Caray, Caray!

Dr. Galvez tells Pau she needs to go find Juan. She's turned him into a fantasy that is really heavy for her to carry around with her, and if she doesn't discuss things with him it will be really hard to get rid of the fantasy.

Chavez is showing the three busniteers the property that they can use for running the business and growing the Anthuriums. He walks up to a boarded up dilapidated shack and proclaims that a littlle paint and it will be just like new. It can be as beautiful as the municipal palace. We go inside and see nothing but gigantic spiders and cobwebs which Chavez graciously stomps on for them. He says some fumigating, and cleaning and paint and all will be well.

Anga, Molo and Juan consult after this tour. Juan is optimistic, he knows the land will be a lot of work and a lot of money, and wonders about the office, but Molo thinks things have gone from terrible to worse. Anga says, we have to fix the owner of the house not the house and the land. Juan wonders what he means. Anga clarifys that he's dangerous for the project, Anga doesn't like him one bit and wants Aldemar to be out of the project. Juan says he has to be in so you are out if you don't like it. Anga says fine, then he'll be out.

Laura and Ana are working on kindergarten projects er, designs again, oh, and she is of course prying. Laura suggests a psychologist could help them decide whether to cut it off or stay together. Ana doesn't meddle in her affairs. Laura says she's just sayin'. Ana gets mad at her interference that she was not asked for her help and they are working. Lau gets mad and decides that they will never come to an understanding so she storms off.

Anga thinks they are in trouble and that it doesn't take genius to see his lands are dry as dry can be and a cactus won't even grow on that land. Molo counters that Aldemar's land has always produced enough to invite the whole town his whole life. Anga thinks that was too long ago. Juan says they just have to ask for some help from above. Anga says it will take more than faith it will take lots of money. Juan sayswell he has to be in, because he owns everything in these parts. Juan tries to sweet talk him. He proclaims that the problem with the Mexicans today is that each of us wants to eat the whole cake ourselves. Instead we need to cut it and share, and if we do that then we'll have a much better country.

Anga says that Juan should consider being a politcian, he has a way of convincing people. Juan contemplates that.

Herli is typing at home, but none too quick. She counts out the letters to represent a particular word. Her brother comes down and tells her M is also for mensa (stupid) and laughs once again at her silly girlie outfit, suggesting she's in her first communion dresses and they aren't going to get her anywhere. Sorry these guys are goofs, but they are at least right about that dress and the bows. Once again Pa threatens the son and breaks him away from making the nasty comments.

CL asks Ivonne to dinner, she declines becauase she has plans, he tells her well she has to cancel and just get over Fer and accept that she means nothing to him and get back to being the complacent and caring lover that she is. She protests, but he threatens that she will anger him if she keeps up. Oooooo I'm scared.....

Ana tells PAu what happened so she calls Laura. Pau wants to make it better, but Ana keeps insisting that she doesn't trust or like this lady and they don't really even know her.

Nid is in her Twiggy outfit and wondering what could have happened to Samuel because he doesn't even have his Mom or Grandma so where could he have gone? She picks up the phone to make a call.

Moni is still trying to figure out what went wrong with the business deal. She tells Cl that Fer agreed to travel. Just then CL doubles over as if to pass out. Moni rushes over and wonders what's wrong, if it's his stomach.

Two guys show up at Casa Cachon. Yadi answers and they give her a thorough checking over from head to toe, especially focusing on her legs. They are looking for Nid and responding to the report of kidnapping of Samuel Cachon. Yadi is impactada and Nid runs down telling them she was waiting for them.

Moni asks if CL is ok, he says fine. She wonders if he ate breakfast. He says yes his coffee and cigar. Moni yells that's not breakfast and he needs to take better care of himself. She ends up inviting him to go eat.

At lunch Ivonne tells Marely to leave Fer alone. Mar wonders what will happen if she doesn't. Ivy says Fer is very confused and could fall in love with you. Mar didn't think it was so easy to fall in love with her. Ivonne says it's better for you not to give him hopes (Alas - lit. wings) because you are still crying over Juan, and he doesn't deserve to suffer another disillusion. Mar supposes the first disillusion was caused by her. Ivy says he still cares for her and she is interested in him. Marely says well, what if I told you I too was very very interested in Fer and she looks smugly at Ivonne. Ivy makes fun of her intentions suggesting only because now he's an executive would she even consider him. Mar says maybe so, but so what.

Fer and Kike are eating at the market. They discuss Fer's up coming trip that he can't believe they are sending him to the same village where Juan is. They describe how the world is so small (literally a hankerchief-¡El mundo es un pañuelo!).

After a few snippy words between the two of them, and Marely informs Ivonne she is not moving out of the way for Ivonne to be with Fer, but thanks for the delicious lunch you wasted time inviting me to, and she takes her leave.

Nid tells the police that she suspects Ana Davila has a hand in the kidnapping. They say it's a classic R-15. Nid says no T- 8 Talle ocho (Figure 8 or hourglass figure). The police think this is a case of a passion kidnapping. She offers them a drink. While she is gone Yadi tells them the truth that she's nuts. They admonish that a false report is a serious offense but Yadi talks them into forgiving her ill Mom and they agree and leave.


Over lunch Moni tells CL he should get a check up, take a day off. He says he doesn't need one, and he'll be fine, he's got too much pending.

Ivonne complains to Pastor about Marely and asks for his help. He says she shouldn't have confronted Mar, that was against his advice, so he is reluctant to help her at all.

Pau has an intervention with Laura & Ana. She is mediating and listening to the bickering. L was trying to be cordial she says, but Ana sees it as disrespecting privacy. Pau says they shouldn't start again at it and proposes that they only keep their contact to work related discussions for the sake of the business.

Juan helps Juanito with math, his mero cocol ( I think his biggest dread). We see him counting his fingers but telling Jito he needs to figure this quickly. He also has homework re the planets. He recites some of them, but then says the sun is the most important. Juanito corrects him that the sun is not a planet, it's a star. Juan laughs and says no way. Jito says but the teacher says so. Juan continues to argue, then looks in the book and discovers his grave error. He tells himself he needs to keep on his toes with this kid.

Fer drops off Marely. He says he'll talk with her when he gets back from his trip. He hopes she'll miss him as much as he misses her. She says she doesn't know, she doesn't know how much he'll miss her. He says well a lot and she says hmmm ok, and he kisses her on the cheek. She leaves as he keeps begging her to state whether she'll miss him or not.

Yadi and Kike discuss Nid's exploits today and Marely comes upon them in the middle to hear about the supposed kidnapping. She decides they need to take drastic measures.

Mar is talking very seriously with her Mom. She's telling her that she's confusing things and not remembering things correctly. She says she knows it's probably because of the baby. Nid screams what baby? She accuses Mar of being pregnant. Mar says it's not her, so Nid says Yadi? Mar says no, I'm talking about yours. Your baby! Nid is impactada. She tells Nid she was the one who was pregnant. She discusses her graduation and that she threw a huge party and arranged a seranade with her friend Thelma. Nid can't believe she would have done such a thing and Mar tells her that's how you are though, you do these kinds of things. Mar tells her she needs to go to the doctor please, to see why she is losing her memory. Nid accuses her of being badly delirious and again believes none of it, thinking instead Mar is the loca one.


Cl wants to order in dinner with Ivonne - she says she's really hungry, he does too, but Idon't hink he means for food. They get into the elevator and he screeches in pain all over again. She tells him to stop joking until he falls on the floor and passes out. She starts screaming for help. It looks dark in the whole office to me though, so who the heck can hear her?


Ivonne gets out and calls for an ambulance while CL wakes up and calls for her. She gives the phone people only the street and then hangs up. As she runs to CL the elevator closes and he goes to another floor still on the floor.


Pau and Ana argue about Laura. Pau wants her, Ana doesn't -they justify their reasons to each other, Pau that she's a great artist, and you don't have to like someone to work with them blah blah blah, Ana that her opinion doesn't count, and why doesn't Pau trust her...

Some workers on the other floor rescue CL. Ivonne chases them off and continues fanning him. Cl cancels their tryst, that he's there in mind but physically he's not feeling well. You think? Ivonne is quite thrilled to reschedule. She has interesting cleavage today for sure.

Pau and Ana are at it again. Pau tells her she's right but only in part. Ana tells her not to torture her anymore with this conversation. Funny, but I was thinking exactly the same thing!!! Enough already!!!

Finally Pau tells her she wants to tell her something important and personal. For personal things Ana is all ears. Pau tells her about the solo trip to Dr. Galvez. Ana thought they were supposed to go together. Pau says yes, but this topic I needed to discuss alone. Ana wonders if the topic has a first and last name. Pau spills that yes, she has to find Juan Dominguez no matter where he is because her happiness depends on it.

In Achi Juan is talking to Delfi. She made Juanito's lunch, she asks if he seems odd to Juan and Juan agrees. They wonder if something happened at school, and Juan thinks no, he would have told me. Delfi says he's still too young, he might be ashamed to say if something happened. Juan sits her down and tells her that Jito is actually a genius and brillant and right now is probably laying in his little bed trying to solve all the problems of mankind.

We flash to Jito thinking about his teacher teaching him math. He is longingly paying attention to her, to the math, not so much.

Kike Yadi and Mari are again discussing the Mom and how they have to figure out someway to get her to the doctor. I think they discuss using Alirio to be the bad guy. Kike pronounces that he never thought they would end up missing ALirio.

