Caray, Caray!

Ivan and Lucia have just been left impactados at Encarnacion’s innocent query about the baby’s well-being. It’s pretty obvious she has no idea what happened to the little guy.

In Alamos, Lucrezia’s returned from the ranch and is surprised to hear Tony came to dine, without her there. And he didn’t come for the deed to the house as the guarantee for his loan either. Carlota coyly says they talked…about things. Lucrezia thinks it’s a perfect love connection! Carly’s a widow, Tony’s a widower. She’s from a good family, he’s RICH. Carly thinks that all Lucrezia thinks about is money. Hell yes, is Lucrezia’s basic reply. Carly tries a bit too late to teach Lucrezia that there are more important things in life, like the love of family and friends. Lucrezia thinks the way she shows her love is by always looking out for the best for the women folk in her family. “Uh, huh. And that’s why you chose your daughters’ boyfriends? And now you’re trying to choose mine? Is that why you turned Maripaz into your spitting image (imagen y semejanza)?” Carly continues to play hard ball. Bringing up Maripaz’s determination to seduce Ivan, the man Lucrezia least wants for her. In this, they are in agreement, because as far as Carly is concerned, Ivan deserves better!

Encarnacion has just heard the story about the baby-napping. She’s horrified, but this is a quiet town where people don’t do that kind of thing. Her husband died years ago, and she updates Lucia on how her kids are doing. They are all obviously past the age Ivan’s child would be. Ivan pushes a bit more, wanting to know if they had any more kids. Nope. Lucia asks why Encarnacion didn’t ever come back after that night. She clarifies that in fact she did, but Lucrezia paid her off and sent her on her way before she could say farewell to anyone.

Maripaz tries to convince Judith to work (oh, the horror) decorating the McGuire house. Judith pushes to find out if this Ivan is the old Ivan, but Maripaz once again denies it. Judith tries to help her brother David out by seeing if there’s any chance of reconciliation on Mari’s part. Mari basically tells her heck no.” He deceived me!” (me defraudar) The honeymoon was the test and he failed. Maybe one day he can be happy with the right person. (You know- a person with a penis.)

In Guaymas, Ivan is giving Encarnacion the shifty eyed glare. She starts to get nervous that they suspect she had some hand in the kidnapping. Ivan says no, but wonders if perhaps her husband did. Encarnacion swears they are God fearing people, and they couldn’t afford another child anyway. Ivan suggests maybe they stole the baby to sell him. Now Encarnacion becomes ticked off. They are decent people! Ask anyone. Lucia tries to smooth things over by letting her know Ivan is the father of the missing baby. Encarnacion still doesn’t think this gives him a right to make such accusations and swears on the Virgin and the lives of people she loves. She lets them see their own way out. That’s one bridge burned.

In the hallway, Ivan leans against the doorframe in despair, and Lucia clasps his hand to comfort him. Back at the hotel, Ivan starts spouting angry accusations about how the Lomeli-Curiels just let someone take off with a baby without notifying the authorities. The baby could have been taken for anything- sold, used for organs! Lucia tries in vain to justify her family’s horridness. Ivan stalks off.

Mari continues to badger Judith into doing her work for her. Judith agrees but then wants info on what Mari knows about Tony McGuire adopting an undocumented Mexican. Could this be Ivan? The same Ivan who disappeared years ago? Maripaz lies again. "I’ve told you a million times, it’s not the same person! I would know.” She calls for the check.

Later, in Casa Meandragon, the family’s all gathered for dinner except David and his wife. JJ wants Saul to work on Sunday, and wants him to get busy working on his wedding to Lucia. Saul reluctantly agrees to work Sunday, but has to break it to dear old dad that there will be no wedding. “Que? She dumped you? Well any girl can see you’re a good for nothing.” Saul tries to convince everyone that he did the dumping because she was cheating on him with some university colleague. JJ wonders how he permitted such a thing. Only a man who didn’t have enough balls (el tamaño/literally "the size”) to put a woman in her place would have this happen. JJ doesn’t know what’s worse—having a son who is a fag like David, or having a son who is an idiot like Saul. What’s this? Esther has had enough. She shouts at JJ that it’s neither Saul's nor David’s faults and leaves the table! JJ is perplexed, but blames it on Saul. He leaves the table too. Judith doesn’t believe Saul that Lucia cheated on him. He sticks to his story and Judith sticks it to him, basically cheering Lucia on. She compares Saul, and men in general, to chewing gum. The lower they are (the closer to the ground), the more they stick to your shoe (annoy the heck out of you). Saul leaves the table too. The only insult he can think of is, “Callate!” She yells back, “Chicle!” (Gum!)

In Guaymas, Ivan has calmed down enough to emerge from sulking in his room. He finds Lucia looking out at the ocean. He tries to make nice by commenting on the beauty of the ocean and asking if she’s eaten yet. She moves to sit on a bench and answers him coldly. He sits next to her and apologizes. She doesn’t want to talk about it, so he changes the subject to her upcoming marriage. She reveals she’s not getting married. He asks why and Lucia pointedly tells him because Saul was bossy (mandon) and rude (grosero). Ivan seems to get that this describes his recent behavior. Lucia continues that at first she thought it was just the bad influence of his father, but then she realized that’s just the way Saul is. They also didn’t have much in common. Ivan’s happy about it and starts listing all of Lucia’s wonderful qualities. Plus he really likes her (me gustas mucho). (In this sense, gustar means a lot more than just to like. There is a definite implication of desire.) Lucia asks, “You like me?” They slowly inch closer together on the bench.
I: Can I give I give you a kiss? (He leans in.)
L: I don’t think that would be a good idea.
I: (Starts stroking the side of her face and her hair.) Yes. It’s a good idea.

They lean their heads together and start circling each other’s lips. And then we have contact! Major snogging on the bench as the sun sets. Ivan pulls away when he sees Lucia is crying and asks her what’s up. Well, doofus, she has been in love with you almost her whole life and has dreamt many times of this moment. He calls her his love and goes in for some more major smooches.

Later, they have a romantic walk back to the hotel, hand in hand. Lucia’s ready to head to her own room to do some girly day dreaming and wants to know what time they’ll meet in the morning to head back to Alamos. Horn dog Ivan has other ideas about sleeping arrangements that night, and out of the blue asks Lucia to make love with him! He knows it’s REALLY soon, and he’s probably just having an emotional reaction to the bad news he received that day, but “te quiero.” (Not quite love. More like, I care for you so much. And also implies desire.) Lucia surprisingly does not slap him, but instead also tells him “te quiero”, but informs him of her virgin status. Ivan seems pleased, and a tiny bit frustrated, at this news. He tells her he’ll wait. They kiss one last time and she heads to her room for girly dreams, while he heads off to cool his jets in front of a fountain. He thinks about the bad news of his missing son, and of Lucia who is taking a bigger place in his heart each day. Lucia stands on her balcony and remembers declaring her love to Ivan as a teen when he declared his love for Maripaz, and then his recent sudden desire to make love to her. She looks pensive.

