Caray, Caray!

Hi all, I'll be filling in for the next three Tuesdays until Cheryl and Willa join you on 7/8. Look for Ferro on Mondays now joining our Querida Enemiga team.

Soo, we're off.

We start with Jimena giving Oscar the stink eye while he hugs Rosi.

Ofelia yells at Franco for meddling Rosi into a problem that it’s his fault. He plays dumb (pretty well too) that he doesn’t know what the problem could be. Ofelia begs him to just leave already.

Sofia whines to Grandpa Augustin about her Ma, etc. G-Pa tells her when happiness knocks you have to open the door, go with Juan and marry. Forget your Ma, it’s your life.

Jimena bawls on the bed, Sarita comes in and sees this and Jimena tells her what she saw, that Rosario is not only betraying us with Franco, but also with Oscar.

Oscar tells Franco about Rosario being upset and looking for you but she didn’t say anything, she left.

Whine, whine, why is he betraying me, Jime continues. Sara says well they showed up in a mysterious way here to work by themselves, uncontracted by the engineer and they never said anything so she thinks they are hiding something. Maybe what they wanted was to hurt us somehow. Jime says well they did, he broke my heart.

Doc shows up to Sofia with something important to tell –he must have gotten his latest installment from Gabi. He tells Soph Ma is worse everyday and she could fail at any minute with any upset.

In the testosterone house the manly men are eating pan and extolling their own virtues after G-Pa thanks them again for protecting him from his evil daughter. Only Quintina injects some estrogen and calls them her trustworthy babies.

One thing though G-Pa is not settled with. He wants to know why they showed up armed at the hacienda that day? What were they up to?

Sofi by a tree day dreaming. She’s hit by a branch and discovers very well carved and painted initials FR and wonders whose they could be. Hmmm...a clue to lost lands perhaps?

Eugenia is crying to bro Uribe that she knew this would happen one day because they are not equals. She swears she’ll leave tomorrow am. He tells her he loves only her, but she knows he’ll never disobey his family. He begs her to please not do this. Clearly she refers to his impending boda. Guess they are an item, but wait didn’t he just show up from Europe all sophisticated and citied? When did he strike up with the peasant girl?

Gpa doesn’t give up and asks again why they showed up armed. This time they are in the field of brawn. They agree he’s earned their trust, so they tell him that the map they showed him identified that their parents were really rich and owned land. Juan doesn’t remember because he was very young, but they killed his parents for those lands. Gpa promises to find out where that hacienda is, and most of all where the killers are.

We return to a cock fight, and this time it’s really the birds, even though Feo is there, and we are treated to mariachi music while Feo hands over a check because his cock wasn’t the best. His buddy (Lopes from La Fea) keeps urging him to stop betting already. Feo tells himself his only solution is if G-Pa signs or dies.

Back at the bakery Padre Tadeo wants to speak with Gpa and he says Gabi won’t listen, but Gpa interrupts him he knows, Oscar and Jime want to marry so he gives his blessing, but he also knows that Juan and Soph are in love. Tadeo says, yeah about that there’s something bad. Can’t say much, but yeah, Soph’s in danger around Feo. Juan over hears this.

Juan shows up to ask Sophi if she’s ready to go. She says something happened, her Mami Evil is worse. He says he hasn’t changed his mind and walks away.

Rosi wrapped in white calls after Fran in the square and tells him that they have her son and she needs his help.

Soph plays with plants smiling gleefully while girl music plays, all of sudden macho music plays, Juan rides up on horse and says - you come with me. She hops on very skillfully and they are away on Capricho the horse.

Meanwhile Rosi between tears tells Fran about her son and that it’s not Armando’s, that the father is dead. He was an outlaw and his own posse killed him, but she loved him, so helped him with his illegal doings and so she’s been living in fear of being turned in since that day and ending up in jail.

Matron Uribe gives the boys the rings they are to marry with. That’s pathetic. They dost protest, but she says you marry or you are disinherited, so there. They are subtly impactados.

Speaking of rings, Oscar gives Jime a family heirloom ring and tells her how much he loves and respects and honors her and wants her to have this ring as a symbol of loyalty and fidelity and to firm up his proposal. Dissed, she says she doesn’t want the ring or the love and gives it back. He wants to know what her problem is.

Sofi says she can’t go. She says, nice dream but can’t happen because I can’t abandon the monster while she’s so sick. Juan tells Sofi she has to go with him or he’ll go alone and she’ll never see him again. He begs for her answer again.

She doesn’t answer. He says fine, he’ll accept her decision but he’ll never forget her and will love her for always. Bye. Hasta Nunca. Ok, she calls after him and Vicente begins and she swears he can’t go, she’ll die, so she’ll go with. And there are hugs and more Vicente.

Oscar now on the hot seat wonders what happened. Jime acts as if he should know and calls him a cynic, and he is way wrong if he thinks she’s like Sara and she will compete with no one and stomps off.

Gabi calls after Sofi and can’t find her. A servant shows up and Gabi tells her to make sure that none of the workers come up to the house because today is a special day with an event that no one should miss.

Eva finds Jime crying and learns that Oscar is two timing her. Eva doesn’t believe that is possible. Sara runs in to find her still crying and tells her that she really needs to forget about that bricklayer and mentions her suspicions again. Sara believes that Eva knows something. She demands Eva say whaty and Eva hedges for a bit. Gabi bursts in and wonders if they’ve seen Soph and of course they haven’t.

We are then treated to a romantic montage of them kissing and swimming in the river in another part of town....they are soo happy as Vicente reminds us. Beyond the spurs, like a good lover she asks what he’s thinking. He’s thinking about his brothers and that he owes some of this happiness to them and their support in this flight with her. Liar, no way, she’s wet in see through white. There is no way he’s thinking of his brothers. He continues that he promised them he’d be back soon to help them with their pact for justice.

What is Fran doing sneaking around behind rocks? Oh right, he’s going to save the day, and the little boy. That or drink some tequila in a shack. He sees a skull and throws a blanket and a few things when the other little boy and Mariachi run up and tell him that Armando didn’t take Luis, another man did.

Someone hiding behind the shack overhears this conversation.

We see that Feo takes the little boy and the Hag to Cuetzalan and holes them up in a hotel room proclaiming that they can’t go anywhere. Hag is sick of the little boy and launches a trash bag at him. She thinks she should leave and someone else should watch him - so she's out the door.

Rosario is crying and praying for her son in church. Ofelia was looking for her and tells her it hurts her to see her this way, she’s like the daughter she never had. Rosi takes this opportunity to throw hate at her real mother who abandoned her, and hopefully she never returns because she never wants to see her. Aha, I’m seeing the Eva hate logic now for Ofelia.

The chicas minds are at work and they wonder if Juan has taken Soph, and if so, they are in big trouble. Eva tells Sara she’s wrong to think the bricklayers came to do harm. Jime assures that Juan is so in love with Sofi and would never hurt her. Sara thinks that he’ll do harm to her, after all he’s their brother.

Oscar whines to Padre about Jimena’s rechazos and how much he wanted her for the mother of his children etc. Padre assures him it will all work out and that Jime is just capricious. Oscar spills the beans about Juan riding off with Sophi and Padre is impactado.

More cock fights and Feo is still losing all his money, he says because of his buddy, yeah it’s never the gambler’s fault. Aha, that guy behind the shack was an informant and tells Feo that Franco was looking for the boy. Feo thinks he has to get rid of Rosi then. Buddy tells him not so fast she’s bringing in our only money at that cantina. He says don’t worry it’s only for a few days. Buddy says who really needs to go is the Reyes. Feo says yes, as long as G-Pa lives with them he won’t sign the papers. He says it’s time to invalidate that old man’s accounts. Buddy asks how, and Feo responds to kill him. I get chills, Sargeant Schultz (or is he more like Coronel Klink ?) is my favorite character.

Hacienda workers are now saying they haven’t seen Sophia, or Fernando so Gabi thinks they must be together then, and hopes they return in time for the banquet.

Speaking of Sofi she and Juan are still face sucking by the rio.

Don Agustin (G-Pa) is making bread and Quintina flirts with him when Oscar comes in and tells him of Jime’s rejection. G-Pa thinks something is behind all of this because she loves him. Oscar doesn’t know what it could be, he promises G-Pa, who thinks Oscar might have been a little cavalier, he's done nothing.

Gabi is wandering with Eva swaering everything must be perfect. She also says she thinks Sophi and Feo are together. She begins to greet guests advising them of the engagements.

Over at the Uribe’s Tia Evil is telling the boys to buck up for their important banquet. They say they don’t know anyone anyway and should have had something more intimate to announce this. She thinks they should count their luck. Just then Eugenia runs up and announces she’s leaving. Tia evil thinks she’s unappreciative for leaving before the wedding when there is so much work to do.

Back at the Hacienda Agustin, Sara complains about how Rosi knows how to manipulate men and that she has two of them with one hand on her waist (that is, not hard work for her). Jime doesn’t want to hear any more about Reyes bros, but Sara says well you have to because what if Juan hurt Sophi, she’s worried. Jime says well, Juan is ok, he loves Sophi with all his heart. She says they better hurry anyway and get down to their party because Mami Evil is going to announce to the world their marriages. Sara says told you so that Mami would get her way and that we’ll marry those guys. Jime says yes and it’s all Rosi’s fault.

Franco is still on the hunt for the boy. At the Malquerida, Feo now tells Rosi the boy is ok, but she doesn’t believe it and wants to see him. He says he’s fine, you’ll see him but you have to leave now and go to another town in a little hotel with your boy at least until Franco and Sophia and Eva stop looking for you. She says whatever Feo wants, so she can be with her son. He says he’s not as bad a guy as she thinks and he really doesn’t want to hurt the boy because she fails to obey. She agrees and the obligatory groping ensues.

At the hacienda happy music plays as everyone fake socialises and makes looks and funny nods at each other.

Back at the bar, previous informant tells Franco that he should be satisfied because Rosi has now left the pueblo for good.

Gabi and Tia Evil make the announcement of the engagements. None of the promised four look enraptured with this idea. Tia forces them to handover the rings. They both do so coldly and the girls take them. She yells that they need to put them on for the girls. Sara flashes a giant rock that already looks like a complete wedding set. Jimena has an equally big rock that is put on her middle finger. Gabi continues that the wedding will be in a month!