Ali bought Guti dinner and some cleaning supplies. Guti ends up telling him he thinks Ali should pay rent. Of course Alirio is impactado. He can't believe that his friend since forever would even consider such a thing and not even appreciate all the work he's done around the house etc. He tells Guti to finish dinner then. Guti puts him back in his little apron and says ok, you can work for your supper, so go ahead and finish making it then. Alirio is steamed, but they look like a cute couple actually. :)

Nid makes a call to her friend Thelma. She begs her for help because she thinks her daughters are trying to lock her away as a crazy person. Nid suggests that maybe they are even doing drugs. Thelma thinks she could see it with Yadi maybe but no way Marely. She tells Thelma that they want her to go see a doctor so please help her. Thelma agrees to help.

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My DVR was slightly misbehaving so I'm not sure how much I missed in the beginning. We revisit a couple scenes from Monday's episode first then here is the first thing I see:

Diego and MS are discussing Julio and Arni's visit to the nunnery. MS is explaining her decision on turning them away, using the argument that children need both a mother and a father figure. This gets Diego thinking about the child that Silvana is carrying.

Julio and Arni arrive at Emilia and GSD's to cook for them. Emilia is thrilled, GSD too in his own way. They bring a baby outfit with them that they present to Emilia.

Lidia and Mario are at lunch at a restaurant when Tavo comes in. Lidia asks why he is there and Tavo jealously says he came to see who his substitute is. (When did he turn into Silvana's twin?)Lidia is shocked. He insults Lidia until Mario jumps up to defend her honor and Lidia slaps Tavo across the face. Tavo angrily tells Mario that he can have her but watch his checkbook. Lidia looks devastated. (Who would have thought at the beginning that we would be feeling sorry for Lidia by the end of the telenovela?)

Diego and LuisFe are chatting with the MS about Little Bean and getting him out of juvie and how he's a good kid. The topic turns to how much Azulcena helped him. Diego puts his foot in his mouth when he asks "Wasn't she sick in the head?" (which is what Silvana had told him). LuisFe is a bit offended and sets him straight that she had amnesia. Diego apologizes.

Gloria arrives at Azulcena's and asks her if she knows who she is. Azulcena replies "Should I know you?" and Gloria shakes her head and introduces herself as Silvana's mother. They hug and Gloria cries a little behind Azulcena's back. Azulcena is happy to have company.

Lidia and Mario are back in the restaurant. Lidia dumps all her problems with Tavo onto Mario, who tries to comfort and encourage her. This of course involves taking her hands into his over the table. And, of course, who should walk in at that moment but Ceci (and her date?).

Meanwhile Tavo is at Ephrain's moping. Ephrain politely says I told you so. I couldn't tell if Ephrain was saying Tavo should have just married her instead of playing games or is glad that it looks like Tavo won't be marrying her after all. Whichever, Ephrain tells Tavo it's his own fault!

Back at the nunnery, MS, Diego and LuisFe are discussing the importance of family. MS is called away, leaving the two men standing there uncomfortably.

Silvana goes to see the reporter Bruno. She tells him she's gone to see an attorney after Bruno threatened her with the photos of Little Bean's abduction. She brings some papers for him to sign and he does. She looks them over and then she tells him another lie for him to publish. She is pregnant with Diego's child. She even produces the lab results to prove it to him. She sees a public announcement as a way to manipulate Diego into a relationship with her.

Azulcena is serving Gloria lunch. They talk about Azulcena's pregnancy. Gloria wants to know if Azulcena was happy with her boyfriend and her new life. Azulcena says yes, but she had to distance herself from him to see if someone else who loved her might be looking for her.

Diego and LuisFe are chatting in the garden. They talk of how to help the orphans. LuisFe says he can't take any children in because he is not married and he lives with his mother two hours away. Diego says he is not married either. He tells LuisFe that Silvana is pregnant but he doesn't think he can marry her. LuisFe tells Diego that a child needs a stable home (Obviously he doesn't know Silvana). LuisFe mentions that he loves Azulcena and that she is pregnant too. Diego realizes that he insulted the woman LuisFe loved. LuisFe tells Diego that they are in love but Azulcena left and he doesn't know where she went. He mentions that it was Silvana who gave him Azulcena's Dear John letter. Diego has no clue. As they compare notes, LuisFe realizes that Silvana has to know where Azulcena is.

It seems that Ceci has spent her time looking over her shoulder at Mario while her date has been neglected. Another man has joined Lidia and Mario for some business talk. He takes his leave. Ceci's date - I'm not sure where he came from - is very astute and asks Ceci if she'd like to go say hi to her friends. She says oh no, she didn't want to interrupt. He says he can tell she is dying to be at that table and asks if she has an eye on that muchacho. Ceci denies it and swings her hair, just happening to swing it all the way around so that she can again see Mario and Lidia's table. Her date sighs and looks exasperated. Ceci watches Mario and Lidia clasp hands in very friendly thanks for a great business deal.

Julio, Arni, GSD and Emilia are finishing their home cooked gourmet dinner. GSD produces a dessert. Emilia is grateful to all of them for doing so many things to cheer her up.

Lidia and Mario go to leave the restaurant. Lidia stands up to leave and sees Ceci at the table and wants to stop at their table and say hi so as not to be rude. Mario doesn't want to and looks rather guilty to be there. Lidia leads the way with Mario dragging behind. Ceci is trying to hide but to no avail. Lidia greets Ceci happily and Ceci pastes on a smile and returns a cheery greeting. Ceci introduices her date, Jan, a photographer who emphasizes that he does bikini photos. Ceci, only half playfully, tells Mario to be careful, Lidia is a promised woman. Lidia says she was, but Tavo had a jealous breakdown and they are over. Ceci looks uncomfortable.

Diego is chatting with Katy. Katy feels sorry for the orphans. She says they had a good teacher Azulcena, but she left. Katy wants a real family with a mom and a dad and a little sister.

LuisFe confronts Silvana about Azulcena's whereabouts. She still denies knowing but this time LuisFe knows better and calls her a liar. He mentions that he was talking to Diego and Silvana is impactada and scared that he came with LuisFe. Silvana starts spinning lies but LuisFe doesn't believe her. She is shocked that he could not believe her, a pregnant woman! He falls for it.

Gloria is showing Azulcena a picture of her husband Chucho. Gloria mentions that he is a tailor for Diego Moran. She drops his name like she hopes Azulcena recognizes it and looks crestfallen when she doesn't. Azulcena changes the subject to children. Azulcena wonders if she has a mother that loves her and Gloria says no, you don't. (I know Silvana is crazy but did she really think her mother could keep this secret? Is she THAT crazy?) Now Gloria starts spinning to cover that slip. Azulcena tells Gloria that she must be a good mother because of how Silvana turned out. Gloria looks a little sick but likes the idea of acting as a mother figure for Azulcena.

Clemi shows up at Diego's to see if he's decided anything about Silvana. They agree that they both want the best for the baby. Diego dreads the thought of marrying Silvana.

Lidia and Mario are now seated with Ceci and Jan. Lidia is the only one who looks happy about that. She announces that Anibal has arrived for her and leaves the table. Jan then leaves too, leaving Ceci and Mario alone together. Ceci shows a bit of jealousy and Mario eggs her on. She denies that she is jealous and leaves him there. That makes him happy.

GSD and Emilia are admiring the baby clothes that Arni and Julio brought. A doorbell rings and who shows up but Silvana. She sits down with them and goes to tell them the good news. GSD cuts her off and then tells her off. He calls her "fresh as lettuce" to come to them so happy about this when it is not a matter of happiness to them. Silvana tells them that she and Diego are breaking up. She puts on a sad face and hopes they can forgive her and forget everything that has happened. This sets GSD off again. Emilia and Arni calm him but then Silvana opens her mouth again and says more stupid things.

Lidia is home being comforted by her mami while Diego and Anibal are there to support her and say comforting things too. Lidia says she is going to go look for him and she is going to get the money for him to save his shop. Everyone offers to give her the money but she wants to do it all herself.

Mario shows up at Ceci's door, looking contrite. Ceci answers the door, looking angry. But Mario fixes that by grabbing her and planting a big kiss on her. She doesn't seem to resist much. She still won't admit that she was jealous but then relents and admits that she was. Mario reassures her that he was just being nice to Lidia and the only one who interests him is Ceci. They smooch again.

Diego and Katy are having breakfast when Diego gets the morning paper. There is the longest headline ever seen in a newspaper announcing that Silvana is expecting Diego's child. Diego is furious and just then the phone rings. It's Silvana calling to cry that she is so ashamed about the paper, no one will ever hire her again, her career is over. She starts to fake terrible pain and Diego gets worried.

Gloria is bringing breakfast in bed to Azulcena. Azulcena says she's a bit nauseous and Gloria snatches the tray of food away. Gloria has the perfect solution and suggests going for a walk. Azulcena says that Silvana told her not to go out. Gloria talks her into it.

Diego arrives at Silvana's hotel room while Silvana continues to fake an illness. (Okay nothing really indicates that she is faking but who here believes it could be real?) She lays down on her bed, saying she has no strength but her gynocologist says that's normal. Diego gets mad at her, thinking she should be taking better care of herself for the sake of their baby. Diego tells her he thinks she's blackmailing him. Silvana gets angry then turns on the crocodile tears, crying that nobody likes her. Diego thinks she should stay with her mother, who has to love her. Silvana cries and lies, saying her mami left her again. Diego didn't know, looks sorry for her. All this crying has turned the idiot Diego into a bigger idiot and he says she can come back to the house so the baby can be born there. Silvana proudly and defiantly refuses, saying she will only return to his house as his wife... Diego rolls his eyes and looks sick.

