Caray, Caray!

El Coyote (still –appropriately-- in the Gorilla mask) is dangling crippled Little Lui over the side of the flat-roofed apartment building in a crazy and desperate attempt to scare off Gabe and the others below. In the end, Coyote throws the crying, screaming Lui (finally some peace and quiet for the viewer?) over the edge to everybody’s horror and escapes during the confusion. Gabe rushes over to the edge of the roof where Little Lui is literally hanging on by his fingertips. (Darn!) Gabe grabs his son and with a great deal of effort pulls him up one arm at a time from the edge and out of danger. They embrace and Mariangela runs over to hug them both. Leo and the”Bowry Boys” try to grab El Coyote on the way up to the rooftop thinking he might be coming down the opposite way towards them, but Coyote’s gotten off the roof a different way and has escaped. Little Lui and Gabe thank Mariangela for risking her life so valiantly against El Coyote. Gabe tells her he’ll never forget her brave acts.

Back at the manse, Paulina, Diana and Pedro are waiting for news when Gabe and Lui appear unexpectedly at the front door. Everyone is cheering and smiling. Jos glides down the main staircase, making her entrance, and laying it on thick faking such happiness at seeing Lui returned safe and sound, even though she finds out that Mariangela risked her life saving him. She is adamant, though, that the other woman is not to come back to work there. Lui bellows again at the thought of not having Mariangela as his nanny, and he takes the blame for leaving Mariangela’s side at the little fair. His mother tells him not to take the blame for her (this time I actually agree with Jos), but Gabe jumps in saying Jos is being unfair to the woman. Jos disagrees, saying she was the one who lost him and puts and end to the argument just as Frederico and Clemente come out to greet “their” grandson.

Back at Candy’s place, Leo patches up Mariangela’s cut arm and offers to help her find another job away from La Señora Cervantes Bravo. She accepts his offer and thanks him for his aid and he takes her to see her mother at the Altzheimers hospice.

Dolores pays a visit to Demian’s house, introducing herself to his wife, Regina. She tells her she may remember her from the hospital with Mother Remedio, though she was dressed as a nun. Regina remembers her then and asks if she’s given up on her vocation. Dolores says she’s no longer with the group since things in her life took her in a different direction, and they go into the living room for tea. Regina says if she’s an associate of Mother Remedio, then she’s happy to assist her with whatever Dolores might need.

At the hospice, Mariangela and Leo are told that Aurora has entered the final stage of the disease. The doctor also calls Clemente to tell him the bad news. Clemente laments that he cannot be there with his daughter for this.

Little Lui begs his father to convince his mother to allow Mariangela back as his nanny and Gabe says not to worry. He promises to try.

Jos has returned to her bed upstairs and has the boy’s toy tiger with her. Miriam enters saying she’s heard they found him. Jos reminds her she’d said there would be no reason to worry so much. Then she explains jealously how her son and Gabe were so excited over the fact that the fool, Mariangela, had risked her life to save him. At least for now, Mariangela was away from them all and her mother has to help her keep the woman out of her house and away from her husband. The problem is that now everybody will want the heroic Mariangela to come back.

Dolores explains to Regina that since she and Regina had gotten on together before, and since she didn’t know anyone else in the city to look to for help, she thought to come to see her about finding work. Regina ask why she didn’t know anyone else here in the city and Dolores confesses that she has spent the last 20 years in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She needs a job she says, but Regina would be in her right not to believe her. Regina asks whether she has a trade and Delores tells her that she was taught to be a seamstress in prison, but before that she was a nurse. Regina hires her on as Demian’s personal nurse immediately and sends her upstairs to Demian’s bedroom to check on him.

Paulina calls Juan Cristobal to tell him her little brother was found safe and sound. He is happy to hear the news and ask her if she’ll consider taking him back, but she refuses. She is angry at how he left her so suddenly and then cheated on her with Karen. She demands an explanation. He says he can’t explain the gory details, just that he never deceived her and never stopped loving her. That isn’t good enough for her and she hangs up.

Gabe is thanking Nicolas for being such a good sidekick and trying to find out who was behind the kidnapping when Pau walks in. They all hug and she mentions that the doctor who was going to operate on Little Lui has left the country and nobody is able to say when or if he’ll return. (Hey, if that is what it will take to get him to stop that hi-pitched blubbering every time you talk to him, I’d move heaven and earth to track that physician down!) So there will not be any operation. Gabe is upset and worried how he’ll explain this to his son, again.

At Demian’s house, Belen is running after Tiberio asking him why he’s changed his attitude towards her. (She must think forcing her to get drunk on their dates is so-o-o sexy.) He says he’s got too much to do to discuss it now. Suddenly, Dolores appears in the hallway and Tiberio is speechless. She explains she’s been hired as his father’s nurse and excuses herself to go up and see her “patient”.

Gabe again asks Jos to allow Mariangela to come back because their son is anxious to have her back. She refuses his request and says it is her final word.

Regina joins Dolores upstairs and explains he’s had a nervous breakdown, that he suffers from these fits regularly, but the past few years the attacks come more and more often. Then she leaves to call the doctor and tell him she has a new nurse for Demian.

Dolores sits on the side of the bed and watches Demian. She tells him he’s apparently not the god he supposes himself to be, lying prostrate and so defenseless. Suddenly he opens his eyes and begins to strangle her, but Regina arrives just in time. His wife screams for him to let loose of Dolores; he’s killing her! Finally he wakes up and says he didn’t realize what was happening. He just saw this woman there and reacted. Regina then explains Dolores is to be his live-in nurse until he recovers.

Karen takes delight in letting Pau know that she and JC went to eat together and says they had a great time (even though in reality, he rejected Karen’s advances). Karen reminds her step-sister she intends to win over the affections of JC since Pau has dropped him. After all, they are still first cousins. Pau wonders why JC is playing with her emotions like this.

Regina calls JC at work to tell him his dad is doing better. He leaves for home immediately.

Gabe gets Mariangela to walk with him a bit outside to chat. He asks her to return to the manse for Luisito’s sake. (Come on, who’re we kidding here?) She tells him she thinks it’s best if she doesn’t return. (Again, she has more sense than he does.) He won’t give up and convinces her to go for coffee with him to talk it over.

Upstairs, alone with Dolores, Demian tells her to stop this farce. She tells him she warned him she’d fight to get close to her son again. She says she’s ready to turn into a wild animal if necessary. He looks at her, takes his medicine and frowns, resigned for now.