At Casa Galvan, Carmen is fretting about her possible new job with the McGuires and hoping that Ivan treats her well. Celia doesn’t think she should get her hopes up about a fancy job since she didn’t go to university. Camilo tells Carmen her meeting with Ivan will have to wait since he went to the coast. Celia wants them to go to mass with her to give thanks for all their recent blessings, including the return of Ivan. She also wants to put flowers on her late husband’s tomb. Carmen puts on an attitude before taking Lechita off to bed. Celia complains to Camilo about Carmen’s continued bitter, rebellious ways. It’s her own darn fault she got herself pregnant by some guy who hadn’t even committed to her. Camilo is more sympathetic. He’s sure the guy deceived her into believing he was serious. Surely Celia must know who it was. She denies it.

The next morning Ivan and Lucia leave the hotel. She wants to know what he’s going to do now. He’s going to question her mother, but he doesn’t have much hope that she’ll tell him the truth. He wonders if Maripaz knows anything, but Lucia doubts it. She also refuses to believe her grandmother had anything to do with it. Ivan doesn’t look like he’s buying it, but when Lucia firmly tells him all the ways Carlota tried to have them keep the baby and find the best solution, Ivan relents and apologizes. But he wants her understanding. He’s frustrated and hurt. Lucia tells him to have faith and hope.

At Casa Curiel, Carly’s headed to mass, and Maripaz is all abuzz about her decorating gig at the McGuires. Lucrezia wants an explanation. She doesn’t want Maripaz to have anything to do with Ivan. Mari doesn’t see what the problem is as he’s not just a servant’s son anymore, but an educated, very rich, engineer. Mari’s not buying Lucrezia’s arguments about the past and the baby and all that. She’s always wanted Mari to marry rich, well here’s her chance. Ivan is rich for realz, not like those Meandragons. And he’s a REAL man, unlike David. “Did you sleep with him again?!” (Volviste a acostar con el?) “Si! And when I get divorced I’m going to marry him.” “Never, you hear me! Never! He will never be part of this family.” Lucrezia threatens to let the cat out of the bag about Ivan being a servant’s son. Mari is unphased. Lucrezia decides to pull out the big guns. “You can’t marry him because Ivan is your first cousin!” (primo carnal) That stops Maripaz in her tracks. “Alicia was your grandfather’s illegitimate child, and if you don’t believe me, ask your grandmother.”

Ivan and Lucia arrive at their secret meeting/drop off spot in Alamos. She does not look pleased. He wants to know when they’ll next see each other. She curtly tells him that with his attitude and accusations about her family, she’s sure he doesn’t want to see her. She sees he has lots of resentment/spite (rancor) against them, so she doesn’t think their seeing each other is a good idea. “Lucia, I need you.” She asks him what he’s playing at, ‘cause she knows he’s been seeing her sister too. “You want to play games with both of us and then dump us to get even (desquitarse)?!” Ivan is busted! He can’t deny it. He tries to explain all the anger and rage he felt. He tries to explain the finer points between vengeance (what she believes he wants), and justice (what he thinks he’s after). He lists all the ways the women in her family have done him wrong. He admits to wanting to see her family beg him for his financial help, but Tony has thwarted that little “justice” plan. He lays all his cards on the table and then tries to place blame on Lucia, saying that her goodness has left him without defenses (made him let his guard down), and he should have never taken her to Guaymas. “I was honest with you, and you weren’t honest with me! Give me my suitcase!” She takes off angrily.

In Casa Curiel, Lucrezia spreads Maripaz’s lie that she slept with Ivan. She wants Carly’s help because Mari wants to marry Ivan. Carly is in agreement with Mari that Ivan is all a girl could want in a husband. “Just because he has money doesn’t mean he stops being who he is.” “Yes, the grandson of Teodoro.” Lucrezia admits this is exactly what she told Maripaz.

Ivan moves the sulking to his hotel room where Tony finds him. He tells Tony the bad news about the dead end in Guaymas and Lucrezia’s suspicious behavior. He wouldn’t put anything past that woman. He wants to see her go DOWN! (hundida/sunk) Tony’s not hearing any of this crazy talk if it means Carlota and the girls will also get hurt. What’s wrong with him? Ivan whines some more, and Tony once again accuses him of wanting vengeance. He then asks the 50 Million Dollar question. Why did Ivan take Lucia to Guaymas? Ivan looks a little embarrassed, and a lot ashamed, before he answers.

Lucrezia tries to justify her lie about the kissing cousins to Carly. Carly is not on board. Mari and Ivan are not cousins since she was knocked up by some other guy when Teodoro married her to help her out. If they’re going to reveal something, they’re going to reveal the WHOLE truth. Lucrezia tries the weepy, teary approach. Carly doesn’t understand what the big deal is since Ivan has all that both Lucrezia and Mari have always wanted—MONEY. “I hate him. He destroyed my daughter’s life.” “Just like you destroyed his.” She begs for Carly’s help some more, using the “I’m you’re only child and I know you love me” card. Carly gruffly gives in to the emotional blackmail. “Thank you mama. I love you.” Carly has had enough b.s. and leaves in disgust. Lucrezia gives us a self satisfied smirk. We have just seen how she must have manipulated Carly all these years before she turned to screeching all the time.

Lucia returns home and immediately learns from Mommy Dearest that her idiot sister wants to marry Ivan. This news hits Lucia like a ton of bricks. Meanwhile, Mari is getting the gossip from Granny on how she allowed Grandpa to have a baby with another woman, and forgave him. Carly explains how he was honest with her. That’s why she always protected Alicia and Ivan. Mari says she would have run them off. Carly points out that now it’s Mari who’s running after Ivan. La Mentirosa says it’s the other way around. Ivan is running after HER. Carly is skeptical of how serious Mari is about him. Mari’s dead serious. In addition to now having the proper wealth, Ivan’s the only true man she’s ever had in her life. Carly uses the first cousins lie being the reason they can’t marry (no one mentions that, considering they made a baby together, they already broke that taboo). Since no one but Carly and Lucrezia know, Mari doesn’t see the problem. Carly wants to get real. Is Mari really IN LOVE (enamorada) with Ivan. The word doesn’t quite compute with Mari. She likes/desires him. (me gusta) Isn’t that enough? Carly looks incredulous. She wonders if Ivan feels the same way. “All men are the same.” Mari doesn’t think any of them can resist a pretty woman. Carly warns her not to go slamming into a wall (going after a lost cause).

Tony and Ivan continue their talk. He achieved his objective with Maripaz easily—instigating her divorce and shaming her family and the Mondragon family. She was already thinking about divorce anyway, and he took her out on display publically. He also realized that he no longer has any interest in her. She’s a coldhearted liar, without feeling. Tony asks what Ivan feels for Lucia. Although she’s part of that family, she’s different- good, sincere, loving, and he can’t deny, really beautiful. He’s totally confused about what he feels for her. He likes her (gustar), and he’s attracted to her. Plus, she’s been in love with him since she was little. He loves being with her, talking with her, seeing her laugh. Tony’s not getting what the problem is. If she’s all of these wonderful things, then Ivan shouldn’t hurt her. He denies that hurting her is his intention; he cares about her. Well, if he cares about her, then he should leave her alone. Ivan is sure that it’s she who will not want to see him. He tells Tony about their argument.