Until the next episode...

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CL is seated with Mama Ana. They are both ill at ease. Paula has slipped out to "let them talk." Ana can imagine what this is about. Yes, CL wants to make things better with her, he is so...uh, earnest about it. Ana tells him that he doesn't sound like he really wants to apologize, he's just going through the motions with Ana to please Paula.

Don Angarito is lying in his bed, telling Juan how old he is getting. He's worked so hard and has no sons. He wants to change his will to give Juan a part of his estate. Juan will have none of that and they banter back and forth. Juan says Don A is going to live a long life. And Juan will take care of that little issue with Dona Delfina -- to make a long life for Don Anarito more possible. Don A is relieved!

CL fesses up to Ana that Paula made him apologize. They agree that they will not be great friends, and each looks away in disgust with the other.

Dona D is talking to Don A. Does she still want to marry him? Despite his infirmities? She says she wants to. She wants to!!

Juanito is finishing up his bedtime prayers and hears the folks shouting upstairs. Juanito says his teacher at school is old. He asks his dad if he was scared on his first day of school. Juan responds that his teacher was his first love! Juanito wants to know if Juan loves him more or less than his mom does. Big Juan is torn. Juanito says he loves Juan more! Juan hugs him and tucks him into bed.

CL tells Paula that things went really, really well with her mom. He felt just like a boyfriend, meeting with the mom. What a weight off of his shoulders! She says, what's important is that she can learn to trust him. Just then, his cell rings....

CL turns away to answer and pretends to shout to Gaitan as Monica tries to talk to him. Call him back later, he's in the middle of a very important discussion! Where was he again....?

By the way, Alirio has asked another guy to store the bag of chorizo.

CL tells Paula how important their relationship is. He eyes go glazed with longing and he leans in to kiss her. She turns her face from him and says a guarded goodnight. He saunters out.

Dona Ana tells Paula that CL apologized to her, but she just didn't believe that he really meant it from his heart.

Fernando calls Marely -- just to see how things are going with her mom. They are both nervous on the phone. OK... see you tomorrow!

It's the first day of school for Juanito. Juan is giving his son a pep talk outside. All these kids are your people, you've got to learn to get along with them! The encouraging words continue as Juanito fearfully walks toward the older teacher. She has to drag him by the arm into the classroom to his desk. All the other children are already seated. The older teacher introduces a young new teacher to the class. Juanito is in love with his new maestra! He gazes at her and she winks at him.

Outside Herlinda's place, Juan greets H's dad. The dad goes off to wake Herlinda. She jumps out of bed -- she has nothing to wear. In the meantime, Juan exchanges barbs with the PJ-clad younger man of the house about their respective prospects with the ladies.

At Farrell Industries, Monica leans over CL's desk and tells him he looks very, very attractive. Of course he does! She tugs on his tie as he gazes at her. She strides out of the office, slowly, as his eyes follow her out.

Herlinda makes her grand entrance in a white dress with ribbons in her hair. The younger man-of-the-house laughs at her. Is that her quinceanera outfit? Juan tells her she looks lovely. The dad tells H to thank Juan and scolds Jr. for not being a gentleman like Juan. She thanks Juan, who makes a comment, thank the clowns (?). The younger men laugh for a moment, then all goes quiet, the dad scowls, and a dark cloud passes over the scene. For a moment, we hear the crickets outside. Dad tells Jr. that H and Juan have some important business to discuss, so they should give them some privacy. Jr. scoffs, leave them alone??

Herlinda looks expectantly up at Juan. He tells her he has an important proposal. He wants to be buddies, friends. Yes, she says. Friends for life! Juan clarifies, he'd like her to be his secretary. She is crushed and each of them tries to get the other to listen. He explains what he has in mind, that they'll work together side by side. He thinks to himself that he can tell that she was expecting a marriage proposal... She says a reluctant yes to the job offer.

Susana is all citified and comes to pay a visit to Monica at Farrell Industries. She can't go along with their prior agreement as before, things have changed. The deal related to the Japanese businessman is off. Monica is aghast.

The guy who was supposed to keep Alirio's chorizo tells him that it's gone. All of it! He got hungry during the night.

Susana steps out of Monica's office. Marely tells her to have a good day, then quietly urges Fernando after Susana to find out the dirt on the visit to Monica.

In CL's office, Monica is fuming about the loss of the multimillion dollar deal. CL doesn't have to tell her how much Farrell is losing. She wants to know why there was such a sudden change in Susana. She's sure it wasn't a simple economic interest. There is something else, maybe a threat. Extortion. Someone needs to go to that town and find out what really happened. CL says, who? There's no way that Monica can go. She proposes that she send someone loyal, discreet.

Fern introduces himself to Susana in the elevator and politely inquires about the nature of her business visit. She is mostly reserved until he asks if the matter might just relate to Juan Dominquez.

Juan is saying his goodbyes to H's dad. The dad tells Juan he's always welcome. Juan manages to get away.

At a cafe, Susana and Fern have a little off-the-record conversation. She wants to know about Juan. Is he someone she can trust? She had heard he was a VP at Farrell. Fern is very discreet and vague about Juan's position. Susana wants to know why Juan left and Fern finally tells her that it was because of a personal matter. She is curious. A woman. She looks distressed. Fern tells her that when it comes down to it, Juan can be trusted in business. She asks Fern not to disclose their discussion for her sake and for Juan's.

Alirio and Gaitan are looking each other over with suspicion and bickering at the office. Gaitan's not going to go for Alirio's reorg scheme.

Juan comes to the school to pick up Juanito, but he does not want to go home. He has a dreamy grin on his face. He wants to stay at school! Juan is puzzled.

At Farrell, Yvonne is sneering at Marely and says they have some personal business to discuss. Just then, Fern comes back to the office and the conversation breaks off.

Back in the pueblo, Herlinda's dad is asking her if she's really sure that Juan offered her a secretarial position and not marriage? She is disappointed, but she resolves that this is an opportunity for them to work together and for her to win over Juan.

Monica has called Fern into her office and is telling him about the very sensitive job that she has for him. He is to go out to the town and find out what happened. She has her suspicions about why the business deal went bad, but she wants evidence. Fern will tell no one about the matter at hand and report his findings only to her.

Outside of the corporate world, Paula has an appointment with her therapist. She updates the therapist on the latest with CL and concedes that there is another man in her life. She can't believe she just said that! He's not a lover, he's actually in a town far away right now. He's an amazing person. But he's from the country and they're not from the same social classes. Definitely not. But he's romantic and exciting. And she did spend the night with him. That was one of the best experiences of her life! Of course CL knows about it and that it doesn't mean anything. She doesn't know how she feels about this other guy -- does she?


Note: Any similarity to real events or people is purely coincidental.

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The title is a shout out to Oscar Wilde...
Oh Saintly, you are the past.

We get a quick rehash of Don Jorge telling the Despair twins, Tia & Lis, that “Que the Hell, I’ll send to the Isla de Somewhere, “Clinica de Pene Flacidio”, & get a new letter of ED. Lis thinks this is a swell idea and agrees to leave cuzzin Ric in the dark. Tia doesn’t look so sure.
You know I find it a bit unnerving that folks sit around discussing the figurative ins and outs of ED, I mean three hundred years later, that topic usually is not brought up amongst casual acquaintances unless a commercial comes on.

Cami comes home upset and tells her little tale of exchanging saliva with her brother-in-law.
Saintly & Ric had a fight, Cami tells her tale of woe to Jimena.

Rita yells at Saintly, she doing her best Nancy Drew, figures out Saintly was making out with Cami, and Saint & Ric came to blows over it. Damn she is good.

Cami whines Saintly is the only man in her life.

Lis doing her best whinefest tells Ric that Ursula insulted her. Something about her father (I think) who knows? Maybe it was about her being 37 and still sleeping with dolls. Ric says Tio Timmy didn’t screw Lis out of the money to hurt her, it was just to keep Ric’s hands off the inheritance. Cami had nothing to do with it. Personally I figure the old man had a lot of time on his hands, sure he wanted a different hobby, but I guess that was medically out so what better way to pass the time than screw over all the folks who were circling his decrepit none functioning body? His last thought was probably “I bet you wish it was my writing hand and not my….”.

Anyway, over in gossip town central, Cami’s maid, Sra Gatemouth, is telling Fortuna & Ursula all about how Cami has Ascasio & Claudio living there, plus she entertains Ric in the Salon, the Salon I say, all by herself. Egads, it’s not like she is young Claudio’s teacher and they’ve been mapquesting direct routes to Mexico.
I know some people have thought that Jimena was mean to Sra Gatemouth, but geez there is no employee loyalty here.

Ric stops in to visit Don Jorge & La Font. La Font, Dude, please get that forelock waxed. Anyway after some discussion about (I think), the mysterious Rancho de Depraved that La Font owns, Ric wants to talk to Don Jorge about Ursula. La Font leaves. You know he is listening at the keyhole.

Ric says he is sorry if Ursula has gotten the wrong idea, but he has a sweetie, and he is in no position to marry. Okay whatever.

Don Jorge is giving Ursula the news that Ric is spoken for. Ursula is none too thrilled. Of course could it be Cami?