Jos tells her son (hiding behind that stupid toy tiger) that she was laid up in bed the entire time, worrying and waiting for them to find him. She hopes he’s learned his lesson and next time she tells him he cannot go out, he should listen to her. He agrees then asks her not to get angry, but can he have Mariangela come back? Jos goes crazy and screams that she never wants to hear that woman’s name again! Just when will he understand? JUST WHEN?

Gabe asks Mariangela if she is sure this is what she really wants. (They are trying to avoid the obvious reason he wants her to come back and that she wants him to want her to come back.) She assures him that she’ll miss his son, but she wants this and it is for the best.

JC confronts his father in the bedroom about why he deceived him. He asks why it was necessary to lie to him about being Gabe’s son and why he refuses to accept that he is his son. Demian lamely tries to blame Regina and says she’s the liar. JC says he knows his mother to be honest and kind and a respectful wife. Regina walks in on the two of them, and Demian asks her to admit that she cheated on him and asks what she feels for him. She tells him what she feels for Gabe has always been chaste. She never cheated on him with Gabe, but she feels nothing for Demian. He’s never given her anything but tears and suffering. Demian yells back that he’s given her everything at her feet. She says it was all material possessions, but never a bit of affection. Then JC says he and his mother are leaving his house for good. The two turn and leave. (It’s a scene in slow motion...so, ok, this is a big life-changing decision for the two of them and for Demian.) Demian is frantic and decides he will not allow Regina to leave his side.

Tiberio is in his father’s office downstairs, saying that one day all of this will be his. He starts thinking back to when Rogelio taunted him earlier in the day about not being more than a foster child to Demian; and that he would not be handed over the keys to the famiily business and that it would all be given to JC. Tiberio sits down at the desk and says to himself, “We will see. We will see.”

Candy is aggrieved to hear that her best friend, Aurora, is in the final stage of her disease.

At the cafe, Gabe admits they shouldn’t feel guilty about what suddenly developed between them romantically, but he will do his part to maintain control of his emotions and keep himself apart from the two of them if she would just come back to tend to his son. He asks simply as a concerned father.

Belen and Simona ask Regina if she is really leaving the house, and when she answers yes, they say, they will leave also. She says she’s taking nothing and leaving all the jewels and things and she will send for her to come as soon as she’s settled in to her new place. At that moment Demian appears at the top of the stairs and asks her to wait.

Gabe walks Mariangela back home and leaves. Frederico then appears suddenly out of the shadows and tells a confused Mariangela that she is not to return to the manse. She has already caused enough pain to Joselin and he is not going to permit her to hurt Jos again. If she knows what’s good for her she’ll take him at his word and stay the heck away from Gabe and his family. Then he leaves.

Tiberio tries to assist Demian, but he pushes him away. Demian gets down on his knees, literally, and begs for Regina to stay with him. He tells her life will have no meaning without her there and that she has to understand how difficult it has been for him all these years knowing that she never loved him, knowing that she loved his brother instead. He weeps and says through his tears that neither of them has been happy. (JC and Tiberio are weeping. Regina is weeping. Heck, I was even weeping, Demian was so convincing.) He would have given everything he has for her to love him instead. He again begs her not to leave. “Give me another chance, I’m begging you. Give me another chance!”

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At Gabe’s place, Rogelio finds his wife, Diana again in Pedro’s room, sitting with Pedro on the bed and talking. He tells her it doesn’t look right and she should go. She leaves and he turns around and warns Pedro off again. Pedro tells him he may have Diana convinced he’s changed but not him. Rogelio tells him not to meddle in something that doesn’t concern him. Pedro for once, speaks up and says if Rogelio makes Diana suffer again, he’ll have to answer to Pedro. Rogelio makes fun of him and warns him not to mess with him.

Regina follows Demian back to his office and says she’ll stay but only under certain conditions. She is not going to offer love and will do anything for her son. She will not stand for his yelling or his humilliating her any longer. He will have to accept her son as his and deal with him as such. He is not to even hint at his being Gabe’s. If he doesn’t accept then she has no reason to remain there and he’ll never see her again. He comes face to face with her and stoically accepts. Regina is stunned at this.

Diana and Rogelio argue about her background as a stripper again. He, the older son of a Cervantes Bravo, married below his station and he was so drunk he didn’t know what he was doing. He simply can’t get that out of his craw. Diana finally suggests they get divorced. She doesn’t want to hold him back against his will. There’s still time to separate.

Regina lets JC know that she has decided to stay there after all. JC says she can count on his support whatever her decisions. He isn’t going to judge her.

Tiberio admits to Demian that he was surprised to see him beg Regina to stay. Demian says he wants her with him and there are times in life when one has to yield when it is most convenient. Tiberio asks him then if this was all a farce, but Demian just orders him to go and let him rest.

In Jos’s bedroom, Miriam and she are discussing what Dolores must be planning. They hope she’s resigned herself to not being able to come around Karen. Jos then says as an aside that she didn’t kill Edgar. Miriam gets angry and reminds her that the two of them agreed to get rid of him, even if she didn’t do the actual murder. Jos asks who was it then that took care of it? Miriam says Demian was the one who actually set things in motion. As she tells Jos the story she remembers Demian and herself 20 something years ago beginning to plan it all. (She looked pretty dowdy back then!) She was complaining about Edgar having lost all their money over some careless business decision. Demian was looking to get rid of Dolores because she was becoming a nuisance to him. He is saying that they could take care of both of them at the same time.

Dolores the next day is coming in the house at the same time Tiberio is leaving. She’s dressed in her whites, including stockings and a cap. (Man, when was the last time you saw a nurse formally dressed in whites and with a cap? It s almost as if she’s a refugee from a skit on Sabado Gigante! ) He accuses her of chasing after him again. Dolores, though, quietly insists she is there as Demian’s personal nurse. Tiberio disagrees and says she is looking for something else and he’s going to be in charge of finding out just what that is.

At the hospice Mariangela thanks Clemente for attending to her mother. He says that they were good friends long ago. She says she would have liked to have had a father just like him. She leaves and he sits at Aurora’s bedside and professes his deep love for her and says he’ll never forgive himself for abandoning her all those years ago.

Juan Cristobal kisses Pau at the office and she gets angry at him for playing around with her feelings. He swears he loves her and won’t stop till she believes him, but she says she knows he tells her one thing and then goes out with Karen. She stomps out of the office and slams the door.

Gabe invites Jos to a restaurant for lunch so that they can discuss something very important. (This is a stupid idea. The woman has a screw loose and he wants to chance a scene in a public place with her?)

