his shoulder and says “See you tomorrow.” He replies back. Neither seems willing to leave the other. Lety tells him she’s going to dream all night about him. Fernando says that he will too. Fernando has a conversation with himself while Lety writes in her dictionary. She says this time was completely different from the first time. This time they really did make love. She thinks he demonstrated to her that she really is the woman he loves, that she is the more beautiful than the most beautiful woman in the world. “He is mine.” Lety writes about how she can tell that the whole night affected him like it affected her. He was so loving when she told him her story. He looked at her like her never had before; with love in his eyes. She’s very happy that she’s found Fernando, a man with the capacity to love her.
The next day Fernando wants Lety to come out of her office. She almost knocks him over on the way. An awkward conversation ensues. They change over to business. He wants to know how they are going to finance the jewelry commercial. She lets them know that they’ll have to borrow from Filmo Imagen again. On top of this, the bank only wants to let them borrow half of what they need.

Fernando & Marcia

Fernando arrives at Marcia’s apartment, looks around and says “And now, the interrogation.” to himself. Marcia is waiting on the bed with rose petals spread all over. He keeps walking away from her while she tries to seduce him. She says she knows how to make him less tense. He says he needs to sleep a little. She’s happy that he answered his phone every time she called and told her the truth about what he was doing. Why doesn’t he want to make love to her? He tells her that he’s tired and preoccupied with the trip tomorrow. “None of this ever stopped you before.” Marcia throws Fernando on the bed while Fernando continues to protest. He pulls a pillow to his head and turns away from her. She says she won’t oblige him to be with her after he’s been with his lover. She wants him to leave. While we hear Lety talking about their night and how love has returned to her, we see him in Marcia’s apartment crying.
They arrive together the next day. Fernando takes his leave of Marcia. She’s in a foul mood and wants to know where PM is. Alicia comes up to Marcia and tells her that she has a lot to tell. She asks Marcia how Fernando was when he got home. Marcia tells her he came home early enough but that he was the same as the last couple days. He didn’t want to make love and he was tired. She’s sure that he made love to his woman that night. Alicia follows Marcia to her office. Marcia doesn’t want her there; she wants to be alone. Last night, Fernando was with her, but only in the sense that his body was in her bed. He wasn’t really there. Alicia wants to know how Marcia can let Fernando go to his lover, and then sleep in her bed. “I lost him. I lost him!” Marcia says she’ll win him back when they’re in Germany. Alicia thinks she should go alone and think about the relationship; Marcia should not accept this situation. She should act like the person she really is; a woman of class.


Will Marcia go alone to Germany?
How long before Lety finds out about Fernando and Omar’s scheme?
Has Fernando finally fallen for Lety?

Besos, abrazos y mucho amor!!!!! Until next week!

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• Again, no sign of Unibrow.
  
  
• You recall we last saw Valeria at the convent, holding her squalling baby, mouth hanging open as her serial-killer granny stormed up demanding to know what she was doing with that child!
  
  Well, Remedios swept in, plucked the baby from her arms, said, "this is the child of one of my charges," and took him away! Quick thinking! Jacinta: "Remedios, tell nobody that Valeria is here, so she won't be, uh, bothered with pesky questions." Later: "Valeria, you cannot leave the convent except with me." Valeria feebly protests this house arrest.
  
  
• Dr. Monica asks Maite and Victor to bring in the dolls, Violeta and Vera, which Veronica played with when she was little. Veronica is shocked to see the dolls again. Monica calls to Veronica's alter ego Vera! Who finally appears! Explaining: "I didn't show myself before because I thought you'd try to get rid of me. I am the daring one, the one who knows how to attract a man." She denies the existence of alter-ego Violeta and suggests it should be she, Vera, who gets domination of Valeria's body.
  
  
• Manola and Federico have a nice snuggle in bed. Him (out loud): "I could have you and your dad putrefying in jail. There's no such thing as a perfect crime." Her (thought-bubble): "I'll get rid of you."
  
  
• Maite gets more anonymous flowers. The village ladies, and Rodrigo, are still trying to figure out who bought Las Barricas.
  
  
• It turns out yesterday's teaser was a fake! Nicolas, nervous as a witch, merely IMAGINES he is shot in the chest. He conjures the same scene twice - the second time, when he reaches for the gun on his desk, it's missing! He starts shouting and Rodrigo brings the gun back - he had recently been using it for target practice, as the defunct OMAR had suggested. "Grandfather, you seem a little strange."
  
  
• Valeria asks for help from the nuns and the padre. First she gets a nun to show her where the Secret Tunnel out of the nunnery is, and the whereabouts of the key. Next, she confesses to Padre Raul and gets him to participate in an elaborate plan. He goes to the hacienda and butters Jacinta up shamelessly for hours as she preens. Then, just as he is about to leave, a baby is found on the doorstep! A foundling! Wearing a medal that says "Pedro!"
  