Now we got to the Saintly Abode of Saintly. Earlier Rita was having a meltdown over the latest fight & slumped over. Saintly’s Ma got her to bed and started asking questions. Using her ultra sound hands she pressed somewhere on Rita’s abdomen and diagnosed Rita pregnant right about three months. Rita smiles at the miraculous news.
Kids this PSA is for you, once is all it takes. Saintly is now figuratively neutered, Ric usurped Saintly’s chance to nail Cami earlier in the day and that door just closed (with a loud slam).

Ursula & Fortuna stop by and chat with Vasco who is hanging about the street with Claudio & Ascacio showing off his “ I was the high school quarterback five years ago body”. Ursula does a come up and see me sometime.

Saintly comes home and Ma gives him the good news. It truly is a miracle cause nothing mends a bad marriage like the introduction of a child. Saintly takes Rita a cup of something. She is still reclining on the bed. I’m sure she is going to remain in this position for the next six months. Saintly says he is happy and they kiss (rather chastely and make up). No more fighting for the sake of the kid.

Jorge tells La Font that La Font has to go to the Isle of Somewhere to get another flacid letter from the ED doctor and pick up some Rhino horn for the Don while he is there. (okay the last part was my suggestion).

La Font grills his daughter, he tells his daughter she has to find out if Ric really has a sweetie..then she has to get her sorry ass married. He doesn’t have anyone selected and doesn’t really seem that concerned about it. He just wants her out so he can move Lis in. I always wonder if La Font’s daughter wears depends cause she always looks like she is going to wet her pants when he talks to her.

Mario & Ric talk..I think it is about pirating business..anyway, Ric’s heart just isn’t in it. He is all torn up about his feeling for Cami, but in a manly sort of way.

Vasco’s kid, Ines & Pa come to visit Rita..she is reclining on the bed, this is just the best news ever. She tells Pa to tell Cami the good news. It is truly a Jan Brady moment.

Meanwhile Jorge is trying to find out if Cami has the 411 on Ric’s sweetie. You can see Cami is taken aback by the news that Ric is spoken for. She says Ric only discussed the Uncle Timmy dilemma. Jorge is getting a bit close and she keeps trying to move away. He says she doesn’t need to be alone, she does the I’m not alone, I have my friends and family. She beautiful and rich and Jorge tells her she must watch for young unscrupulous men who would be after her money. He however does not mention old horndawgs who would be after her other treasures. Jorge offers his protection anytime she needs it.
This really annoys me because today on the internet I saw pictures of guys holding up signs at a Clinton rally, that read “Iron My Shirt”, I mean I don’t care what your political leanings are, but I guess in three hundred years some people really haven’t evolved.

Crazy Lis has heard the news that Ric has a sweetie. Tia forced to listen to Lis rant how she is the only woman for Ric. Tia interjects that he thinks of Lis as a sister, granted a BSC sister, but a sister. Lis refuses to listen, how could he have a sweetie? What decent family would allow their daughter to get mixed up with a pirate. Tia rolls her eyes; that condo in Boca is looking farther and farther away.

Pa & Ines come to see Cami. Not one to mince words, Pa blurts out the news. Cami acts happy, but gets a bit tearful, nothing like the job Saintly does, but a few tears.

Ric wanders through the dark streets to music..kinda of music like in a Disney Princess Cartoon, Ric thinks about the ocean & we go to commercial.

Vasco comes to Ursula’s, La Font comes out and invites Vasco over to his house the next day. Vasco is allowed in and goes to Ursula’s room. She is wearing only her undergarments and it is pretty obvious a lot of foreplay is not needed. Vasco gives her a comb and in an Animal Planet act of grooming they comb each other’s lice laden locks. (Oh Please, like it wasn’t common). Ursula spills the news that Ric has a sweetie. She asks if it could be Cami. Vasco answers, my sister, never, she isn’t that kind of woman. Vasco, Que the Hell? She is that kind of woman, she is breathing isn’t she?

Cami is telling Jimena, chapter 45, in the continuing tale of star-crossed love. Sra. Gatemouth comes in and tells the two that Ric is at the door. All thoughts of Saintly go flying out the window. Once again Cami entertains Ric in the Salon…Alone.
At first she is all spiteful spunky and tells him, her life is none of his business. Soon Cami falls victim to the raised eyebrow above the liquid pools of hawtness. She asks Ric about his sweetie. Ric laughs at how fast gossip spreads. Ah that was just a joke to get rid of Ursula. Cami is all the sudden smiling and looking at him with lowered eyes and flirting. He tells her he is going to Claudio’s town to get the 411. He offers Cami his protection and kisses her hand. Cami says he was the second man to give her that offer. He asks who the other was and she laughs and tells him Jorge, as if. Ric takes his leave with another pointed can be taken two ways, Rhett Butler look. Cami touches her cheek with the hand of kissed hawtness. Personally I would never wash that hand again.
Saintly Who?

I probably missed a lot of the finer points, but just remember Saintly is screwed, Lis is nuts, Vasco is back in business & Ric will end up with Cami in the end. I just can’t force myself to watch it again.

Stay tuned…
I think Ric says something about marriage.

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Mario corners Jimena and tells her he is there to give her the truth about him and his boss. Whether she believes him or not it’s all the same to him. So she listens while he tells her Ric is a loyal subject of the King of Spain who is there spying for the Spanish Crown. Ric’s supposed mission was to join up with pirates and track their movements to try to help protect the Spanish fleet. Jimena doesn’t believe a word since they didn’t lift a finger to stop people from being sold into slavery. He solemnly tells her that at times in this line of work one is forced to do heartbreaking things.

Mario explains then how he and Ric arrived too late to help the two of them and how Lazaro was given the money to buy the two boys back but pocketed the money instead. “We’ve already sent for him and when he arrives, I swear I’ll skin him alive myself!” She’s still skeptical so he asks her if she hasn’t taken even a coin here or there to help stave off hunger. She admits once or twice, but insists she never stole or murdered and always tried to remain honest. Mario tells her he was a pirate till he met El Antillano who befriended him and made him his assistant.

Back in Cami’s dressing room the two women discuss Mario’s story. They decide that men tell lies because it’s in their nature to, so this is probably a whopper too. Outside Cami’s gate Mario tells Ric what he told Jimena. Ric figures the two women won’t believe a word of it so Mario suggests he show Cami his letter from his godfather, Don Gaspar.

Ric chats a bit with Cami about his trip and then gets down to it: he mentions that he knows she realized from the first he was El Antillano. She is frightened and admits it then asks if he’s intending to kill her. He smiles mysteriously. (Makes you wonder if Ric really sort of enjoys his role as a pirate despite what he tells Mario. It's a big rush, this fear factor thing.) Ric shows Cami the letter from his godfather, Don Gaspar.

Cami says it doesn’t say a word about him being a spy. He laughs since of course it wouldn’t. She tells him she’d always figured he was the real thing, particularly because of the shocking, cold-blooded way he killed that man who’d challenged him. Ric says that in that life nobody is allowed to be weak or hesitant. Otherwise, they don’t obey you and if they suspect fear or scruples of any sort they’ll kill you. Cami then reasons that he’s only there at the request of Lis’ really real pirate cousin. He says yes and because he’s a family friend. So, she’s still confused and doesn’t know what to believe.

They commiserate about the two boys and their mother’s fate. Ric, feeling guilty, explains again that he was trying to arrange their return to Mexico but that he mistakenly chose the wrong man for the task. Cami wants to know why he was so kind to them, even giving her his handkerchief. Ric answers her by explaining how cruel, barbaric and hopeless that kind of existence is to anyone who must survive it. It is kill or be killed and one must shield himself with indifference if he is to avoid going crazy.

Ric tells Cami that his boss, an English corsair, had ordered him for the first time to transport human cargo. When she and the others arrived at the bay that day, he felt sorrow and shame and tried to help them then but as it turned out he couldn’t. As regards her in particular he can tell her the truth or he can disguise it. She want’s the truth: she caught his attention ever since he first saw her there, not only because of her beauty, but because she had shown pride and spirit. He continued to stare at her till he had decided to speak to her. The handkerchief gave him an opportunity to approach her and he'd have appreciated some better response.

Cami laughs at that (right along with me) saying Ric might have saved her from being sold off, but he would have taken her to his cabin and done as he’d wanted with her till he tired of her. He answers that he might have fallen in love, too. She laughs again and asks if he’s flattering her just to make certain she doesn’t turn him in to the authorities. Ric laughs, reminding her of his letter from the prelate. Cami says it’s probably false. He says, well then, go ahead and tell Don Jorge and see what happens, if you don’t believe me. She backs down at that.

Meanwhile, Ascanio and Jimena have been trying to convince Claudio to go out with Ascanio to a whorehouse or for a drink or something to make sure he doesn’t see El Antillano speaking with Camila and go nuts about it. (This is obviously still a few years before the phrase "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" takes on meaning.)

Cami is still worried about the letter and Ric tells her it’s best in these matters to wait and see what develops then worry about how to handle it all. She wonders if he’s going to betray his cousin by helping her and he says he has enough to take care of Lis and the rest of them all and then some, but if Cami loses her inheritance then she’s has serious problems.

Cami wonders if that’s his only reason and he pulls her near and grabs her hand. It’s because he’s attracted to her, he says, and tells her that she knows it’s more than just a simple attraction. Then he bends in and kisses her gently. Cami, obviously, still uselessly holding the proverbial torch for Saintly, tries to resist kissing Ric –the absolute essence of early 18th century Alpha male--but only for a couple of seconds. Yes, she, like any self-respecting female, gives in to both pragmatic necessity and her female curiosity, begging the question: is this what Jimena would call “will-power”?