El Coyote finally reaches Demian on his cell and tells him what happened with Little Lui and why he was forced to let him go. Demian tells him to stay low until they are able to see each other again. Dolores comes in and tells him she’s sticking around till he has recuperated whether he likes it or not. Then she orders him to take his clothes off because she’s going to give him a sponge bath. He raises his eyebrows at this and just stares at her. (Shades of Sabado Gigante!)

Gabe tells Little Lui the sad news about the doctor not being able to do the operation after all. He tells his son how he is to blame for the car accident that prevented him from having a normal childhood. LL tells his father not to be so hard on himself. They will simply wait till the doctor comes back and he can operate then. (Ok. That makes too much sense.)

Pedro and Diana are discussing Little Lui’s rotten luck at not getting his operation. They begin talking about Pedro’s being a poor relation and Rogelio’s always treating him like he was ashamed of him because of his humble beginnings. Diana tells him he grew up without luxuries, but he is a great person and never to forget it.

Dolores is giving Demian his sponge bath. He teases her about still being sexually attracted to him. He finally can’t stand it any longer and he grabs her, knocks her backward and her over his lap and kisses her. This shocks Dolores. She fights him off, grabs her bowl of water and--runs out. He is laughing at her and says to himself that if she wants to play on his turf, she is going to lose.

In the study downstairs, Dolores realizes that he’s stirred her feelings up again. She prays to God that she is not tempted by Demian and her desire once again.

At the restaurant Gabe finally asks Jos to give him a divorce. She stands up shrieking to everyone there that this thankless slob wants to leave her for another woman. He stands there trying to explain to her his reasons, in front of God and every customer in the place. She (mercifully for the other customers) finally runs out of the place, repeating she’ll die first, or he will, before giving him a divorce!! She stands in the middle of the street daring a car to run her over. Somehow Gabe pushes her away and prevents her from getting hit. He tells her she really needs to get professional help and to be in a psychiatric clinic. She tells him she’ll die before giving him a divorce. He should be in jail for killing the child they were expecting. Jos sees a cab, then, at the end of the block and runs toward it. As luck would have it, it is Leo’s cab and he’s just left off a fare. She jumps in and says just take her anywhere, but get her out of there. Take her far away from there, now!

He starts up a conversation with her, realizing who she is and that she doesn’t recognize him at all. He asks if he can help her but she refuses anything from him. She tells him not to involve himself and that it's none of his business. She keeps repeating that nobody can help her; she is just such a loser, she is so unlucky.

Candy tries to console Don Clemente He’ll get through this difficult time with Aurora. He confesses that he cannot do right by one daughter without hurting the other. Candy tells him God knows what a kindhearted man he is and will show him the way.

In the cab, Jos opens up her heart to Leo without realizing it. She tells him that her sin is loving her husband too much, and that there is another woman who is taking him from her.

At the church, the two padres are discussing the appearance of the woman who left Leo abandoned at the church years ago as a baby. Father Anselmo thinks he should and will confront her about that night.

At the same time Ingrid is telling Miriam that the priest from that night long ago must have recognized her when they were in the churchyard waiting for news about her grandson. Would’t it be something if "he" were there that night also, just a few steps away? Miriam shudders at the thought and tells her friend to be quiet about it. Just then Leo appears at the doorway with Jos. Leo explains that he is Candy’s son, the taxi-driver, and how he found her daughter arguing in the street with Gabe, distraught after running away from him. Miriam rudely refuses to shake his hand or to thank him. “You took too much bother with her. -- Ingrid! My wallet! -- How much do you want?” Leo refuses money and leaves. These two feel something strange after their meeting but both brush it off. Ingrid follows Leo and watches from behind a stack of clothes as he gets into his cab and leaves. Jos then informs Miriam that Gabe and she were arguing because he finally asked her for a divorce.

Dolores goes back upstairs with Demian and starts adjusting his pillows. Demian grabs her again and kisses her. He tells her he know she likes it just as much as he does. (Truth be told! And that silly little nurse's cap hasn't moved an inch with all that rolling around!) She asks him how he dares to do this right under his wife’s nose. Regina is such a good woman. He answers that she doesn’t know anything about what his life has been like. Sure he loved her, but she’s forced him away. Dolores says, “Yes, just like you did with me!” She assures him that the only reason she is there is for Tiberio and walks out. Demian thinks to himself, “Dolores, you are still a really attractive female!”

Nic tells Gabe that Demian still hasn’t returned to the office, but Gabe says Tiberio will see to things. Nic wonders why Demian is so attached to Tiberio when his son, JC, now an engineer, should be heading his construction company. He also asks what Pau is feeling now regarding JC. Gabe says she’s assured him it is all in the past and Nic says, that is good. Now he doesn’t have to reveal to her that she was really adopted. Then Gabe asks Nic to start divorce procedings for him and Jos.

Miriam scolds Jos for losing control like that. Jos screams back that she couldn’t exactly help it. After all, who would have thought he would ask her out to lunch just to ask her to give him a divorce? (She has a point there!) She will never give it to him, either! Miriam asks her daughter if she is ready to do anything at all to ensure he doesn't divorce her, and Jos answers “Absolutely anything.”

Regina suggests to JC that perhaps if things are too uncomfortable at his current position, being so close to Paulina everyday, that he should consider coming to work for his father instead.

Candy and Leo discuss Jos’s cab ride and he admits he felt sorry for Jos. She seemed to be all alone in the world. In fact, he feels as if he’s known this woman all of his life, but he cannot understand why.

Jos goes in to visit her little boy and tells him that his daddy has asked her for a divorce and she starts to cry.

Regina confesses to Dolores that she has been so unhappy all these years with Demian. “I shouldn’t be telling you this.” She says that perhaps it is because she trusts her. Regina suggests Delores encourage her to tell her all about it sometime.

Candy serves Diana lunch, but Diana suddenly feels nauseous. Candy asks if she might be pregnant. Diana is surprised at the thought. (Momma never told her the facts of life or the signs to watch for?)

Miriam and Rogelio are meeting at a restaurant. She tells him that they like the same fine things in life. There is soon to be a storm kicked up in the household, since his father has asked Jos for a divorce. He needs to choose sides. He can leave without the luxuries he has been accustomed to having or he can join forces with her against his father.

Gabe comes in to see his son and Luisito tells him that he doesn’t love him anymore because he’s leaving his mother.

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The meeting between Alejandro and Miranda is worthless. He tells her that if she asks he will go forever. She acts upset and asks him why are you giving me an ultimatum? He tells her he has the right to be heard. She doesn’t hear him and they part both crying.

