Caray, Caray!

Tonight begins with Ilitia and Manny. If you recall she threw a little celebration of his upcoming wedding to Mari with his friends at work with lots of booze, followed by an interlude (Em was actually comatose at the time) in the bed on the set (unfortunately the very same in which he and Mari consummated their noviazgo) which was actually a little tableau orchestrated for Mari's benefit and viewing pleasure and... well now... the party's over. Time to go home, sleepyhead, Ilitia drags him out of bed... gyp!... He never even had his pants off... what if Marianela knew this?... Well she won't.

Fedra's back and she's fuming, you are going to regret sleeping with this zorra for the rest of your life. Poor Lorenzo now finds himself in unenviable, awkward circumstances. the cute cozy cuddly kitten with a quirt, Zulema has been displaced by an annoyed frighteningly ferocious feral feline, Fedra. She heads straight for her toy box. Digging through her playthings, she selects a favored whip and threatens him with it as she reminds him of the good times. He's beginning to panic a bit and goes into a begging mode, "... I'm a man; men are weak..." (standard tried and true stuff). She tickles his feet with the whip and the uses it to bind them.

She mumbles threats as she rummages through the toys, finally going over to her purse selecting the appropriate prop, a souvenir... she turns with a wicked but loving smile, then frowns, flashing her switchblade shiv.


Bound to the bed, Lorenzo seems to suspect that things could get ugly as he pleads and mewls in a distinctly unseemly unmacho fashion. Fedra, troubled by a wayward curl which she keeps having to blow from her face, purrs affectionate threats as she teases her quivering quarry with the gleaming blade.

"I want you to clearly understand who owns this appendage that you have here." He interrupts her, "Oh, no, no, don't do anything foolish!" She cooly continues, "So there will be no doubt, I'm going to carry it around in a jar." She proceeds to tease him with the blade telling him that without his... ummm... well, that, he is nothing. Oops, I think he wet himself. " You deserve a lesson, Lorenzo, and this lesson one learns with a little blood."


She strokes him with the knife, he cries out. Accusing him of sounding like a little girl, Fedra stalks out, slamming the door behind her. As he cries out helplessly, let's trust Fedra not to do anything foolish, at least not just yet, as we quickly check in on a rather shaken Mari who was stirred up by the machinations of those evil twins, Ilitia and Cristal.

Cristal has returned her to the Naco Dorm where she is wheezing and whining about the horror she has just witnessed... the naked Ilitia sharing a bed with her one true love and recently committed novio, Manny. Too bad she didn't seem to notice his comatose state, but then as Ilitia observed, he was all tuckered out from an afternoon of fun and frolic. Making matters even worse, it was in the exact same spot the she had gotten naked with Manny for a little fun and frolic herself. Satisfied that Mari is sufficiently devastated, Cristal leaves her alone, pouting amidst her shattered dreams over this latest betrayal.

As cat are wont to do Fedra has, at least for the moment, tired of her little game and releases one of Lorenzo's cuffed hands leaving the other firmly secured and the key just out of reach of a bawling begging Lorenzo who has now abandoned his manly pride completely. Fedra bounces out as a desperate Lo helplessly reaches for the key.

At the edge of a nifty swimming pool, Garduña and the bumbling Basuro and Baldy are toasting their good fortune in finding such a choice plum (better make that orange) in Mauricio when suddenly they are joined a weeping and wailing Zulema.


Cristal has made in home in time to welcome a pickled Manny who is returning with the assistance of Ilitia and Andrés who guides him to his room, "Bye baby!" as the very attractively dressed evil twins celebrate their successful operation.

Meanwhile Mari has had quite enough. She promptly calls Tia Corlota and between sobs, manages to tell her that she has finally reached her limit, she wants outta here... NOW! She's getting dangerously close to reclaiming her nickname from MEPS... Sniffles. Corlota tells her not to worry, she'll arrange for her to receive a ticket for Spain first thing tomorrow morning. Netty comes down the stairs and a blubbering (no, that is not a veiled fat joke) Mari tells her that she is going to Spain. The last Netty heard was that she and Manny are getting married and now she's off to Spain? Mari explains this latest debacle, "...and in the very same place!"

A disgustingly inebriated but ecstaticly happy Manny is in his room still accompanied by his pal, Andrés. He wants to go and see his one true love, but Andrés thinks this is not such a great idea given his current state. Ignoring sound advice, Manny comes up with a brilliant plan... ¡Benigno! ¡Mariachis¡" Oh yes, that should work nicely.

A cooler and calmer Mari relates Manny's latest misstep with Ilitia. Netty is sympathetic but seizes the opportunity to say, "I told you so, I told you so." Mari vows that she never wants to see him again. "So you're really going to Spain?" "Sí, Tia."

A fuming Fedra arrives at Creepy Casa and is greeted by the sound of guitar chords.

Axel has found some clothes to wear and is serenading a rather easily impressed Delicia with the two chords he can remember. You're a long way from Carnegie Hall kid, but who knows? Keep practicing. As Dee fiddles with her uniform sleeves he charms her witha less than smooth line, but not to worry, she'd be enthralled if he recited multiplication tables. He tells her that she is his musical inspiration and source of confidence and security. Looks like he's gonna need it... here's Fedra! She grabs Delicia, and although Axel sternly protests, tosses her across the room like a ragdoll. Then turning her attention to the guitar, she snatches Axel's axe from his grip and does her best Pete Townshend imitation, smashing it to bits.


Meintras tanto, Muñeca appears to have lost that lovin' feelin' for Lorenzo as she rants at his photo. Ilitia strolls in in time to see her dash his picture to the floor and to hear her dad denounced as a disgraciado and is curious why Muñeca is so out of sorts. Muñeca directs her effort into restoring her relationship with her daughter, "If I can't be your mother at least allow me to be your friend." An impudent Ilitia responds with, "Is the chapter of your telenovela already over? Or is this the commercial break? Because it gets a zero rating, or that is, your story is super-boring. I just want to go sleep. Byyye!" Ouch! Not discouraged, Muñeca asks about her day. This tender mother/daughter bonding moment is rudely intruded upon by a grumpy Garduño and goon... with guns. "Ladies, we're looking for Lorenzo Porto López."

Fedra evicts Decilia from Axel's room with a swat to her cute little pompis.


Axel objects. She cautions him to stay away from the hired help. "If you need a woman, just say so and Bernardo will take you to a whorehouse." Uh oh. This triggers an unpleasant memory. Flashback... we've seen this. So has Axel... he complains, "I was a child and you made me go. Why?" Bernardo's here and needs to talk to Fedra... next!

Emanuel and Benigno, mariachi's in tow, arrive at the steps of the naco dorm. Tequila in hand, Manny is in charge, he calls out for his Gordita, then... "¡Una, dos, arránquense (strike up) Mariachis!" They begin to play and he shouts out, "¡Ay mi Gordita, que te quiero pero así de grande condenada! (My Little Fatty, I'm condemned to love you!... or something like that) "


and they sing:

"On the day you arrived in my life
my beloved dove I started to toast
and got a little drunk
Thinking of your lips
I began to sing..."

Yikes!

Mercifully we rejoin Muñeca and Ilitia as they entertain their uninvited guests. Flora and Fidel are rounded up and ushered in. They are all going to wait there for Lorenzo who has an account to settle.

Marinela's not home, the tenants are disturbed and Netty's mad as a wet hen, "No one mocks Marianela!" and punctuates the sentence by dousing Manny with a bucket of water. I think the singing is over for tonight.

So where is Marianela?

She's saying goodbye to Tio Maximo. She tells him that things just aren't working out between her and Manny. She needs to get away for a bit. She's going to Spain. Then Max drops a bombshell on her. He tells her that he suspects that Gretel is the daughter he and Paula had and thought had died. "¿Paula? ¿Paula? ¿Paula? Our Paula?" His sister Carlota may have taken their daughter and given her to Fedra to rear. He wants Marinela to verify this for him.

Fedra informs Bernie that Gretel now knows everything including that Fedra is really Juana Felipa Pérez and that she threw Mari's dad out the window.

Mari has noticed that Fedra treats Gretel... special... Hmmmm. She agrees to find out the truth.

The dorm dwellers are more than happy to tell Manny that his chubby dove has flown the coop. Oliver seems especially hostile. The ladies restrain him as he lunges at Em. "She's gone to the university?" He hopefully asks. Nopis. She took a plane. "Flying far away. Out of the country." "Marinela can't leave without me!"

He bolts.

Muñeca, Ilitia, Flora, and Fidel are sitting with hands bound behind their backs as the nervously await for the return of Lorenzo, who when we last saw him was rather tied up, himself. Ilitia, who is ecumenical in her lack of respect for authority, demands that Garduña release them and get the heck out. Garduño glowers. He decides that she's even prettier when she's angry and reaches to stroke her face. Fidel briefly objects but is encouraged by Baldy to sit back down.


Tired of waiting , Garduña grabs Ilitia by the arm. He needs some collateral to assure that Lo will do as he says. Muñeca offers herself instead and to my surprise, he agrees. Now Ilitia pleads that they not take away her mother. I'm shocked... she cares!

Fedra descends the stairs, arm around Axel as she reassures him that she'll never force him to go to a whorehouse if he doesn't want to. Well, that's certainly a load off my mind. This tender moment is interrupted by Emiliano, "Fedra, I need to talk to you." He's got the divorce papers ready for her to sign.

A grim Gretel is alone with her wine buddies and manages to untie herself. Good... now where is that corkscrew? "I've got to get out of here. If no one can't hear my screams, they'll have to hear this. Asesinos, asesinos," she whispers as she grabs an expensive red varietal and ... oh no! I can't watch this! She begins smashing wine bottles.

Expensive red wines! At least grab the German white wines, honey. Oh my.

Just outside Delicia is struggling with a heavy jug and hears the breaking of glass, "Sounds as if someone is being killed in there."

Fedra goads Axel, "See what your father's doing to us?" Axel asks Emiliano if he's totally certain of what he's doing. "I see no other solution, son, now that I've boffed Netty..." Actually I embellished a little, but you know that's what he's thinking. Fedra was hoping for more reaction from Axel. Well, he would have offered up some music, "... but you trashed my guitar and this piano doesn't have wires." And he's pretty sure that she's the one who removed them. Good one Axel. She agrees to sign the papers but not until they talk... in private.