Ric tells her she may abhor him even more after all he’s said, and sure he’s trying to seduce her, but it’s because he is falling in love with her. So, he’s probably told her too much and now she holds his life in her hands. It’s up to her to decide if she’ll turn him in or not.

Unfortunately Claudio won’t budge and Jimena runs inside to tell them both. Ric says it’s time he goes out and faces him. Cami is worried Claudio may denounce Ric, but he says he’s dodged worse situations before now. They come outside and Claudo sees that it is El Antillano. She tells Claudio to listen to him.

Ric speaks with Claudio and explains Lazaro's betrayal and tells him that if his cousin is responsible he will pay for what he’s done. Claudio says it’s his job to kill him, but Ric tells him he’s too young to dirty his hands and they’re done discussing it. Claudio agrees. Ascanio walks Ric outside the gate and as Ric leaves he warns him not to tell them that he’s Ricardo de Salamanca. Ascanio says no problem and goes back inside the courtyard. Ric and Mario head off to spend the night in the hacienda they’re leasing.

Ascanio listens to Cami tell the others about Ric’s letter and his being a spy for the Spanish King and goes along with it. They decide El Antillano must be telling the truth and so there is no reason to turn him in to the authorities.

That night while getting ready for bed Jimena tells Cami that she seemed hot for Ric, but Cami says no, it was only a sense of relief and she’s willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Jime asks what Ric wants in exchange for his help and Cami says nothing at all. Jime tells her that nobody gives something for nothing. Cami just looks dreamily out into space.

At the hacienda later that night, Ric confesses to Mario about being uneasy. He is worried, since he is falling in love for the first time. He believes Cami feels something also. Mario warns him she probably hasn’t forgotten her blacksmith. Ric says true. Whatever it is that certain women have, she’s got it and he's going to make her his wife whatever it takes. (Now this is the side of Ric that we’ve all been waitin’ for! Though, for my money, he’s been a little too slow on the uptake.) Mario says she’s no different from all the other women who’ve fallen for his charms. Ric insists that Camila is not like any of the other women he’s been with and smiles to himself.

The next day Mario waits for Ascanio outside the gate and asks what the women decided. Ascanio assures him they decided not to turn Ric into the authorities. Mario asks Ascanio to explain why he hasn’t gone himself to the authorities since Ric is an accused murderer. Perhaps he saw something or found out something? Ascanio denies any of that and walks off in a huff.

Lis and Aunt Fran decide to look for Ric at the inn because he didn’t visit them once he returned to town. They run into Ascanio walking toward them. They find out he came up with Cami and think he’s still her servant. Lis asks him not to betray Ric. He tells her that he won’t and leaves.

Mario meets Ric with the good news from Ascanio. He says, though, that he still has a gut feeling that Ascanio’s hiding something and offers to lop off his ear to get at the truth. Ric tells him no savagery allowed this time.

Sofia hands over the doctor's letter to Justo to destroy it. She says it’s her way of trying to make up for all the misfortune Camila has had to endure because of her husband. They have a chat and she tells him that she cannot get it out of her head that Santi could be Jorge’s son. Justo looks reasonably impactado.

Around then both Chip 'n Dale enter Ric's new diggs to make the repairs Ric contracted with Santi for as Ric heads off the property.

Cami arrives at the mill with lunch for Justo, but she runs into Santiago there, who's doing a job for him. Cami offers him the lunch and they go out beside the main road for a picnic. Santi begins to speak about his continued love for her. She is impactada and guilty, no doubt because of her kissing Ric the night before. She says it might be better if she gets married but he objects and says she’s the only woman in his life and he would die if she married anyone else. (That’s it. She’s got to be miserable if he is, I suppose; and what’s he supposed to do with GRita? What is Cami supposed to do? She's supposed to remain alone and turn into a dried up old spinster, I guess.) He kisses her and says he couldn’t bear for anything to separate them again, but she gets up and insists they are separated.

Santi says not as long as she’s in his arms and he ends up by kissing and caressing her passionately. (I can’t believe they still haven’t gotten past kissy-face by now. How in the world could Saintly still save it like that and why in the world would Cami want to? Who in the world is she savin’ it for? Besides, she has nothing left to actually save, when you get right down to it, considering the rape. Maybe Ric made more of an impression on her than she wants to admit.) Ric just happens to be walking by at that moment. (After all, the picnic is on the main drag and Santi wasn’t exactly thinking "discreet" at this point.) Ric surprises the two of them.

Ric snidely yells at Cami that if a child was that important to her then she should have told him so; he could give her one and he isn't married to her sister. (This pirate is great at verbal cuts as well as physical ones, it seems.) The now, not-so-saintly-appearing-Santi, with the force of all that built up sexual tension of his, pounces on Ric, landing a punch to Ric's right jaw. Ric knocks him down and starts to go after him, but Cami stops the fight between the two of them. She tells him that he was acting mean and for nothing. Ric looks at her questioningly and says, “Nothing?” She answers, “What’s it to you?” “--Right, nothing,” he answers and turns and walks back the way he came --but you can tell the pirate in him would have slit Santi’s throat if he’d been on a boat.

Santiago wonders what was the matter with the guy, and who the heck he thought he was. Of course, Cami doesn’t explain that perhaps Ric thought that she and he were an item now, instead,since she’d kissed him the night before. She just says it’s best this happened since it probably prevented them from doing something they’d greatly regret. Santi promises not to lose control again but she says that’s what he said before. Besides, they could swear to all the saints, to God and the Virgin Mary, but sooner or later they’d do the deed and that would be that. It’s better they never see each other again. She runs off and he’s left with his heart in his mouth , confused and as sexually frustrated as ever.
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Justo goes home and throws the infamous ED letter into the fireplace. He distracts the cook by walking off with her with some excuse. However, a boiling pot spills over and puts out the fire before the whole letter is burned up.

Sofia admits to Jorge having stolen the letter, tells him she’s already destroyed it and cannot hand it over to him. Then she explains to him that Cami isn't interested in the money, only her freedom and how if it is used to invalidate her marriage she would lose her fortune and become a slave again. The wheels start turning in Jorge’s head.

Jorge tells LaFont what Sofia did and why. Then he and LaFont tell Lis and Fran that the letter probably wouldn’t turn up. Jorge suggests that he’ll order the doctor to send another, he’ll even pay the man himself. They simply should be discreet and not tell anybody what they’ve decided to do, not even Ric. Lis is reluctant at first, but LaFont, who obviously speaks from extensive personal experience, persuades her by saying "There are things you do you wouldn’t tell even your own shadow."

Paco finds the doctor's letter with a portion still in tact containing a few sentences and the doctor's signature. He holds onto it and plays with it.

GRita comes in to speak with Santi and notices the bruise on his mouth and right away suspects he was fighting with de Carvajal over her sister. He tries to avoid the argument, but she keeps badgering him. Exasperated, he tells her that de Carvejal insulted her sister, that he told her he’d give her a child if she wanted one so badly. So they fought about that.

It doesn’t make sense to GRita who says the guy had to have seen something to make a remark like that, but Santi, angrily insists nothing happened, since he's still lusting in his heart and doesn’t dare admit to those stolen kisses. GRita tells him she knows he can’t stand to have Camila with another man. She insists de Carvejal had to have seen them together and accuses him of sleeping with her. He tells her about Cami finding him at her father’s mill while he was working on a project for him, then how the guy just showed up all of a sudden and said what he said, conveniently omitting the racy picnic lunch on the side of the main road into town that caused the ruckus. He tells her again that nothing happened and that he’s getting tired of her and this. He has murder in his eyes when he warns her off this time. She stands there and she asks what’s that supposed to mean? He just stares at her, menacingly.

Cami returns home and Jimena loads her with complaints about Cleotilde and gossip about how Claudio has turned Ric into his idol. Cami breaks down and tells Jimena about the kiss from Ric. She explains that she didn’t tell her friend before because she was ashamed of it. Jimena thinks it’s great and asks Cami if she liked it. Cami is in no mood and tells her not to ask questions like that. Besides it isn’t an easy one to answer. There has only been one man in her life and she knows who that is.

Cami feels she should have pushed Ric away and acted indignant, but she couldn’t. She acted like a fool. Jimena says she’d have acted like a fool too if a guy like him had kissed her. Cami says she let him because of everything that's happened in her life so far: her sister’s jealousy, Don Jorge’s actions, her problems with Santiago. (At this point it seems she may have left out the entire incident of the racy picnic in her story.) Cami says she has to set up a barrier, to put an ocean between her and Santi. That would mean a husband. Jimena suggests El Antillano, but Cami says it can be anyone other than El Antillano. It absolutely cannot not be him!

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just to torture us all some more.

We start out in Emilia and GSD’s kitchen with GSD blowing smoke at LF and talking over his son-in-law’s apparent decision to shack up with Silvana with his daughter’s death being so soon. LF concurs that it seems wrong. GSD says that the problem is that Silvana is an old friend of Emilia’s and besides, he loves his grand-daughter Caty.

Diego and Clemi are talking to Gloria at the boutique. (What’s the deal with the giant sunglasses indoors? Was the actress in a fight or something?) Diego and Clemi ask Gloria if she knows where Silvana went. Gloria says how is she going to know, better than Diego who is living with her? Diego explains that they had an argument and she left, he can’t find her anywhere and she isn’t answering her cell phone. Gloria says she doesn’t know but she recalls for them the odd conversation she overheard with Silvana on the phone. She said she heard that Silvana had to go to Guadalajara.