Maripaz and Lucrezia keep yapping at each other. Maripaz isn’t concerned about the cousin thing. Ivan’s the only man who can take her out of this misery, and she’s SO over that whole destroying her life by getting her pregnant thing. Lucrezia won’t PERMIT it. “What are you going to do? Hit me?” Lucrezia knows she will think of something. “Butt out Mama. I know you don’t like scandal. If you meddle I will tell everyone that Grandpa had an illegitimate child who was our servant—the mother of Ivan Villagomez.” "Don’t you dare.” “Try me!” (Pon me a prueba!)

In her bedroom, Lucia is telling Gradma Carly about her hot smooches with Ivan and that she thinks he only did it as part of his vengeance scheme. “And then when we got back to the hotel, he proposed that we make love.” Carly looks like she would slap Ivan silly if her were in front of her. Lucia brushes it off as normal these days. “Maybe between novios, but not between two people just getting to know each other.” (Amen Carly.) Lucia naively says she and Ivan have known each other for years. Carly wants the goods. Lucia didn’t do it, right? “No.” Huge sigh of relief from Carly.

JJ is gazing at his favorite person, himself, as usual. David dares to enter the lion’s den. He refuses to call Maripaz, says he’s in agreement about the divorce, and dares JJ to hit him. JJ obliges. David sticks to his guns. When Esther tries to intervene, JJ raises his hand to slap her. Much to his surprise, David restrains his pimp slapping hand. He can’t believe David is defending Esther after she turned him into a fag. David defends his mother and himself, laying the blame for his problem on JJ. “Don’t come to me with that bullsh*t! If you’re not a man, that’s your problem!” He threatens his son and wife again, and gives a terrified Judith a firm, non-affectionate, pat on the cheek, before taking off. David assures Esther that everything will be alright.

Lucia continues to tell Carly about her theory of Ivan playing games with both her and Maripaz at the same time, to get even. If Maripaz thinks she and Ivan are getting married, Ivan must have done something to lead her to that conclusion. Carly’s not convinced since Mari creates fantasies that she herself starts believing all the time. Ivan’s not stupid. Lucia is pissed off and hurt because she really cares about him. Carly thinks Ivan is just confused and needs time to heal. Lucia’s not so sure. She asks Carly if she thinks there’s any way Lucrezia would have paid someone to kidnap the baby. Carly doesn’t think so… although Lucrezia IS capable of anything. Lucia says that Ivan feels the same. She wants Carly to try to get the truth out of Lucrezia.

Later, Carly calls Tony to talk about those crazy kids/grandkids. They agree to meet in front of the church tomorrow at 1. Carly finds Lucrezia in one of the bedrooms screeching about the servant’s clothes folding abilities. She immediately starts the interrogation about why Lucrezia dismissed the servant at the Guaymas house the morning after the kidnapping, without telling them she had returned. Lucrezia denies, denies, denies. Carly says Tony has been investigating in Guaymas and got in touch with Encarnacion. Carly demands to know if Lucrezia paid someone to steal the baby. She threatens to tell Tony that part of the ranch belongs to Alicia and Ivan if Lucrezia doesn’t tell her the truth. Lucrezia admits to letting them continue to think Encarnacion took the baby so that they wouldn’t insist on getting the police involved, but she had nothing to do with the baby’s disappearance. She begs Carly to believe her.

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Sorry so late today, folks. Pesky day job!

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Summary: Alejo reaches Leandro just before he dies. Leandro tells his brother he is on the right side and that Sámano is an ambitious coward. With the unwanted help of Juliano and Pola’s sewing skills, Domingo survives his battle wounds. Pola will accompany him back to Guaduas in spite of Alejo’s asking her not to go because he does not want to be separated from her. She says she will be gone only about a month and that she will return to him. He brings Leandro’s body back to his parents in the mansion (after a few days??? I hope the body was embalmed.). Francisco earns my four seconds of sympathy when he breaks down and cries over Leandro’s body, but he loses my sympathy when he blames María Teresa for alienating Leandro from him. María Teresa stands up to him and tells him that she is leaving and is going to live in Maquititas with her brothers. She enlists Alejo to help her get there. Nariño’s army is not welcome in Popayan, but that is where his forces will regroup before pursuing Sámano again. And, then there is Col. Rodriguez chopping off the head of the invincible Col Hasin….. Martaivett's recap follows:

here we go... friday... aug 26
Alejo keeps fighting and yelling for his brother…
Finally spots him when Leandro is swept on his hip with a sword by a rebel soldier, Alejo heads over to him but has to fight a couple other men first… Leandro fights someone else who stabs him on left shoulder, then someone else sinks his bayonette on Leandro’s back right side… Leandro falls to his knees and someone sinks their sword in his stomach… as the guy removes the sword, Alejo sees him again just as someone gives Leandro the final blow from the back through his chest… Alejo yells NOOOO!!! And runs to him, yelling at the guy to leave him alone.
Alejo grabs Leandro…
L: look… all our lives fighting… fighting to the death.
A: You are not going to die.
L: I am already dead…
A: How am I going to be able to keep on living after staining my hands with my own brother’s blood?
L: No, no… you were on the righteous side.
A: Why do you say that?
L: I finally got it… Samano has no honor, or valour… he only knows ambition… and cowardness. (Alejo looks up and around as if angrily looking for Samano right then and there) You are right. Keep fighting for what you want.
A: You fought bravely.
L: Tell our mother that I willl try to be the light that guides her way… forgive me Alejo… (I believe he said ‘I would have wanted to be a better brother’)… too bad our father… our father…
A: Leandro… Leandro… No!! Leandro!! … Leandro, No!!
(a soldier comes and points his bayonette at Alejo and yells at him ‘ Die, you wretch!’, but Pola shoots him down. Alejo turns around, Pola!... Pola comes to him)
P: He is already dead, Alejo, lets go!
A: What are you doing here, dressed like that??
P: Lets go Alejo, before they kill you!
(a shot is heard and she is hit on the shoulder)
A: They hit you!
P: Let’s go before they kill us both!!
(Alejo grabs her, stands up, punches someone in their way..)
A: Let’s go!
(he grabs her again and runs with her through the fighting mayhem… )

Juliano has carried Domingo into the woods, Domingo keeps yelling ‘let me go, dumb negro, you are hurting me!. Juliano wants to go get a doc or help… Domingo says he does not need help, asks Juliano why don’t you let me die in peace?... Juliano goes for help anyway…

At Guaduas, Catalina and Bernarda are praying to the virgin… Cata can’t stand the anxiety. No news… Bernarda is afraid the news won’t be good.. Gertrudis comes in, Cata asks if she has news of the war. No, bringing news about the mayor selling Domingo’s crops.. Cata asks the house too? No, he was not interested in the house but at least we have where to live.

