Caray, Caray!

Short, sweet and sans snark tonight, folks. Again, I've organized more by plot-lines more than actual order of the episode.

From last night:

• Cruz sings to Fer. Fer smiles. I swoon for the first time. 
• Vic and María stand off. María sees the-doll-that-trumps-DNA.

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1. Fedra muses, after Emiliano's righteous exit, that no one will depose her from her throne. Much less you Emiliano.
2. Vicky snipes at Jorge, whose lisp seems more annoying than ever. He proteths that he never betrayed her, he just used those papers to get the fingerprints and then nasty ol' Fedra cheated him. She wants him to get on the next plane to Madrid; he insists that he's staying in order to save her and besides, he really really luuuuuves her.
3. Vicky has another dreary soliloquoy about how every man she trusts betrays her in the end.
4. In his cell, Eman thought bubbles that even if the whole world perishes, he and Vicky will be together.
5. Brandon and Oliver are in their room now with Olly kicking off the shoes, peeling off the fake nose and fretting about how to get Gretel back. Brandon recommends staying out of Kristel's bed as a start. But they have to hang onto Kristel so she'll tell 'em all she knows about Mauricio's dirty dealings.
6. Emanuel and Vicky communicate through bars. He wants her to understand why he can't abandon Ilitia right now and how much he needs her support. She whines.
7. Ilitia arrives with a sandwich and drink for her baby and “hasta en la sopa” (even here!) she's dismayed to find Vicky lurking nearby.
8. Vicky opines that Ilitia is insupportable now that she's pregnant. Eman tells Ilitia to go home. She fakes a faint. He relents and they play kissyface through the bars. Vicky reminds herself to imprint this painful picture on her brain so she can stop loving Emanuel forever!

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Capitulo 265.
Read Amanda's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. MamaJ concludes that Lety has a third suitor.

2. Fernando rebukes Omar for such a self-centered apology. Klaus calls Fern about a retro fashion ad campaign, a big contract.

3. Ali wants Tom to buy her a new dress to meet his mother. She says no nookie before the honeymoon. At the store, “a” dress becomes six. Lety gives Tom a wedding gift, an apron, to show her support.

4. Lety’s on a walk with Aldo, so MamaJ talks to Fernando. She asks him, off the record, whether he’s gone out with Lety the last few nights. They agree that Lety’s been acting strangely lately.

5. Aldo suggests that Lety support Tom’s marriage (Julie! Grammar alert!) GSNAK.

6. Fern asks Lety about last night and what Julieta said. Lety dodges, he catches her, and she runs into him. They both like it!

7. Omar says his troubles are Fern’s fault. Fern went and fell in love and abandoned Omar. Fern reminds him it’s his fault Fern lost Lety. Fern says, “My loss is the biggest one in the story.” Fern tells Omar he fell in love with something that doesn’t exist. They decide to give up on love, but neither is convinced. They bring three babes to the house, but the boys would rather watch Karate Kid.

8. Ali meets Tomasa and Mama dislikes Ali from the start. Ali leaves in a huff. Tomasa agrees to give Ali one more chance. Ali sees Tom’s pay stub and decides it’s worthwhile to marry him.

9. MamaJ demands to know what Lety’s up to. Lety says she was giving Omar a taste of his own medicine.


10. Lety invites Aldo to her house for something tonight, and his dad too, while Fern listens at the door. GSNAK. Aldo presses for a hint, but she refuses to tell. Fern tries to invite himself, but Lety advises him that he wouldn’t like it.
11. MamaJ suggests that Lety is rushing things with Aldo. See the transcript.

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Capitulo 266.
Read k-Fuego's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Luigi visits Manuel Vera’s office to find out about retro fashion. The associate, Claudio, accidentally shows Lui the Aurora photo, and Luigi decides she’s the model he wants.

2. Omar suggests that Lety’s big party could be to announce her engagement.

3. Aldo tells Aldad that he trusts Lety’s love for him, but he’s jealous because Lety works closely with Fern and she’s been acting strangely. (Aldo has a contorted definition of “trust.”)



4. Fern crashes Lety’s party just in time to hear her say, “Aldo and I are novios.” He pulls himself together and congratulates them. He’s already crying when he excuses himself with a smile plastered on.