Now he's home. Fidel is finishing untying Ilitia as Lo strolls in. She starts to complain but he cuts her off. He had an awful night. He was assaulted, cut up, had to go to the hospital. Flora and Fidel share a knowing glance. litia isn't moved. She tells him about their night and that some guy named Garduña abducted mom.

Delicia is certain that something strange is going on in the wine cellar. She is joined by Bernardo.


Netty and Brandon escort Mari into the air terminal. Netty promised Eva to care for her daughter and she's done such a bangup job, Mari's headed to Spain to live with that dour troll, Tia Carlota. Mari assures her that her mom couldn't have selected better. That is not the reason that she's leaving. Brandon encourages them to hurry.

Manny roars up on his... whatever that is.


"Marianela, where are you going?" He shouts as they disappear into the terminal.

Bernardo has decided to take a few moments to heap abuse on Delicia. What is she up to. Who was she talking to? She tells him that she thought there might be rats in the wine cellar. "In this house I'm the one in charge of rat killing ." He tells her with a hint of irony. Axel rides to the rescue.


"¿Estás bien?" "Sí." "¡Vámonos!"

Manny pulls up in front of the terminal but is told by the guard that he can't leave his vehicle parked there.

Bernardo enters the cellar to check on the rat. As I was, he is appalled at the shedding of innocent wine. Gretel confronts him with a broken bottleneck but he disarms her.


"Who do you think will have to clean all this up, animal? I'm betting that it won't be Delicia this time.

Ilitia tells her dad how Garduña was going to take her but her mom insists that she be taken instead. "They took her as a guarantee that they'll get to talk with you." "With me?" The phone rings. No surprise, it's Garduño, "As you can guess, I'm no longer in jail, Lorenzo." "Return my wife to me. You'd best not touch a single hair." Ilitia must believe in full disclosure. She tells him that that is not really Muñeca's hair but rather extensions. Lo has trouble grasping the concept, "¿Qué? ¿Las extensiones?"


Garduño who assures him that he will treat his wife with the same attention and courtesy with which Lo treated his Goddaughter, Zulema. Goddaughter?... Hmmm. "I sent a women to have a good time and you return her almost dead. If this is revenge for what happened to your son, you chose badly. What happened to your son was an accident."

Lo thinks it best that he continue this conversation alone and sends Ilitia to her room. He tells Garduño that it wasn't him. In fact he got cut up himself. Even had to go to the hospital. Well, Garduño wants to know the name of this lunatic. Lo also wants her taught a lesson... "Fedra Curiel."

Fedra Curiel is trying to convince her husband that he should stay with her. His mind's made up so she takes this opportunity to have the big one. Clutching her chest, she complains of chest pain and conks out. All over the land, eyes are rolling, but I have to admit, I think that this is the real thing.


She got Emiliano's attention, "Fedra, Fedra, Fedra, Fedra, Fedra... as we go to a commercial break.

Manny's still arguing with the airport guard. Finally in desperation, he pushes him down and runs inside where Mari's flight is ready for boarding. She hugs Netty and Brandon, charging Brandon with the safety of her aunt. We hear Manny shouting "¡Marianela!" Brandon hurries her toward the gate, flashing his badge. He stays behind to impede Emanuel.

Garduño is already arranging for Manny's abduction.

Axel asks, "What wrong with my mamá?" Calling for an ambulance, Bernardo exhorts her to hang on. Fedra tells Emiliano that he won't be needing a divorce, "... I feel like I'm going to die."

A last goodbye for Mari and Netty. Mari wants no tears. Netty gives her a San Antonio action figure, Mari reminds her to give Emanuel the letter she wrote.

Manny tussles with Brandon, pushes him to the floor, then sprints to the gate.

Mari goes through the metal detector, her fat suit must have set off the alarm, she's wanded then boards the plane.

Manny arrives in time to have his butt chewed by Netty, "No you can't talk to her and I hope that you never get to talk to her, Emanuel Ruiz y de Teresa."

He helplessly shouts, "¡Marinela! ¡Marianela!



Carlos

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Alternate Title: Yolanda Spends the Night in the Big House

From yesterday, kind-hearted Gabi buys Susana’s sob story about her husband leaving her and needing a job. When Bertha takes Susana to the kitchen to get settled, Adolfo bulldozes his way into the Genovés house. He pins Gabi against a wall and hurls threats at David if he doesn’t stay out of his way. He then proves that his lips are looser than Bertha’s when he lets slip for a second time that David isn’t even really Mario’s child. Gabi is left impactada by this, but recovers quickly to let Adolfo knows she doesn’t take threats to her husband and family lightly. She refuses to believe this is true (no es cierto) and puts distance between them. Adolfo doesn’t care what she believes. Either Mario controls David, or Adolfo will take it into his own hands. “Esta claro?!” Gabi seems to understand that this is a threat to take seriously, as Adolfo makes a hasty retreat through the door.

In the kitchen, Dora is making polite small talk with Susana. She asks about her recent return from the States. Dora tells her what a great household it is to work in. She’ll only find that Bertha is very bossy (exigente). Susana tries to describe the man who recommended she come to the house to ask for work—gordito, medio peloncito, con barba (fat, half bald, with a beard), and in the house around the corner. Not the most flattering description of our dear Abelardo, but Dora figures out who she’s talking about. Susana exaggerates her years of domestic service (more like years of creating work for hotel maids), and Dora takes her to get a uniform and shows her to her room.

Bertha meanwhile, is stuck in whine mode and is already complaining about Susana to Gabi. Gabi is still standing by the door digesting Adolfo’s inauspicious visit. She ignores Bertha’s complaints and asks about Abelardo’s whereabouts. As she can provide no useful information, Gabi ignores her and walks right past her in deep thought. Bertha is left yelling at the furniture about whose fault it will be when Susana turns out to be a thief (ladrona). She decides instead to speak to someone who will listen to her poisonous words and calls David’s office to see if he’s there. Upstairs, Gabi also makes a call to David. He tells his secretary to tell her he’s not there. However, he seems more open to interruption when his secretary informs him Bertha wanted to speak to him.

After striking out trying to talk to David, Gabi calls up JJ at the hotel. She wants to meet to talk some more. They both smile from ear to ear as they make plans for him to pick her up on the corner near her house in half an hour.

At her apartment, Leo’s putting the screws on a freaked out Yolanda. She insists she needs to call her lawyer. Leo insists she can do that, from the police station. She tries to stall some more, but Leo’s not having it. He’s got a warrant for her arrest. She calls out to Juana her maid, and asks her to inform Carlos and Adolfo. She must have sent out the Bat Signal, because by the time Leo and Ramon get her downstairs, Adolfo is pulling up outside her building. Yolanda taps into her old showgirl/actress skills and yells suelteme a few times. She calls out to her galan Adolfo, clearly letting him know what she is (and isn’t) being charged with—purchasing stolen gems, without realizing of course. Adolfo is shocked, shocked! Surely she must have checked that the gems had a factura (bill of sale). Leo’s had enough of this little play, and puts her in the squad car. “Please Adolfo! I don’t want to go to jail!” (You know what they say about lying down with a dog with fleas Yolanda…)

Gabi calls Leo to confirm their appointment to meet and chat about the Marta Mystery. As his hands are a bit full right now, they decide to talk tomorrow to try to reschedule another time. Susana does the job she does best. She hovers in the background picking up information that might be useful to her at a later date. She approaches Gabi, looking more clean and respectable than we’ve seen her so far in her spiffy maid’s uniform. Gabi asks if she’s settled in, and asks her to please listen to and get along with Dora, as Gabi’s reputation is also on the line for hiring her. Susana tells her there’s no need to worry (yeah, right). Gabi lets her know she’ll be at her father’s house, if anyone asks and leaves just as Bertha descends the stairs. Princess Bertha’s departing words for Susana are not so kind. She wants Susana to clean her room, make her bed, and put the clothes she has scattered across her bed where they belong. Susana- “Si señora.” Bertha- “Señorita!”

At Adolfo’s, he speaks to the family lawyer on the phone about Yolanda’s situation. He wonders if they can get her out on bail (bajo confianza). The lawyer informs him that in order to do that, they’ll have to turn over the diamonds in question. “Porque?!” Adolfo looks like he’s weighing what’s worth more to him- Yolanda or the diamonds. It’s a close call but Yolanda appears to win. He tells the lawyer it was Leo who nabbed her. Adolfo sends Felix on the errand to deliver the diamonds to the lawyer. He also wants them to suspend the current archeological artifacts smuggling until things cool down. “Por ahora, no puedo correr riesgos.” (Right now I can’t run risks.) Mad Eye Moody agrees.

Smiling Gabi meets a waiting JJ around the corner. He’s like an excited school boy. Well, he HAS gotten to spend a lot of quality time with three of our lovely ladies- more than any other guy. He invites Gabi to his house, which gets an unsure and suspicious look from her. He explains he wants to show her where he found the treasure. She doesn’t look suspicious anymore, but clearly doesn’t think it’s a good idea. JJ tries to sell the idea to her. “Come on, treasure, adventure, history!” (tesoro, adventura, historia) He tries cajoling, begging, and then finally some good old fashioned trickery- the “hey, look at this” distraction trick. While she tries to figure out why he has just handed her a leaf, he hustles her into his car and drives her the one block (cuadra) to his house. Gabi’s nervous, but seems eager for some adventure.

Gabi is as impressed as we are by the transformation Ale and her crew have made to the house. It’s spectacular and sparkling new. She’s also excited to see the spot where JJ found the treasure (he never got that kind of wide eyed excited response from Ale). Gabi quickly exits the house after the tour of the first floor (propriety or instinct telling her going upstairs to the bedrooms is not a good idea). JJ follows her and keeps telling her about the exciting renovations to some of the other rooms. Gabi turns serious and wants to know if he contracted Ale because of her relation to Mario, and if he really wants revenge. JJ admits that Mario is good peeps (buena onda). It’s those Avilas he really wants to bring down. He remembers about her working at Sagitario and asks about Carlos. Gabi has a few choice words to say about Carlos- a hypocrite, who tried to take advantage of her. And now he’s lied about a photograph she supposedly gave him to make David angry at her. JJ thinks that’s just like those yellow-bellied cowards (mendigos). Gabi is worried that JJ’s plans for revenge will get him in worse problems, but JJ feels that this is the only way to be free of this weight and to clear his name. Gabi understands. The Avila aren’t good people. She’s even feeling uncomfortable (incomoda) living at the Genoves house. JJ understands. He and Gabi are simple folks, good people, who don’t care about money. Not like those stylish, snobbish rich people. They’re not ALL the same, but…Gabi agrees and they reminisce about their first meetings in much humbler circumstances. JJ thinks destiny has put them on each other’s path and gives Gabi a meaningful look. She doesn’t look too convinced.