Alejo and Pola stop.
A: Are you alright?
P: Yes, its just stopping the blood and that’s all.
A: Thank you for saving my life… (they embrace… she is anguished for him, he is in loads of emotional pain and overload, for the blood hell he has been in, it’s a miracle his white shirt sleeves are clean as a whistle, but have to say they did good continuity, his hands/knuckles show he punched a few folks along the way.)
Permalink posted by martaivett : Sat Aug 27, 05:45:00 PM EDT

Back in the fight, I had to laugh… nearby Col Hasin there is one guy who is more doing an aerobic exercise, jumping constantly and hitting another guy’s gun with his bayonette/gun side to side… (definitely stands out, sorry had to laugh)
Col begins to yell asking for Samano, we see Samano riding full speed with a handfull of men behind him. Hasin continues to fight bravely..
Antonio: Col Hasin!! You don’t have to die! Give up! You have my word that you will be treated with dignity!!
H: Come get me, you devilish american!!
(he gets grabbed from behind but he can shake the guy off, and kills him and another one… Col Rodriguez has seen this and finishes off the guy he was fighting and heads over toward Hasin, lifting his gun… Hasin turns around sword in hand, but sees Rodriguez pointing at him point blank.
Antonio: Noo! Rodriguez!!
But Rodriguez enjoys putting a bullet right between Hasin’s eyebrows… Hasin falls dead.
A younger officer notices they killed Hasin so he yells at their troops that they killed Hasin and yells for retreat. They all retreat quickly…

The whole fight happened in a field mudded up, good attention to detail, we see the smoke trails of where the cannonballs fell… they run like maniacs and Antonio’s troops follow them.

Capt Caval announces to Antonio that the enemy ran scared… Antonio asks for Gen Samano, Caval says he’s nowhere, seems he ran too… Caval gives Antonio the credit, Antonio gives it right back, tells him if it was not for his making it through, although a bit late, another would have been the result. Caval says you have no idea how hard it was to make it through that jungle.

At the fields, Rodriguez is pointing his sword to Hasin and yelling ‘WE ARE FREE!! WE WON!!! WE FINISHED THESE WRETCHS!! .. COL HASIN!! THE INVINCIBLE!! (goes down to his knees and grabs Hasin, lifting him up by the coat… ‘You are not so invincible, Col! Did you really think we were so insignificant? Did you really think we were just some scum that can be stepped on like insects??? (stands up and grabs his sword) These are the wretchs that feel like they are our owners!! That feel they have the right to cut out heads off!! (he swings his sword to cut Hasin’s head) Antonio yells “Col Rodriguez!!’ but he yells ‘NO MORE!!!’ and swings and cuts Hasin’s head off. HE enjoys his deed and then grabs Hasin’s head and lifts it above his shoulders…
Most of the rebel soldiers cheer, except Pedrito and Viviano who look like they are getting sick.
Rod: IT is us who now cut their heads off!!
Antonio: Col Rodriguez!! What are you doing?? (with a face of total disgust and disapproval)
Antonio gets off the horse and walks over to Rodriguez and Hasin’s body.
Rod: Gen Narino.. I was going to go find you. I have a present for you.
Antonio: You are an animal. (un salvaje) That is not the behavior of a civilized man. Don’t you know that God’s laws ban destruction of the already dead?
Rod: My G Narino, it’s exactly what this ‘(they muted it but the word starts with P, you figure it) would have done when he came out victorious!
Antonio: What kind of reasoning is that? (louder so all soldiers hear) Here we are not taking vengeance! Here we are fighting for our freedom!! And if we let ourselves be overcome by hatred and resentment, like Col Rodriguez just did, WE will all end up like this poor man!
Rod: My General…
Antonio: Not another word! This act erases your heroic achievement today and stains the honor of our troops! (have to say the troops are not cheering anymore, they seem ashamed of having cheered Rodriguez… Rodriguez could be shooting fire out his nostrils, he looks very angry)
Antonio lifts his arm asking Rodriguez for the head… and tells him to go away..
Antonio asks for a spanish flag, puts Hasin’s head back and covers his body with the flag.
Antonio: Col Hasin, Rest in peace. You fought like a valiant. Now I understand why you did not loose any battle. And perhaps, with a more honorable commander, your outcome would have been better.
Permalink posted by martaivett : Sat Aug 27, 05:45:00 PM EDT

Samano has made it out… his handful of men reach him, noone follows them. He breathes a sigh of relief.

Pola is walking through the bodies calling for Viviano and Pedrito… They meet and they all hug happily. Pedrito says Viviano is a much better warrior. Pola sees Viviano is not well emotionally and asks him what is up. He says he does not like to kill. She says I know, this is one of the worst sights anyone could experience. They ask her for Alejo, he is alright, but his brother is dead. Pedrito says he did not know his brother fought for us. She says he fought for Samano’s troops.

Alejo is kneeling by Leandro’s body.
A: From the beginning I cursed this war between brothers… but I never thought I would have to face such tragedy… (Pola has reached him and holds his shoulder in support) All our lives fighting… fighting to the death… (he turns around) Pola…
P: I’m alright.
A: (loses it crying)

The priest and Antonio are walking around the field.. Antonio asks the priest to ensure all the dead get christian service. Leyva comes to tell him the death toll (500 theirs, 60 ours). Antonio asks Leyva to make a list of the dead so they can ensure the families get compensation from government.

Pola walks by and Antonio calls for ‘soldier!’… She turns around…
P: Don Antonio…
A: Pola…
P: Don Antonio, please don’t say anything.. Believe me, I tried to follow your orders, but the anguish won me over. And thank God because if it was not for this uniform, the person I love would be dead. So you can give me whatever punishment I deserve. (Antonio just looks at her with concern)

Back at the camp tents, Domingo is attended to by their medic, Pedrito is holding his head, Viviano his legs… but Domingo keeps jerking around, he really wants to die… Doc says ‘if you don’t stay still I can’t close the wound! ‘ Domingo keeps saying leave me alone… Doc says ‘if you want to die that’s your problem! But there are people who DO need my help and want to live! ‘
Doc leaves even after Pola calls for him.
Viv: Your wound looks pretty bad. IF we don’t close it you will die.
Dom: As if anyone needed me.
Viv: I do.
Dom: You? I thought you hated me.
Viv: Why?
Dom: Because when you lived at my house I treated you bad.
Viv: You are a good person, Dom. Well, until you married my sister. You beast, you should not have married her.
Pola comes back and finishes sewing his wound…
P: Why do you want to die, Dom? Does the conscience feel heavy for not having been a good husband? To finish the life of a small innocent creature? OR do you still think you are a poor victim and that God hates you?
D: Your little brother was telling me that I was a good person until I married your sister.
And all I did was love her, give her all she asked me for. And she didn’t even love me after that.
P: You did everything backwards. Just like you bought Juliano, you bought Catarina?
D: What are you talking about?
P: What am I talking about? You practically bought Catarina from Misia Gertrudis since she was a little girl! And on top of that, you forced her to love you by beating her up! Who can fall in love that way, Domingo? Love is free, you don’t chain love! …
Permalink posted by martaivett : Sat Aug 27, 05:46:00 PM EDT

Antonio asks Leyva if they can move forward to Pasto fast after the enemy’s defeat. But Leyva recommends they instead go to Popayan to recover, get some resources and then go to Pasto and Quito.