Bertha implants herself on the couch in Francisco and Amparo's house. She tells the family that they can count on her. The family welcomes her in saying they not only open their doors but they open the doors to their hearts. Bertha claims that she is touched and wants to be considered part of the family. Roman questions Bertha about why she never married since she is so pretty and quite the lady. Bertha laughs at his question saying she won't marry. Bertha asks to have a moment with Renata.

Barely three steps from the rest of the family, Bertha exclaims her shock that Renata is living and sleeping in a place like this. Renata replies she likes it, so Tia unmask yourself and tell me why you really came. Bertha says she wants Renata to help her because everyone is ganging up on her. She claims she is not an assassin. Everything she has ever done has been for the girls. Renata has a green flashback to Bertha claiming that she was securing an inherited piece of property for Renata. Renata looks like she is putting things together in her mind. Renata asks what Bertha plans on doing with Juan’s family. Bertha replies that she only wants Renata to not live like a beggar (pordiosera). Bertha goes on a long tirade about how she lives in luxury, but it’s hard, knowing how Renata is living. The women hug with Bertha looking freaked out that she might be loosing Renata, while Renata looks as if she is figuring things out.

There is a brief scene with Julio and Cesar in a restaurant. Angel arrives to tell them that he believes that Danielito has told Gonzalo everything. Julio wants to know what everything. Angel goes on to explain what they said during Miranda’s wedding. Julio tells Angel to call Daniel immediately while Cesar slithers off.

Fernanda and Flor discuss how Juan became a guard dog when Bertha came to visit. Juan comes into the hospital room and tells the women that he has made a wild guess that Bertha is suffering from a wicked psychological structure. Juan gets a call from Renata who tells him she is going to go out with Amparito, Erika and Bertha. Juan looks impactado.

Miranda gives Pamela a few more words of advice. They discuss Fermin Padilla and his safety and kindness. Miranda says she intends to ask Fermin for a loan. Pam leaves and Miranda finally remembers the envelope that Flor had told her to get. She talks to herself about whether she should open it because the contents have to belong to Alejandro’s father. She vacillates and wisely decides to wait, stuffing the envelope under her pillow. The safest place in the world to hide and important item.

Fab brings Flor some chocolate, the only thing that she wants to eat. Fab re-warns Juan saying Bertha is a wolf in lambs clothing (lobo con piel de cordero). Juan states that Bertha better not mess with his family.

Alejandro and Luciano go to Padilla’s office. They want to make sure that the money they transferred from Al’s accounts are safe in Lucianos’ accounts, and that the accounts haven’t been frozen. They haven’t.

Miranda goes to see Florencia, but Flor is asleep. Fab is there and he fills Miranda in on what has been happening with Juan and Bertha. He explains that Flor doesn’t want to have contact with Bertha anymore. Cesar arrives and is barely there a second before he goes off with Miranda to talk. Fab talks to himself after they leave saying he doesn’t know if he should trust his brother or not.

Fernanda goes home and see the flowers that Renata brought her. She knows the flowers came from Renata and feels strengthened that she has her daughter back. She talks to herself daring Bertha to do something against her now.

Roman and Francisco are alone talking over whether to trust Bertha or not. Roman advises to not trust her. Fernanda arrives. Roman asks her if she knows that Bertha has an illegitimate daughter. Fern states that Bertha can’t have kids so she can’t have a daughter. Roman tells her that he will take her to talk with the monastery where he found Nuria's papers.

Padilla fills Alejandro and Luciano in on what is going on with Pamela’s family. Fermin tells the men that el tipo Magnate is to blame for what is happening. Al tells the men that they have to go check on Pamela immediately.

Andrea answers her front door to find three men. The men tell her Hi! Remember us? You were supposed to give us the book with the numbers. Andrea faints.

Cesar tells Miranda that Daniel lied to her and that they are really brothers. Cesar goes on to say the whole world lies, even Alejandro. He then starts in on his old story of how he loves her, always has. She rolls her eyes. He unexpectantly grabs her throat and starts to French kiss her, bending her backward as he does. Just at that moment Lisania arrives asking Am I interrupting you?!

Commercial break that opens back to Lisania confronting Cesar and Miranda. Lisania tells Miranda how great that you promised fidelity to my brother Miranda. I am gong to tell him everything. Miranda is frozen like a deer caught in headlights. Cesar gives Lisania a death look and tells Miranda that what Lisania said has no importance. Right Lisania? Lisania caught in his death ray agrees with him. Miranda grabs her purse and flees. Cesar grabs Lisania's arm and sits her down. He asks her to explain what she is doing there. Lisania is there to meet Fernanda, she hasn’t been feeling well. Cesar momentarily freaks that he might have fathered another child, but Lisania thinks not. She has dizziness after exercising. Cesar tells her to stop exercising so much then and begins to scold her for not making steps towards repairing her relationship with Daira. They kiss.

The fake agents have Andrea revived and sitting on her couch. The main agent reminds her that he asked her for the book with numbers many years ago. Well why didn’t she give it to him! He taunts her that before they were two but now they are three. She better get back their money and give them all of Leonardo’s documents. Two of the men sandwich Andrea and kiss on her while she screams. They leave and she falls to the couch hysterical.

Florencia tells Miranda, who obviously has recovered unaffected from her run in with Lisania and Cesar, to give Fern an opportunity. Miranda thinks to herself that Flor wouldn’t be telling her this if she knew she was sisters with Alejandro. She tells Flor she will do what she can. Flor wants Miranda to convince Renata to like Fern too. Flor tells Miranda to OPEN the darn envelope alright already! Miranda tells Flor they are going to unmask Bertha.

Al, Luciano and Fermin arrive at Pamela’s. Andrea is babbling that the bad agents want to violate Pamela just like they did to her many years ago. Pamela arrives as does the fake Leonardo, El Magnate. They all ask who are you to El Magnate. Al threaten to call the cops. El Magnate goes into a story of how he was cellmates with Leonardo for many years. They looked alike and were thought to be twins. They became close friends and Leonardo told him all about his family. He saw Leonardo die and couldn’t do anything about it. After many years of hearing about Leonardo’s family, and since he had Leonardo’s diary he decided to do something to help. The money in the account he wanted Andrea and Pam to have because Leonardo wanted them to have it to make up for his abuse of Andrea. Leonardo really loved her, and El Magnate cares for them too.