The man who she believes IS her destiny and the love of her life, David, has just allowed the Serpent to waltz in to his office. Bertha uses a mix of feigned concern (Gabi told us about your fight; can we talk), false sincerity (it’s true I’ve never liked Gabi; it’s true I thought there was something between us; but I continued to care for you; Gabi’s an attractive girl; I understand), and pure venom (this woman is from a different/lower class; she’s not for you; she just married you to better her social position; she only married you and not Carlos because you were the first to ask her; there is no doubt there was something between them as the invitations to dine, the trip to the beach house, and the photo prove), to convince David that the way to solve the Gabi problem is to divorce her. Don’t wait till things go too far, like Gabi turns up pregnant. David the Dummy seems to agree.

JJ, like a gentleman, sees Gabi to her father’s door. Faustiago answers the door, and doesn’t act his typical gruff self when he sees his daughter at the door with a “strange” man. Instead, he is politely introduced to JJ for the “first” time and invites him in for coffee! JJ declines and bids them farewell. As he walks away, Gabi looks like she’s contemplating this “destiny” thing.

Back at JJ’s home front, the hotel suite, Limon is enjoying all his favorite pastimes- wearing a toupee and ascot, sitting on the couch, eating peanuts, drinking beer, and watching tele. Cute as always Caramelo, does not look as amused. She’s bored doing homework since she’s doing it all by herself with no help from him. Since she’s the one that has to do homework, and not him, Limon doesn’t see any problem with this. Well, Caramelo is working on “ortografía” (orthography/spelling) and wants to tests Limon’s knowledge. Does he know a word with “h”? “Pistola?” Caramelo knows that’s not right and wants to know where’s the “hache”. She’s treated to a lame joke from her Tio Limon—“Hache boom!” (Kaboom!/Pow!) Caramelo is not amused. She gives him a little lesson on the silent (muda) “h”. Our little Einstein is starting to realize the limitations of her tio’s book learning, and asks him about his past. “Tio Limon, have you always been poor?” Limon tells his tale of his parents once having lots of money, but one day they lost it all and were poor from then on. Caramelo Drew continues her interrogation of one of her Hardy boys. Up until when did he go in school (meaning what grade)? Limon blusters some more, and gives our tiny tot with little handle on the meaning of decades, an answer that will keep her guessing for a while. He went until 1962. Caramelo gives her best “What you takin bout?!” face. Limon quickly changes the subject and tells Caramelo he’s going to buy some “chescos” (slang for refrescos) for their meal. He gets rewarded by being corrected by little Miss Manners.

At the Guillen apartment, Gabi is wondering why her father was so unusually chummy with JJ. Faustiago tries to play it off. That’s just the polite thing to do, right. Gabi knows her cranky pants papa isn’t usually like that and calls him on it. He can give no reply. She asks for her sister, who is not at home, and it quickly becomes obvious to Faustiago that something is wrong. Gabi tells him that David has left her and wants to divorce her. He sits her down and hears the whole story. When she mentions the pictures his look of concern grows (as it should, because it’s his fault for mentioning them to Yolanda). Gabi is sure that it’s someone who is trying to harm (perjudicar) her, likely one of the cousins. Faustiago immediately throws out Bertha’s name as the probable culprit, surprising Gabi that he knows the cousins well enough to know which one it would be. He tries to play it off, saying that Juli has told him about her troubles with Bertha. He then goes into “I told you so” mode. Gabi knows he wouldn’t have allowed her to marry David, and that’s why she did it without his permission while he was away. Gabi looks at him from downcast, teary eyes. Her obvious heartbreak softens Faustiago’s tone. He tries to reassure her that it was just a newlywed lovers’ quarrel (pleito de recien casados) that will blow over soon.

JJ arrives home and is greeted by his Number 1 Mamacita, Caramelo. She skips into his arms for a kiss and a squeeze, before starting her second interrogation of the evening with Hardy Boy #2. They sit down to chat. She asks JJ if he has parents. He explains sadly that his parents are dead. Caramelo understands this distinction that he HAD parents. He talks about what good people they were. His father died when he was around Caramelo’s age. And his mother passed away recently. “But why does everyone else have parents, and I don’t?” JJ tries to hold back tears and tells her that she has her Tio Limon. But he’s her uncle, what about her parents? JJ and Caramelo look at each other through a well of tears. He tells her that her parents are in heaven, with his parents. “Then, I’m never going to have parents?” JJ can only stammer a reply. “Es que..es que..”

Gabi and Faustiago are at the dining table, still waiting for Juli to show. Faustiago is sure always in the clouds Juli has lost track of time at the market, looking at clothes. Faustiago is eating dinner, but Gabi is holding out hope that David will return home and wants to wait to have dinner with him. It hurts her so much how little trust he has in her, and she hasn’t given him cause. Faustiago tells her that’s the way it is with jealousy. If one can’t control it, it ends up ruining/finishing everything. (That’s the wisest thing Faustiago has ever said.) “When it’s not one thing, it’s another. David always finds some reason for not trusting me.” Faustiago thinks that she should leave things in the hands of Destiny (there’s that word again). If David really is the right man for her, things will work themselves out. If not, then it’s best she makes a definitive decision before things go too far. Gabi knows, but she just loves that big stubborn jerk (my words, not hers) so much. She would never be capable of cheating on him. She just feels so horrid. How could he believe that she has something going with Carlos?

Gabi changes the subject and tells her father what Adolfo said about David not being Mario’s child. Faustiago doesn’t do a good job at hiding his horror that this secret is out. Gabi must take his look as surprise at this bit of news. She asks if he thinks it’s true and should she speak to her father-in-law about it. (No need to have the same conversation twice with the same person Gabi.) Faustiago tries to discourage her from pursuing this. But Gabi won’t be deterred. What if Adolfo uses this information to try to hurt David. It’s best that if it’s true, Don Mario tell David himself. (She’s right.) A look of panic comes over Faustiago’s face. He wants to know why Adolfo would tell her this. She explains that he wants David to back off, and if he doesn’t then he’ll tell David about things he’s not supposed to know. Like about that woman- MARTA.

Faustiago gets flustered under Gabi’s steady gaze. “Who told you that?!” She explains the conversation she overheard between Adolfo and Mario. It got her wondering if this wasn’t they same Marta that he knew. “I already told you that I don’t know any Marta! Why would you believe Bertha over me?” Gabi points out that it’s precisely because he gets so flustered and angry when she brings it up that she doesn’t believe him. Faustiago continues to bluster, demands not to speak about it again, and leaves the table. Gabi looks like she doesn’t believe a word he said.

At AFI, Yolanda is in Leo’s office and trying to spin a tale about how she mistakenly bought stolen jewels. The jeweler assured her he would bring her the factura later. He informs her that she will need to retrieve the diamonds from her safety deposit box (caja fuerte) and return them to the police since they were part of a robbery. She agrees to anything. Just get her out of here! Leo’s not done yet. He shines his laser beam of intelligence on her and asks her how she makes her (obviously good) living. She gives some vague answer about living off her savings (ahorros), and she takes care of a few “things” for Adolfo Avila. Leo’s interest is piqued. He circles her. “What things?” Yolanda is sweating bullets by this point. She tells Leo that she helps him with the restaurants, with his personal dealings, with decorating,…

Leo’s next question nearly knocks her off her seat. “Are you friends with Fausto Guillen?” Yolanda chooses her words carefully. Yes, she met him through his daughters who used to work at the Club. “Are you sure you didn’t know him before?” Yolanda pulls her best poker face and assures Leo she didn’t know Fausto before. They’re interrupted by Ramon who informs them Yolanda’s lawyer has arrived.

Juli arrives home to find a depressed, red-eyed Gabi on the couch. Juli immediately knows something is wrong. Gabi explains that she and David are on the outs, again. She is tired of so many intrigues and problems. Before she can go into detail, a repentant Faustiago emerges and kindly suggests that Gabi spend the night and tomorrow Juli accompany her home and stay with her a few days. Juli agrees. Gabi is unsure, since she believes Don Mario should get a say in who stays in his home. Besides, if David decides he wants a divorce, it is she who should leave the house. Juli is impactada to hear the “D” word mentioned.

At the Club, Carlos is bored and asks the bartender to let him know if he hears from Roberto. He decides to leave for the evening since all is quiet (and he’s not getting into a brawl with David).

Medina is seeing Elsa to her door after their day at the high security prison. To avoid her nosey neighbor friend who’s eyeing the delicious looking Medina, Elsa drags him in to her apartment. (Her neighbor must be wondering where Elsa finds these hunks.) She invites him to a coffee, but he politely declines, noting she must be tired. (It also seems he thinks he might not be able to hold back if he stayed.) Elsa thanks him, and apologizes for causing him so much trouble. Mauricio assures her it’s no bother at all. In fact, it gave him great pleasure to accompany her. He intends to have his lawyer study her brother’s case and see if they can get him a reduced sentence. It will be difficult since Marcos is accused of two murders, escaping from prison, and trafficking stolen jewels. (Yikes!) Elsa doesn’t want him to trouble himself since he’s already done so much for her. Plus, she admits sadly, Marcos will never change (no tiene remedio). Mauricio will still do all he can. He comes in close as she says thank you. He rewards her with a sweet gentle kiss on the mouth. She looks down shyly, and he obviously thinks he’s moved too fast for her. He smiles bashfully, asks her pardon, and bids her good night. He does not see what we see—Elsa with stars in her eyes, touching the smiling lips that were just kissed by Mauricio.