5. Ali dresses modestly and tries again with Tomasa. Mama says she has to pass three tests. First she has to make crescent rolls

6. Lety tells Aldo she wanted to make the announcement in front of everyone to show how much she adores him. GSNA.. no kisses.

7. Omar suggests that Fern crashed the party because he’s dying of jealousy and wanted to make Lety feel bad. Fern insists that he came to show his support and that he’s not bothered. He asks Omar’s help to convince himself. In that case, Omar suggests that it’s a little cold to be standing around outside.

8. Aldad pressures them to set a wedding date. Aldo says they need to pay off the debt. Lety adds, “And later we can think about lo demás (the rest – can refer to a thing or a person).” Aldo explains, “Get married, live together in Acapulco, right?” He kisses her and she pulls away.

9. Fernando writes that maybe he needs to accept that he’s lost her forever. Lety dreams she and Aldo have six feo kids.

10. Fern and Omar contract for an apartment.

11. Fern asks Lety’s forgiveness for last night. He sweetly promises that he won’t interfere in her life anymore. She says, “Ay, Don Fernando, don’t say that. You, you’re Don Fernando. You’re one of the most important people in my life.” He says that the truth is, that’s not enough for him, but he’s resigned himself to her decision.

12. Luigi tells Lety and Fern that he won’t unveil his designs until the meeting with the client.

13. Tom announces to the cuartel that he’s marrying Alicia.

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Spanish Lesson. Julieta Counsels Lety
J: Lety, after we talked last night, I was thinking about it.
L: About the favor I asked of you?
J: I believe that you’re doing this too soon/fast (precipitar). I believe you could think about things more carefully.
L: You’re talking about my relationship with Aldo, right?
J: Yes. You’re still confused. In this state, it’s bad to make decisions because later you could regret it.
L: You don’t have to worry. I swear. I know very well what I’m doing.
J: Lety, please. Take notice. Barely two months ago, you thought Don Fernando was el hombre de tu vida. You’re still confused. Accept it. Maybe you are mistaken to think that you’re in love with Aldo??

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Since as far as I know, we have no scheduled recap today, here’s what I remember from last night’s show and a place to talk about it and fill in the blanks: *(Thanks to Ixv for composing the perfect title!) JuanJo Comes Home – and brings a new theme: Addiction! You’d have to be pretty stony-hearted not to be moved by Millie’s joy at having her only child back. [Still. I couldn’t help but hope that what Napo and Cruz were pouring over JuanJo’s filthy head was Kwell. And I was grateful they removed his clothes off-camera.] So now JJ is an alcoholic and is now in acute withdrawal. I’m sure we’re going to hear a whole lot about the subject. Parallet Plotlet: Domingo, Juan Pablo’s odd little sexton, turns out to be a recovering druggie. He has gone missing with the most recent carpentry earnings of the workshop. Osvaldo Leaves Home -- Destination Unknown Guillermo convinces Os he had nothing to do with Linda’s Jacuzzi Ambush. Gui is thrilled to get rid of Os. Os tells Max he is now the man of the house. Max suspects that Os is never coming back. Fer is devastated by her father’s leaving. Victoria can’t forgive him – it wasn’t just a one-night stand, it was a relationship and she thinks about all the times he must have lied to her and been with her after being with Linda. Ewwwww. Fer… … seeks solace in Federico (aka RTSB) and finally realizes, chinbraid or no, he’s a jerk. She breaks up with him. Cruz tries to comfort her. They go riding together and hijinks ensue. Beautiful country, horses, wet clothes. Stay tuned. Max and Ximena… …continue to fight. He moves into the guest room. She attacks a pillow with a pair of scissors. She tries on her new maternity clothes, looks in a mirror, and talks about how much she resents her pregnancy. María D… …is now back in simple clothes and hair (is that a braid I see?). She looks in a mirror and thinks about how much she loves her baby. Bernarda calls and says she wants to talk about MD’s ma. But when she gets there, B refuses to name names. She tells MD her father is dead and her mother is a bad woman who abandoned her, and wants nothing to do with her now. She was a sinner, just like MD herself. B also tells MD to leave JP alone – he’s a priest, not her father. B leaves in tears and Fausto is comforting her -- he's an orphan too, he says -- when Victoria shows up holding THE CLOTH DOLL. Vic and MD look at the doll and each other. Okay, fellow TdA junkies -- please add what I forgot. If someone puts up a real recap later, we can take this down.