Later Antonio talks to Tonito, says someday everyone, even the men in the council, will understand that this victory is everyone’s!... Tonito asks if he will stop here. No. For the campaign to be complete, we must go on to Quito. Tonito congratulates his General. Antonio does same with his Col Narino. Antonio gives all his officers a promotion… including Tonito who is now Col.
Tonito leaves, Pola comes in to tell Antonio she is leavign, have to take her sister’s husband home so he can try to say goodbye… Antonio asks then you will come back and join us again? Pola says I thought you did not want women to come along. This time he says it will be a pleasure to count on her again. Pola will be happy to return.

Juliano tells Pola that Domingo was wounded by a black soldier, and Pola says and even then you took him out of there. Juliano says he would have done that for anyone. We’re all on same side. Pola tells Juliano she will take Domingo back to Guaduas…

In another tent, Alejo is dressing up a clean Leandro… and crying beside him. Arcos is standing by them.
A: Even if you think the opposite, you were a good brother… the best. I always admired you, Leandro, and always felt very proud of you.
Pola comes in…
P: I came to say goodbye.
A: Say goodbye?
P: I have to take my sister’s husband who is badly wounded.
(Alejo sends Arcos away, Arcos tells Pola he is sad she will leave)
A: I want to go with you. But first I have to take Leandro’s body to Popayan.
P: I have to go right now. Domingo can die any moment.
A: Pola I don’t want to get away from you.
P: I will just go, leave Domingo, and come right back to join you all again! They say that you all will spend about a month in Popayan before you move forward.
A: (he is shaky…) Pola, please…
P: You don’t want to go on fighting?
A: This war makes no sense.
P: OF course it does. The pain for your brother is not letting you see it, but you, as I, as everyone here dream with being free! To see our children grow in a free country!
A: Are we ever going to see that day, Pola?
(Pedrito comes to get Pola, they are ready to leave, Pola kisses Alejo)
A: I don’t want to get away from you.
P: Everything will be alright. You will see.
(Alejo is devastated… she watches him sharing his anguish and feeling real bad she has to leave him now)

Juliano brings a bayonette shotgun to Domingo, asks him to shoot him dead after they exchange dares as to ‘finally you have the guts to kill me / the one with not enough guts is you’.
J: You said you would not leave me alive, so go ahead, kill me… I am not kidding, amo. If you die and I live, you won’t rest in peace. You would think that I will go back with ama Catarina, maybe that is true.
D: you will go back to her, miserable negro.
J: I can’t promise you I won’t. so do it now that you have the chance. Shoot me! (puts it on his neck)
… (he won’t do it… Juliano dares him again but Domingo can’t get himself to)
D: Maybe you think the opposite. But I am no murderer. I am a man in love, brute, because now that I am about to meet God, I am realizing all the mistakes I made.
(Pola comes to get Domingo… Domingo gives Juliano a killer stare… tells Pola that Juliano and him were just saying their farewells). Domingo and Pola leave.

Days later, at Popayan..
Alejo arrived to the house, upset Eusebia comes to get Francisco and Maria Teresa.
Downstairs Alejo has Arcos and a couple other men, with Leandro’s body covered up.
Francisco kneels to uncover Leandro while Maria Teresa grabs Alejo for support. He holds her. Arcos squeezes Alejo’s shoulder briefly in a show of support.
Fra: Leandro, for God’s sake! Leandro!
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Pola and Domingo (a very ill Domingo, barely able to keep himself sitting up on the horse)
At the house Catarina and Gertrudis are preparing corn from the fields, gertrudis is nagging, as usual. Acacia comes running in to tell Gertrudis and Catarina that Pola arrived. Catarina is in disbelief.
Pola and Domingo arrive. Pola tells Cata Domingo got wounded in the fight.
Bernarda asks about Juliano, Domingo reluctantly says he is alright. He stayed fighting with the troops. I did not kill him if that’s what you are worried about.
Pola will run for a ‘galeno’ (doctor). Domingo asks her for a priest so he can do confession.
Catarina and Bernarda help Domingo in the house.

In Popayan, the Valencias, Sarabains come back to house after a service for Leandro. Maria Teresa tells Eusebia and Gaspar they are finally leaving. To mariquita, with her brothers. Francisco, visibly in disagreement but resigned, walks away.

Gaspar asks Alejo when they leave. Alejo tells him Don Antonio wants to meet with the most wealthy families of Popayan. They need resources. Eusebia asks Alejo to stop by and say goodbye to Maria Ignacia. Alejo agrees, he will.
Maria Teresa asks Francisco if he is ok. He says how could I? My son Leandro died hating me, and its your fault. She asks how is that.
Fran: Leandro never forgave me for saying his mother was ‘bad race’ woman.
MT: What?
Fran: Don’t tell me that neither of your sons ever told you.
MT: Did you tell my sons that?
Fran: Yes, it is the truth.
MT: I did not understand the reasons for this war. But now I do. This country needs to get rid of men like you.
Fran: Now you say that? Let me remind you that when you were younger you were dying to marry a man like me. An european of noble origin. I avoided you from being an old maid. That’s where you were heading. You were a disgraced woman, ‘stained of the land’.
MT: Some time ago I would have been hurt by your words. Now I don’t feel anything. A while back I realized you did not marry me for your feelings for me, but for your feelings towards the wealth of my family.
Fran: See? You are not as dumb after all.
MT: I am not. You never really got to know me.
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Bernarda, Catarina and Acacia are caring for Domingo. Acacia gets scared at the sight of the wound. Cata asks her to bring clean cloths… Domingo asks Acacia to leave him alone with Catarina.
Dom: I never thought I would see you again.
Cata: Dom, I know you did not expect to see me in your house, but the thing is the crops were sold but not the house. But don’t worry. Now that you are here, I will leave today.
Dom: You don’t have to leave anymore.
Cata: What?
Dom: Come closer. I can’t speak very loud. I only came here to… ask you for forgiveness.
Cata: You don’t have to say anything.
Dom: I always wanted for you to love me. But I am too dumb/brute. All I did was to get you to hate me.
Cata: I don’t hate you.
Dom: Yes (you do). And I deserve it. The problem is that none of what I did I did for being bad, but for the pain I was feeling because you did not love me.
Cata: I know that. And I tried to love you but I couldn’t.
Dom: And how could you? Can you forgive me?