In Guadalajara, Silvana has arrived at the hideaway, with Manuel conked out on the couch. Silvana upbraids him for getting drunk and Manuel claims he only had a few drinks. Manuel denies this and Silvana doesn’t listen. She tells him that he upset Azul, that Azul complained that she didn’t want to be under the same roof with a drunk. Manuel half-heartedly defends himself by saying that she’s getting upset over nothing—he got her here, and that’s all that matters. Silvana complains that his help is very expensive and look at what she has to put up with. He could have ruined the whole plan. Manuel complains that she ruined HIS plans. He had to put up with a call from Diego, “the policeman of the family” who chewed him out for missing his date with Lidia, thanks to Silvana not calling her. So that’s why you felt you could mess up? Asks Silvana. She claims that she did call, but too late. (I don’t remember this so I think it’s another lie, a small one among many many big ones.) She winces and says that she had a lot of problems that held her up. Manuel wants to know what. Silvana admits that Diego kicked her out. The only way to get him now is for her to get pregnant with his child. Manuel says,”That’s not going to be easy if you don’t have a way to sleep with him.” Silvana says something about having a way to get a child of Diego into her womb (I couldn’t follow exactly what she says—could use some help). Manuel follows up by saying, now you’re really complicating things. (Vocab alert: he actually says “Meterse en camisa de once varas.” I have no idea what the origin of that one is—Put oneself in a shirt with eleven wands???) Silvana says she doesn’t know, but she’s willing to risk it all (jugar todo por el todo). Manuel says faking a pregnancy is going to be hard. She’s going to have to have a fake belly for starters. Silvana is starting to get annoyed by his questions but Manuel smiles and says that he is the only one who can solve ALL her problems. Silvana doesn’t get it (BUT WE DO) so Manuel explains to her that he’s willing to impregnate her. And his DNA would be similar to Diego’s so there wouldn’t be any risk of a paternity test showing a bad result. Silvana is not THAT crazy and she gets up angry that he would suggest such a thing. Manuel says he’s just being logical. He thinks that this idea makes more sense than stealing Azul’s baby. (GOT A POINT THERE!) Silvana then launches into a discussion about how she wants to give Diego the baby he always wanted, His and Azul’s baby. The plan is that he is going to take care of Azul, take her to the doctor, and after she gives birth, steal the baby. Manuel doesn’t like this plan. “So you want me to steal my grandchild?” Silvana says “yes, so that it can be brought up in YOUR family.” “You’ll do what I order you to!” Manuel says he’s not the guy to be taking care of prissy little pregnant women like Azul. (prissy=mojigatos? I guess he’s talking about her complaining about his drinking). Manuel tells her to find somebody else to be her servant, somebody who can take the fall when it all comes crashing down. Silvana says that’s what she’s going to do. She’s going to find somebody else who doesn’t get drunk and try to take advantage of Azul. Manuel is offended by this And says he’s the one who is sacrificing himself and for so little money.

Back at the boutique, Clemi, Gloria and Diego are still comparing notes. It’s not possible that she’s working. According to Ceci, Silvana broke her contract with the modeling company and they won’t give her any more work. Diego remarks on how loopy she is, that she’s making all these snap decisions. Gloria says she will try to find her, but what’s the urgency? Clemi tells Diego to fess up—maybe Gloria already knows. Diego says “It seems that Silvana is pregnant with my child.” Gloria gets all excited about being a grandmother. Clemi is like, “Yeah, seems that way.” Gloria says it’ll be great for her to have another child, to recover from what happened with Nico. She’s all excited and happy to be co-abuelas with Clemi. Clemi smiles but we can’t really see her expression behind those GIANT GLASSES.

Back in Guadalajara, Silvana is all hugs and smiles for Azulcena. She cheerfully asks how things are. Azulcena tells her, it’s like she told her before. Her “Uncle Manuel” drinks A LOT. Silvana claims that Manuel is really sorry—“It’s because of problems he has with his daughter.”

Azulcena snaps into psychologist mode and tells her that drinking never solves one’s problems. She tells Silvana that she doesn’t want to stay with him. What would happen if she had a problem with the pregnancy and he’s on another bender? Her pregnancy is the most important thing to her at the moment and she doesn’t want Manuel there. Silvana says that she agrees, and for that reason, she’s going to send “Uncle Manuel” back to Mexico City and bring HER MOTHER back to take care of her. Silvana relates that her mother is a wonderful, lively person and she’ll really like her. Azulcena brightens up at this prospect.

Back at the boutique, Gloria is very lively with the news that she’s going to be a grandmother and she’s sharing the news with Chucho. Julio looks up from what he’s doing and asks acidly “And who is the father?” Gloria says, “Who else, Diego!” Chucho and Gloria return to a celebratory cuddle. She jokes that Chucho would make a great granddad but when she goes out with the grandkid, everybody will assume it’s her child! Chucho chuckles at that one.

Silvana is pacing the living room of the hideway. The cell phone rings. It’s Gloria. Silvana remarks that now more than ever she needs her mom. She picks it up. Gloria excitedly answers the phone “Daughter! I know I am going to be a grandmother!” Silvana acts surprised that she knows and tells her not to tell Diego. Gloria says it’s too late. Diego already knows HE TOLD HER. Gloria asks why she didn’t want him to know. Silvana responds because he doesn’t love her and she won’t force him to have a child with her. Gloria is all sunshine—“Why of course he loves you! Who else does he have now that Azul is dead? He loves YOU! And he’s crazy looking for you everwhere. He was even going to call the modeling agencies in Guadelajara. Imagine that!” Silvana is impactada into the commercial break.

We don’t see what happens next because when we come back, Silvana is in the kitchen with Manuel. Silvana explains to Manuel that he’s going back to Mexico City and she’s going to convince her mom to come out to Guadalajara to take care of Azulcena. Manuel burps after drinking a glass of milk and opines that this is a bad idea. He may drink a little too much but her mom is a complete nut. She’s capable of anything. Silvana thinks that she will work for her best interests, much better than Manuel can. Manuel thinks that the more people know her secrets, the more likely that she’ll lose control of the situation. Silvana says, too late. She’s already decided. She starts rummaging around in the kitchen and says that she’s going to get a urine sample from Azul. She wants to prove to Diego that she’s pregnant.

At the boutique, Diego has gotten off the phone with the modeling agenc(ies) in Guadalajara. They had no plans to contract Silvana. Gloria says that she spoke with Silvana and that she went to Guadalajara to have some medical tests done. She said she would call Diego on his cell. Clemi asks if Silvana wasn’t sure about the pregnancy and that is why is had the tests done. Gloria said she thinks that there is no doubt because she confirmed it to her. Gloria gets all excited again and announces again “Silvana’s going to have your baby, Diego!!” Finally she notices that he isn’t in the partying mood and says that Silvana told her that you don’t want the baby. “That’s not true is it?” Diego looks guilty.

Silvana holds out a jar to Azulcena who says “Another test? Why when LF already did all the tests?” Silvana thinks fast and says that since they didn’t stop to bring the results, it would be better to have something to give the doctor so that he can evaluate it. Azulcena agrees and complies.

Next we are in Emilia and GSD’s apartment again, where Ceci, Arnaldo and GSD are all hanging around Emilia’s bed. Ceci has brought a little gift. She heard that Emilia took a bad turn. Emilia relates that fortunately it was only a scare. But to be on the safe side, she is now on bed rest. The gift Ceci brought is a little ball of yarn and some knitting needles so that she can make the baby something and to pass the time. Emilia repeats that she doesn’t want to do that—maybe later. She’s still afraid of losing the baby. Arnie expresses his feeling that the baby will be born just fine. Ceci chimes in that “there’s another baby on the way” GSD jumps up and starts to suggest that maybe she and Arnie?!! Arnie quickly jumps in to say NO NO NO, Julio already told him that Silvana is pregnant with Diego’s baby. GSD is stricken with this idea and comments that Silvana and Diego’s relationship has moved very fast. Ceci argues that Silvana never gave Diego a chance to wait. Emilia psychologizes that this kind of thing often happens. People try to overcome their grief by making new connections. Arnie suggests that maybe this was planned. Diego wanted a baby. Ceci disagrees. Diego wanted a baby with Azul, not with Silvana.

Night falls and Clemi, Anibal and Lidia are all eating dinner. Lidia relates that Tavo is having money troubles and that they may be postponing the wedding. Anibal says that they shouldn’t do that. He and Clemi can cover anything they can’t. Lidia says, that may not be necessary. She’s got a plan to sell plastic surgery insurance policies to patients at the hospital. Clemi insists that she take Anibal up on his offer. Weddings entail a lot of costs, she adds. Anibal asks where they are going to live. Clemi jumps in again to suggest that they live there. “This is your home!” Lidia says that she thought they were going to live in Tavo’s apartment but now maybe he’s going to have to sell it to pay off his debts. Clemi tells her to consider it and also to have a very modest wedding. Lidia says that is what she’s thinking and she is planning to ask Diego if she can have it in his backyard. Clemi says that they should all go over to see him tomorrow, because today she learned, that he’s going to be a Daddy. Both Anibal and Lidia stare at her.
Silvana is already back from Guadalajara and is at Diego’s. Diego’s not happy. He asks her how she could have hidden such important information from him. Silvana has a home pregnancy test box and she announces that in a minute she will give him proof that she’s pregnant. Diego plops heavily in a chair.