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Eva Luna Episode 96, March 22, 2011.

RECAP IS UP!! It starts below the bulleted highlight list.

Here's a brief bulleted list of the highlights:

• Carlos invites Alicia over to his place. He seems harmless but he has revenge on his mind. He starts to attack Alicia but can't go through with it. Much regret and shame from him. (I am glad he couldn't go through with it but am still unhappy with what they've done to this character.)
• Deborah, Eva, and Don Julio are connecting the dots and deducing that Marcella murdered Daniel's parents.
• Don Julio is still putting the moves on Justa and she seems to be wavering a bit. Don Ricardo does some snooping and figures out that Señor Olmos is really Julio. Uh-oh.
• Gallo locates Bruno and pretty kissin' cousin in Florida. Marcella follows close behind and (apparently) hastens them to the next world via a gun. She later seems very pleased with herself. Boy did Bruno have a shocked expression on his face when she appeared.
• Alicia finally pulls the plug on her dysfunctional relationship with Leo.
• Alicia discovers that she is with child. Uh-oh.
• Marisol finally does something smart and tells cute young music label guy about her past as a table dancer. He is understanding.
• Daniel visits the pension with Laurita and stumbles upon Don Julio (who is there borderline sexually harassing Justa). Major shocked and impactada look from Daniel, and that is the photo I present you with below: Daniel's face upon discovering that Don Julio is ALIVE! ALIVE!!!

Daniel's shocked expression upon discovering that Don Julio is ALIVE!!! (Click on image to see larger version)

Episode 96—Full recap.

Once again I'll be combining the short-cut scenes so we don't all go nuts!

We start in Miami Florida, where Bruno is sunning himself. Pretty cousin joins him and they lock lips. Gallo watches them from behind some palm trees and says to himself that Bruno is a "dead man."

Alicia comes to visit Leo. As usual we get a gratuitous shot of the actor wearing nothing but a towel and showing off his hot bod and tattoo. She pulls the plug on their relationship. She won't be the lover of her sister's husband. "Eva deserves better and I can't stoop so low" she says. Leo tries to dissuade her but she is resolute.

Marcella is talking to Eva at the dinner table. She's pretending that she wants a "truce" with Eva, since Eva's going to be her daughter-in-law. Eva says she'll have to think on it for a few days. After she leaves Marcella wonders if Eva has heard something about Daniel's parents' deaths and is waiting to hear more info from Deborah.

Deborah, meanwhile, has done her homework and discovered that Marcella couldn't have burned her hand in the manner that she told Don Julio. (She said she'd burned it in a fire at a hotel.) "She must have burned the hand in the fire that killed Daniel's parents!" Deborah thinks.

Deborah's finding out more about Daniel's parents' deaths. (Click on image to see larger version.)

Marcella visits Deborah. They have this fakey-friendly conversation. Deborah thanks Marcella for spilling the beans about her being the girls' mom. Deborah says she knew Marcella didn't intend for it to be done in kindness, but the result was that it hastened things and now Deborah is reunited with her kids.

Marcella also "thanks" Deborah for looking after her the other day in her bedroom when she was "delirious." Marcella tries to pass off the stuff she said about killing Daniel's parents as a delirious meaningless rambling. She plays up that she couldn't do anything so horrible! But Deborah is not buying it. Marcella then warns Deborah to not tell anyone. She doesn't want her reputation besmirched because of a "misunderstanding."

Marisol tells the cute music label guy that she was a table-dancer and prostitute. She tells him how she's being blackmailed by Damien. The cute label guy is very understanding. Marisol is expecting that he'll tear up the contract but of course he won't do that. He thanks her for letting him know so they can prepare. Cute label guy says that they'll do something to show Damien. (Wonder what that will be!)

Gallo calls Marcella and tells her that he's discovered Bruno and the pretty cousin. Gallo watches from a distance and we see Bruno and cousin recap all their betrayal of Marcella and drink a toast.