Seems like there is a lot of interest in more about Ciudad Serdan so I decided to post this satellite link. It's really neat and if you zoom in you can see the parroquia very well. See if you can see shirtless Juan wandering around.

Labels: Fuego

So much pain, so much pain. Let’s see there are four, yes let’s lets all count together,
Tio Brau
Luci
Consti
Padre Manuel…Yes kids that’s right.

Can any of these adults step up and do the right thing? No of course not…

We open with Mili and Lina’s Dad in the Study. He is gonna talk to Consti about Mili. In case you missed it, he is pretending to be Mili’s father. This has Consti jealous, because I think once Consti has marked something, well it is his. Remember fans of these stellar human beings, he went BSC when he thought Luci was gonna knock boots with Bobby’s dad. Oh because, he wanted Luci, of course not…he just didn’t want anyone else to have her, he can’t even stomach the idea of doing Luci.

Mili hides on the staircase in the study and I am glad to see this, as I am certain the study is on the first floor and now I can see you can go upstairs or down to the “Gawd only knows what”. Maybe they built a bomb shelter back in the fifties and it is full of tortillas that have since turned to leather and bottles of liquor, which fortunately for Luci in the event of Nuclear Attack have held up quite well.

Anyway Consti comes in and is all what do you want, what are you doing here. Fake Dad says he can come anytime he wants. No you are not her father..Am too..Are Not..Am too, so this continues for a bit. Finally Fake Pa says what’s it to you, why do you care? Now it is time for Consti to lament, “She is special, noble, intelligent, blah blah blah. Mili’s lil face is peering out of the steps and she gets all tender looking.

Finally Consti writes a check and tells Fake Dad to beat it, Fake Dad gleefully takes the check and leaves. Brau comes in and tells Consti, everyone is waiting in the Garden.
Consti leaves and Mili pops out, she tells Brau that Consti loves her and defended her. She is so happy. Brau has that, oh lil dreamer just keep believing that look on his face.

Meanwhile over at the hospital, Gloria is sitting and looking at Ma, who is still in a coma.
Chamaco comes in and comforts Gloria. Gloria like all people (well not all people, not Consti or Luci, but I am counting people with souls) laments that she talked badly to her Ma, when her mother just wanted them all to live as one big happy family.

Now over to the so called Wedding, Luci is talking the arm of Domingo (I think that is his name, Flor’s pistol packing Pa) off and of course she is downing the wine. Val walks up and she starts talking about Val’s big adventure to France and Val blows her off. Domingo just shrugs probably thinking “Run little girl, run far and fast and don’t ever look back”. Marisol is there with Bobby the Tool, Matt the Ratt is there with his friend. I don’t know his name. Matt’s friend is giving the eye to Marisol or Flor’s sister, I am vague on her name also. Lina sees Bobby making out with Marisol, and she flirts with Matt’s friend. Matt’s Gramps is there. Matt is looking for Mili, but she is nowhere to be seen.

Oh wait she is hanging with fake Dad, yucking it up about the great deception. Seems tells fake Dad, how real Dad really loves her. You can see fake Dad is thought bubbling “Well I might be a real Naco Bastard, but at least I claimed my kid”. Seems like Mili has agreed to soften Gloria up regarding said Naco Bastard father. Mili makes him give back the check so she can donate it to St. Deceptions. Geez by now don’t those kids have gold plated toilets in their dorm rooms?

Now back to the Wedding, Luci is clink clink clinking a spoon on her wine glass. She makes some lame ass speech about the happy couple, Al looks like he could vomit. She drones on and on and on, with an occasional slur thrown in. She finally calls her beloved Consti to say a few words and he does just that. He says after his wife’s eloquent speech all he can say is Happiness to the Novias.

Now it is time for the ceremony which is sad and fast by telenovela standards, Al stares at Mili and she stares back through the whole thing. Hugo is supporting her and her sister is watching the eye exchange with a knowing look.
Finally I now pronounce you man and wife you may kiss the novia, (yeah I thought that was weird too).

With that said, the witnesses have to sign the marriage certificate. We get the time stands still as it is Mili’s time to sign and she and Al stare at each other. Now we get a cornucopia of scenes of the past romance. Ahhhhhhhh.

Now Val is all packed up and ready to go and Ma has pulled herself together enough to give her some parting words. Like it is for the best and so on. Consti comes in to send her on her way, Hurry quick Consti, get her out of the house before Rocky can somehow jump on her and impregnate her. Val just stares ahead, tears rolling down her cheeks.
At this point, Al strolls through and Luci is like hello my love. He say “ I want to be alone for a few minutes, make my excuses to Flor”. Luci, “ You are not happy?” Al, “I am the most unhappy man on earth.” Luci doesn’t cave. Al moves on and Luci with shaking hands, not cause she is upset, but cause she is seriously jonesing for that decanter of whiskey, pours herself a big ass tumbler.

Rocky is standing against a wall behind them, he is doubled over with the pain of watching Val leave, tears are rolling down his face. He staggers off.


Say, Consti and Luci wouldn’t this be a great time to hook it on over to Mexico City General and pull that breathing tube outta Gloria’s mothers mouth? Don’t let the hijinks stop there, I’m sure there are plenty of people you could pull the plugs on. You people are on a roll. Go for it. These two are like a big festering blister of smallpox, let's see, they killed poor dead not the baby daddy French guy, Consti badgered Granny to death, ruined Mili's, Al's, Val's, Rocky's, Brau's, basically Flor's, I mean she is BSC, but Luci really pushed it, probably Flor's Pa's cause he is gonna have to get involved.

Now Al and Flor come out of the Hacienda, they are in street clothes and ready to embark on a life for from there. As Flor gets in the back of the limo, Mili comes out and she and Al do a heart breaking farewell hug. Yes it even pulled at my jaded heart strings. So much unnecessary pain.

Okay I am just so gonna through in a complaint here, you know..you just know that by the end all will be forgiven. I hate that. After so much hurt, it is all like, oh well sorry. Let’s move on.

Luci then comes out to say goodbye and off go Al and Flor. Luci turns to Mili who is crying, but tastefully crying not wailing and hanging on the car bumper. Luci starts laughing and says “Know what”. Mili says, “What?” Luci answers, “You and Al aren’t brother and sister”. Mili says you are lying. Luci laughs and says, “Nope truth is Consti isn’t Al’s father”.

---Now seriously could you ever forgive that? Like yes I understand you were in a dark place then, you were an alcoholic with self esteem issues, you were just acting out. Screw that. I would never ever ever forgive her. It is bad enough that Consti and Brau lied by omission, but Luci and what she did to her own lil Bastard. Never evah evah.

Mili runs down the driveway all broken and nearly falling in her high heels, she yells, we aren’t brother and sister, but alas that ship has sailed. She wails like the motherless child she is and motherless child Al should be. Luci laughs.
Poor Mili I guess she is so physically sick at the betrayal that she just folds up, cause this would have been a perfect time to beat Luci, damn near to death.

Now Luci is sitting in front of her mirror and guess what she is doing, why drinking, we see single brief scenes and I am totally confused, I’m thinking she is drunk, then we see Hugo and Karla doing the predeed. Que the Hell?

Now we get the subtle. Three years later.
Oh seriously three years?
Soccito & Horacito have gotten married, Karla snarls. Damien is still doing time. Consti is in the gov’t and looks like he sleeps through most votes. We didn’t get to see Andrea, three years of Consti, maybe she hung herself. Gloria’s Mom is still in a coma, so time passed pretty fast for her. Gloria’s pa keeps coming to see her. Val is doing the “Work it, look fierce, make the run way yours”. Rocky is buying a “Posh” magazine and he is grinning at the picture of Val on the cover. Mili and her posse the chiclets are going to school. Hugo & Karla are doing the deed.

Now Consti is talking to Luci, who has not gotten dressed nor stopped drinking since the night her spawn abandoned her. Consti says is she gonna help with the fiesta for Mili, yeah good Consti, I am glas to see you are as big an AssHat as you were three long years ago. Luci laments that Damien is in jail, her kids never come and see her and that little bastarda is still living in the house. The verbal sparring continues, she hates Consti, well Consti and I both say a big BFD to that, as if.

Okay now it is fiesta time, Gloria, Lina and Mili have graduated Preperatory school, which in Mexico is like 10-12 grade. Geez this means they are now like twenty-one. That’s okay it take the average kid here in Oklahoma much longer than that. Anyway I guess Hugo planned the party, maybe Brau helped, well I’m sure he helped. Balloons, everyone is so happy. Marisol is there, with Bobby. And audience I am happy to inform you that our young Bobby is still a virgin. How do I know, you ask? Pshaw, now what twenty five year old man sits in the middle of a party with adults, giving his girlfriend a hickey on her neck. Always the groomsman never the groom. Matt the Ratt is there and still loving Mili from afar, I think Chamaco is there, I’m not really sure. Consti make one of his normal AssHat speeches about how proud he is of Mili, really of all the chiclets, but Mili holds a special place in his heart, yeah and her cells hold half your DNA you AssHat. I dunno I don’t think there is any booze at this party, cause I’m sure Luci would have come down stairs in her unwashed crumpled three year old jammies and joined in, but alas she is no where to be seen. Oh yeah as Bobby is putting his initials in Marisols neck in hickies, Marisol is holding up a help me sign to Matt the Ratt’s equally jaded friend. Okay she didn’t really hold up a sign, but her eyes were saying, I am so tired of kindergarten, save me sailor. So it is the usual cast of characters at this function, looks like no one has moved on, not one little step. Was Gloria’s Dad there or her brother? Lina mentions Al and Mili runs off in a fit of woe, she goes upstairs and gazed at a 5x7 of Al. Oh if only.

Damien is running the card games at the prison and Karla gives him a call. He is like get me out of here and she is like okay, well you promised to marry me if I help you, and he is like well help me first. And I am like, okay three years and she just now thought of this? Why cause Hugo rolled off of her to attend the party and she had twenty minutes of time on her hands and decided to help Damien?