Back to dinner time at Clemi, Anibal and Lidia’s. Clemi reiterates that Silvana told her and Katy obliquely that she was pregnant. Later Diego confirmed it. Anibal asks what Diego will do. Lidia rolls her eyes and says knowing her brother, for sure they will makeup and he’ll marry her.

At Diego’s (which is dark, just like the tone of this show at the moment) Silvana comes out of the bathroom holding the pregnancy test. She says yes, it’s our baby! Diego agrees that he always wanted to be a father. In fact, he’s already feeling the love for the baby. She makes him feel her belly (ICK!) and then he says although he’ll always love his child, he can never be with her.


Back to eating—Clemi says that nobody can know what they are going to do, and she wishes that Diego had handled this better. But she hopes that before anything, they take into account the well-being of HER GRANDCHILD! Anibal says he noticed a twinkle in her eyes. (Awwww!) The doorbell rings and interrupts this happy scene. Is it Tavo? NO! It’s Manuel! Lidia tries to slam the door in his face. He asks her to wait and hear him out. She says she already gave him a chance. She says she knows that he was supposed to take Silvana’s car to the shop and instead he went out on the town. Manuel stops her and says No…wait…I was robbed! He swears it. Lidia is skeptical.

Back at Diego’s, Diego is explaining to Silvana that he’ll support the child, economically and “morally.” The child will lack for nothing. But the one thing that won’t be happening is that they will not be living together. Silvana has been tears rolling down her cheeks and raccoon eyes which look even more dramatic in the semi-darkness. Silvana complains that Diego is hurting her and hurting their baby by talking to her this way. Diego says he wants to do what is right but she complains that what he is doing is not right for her or the baby. Diego tries explaining to her that the child will get all his love, when it’s born and will learn that Mom and Dad just can’t live together. That’s the way it will be because he’s not willing to live a lie. Silvana is angry now. She gets up and says that now she needs to think about what’s best for her and HER child. Diego says wait a minute. Silvana reminds him that he doesn’t want her to stay there. Diego says that’s true but he wants her to keep him informed. Silvana says that he’s not the only one that can issue demands here. She gets up and stalks out. Diego sits down again heavily.


Back to Manuel and Lidia. Apparently he’s building the frijolito story up into a big robbery. But he overdoes it and she figures that to be robbed by a small child he must have been drunk-as—a—skunk. What’s more, she knows he was because she talked to Diego and he told her. And she believes him more than she believes her dear old –NOT Daddy. He tries the “I only had a few drinks” line but she doesn’t buy it. She tells him that she’s had it with him. She doesn’t want him at her wedding at all. Anibal will give her away. She pushes the door shut on him. She staggers back into the room crying where Clemi and Anibal comfort her.

Meanwhile back at his dark mansion (did Diego get so busy looking for Silvana that he forgot to pay the light bill?) Diego goes to Caty’s room to try to explain to her the situation. Caty is all excited about having a little brother or sister (mostly sister) and a real family and starts making plans. Diego explains that it won’t be quite like she imagines, for one thing, little bro or sis will not be living with them. Caty looks puzzled.

Next we are at a bar with Ceci and Mario. Ceci is not happy and Mario asks her why. She explains that she found out that Silvana was pregnant by Diego. Mario says that it doesn’t surprise him since she was chasing him since day 1 of his widower-hood. If she could do that, she’s capable of anything. Ceci says that Diego finally opened his eyes and saw her for the witch she is, they separated but now that there’s a child involved…who knows what will happen. Mario agrees with the standard line about how the child is not to blame for how it got there. Ceci adds that all children deserve a family who love and support them. Ceci says she knows what it is like not to have anyone.

Back to Caty and Diego . Caty is wanting the new baby to live with them. Diego says that yeah that would be nice, but the baby is going to be living with its mommy, Silvana. Caty counters with wishing that her family was like other families, like her friends families. Diego explains to her that there are lot of different kinds of families in the world, ones where the kids live with mom, others where they live with dad. “Like us! “chimes in Caty. Diego finishes up that the only thing that is important in a family is that the members love each other. Caty says that’s why she wants the baby living there with them. Diego says they will still love the baby no matter where it lives. And besides, she told him she didn’t like Silvana. She didn’t want him to marry her. Caty says that she changed her mind. Now she wants Silvana back with the baby so they can all live together like a happy family. She starts whining. Diego relents a bit and says “Well, that decision doesn’t just depend on me.” (Somehow I don’t think convincing Silvana would be a problem.) Caty whines some more and Diego says that sometimes things can’t be the way we want them to be. He gives her a big hug.

Back to Ceci and Mario. Mario has picked up from her line about “being alone” and tells her that she has no reason to feel alone anymore. His feelings for her are very serious and he’d like to know what she thinks about that. Ceci says she doesn’t know, she’s confused and afraid. Mario asks her what he’s done to make her lack confidence in him. She says “it’s not you” and proceeds to tell him that in her previous relationships, she’s wound up being disappointed. When she thought she had found true love, she ended up disillusioned. Mario says he can wait until he wins her over and to punctuate this sentiment he pulls a rose from his inside jacket pocket and hands it to her. She is obviously impressed and sniffs it.

Silvana is pacing around another room (did she get another hotel room?) and there’s a knock at the door. It’s Gloria who cheerfully bursts in prattling on about how she is excited she is about the grandchild. She mentions that now she will have a child to help her move forward from Nico. Silvana tells her to “shut-up” about Nico and not to mention him again. It’s true , she’s had a lot of losses in her life. From now on, she will only be winning. Gloria says she understands that she’s sensitive about the topic but she only wanted to say that sometimes life gives us second chances…like with her…she wants to prove to Silvana that she loves her. Silvana says yes, and she will need her, now that she will be ALONE. They sit on the couch. She tells Gloria that Diego doesn’t want to have anything to do with her. Gloria says that Diego has to take responsibility. Silvana says that Diego doesn’t want the child. Gloria says no way, Diego told him herself that he does. Silvana tells her that Diego doesn’t want her because he’s still in love with Azul. Gloria responds that that can’t be. Diego can’t tie himself down to a ghost. Azul is dead. Silvana gets up from where she is sitting and says "No Mama, Azul is alive.” Gloria is impactada into the commercial.

Gloria can’t believe it. She thinks Silvana is crazy. Then she thinks it’s a bad joke. Silvana assures her it’s no joke. She explains the back story about how Azul was in an accident and has no memory of who she is. Gloria then thinks that that is why Silvana left, so that Diego could be with Azul. Silvana says no way, she took Azul to a house in Guadalajara. Gloria, now completely horrified wants to know what she’s up to. Silvana says that she was just trying to keep Diego from being hurt. Gloria disagrees. “Diego will be the happiest guy in the world if Azul is found.” Silvana doesn’t like the sound of that. She tells her mom that Diego would die of sorrow to know that Azul is in love with another man, pregnant and wants to marry him.

Meanwhile, Diego is talking to Azul’s picture back in his bedroom. He tells her that he doesn’t know what to say. He wishes that he could have her advice. Since she’s been gone he’s been so confused.

At the same time, Azulcena is lying on a couch back at the house in Guadalajara thinking about …a blur…or a guy whose face is a blur…touching her face and comforting her. At first, the blur looks like it will turn into Diego but instead, it turns into Luis Felipe.

Diego is fantasizing too, about cuddling with a pregnant Azul, until he looks up and then she turns into SILVANA!

Silvana is still trying to convince her Mom that she wants Diego to be happy and Azul to be happy with the man she loves. She wants to fight to have the best for her child. Mom points out that all this seems mighty convenient for Silvana’s plans. This is the real world and there are laws here that can’t be broken. Silvana demands to know why nobody can know and everybody can be happy. Her baby and Azul’s can be with its family. Gloria says “You said it yourself, Diego cannot forget Azul. You would be basing your happiness on a lie. The suffering apart, it’s not the right thing to do. And eventually you will pay for it.” Silvana complains that when Diego finds out that Azul is alive he will leave her immediately. “Then what will I do?” She wails. I will be alone, out of a job. Gloria says not to worry. She’s sure Diego will support her and she can count on her help, and on Chucho’s…Silvana interrupts her and says that Diego will not be happy now that Azul is no longer the same. Azul will be unhappy since she’ll be taken away from the man she loves. ...Gloria says that that is for them to decide. Silvana shouts NO! She insists that the child(ren) will suffer who are not to blame for the troubles of their parents. Gloria insists that Azul must remember something. Silvana says that they’ve taken her to various specialists and nothing has worked. Azul is not the same. “The Azul that you know DIED. She’s like another woman and she deserves to be happy, as much as I do.” Silvana changes tack. She says that as her Mom, she should be supporting her in her moment of need. Gloria gets up and says that that is what she is trying to do. She’s trying to convince her NOT TO MAKE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HER LIFE. Silvana argues that she’s doing the right thing. Mom says no, this is not good. You have to be honest, on the side of the truth, without lies and deceit. “How are you going to look your child in the eye if you are not truthful?” (Actually she says “limpia” or clean but I think this is the sense she meant it in.) Silvana then accuses mom of never doing what she is doing now. Risking everything for him. (She says “el” but I suppose it could be it, standing in for “el bebe.”) “I am going to defend my child with my fingernails and teeth. “My baby will have a family and an emotional life that I never had. “ She reduces Gloria to tears with this and she admits that she was “never a good mother…but..” Silvana interrupts and says “now you are going to be one!” Silvana tells her that she wants her to go to Guadalajara for a few days to take care of Azul. Silvana says that she doesn’t like leaving her there alone. Gloria asks..so why is she alone in Guadalajara if supposedly she has this man who loves her? Silvana tells her that “she wanted to be alone for a few days to think things over and decide what to do.” Gloria says she doesn’t know what to think, she has to take a few days to think about what to do too. Silvana tells her to think of her for once. Gloria hugs Silvana but she’s still horrified by this whole situation. (She may have been a selfish and thoughtless woman but at least she’s not evil or crazy.)