Ictoria is talking with Lileach and telling her how she saw Daniel kissing Eva. She couldn't make a scene when she saw them because that would tip off Daniel that she wasn't off her rocker.

Leo is at the office and wants to know where is secretary, Lasura (kissin' cousin) is. She didn't get authorization to take any days off!

Filler scenes of Bruno and kissin' cousin shopping in Florida.

Deborah talks to a detective about Daniel's parents' deaths. He had suspicions but couldn't prove anything, he says. Deborah thanks him for his help and tells him she'll be in touch if she discovers anything. She then calls Eva and Don Julio.

Alicia has been given a bouquet of flowers. She looks at them with delight, looking for a card, perhaps hoping they're from Leo? But nope, they are from Carlos, who appears behind her. He talks about the "innocent girl who thought she could tour Los Angeles in one day" and she scoffs and says that that girl was dead a long time ago. Not to him, he says. He invites her for dinner at his house. She reluctantly agrees after he tells her that he told his mom about how badly he treated her when he got out of jail, and now mom wants to fix her a nice dinner. But Carlos is thought-bubbling that tonight he'll finally get payback for all the time he spent in jail because of her! Uh oh!

Carlos presents Alicia with flowers. (Click on image to see larger version.)

A meeting between Deborah, Eva, and Don Julio, where they talk about what they learned about Marcella's involvement with Daniel's parents' deaths. There are a series of scenes but I'll condense them down: Marcella had told Don Julio that she burned her hand in a hotel fire (which happened to be the same time that Daniel's parents died). Deborah has discovered that the hotel reported no fires at that time, and they certainly would have known had there been a fire in the hotel. Therefore, Marcella lied to Don Julio about how she burned her hand.

Deborah then reports that the official story on Daniel's parents' death was that dad lost control of the car when he was trying to park it. Anyway, the detective always suspected that this was not how it happened but he couldn't prove anything and the case was closed.

The detective thought that both parents were in the car and someone pushed the auto and it went into a tree? And the parents were already dead when this happened. (Or whatever. I'm losing it here.)

Anyway they all deduce that the parents' death was likely a murder and they also figure that Marcella did it. Marcella's hotel room was only four hours away from where the parents were killed. She probably burned her hand when she was dousing the car with gasoline and the fire got to her hand. It all adds up. But wait, what about a motive? Don Julio supplies the reason: Turns out that Daniel's dad wanted to sell his share of the company. Rather than let that portion of the company go to strangers, Marcella had him killed so that Daniel would inherit. Then Icky was pushed onto Daniel with the hopes that she'd marry him. And so forth and so on. We know the rest. Don Julio also mentions that Marcella was very displeased when Daniel married his first wife. Presumably because she had planned for him to marry Icky.

Deborah, Eva, and Don Julio put their heads together and figure out how Marcella was able to murder Daniel's parents. (Click on image to see larger version.)

After hearing all of this, Eva thinks that Daniel needs to be told! But the others think it's better to wait until they have more concrete evidence.

Bruno and pretty cousin start getting busy in his hotel room, still celebrating how they ripped off Marcella. Up comes Marcella up the stairs. Uh oh. She has a key and opens the door. There is Bruno and pretty cousin in bed, very busy. Finally they notice that they have company. Marcella says "Buenos noches Bruno." We hear a gunshot which we presume kills the cousin, and we see Bruno's shocked face, but we see neither dead body. (I wonder if maybe Bruno isn't dead yet—we still need to know why he was calling himself "Bruno Arismendi"!)

"Buenos noches, Bruno," Marcella says, right before she shoots his cousin (and we are led to believe she shoots him too). Bruno looks a tad shocked. (Click on image to see larger version.)

Alicia has visited Carlos at his house. They are both very nervous together. They drink wine. Mom is nowhere to be seen, however. Alicia admits that she's uncomfortable being alone with Carlos. Carlos explains that his mom has a headache. Let's go see her, he suggests. As soon as they go into "mom's" bedroom it is discovered to be empty. Carlos quickly throws Alicia down on the bed and descends on her as she screams and struggles. He tells her that because of her he rotted in jail. She reminds him that she didn't force him to do anything. But he says it was wrong for her to use him, knowing how much he felt for her. Finally after more struggling and screaming, Carlos loses steam. He realizes what a jerk he's been. He tells her that he loved her and just wanted her to love him back, but that this was not the way. Apologetic and ashamed, he admits that he was horribly wrong and he is so sorry. He'll not bother her again. She scuttles out of there fast as Carlos looks horrified at what he almost did.