Padre Manuel is there and decides to nudge Consti towards claiming that suitcase he threw out of the car twenty-one years ago. Oh wait it wasn’t a suitcase, it was a kid.

Consti starts making another…leading up speech that I will give you odds of 100-1 the big reveal will not happen.


Okay that is as much as I can stand….Never would I ever forgive these people. In fact I would join up with Damien and screw the company over when he gets out of the slammer. Well I would anyway, but now there is a good reason.

I personally think Consti rocks in at a 14 on my scale of Rat Bastardness
But Luci has him beat rocking in at about a healthy 19+.

Looks like Val is back tomorrow and Hugo asks Mili to marry him.

Labels: guapos

Monday’s episode was very sweet.

Jimena and Sarita did a good job of sowing doubt in Norma’s mind about Dínora. Fernando helped by getting himself alone with Juan David and then putting clumsy moves on Norma.

Los hermanos Reyes were also very good together with Óscar and Franco trying to help Juan and then all of them trying to keep Eva from leaving after Óscar figured out that she was Ruth’s mother.

Then the Elizondo sisters deciding to work together was great too.

Quintina was prepared to defend Juan and the hacienda against Dínora – who would prevail in a fight between them? I'd put my money on Dínora. She probably strong and fueled by evil.


Tuesday's episode:

Senile old Calixto almost blabbed the truth to Ruth.

Óscar’s little pep talk with Eva before meeting with Raquel was incredibly sweet. I keep using that word but I can’t think of a better. And then the Reyes brothers sitting outside like nervous parents while Eva did them proud inside against the ghastly Raquel. BTW, Eva used one of expressions Marie Celeste talked about in the last post:

Raquel: Eva Rodrigues, vamos por partes
Eva: Que partes ni que ocho cuartos, señora, se acabó.

Raquel: Eva Rodrigues, let’s go one step at a time.
Eva: One step at a time my foot, that’s over with.

Benito eating with the ranch hands was hysterical and so was his falling down in the manure pile and having to be washed with a hose.

What a ghastly smile Grabi had when she invited Fernando out to eat.

Poor Armando all alone in the hospital. Did you ever see a hospital that used blue sheets on its beds?

Grabi thought Fernando was attractive and the perfect man for …. her daughter. But now for her? Yecch!

It was funny when Juan picked up Juan David and he/she started to scream.

Franco and Sarita were so cute together holding hands.

Loved the scene of Óscar and Franco pulling Dínora’s chain at the dinner where she hoped to trap Juan into marrying her.

And abuelo partying at the bar Alcala.

Uh oh. Looks like more trouble for Juan tomorrow.

Labels: gavilanes

Part One

Picking up right where Friday’s left off…..

Romulo is laying it on thick, telling Mili how much he has longed to find his “daughter” and how they can be together now. Al is in the background, covering up his grin, trying to not let Constancio see his smirk. Connie is totally taken aback, and has no idea what to say. He finally blurts out to Mili, “How can you believe all of these lies?” Mili tells him to mind his own business and Connie says it is his business since he needs to protect Mili. Connie says he doubts that Romulo is her father and Mili questions him as to why. Connie says Romulo is too ugly to be her daddy and besides, didn’t Mili say she would spit in her father’s face once she met him. Mili says that was before she knew that her father really didn’t abandon her and her mother, he went to America to earn some money to provide for them, to make life better. It wasn’t his fault that they were separated and he had no idea what had become her mother’s and her fate. Romulo mentions how he’s in need of a job and Mili offers to have Connie help him find a position in Belmonte Enterprises. Connie says there aren’t any openings and Mili suggests that Damian’s butt being tossed in the can has left an opening.

Speaking of the devil, Hugo is visiting his father in prison. Damian wants to know why Hugo hasn’t come to visit before now. Hugo’s been busy, he tells his papa. Damian starts to beg Hugo to help get him out of there, to speak to Connie and bust him loose. Hugo isn’t game for it, in fact he agrees with Connie. Damian all but calls his son an ingrate---if it wasn’t for him, Hugo wouldn’t have 20% of the company. Hugo reminds his father that he used him to rob Connie, and apparently that trumps the “gifting” of Luci’s shares.

Connie is in his study with Braulio and he’s complaining about Romulo claiming to be Mili’s father. He’s certain the man is just after the money. He tells Brau that he has to find some way to protect her. Brau suggests that telling the truth might be the best course of action. Connie doesn’t seem convinced.

Later that evening, the family is gathered to celebrate tomorrow’s wedding. Domingo toasts the couple and Luci harps on and on about the service not being in a church. Florencia reminds her future M-I-L that she can’t be married in the church because she’s divorced. Al tells his mom that he doesn’t have a problem with it, so why should she. Connie offers up a toast, to Damian who’s butt is now in prison. Luci scolds her husband on bringing up that kind of thing, especially in front of Hugo. Connie tells her don’t worry, a couple more drinks in you and your comments will make everyone uncomfortable. Padre Manuel arrives and asks to speak to Mili. Nestor is also at the party and he makes his excuses for missing the wedding tomorrow, he’s heading out of town.

PM tells Mili about Yolanda and together they fill Gloria in on the terrible accident that happened to her mother. Gloria goes to the hospital and PM is there to offer comfort. Gloria blames herself, she should have agreed to live with her mother. PM tells her that has nothing to do with the accident. Gloria asks the priest what will happen if her mother dies. PM doesn’t launch into a speech about the Kingdom of Heaven, he instead assures Gloria that her mother will most likely recover.

Outside the house, Nestor finds Al pensive by the fountain. He says he’s heading out and gives Al a hug. Mili shows up and Nestor decides to give the couple some advice….it is obvious that they truly love each other, they can’t hide it. So Nestor urges them to admit how much they care. Al tells him that they have their reasons, but leaves it at that. Nestor leaves and Mili and Al each have tears trailing down their faces.

Later, at the hospital Gloria learns her mother is in a coma. Gamuza wants to remain at the hospital with her, so Sor Cachete takes him to get something to eat? I didn’t quite catch where she took him. Meanwhile, Gloria tells Romulo that his presence isn’t needed at the hospital, so Romulo leaves. Mili arrives at the hospital to offer her support to her friend.

Back at the house—Lina, Soco, and Brau are discussing the happenings with Gloria’s mother.

Part Two to be posted in the late afternoon. Added below and much later than expected due to some problems with the animals at the vet (they're OK, but we had to have a bunch of panels run on the kitties and my dog is now on a salad diet---thank goodness produce is cheap at Aldi). OK, onto part two.....

It is the next day and Domingo and Marisela are giving Flo their well wishes for a happy wedding and gushing over how beautiful she looks. Personally, I think the halter dress with the red piping is kinda homely and don’t even get me started on the wearing of the nose ring for your wedding ceremony.

Back at the Belmonte mansion, Val is thanking her father for giving Rocky and Horacio their jobs back . Connie tells her that she should know the truth, that Rocky took money in exchange for breaking it off with her. She, of course, does not believe him.

Al is up in his room crying, this does not bode well for a happy marriage. Luci enters and urges him to get ready for the ceremony. He comments that he’s been in Hell since finding out that he and Mili are siblings. He tells his mother that he still loves her and cannot resign himself to losing her. He asks his mother to tell him the truth, he’s always felt that Connie isn’t his father and there it some secret that Luci’s been hiding. He tells her he needs to know the truth. He begs her to tell him the truth, promising to not judge her because we all make mistakes, but he needs to know. Now both of them are crying and just for a small glimmer of a second it looks like Luci might have enough human emotion in her to tell her son the truth, but that second passed. Instead, she tells him that she’s offended with the question and that Connie has always been a father to you (has she been paying attention?), so don’t doubt that. Al is heartbroken, this was his last and only hope. Luci goes on to add that she’s his mother and she would never lie to him (umm, so what are you doing right now?) especially about such an important thing. Al ends up apologizing for doubting her and asking the question, his intention was not to offend her. He gets up like a robot and says he’ll go change for the wedding. (Beat) Luci gets up and high tails it out the door. She runs into her room, apologizing to thin air but calling it Al and reaching for the bottle.

Val tells her father that she knows that Rocky truly loves her, so there is no way he’d agree to take money to break it off with her. Connie calls Rocky into the study and tells Rocky to tell Val the truth….that we all have a price and Connie agreed to meet Rocky’s. Rocky is so overcome with emotion, he looks like he’s going to breakdown right then and there, but he says not a word. Val tells him she needs to hear it from his lips. Connie adds that it was 50 thousand pesos----that is the value of Val’s love. Val demands that Rocky tell her himself. He finally says that it is true, but he didn’t want her to find out that way. He intended for them to break up, but in a way that wouldn’t hurt her. She’s so disgusted to hear his words, she smacks him right across the face and leaves the room. Connie comments that he can see that Rocky really loves Val, now get back to work.

Romulo brings flowers to the hospital and once again Gloria tells him to scram. Romulo gets a report from Padre Manuel as to how Yolanda and Gloria doing. Then he tells PM that he’s got to go do a favor for Mili. PM is surprised to hear that Romulo is helping Mili with something.

Val is crying in her room and Connie comes in to console her. He says he doesn’t want to see her like this. She tells him to not look. Connie says it is obvious that Rocky was only interested in money and Val’s better off. Val tells him to leave her alone. He’s willing to go, but not before giving her a ticket to Paris and telling her she needs to put some distance between her and what has happened. She takes the ticket and tells her father that she’s leaving that night.

Karla goes to visit Damian in prison. She tells him that she loves him and misses him, the house is not the same without him around. He says he knows that Karla’s got to have some inside info on Connie’s deep dark secrets, she can use that to blackmail him into getting Damian out of prison. Karla says there is nothing she knows that Luci doesn’t know already, so there is no way blackmailing Connie would work. Damian, not one to give up, thinks that he needs to wheedle a little more to Karla and he starts promising her that when he gets out he’ll marry her, for sure he’ll marry her. This is sure to get her moving on getting him out of prison.

Val goes to see Al and she tells him that she’ll be leaving for Paris right after the ceremony, she's going to follow up on getting her modeling career started. She cries on his shoulder and tells him that they are a pathetic sort, him marrying a woman he doesn’t love and her being a fool for loving the wrong person. Al reassures her that she’ll find someone someday.