Fernanda, Francisco and Roman go to talk with the Mother Superior who ran the school/orphanage where Nuria grew up. The Mother shows them Nuria’s paperwork but they want more info. The Mother claims this is all she has. The Mother walks away to talk with another nun. This nun claims that the third grade girls are tired of kneeling for two hours saying the rosary without being able to move. The Mother says well they need to learn discipline so no food for them today! Tell the sixth graders to get the hose ready to give the third graders cold baths. The women talk about Nuria and Bertha. They relish in the memories of the punishments that Bertha would tell them to do to Nuria. They decide to call Bertha to see what is going on, what with all these people asking about Nuria.

Amparo, Erika, Renata and Bertha arrive from shopping. Bertha has bought them all tons of gifts and clothes. Bertha claims she has to leave to prepare a surprise for the family. Renata pulls Bertha aside and asks (after the fact) why did Bertha do all of this. Bertha claims it is because she adores her. Bertha then sidles up to Amparo to tell Amparo in an icky sweet voice to not wear her fine new clothes while selling tacos. Instead she should save the clothes for a special occasion. She is sure Amparo will know when is the right time to wear them. After Bertha leaves Renata claims that Bertha is always like this. Erika expresses a little doubt but not much. They have been bought.

El Magnate goes on to say he did all of this to help them. He hands over to Andrea a diary that belonged to Leonardo that has all the movements, names and numbers to the corrupt agents. This is about arms and drug trafficking.

Miranda tells Flor to keep fighting for her health. Flor goes to sleep and Miranda talks to herself that she is envious of Flor for being pregnant. Miranda would love to be pregnant.

Pam tells El Magnate that she has lived all her life without money and in peace versus what he has brought to her life. El Magnate claims he just wanted to help. Al and Pamela commend him for doing such a noble act. They want him to save himself. He claims that he cant, the bad guys know who he is. Al tells him to take his private plane and escape while they go to the cops. Al then asks Fermin Padilla to check what accounts are connected to the account that Magnate drained. Al wants to know what businesses are involved. Fermin says it’s complicated but not impossible.

Nuria calls Luis Alberto crying. She tells him that Cesar knows how to hurt her. Cesar asked her to move to his place, she did bringing all her stuff. Now Cesar wants her to move back to her old place. Wha! Boo Hoo! Luis Alberto tells her to come and live with him. She can’t. Besides she is pregnant. She then tells Luis Alberto that Cesar told her she is the illegitimate daughter of Bertha de Aragon.

Renata fills Erika in on Veronicas blackmailing attempts of Fab. Erika claims she knew all along but didn’t say anything because Veronica would threaten her. Renata wants to confess something important to Erika but wants no one else to know. Fernanda is her mother.

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JC goes to see Paulina to tell her that he still loves her despite everything. She tells him to leave.

Pedro and Diana are searching for information on Luisito on the internet. Paulina comes in and says that JC came to see her. They wonder why he has changed his mind about seeing her.

Meanwhile, JC wonders how he can tell Paulina the truth about not being her half brother.

Gabriel and Nicolas go to see Demian and Regina tells them that Demian is ill, in bed and sedated. G&N go and see Demian lying in bed asleep. G&N come to the conclusion that they must have been mistaken about Demian being involved in kidnapping Luisito. [Like he couldn’t have hired someone to do it, dummies?]

Priest #1 tells Priest #2 [I can’t remember their names] that last night he saw the woman who abandoned Leonardo as a baby come to the church. Priest #1 one doesn’t know whether to tell Leonardo and Priest #2 advises him to pray for divine guidance.

In a nice dialog-free sequence, Leo, MA and the other cabbies drive around trying to find Luisito.

Luisito tries to keep up his spirits by telling himself that his father would want him to be strong.

Paulina is told that the doctor who is going to operate on Luisito is leaving Mexico immediately thereafter so that if the kid misses the scheduled surgery, he will be on his crutches for the near future. [What, the kid can’t get on a plane and go where this hot-shot doctor works?]

Gabriel tells Nicolas that seeing Demian so ill was painful for him in spite of all the evil things that Demian has done.

MA, Leo and his buddies report their failure to find any trace of Luisitio in the neighborhood. Up on the balcony, Coyote listens to see if they have made any progress. A kid who saw Luisito get snatched by the man who made balloon aninals, says that he wouldn’t be able to recognize the man because his face was painted white like a clown.

Gabriel goes into Joselyn’s room where she is lying down [with all her makeup on]. She asks if there is news and Gabriel says, no. Josleyn blames MA and is angry when Gabriel defends her. The phone rings. It is Didier. While he looks at his bandaged leg, he tell Jos that she has won a battle, not the war and he will get revenge. When Gabriel has left, Jos calls Didier and makes threats.

Karen slinks into where JC is working. She plays on his sympathy and concern about Luisitio to get him to ask her out to lunch. At lunch, JC rejects Karen’s advances and she points out that JC and Paulina are still first cousins.

MA sits at a table remembering when she promised Luisito that she would never abandon him. She tells herself that she has failed and asks Luisito’s forgiveness.

Candelaria congratulates Clemente for giving up drinking. Clemente says that he gave it up when he met MA. Candelaria asks if there is news about Luisito and Clemente says that he is waiting by the phone for info from Gabriel.

Elsa goes to see Coyote to remind him about his promise to give her lots of money. She warns him that she won’t wait too long. Coyote wonders what to do with the kid since he can’t reach Demian.

Regina tells Tiberio that Demian is still sleeping from the tranquillizers he was given and that what happened was not Tiberio’s fault. Tiberio goes to see the sleeping Demian. Tiberio says to himself that it would be so easy to kill Demian now as he sleeps. He could suffocate him with a pillow and everyone would think Demian died in his sleep. Tiberio hold a pillow, approaches Demian… At the last moment, Regina comes into the room, sees Tiberio with a pillow but he is using it to prop up Demian.

Gabriel kneels in church sobbing helplessly and asks God, ‘why my son?’ Priest #1 comes and asks if Gabriel wants to talk with him. Gabriel says that he does want to talk; he can’t take any more. The priest urges him to tell him everything. Gabriel says that he got married (civil ceremony) and at first everything was fine, then there was the accident and his marriage turned into a living hell. The priest says helpfully that however bad things are now, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Gabriel goes on to tell the priest that his wife is emotionally unstable and jealous. He doubts that she loves him or ever did. And now, to lose his son; it’s too much. He doesn’t know if he is alive or dead. The priest assures Gabriel that everything will turn out ok.

Now that Delores has taken off her habit, she can’t find a job. She could be a seamstress or a nurse but she’ll take whatever she can. Delores thinks that Regina might help her. She is a good woman and a mother.