  "Oh Jacinta, merciful and generous as you are, I'm sure you will take good care of this baby."
  
  Valeria's plan: Jacinta will become fond of the baby and THEN Valeria can say it's hers. What a lame idea! Jacinta snarls to Federico: "I want to be rid of this mocoso (I love that word, it's like snot-nose) but since the Padre witnessed this, I couldn't just "disappear" the brat." He suggests they wait till people forget about it and then take the baby off to an orphanage somewhere.
  
  The preview for tomorrow, though, has Jacinta opening all the windows wide on a windy day, perhaps in hopes the baby will get pneumonia and die. And of course there's probably a goodly supply of poison powder still stashed in the basement...
  
  
• Andres muses, with Gordo, about an early memory of a pretty woman rescuing him from a giant bull. "I remember because Daniel and I drew it." At the end of the episode, this very drawing shows up by stupid coincidence and is given to Maite, who puts it on a table, so by yet another stupid coincidence, it is sitting on that very table next to Maite when Andres shows up, newly arrived from Spain! He sees it and says: "YOU were my father's girlfriend!"

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Fernanda comes home early from work and is beside herself because she realizes that Bertha has managed to poison her daughters’ minds against her. Amparo comes into the living room and Fernanda complains to her that Bertha has everything her way now and her daughters are filled with hate for her. Amparo tells her to pray that their hearts might be softened and implores Fernanda not to just give up. She has come too far at this point to let Bertha win. Fernanda though is obsessing and goes to her room letting all the horrible things she remembers of that night run through her mind.

At the prison El Magnate is saying goodbye to his cellmates and asks them to make sure they protect El Duque (Gonzalo) till he is freed soon. He’ll be by to visit them soon. El Ermitaño (The Hermit) comes to say goodbye also and warns El Magnate to forget this place exists and never to let anybody on the outside know his true identity. El magnate assures him he will not let anybody really know who he is. Then Gonzalo arrives at the end to say so long and El Magnate reminds him that once he does get out of there and if he should encounter his wife again to remember not just what he feels she did to him but also what it was he did to her as well.

Gonzalo stands there afterward and remembers all that happened immediately after the shooting when Fernanda fell unconscious onto the floor: Gonzalo turns to Bertha asking what’re they going to do now? Bertha says she’ll handle everything, but for now they need to do something with Fernanda. He says, “You don’t mean to kill her, right?” “No! I wasn’t the one who cheated and stained my bed with your lust and damnation! –How could she have done this to you? She had everything ready to go off with him and how come we didn’t realize it? She made a fool out of you and trampled on your feelings. You can’t let her get away with this!” Gonzalo tells her that he received numerous anonymous warnings this might happen, but he disregarded it all thinking it was just from some envious person.

Bertha goes for the pistol, wipes it off with her scarf and then puts Fernanda’s hand all over it for prints. “What are you doing?” “Saving you from jail; saving your daughters and your family’s name.” Gonzalo says a single test would show she’d never shot the thing. So Bertha suggests emphatically that he run her off by threatening her life and that of their daughters. “Dont’ give her a choice. Tell her to leave or you’ll report her to the police. She can leave or spend the rest of her life in jail!”

Alejandro arrives at Amparo’s house looking for Fernanda and Amparo tells him how agitated she’s become. Since she only pays attention to him he needs to help her out.

Fernanda is running the events of that night through her head. She remembers coming to and seeing a “dead” Alfredo on the floor with Gonzalo sitting at the table beyond. She remembers him threatening her life and later, that of her daughters if she didn’t leave right then. He forces her to leave without taking her daughters or she’ll spend the rest of her life in jail.

Alejandro enters the room right then and she turns and screams, “Alfredo! It’s all your fault this happened! I hate you!” while Alejandro takes the blows. He is confused and he shakes her to the present and asks why she referred to him as his father and what made her say she hated him. What happened?

Fernanda explains how she tried to tell his father that she didn’t love him anymore and wouldn’t leave with him. She should never have left her daughters there and now she deserves all that’s happening to her. Alfredo wonders what reason Alfredo had to think she would go with him at all, let alone come looking for her.

Cesar is bragging to Luis Alberto that Gonzalo is going to learn that he now is the one who pulls all the strings.

Miranda arrives back at the hacienda and asks Gabino if Bertha in fact was the one to upset the workers with the story about not raising their salaries. His wife comes in just at that moment and lies to her for him, saying Bertha didn’t say anything to the workers. Miranda goes to the workers’ wives and tells them she’s not able to meet their demands so anybody who wants can pick up and go. Some of the women do stay and offer their help with the cocoa harvest.

Julio’s sons go to Rebeca’s house to take their father home. The younger one, Angel, wants to just let his father live out the remaining years at Rebeca’s side rather than force Julio to be kept in an asylum. Daniel says no because he remembers how his mom used to cry all the time because of their dad’s being with Rebeca. Anyway, how could he be really sick since a man who just had a heart attack doesn’t go out shopping like the maid just told them he’d been doing. Julio refuses to go with his sons and they fight. He slaps the older one who eventually just leaves disgusted but Angel hugs his dad and goes off.