Connie and Luci get ready for the wedding. She starts to let into him about rehiring the chauffer. He tells her that he’s got an agreement with Rocky and he’s sure he’ll keep it. Connie tells her that he’s looking forward to having laughter back in the house. They exchange a few more word and he scolds her for not being able to stop drinking even on her son’s wedding day. Brau comes in and tells Connie that Romulo is waiting for him downstairs. Luci wants to know who this person is, but Connie blows her off.

Soco is upset that Karla went to visit Damian. Karla in turn, insults her mother’s choice in men, namely Horacio. Lina stands up for her father and Karla, the coward, backs down.

In the study, Mili is prepping Romulo for his conversation with Connie. They hear him coming and Mili hides (going down the spiral staircase, which leads to where?). Connie comes in and calls Romulo an opportunist who is only interested in getting money out of Mili. Romulo says he wants Mili to come live with him and Connie says no way, no how. Besides, Mili’s of age, she doesn’t have to go live with Romulo. Romulo questions why Connie is so attached to Mili and he tells him that Mili’s special. She is noble, intelligent and brings joy to the house. Connie says he knows that Romulo isn’t Mili’s father and Romulo replies---if she’s not mine, then who’s kid is she? Mili's hanging on every word, hoping that Connie will finally admit he's her father. END OF EPISODE

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Soledad pulls away from Hugo’s kiss:
S: I can’t. It’s not fair.
H: Of course, it’s not fair. You think two people who love each other so much should be separated? It’s not fair.
S: Hugo, don’t you realize? I’m wearing the engagement ring of another man.
H: A man that you don’t love!
S: Hugo, please. We have to end this. Let’s try to make new lives for ourselves.
H: Yes, let’s do it, let’s do it together. With our daughter we could live far, far, far away.
S: I can’t do that, Hugo. Daniel has been so good to me. He’s never treated me badly. On the contrary, he’s been wonderful.
H: If he’s a good man, he’ll understand. I don’t want to lose you. I don’t want to and I can’t (“no quiero y no puedo’).
S: Don’t you realize that every time you kiss me, it reminds me of the kisses you gave me when you were pretending to be Alcides.
H: Why? Why do you insist on making me think that you can’t forgive me?
S: It’s not about forgiving. We can’t be together. Please don’t pressure me any more.
H: I love you. Even if you run from me, do what you will, no matter what happens, I will never stop loving you. I adore you.
S: Stop! (She runs away.)
H: Where are you going? Soledad?

Eloisa can’t believe that Ursula has told her that Hugo kidnapped Soledad. Ursula says that it is true. It caught them all by surprise. Eloisa says that they have to notify the authorities. Hugo might hurt Soledad. Ursula says Hugo is a not bad person. He was upset at learning that Soledad had gotten engaged to Dr. Dan since he is still in love with her. The Obragon witches and Lucas come in. Eloisa again says that the authorities should be notified about Soledad. Ester says that Dr. Dan and the guards went after Hugo. Antonia’s eagle eye spots Eloisa’s new string of pearls right away. She flashes back to asking Eloisa why the door to Soledad’s bedroom was locked. She tells Eloisa that when she saw her a few minutes ago, she wasn’t wearing this necklace.

Arturo tells that judge that the mere suspicion that he had anything to do with Aurora’s kidnapping is an insult to his reputation, his military career and his name. It’s crazy. The judge says that he doesn’t see any problem with Arturo showing them the sole of his boots (‘la suela de sus botas’). The judge pulls out a drawing of the footprints that he wants to compare Arturo’s boots with. Arturo says that this is truly humiliating. The judge says that we can do this the easy way or my men can force you to do it. Arturo shows the judge the sole of his boot and the judge compares it to the drawing.

Alcides repeats the information that he has just received with evident satisfaction – Dr. Chirac is a married man. “That’s to your benefit, isn’t it?” ask Hercu-less who is always a little slow on the uptake. Alcides says that for some obscure (‘turbia,’ literally, ‘like a muddy stream’) reason, Dr. Dan hasn’t divorced his wife. He tells Herc that he has an important mission for him. “At your service,” responds Herc. Alcides turns around and looks at Herc saying that he seems to be in a very good mood today. Herc replies that it is true. Margot came back to him. “You took her back from Arturo without my help. I congratulate you,” says Alcides, “You are one up on that idiot.” He asks for his bowl of nuts and tells Herc to listen carefully. He has to find Dr. Dan’s wife.

Dr. Dan is still riding around looking for Soledad.

Hugo runs after Soledad and grabs her.
H: Don’t go any farther. Don’t go deeper into the mine. It’s dangerous.
S: Let me go!
H: Listen to me. There’s no way out that way. This is an unstable mine. It’s dangerous.
S: It’s dangerous being near you.
H: Don’t say that. I would never hurt you.
S: You wouldn’t hurt me. Hugo, you’ve hurt me so much.
H: That’s in the past, in the past. I made mistakes because you married my brother. I was jealous and confused but that’s in the past. (He kisses her hand.) It’s in the past.
S: Even if I forgot everything that happened in the past, you still hurt me today, right now. Don’t you realize that every time you speak of love, it’s as if you stab a knife right into my heart (‘es como si me clavaras un puñal en el corazon’)? Your kisses hurt me. Hugo, your touch kills me because I love you and I don’t want to love you.
H: You see. We can’t run from our destiny. We can’t run from our feelings. Our love is stronger than everything. It is. If this ring is keeping you away from me, then let me take it off for you. (Hugo starts to take the ring off Soledad’s finger but she snatches it back.)

Ester and Lucas scold Antonia for being rude to their guest but Antonia holds her ground. She insists that Eloisa was not wearing that necklace when she came in to Soledad’s room earlier. Eloisa tells Antonia that she hopes that Antonia isn’t accusing her of stealing the necklace from Soledad. Ursula confirms that the necklace is not Soledad’s. Eloisa says that she had the necklace in her hand because it fell off when she lay down in Soledad’s room. Eloisa says that Antonia is confused just like Eloisa was confused when she thought that Antonia was related to the pianist at the club. Antonia backs down immediately and apologizes. Eloisa says that she has to leave. She will do everything she can to find Soledad.

Gladis comes in and asks what is going on. The judge says that he is on a criminal investigation. He puts Arturo under arrest for suspicion of kidnapping Aurora. Gladis is impactada and Arturo protests his innocence. The police take him away. (They didn’t put handcuffs on Arturo. When Hugo gets arrested, he always politely holds out his wrists for the handcuffs.) Gladis says that there has to be a mistake. The judge tells her not to interfere with the workings of justice. If she wants to help her son, she should do it through legal means. That’s what lawyers are for. He leaves.

Hercu-less says to Alcides that this means he has to travel and find von Chirac’s wife. Alcides says that he wants Dr. Dan’s wife here in San Marino. Herc says what if she doesn’t want to come. Alicdes says that they will resolve that with money. Alcides looks at his watch and says to himself that if Eloisa doesn’t show up in half an hour, he’ll have to go after her. He tells himself to relax. She can’t have betrayed him. He tells Herc that they’ll discuss what to do when he finds Dr. Dan’s wife.

Dr. Dan has found Hugo’s horse and deduced that he took Soledad into the mine.

Hugo and Soledad in the mine-
H: If you don’t love von Chirac, why are you doing this?
S: Because one day I will love him.
H: That day will never come.
S: That day will come when I tear you out of my heart. That day I will really be free, Hugo. Please, find Michelle. I am going to keep my word with Daniel.
H: I can’t go find Michelle because she left me.
S: It was our fault, Hugo!
H: Because she realized that I could never stop loving you.
S: Let me go, please. (Hugo releases her hand.) Hugo, I’m so sorry. I’m engaged to Daniel von Chirac and I’m going to get married. Find Michelle. Make her happy. She deserves it. (She leaves.)

The Obragon witches are worried about what has happened to Soledad. Lucas says Hugo would never hurt her. Ester and Lucas leave the room. Ursula says to Antonia that it is strange that Eloisa would lock herself in Soledad’s room. Antonia agrees. She found Eloisa there before Hugo came. Antonia says that she doesn’t trust Eloisa. She is up to something.

Hercu-less says that he needs money to go on this trip. Alcides says that he will have it this afternoon. Eloisa slithers in and she’s not wearing the necklace. Alcides asks why she is so late. “Did you think I betrayed you?” asks Eloisa. Alcides sends Herc away. Alcides asks if she brought what he asked. Was she in the treasure room? Eloisa asks him to check for himself. She raises her skirt to show one of the gold bars.

Soledad is walking out of the mine alone. She looks back. She starts to go back but Dr. Dan appears. He asks if she is ok. She says that she is fine. He asks about Hugo. Hugo appears and sees them together. He calls Soledad’s name really loudly. The mine collapses. Dr. Dan and Soledad are ok. Hugo doesn’t answer. Soledad and Dr. Dan start to move the rubble to find Hugo.

Antonia tells Ursula that whatever Eloisa was looking for in Soledad’s room, they won’t find it. They should concentrate on finding Soledad. Ursula hesitantly volunteers that she might be able to find out something. She is friends with Hugo’s servant, Boris. She can go ask him. Ursula asks Antonia not to mention this to Ester. Antonia agrees and Ursula leaves.

Boris is in the workshop when Manrique and another guy come in. They ask for Hugo and Boris says that he isn’t there. The guy is a weapons collector and Manrique has told him that Hugo makes good swords. Boris has the one that Hugo made for Michelle and shows it to him. The guy has never seen a better sword. He offers to pay a lot of money for it.

“I will get about 50 thousand pesos for these two gold bars and with that I will be able (‘podré’) to survive for a few days,” says Alcides. “You mean we will be able (‘podremos’),” says Eloisa. Alcides says that he will give Eloisa her share this afternoon when he exchanges the ingots for cash. He asks if anyone suspected anything. Eloisa says no, everything went fine. Alcides asks if she buried Michelle’s body and Eloisa says that it was horrible but she put it into the catacombs like he said. Alcides asks if there is anything Eloisa wants to tell him. She asks what he is referring to. Alcides says that if she could have stolen anything from the treasure vault and if that’s the case, she should tell him.