Federico tells Miriam that Otilia thinks that Miriam tried to run her down with a car and furthermore, when he was with her, someone did try and run her down when she was crossing the street. Miriam says that Otilia is crazy and that instead of worrying about a crazy person, Federico should worry about his grandson, Luisito, who is missing. Federico didn’t know about this. Miriam suggests that Federico go and be mean to MA, who was responsible for losing the child.

Once again, Rogelio runs into Tiberio in the lobby of Demian’s company and once again he taunts him for being a nobody that Demian has taken in for pity and that soon his place in Demian’s confidence will be taken by JC.

Federico comes to see Joselyn but she has taken to her bed. Clemente is there and thanks him for being such a good friend to the family. Clemente says that he is destroyed because Luisito is HIS grandchild, the son of HIS daughter. Federico looks guilty.

Gabriel runs into MA in the church.

Coyote brings Luisito food and yells at him to eat. Meanwhile, one of the denizens of the courtyard of Candelaria’s place [I don’t know her name] remembers that she was supposed to take food to an old lady, Dona Tomi, who lives in the ‘tower.’ She brings the food and the old lady says, ‘Did you hear any noise upstairs?’ ‘No,’ says the food bringer. ‘I didn’t hear any noise in the abandoned rooms in the attic.’ ‘Well,’ says the old lady, ‘I heard noise there all night.’ The penny doesn’t drop on the food bringer.

Meanwhile, plucky little Luisito says that he has to try and escape from the room where he is being held. He crawls out of his room and finds a crutch in the outer room. He tries to use it but he falls and makes noise that the old lady and the food-bringer downstairs hear.

Coyote catches the kid who then screams for help. The food bringer hears a child’s voice. You see the wheels in her brain turning so slowly – a child’s voice coming from a supposedly empty attic. What could it mean????? Finally, the food bringer figures it out. She runs and tells MA and Gabriel that she has heard a child upstairs. They burst in on Coyote who is threatening Luisito with a knife. Holding the kid as a hostage, Coyote tries to escape. There is much running about with the kid screaming while Coyote, who is in a werewolf mask, yells, ‘Shut up!’ Coyote manages to cut MA with his knife. Gabriel chases him up onto the roof. Coyote dangles Luisito, still screaming his head off, over the side of the building while a bunch of useless types watch from below. The episode ends as Coyote lets or appears to let the kid fall.

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But first, non-sequitur, does everyone experience this new format of the show beginning and then all of a sudden the televisa symbol breaking in and the opening credits following at a seemingly non-sensical point? Maybe they are now trying to follow the way US TV has started shows for a while….. but it’s not seeming terribly well executed…..I liked it the way it was….that being said….


We continue with Yuri & Mijares talking to Fern about Lety like parents trying to convince their child that he’s tired and needs to go to bed. “So who are you to her anyway?” Fern starts to say he’s “her boyf…um… her… I don’t know what you are getting at.” “It’s obvious you are in love with her, all the virtues you mentioned about Lety are the attributes one looks for in the person one loves.” Mijares agrees that’s called love. Fern is in childish disbelief, and his attempts to refer to the pair informally are rejected, so he adjusts to extreme formal address and tells them they are wrong and that he has to go because he has to find Lety…because he needs to discuss some things with her. After he leaves, Yuri says poor Fe’s going to be surprised when he finally recognizes his true feelings; that man is head over heels in love.

Alicia shows up to Fernando claiming her mission completed as she has the numbers for all the dancers….she dances around on the stage area and asks if she could be part of the show for Fernando sometime, he is distracted trying to find Lety and says yes, yes, yes, to try and shut her up, but she takes him at his word and he realizes he wasn’t paying attention to what she really wanted then he said no way! Alicia wants to know what to do with the numbers. He gets angry, don’t you realize I’m looking for Lety! Have you seen her? Alicia says she did, so he ordered her to go find her and tell her he needs her and is waiting for her. She’s off. Tomas bumps into Alicia…she screams “Stupid! Imbecile! Idiot! Nuisance!” He got her right in the chiche! Too bad he didn’t pop it. He realizes it’s his lust interest and runs after her calling “Big mama!” “Hey here’s your [nuisance?], I mean to say your “Big Daddy!” but he’s right over other people who wonder what the hell he’s talking about…he brushes it off that he’s talking to himself…still not acceptable, really….

Lety is seen calling her Dad to let him know she’s with Tomas…I must admit I was sort of glad we only got her side of the conversation. It was nice to get a break from Robopop’s dramatics for a show.

And now for today’s guest celebrity….Anais is lost and seeks some help from Lety to find Luigi. Alicia runs up at the same time to tell her Fe is looking for her, go see what he wants. Lety says tough tell him to wait, I’m occupied. Alicia calls her rude and tells her maybe it’s better that she stays here and Alicia takes care of him because of her “shabby dress” that she shouldn’t dare get near to Fernando because of the shame it would cause him and Conceptos, that an executive that thinks they are so important would come dressed this way, but she guesses that is the most they could ask of her because that probably is one of her most elegant outfits; her cocktail and party dress…fine stay here then. Alicia, now finished with her insults, realizes who Anais is and tells her she’s a huge fan and that Luigi sent her to find her, that she’ll take her to him. Anais, not unaware of Alicia’s unpleasantry declines to follow her and will see Luigi later and declines to sit with Alicia during the show. She and Lety bond and Lety apologizes for Alicia’s rudeness…Anais goes with Lety.


The show begins…Yuri announced that the money raised goes to help her countrymen in Veracruz to build a marketplace to showcase their traditional artwork and make it available to sell to the whole world and to carry on the traditions to the next generation. Mijares and Yuri sing their lounge song while the dancers strut their stuff…squeezed into the small stage space trying not to step on each other and the stars. I found them very distracting and adding nothing to the performance. Don Fe smiles silly, Alicia sits down and lets him know she found Lety but she said she is occupied. Alicia tells him Anais is with her.

We flash briefly to Lola who suddenly found her cajones and is now pounding and yelling for Cheque to open his door. She screams but he’s not answering.