Cata: I can forgive everything, Domingo… except what you did to my son.
Dom: Catarina, I am going to die.
Cata: Domingo, don’t say that. If you could get here, it must be because that wound is not so bad.
Dom: If I made it all the way here, is because I need to talk to you.
Cata: I think we said everything we needed to say.
Dom: At that time I hated you with all my heart.
Cata: You don’t hate me anymore?
Dom: Pola made me understand some things…
Cata: Some things?
Dom: Like it is not your fault for not having been able to love me. All I did was to try to force you to love me the violent way. But that doesn’t matter anymore. I am not even interested in you to love me. All I want is that you are alright. For you to be happy.
Cata: No, Domingo, I can’t be happy anymore…
Dom: Yes you can. Catarina, your son Joaquin… is alive.
Cata: Alive?... But… Didn’t you tell Ciro to… to kill him?
Dom: He didn’t. HE did not kill him. He sold him.
…
Cata: And who are those merchants?
Dom: Ciro just told me that he took him to some mines to sell him. Ciro didn’t even know himself.
Cata: What mines? And then how do I find him?
Dom: Ciro only told me that he is alright.
Cata: Then how will I find him?
Dom: I would like to help you… I can give you money to find him and buy him from them. Don’t think that they will just hand him to you just by you saying you are his mother… This house is yours. Go tell Pola to get the mayor so we can do the paperwork. (to sell the house)…
Cata: Why are you doing this for me, Domingo?
Dom: Because I want to see you happy…. (she smiles) What Pola said worked. Just a small gesture of mine and it’s the first time you look at me with a smile (me mira bonito).
Cata: What can I say? Thank you Domingo!
Dom: Don’t say anything. Rather run, because if I die, you will not have the house or recover your son. Go.
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Back at Valencia house in Popayan… Maria Teresa is crying, Alejo comes to embrace her again.
A: Mother… Leandro told me that he would be the light to guide your way..
MT: Hopefully God will let him…. Why didn’t you tell me?
A: Tell you what?
MT: That your father thinks that we are ‘bad race’.
A: Would that serve for anything, mother?
MT: I don’t want to live with him anymore!
A: Mother, you are very affected by Leandro’s death. Let a few days go by..
MT: NO! No! I don’t want to live with Francisco! I can’t stand to live with him one more day!
A: You don’t mind being married anymore?
MT: NO. It mattered to me because I had sons who would see their honorability affected. Leandro is not here anymore. And you… your own father rejects you because of your race. What good would it do to prolongue this miserable life at his side?
A: And where will you go?
MT: To my brothers’. To Mariquita. And you will help me. (he embraces her again).

Leyva and Antonio with the troops walk around Popayan’s streets.
A: The people in this city don’t appreciate us. They feel safer in ‘realista’ hands.
Ley: They will learn to appreciate freedom.
A: How long until we can move on?
Ley: That depends on the resources we get and how soon we get them. Besides, Samano has to recover from the blows we gave him.

Leyva tells Antonio that the way to Pasto allows the enemy to take advantage position against them. It will not be easy. Antonio is still optimistic. Leyva grimaces in pain… Antonio tries to lift his spirits and says while we keep the troop spirits up, tomorrow people will say they are the ‘liberators’ of our lands.

Previews show Acacia unmasking Francisco to the Valencias. While a stranger merchant arrives at Pola’s life. Someone who could change many things in the story.

Labels: LaPola

Wow, that was quite a break in between episodes!

Two women are being arrested by the DIEM crew. Someone escorts a younger girl behind them. Aranda calls Capellan to tell her they're on the way with three suspects and one of them is a minor.

Yolanda Andrade and Aleida Nuñez are Elvira y Mercedes, justicieras (agengers).

Lupita and Elvira are cutting up potatoes on an outdoor patio. Elvira is Lupita's aunt. She asks about the building custodian getting the light back on and as Lupita leans over the table, Elvira notices Domingo, who Lupita calls "dad" checking out her ass. Yeah, it's gonna be that kind of night. He complains about the custodian never doing his job and Elvira tells him to bite his tongue, considering the source. He tells her he really is looking for work…and checks out Lupita again. He complains there just aren't any jobs out there. Just office work. And he's more of a fresh-air-lover. He doesn’t look like he smells all that fresh. He gives Lupita a kiss on the side of the head and leaves.

Elvira hisses to Lupita that that loser isn't her dad and she knows it. She says he can't find a job in the open air or under a roof because all he does is sit around with the paper all day. "Haven't you seen the way he looks at you?" Lupita brushes it off, but she won't look at her aunt when Elvira asks her if all he's done is look. Elvira complains about Mercedes ending up with that good-for-nothing. Mercedes walks up with a basket of laundry and gives it to Lupita, telling her to hurry up and take it to her room.

Mercedes asks why Elvira is saying those things to Lupita. She claims that she's not "putting up" with Domingo, that he's doing his "manly duty." Elvira says just be cause he got her pregnant doesn't mean he's a man. Elvira asks her what she's planning to do with four kids and another on the way, with a husband who "no ata ni desata" (he won't tie or untie; he's useless, etc.) . Mercedes says she stays with him because he'll change all their lives and make them better. Elvira reminds her that having a better chance is for those who work, but look at how they're living. "You said it, Lupita's of age. It's time she started sleeping in my room." Mercedes says no way, she doesn't want to cause trouble for Elvira, they'll make room. Elvira asks if Mercedes hasn't noticed Domingo looking at her daughter. "What barbarities are you saying?! What do you have against Domingo?" "Lupita isn't a girl anymore." Mercedes calls Lupita over and asks her what she has against her dad. Elvira says it's ok, she can tell them. Lupita begs her mom not to get upset. Elvira snaps at her to tell them and Lupita asks her not to keep pushing.

They're all escorted into DIEM headquarters and Lupita is placed in Capellan's office. Aranda says she needs to be calm and tell them what happened. Lupita cries that she didn't do anything.

Lupita leaves the kitchen and Mercedes looks up at Elvira and says Domingo isn't capable of doing "something like that." After all, he's her dad. Elvira reminds her that he isn't. "As good as, Elvira. You know what, that kid's gonna hear it from me right now! How dare she make things up." Elvira says this is coming from her too and she doesn't need to be sleeping in the same room with Lupita. "You'd have to be a real idiot not to realize the danger that girl is in!" Mercedes takes offense at Domingo being called a danger and calls her sister bitter and sick. Elvira says it's hard enough having the whole family there and she doesn't want any more problems.

Mercedes can't sleep. She tells Domingo it's not the baby--she's only a month pregnant. He decides a little sex will knock her out, but Mercedes wants to talk. "Domingo, do you love the kids? Even though they're not yours?" He says if he didn't love them, then why would he be supporting them all? Um, except he doesn't actually. "Are you going to throw the work thing in my face again? I swear tomorrow I'll find something!" He claims again to love all the kids as much as he loves little Domingo, who's on the way. "And Lupita?" "Lupita more than all of them. When I see her, I see you. Of course I love her." Ewwwwwww!