At Casa Genoves the next morning, Gabi and Juli have arrived, with Juli’s suitcase in tow. Bertha is none to pleased to see not just one, but two of those low class waitresses returning to stay in HER home. Gabi ignores her sour face and goes to find Abelardo, so Bertha turns on Juli. “So the whole family is moving in! Is your father going to move in too?!” Juli chooses to ignore her and walks off, leaving Bertha complaining to the furniture once more.

Gabi asks Abelardo when Mario will return. She tells Abelardo about Adolfo’s visit. Not knowing how much Abelardo knows, she only hints at Adolfo’s threats. She begs Abelardo to find Don Mario. If he doesn’t control David, Adolfo will tell David “things he shouldn’t know”. Abelardo appears to understand, so Gabi discreetly asks him if he knows what it’s about. He claims ignorance. He has to wait until Mario calls him since he doesn’t know which hotel he’s staying in. Gabi asks him to also tell Mario her sister has come to stay with her a few days. Abelardo is pleased by this. As soon as Gabi leaves, he gets Faustiago on the phone and demands that he come. TODAY!

At the hotel suite, Caramelo is chatting up her friend Angie on the phone, while hanging out behind the bar. JJ (looking nice in a black turtleneck) is bemused by his little executive networking over the phone so comfortably. Caramelo is happy to announce that Angie had invited her to her birthday party (fiesta de cumpleaños). JJ (who has obviously been out of the loop) wants to know who this Angie is. Caramelo, who is firmly in the loop, knows by now that any mention of Medina drives JJ crazy. She gingerly tells JJ that Angie is the Architect’s niece. This earns her a fun mini wrestle with frustrated JJ. There are going to be lots of kids there and it will be really fun, because…her Tia Elsa is going to take her, right? A put out Limon thinks that perhaps Elsa will be too busy to take her, and in that case, he’ll take her. Caramelo is arms-crossed insistent that it’s got to be Tia Elsa, or no one. JJ promises to talk to Elsa, leaving Caramelo free to plan her party outfit. After she runs off, Limon chastises JJ for encouraging Caramelo to continue to be attached to Elsa, when JJ is in the midst of changing girlfriends as often as he changes socks. JJ’s philosophy for Limon-- Don’t worry, be happy!

At Genoves Manor, Gabi is showing Juli her impressive guest room. Juli wonders if David is really going to divorce Gabi over that photo (sounds idiotic to us too Juli). Gabi doesn’t know. Juli thinks it strange that all their L.A. photos disappeared, and even more strange that one of them ended up in Carlos’ office. Gabi suggests they go out to eat- all the better to avoid that drag (pesada) Bitter Bertha. She heads to her room to change and finds David who has come to get more of his things. She tries to reason with him calmly once more. She never gave the photo to Carlos, she doesn’t know how he got it, and she thinks it’s absurd that he wants a divorce over this. He claims it’s not just this, but many things (you know, the same old stuff he long ago claimed he forgave her for, forgot about, or understood). He yells at her some more about how he doesn’t trust her and that their marriage isn’t working. She asks sadly if he wants her to leave. He tells her to do what she wants! She tells him she wants to be with HIM. He sarcastically asks her if she wants to be with him or his MONEY! Gabi looks whipped and defeated. He blows past her, down the stairs, and ignores Bertha’s demand to be listened to. Leaving her talking to the furniture, yet again. LOL!

The phone rings and Bertha goes to answer it. Surprisingly, she actually informs Gabi she has a call. Gabi pulls herself together enough to stop sobbing and makes an appointment with Leo to meet the next day. When he hangs up, Ramon brings him a file and the two leave his apartment. He decides to stop in on Faustiago before leaving. He asks Faustiago point blank when he met Yolanda Rey. For the second time in 24 hours, Faustiago has been put on the spot. This time he manages to lie with less shows of anger and frustration. He tells the same tale as Yolanda. They met because of the girls. Leo then asks if Faustiago mentioned the photos from L.A. that he wanted to Yolanda. “Claro que no.” (Of course not.) Leo thinks it’s very strange that they happened to disappear. Faustiago manages to keep his poker face, until Leo tells him that Yolanda Rey has been arrested. “Qué?!! Porqué?”

“Seems she bought some stolen jewels. The same ones that were in Gabriela’s shoes.”

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Open Discussion
¡Hola a todos! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! As you know, Jean will be gone for a few weeks. This means that discussions of Los Exitoso$ Gomez and El Fantasma de Elena are up to you for now.

Thanks to everyone for all the great comments in this space. And a particular shout-out to Blusamurai for coming up with the idea for this discussion in the first place and for providing several mini-recaps of her favorite shows.

By the way, Telemundo is starting to run occasional promos for La Reina del Sur, a new novela based on the novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. They say it is coming in 2011, and that Kate del Castillo has the title role. Today they showed Rafael Amaya, the murderous Julián in Alguien te Mira, in the role of El Güero.


Aurora
César’s planned kidnapping of Blanca is a disaster: Snow White and the Three Stooges. She escapes with her life but some innocent bystanders may not have been so lucky. Suspicion falls on César.

Aurora and Lorenzo show by deeds, if not by words, that they care about one another. She calls him, instinctively, when she is in trouble. And he rushes to her side without a thought for his own safety.

Vanesa is a more complicated villain than we thought. She reaches into her own pockets to help los Ponce de León with the ransom money to save Blanca’s life. She is still the only one outside the inner circle who knows that Aurora is… well… Aurora. And she continues to play puppetmaster for most of the characters who dance as she pulls the strings.

Natalia, in contrast, becomes more and more repugnant. She is filled with vindictiveness: it spills out in the look of pleasure that crosses her face when she hears that Aurora’s life is in danger and in her defense of César’s indefensible conduct.

Icky Federico continues to court Natalia according to Vanesa’s instructions. Meanwhile, it has become apparent that Natalia and Gustavo have a history together.

To keep her from stepping into the moral abyss of incest, Aurora at last tells Blanca that Martín is her brother:
Hay algo muy importante que tienes que saber y no me puedo morir con este secreto. No puedes tener una relación con Martín.(There is something very important you have to know and I can’t die with this secret. You can’t have a relationship with Martín.)
Blanca: ¿Porque tú lo quieres?(Because you love him?)
Aurora: No, ¡porque Martín es tu hermano!(No, because Martín is your brother!)

Blanca and Vicki are both interested in César. He likes Blanca. It looks like a set-up for a repetition of the Aurora-Vanesa-Lorenzo triangle.

Vanesa makes yet another play for Lorenzo and once again is rejected.

When Gustavo learns that Martín is Lorenzo’s son, he fires him.

Inés is ever more fragile and unstable. Even so, Aurora refuses to forgive her for her past transgressions.

Lorenzo asks Martín to stay in the family apartment with Nina while he and Natalia are in Madrid. (Lorenzo knows nothing about Nina’s obsession with her stepbrother or how she seduced him at the graduation party. But Natalia knows perfectly well that Nina is in love with Martín.)

Lorenzo acknowledges to Martín that he has fallen in love with the new Aurora.

Note: Friday’s show is worth watching if you are late in coming to this novela or have missed an episode or two. It’s a nice summary of main events up to now.


Alguien te Mira
Yes, Julián is the serial killer. NJ Sue, I think you were the first one to call it. And Vivi in DC picked up on Julián’s traumatic history before the writers made it explicit. Nicely done, ladies!
Julían tells Eva that he was 18 when he killed for the first time. And he hints that the victim was his own mother. He rejects Eva’s plea that he spare her because of her daughter. She sent her daughter away, he tells her. And he didn’t come looking for Eva – it was she who came after him.

And after these revelations, he pulls her towards him. In that instant, all our hopes for Eva's escape vanish. Julián stabs Eva to death. And then he lies beside her bloody corpse and admires his handiwork.

Mercifully, Eva's last thoughts are of her daughter. She visualizes her as a young lady. The last word in her mind: Gracias.

Julián has appeared distracted lately; he seems to be having a hard time keeping up his “normal” life. Everyone chalks up his odd behavior to his concern about Eva. His distraction is largely calculated: it is perhaps how he imagines an ordinary person would act under the circumstances. But every now and then, the mask slips and his friends look at him curiously. Even Piedad seems to be wondering at times but still appears inclined to trust him.

Matilde may still be in love with Mauricio in spite of his voyeurism. It seems pretty clear that he really loves her.

Luisa Carvajal has shown herself to be a true friend to Eva by insisting that the police pursue aggressively the investigation of her disappearance. She also kept Mauricio’s sex tapes away from the male detectives.

Benja continues pursuing Camila. She claims to be trying to distance herself from him, but in Friday’s episode, the two end up in bed together. Meanwhile the relationship between Benja and Tati is strained to the breaking point. And Lucía is the first person to tell Tati to her face that Benja has been unfaithful to her.

Rodrigo goes to a group session at a rehab center; he remains dubious but now at least he has taken the first step.

Pedro Pablo and Lola demand a DNA test but Luci la Loca says she’s within her rights to refuse such an invasive procedure during the pregnancy. They’ll have to wait nine months. Lola is falling apart. At work at Tatiana’s place, she can’t stop crying.

Other developments in Friday’s episode:
Tire track evidence links Benja to Eva’s disappearance. When he is called in for questioning, he admits to Carvajal that Tati’s alibi for the morning Eva disappeared was false.

Someone mails a photo to Rodrigo. It shows him and Benja at the site where they dug up the heart, the precise site where Eva went missing. It could only have been taken by the murderer.

Matilde is shocked by how callously Julián speaks about Eva when her fate is still unknown and he is supposedly in love with her.

Pedro Pablo caves in to Lucía’s threat to tell her story to the press. He give her back her job at the clinic so she doesn’t drag their name through the mud.

And finally, and most horribly, a group of young cyclists finds Eva’s body in the park. It is set out in an elaborate display, covered in white petals and surrounded by blood-red rose petals.

Julián feigns grief as he announces to his colleagues: Eva está muerta.

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* Asunción and Caramelo visit their old friend and his two sons who live somewhere in the slum district, though at first the man doesn't realise that the elegant man at his doorstep is his old beggar pal.