It’s nice to see Arturo in jail for once. Gladis comes to see him. She is babbling about how they have to get him out of the prison before everyone finds out. Arturo tells her to shut up. If she wants to help him, she has to go get Margot and bring her to the jail. Margot is the only one who can get him out. Gladis shakes her head and walks away.

Soledad hopes that nothing bad happened to Hugo. Dr. Dan says that they will get him out. Soledad says that she doesn’t hear Hugo’s voice. Dr. Dan should hurry. Soledad starts screaming Hugo’s name and Dr. Dan tells her to be careful or she will cause another collapse. Finally, she sees Hugo under the rubble. Dr. Dan digs him out. Hugo says that he is ok, just a few bruises. Dr. Dan says that he should be checked out. The impacts could have after effects. “At this point,” says Hugo, “nothing worse could happen to me.” Dr. Dan offers to help him crawl out of the rubble but Hugo says he can do it alone. “I’m used to having my world crash down around me." (‘Ya estoy acostumbrado a que el mundo me caiga encima,’ literally 'fall down on top of me.') Soledad says again that Hugo should go to the hospital but Hugo replies that he should go to the police station because he tried to kidnap Soledad.

Alcides is waiting for Eloisa to answer. He asks if she took any jewels from the treasure. Eloisa says that she is offended. Alcides points out that there are so many valuable things in the vault. Eloisa replies that they are partners and she wouldn’t risk him cutting her throat by stealing what doesn’t belong to her. She says that instead of suspecting her, he should listen to what she found out at the Obragon house. It is a barrel of gunpowder about to explode (‘un barril de pólvora a punto de estallar.’) Alcides asks her to tell him. She tells him that Soledad accepted Dr. Dan’s proposal and Hugo kidnapped her the moment he found out. She says that she isn’t telling him this so that he will go crazy but just so he knows what’s going on. She says that Hugo kidnapping Soledad isn’t the problem but Soledad accepting Dr. Dan’s proposal is. Alcides says that marriage will never take place. Dr. Dan is a married man. Eloisa is impactada.

Someone is knocking at Margot’s door. It’s Gladis. She tells Margot that although she can’t stand her, Arturo needs to see her. He’s in jail.

In jail, Arturo tells himself that he has to persuade Margot to help him. She is the only one who can get him out of jail. He flashes back to putting the baby in the cabaña. He castigates himself for not realizing that he had left footprints. He tells himself to relax. He knows what he has to do.

Boris says that the sword is not for sale. Hugo made it as a gift for someone very special. Manrique says that they are offering him a lot of money. Boris says that he is sorry but only Hugo can make the decision to sell the sword and he’s not here. The guy leaves money for Hugo to make a sword exactly like that one. Boris takes the commission. Manrique and the guy leave. Ursula comes in and asks if Boris has any news of Hugo and Soledad. Boris says no. He tells Ursula not to worry. He is sure they are fine.

Dr. Self Righteous says that there is no need for the police. What Hugo did was terrible but sometimes people act on irrational impulses. Hugo says that nevertheless he deserves to go to jail. Soledad says that she won’t file charges. Hugo takes Soledad’s hand and kisses it. “Forgive me,” says Hugo to Soledad, “Forgive me. It won’t happen again.” Dr. Dan says that he ran into the judge at Hugo’s cabaña and told him what had happened. Now he has to see the judge and tell him everything is ok. Hugo says that the judge was at his house investigating Aurora’s kidnapping. Hugo says that he wants to find the guilty parties. Dr. Dan asks if Soledad is ok. She says yes. To herself she says, “My God, why must I give up the man I love?” (why indeed?) She asks Hugo again to go to the hospital. “No Soledad,” responds Hugo, “no doctor will ever be able to cure my wounds.” Soledad and Dr. Dan go off hand in hand. Soledad looks back at Hugo. “Why, Soledad? Why?” asks Hugo, “I love you.” He says “Yo te amo,” to her silently like he did on the gallows and then we see that he has Soledad’s engagement ring.

Hugo looks at the engagement ring and gets on his horse. The guards show up and ask where Soledad is. Hugo says that she has gone home. They don’t believe him. He starts to ride away but they fire a warning shot. Hugo returns, gives them his gun and rides off.

Arturo has a visitor. It’s Margot. He is glad to see her. She asks him to tell her that he did not commit this atrocity. Arturo says that she can prove his innocence. She asks him again to tell her that it isn’t true. He asks her if she thinks he is capable of kidnapping a baby. She doesn’t think so (you don’t know Arturo very well, Margot and he didn’t tell you he didn’t do it). Arturo tells Margot that she has to help him prove his innocence by going to the cabaret and stealing one or more of the boots of police officers who frequent the place. All guys in the legal field wear the same kind of boots. Arturo will be able to show that his boot print is not unique. (Couldn’t a lawyer make that argument, Arturo?)

At the cabaret, Paquito is trying to clean the couch where Deborah’s body was but the stain won’t come off. Eloisa comes in and gives him a fright. She asks if he can’t afford someone to clean the furniture. She realizes his hiding something from her and finds the bloodstains. She asks who he killed.

Ester is worried that it is so late and Soledad hasn’t returned. Lucas announces that Dr. Dan has brought Soledad back. Soledad explains that Hugo took her to the mine. Ester says that the mine is a dangerous place. Dr. Dan says that Hugo was the one in danger. There was a collapse and Hugo was trapped but he and Soledad got Hugo out. Lucas asks if Hugo is ok and Soledad replies that it wasn’t anything serious. Ester wants Soledad to file charges against Hugo. Soledad says no and Dr. Dan agrees. He says that Hugo acted on impulse and has already admitted he was wrong. Soledad wants to go take a bath but Dr. Dan asks if it is ok if they have a celebration of his engagement to Soledad that evening. Ester and Lucas think that is a fine idea. Soledad asks where Ursula is.

She’s kissing Boris in the workshop. Boris says that her kisses taste like honey (‘saben a miel’). Ursula likes Boris’ kisses too but that’s not why she came. She came to find out about Soledad. Boris says that Ursula knows that Hugo and Soledad love each other very much. Ursula agrees. Boris says that his how he is starting to feel about Ursula. Of course, Marina comes in and sees them kissing passionately. She leaves a card and goes out.

The police put Hugo in jail. I guess they only have one cell because he is put in the same cell as Arturo. Hugo says that he needs to speak to the judge. Hugo turns around and says to Arturo that if he is in jail, it is because he kidnapped Hugo’s daughter. Arturo says that he didn’t do it and he’ll prove his innocence. Hugo asks how Arturo is capable of committing such cruelty against a baby that can barely walk. Arturo repeats that he didn’t have anything to do with it. Arturo stands up and Hugo punches him a couple of times and discovers Arturo only has one hand.

Paquito explains how the stain got on the couch. He found Deborah there dead. Eloisa asks Paquito where the body is. She asks if the police took it. Paquito asks if she is crazy. If the police found that that there had been a murder on the night of the inauguration of his cabaret, he’d lose everything. He hid the body. Eloisa commiserates Paquito on the bad day he is having while she thinks to herself that she has just had the best moment of her life while looking at the giant treasure. She regrets that she can’t tell Paquito about it.
Paquito notices how happy Eloisa is. She says that Alcides gave her money and she wants to spend it at Paquito’s cabaret. They kiss and Paquito closes the door.

Soledad is in her bedroom. Antonia comes in and tells her that Eloisa was in her room while she was out and even more strange, she locked herself in. Soledad is not very concerned. Eloisa is her friend. Then Antonia notices that Soledad doesn’t have her engagement ring on. “The ring,” says Soledad, “I’ve lost my engagement ring.” The credits roll.

Tomorrow: Dr. Dan’s lie is exposed.

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Thanks for checking in. This is my last Monday night carrying the torch for our Juan Q one last round. I'll be around for the Grand Finale Sunday night as part of the swell tag team we have set up. Hope to see you here on these pages for that too. The best information we have is that it will be a three hour extravaganza Sunday the 22 of June.

We return to the amiable breakfast scene in the hospital cafeteria with NIdia and Pastor assuring each other of their family-like feelings but Pastor presents the news that she should really see him as the uncle of her daughter Yadira. Then drops the bomb of the positive results of the DNA test that proves that Angarita and Yadira are father and daughter. Nidia has an instant hot flash while we switch to Angarita back in his sick bed with Yadira practicing saying daughter and papa to each other.

In the garage things aren't so cozy. Alirio has to learn that for certain crooks like Gutierrez, apparently there is honor among thieves. Even though Alirio has replaced the money to the accounts, Gutierrez gives him the boot from the scheme. Alirio can't quite believe that he is being fired from being a worthless crook but see for yourselves. Guttierrez can't lower himself to continue with such a dishonest man. He hopes to never see Alirio again. Alirio protests (always a good word for his outburst) that he couldn't risk losing the one woman in his life. Gutierrez hopes he has learned his lessons (escarmientos) and looks for a woman that loves him. Another unheeded reality check for our verbose one. Alirio is determined (decidido) to fight for his woman.

Julia has baby Nidia Micaela in the lizard lounge of Farell where Ivonne listens to Julia talk on about what a perfect pair she and Kike would make. Ivonne dryly asks if he has made any declarations of his love? No, but.. Well come down from the clouds then.

Juan is thinking they are all dropping jaw bones (quijadas) and indeed we see Juan, Marely, and Kike are facing Pastor and Yadira with gapping jaws while they deliver the DNA test news which is decisive (contundente) that Anga is Yadi's papa. We get a classic astounded Kike reaction: soup of bald parakeets! (¡sopas de perico calvo!). We're in a movie. Juan goes on to explain to Ivonne and Paula who have just piled into the hospital lounge that the news is that the defunct Samuel Cachon is not Yadira's father but none other than Angarita is. Marely comes forward to ask Yadira if she is feeling like her half sister and assured by the less than logical Yadi that she is a sister and a half, Paula sneers on the side.

LIFE GOES ON:

Marely fondly caresses her new desk and swivels in her new chair in her office.