The next morning Mercedes tells Elvira what Domingo said. "Hey, not to make you feel bad, but what did you think he was going to say? That he didn't love the kids? That he doesn't love Lupita?" Mercedes accuses Elvira of wanting to say bad things about Domingo so he ends up alone like she is. Riiight, cause he's such a catch! "And what about Lupita?" Mercedes says that Lupita didn't say anything, but Elvira tells her that's because Lupita was too scared. She spouts some nonsense about Lupita making things up because it gets her aunt's attention and it's Elvira's fault for paying attention to it. "That girl is scared and if that sonofabitch puts a hand on her I'll kill him." "Threatening my Domingo is like threatening me!" "So you and Domingo are the same person now? In that case, when he wants to sleep with your daughter, then you hold her down so she keeps quiet. Or maybe you should join in and all three of you can sleep together." Mercedes calls her sister a pig. "I'd rather be a pig then be blind!"

Elvira runs into Lupita inside. Lupita knows they're fighting about her. Mercedes comes inside and asks what Lupita was doing there. Apparently this patio is attached to Elvira's apartment. Lupita says she was just helping her aunt. "Oh yeah? And who's gonna help me with your brothers? Go home." Elvira tries to intervene, but Mercedes tells her to shut up and tells Lupita to get home. Elvira asks if she's given any further thought to having Lupita sleep in her room. "No. Lupita will sleep in her house." Lupita tries to beg to be allowed to stay with her aunt, but Mercedes shuts her up. "Look, Elvira, you're good at threatening, but don't mess with my husband. You're an old maid and that's not my problem. Find a man--that's what you need." "What for? So my life can go the way yours has? No thanks." "Well, better to have had lots of men than to be left alone!"

Capellan comes into her office to talk to Lupita. She says everything is fine and she doesn't think Lupita is guilty of anything. Besides, this isn't a jail cell, it's an office. "But you have to trust me. You have to tell me everything that happened to you. Calmly."

Domingo gets up out of bed in the middle of the night at tells Mercedes he's hungry and going to go get something to eat. While he creepily stands by Lupita's bed with his underwear half hanging off him and picks up the covers to get a better look at her, Mercedes wakes up completely and goes to see what he's doing. He hastily puts the covers back on Lupita and says he was just covering the kids up. He says he was looking for something to eat, but all he found were beans. Mercedes tells him he took a long time. Meanwhile, Lupita is stuffing the sheets in her mouth and covering her head with her pillow.

Elvira brings candy home for the kids. "Yeah, I know, you don't like me to bring them sweets, but that's why I'm their aunt! I spoil them and you bring them up right." Mercedes asks Elvira to forgive her for what she said the other day. Elvira says it is true, she's alone…but it's Mercedes' fault because of Hugo. "Well, Hugo was MY boyfriend." Well, Elvira liked him, that's all. He only stuck around long enough to get Mercedes pregnant with Lupita. Elvira says, just to clarify, she doesn't like the one Mercedes is like now, not even a little. "What do you have against Domingo?" "I talked to Ceci, the doctor from 22, and she told me…." Mercedes complains about her talking to other people about what does or doesn't happen to her. "That's the thing! She says Lupita's an adolescent and we should take care of her." Mercedes says Ceci saw "her" Domingo and wanted him…and she's a nurse, not a doctor. Mercedes tells her to stay out of things. "Domingo's a good man and he loves the kids as if they were his. If you keep saying that stuff, you and Lupita, I'll smack you both across the mouth. That'll be a good remedy!" Elvira goes into the kitchen and says maybe she'll be the one to apply a remedy first.

Capellan asks Elvira if she really thinks she remedied the situation. "At least I did something. Whether it was a good thing or not. It was too late, though."

Some young guys hanging out on the bottom floor of the apartment building say hello to Lupita while she sweeps up leaves. Domingo chases them off and insists they were bothering her. He also insists she call him "dad" and not "Domingo." "If anyone bothers you, that's what I'm here for, ok? You tell me." He kisses her on the cheek and she takes off.

Mercedes is making the beds. Elvira offers to help, since Lupita is downstairs sweeping. "Oh, so now she works for you, or what?" No, she offered, and it's better for her to get out. "I think there's something going on with that girl. I think she's sick."

Lupita is outside crying and eating the sleeve of her sweater. Her mom catches her and she washes the tears off her face. Mercedes starts to ask, "Hey, what your aunt Elvira is saying about…." "I didn't do anything!"

Lupita is in an interrogation room now. Aranda walks in and starts setting things on the table. Her gin, her badge, and her cell phone. "I know right now it's difficult to distinguish good from bad, but it's very important for you to get your thoughts in order and tell me in your own words what happened. Do you know why you're here? You have to know you're safe here, first of all." She reaches her hands across the table and Lupita stops chewing on her sleeve and takes Aranda's hands. "I need you to get your thoughts in order. Do you understand what I'm telling you?"

"But if something was happening, you'd tell me, right? Because Domingo's a good guy. You see how loving he is. Don't go mistaking one thing for another." She tells Lupita to come help her, but Lupita stays outside.

Lupita gets escorted out of the interrogation room and Aranda meets up with Forense Gerardo behind the glass. He says she got Lupita's confidence. Gerardo says looking only at the medical facts, it's a fine line. Aranda asks him to give her the results and she'll write up the report.

Domingo shows Elvira an ad in the paper for a seamstress. Mercedes comes in and says all the kids are finally asleep. Elvira says again that something's wrong. Domingo hurriedly takes a swig of beer. Mercedes says she's tired and Domingo tells her she's been up and about all day. He says something about the baby being a boy and claims to know everything. He makes a snide remark about Elvira needing "alineación y balanceo" (a wheel alignment and balancing). "Are you offering, or what?" "Are you flirting with me? She's flirting with me." "Looks like that's the last thing you need." More snideness about Elvira needing sex and Domingo needing to get a frickin' job. Elvira calls him a "rabo verde" (pervert) and he shuts right up. He nervously guzzles his beer and leaves.

Elvira gets out of bed when she hears Lupita throwing up outside. She's clutching a pair of underwear. Elvira holds her and they both cry. It sounds like Lupita is saying "ya no mas" (please, no more).

Mercedes asks Domingo if he's going to go see about the plumbing job. "No. Why?" She asks him what's wrong with him. "What do you care?" "I'm just asking." He growls at her and grabs her ass. He tells her the beans just didn't go down well. "That's why your sister's still single. She can't cook." Mercedes begs him to stop fighting with her. "Well, it's that time of the month…assuming she still has one!" He laughs, but his head hurts. He takes his beer, or whatever it is, outside to drink it. Two cops come looking for Domingo. They have an order of arrest. "This is your sister's doing! What has she made up now?" They cops lead him away and Mercedes yells for Elvira.