* Medina notices Elsa's sadness and asks her if she has something to tell him. He's sure something has happened to her. Elsa starts crying and says she's afraid that if she tells him everything he may change his opinion of her. She has a brother whom she loves much but he's in prison... again. Medina comforts her, he swears she can count on him and kisses her cheek. *Viewerville: wow*



* Asunción confesses to his friend he and Caramelo want to leave Juan José's house because he doesn't like the way he acts and how he treats Elsa lately. His friend doesn't understand him, okay, that JJ must be mad about his architect girlfriend and may be irritating, but think about Caramelo's future! Asunción admits he does enjoy being rich and having everything. Yeah, he does have a TV, too. He invites the family to watch the football match with them in the hotel apartment.



* Gaby and Leo are just talking on phone about a meeting next day when David shows up and nervously asks her about the photos the made in Los Angeles. She responses she can't find them, they must've been lost. David has a Bale Out moment: he's not stupid and she should've made up a better story! What? He shows her the photo from Carlos's office. The couple shout each other's head off and Bertha listens to their quarrel with the utmost pleasure. Finally David tells Gaby he's very sorry for marrying her and runs upstairs.



* The guys and the kids are watching the football match when the doorbell rings, and Alejandra shows up. Miss Snobby's eyes almost pop out of her head when she sees JJ's guests and the mess in the apartment and hears the noises, but the last straw is when one of the kids called Chicles asks if she's Auntie Elsa? So she turns up the nose, rudely refuses to be introduced to the guys and quickly leaves.



* Outside the Genovés villa a weeping Gaby calls Leo who invites her for a coffee. In the restaurant he admits he thinks she doesn't know much about her husband. But she loves him so much... He hugs and comforts the sad woman.



* JJ follows Alejandra to the garage and they bicker about what happened in the apartment. JJ is angry at Ale for being a snobbish princess, and a very jealous Ale says oh, she's sorry for not being Auntie Elsa! And of course they confused her with Elsa, he's obviously talking about her all day!



* Gabriela tries to convince David that she doesn't understand how Carlos got the photo but it's hopeless. He leaves the house with his suitcase and shouts he wants to divorce. *Viewerville: rolleye* Gabriela tells everything to the Balmori sisters, and although Bertha does her best to act like a surprised, innocent, good-hearted girl who has nothing to do with the scandal, and who's very worried for the young couple, she can't fool Alejandra.



* Carlos tells Adolfo David plans to do an audit in Sagitario. Naturally he threw him and his accountants out but there may be problems since the last balance sheet they made was falsified. Dolphie says it's not his job, but actually it is since he's the manager of the restaurants. Daddy orders his son to bring all books of accounts to their home but Carlos, who prefer running the business lawfully, doesn't like it and asks Adolfo is they have robbed their associates or no. Adolfo has a tantrum and calls David but he refuses to talk with him.

* At the architect studio Ale is complaining to Mina about her relationship with Mina when the big guy shows up. What's her problem? Elsa! She's obviously too important for him. JJ insists that she's his a-mi-ga, or she's like a sister for him. They know each other for a long time because she has been visited her brother who was his cellmate. Oh, yeah? And was her brother imprisoned innocently too, asks Ale sarcastically. JJ decides to leave before he explodes but she asks him to wait - and she throws the keys of the house at him. The job is done.



* Leo interrogates the jeweler Marcos sold the first diamonds to. Where are the gems now? An old customer of him

bought them? And what's that customer's name? Yolanda Rey.



* Elsa asks Mauricio for a day off because she plans to visit her brother, and the knight in the shining armor and glasses offers to accompany her.

* In the hotel apartment JJ tells Asunción about his quarrels with Ale. She's is angry at him because of Elsa. Asunción says Elsa is like them, she's one of them and JJ agrees. He realizes he treated her very badly and decides to visit her. However, at Mauricio's office he runs into the extra from Mad Men again who tells him Elsa and Medina left together and doesn't know when they're going to return. Outside he gets a phone call from Gabriela who'd like to meet him.

* Poor, desperate Abelardo meets Fausto in the headquarters and begs him to return as Mario again. They have to control David somehow before he commits another stupidity, like the audit in the restaurants. But Fausto is completely fed up with the Genovés family, and refuses to obey. He runs out and while Abe's chasing him outside the building Susana shows up holding a suitcase. She says her husband left her, she has nowhere to go and needs a job... please, please, please, help him! Since Abe has a heart of gold he sends her to the Genovés villa and says try to talk with Sra Gabriela. After he leaves Susana's tears dry out immediately.



* In the restaurant JJ gives a lovely paper rose he made to Gaby but she's more interested in what he wants from her new family. He admits it was Mario and Adolfo Ávila who sent him into jail 11 years ago.

* Mr. Hot Cop and his faithful assistant visit Yolanda at her flat and says he wants to interrogate her in the AFI headquarters. But why, why, why?! Because she bought stolen diamonds. A brief relief passes over Yolanda's face but when she learns Leo is talking about the famous diamonds from The Shoes she gets frightened again.



* Susana shows up at the doorstep of the Genovés villa and begs Gaby for job. Bertha says she never employs

anyone who doesn't have references but Gabriela takes pity on her. Great, now we have one more viper in the Genovés household. Speaking of snakes, an angry Adolfo stroms into the hall and threatens Gaby: her precious husband has no right to order audits or play the boss of the company. He isn't even Mario's son!



Aribeth

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Ahoy all, I am subbing for Judy tonight who is busily making pies for her Thanksgiving dinner. Tomorrow night our show is pre-empted and Carlos will pick it back up on Friday.

Capitulo 74

Last night we left off with poor Gretel hearing her uncle’s voice in her head, “Juana Felipa Perez, Juana Felipa Perez”. Chilling words indeed.

Poor silly Gretel blabs her knowledge to Mama Fedra Juana and is rewarded with a “What did you say stupid?” and knock-out slap across the face. Fedra keeps yelling at Gretel but the omnipresent Bernardo points out that the little crazy one has fainted. (Hardly fainted, but OK.) Spidey tells Fedra he knows what she’s thinking but remember that Gretel is her daughter. Fedra says that amongst animals sometimes a mother has to sacrifice a cub for the sake of the litter. Yikes!!

Over at the happy house without locks Brandon regales the ladies with his tale of the prison takeover and how Oliver almost got killed. Doris agrees with Maggie, Oliver put himself in harm’s way because of his despair.

They are interrupted by the bustling arrival of the lovebirds, M&Em. Netty’s happy, Brandon not so much. Eman tells him to get used to it, from now on he and Mari are inseparable, but they don’t want to share the big news until Oliver gets home. OK if you all insist, we’re going to get married! QUE???

Kristel calls Ilitia to tell her the horrible news about Eman’s marriage. The nasty fresas start hatching their nefarious plot to divide the love birds.

Brandon’s been busy huffing and puffing his chest. He reminds Mari she vowed in front of the world she was done with Eman forever. Aw shucks, it was just a simple misunderstanding, kissy kissy face face.

Oliver has Mauricio over at the police station cutting a deal. Mauricio agrees to give up Garduno if Oliver gets him out of jail. Oli tells Mau he’s in luck because they are going to catch that scourge Garduno this very night. Now sign on the dotted line. (Is that how it works? I never knew.)

Let’s join the lackluster celebration over at Netty’s. The disconsolate damas are ready to toast with beer but Brandon leaves the room in a snit. Eman seems not to notice the mood, but he announces no beer for him, he’s got to drive his moto back home for dinner. Netty tells Mari she’s crazy. Brandon breezes through on his way to work and pontificates that he hopes he’s wrong but he fears Eman will be Mari’s own misfortune.

The terrible twosome of Ilitia and Kristel are “in shock” (yes, they even say it in English) over the engagement of M&Em. What’s worse, Kristel reveals that Fedra actually toasted with Champagne. Aha! Ilitia reveals Eman’s plot to marry Mari. Kristel is impressed until Ilitia announces she thinks Eman really DOES love Mari. Kristel whips out a big piece of paper and shares her idea for messing with the engagement. Her plan will split them up (let’s say it together) “Por Ever, byeeee.”

PSA alert!! Eman runs into Benigno and recruits him to help Eman in his research regarding the causes of obesity. Poor Benigno gets to be the guinea pig as we blast through numerous scenes of pamphlets, scales, food pyramids, consultations, the treadmill, and tasteless low-fat lunches.

Speaking of hunger (we were, weren’t we?) Delicia is tidying up with her shapely derierre in the air when who should come into the room but the smitten horndog Axel. Delicia scolds him for his rotten choice in novias and tells him she hopes he gets his memory back soon. He starts kissing her hand and tries to elicit her illicit assistance when who should sneak into the room but mama bear. Whoops! Delicia skedaddles and Fedra’s happy to see her son acting like a real man but doesn’t exactly agree with his taste for the lower classes.

Alone, Axel is about to bite into a big red juicy apple when suddenly he starts to hear himself as a child begging his mother, “No no no no, I don’t want to go to this place!!”

Back at work Eman runs into Lowrenzo who is publicly sliming all over the latest hottie provided by Garduno. Low starts to half-heartedly pipe up about Ilitia but since he’s busy they’ll talk later. Then surprise, Ilitia is in Eman’s office with a couple of drinks to celebrate his engagement with La Gorda. This is turning into quite a day for Emanuel.

Garduno gets out of jail and is met by his lawyer and Baldy. Baldy reassures him that Lowrenzo is getting help in forgetting his son thanks to the lusty charms of the lovely Zulema. “Zulema?” says Garduno, but she’s his most special filly that he raised since she was a girl. He hopes Lowrenzo treats her well. Do I hear an “uh oh”?

Our two favorite polis are hunkered down in a van nearby spying on Garduno’s release. It looks like Mauricio has also been released from jail much to Garduno’s surprise. Mau says thanks but my family got me out. However now he has to start from zero so he’s ready to do some sort of shady deal with Garduno ASAP. Garduno gives him an address and tells him to be there tonight. With cash.

Back at work Eman is highly suspicious of Ilitia who seems to be sincere in her congratulations. She loves him but wishes him to be happy. Sure she does. She has a surprise for him and he’s all Uh Oh, now what? Horns blow and confetti falls as all his work pals jump out with a “Surprise!”

Kristel seems to be feeling better. She’s perked herself up with a venemous visit to her cousin. She wants to return Mari’s diary and to share that same big piece of paper that she showed Ilitia earlier. Mari is shocked to discover that it’s an invitation to the marriage of…Emanuel and Ilitia? Cara impactada de Marianela.