Daniel is thought-bubbling about Eva marrying Leo. Francisco comes in to say goodnight. They chat a bit about Francisco's marriage. He doesn't think either of them are happy. Francisco is a simple man, he says. He wants a wife to tend to him and give him hijos. Marisol is busy with all her singing career stuff. Daniel points out the BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS: "You pretended to be a big producer when you met her!" Francisco acted like he wanted a busy career woman, so what would he expect? Daniel then advises that Francisco talk with Marisol about all of this.

Gratuitous Guy Ecker shot: Daniel offers marital advice to Francisco. (Click on image to see larger version.)

Marisol has just finished a song and it went well. Cute label guy invites her to a great dinner out. But she can't—she's got to get home to fix Francisco dinner. Cute label guy reminds her that soon she'll be busy with touring and stuff and won't be home at all. Marisol looks thoughtful at this. Then she says that Francisco was going to be her manager. After some discussion she admits that he probably wouldn't have the experience to do it.

Alicia arrives home after her traumatic evening with Carlos. She becomes nauseated. Because we are in ultimós captitulós, Alicia's brain cells kick in, and instead of it taking her WEEKS to figure it out, she figures it out in a few minutes: She's pregnant. She has to know before Eva and Leo marry, she thinks. A visit to the doctor confirms the pregancy.

Marcella's obviously traveled via Transporter or something back to L.A. from Florida, because here she is, back in L.A., calm as can be, the same night that she presumably killed Bruno and cousin. Renata is in her jammies and with her hair down and wonders where Marcella has been. Marcella gives some excuse but says that her evening was "great for her self-esteem." She then tells Renata to remind Leo to give her five thousand dollars—"I donated it to the fire station." (Remember how Marcella always donates money to charities after she kills someone?)

Don Julio is visiting the pensión and is watching Adrian play with his computer/x-box or whatever it is. Adrian wonders how Don Julio knows so much about computers and video games. "I'll tell you some day," he replies.

Justa comes in and wants to know what he's doing there. He says he came to give something to Adrian. (Or whatever. I'm losing it again.) Justa is all drama-queeny and goes into the kitchen, her eyes all wide, and wonders what's going on and what she's gonna do, blah blah blah. She's so fluttery and nervous when she sees Don Julio. Don Ricardo wants to know what's going on but she covers it up.

Don Ricardo wonders more. We are shown a series of flashbacks as he remembers more about when Mr. Olmos came around and all the stuff he said and Justa said. He really starts to get suspicious, so he snoops in Justa's stuff, finds a box and sees Don Julio's picture inside. Looks like the same guy as Mr. Olmos! Don Ricardo connects the dots. He now wants to confirm that Mr. Olmost and Julio are the same guy.

Eva comes over to Daniel's house to visit him. But he's not home. He has come over to the pensión with Laurita.

Don Julio has a moment alone with Justa. He puts on the smooth moves as usual. She doesn't want to talk to him just then. But he's so smooth. She seems to be weakening. But then Daniel and Laurita arrive. Justa answers the door. She is hesitant to let him in because Julio is there. But Laurita is there and Adrian will want to see her, so what can she do but let them in? Julio quickly removes himself to a different room, but is waylaid by Don Ricardo who has a lot of questions. Before Julio can escape, a very impactado Daniel discovers that Don Julio is still very much alive!

I also add on a personal note that Daniel looks mighty fine in that black shirt. I include a photo below as evidence:

Daniel and Laurita have come to visit Adrian. Behold how fetching that black shirt looks on Guy Ecker. (Click on image to see larger version.)

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Capitulo 263.
Read Julie's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

Today we saw four impossible things: Alicia accepts Tom’s proposal, Omar regrets his sins, Lety grows some backbone, and MamaJulieta has a new suitor.

1. Lety challenges Aldo, “Why do you want to answer my phone?” and he backs off. She turns off her phone and he doesn’t like that either. So much for “El amor es libertad.”