As they take him out of the building he whines that they're probably looking for someone else. Mercedes follows them down and when she sees Lupita she smacks her across the face and yells at Elvira that it's all Lupita's fault. She calls Elvira a "desgraciada"(wretch) for filing the report." Elvira and Mercedes struggle and Elvira ends up holding Mercedes back from attacking Lupita again. Mercedes screams at her daughter to tell her aunt that Domingo didn't do anything to her. Lupita just keeps chewing on the sleeve of her sweater. "Domingo didn't do anything to me," she says, crying and looking down. Mercedes throws it in her sister's face and tells her to go take back the report. Elvira starts walking out and Lupita goes after her asking where she's going. "Where else? To get your father out of jail. And let's see if they don't lock me up for making things up. But I'll tell you this, once he gets out, you're all going to live somewhere else." Lupita asks for forgiveness. "Don't ask me for forgiveness. Don't speak to me anymore." "But, he didn't do anything to me." Elvira calls her a liar and an idiot. "And quit crying, because now he's in jail and they're going to lock me up, and it's your fault!" Lupita can't stop crying and Elvira goes back to her and holds out her hand. Elvira hugs her and they walk out together.

"That guy deserved what happened." She makes some joke about how he was nothing, but now he's everything.

A doctor asks Lupita to lie back and take off her underwear. Elvira explains that Domingo isn't her dad, he's her stepdad. They let the doctor know that Elvira is her aunt. "Look, Lupita, I know this isn't pretty, but we've got to do it. And for how long did you say your dad has been raping you?" Lupita chews on her sleeve. "Answer, honey!" Lupita says it's been three years. Elvira is surprised. A nurse comes in with some test results for the doctor and he rather abruptly says "You know she's pregnant, right?" Elvira and Lupita cry.

Capellan says to Elvira, "Look, what I have here is a murder. Three women are implicated. One is a minor. And she's your niece. Your niece, who at sixteen years old, has to make the decision whether or not to have an abortion. Do you really think we can keep talking around the situation?" She used a new vocabulary word, "legado" meaning "curettage," a scraping of cells from within a body cavity.

Mercedes visits Domingo in jail and brings him food. He complains about the horrible food in there. "It's been a day and a half and they haven't told me anything. Your stupid sister hasn't taken back the report, has she?" "She brought Lupita here so they could do some tests. She's pregnant. She's just a girl, like I was when I had her." He tries to act like someone else did it and he's outraged. "Since she's a minor, while they do the tests…." He tells her she's got to fix things, then slips up and says "oh yeah, she's just a girl, going around showing her…" he holds his hands out in front of him, indicating breasts. "I know who it was! Those loser neighborhood boys!" Mercedes asks if he's not noticing Lupita. She asks him to kiss her medal of the Virgen if he's telling the truth. He does, then kisses her.

In the interrogation room, Mercedes tells Capellan, "I believed him." "What were you afraid of? Being alone? Being abandoned? I don't want to offend you, but there are a lot of cases like yours." "She's just a girl." "She stopped being one violently and under threats. Victims at that age never understand why they're abused. Never."

Lupita serves her brothers food on the patio. Mercedes comes up and says she must be happy that while they're waiting for the test results her "dad" is in jail. "Who was it?" "Domingo said you'd never believe me. But my aunt says…." Mercedes hits her across the face, knocking her to the ground and tells the boys to get inside the house. She goes into the kitchen and tells Elvira that just because Lupita got away with her little "joke" doesn't mean Domingo did it. "You've never doubted Domingo, have you?" "Of course not, that's why he's my husband." Elvira says Lupita is her daughter. "But you're right. You can't go around all the time doubting the people you love. Thank God now with those exams, you'll be out of doubt, and then there's no turning back the page."

Mercedes screams and cries that she can't believe it. Elvira and Lupita huddle outside on the patio. Mercedes comes out, holding a letter and crying. FINALLY she comforts her daugher. "What am I going to do, Elvira?" Elvira doesn't know. Mercedes and Lupita fall to the floor and Mercedes cries over her poor daughter. About time.

Mercedes goes to the jail with food for Domingo. She smiles blandly at him as he digs in. It's those beans he loves so much. He complains the tortillas are cold and asks why she hasn't shown up for 10 days. "I've been feeling bad." He complains about her needing to get him out of there while she puts some beans in a tortilla and hands it to him. "Eat."

Mercedes stirs the pot of beans. Elvira comes up. "If you're cooking it's because you're feeling better. Let's see, let me taste." Mercedes slaps her hand away and tells her not to be stupid.

"You don't eat well here?" Mercedes tells him she talked to Lupita. She asks him how he likes the mole (so not beans after all). "Don't you want to know what I talked to Lupita about?"

Domingo goes chasing after Lupita the day he chased the boys out of the downstairs courtyard. He catches up to her in a hallway, grabs her from behind and asks where she's going.

"What do I care?" He keeps stuffing his face. "You're a dog. An animal. For have done that to a girl for so long, since she was fourteen." "Hey, babe, I don't know why you're upset, but I didn't do anything! I swore it on the Virgen." "Do you know what they do to rapists in jail? Don't you know?"

Lupita sits on the floor, crying.

"Eat. Swallow it." "It's lies, lies started by Elvira. You want the truth? Your daughter, the whore, offered herself to me. Just like you did. Just like her mother. And you know why? Blood calls out. Or have you already forgotten what you were like with me?" Mercedes gets up to leave and he gets nervous and whines to her that he was just joking. "I don't want to spend the rest of my life in jail. You're not going to let me stay here, are you?" Mercedes hugs him and says he won't rot.

Elvira holds the box of rat poison while Mercedes takes a spoonful and starts stirring it into the mole. Then she dumps the entire box in as Mercedes keeps stirring.

Domingo starts experiencing some gastrointestinal distress and coughs blood on Mercedes. She sits him down and holds him.

"How could he rot? I wouldn't let him," says Mercedes.

"He died like a rat," says Elvira,

Domingo finishes dying and the bloody butterfly flies away.

"That asshole didn't deserve to die any other way," says Elvira.

Elvira and Mercedes walk out of the jailhouse together.

"Domingo Martinez murió por envenenamiento."

Domingo Martinez died of poisoning.

"Mercedes y Elvira Gonzalez fueron encontradas culpables en primer y segundo grado de responsabilidad, respectivamente."

Mercedes and Elvira Gonzalez were found guilty in the first and second degree of responsibility, respectively.

"El embarazo de Mercedes, así como su situación emocional, se consideraron atenuantes para su condena."

Mercedes' pregnancy and her emotional state were considered extenuating circumstances for her punishment.

"Fueron sentenciadas a 24 años de prision."

They were sentenced to 24 years in prison.

"Lupita fue declarada inocente y se le permitió abortar, segun las leyes vigentes."

Lupita was declared innocent and allowed an abortion, according to the laws in place.

"Actualmente trabaja en un almacen y se ocupa de sus hermanos."

She is working in a warehouse and taking care of her brothers.

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