Ramon arrives at Amparo’s to explain his intentions towards her to Francisco. He says that neither are so young they need his permission, so he’s doing it as a courtesy and because Amparo had asked him to. Francisco gets nasty and Ramon says it doesn't matter, essentially. Then he talks to Amparo and tells her she’s been nothing but a free housekeeper and nanny service to her brother all these years. She needs to ask her brother nothing because she owes him nothing.

Fernanda explains to Alejandro that she really could never hate his dad, but he did provoke what happened that night. Bertha and Gonzalo, they determine, are the only ones who really know what happened; but why had Alfredo thought he should go looking for Fernanda, particularly there, at their hacienda? Bertha also, they figure, is the only one who could have let him in that night, but they don’t know what she might have gotten out of it and Alfredo never mentioned anything relevant about her to his son. Fernanda says who knows what Bertha’s story is since she always mixes the truth with lies in order to confuse people. Alejandro remarks that Daira said exactly the same about Bertha. Alejandro wonders what Fernanda is still hiding from him.

Lizania and Raul argue about not telling Florencia or Miranda about the affair Veronica and Fabricio are having. She goes off and Erica joins Raul and says those two are the same when it comes to premarital sex. Lizania, Erica tells Raul, has admitted she had sex already and only because she felt like it, not because she loved the guy. She though is one who wants only to go to bed with a guy for love. Raul is disappointed about Lizania and begins to look at Erica with new eyes.

Fabricio and Florencia are arguing over Veronica. She accuses him of fooling around with Veronica the other day, but he denies it. Florencia demands he stay clear of Veronica now, as well as Miranda and Fabricio is fit to be tied. Veronica is listening to it all from behind a tree and chuckling to herself when Juan walks up behind her and catches her in a lie about her eavesdropping. He warns her he’s Florencia's doctor and he’ll kick her off the property if she causes Florencia any health problems. He leaves and Renata asks Veronica what all that was about. She lies and says he said he misses his girlfriend. She answers she’s going to make sure he ends up crazy for her and rushes off to find him.

Renata finds Juan and she makes a false apology for her behavior when he returned the wallet. Will he forgive her? When he refuses to respond she grabs him and kisses him; then she asks if she’s better at kissing or his girlfriend. He teases her and says his girlfriend is better and she stomps off.

Miranda asks Tomasa to tell her the truth about her mother. Tomasa says Fernanda was beyond reproach. Miranda says if she were so wonderful she’d be there with them now. What is everybody hiding from her and her sisters that would be so dangerous to find out? She is sick of all the half-truths and is losing her trust in Tomasa. Fabricio shows up then and Tomasa leaves.

Miranda thanks him for all the financial and moral support. He takes her into his arms and asks if she’s still in love with him. He tells her everything with Florencia aparently was a mistake and he was blind to it all because of Bertha’s doings. Then he kisses Miranda briefly and she breaks it off, telling him what they had was something she did because of habit. It was definitely affection. He was there with his smiles and good nature, but that was all. She now realizes he was not the man of her dreams. He asks her if Alejandro is the one who robbed her from him.

Bertha goes over to visit Rebeca and to look for Cesar. Rebeca is hoping Cesar doesn’t find Julio is staying there, but Bertha says “Put your foot down, afterall it’s your house! She also makes a reference to “which sons......the legitimate ones or --?” She will never tell her sons the truth! Rebeca says if people knew she’d be considered a whore, a streetwalker. Rebeca says that she can understand and admire Fernanda for having suffered so long and still having kept quiet. Bertha asks her what she means and she lets slip “about Florencia not being Gonzalo’s child!” It’s obvious that Bertha was caught by surprise and as she leaves she thinks to herself that its definitely one more reason she’ll victimize Fernanda and her daughters.

Julio comes downstairs and defends Fernanda’s honor. Bertha yells at him for having told her that Bertha and Gonzalo were lovers after Gonzalo married her. He says Fernanda deserved to know and not to suffer any further. Nobody, especially Gonzalo, he tells them must find out about Florencia. Bertha then accuses him of protecting Fernanda because of being another one of many in love with Fernanda and leaves.

Rebeca is upset and jealous now, but Julio assures her that he deceived his wife for years because he loved Rebeca so much. Therefore, she shouldn’t listen to Bertha because she has a way of wrapping around and wrapping around her victim and then suddenly when they cannot move any longer she goes in for the final blow. Bertha anyway is no one to talk and adds, certainly they are not samples of moral rectitude, and definitely not.
Gonzalo!

Fabricio wants an answer from Miranda still. He suggests they get back together again, on the sly. She is shocked to hear this from him. He swears then he’ll regain her love one way or another. She breaks free of him and runs away in horror and confusion.

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