Emiliano tells Fedra he’s going to visit Gretel at the clinic. Think fast Fedra. Uh, she had to remove Gretel because that desgraciado was stalking her. She had to ship Gretel far away to that place where they put cheese on top of their enchiladas. And, uh, she forgot to tell Emiliano because it happened so fast, but it’s a great place and soon Gretel’s nightmare will be over. Emiliano tells her his nightmare won’t be over until he’s done with her lies. Then he leaves? What about getting more info on Gretel? Sheesh, these people.

Mari tears up The Invitation and calls it a bad joke but Kristel says no, it’s the real deal, really, check out the date. Two months after you get married he’ll ask for a divorce, get his legacy, then marry Ilitia. “It’s a lie, Emanuel loves me!” shouts Mari. This is echoed by my honey who happens to be passing through the room, “es una mentira, Emanuel me quiere! Mentira mentira mentira.” No comments from the wise ass peanut gallery please.

Kristel assures Mari that Emanuel is only marrying her for the money. She makes a funny, he’s hit the jackpot, El Premio Gordo, literally the fat prize. Mari ain’t laughing.

Back at work everybody is wearing shiny pointy hats and boozing it up. Some chick even starts swinging her hips while trying to maintain her balance on the squishy set bed. Ilitia continues to convince our dopey galan that she’s really truly accepted his engagement. The group toasts to Eman and Marianela and they encourage him to chug his big snifter of booze, “otro, otro, otro”. He downs shots, he wears pointy hats on his head, time passes, he staggers, he dances on the squishy bed, Iitia smirks, and night falls.

Mauricio is in a warehouse or possibly the disco. Brandon and Oliver, in full SWAT gear lurk around the corner. Garduno arrives with his cronies Baldy and Basura, whips out his gun and demands to see the cash.

Delicia brings Alex’s guitar to his room just has he emerges from the bathroom wearing only a towel which is wrapped precariously at best. Oh, he’s also wearing flip-flops. I know you won’t believe me when I tell you he drops his towel. Ay dios mio! She tries to dash but he rewraps and asks her to stay. Does he know how to play the guitar? She says his mom made him stop because music isn’t manly. He wants to know more. Delicia, never at a loss for words, tells him 1. he never had a girlfriend, 2. he never brought girls to the house, and… Axel knows, he’s heard he doesn’t like women but “that can’t be true because I like you and you’re a woman, right?” He gives a most charming smile and asks Delicia if she will help him get his memory back.

The shady business deal is going down with threats of death in case of double cross and our polis getting ants in their pants outside the room. Garduno tells Orangey welcome to the big leagues and here is all your pirated merchandise. The polis backups have arrived and they come crashing into the warehouse.

Eman is draped in streamers and drunk as a skunk. Luckily Ilitia is there to hold up his staggering bad self and put him to bed in the set bed. NOT! She saunters over and slips her dress down over her shoulders, promising him this last time will be the best time he’s ever had. OMG he mutters.

Garduno tells the police that he and Mr. Fonseca have made a completely legal transaction. Oliver starts ripping the boxes apart and finds only packing foam. He points his gun at Mauricio and calls him a wretch. This, to me, seems terribly stupid.

Zulema is doing her naughty thing to Lowrenzo but alas, they are interrupted by Fedra. Oh hell yeah, this ought to be good. Fedra reacts, um, negatively.

Yo soy sexy plays, Emanuel is passed out, and a naked Ilitia waits for her audience. Kristel pushes an incredulous Mari onto the set as Ilitia pledges her undying love for Eman. Mari can’t believe he would be with Ilitia on the same day that he made love to her! Oh believe it, sez Ilitia. Somehow Mari does not seem to notice that Eman is not conscious. Hello! The fresas enact some bogus scene and Mari falls for it. Ilitia explains that she and Eman have been making love since the afternoon which explains why he’s so (she lifts the blanket for peek) TIRED. Score one for the nasty girls as Mari runs screaming into the night vowing she’ll be nobody’s joke.

“Lorenzo, who’s that woman?” asks the lovely but cursed Zulema. Fedra rips off her dress revealing her savage corset. She grabs Zulema and drags her out of the room by her hair. Oh looky, Lowrenzo is tied to the bed and can’t help. Dang this is priceless.

Oliver blabs to all and sundry that Mauricio betrayed them. The Polis are pissed but powerless. Garduno whispers that Orangey has proven he can be trusted. I hope it’s worth it because he gets marched back to jail.

Out in the hallway Fedra has trashed Zulema and announces to the neighbors that she’s a complete prostitute. “No, not me, her!” snarls the vixen in the leopard corset, leather pants and black boots as she hitches up her tatas.

Fedra storms back into Low’s bedroom vowing he’ll regret this. She spies HER whip in a box that’s half-opened. The nerve! She removes it and cracks it viciously. Lowrenzo begs for his sorry ass but this only angers our dominatrix further. She takes out her leather toys one by one looking for her precious. Where is it? Ah…she picks it up off the floor. It’s her favorite switchblade, remember?

Feliz Dia de Accion de Gracias everyone!

On Friday: Mari hates Emanuel and she’s off to Spain.


Lorenzo’s Dicho:
Quien mala cama hace, en ella se yace = You made your bed, now lie in it.

A veces entre los animales la madre tiene sacrificar a un cachorro para salvar al resto de la camada. = Amongst the animals, sometimes a mother has to sacrifice a cub to save the rest of the litter.

Lacra = scourge

Tu propia desgracia = your own misfortune

El premio gordo = the jackpot

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Old married couple David and Gabriela are ecstatic in each other's company, drinking champagne at a fine restaurant; when David learns champagne makes Gabriela very jolly, he determines to order three more bottles immediately.

At the Mirador restaurant, Juan José's and Alejandra's building appetites require more than food; and after hastily arranging for the presidential suite in the penthouse, he rushes her giddily and greedily to the elevators, which don't arrive faster for laying on the UP button.





The car empties them out on the top floor just in time, because they barely make it to the hallway love seat before rending their garments, rolling around together to get at the sweet promises underneath; and they leave a trail of kisses, caresses and discards all the way to the suite door -- to afford viewers a lucky look at Juan José's firm flanks (and an unidentified flying fuzzy object over his tropic zone), when Alejandra understandably fumbles with the key card before they tumble in.

Love birds David and Gabriela arrive home, embracing and murmuring and chuckling all the way in, after David revealed at the restaurant that he's never felt for anyone what he feels for Gabriela. Bertha confronts them, trying to interrupt with news that "Mario" never called, but it rolls off their backs; and they are solid tonight.

At the condo, Félix reports happily to Adolfo that they found Roberto -- and what's more the trefoil ring, which Adolfo notes upon examination are the same stones, but different setting. Presently Bertha enters, casting a jaundiced eye at Félix's jaundiced eye, and pleases Adolfo by completing her mission and delivering Gabriela's L.A. photos.

Ramón dismays Leonardo at his AFI office by delivering other photos, this time of Santiago Guzmán -- who is unfortunately definitely by image and fact Fausto Guillén. Ramón notes the ages of the daughters match, and Leonardo is loathe to arrest Santiago before investigating -- although Ramón's suggestion he could have killed Márta out of jealousy clearly makes sickening sense to Leonardo.

Turning to his computer, the screen saver of a black Labrador retriever is replaced by old records showing that Adolfo accused Santiago; and Leonardo notes that Gabriela overheard "Mario" speak of Márta, too. Phoning Santiago to ask again about the L.A. photos, Leonardo has no patience for excuses and will ask Gabriela himself for this possible evidence against Adolfo, if Santiago does not; so Santiago acquiesces and will do it.

Hanging up, Santiago claims to Julieta he wants an L.A. trip photo to frame for the apartment, and Julieta agrees to ask when she reaches Gabriela's house. At the condo, seeing Adolfo burn the photos and negatives, Yolanda erupts in anger to think Bertha knows everything now.

But Adolfo mollifies her with news that Bertha neither was told nor asked for information before delivering the photos. Adolfo admires Bertha's intelligence and appreciates her discretion. Yolanda and Adolfo are both relieved no one can connect them to the shoes; and getting back to business, Adolfo reminds Yolanda they'll discuss the archeological artifacts she'll take to the beach house.

In the presidential suite, a smiling and robed Alejandra exits the bath to view El Presidente spent and sprawled on the destruction of their bed, her bra stretched across one side of his face. Sensing more on the horizon, Juan José bolts awake and meets her bounding into bed, vowing he's thought of nothing else than being like this day and night since they met. Hiking her around his waist, Juan José judges the view better with Alejandra on top, where she rewards him by slipping the robe off her shoulders.



At Mario's, Abelardo's distraught that David has ordered an audit of the Ávila books and can't dissuade him; Abelardo even tries to enlist Gabriela to convince David, but she is loathe to interfere in the business, despite insistence it's a dangerous action.

After they exit, Bertha phones Carlos at the condo to set up a meeting with him; he's intrigued -- especially to hear she has a little gift for him. After he hangs up, an eavesdropping Yolanda entreats him to leave Bertha alone; and when he assumes it's over Adolfo's interest, he points out Adolfo has his money and Carlos has other weapons to fight with.

Bertha phones Mina at the office to check on Alejandra, reporting her sister's absence last night. Presently, Alejandra appears at the office, and avidly curious Mina notes she's wearing the same clothes as yesterday -- but Alejandra's grinning lips are sealed, to Mina's disappointment.

When Elsa visits Caramelo at the hotel suite, she learns Juan José was absent last night, too; and he chooses that moment to enter and lie about his whereabouts, pretty much sealing the deal for Elsa, who exits never wanting to speak to him again. Juan José tries to blame Asunción for meddling; and as Asunción and Caramelo leave for school, the two of them agree they'd rather be poor again. It was more fun.

Adolfo visits the holding house to question a clueless Roberto who's astounded and mystified to hear he's been beaten to a pulp because Mario is supposedly alive. Roberto convincingly swears he saw both bodies burning, but Adolfo also saw "Mario" alive and assumes he's lying -- and if he can't admit it, the dead one will be Roberto!

At Mario's, Gabriela and Julieta agree that "Mario" and Santiago are both acting strangely, Julieta putting it down to age. They go to look for the L.A. photos just as Alejandra enters to speak to Abelardo. In the office, after learning no one's heard from her uncle, Alejandra gets Abelardo to confirm her suspicions and regretfully admit Mario did indeed die in the accident.