Lety explains her outfit to Anais in that she usually doesn’t come to such events and that she’s not used to dressing in high fashion like the rest of the firm because she just handles the finances. Anais, in what’s becoming a tradition of beautiful women taking pity on Lety and consoling her, and confiding their horror stories in her, confesses she also had a problem with clothes when she began her career and she tells a story about wearing a red dress and five inch heels to her first casting call because she wanted to be taller, but she wasn’t being herself and apparently that came across to the directors so she decided to take the shoes off during the audition. [I didn't think that was quite the same as Lety's issue, but what the heck, the chick is trying to be nice.]The directors were impressed that she did that in front of them so thought that she could surely handle conducting the television show and that’s how her TV career began.
Lety thought that must be when Anais hired a designer to help her with her wardrobes but Anais says no, she looked for “un Hada Madrina” those of you with captions can confirm that’s the proper term, but if so, she looked for a fairy godmother, someone who always knew more than she did and could show her how to do things. She goes on essentially about how Lety needs to start with what’s inside and that she’s a light that is unlit, that she’s in the shadows. Lety complains that “they” put out my light. But Anais doesn’t give in to that and essentially says she needs to relight it and shine on everyone, and that it depends on her. She later says that it’s easy to buy clothes for the outside, but first you have to change yourself inside and that’s what matters.

Anais sees Lety looking out for her “boyfriend” and tells her she wants to meet Tomas. So Lety takes her to sit down at their table. Yuri comes on without Mijares and “relights” Lety. Yuri’s now wearing a black and white fluffy dress that looks like it’s made from pieces of jail striped jump suits, there are men that look like clowns dancing around in the background… Why is everyone worried about Lety’s clothes? I think hers are ten times better than this get up!



Cheque shows up outside the building with Yasmin and they are flirting and acting lovey dovey (yuk)… “let’s go to a disco”…Lola sees this and as quickly as she found, she now loses, her cajones and can’t confront him and instead starts crying. PM tries to console her and utters some fantastic insults about tarantulas and they end up trying to leave without accomplishing their goal.

Lety sits with Tomas and Anais and Lety waits for the proper moment to introduce them. Tomas is overexcited about the dancers and can’t believe they are real. Lety is a bit perturbed as he is not acting like a boyfriend, meanwhile more song from Yuri and lots of hair flipping….Anais tells her not too worry about the eye candy that she’s the real love or something and she says yeah that’s what they made me think and she puts a sad look. Tomas claps away with excessive enthusiasm at the end of the act. I guess you can dress him up but you still can’t take him anywhere.

Saimon is with his mariachis and flowers waiting to sing to PM Novia mia, no wait.. la Gloria eres tu…no….he starts to sing a third….no…he consults with Celso about which one he should pick, what does PM like…Celso says, well she likes salsa, Saimon says oh come on, how can we do salsa???

Back in the first outfits, Yuri & Mijares sing another song together…. But the dancers are in different clothing…hmmm…. [I liked this song the best] Lety appears with a sour look again..Anais asks her what she was talking about "them making her think", and she says it’s nothing.

Tomas proclaims that the dancers are angelic, glorious, that he has to touch them. Finally Lety introduces him to Anais and in his best radio voice he tells her he enjoys meeting her and he calls his Mom to tell her he’s talking to Anais…how sweet. Anais talks to his Mom, [even sweeter] and she passes out from excitement and they think she may have hung up.

Saimon is still deciding what is the perfect song to sing…the mariachis are getting mad and Celso is asleep…he finally decides on La Gloria…..these mariachis are quite good, if Saimon would let them sing….

Luigi gets thanked on stage for his contribution to the event, Anais is acknowledged in the crowd.. Tomas stands up and Fern sees them and doesn’t recognize T because he’s so hot!!! Except for that laugh….and those kazoos that keep following him.

Luigi runs over to Anais who tells him she was well accompanied by Lety and he takes the opportunity to make another fea Lety crack …she wants to say good bye to Don Fe but then maybe not…

Saimon is singing again…Celso still sleeps….he doesn’t quite know the words….He cries for PM turn on the light!!!!! Turn on the Light!!!!He throws down the flowers he‘s carrying in disgust but with a smile.


Lety asks T to get ready to go, but Tomas wants to stay awhile to talk to the dancers…he is actually getting some positive looks from them.

Lety starts to go towards Fern. Meanwhile A & F argue about him having to go, she wonders why and he claims that they both have to work tomorrow at the break of dawn and he questions whether she’s going to follow him under orders from Marcia, she says no she wouldn’t dare follow him. Fe says besides he’s going to take Lety home, and she can follow him if she wants. Alicia tells him he should go with a dancer. He has no patience.

Fe wants to know why she disappeared and what is going on …Lety springs it on him…Tomas came for her…..she’s leaving now. He forcefully grabs her arms and she pulls away mentioning that are people around. He asks if she forgot that they were supposed to spend the night together and that she made him a promise…..she says oh sorry I forgot I agreed to have dinner with Tomas so I’m sorry I won’t be able to stay. He says no you can’t go to dinner with him you promised to spend time with me. She firmly refuses again. He gets mad, [I guess he’s not used to not getting his way with her] and he tries to grab her again even harder and she says again how many people there are around. He doesn’t care about the people he wants to know what is wrong. He uses her full first name and orders her to stay. She says that we’re not in the office and she’s sorry but she has to go now, he says no you are staying and you are coming with me and he drags her away with him.

Saimon decides La Gloria didn’t work so he’ll try the first one Novia Mia again….some poor guy let him use the violin…note I didn’t say play…if I heard that I wouldn’t come out either…the lights are still out…what about the rest of the residents of that building? Haven’t they had enough yet? Saimon is upset, Celso says maybe she’s not home….S thinks maybe she’s out with someone else, no this can’t be, he starts screaming that he’s dying of jealousness, he’s dying of jealousness, he’s dying of jealousness….the musicians scream “we don’t know it!!!!” Pa rum pum pum….


Fern is giving Lety Marcia’s brand of usual questioning about what is wrong with her. Now she plays dumb. He says he’s treated her so well tonight, and she’s treated him so badly. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! Now is a good time to find Julie’s link to the You Tube Lety punch out Fern video and watch it at least five times.... He continues reminding her she made him a promise to stay with him too and now she’s telling him she’s going with Mora. He asks her which is more important. He tells her it’s always more important to him to go out with her. She mocks him disbelievingly.


Yuri shows up with the “show” in tow asking how they liked it. Fernando fumbles but in good salesman style recovers with something meaningless. Yuri asks if they are ready for the cocktails! Lety congratulates them and takes advantage of the crowd factor to escape Fe’s clutches. Fern gets mad and watches as she departs. He decides he also has to leave even though the dancers and Yuri beg him hard to stay for drinks. Lety also bumbs into Alicia on the way out… bruta!

Lety goes back out and doesn’t see Tomas, but they are still interviewing Anais and Alicia interrupts saying she can tell the reporter how fame is…to that the reporter cuts and walks away. Thank goodness someone finally cut her off right at the beginning of one of her estupidezes.