Angarita in spritely form and sporty workout clothes kisses Nidia in the hallway

Paula looks askance as Juan and Marely go all kissy face in the lizard lounge. Sandro2 looks doubly askance at Paula's pouty looks and the kissers. Switch to Paula pouting in her bed.

Yadira takes over and becomes more bossy at the market as the crown princess of veggie world.

Juan looks thoughtful in the semi-dark room of the sleeping Juanito

Kike and Julia assemble their business office with a fine new sign.

Ivonne emerges from cancer treatment to be hugged by Fernando

Juanito is getting his fantasy family meal as Juan and Marely fondly touch hands almost landing in his plate.

Nidia helps Angarita pack up as they pledge to stay together but she insists on her house not his. They won't separate until death.

Yadira advises little (half) sister Marely that she should be more aggressive and fashionable to appeal to Juan and needs to change her look. Yadira is going to have her matriculate into the University of Seduction making her bare her shoulders. She needs to work on her lower passions, the ingenue Marely begins to do NIdia chomichomi's nad wiggle about the room.

Only Ivonne has to hear Paula continue to whine about losing Juan to Marely. Paula insists she isn't going to interfere with the big engagement (noviazgo). But she can't avoid being sad and hurt. Now she struts out the door declaring that she is going to what she should have weeks ago. Eek, what's that says Ivonne.

Laura who can whine with the best of them is in a rage about having to see Juan and Marely together in an office. However, she doesn't realize she is raging at a mask which is delighted behind it. Sandro2 points out that THEY are engaged. He pictures an exasperated Paula beginning to chew her nails. An irritated Paula has made it across the hall and demands that Laura leave them alone. Sandro2 observes that she seems sad does she need to talk? Yes, she does but about business. She offers him the sale of her shares in Farell. He is left squinting while we all count how many times he has been offered his company back...

Nidia tells Anga she will go up to prepare his little bed. While she wiggles up the stairs, Pastor observes that he won't insist that Anga go home with him as he can see how happy he is at Nidia's. How considerate on you part, quips a pleased Angarita. Just then the office door opens and oops, Alirio is still in the house, he demands how can Angarita put his dirty feet in HIS house.

Paula assures Sandro2 that she will sell her shares for whatever Juan's offer was that Sandro2 was disposed to accept just a few episodes ago. The important thing to her is to get far away as soon as possible. She wants to get away from the executives of Farell even though Sandro2 says it would be a shame for her to leave. He pokes the sore point, isn't this about the engagement of Juan and Marely? Yes, she admits yes but wonders why he keeps bringing it up. He insists that her presence in the company is strategic. She starts to slam out the door saying if he isn't interested she will find someone else to buy her out. No, no, he just needs to study the paper work a bit so he can move forward. She asks him to be quietly discreet and he sites Ivonne as a known leak. No, no one else knows about this offer so just keep it quiet. BREAK

Alirio argues with Angarita and Pastor about his house when NIdia gets into it and cheers on Anga and then Pastor takes the lead as words get stronger to chase Alirio around the staircase while Alirio calls him a homosexual (invertido) but said invertido gives him the bum's rush and they slide right out of the house. Outside Nidia announces her intention of getting a divorce this very day. Pastor and Nidia laugh at him and return to the house arm in arm, saying a dog that barks doesn't bite.

Paula repeats her demand for discretion and speed on this transaction to a grinning Sandro2 who assures her she can count on him. Juan comes out of his office as Sandro2 leaves Paula's office still sporting his grin. Juan demands to know why Sandro2 is always in Paula's office and a widening grin assures him that it is principally for work but there is more between them and Juan must know that it is difficult to keep just to business between such people. He give the famous Juan chin flipping gesture to the master himself. Juan is momentarily trumped and barks at Marely but quickly recovers and promises her a night out on the town as she wishes.

Alirio is in a store without money. Paula is interrupted again by Sandro2 who wants to meet for dinner to review the papers and get answers to some doubts he has.

It is Juan's turn to whine about how much attention Sandro2 is paying to Paula, he can only tell Kike at the new trucking office about how it irks him. Kike's advice is that a dead dog isn't ferocious anymore. Juan decides he will go back to his deal to sell his shares to Sandro2. It isn't fair to Marely for him to hang out in an atmosphere of old loves. (Gee, lots of places he can't work, huh?)

Speaking of the rose garden, she has been tarted up astoundingly by sister Yadira in buckets of makeup which balances the very low cut dress she is squeezed into. This Yadira means business at the University of Seduction! BREAK

Marely feels like a another person. (she sure isn't any Marely that we know) Yadi assures her she is more Cachon than ever and so precious.

Kike and Juan discuss Juan's options of other work, getting away from bad love and selling the shares.

Alirio reveals that what he was after at the second hand store seems to be a large ugly tent. NIdia protests his trashing the yard but he has a sign, "afuera Calvo, adentro Perafan" which he waves at her as they argue about whether he will leave the yard or not. NIdia threatens that the garbage truck will come at 7 AM and it wont' be her fault if they mistake the tent for garbage and haul him away for her.

Kike enthuses about all the pieces put into place for their business, then smells something delicious which we are told is a special family recipe of paella (wish we had the directions) He is ready to tell her something more he wants to say about them but is interrupted by the smell of burning paella.

Ivonne on the arm of Fernando tells Ana and Paula thanks and goodbye as she prepares to go back to her own life.

Juanito and Juan do telescope eye gestures at the bonbon Marely in her sexy "let's go to Paradise tonight, Juan" costuming from U.Seduct. central wardrobe. BREAK

Ana and Paula argue about the dinner with Sandro2 which Paula insists is only for business and doesn't mean anything else. Ana knows better but Paula tells her about wanting to sell her shares and get away from the company and especially Juan.

Angarita tells Nidia he has doubts about the engagement (M and J's ) He knows that he and Juan are a lot alike in that when they find the one woman they really love in life, they are hooked for life no matter what time and distance and different roads. Like I love you, he loves Paula Davila. Nidia insists that Marely can erase this foolishness (desatinos) with Paula. Anga says I hope so but doesn't look like he believes it. Because there are going to be three unhappy people not just two.

Ana and Willy plan a fun trip to Italy for months (I'm packing) while Ana continues to worry about Paula's silly decisions and mistakes she is making. The indulgent Willy says let's take Paula with us to Italy. Ana likes this to give Paula a new direction in her life. AND they can marry in Venice. (I'm packing, I tell you)

Paula and Sandro2 are meeting at the restaurant with a lawyer he has brought to ask questions. She agrees to hire him to take care of certain paperwork that is all wrong but Paula hasnt' had tie to change names and file papers after Cesar Luis' death. This lawyer is only too glad to help her with all that. As he leaves in comes the ENGAGED COUPLE. Everyone acts surprised and annoyed at this encounter. BREAK

Paula and Sandro2 get up to leave while Marely asks to toast as she acts rightly jealous at the rubber necking Juan does to keep looking over at what Paula is doing. Sandro2 doesn't look so happy either.

Ivonne and Fernando continue examining the evidence of coincidence of Sandro2 and CesarLuis both keeping everyone else thinking there is just Sandro left. They get distracted from the sleuthing to kiss and decide to spend the night together.

Marely is finally whiny about wanting Juan to look with deep love and lust at her just like he always has with Paula. He must be bored with her. She wants to spend the night with him.

Ana invites Paula to Italy with them. When she agrees to come for the wedding but will sell her interests in Farell first, Ana tells her to wait until she comes back but she doesn't intend to come back, ever.

Marely begins to channel NIdia and suggest Juan should make passionate love to her and not stand back and respect her like he insists he must. She really takes off on a quest but is soon collapsing drunk in Juan's arms. We see them come into Marely's bedroom in a silly drunk scene that inlcudes Juan's indecision about putting her into her scanty pajamas. She wants kisses and passion but the room is whirling so. He ends by covering her with his jacket. He thinks he is not ready to wake up in this bed so escapes as she protests weakly between wanting to hurl or be passionate.

Sandro and CL discuss the success CL can just taste. Both Paula and Juan are about to fall. He is the victor. Sandro tries to point out that Juan isn't going to fall over Paula, he is engaged to Marely. But CL is sure he is about to deliver the coup de grace with Paula's help. She has offered him her shares of Farell. He beams as we end dreaming of money and power and a vanquished Paula and Juan. Hmmmm...


VOCABULARY:
Escarmientos = lessons, punishments

Decidido = determined, committed, decided

Quijadas = jaws, jawbones

Contundente = decisive proof

Sopas de perico calvo = soup of bald parakeets! Wow! This is too precious, and probably on this list before but don't try to make it like some other phrase.

Noviazgo = engagement

Invertido = homosexual, upside down

Desatinos = foolishness, blunders

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It's morning in the city of Serdán, or is it Lerdán - I told you I can't read those curly letters. If I knew something about agriculture I'd tell you what's planted in the field we're looking at too, but as far as I can tell it could be anything from tires or gophers or anthills or some type of small tree.

Eva wakes Sofía, who reports that she feels great, but quickly adds that she hasn't forgotten Eva's problem. She asks if Eva found out anything about her child. Eva says she's not sure whether it's real or a just a dream, but she's just sure that Rosario is hers. Sofía gapes. Eva says Rosario keeps rejecting her and won't let her near - so she can't find out whether it's true or not. Sofía excitedly offers to help Eva find out for sure. Eva happily bustles off to get Gabi's breakfast.

Feo is also having a healthy breakfast - tequila, I believe - at the nightclub. Armando proudly reports that the hacienda accounting records are all fixed up - Sofía and Gabriela won't be able to detect the embezzlement. Feo grumbles that he still needs to find those incriminating notes that Bernardo left behind. Armando says perhaps it'd be better to find some money, because Feo's got a lot of debt. If he doesn't pay up soon, he'll be in trouble. Feo says tomorrow he'll try to get Gabi to make her father sign those papers; if she can't do it, he'll have to gamble for big bucks. He picks up a knickknack with two roosters and gives it a shake; one of the roosters falls off. (If there's going to be a cockfighting scene, I don't want to see it.)