It’s the next morning. Gloria is eating breakfast with Chucho and he can tell something’s wrong. He notes that since she came back from talking to Silvana she’s been quiet and sad. “Did you argue with her again?” he asks. Gloria denies it. But incidentally, an acting opportunity has come up…in Guadalajara! She needs to go there for a few days. Chucho takes her hand and says that they’ve talked about this. She decided to give up acting. Gloria pretends that it’s the opportunity of a lifetime and that she can’t miss it. It will only be for a few days. She wants his support—she doesn’t want to be away from her little cotton head for long.

Over at Casa Diego, Clemi is serving coffee to Diego. Clemi says she couldn’t sleep and decided to come over early before going to the office. Diego says he didn’t get much sleep either, trying to decide what to do. He talked to Caty and all she wanted to talk about was how happy she would be with a new brother or sister. “She even thought that she could get along with Silvana, imagine that.” Clemi thinks it’s great that he talks to his daughter and listens to her. Diego says yes, but in the end, she’s a child and he’s the one who has to make the decision. Clemi agrees. It could happen that once the baby is born, Caty could decide that she doesn’t like them living together. In the end, Diego says children can adapt. Clemi agrees and says the important thing is that they feel secure and loved. Diego says that he can’t do that living with Silvana. He doesn’t love her. And he doesn’t think that he will ever love her.

Gloria is still picking at her food and looking pensive. Chucho gets up and very poetically describes her as a bird that came to him in the twilight of his years. He could never “clip her wings.” Gloria gets up and gives him a kiss. She knew he would understand. Chucho stops her and says that he doesn’t want her to try to fool him. He knows that everything that she has told him is a lie. She protests but he says he doesn’t want to know the reason for her trip. He supports her unconditionally. Gloria’s eyes fill with tears and she thanks him again. He warns her that she think hard before she does whatever it is she is planning to do, because "guilt can make us do things thinking that we can undo the harm we’ve done previously." (Whoa, is Chucho a mind reader, or what?) Gloria smiles and hugs him some more.

Clemi is putting the coffee cups away at Diego’s and she tells him that she does have one thought for him that she’s been burning to say. She asks him that even if this isn’t the way he wanted it to be, he could have a child of his own, under his roof. Diego agrees but he says that neither he nor Caty would be happy with the example of him and Silvana as parents, who don’t love eachother. Clemi starts digging in some more to her theme. She knows that Silvana has made a lot of mistakes “but she’s not a bad woman.” (YES SHE IS! AND YOU SAID AS MUCH TWO DAYS AGO! Who knew that Amnesia was an infectious disease?) “She loves you deeply. And have you thought about what it’s going to be like to be a part-time Dad?” Diego has a guilty expression. Clemi’s stealth assault may have worked.

Lidia and Tavo are back at Casa Clemi-Anibal. Tavo has just come over for breakfast. He comments favorably on her cooking, which must have improved since before, she didn’t know how to cook at all. Just then the phone rings. It’s Mario. He’s gotten her lunch with the head of Plastic Surgery at the hospital. And it’s at a nice restaurant too. Mario’s sure the deal will work out great. Lidia is excited and when she puts the phone down, Tavo gets that jealous look on his face. Lidia doesn’t notice and says that she’s going to be selling policies like hotcakes. (Hot bread actually.)

Gloria is at Silvana’s. “You win.” Gloria tells her. I will go to Guadalajara and counsel Azul-Azucena to stay with the man who loves her, so that my grandchild can have a family. Silvana is beside herself with joy. She tells mom that there will never be a lack of closeness between them again. Gloria stops her and says that if she finds out that Silvana has been lying to her, even if the cost is Silvana hating her for the rest of her life, she will tell Diego. Silvana is impactada.

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Molo happily greets Herlinda in the street. Sadly he agrees to do her the favor of saying hello to Juan and telling him how much she loves him.

Pau takes the therapists words to heart she begs Moni for forgiveness. She goes in to CL and suggests he does the same he protests there is nothing left hanging between him and Juan and she says fine, at least make good with my mom.

Fer asks Marely if she liked his present of chocolates. She smiles that silly schoolgirl in love smile and tells him yes.

Laura is being nosy asking Ana all kinds of questions about her marital status. Ana is disturbed. After a call from Yadi to Marely announcing that Mom has escaped again she shows up at Ana's interrupting the design review by attacking with a rolling pin and wondering where her husband SAmuel is hidden.

Juanito is trying to talk his way out of going to school in favor of working with Pa in the business but Pa Juan says that school is where he belongs.

Nid chases Ana up to her room where she calls Marely to come get Nid cause she's crazy. Mar and Pau take off to the rescue.

Chavaz Papa tells his son he'll work with Dominguez or he'll leave the house and put his nachas elsewhere. He also says besides, you need to endear yourself to him so that you can convince him to marry your sister, because that's the only way to do it.

Juan tells Molo he's going to bring Herlinda around so Molo can see her night and day.

Alirio is at a market demanding Tolucan Chorizo, and to make sure that it is absolutely authentic.

At the battle between the enemies, formerly friends, now enemies again, Nid breaks through the bedroom door after Ana and yells at her for putting the horns on her husband. Needless to say Ana is impactada.

Laura has called the police, and this manages to frighten of Nid who agrees to leave, but not before saying that she and her daughters are waiting for Samuel at home.Nid calls Laura Cucsa, Metiche, Mirona.

Laura calls Moni and tells her what just happened, that Pau's Mom was doing Nid's man. Moni is happy.

Pau and Mar arrive, but too late. Ana tells Pau the details while Marely rushes off after her mom. Pau learns that Laura saw the whole thing, and that the police coming was only a threat to get Nid to leave.

CL and Pastor discuss Alirio and CL says let him have what little he wants or else he's going to keep controlling Pastor, and we don't want him to surpise us with anything. He also gets around to telling Pastor what Pau wants him to do.

Meanwhile Alirio shows up in reception with a huge bag of Chorizo, asking to see Cl and Ivonne tries to blow him off.

Ana tells Pau that even though Laura tried to save her life she's unsettled about something, that she seemed to be more interested in Pau than the designs. Pau tells her to ignore it, but she says she still doesn't like that woman. Pau tells her CL is coming today and Ma reluctantly agrees to talk to him. Pau begs her Mom to receive him with an open mind.

Fer asks Ivonne for some papers and Ivonne takes this opportunity to launch cheap shots at him about Marely. He says she is his friend and Ivonne shouldn't confuse friendship with business and orders her to provide him the papers. The exchange culminates in her accusing him of moving up rapidly in the business and wondering how he did it, then him saying his own merit, but others can't even move up by sleeping with the boss. The lobby lizards (thanks Jeanne) are listening in and Cl and PAstor come out and yell at the two of them for arguing about personal matters in the office, instead they should do it in the street.

Later Pastor yells at Fer that there are more discreet ways of solving problems and that Ivonne has been through and suffered so much for him,poor girl. Fer says that's crazy because she had plenty of opportunities with me and she threw them in the trash. Pastor says that everyone commits errors, she does and he does to, and even though she's immature etc. try to understand her, and don't repeat this scene ever again in the office. Fer agrees he won't.

In Achi, Anga is with Delfi being amorous when all of a sudden he falls to the floor. Delfi screams and runs for Juan.

Mar and Yadi are debriefing Nid about her crazy behavior, they tell her she and Ana have already patched things up, and even are friends now, oh and DAd is dead. Nid is impactado.

While Delphi is in the other room crying over Anga's death, Juan and Molo pick him up. He's ok and admits to Juan he was "playing" with her. She runs in the room glad he's ok and cuddles with him. Juan tells himself he can imagine what game they were playing and he walks out.

Nid still doesn't believe SAm is dead even though Mar offers to take her to cemetery. She thinks The girls are trying to drive her crazy. Nid wants to know why Mar hates her so much and sends her to her room for disrespecting her mother.

The doctor leaves his recommendation with Juan regarding Anga. Good news is his head is ok, but bad news is that his heartbeat is accelerated and he needs absolute rest to fell better. He emphasizes this to Delfi who thinks ok, so he needs to be in bed. He elaborates that no, that's absolutely nothing to give him an emotional rise...that is no ñiqui ñaca or ñaque, and the oldest remedy to help her cope with that is a cold shower.

Guti tells Alirio maybe he should get close to PAstor to convince him to go along with their scheme. He yells at him that he has had opportunity after opportunity and keep blowing each one. Alirio says no way will he feign amor for Pastor but asks him if there might be a campito for him to stay in Guti's house. Now that will be hysterical if they live together.


Cl at CAsa Davila is beginning his penance to Ana. She is reluctantly listening.

Juan is consoling Anga who thinks he saw death near him this time. Juan tells him not to say such things and says he cares for Anga like a Dad. Anga says he would be honored if Juan was his son, that he thinks he will leave a large part of his estate to Juan. Juan is of course impactado.

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