When Bertha and Carlos meet at a restaurant, she gives him one L.A. photo she held in reserve from Adolfo -- a photo of Gabriela alone in the outfit and shoes Adolfo gave her. Carlos and Bertha both apparently see it as a way to needle David, though; and Carlos will have it framed.

In Gabriela's bedroom suite, neither she nor Julieta can dig up the pictures; they're strangely missing from the little box she kept them in. Meanwhile, down in the office, a tearful Alejandra can hardly believe how good Santiago is at mimicking her uncle; but can't imagine continuing to feign he really is Mario. Abelardo begs her to continue doing so -- and to even help the recalcitrant Santiago; and Alejandra reluctantly agrees to try.

Back upstairs, Gabriela is just ticking off all the weird occurrences of late when she's reminded of Juan José's mysterious request and phones him to make sure he's not planning to hurt her family, which he firmly denies. They decide to set a meeting time tomorrow.

At the holding house, even after a bit more convincing, Roberto still insists he killed Mario Genovés. He grits out through blood and loose teeth that he is absolutely sure he saw the bodies burning, infuriating Adolfo further. He's in San Miguel de Allende now! Adolfo maintains.

And Roberto has to finish the job, plus explain how he got the trefoil gems that Adolfo acquired ages ago in Egypt as part of a unique set -- which Roberto finally admits he stole from the waitresses' apartment. And now Adolfo is completely frustrated, because there's no reason it should have been there -- no reason!

Carlos puts the newly framed picture of Gabriela in his desk drawer at the Sagittarius office, until Abelardo and the auditors arrive, angering him so that he gives them the boot; and then in a fit of pique, Carlos retrieves Gabriela's photo from the drawer and displays it prominently on the credenza behind him.

Leonardo visits Santiago at home and admits he was already suspicious about Adolfo over his inordinate interest in the shoes; but then he turns pointedly and asks what Santiago thinks. Flustered, Santiago insists he's never met Adolfo; and as Leonardo noncommittally responds, Julieta enters with surprising news that the L.A. photos just disappeared.

Unshockingly, David makes a beeline for the Sagittarius after Carlos booted his auditors and Abelardo; and David's just beginning to berate Carlos when he spies the conspicuously displayed photo of his own wife behind Carlos on the credenza, the anger on his face turning to incredulity -- as opposed to Carlos's spreading spiteful grin.

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Okay, I suppose you are all wondering about the title. Couldn’t come up with a good one so decided to give a shout out to my mom as it is her birthday today. Also I know everyone is probably going to be very busy tonight and tomorrow so I decided to do a “one view run through, from my notes and if I didn’t get it all feel free to add, delete or correct” recap. I have a 20 lb turkey lurking in my fridge and it needs to get in the oven very early in the morning. So happy Thanksgiving and may you all have safe travels to and from your destinations.

Eva is leaving the mansion. As she looks back we see Daniel coming out the door. There are exchanged sorrowful looks and then Eva turns and starts running away leaving Daniel to look on as if in torture.

Marcia has a little talk with Vicky. She wants to know if she is happy with the way things are with Daniel. She gives her some wonderful “motherly advise” She tells her she is pretty enough but in today’s world a girls got to be more than pretty to get her man. She needs to be a little bit wicked (maldad) as well. (This coming from the wicked witch of the north.) . They talk more and Marcia tells Vicky she thinks something is going on. Vicky agrees with her. She tells her she needs to be resourceful to make sure that Daniel doesn’t look at anyone else.

Marisol and Fran are still at the restaurant. She comes up with a big whopper about Damian. She tells him he is a crazy person who has been following her and is obsessed with her (I think) and that he was put away in a mental institute but has escaped (or was released/ it is lie so does it matter?) Fran being the galan, promises her that he will make sure no one bothers her again.

Somewhere in all this wonderful editing is a little part where Eva shows up at the pension and tells Alicia it is over. She tells her about the conversation with Daniel and it was horrible. She also tells her Marcia warned her to stay away from Daniel. Alicia wants to know if Marcia fired her. Eva tells her it was her choice to leave. She was an idiot to fall for Daniel and she is really hurting now. We have a sisterly supportive hug.

I think it is the next day. Julio is in bed and Max is barking away. (Must be his alarm clock) He finds Eva’s note and starts reading it. Then he starts screaming like crazy for Renata. She comes running in. He demands to know where Eva is. He orders her to go get her and bring her to his room. Renata searches Eva’s room. Nope no Eva there. Then she asks one of the other servants if they have seen Eva. She tells her Eva hasn’t arrived yet. A very disheartened Julio now realizes it is a certainty. She has left and won’t be returning.

Alicia and Eva are chatting. Eva feels she did the right thing but feels badly because she knows Julio will miss her. Alicia encourages her to think about going back. Eva assures her there is no going back. In the meantime our maidenly troll is giving the wicked witch the news that Julio is really upset because she left her card of resignation.

We are now at the ad Agency (or wherever it is that Dan work’s at.) He is talking shop with his pretty assistant Maritza. They are talking about an important presentation they are about to give. Marti gets very close to Daniel and as she is caressing his face, guess who walks in? Vicky. She does not look pleased. Marti excuses herself. Vicky still has her “charms” about her and sweetly tells Daniel she will not be able to have breakfast with him and leaves. Next think we know she is in Marti’s office wearing a very sinister look.

She chews Marti out for getting to close to Daniel and touching his face. Marti tells her for her “tranquility” that there is nothing going on between them, she also says something I didn’t catch. I think she told her that Daniel isn’t interested in neither of them.

Julio is still quite upset and talking with Marcia. She has nothing good to say about Eva. Julio defends her and Marcia barks “look at the way she just up and left. Without any thought about you.” Julio tells her he doesn’t believe that and orders her to go look for her. He needs her back in the house right now!!! Marcia tells him she will get him a new assistant.

Eva is doing a little soul searching on the beach as she talks to herself about the mess she is in. She says she didn’t even know Daniel had a girlfriend. She looks upward pleading for help from her dad.

Our next scene is of Vicky putting to use some of her mother’s advice as she is sitting at Marti’s desk and messing with her computer.

So now we are at the presentation and guess what? It isn’t going well for poor Marti. All the numbers are wrong. The clients are miffed and wants to end the meeting and Daniel seems to be a bit in the fog. Marcia apologizes to the clients for the mediocre work of Daniel’s assistant.

Marti approaches Marcia to apologize and our Wicked witch isn’t having any of it. Leo pipes in that they will loose millions of dollars. Daniel tries to take some of the blame and Marcia says it isn’t his fault it is all that stupid girls and fires her on the spot.

Daniel asks her about what happened and why the numbers were all wrong and when did they change. Marti swears they were right and has no idea what went wrong. He tells her when things settle down he will talk to Marcia.

Vicky has returned to the office and tells Dan she came back for her phone. She says it was a shame that they lost the big deal. Daniel can’t believe that Marti would mess up like that. Vicky remarks what a day it’s been with two people out of work. Daniel inquires who else is out of work and Vicky tells him that Eva quit her job. Daniel looks shocked.

More sisterly chat with Alicia telling Eva she will get a job and Eva once again telling her she needs to finish her education.

There is a knock on the pension door and it is Daniel. He tells Justa he came to see Eva. She sends Adrian in to tell her. Adrian tells Eva her boyfriend is in the living room waiting to see her. She asks “what boyfriend?” He tells her the one that was at the party. Alicia has been sent to tell Daniel that Eva does not want to see him. She is tired of all his words and his letters. He gets all crazy and Alicia becomes concerned. He tells her that Eva has made him crazy.

Eva walks into the living room. Daniel tells her she can’t quit her job because of him. She pleads with him to forget about her. He says “if it was just that easy.” She now has the letter in her hand and rips it up while Daniel continues his begging. She firmly tells him to leave her alone and walks away. We see a heartbroken Daniel bending down to retrieve the torn letter.

We have another person not exactly pleased that Eva has quit her job. He is talking with Renata. She tells him she did everyone a favor by leaving. Leo wants to know if she had anything to do with her leaving. Renata tells him no but she would have been pleased if it would have been her fault. He starts off to go after her and Renata tries to stop him. He is outside now with her insisting he shouldn’t go after her. Marcia shows up and tells him that women will not step a foot inside this house again no matter what Julio wants.

Back at the office, Clara is asking Marti if she thinks Vicky changed the numbers. She tells Clara she is sure she did it. She had warned her earlier to stay away from Daniel. Clara encourages her to fight for her job. Marti replies “who do you think Marcia would believe? Me or her daughter?”

Said daughter is lounging on the beach with her buddy Claudia telling her all about the deed. Claudia is concerned that Maybe Mommy dearest won’t be so pleased.

Alicia has returned to Eva telling her she can’t imagine the sad face Daniel had. Eva reminds her that Daniel has a girlfriend. Alicia tells her he is not in love with his girlfriend. Eva isn’t buying this. She tells Alicia all he wants to do is make fun of her.

Leo is at Daniel’s house. Dan wants to know what he is doing there. Leo accuses him setting all this up just to get Eva out of the house so he could win the game. Daniel tells him to forget about his stupid strategies. Daniels tells Leo he is in no mood for this. Leo now wonders if Dan has fallen in love with Eva. We see little Laurita hiding away but listening intently in. (Bingo anyone?)

Daniel tells Leo the best thing is for Eva to leave. Leo tells Daniel he will look for her. I am not certain about this but I think Daniel tells Leo that Marcia suspects something and Leo tells him that Marcia knows everything. He asks Daniel again if he has fallen in love with Eva then says “What a shame because I want her for myself.” Leo also reminds Daniel that Vicky is his girlfriend and warns him not to hurt his sister.

This was an interesting turn of events. Justa has taken Adrian shopping and runs into an old friend. It turns out they use to work together at Julio’s business. They haven’t seen each other for a very long time. The friend causally inquires “ What has been happening in your life? Did you have a boy or a girl?” Oh oh! Justa gets quite unnerved and hurries off to pay for her purchase telling Beatrice it was good to see her again and leaves. Beatrice is now paying her bill and notices that Justa has forgotten her drivers license behind and rushes off after her. Justa is nowhere to be found.