Armando warns Feo not to trust his luck too much; he could lose, and then he'll be worse off. Feo hollers that people who don't trust their luck are worthless; and instead of giving useless advice, Armando should think of a way to snare the Reyes brothers and get rid of them. (I am wondering if it's just a matter of time before Armando gets tired of Feo's abuse and poor judgment, and turns on him.)

The Reyes brothers are sitting outside the cottage, killing time trying to throw small things into a bigger thing (I can't identify any of the objects, but none make their target) and staring at the hacienda. Oscar says that within those walls are the women who have stolen their hearts. They came to the house for vengeance, but instead they were given a lesson of love. Franco says, "who would have thought that we would have ended up in love with the daughters of Bernardo Elizondo?"

"Of Bernardo Elizondo, and Gabriela Acevedo - our worst enemy," Juan adds, "but those girls aren't guilty." He tells Oscar he's going to give him something very important and valuable tonight, and jokes that Jimena was very nice to him last night. Oscar gets suspicious and asks what happened. Juan says Jimena helped him avoid getting caught when he came to visit Sofía. He tells them that he and Sofía are back together.

Inside the house, Jimena is telling Sofía how she helped Juan get away without being seen. Sofía is worried that Jimena took such a risk, but Jimena says she did it for a woman in love. On the one hand, she feels sorry for Feo, but on the other hand Sofía's happiness is more important. Their mother is still pushing men on them that they don't want, so Jimena understands Sofía's situation well.

Jimena also confides that she and Oscar spoke with Fr. Tadeo to get married as soon as possible. Sofía does not react to this news with the kind of delight that Jimena should expect, but Jimena urges Sofía to follow her example and not put her happiness at risk.

Franco is sanding something at the cottage when a little man in a tweed suit comes ambling along. Ooh - sorry, it's Sarita, sneaking around and peeking. Franco sees her peeking and and asks if she's come to help him. "Of course not," she answers tensely. "How could you think that?" Instead, she's come by to explain yesterday's kiss. He says she doesn't need to do that - he knows she loves him, and that's what's important, right?

"You think a little kiss is proof of love?" Sarita asks.

"The way you did it? I think so," Franco answers.

Sarita asks if he thinks of Rosario when he kisses her. He gets offended and says of course not. He knows it's hard for her to understand, but he loves her, and he loves Rosario too, both of them, she can't accuse him of lying because he's always been honest with her. Sarita says his heart is lying to him, because he can't love two people at once. His heart is fooling him, and he wants both of them to be fooled, but she won't permit it. So she wants nothing with him! Nothing! (At least, nothing she can't get by sneaking and peeking.) He grins and sings her back to the house, "If you don't love me / That's okay / I'm not going to die over love."

Eva's now telling Sofía that she's glad she's not going to sleep forever like some fairytale princess. Sofía says she was awakened with a kiss. Eva says she knows Juan was there last night. Sofía worriedly asks Eva not to judge her. "I couldn't do that - you know my secret!" Eva points out.

Sofía tells Eva that Juan wants them to run away. Eva says she never had the courage to fight for what she wanted, and she has paid dearly. "Don't make the same mistake I did! For the love of God, be brave! Defend your love against everything and everyone!" Sofía bravely says she needs her grandfather's advice.

At the church, Fr. Tadeo is having an animated debate... with himself. Should he be quiet, or should he tell Gabi the whole story? (It's not a very good debate.)

At the moment, Gabi is telling Sofía of course she can have permission to go visit Grandpa, and hopefully she'll get him to see reason. "Remind him that this is his house, and he doesn't have to live on someone else's charity." Sofía says he's only living where he can get some affection.

Predictably, Gabi has palpitations and has to go to bed. "Didn't I tell you that your defiance is bad for me?" She tells Sofía to bring Grandpa back to the house, to bring peace back to the house, because every day she feels worse. She can't sleep, from all the suffering of seeing her family divided. "Destroyed," she murmurs dramatically. "Go get him and convince him to come back! It's your DUTY!" (If you ask me, Gabriela's the one who needs a nice hot cup of Super-Sleepytime Tea... so she'll shut up for a few hours.) Sofía slinks out, horrified with guilt.

Eva is now at the cottage, trying to get Franco to explain his relationship with Rosario. Franco says there's no reason he should. Yes, he likes Sarita too, but that's his business, not Eva's. Eva says it is her business, and tells him she's not going to let him fool around with EITHER of them!

Grandpa is glad to see Sofía. She tells him that love is the best medicine for the soul. He heartily agrees. She hesitantly tells him that she's been miserable since she was raped, couldn't stand to be touched by a man, and didn't think she'd ever feel anything for anyone... until Juan came into her life, and now she's given herself to him, for love - something that never happened with Feonando. She never let him touch her, and there's never been anything between them, she's never been his woman, never. Grandpa says nothing, but there is joy and encouragement in his face.

Feo, the cure for joy throughout the world, prowls the hacienda's halls until he spies Gabriela, who is happily (the private kind of happy) admiring herself in the mirror and the feel of her own skin after a bath. Feo opens the door open a little wider and pushes his hat out of the way for a better look. Gabriela really is liking her neck and shoulders a whole lot. Feo seems to be liking them a lot from afar.

"Your mother won't die if you decide to be happy," Grandpa is telling Sofía. "On the other hand, you could die from renouncing your own happiness. It's your own life." He tells her not to throw away Juan's love because of her indecision and fear, and to learn from Jimena, who's willing to do anything to be happy at Oscar's side.

Someplace outdoors, Oscar is thanking Jimena for helping Juan last night. She says she did it to make Sofi happy. She's worried about her and Juan. Oscar is too. Jimena fears that Sofía will never dare leave their mother, especially now that she's sick.

The poor, dying woman who likes her own "shoulders" is sitting at her desk. Feo drools silently at her from the doorway; she notices him and is startled. "I was admiring you in silence. You're still a very attractive woman."

"I don't think so, but thanks anyway," she replies. "I'm just telling the truth - you've always been one of the most attractive and distinguished women in the area. If you put your mind to it, you could get married." Gabi says no, because first she'd have to find a truthful man who knew how to be worthy of her - absurd!

Feo says it's impossible not to notice her beauty and distinction, and even if she doesn't think so, he's sure there would be lots of men who'd gladly wish to be considered.

She holds his gaze a little too long and then pretends not to be flustered, saying she just wanted to review the hacienda's accounts. Feo says great - speaking of which, if Grandpa doesn't sign that paper soon, they'll have to give up the year's crops. Gabi says that mustn't happen - her father must sign at any cost. If one wants something done right, one must do it oneself.

Outside the cottage, Franco rants and raves to his brothers that he knows they think he's crazy for being in love with two women, but that's none of Eva's business. Oscar says Eva loves Sarita as if she were her own, and is worried about her. But that doesn't explain why she's so concerned about Rosario. Juan says "we'll find out!"

Inside the house, Sarita rants and raves to Jimena about Franco. She thinks Franco is humiliating her because he knows she can't compete with Rosario. Jimena says it's Sarita's fault - she has her own charms, but doesn't want to show them off! "Which charms?" asks the clueless Sarita. "You really want to know?" Jimena asks... oh goody, a makeover!

Quintina is doing bakery stuff, with her back to the door, when Gabriela gets impatient and slams something on the table to get her attention. (I agree with Gabriela - there probably isn't a man in the world who deserves her, but there might be a gorilla or two.) Quintina says they don't have any of the kind of bread she wants there. Gabriela scolds her for being disrespectful. Grandpa wheels in and tells Quintina not to worry - he'll take care of this fine customer. She agrees and tells him to whistle if he needs anything.

"How low you've fallen," Gabi says to Grandpa. "I've come for you." Grandpa laughs, but she insists. He tells he's staying here, no matter what. She rubs her forehead (Gabi-fake-sick-style, not nervous-Bertha-style - anybody remember all of Bertha's forehead-rubbing in Heridas?) She asks, "what are you trying to do, kill me?" But Grandpa tells her those stories won't work on him, he doesn't believe in her so-called illness, and he's going to tell his granddaughters that she's only faking to get them to bow to her will.

"Don't you dare!"
"Why not? And look how quickly you recovered, huh?"

She threatens to have him declared insane if he pushes it, and that "those workers" kidnapped him. Her face lights up - "better yet, I'll knock you off that pedestal my daughters have you on. Come back to the hacienda immediately, or I'll tell them you killed my mother!"

This gets the desired response, as he protests fearfully and she taunts him that her mother's death was his fault. He turns away, but she insists, "You were driving drunk when that accident happened where she lost her life, and that's why you're stuck in this wheelchair! If you don't want my daughters to find out that you're a killer, come back to the house right away."

As she stalks out triumphantly, he rubs his hands together and tells her she's lying. "I didn't kill her and you know that very well!" But he's crying and doesn't seem very sure. "I swear I didn't kill her," he cries as Quintina rushes in to comfort him. "That isn't my fault, I loved her! How would I have killed her? She's making that up."

Father Tadeo catches up with Gabriela as she's getting back in the car. He says that they urgently need to talk in the church, and it won't take long. She tries to put him off. He says it's about Jimena. She interrupts and says she's resolved things with her daughters. If Tadeo really wants to help, he should get Grandpa to return to the hacienda. Then they'll talk. Until then, nope.

Grandpa is angrily telling Quintina that of course he's sorry he made "her" (Gabi? his wife?) suffer, but he can't regret something he didn't do. He says he wasn't driving when that accident happened, even though Gabi says he was. He does remember being totally drunk, but GABRIELA was driving. It was SHE who caused that accident! And now she puts the blame on him, but it's a lie, it was Gabriela!

At the San Jose Home For Eccentric Grandpas And Crooked Doctors, Gabriela has handed another envelope (ice cream coupons?) to Dr. Gomez, aka Dr. Matasanos, aka Dr. Quack, aka Dr. Ratched. "I'm going to ask another favor, and I know you won't deny me!" Dr. Scumbag opens the envelope, and big surprise - it's full of cash. Gabi has to pause for a moment while the doctor admires each note in its individual cashy goodness.

Franco watches, but can't hear, Juan trying to get some info out of Eva. She repeats that she's looking out for Sarita. "But what about Rosario?" Juan asks. Eva admits that she had a daughter with Bernardo (the news that Bernardo procreated with yet another woman doesn't seem to impact Juan at all) and she's almost positive that it's Rosario.