2. Girls ask for Aldo’s autograph in a park. GSNAK.



3. AnaL wails in the vortex and Tomy offers a shoulder to cry on. She’ll gladly take more than a shoulder. Alicia watches with celos y chinches (bedbugs). Ali eavesdrops while Tom offers nouveau pauvre AnaL use of the apartment he just bought.



4. Fern looks for an apartment and Omar says they should share one. Omar asserts that he’ll never let Fern meet Aurora. Fern ponders that all this talk of Aurora makes him curious to meet her.

5. Aldo’s publisher gives him the first royalties check and wants Aldo to write another book.

6. Ali begs Marcia to not cash out and become poor. Marcia tries to make her see that it will pay off in the long run. It’s safe to say that Ali doesn’t understand delayed gratification.

7. Aurora calls Omar. He feels like she’s punishing him. For her he’d pay for all his sins. She sets up a date for tonight. Fern eavesdrops when she calls Manuel for a dress and tells him she has a date.

8. Aldad scolds Aldo for working instead of asking him for money (What parent would ever say that?).

9. The boys can’t find the keys. They look around the office and almost see Lety Aurorafied.

10. Ali complains to Marcia about Tom and AnaL. Marcia asks what she expects, since she never gave Tom any encouragement. Ali and her chinches try to sleep there, but Marcia kicks her out.


11. Omar again asserts that if Fern saw Aurora, he couldn’t resist and he’d steal her. Fern can’t wrap his mind around Omar really being in love. While Omar cleans up, Fern takes a call from Aurora and imitates Omar. She says she has a surprise for him. Fern reports it to Omar, amid much teasing.

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Capitulo 264.
Read 5ft's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fernando helps Omar get ready for his big date.

2. Aldo’s boss fires him for taking a walk over lunch hour, attending to personal guests over dinner hour, and talking on the phone the rest of the work day. Not really, but I would if I were the boss!



3. Ali summons Tom to the restaurant of many names. She rages at him for offering her apartment to AnaL. Ali tells him AnaL is not a natural blond, she’s superficial, she only cares about money, and she’ll ruin him (el burro hablando de orejas). She accepts his proposal and he goes into convulsions. Tom says Ali needs his mother’s permission.

4. Aldo goes to Casa Padilla. MamaJ says Lety’s working late. Marta says she went with Fern to see clients. Son of Marcia asks, “What clients?”

5. Fern spies on Omar’s date with Aurora. Omar tries to kiss her but she slips away, into the arms of her novio. She only went out with Omar to make her novio jealous, and she sneers at Omar. He whimpers, “Then you were only using me? This isn’t possible! A woman using ME???”


6. Fern sees Omar drowning and tries to rescue him. Fern reminds him he’s the great Omar who never gets attached. Omar says he found his soulmate and was thinking about marriage. He realizes that he’s a piece of crap because he uses women and makes them suffer. He calls out for Aurora to forgive him for being a pig. When he passes out, Fern says, “Now you understand how hard love is, and how wrong you were to mock my love for Lety.”

7. Lety tells her diary that Aurora won’t return (4 times). Mama wants to know where she was tonight, and Lety says she had an errand. Aldo is far from mellow, wondering where Lety went tonight.

8. Lety arrives at work, and Aldo reads Marcia’s script. Where were you? When did you get home? Lety says she was doing something for Caro, and Aldo says, “I don’t believe you.”

9. Fern suggests to Aldo that maybe he’s not a good match for Lety. Aldo isn’t about to step aside. Fern bears down on him and says, “If you make Lety suffer, I swear, you’ll have me to answer to.”

10. Tom tells Lety that he’s engaged to Ali. She warns him he’s making a big mistake. He’s disappointed that his best friend can’t support him.

11. Omar begs Lety to forgive him for how badly he treated her. He needs her to forgive him so he can stay out of Hell and be at peace with himself. Lety tells him he still has a lot to learn.

12. Carol tells Lety that Omar is a mess. The revenge went too far. Lety regrets it now, but she says Aurora won’t appear again (5 times).

13. MamaJ answers Aurora’s phone. Omar says, “I don’t care if you have a boyfriend. I love you. I need to see you tonight. I beg you, Aurora.”

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