Laurita and Jacky are talking. Laurita tells her all about the conversation she overheard. She knows that her dad likes Eva because they are always fighting. Jacky wonders if she is pulling for Eva because she wants her in her life. She confesses to Laurita that she agrees with her but they need to keep this as their little secret.

And out of nowhere we see Bruno lying shirtless in some bed talking on the phone. He is lying to Marcia telling her he is at the airport now. There was more talk about what he is supposedly doing and I hear my turkey gobbling so I really got to wrap this up. Anyway she tells him she will see him in his office and he suggests a more intimate meeting at dinner. She ponders this slyly and tells him she could do that. She suddenly gets freaked as she sees Julio scooting around the corner in his “Hover around.”

She tells Bruno she has to hang up. Something inconvenient has just come up. Julio wants to know if she is now referring to him as her inconvenience. She accuses him of playing the role of a victim. He quips back “I suppose the inconvenience is that I am sole owner of the Arismante (?) fortune.

Now Julio has wheeled into Marcia’s bedroom. She can’t believe he would leave his sanctuary to enter her room. He asks her who she was talking to. She tells him it was business. She then asks him why he is in her bedroom. He starts shouting at her and tells her he gave her an order and she will do it. Marcia tells him she will not have that woman back in her house. He tells her it is his house and she will go find her!!

Daniel and Laurita are having supper. Laurita eats everything but Daniel has no appetite and leaves the table. We skip over to the pension and see that Eva doesn’t have much of an appetite either. Now we are back and forth with our star crossed lovers both looking longingly off to the distance. We get flashbacks of all the kisses. Dan wonders what he should do and Eva thinks to herself that she just won’t see him any more.

New day. New plan. Dan is on the phone to the florist. What should he send? Roses? No maybe tulips. Maybe orchids. Light bulb moment!!!! Why not just buy out the whole store and send her everything. Our clerk seems a bit distressed as she has no one who can deliver that much. No problem. He will send his Chauffer over to help. He tells her what to write on the card. I think it said something like this “What you see are not flowers, they are actually apologies. Because of me you decided to leave the house and quit your job.”

We see Francisco carting a truckload of flowers into the pension. The living room is full of flowers. Goofy Marisol assumes they are for her. She muses that if Francisco realizes she lives in the pension and not a mansion and has sent all the flowers that he really does care for her. Ricky states anyone that would send this many flowers really has to be in love. Marisol’s little bubble is sadly busted when Alicia spots the card and tells her they are not for her they are for Eva and they are from Daniel. Eva is left speechless and that is where we end.




Had to leave you with at least one picture. Happy Thanksgiving and Happy birthday Mom!!!

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Capitulo 103.
Read Julie’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fernando is brooding on something when Marcia calls. First she harangues about him meeting some honey, then she tells him to use their time apart to think whether he really wants to marry her. He says she has no idea how pensive / thoughtful he’s been (about that) ever since he got home.

2. Lety tells her diary that every day Fernando feels closer to her, and she believes that now he really is in love with her. She says, “I can’t imagine losing him,” while Marcia whines to him, “I don’t want to lose you.”

3. Fernando dreams that Ariel took his presidency and can swat him with lightening bolts because he has the proof of the embargo. His parents found the red bag and The Letter, and Mama calls him a bad son.

4. Alicia talks pillow talk to the love of her life, her Mercedes. She takes her red bag of jewelry to her desk.

5. Omar suggests that maybe Lety found the red bag, and that makes Fernando start worrying. Then he sees the red bag under Alicia’s desk and he tries to separate it from her. She tells him the bag holds what will pay her debts and rescue her from poverty. Now he’s really worried that she’ll blackmail him with the letter.

6. While they’re house hunting, someone is stalking Erasmo: a cougar in leopard print name Matilde. Meanwhile Lety has an ugly fantasy where the newlyweds kissy-face in the bedroom and Fern tells Marcia that Lety was just a fling; how could he possibly love someone as ugly as her?

7. Fernando swipes Alicia’s red bag from the bathroom, but Ali blames Juana.

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Capitulo 104.
Read Julie’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Tom says he’s engaged to Lety to keep Matilde at bay. Tom says Lety pushes him around without regard for his feelings, and I say he’s right.

2. Fernando takes Alicia’s red bag to his office, and every time he tries to open it, someone barges in and Fernando has to ditch the bag, each time funnier than the last. Ali says he should’ve loaned her money, and Fern thinks it’s a request for blackmail payoff.

3. The cuartel pleads for Juana’s job, and Sara cracks up Camil for reals; he doesn’t even try to hide it. Alicia catches Fernando trying to put her red bag back.

4. Matilde takes video of Tom and Lety as a couple. The cuartel takes up a collection for Alicia’s poverty, just to humiliate her.

5. Fernando sits at Lety’s desk to feel close to her. He calls her house and finds out she’s with Tomás. Un hombre muy, pero MUY celoso reaches Lety on Tom’s cell phone.

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* Leo tells Gaby that Marta was a dancer who was murdered by her husband. They also state that Adolfo, Fausto and Yolanda surely knew her, and Leo asks her to keep quiet about these information and let him first investigate about that woman.

* Fausto learns from Yolanda Gaby knows that he visited Marta's tomb and that she payed the expenses of the funeral. Can you hear the ceiling over Fausto cracking?



* Gaby tells Juli that JJ gave her his phone number and he wants to tell her about his past. Strange guy. Julieta encourages her to call him.

* Susana freaks out when she sees Marcos's picture in a newspaper.

* Ramón asks Leo if he think the shoes that Marcos was talking about are the same that the Guillén girls get rid of in LA? Leo doesn't know but the girls made photographs, didn't they. But he can't ask for the photos directly because he would have to tell Gaby everything. What if she passes to information to her husband who's Adolfo's associate? No, he'll speak with her father.



* Juan José visits Elsa at her workplace, but instead of this:



he finds this:



However, Medina is happy to see him and wants to have a private conversation with him. He shows JJ the picture of a man called Marcos Rivera Munoz and asks him if he has anything to do with Elsa Rivera Munoz. Yes, says JJ, he's Elsa's brother.

* Fausto asks Gaby about her new life? What is it like to live in the Genovés villa? It's great, though her father-in-law has changed much. He used to be so nice... Hmm-hmm. She says they also noticed that something had happened to him, Fausto, too. He objects: no, nothing happened, and please, girls, leave him in peace!

* JJ asks Medina about his relationship with Elsa. The architect says there's nothing between them but he likes her. How much? Actually, he would happily marry her. Oh no, you didn't. Elsa shows up in the office and Medina leaves the dysfunctional step-siblings alone.

* Ramón shows Leo the file of Marta's case. Our favourite detective learns that she and her husband had two little girls and the man fled with them. Vaya, vaya, vaya. Her orders Ramón to look for a picture about Santiago Guzmán.

* JJ tells Elsa that Marcos has been arrested. She burst into tears and he comforts her and advises her not to visit him. Marcos will never change and he may cause her trouble, he may use her and take her money away! But he's my brother, cries the girls. He is, but he doesn't love her, says JJ. Look at him and Asunción. They know each other for a short time but they love each other like they were brothers. Blood relations don't matter. Elsa is devastated.



* David huffs about the business again, the last report about the restaurants' incomings is ridiculous. He calls Adolfo and tells him tomorrow he is going to order an audit to prove the Ávilas are committing fraud. Oops no. 1. Dolphie starts to bicker with Carlos who says the Genovéses are their associates therefore they also have the right to do what they want. No, they don't, shouts Adolfo. Besides, that idiot David isn't even Mario's son! Oops no. 2.



* Caramelo and Medina's niece spend the afternoon together. Angie, who turns out to be a little Bertha, keeps asking about things that Caramelo doesn't even understand. What's her real name, what's her first name, who are her parents? Come on everyone has a father and a mother. The little girls starts to shout that she does have a family, JJ is her father, Elsa is her mother, and she has and uncle called Asunción Limón, okay?! Medina arrives at home and the little girl confesses to him that she lied to Angie, however, tío Mauricio promises to keep her secret. Cute.



* Leo tells Fausto about Marcos, the diamonds and Adolfo's stubborn and strange interest in Gaby's shoes. He knows Gaby is innocent but he has to investigate after Dolphie. So please give him the pictures the girls made in Los Angeles.

* Dolphie calls Bertha and asks her for Mario's address in San Miguel de Allende, he needs to talk with him.

* Fausto and Yolanda meet again and he tells her that something horrible happened, the detective friend of his is investigating after the shoes of Gabriela. Can you hear the ceiling over Yolanda cracking?



* In the hotel JJ learns that Caramelo is going to spend the night at Medina's flat. JJ sarcastically remarks that probably Elsa will spend the night there as well. Why? He imitates Medina and says: "because I like her muuuuch!" To forget his jealousy JJ calls his Alejandra and invites her for dinner. I love you, my queen! He's very pleased with himself but Asunción's expression tells everything about the situation.



* Finally Adolfo starts to accept the fact that the waitresses did get rid of the shoes and the diamonds in Los Angeles and that guy Marcos found them. And now he learns from Yolanda that a detective is looking for the photos of the shoes! He calls Bertha again and says the have to meet immediately. When she arrives at his flat Adolfo confesses he has a problem. He tells her about the girls' voyage to LA and that he needs the photos they made. And why? He's really sorry, but he can't tell her about that. You want me to steal those photos? Okay, says the little blond witch. He promises to give her everything she wants, and he gives her a special gift, a beautiful golden bracelet which makes her very happy. He repeats: anything you want.

* David invites Gaby for a romantic dinner, like they did in LA.

* A very nervous Abelardo calls Fausto and tells him about the audit David intends to order. When David enters the study he gives him the phone and Fausto quickly alters his voice and prohibits the audit. However, he can't finish the conversation because Julieta shows up, so he quickly hangs up. David is shocked.



* Medina calls Elsa. He would like to invite her for a dinner but right now she's too sad and lonely to go out.



* In the bedroom of David and Gaby Bertha finds the photos.



* In a nightclub Roberto has a great evening drinking and making out with three of young bimbos... Until Félix shows up. He lures him out of the building and outside he and two low-lifes give him a beat, put him into the luggage rack and take his ring which he must've stolen from Carlos.



Aribeth

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