Rosario is putting on makeup when Sofía shows up. Smiling, Sofía announces that she's here to speak with her about something important of interest to both of them. Rosario looks interested, but then seeing the doomy shadow of Feo's hat outside her doorway she nervously puts on a half-hearted hostile manner and tells Sofía to leave her alone and never come back.

The Feo hat shadow scurries away just in time for Sofía to leave Rosario's room - but then Sofia hesitates and turns back. Yay! Go Sofía, go! We can sort all of this nonsense out within a week or two and spend the next few months with hot sex, stunning landscapes, and pretty singing!

But Sofía chickens out and leaves for real. Boo! Feo asks himself what reason Eva, and now Sofía, could possibly have for seeking out Rosario.

Juan wants Eva to tell him how he can help her with Rosario. She says just tell Franco to leave both of them alone. Juan says he's encouraged Franco to clarify his feelings, but he's confused, he's in love with both of them, but he'll talk to him. Eva thanks him. He apologizes to her for distrusting her, because of what happened to his sister, but hopes she can remember some little detail of what happened that night at Bernardo's wake. She says she's already told him everything. Libia was upset when she found out that Bernardo had been married, but she suffered even more when Gabi humiliated her and treated her like a tramp. Juan says he's sure that someone from the hacienda killed his sister. Eva says that can't be.

Franco is wandering around aimlessly with a detached door when Rosario comes along, having just had her implants removed. Ooh - sorry, it's Sarita! This poor girl needs to deal with her identity crisis! Her hair is down and a bit poofy, her glasses are off (I think they mentioned once that she has contacts but just doesn't wear 'em), and she's wearing some makeup and a most untweedy-unsuity-like red dress. Franco circles her for a good look to convince himself that it's really her. "What did you do? You look rechula!" (glamorous? luscious? not sure)

An angry screech spoils the moment as Gabriela gets home from her blackmail and bribery errands. "SARIIIIIITA! What did you do? You look like a hussy!" Jimena runs up and says they just got rid of the braids, put on some makeup, a more modern dress... Gabi whirls on Franco and tells him to go back to work. He reluctantly backs away, not taking his eyes off of Sarita.

"Sarita! You want to kill me too, don't you!" Gabi's voice is full of dry crocodile tears. "I truuuuuuusted you!" Sarita says she didn't think it would bother her so much, but she'll put hair back up and dress like before. (Hopefully Jimena has already burnt all the tweed suits.)

Gabi gets an attack of the vapors. Franco disgustedly pretends not to watch Jimena and Sarita walk Gabi back to the house. They throw guilty looks back at Franco while their mother continues to mutter that they'll be the death of her. (I can't believe they aren't tempted to take her up on that offer by now.)

At the nightclub, Feo is trying to shake the truth out of Rosario, what does she have to do with Sofía, but he can't get anything out of her because she has no idea why Sofía was there. He warns her not to mess with his family. "It's time you paid the consequences. Your child is the one who will pay!" She begs, but he's already gone. The door rattles as he locks her in her room. She gets on her knees and prays and prays.

Sofía is visiting Mr. Ed (Bernardo's old horse) by the stables when Juan surprises her with a hug from behind. (Potentially bad idea with a rape survivor, as someone pointed out during Pasion.) "Every moment I'm away from you, I feel as if I'm dying." "And I am always thinking of you - always!" He tries to get her to run away with him. She says she needs time for her mother to recover some of her health, and then they can go. Kiss kiss kiss.

By the time Jimena and Sarita get Gabriela back to the house, she seems quite recovered and waves them off. "They're just little attacks. But someday one of those attacks will be enough to bring me to my death." Jimena again tries to explain that they didn't do this to make her sick - Sarita just wanted to make herself up a little - see how pretty? "You're a bad influence, like Sofía!" Sarita tries to take all of the blame for the death-defying makeover. Gabi sighs and says "fine, it's good that you want to look more attractive, and I give you permission to do it, but only when you're out with your fiance." Gabi says they're going to visit the Uribes right now! Raquel is waiting for them. "At least you're made up," she says to Sarita as she rushes back outside.

(That woman is 100% gall! Maybe her gallbladder will kill her!)

"At least you're made up," the sisters mimic to one another through clenched teeth, then go out to join their mother.

At the Uribes', poor Eugenia - I think that's her name, the maid who's Benito's girlfriend - leaves a plate of snacks for the awkward gathering and hides behind a tree to spy. Raquel tells Gabi how cute her daughters are and tells Sarita not to be so shy around her future husband. Sarita and Benito share a dry, unpleasant lip-bump as Eugenia's face furrows in misery. (I know Benito has tried to reassure her, but I don't think he's done a great job.) Raquel wants to get to the business of planning their wedding-for-four. She and Gabi agree to announce it as soon as possible and plan a big dinner.

Raquel is giddy with happiness. They all drink (Sarita very reluctantly). Eugenia sneaks away quietly, heartbroken and possibly plotting revenge?

Sofía is back at the hacienda, telling Eva about her ill-fated visit to Rosario. "The same thing happened to me. I don't understand why she refused to listen to me," Eva says. Sofía says she thought she saw fear in Rosario's face, that something very powerful was impelling her to act that way, but they can't figure out what.

A henchman is restraining Rosario in her room. Feonando is holding Luís. He says her crying and begging won't work; her son will pay for her disobedience. He puts the boy down. "Say goodbye to him, because you're not going to see him again." Rosario protests and begs some more.

"You don't want to say goodbye? Let's go." Feo grabs the boy by the hand and leaves with him under his arm. The henchmen laugh as Rosario cries.

Juan is making some bread. Grandpa says, "A sane and healthy grandfather would tell you that you'd be crazy for wanting to steal his granddaughter, but in this case I AUTHORIZE you to do it. Follow the impulses of your heart!" Juan asks if he's serious. He says he loves Sofía and she loves him, but Gabi's in the middle. Grandpa says Juan will have to free the young princess of the dragon's clutches. A really dangerous dragon. Set her free and take her VERY far away!

Juan shakes his hand. Grandpa says he's sure she'll be happy, because she'll be with Juan, and he'll love and protect her para siempre.

Back at the hacienda, Feonando is pretending not to want to show Sofía the bookkeeping. Gabi comes in to join the ruckus; Feo says "Sofía still doubts my honesty." Sofi says Gabi told them to share the responsibility. Gabi tells Feo to show her the books. "Show her she has no reason to doubt you." He fake-grudgingly hands over the books that Armando recently "edited" for him. "I hope you'll be satisfied."

Juan removes a small pink bag from the Trunk of Destiny Past and tells Oscar, "the promises of our mother were always pacts with God. This is for you." Inside the pink bag is a great big engagement ring that their mother wanted to give to the first son to marry. (I think we have to assume that it belonged to their grandmother, since their mother was presumably wearing her own when she was murdered.) Oscar thinks Juan should have it because of all he's done for them, but Juan insists that he was only carrying out their parents' wishes. Oscar's getting married, so the ring belongs to him.

Oscar kisses the ring and says it was their "viejita's." OK, I thought this meant Mom, so maybe Mom did take it off and give it to Juan along with lots and lots of other last wishes before he and the other kids got away and she and her husband were killed?

Despite seeing her son taken away without saying goodbye, Rosario still has to sing tonight. She's wearing a big red sombrero with gold embroidery, a bra, a mini-bolero, a long skirt, and a long gold coat. The men in the crowd howl happily. She looks around uncomfortably and climbs down from the stage and out of the club, tying her coat closed as she slips away into the big world.

Sofía finishes reviewing the hacienda accounts. Apparently, Gabi has been sitting there watching her, and Feo has been reading over her shoulder, the entire time. She says it's all fine. Gabi says "I told you so, you just made a fool of yourself. Now you owe your husband an apology." Sofía says she has nothing to apologize for, because she was just asking for something that she has a right to. "But, if I offended you, forgive me," she tells Feo.

"Of course I forgive you my love" Feo says, grabbing her and giving her a rough-looking kiss. "Let go of me!" she says, pulling away. "Don't touch me, much less kiss me! I forbid it!" Feo puts on his bewildered, wounded puppydog face (I have a feeling he's wounded a lot of puppies in his day) and Gabriela looks disappointed as Sofía leaves them. Feo tells Gabi he should find himself a woman who loves him, as she suggested.

The Brothers Reyes are visiting Libia's tomb. Oscar says he wants to ask Juan in front of Libia's tomb to go away and find happiness in love. Franco agrees; Juan has their blessing. Juan promises to come back soon, so they can get the justice they promised for Libia.

Franco says they're going to miss him, because it'll be the first time they've ever been apart. Juan warns that he's going to make him change his mind! Franco says no, they want him to be happy even though it pains them to see him go; he's their older brother, and he's been like their parents, has always cared for them, etc. etc. Oscar speeches more of the same. Juan takes a concha out of his pocket and puts it on Libi's grave.

Still in her new dress, Sarita paces anxiously in Jimena's room and complains that while their mother is making them marry someone they don't love, J is singing happily and painting her nails. Jimena calmly says she's definitely not marrying Octavio, and resumes singing. Offended, Sarita stomps out. J whistles at Sarita and yells, "¡Que guapa!" "Thank you," Sarita replies, a little less offended now. Jimena gets her jacket and sneaks off the balcony.

Oscar and Franco have their horses on the street in front of the bakery; Oscar is saying that it's okay with him that Juan wanted to stay behind with Libia. Franco wants to go to the cantina; Oscar wants to go with him (after a stop at the mill) to make sure Franco avoids trouble. Franco promises to stay out of trouble, and leaves without Oscar.

Oscar looks up to the sound of loud clumpy shoes and sees a long gold coat, a big red hat, and a gigantic pair of... earrings. Rosario asks for Franco. Oscar says he just left to see her. Rosario tells Oscar that something happened to her son and she doesn't know what to do. He gives her a comforting hug, just at the right moment for Jimena to drive up and see.

She is not happy.

Next time:
Fr. Tadeo takes his anti-Feonando crusade to Grandpa.
Juan and Sofía ride away on a Whim, or at least a Capricho.

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