Saimon is crying because PM didn’t respond to the serenata…the musicians sympathise but remind him that even though she didn’t come out that they still need to be paid, oh yeah and please, a tip too, huh? Saimon says of course. They depart and wake Celso up to come with them.


Tomas walks into the dressing room then starts faking a conversation with his chaffeur again in his best radio voice, ok this earns a look from the dancers, finally. He is looking for Lety and Luigi says unfortunately they saw her several times.

We then cut to Saimon crying in the parking lot when PM and Lola show up finally in a taxi… Saimon starts screaming that the two of them were out partying!!! He grabs PM and says he can’t believe it and Lola runs off crying while PM is impactada at Simon’s disposition.

Honor your ancestors....Feliz Dias de los Muertos! This year many loved ones moved on from our world and I hope I will be comforted by their spirits in Lety's absence tonight. May you also reflect fondly on your departed.

Hope this holds you all until Friday….we’ll await the implementation of the revenge until then. Enjoy the grammys!

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* Leo, MA are worried that Luisito hasn't be found - Carmelina advises that they go tell Gabriel what happened.

* Dider is dancing in his living room for Jossie - Jossie goes to pour herself another drink - he sees hers and picks up his - she points a gun straight at him - he's shocked.

* Leo and the others find Gabriel with Nicolas and inform them what happened to Luisito.

* Luisito is alone in the room, crying.

* Dider tries to get Jossie to put the gun down - she orders him to dance and when he moves, she shoots him in the leg, he falls to the floor and holds the wounded leg. She forces him to tell her where he hid the DVD. In pain, he tells her. She gets it and then warns him not to double cross her ever again. She leaves.

* J.C. tries to talk to Pau but she doesn't want to hear it. As he rolls up the work plans, the phone rings. Pau answers - as she listens, her facial expression turns sad and she begins to panic. J.C. asks what's the matter - she says it was about Luisito being kidnapped - they leave together.

* Federico and Otilia are walking along the street; a car almost runs Otilia over - scaring them both. Inside the car, Miriam and Ingrid talk - Miriam is happy the plan worked.

* Gabriel and Nicolas arrive in the plaza and approach MA and Carmelina. MA is upset and apologizes.

* Demian discovers what is happening and vents his outrage and hatred for Gabriel. He leaves. Tiberio looks up and mutters to himself.

* Pau and JC arrive at the plaza - the crowd has started to regather - as soon as she sees her dad, she starts to cry and he gives her a big consoling hug. Gabriel thanks J.C. for escorting Pau.

* Jossie arrives home - Miriam asks her where she was - Jossie is vague an goes to the office. In the office Jossie goes to the desk to put the gun away. Miriam enters and sees her at the desk, Jossie turns and is surprised to see her there. Miriam starts to talk to Jossie as the maids enter to inform them about the upsetting news about Luisito's kidnapping. Jossie immediately turns angry and blames MA. Miriam is shocked at Jossie's attitude and tries to convince her to go be with Gabriel, her husband. Jossie has her strong reasons why she won't go.

* Gabriel, Nicolas, Pau and others wait desperately for the police and searchers to return with news.

* Clemente arrives at the palace - Jossie hugs him and tells him her anguish about Luisito.

* Rogelio arrives home - Di and Pedro inform him about Luisito - he has to take care of something and then he will leave with them to the plaza.

* Miriam, Jossie and Clemente walk out to the car. Jossie is angry and starts to blame Clemente for bringing MA into the house to begin with.

* Rogelio sees a great opportunity - so he goes to Miriam's safe.

* Demian makes a phone call to Coyote about what to do next with Luisito. Demian warns Coyote of what happened to Chacal.

* Rogelio, Di and Pedro arrive at the plaza and approach Gabriel and Pau. Regina calls JC on his cell phone - she's worried about him - he tells her that Luisito was kidnapped and he's at the plaza right now with Gabriel and his family. At that same moment, Jossie, Miriam and Clemente arrive. Jossie walks over to MA and slaps her and starts to yell and blame her for the situation. Padre looks around at the crowd and recognizes Miriam and Jossie.

* Regina arrives and JC goes over to talk with her. Soon after, Nicolas and the police officers arrive. Nicolas brings Luisito's crutches to Jossie and Gabriel. Jossie breaks down and thinks her son is dead.

* Karen arrives home and can't believe the sad news about Luisito that the maids told her. She tells them she doesn't want to be disturbed and goes to her room.

* MA begs for forgiveness - Jossie is still really upset - Padre says the crutches being found aren't a sign that Luisito is dead, don't give up hope. Jossie is crying and upset.

* Demian is desperately trying to find Regina - he yells at Simona to tell him where Regina went. Simona doesn't know/won't say - he smashes the decorations on the table and starts to pound his head on the furniture - angry and jealous and starts thinking she is with Gabriel, his enemy and brother. He starts to turn violent and starts choking Simona to tell him he's right - Belen enters to help Simona - Demian lets go of Simona, he is out of control, he starts up the stairs - he sits and wraps his arm around the middle banisters and hits his head on the metal, yelling out his jealous rage. Tiberio comes down to try and calm him down - he gets the tranquilizer pills and stuffs a pill down Demian's throat. As Demian calms down, Simona explains to Tiberio what set Demian off this time.

* With a calmer Jossie on his arm, Gabriel talks with Nicolas and the police officer. Police officer tells the crowd they can go home now. Gabriel thanks everyone for their help with the search and their concern for Luisito. Leo walks Candelaria and MA home. JC talks with Regina about the kidnapping, then he tells her that Demian told him that Gabriel was his father - Regina is shocked and sets the record straight. JC asks his mother to forgive him for ever doubting her. They hug.

* At their home, MA is crying at the table. Carmelina and Leo are trying to comfort her. Elsa, bored, goes to her room. MA feels guilty about Luisito's kidnapping - Leo hugs her and tells her it isn't her fault.

* The family Cervantes-Bravo arrives back at the palace in silence. Jossie breaks the silence to vent her frustration and anger and blames MA for losing Luisito. Nicolas tries to get her to stop but Jossie is upset and angry. She then starts to blame Gabriel for her not having either of their two children at her side anymore. Gabriel is upset and leaves the room.

* Gabriel is sitting alone in his office, crying. Nicolas enters. Gabriel thinks maybe Jossie is right, he is to blame. Nicolas advises that he shouldn't blame himself but the people who are the really culprits. Nicolas says that justice will be served to those ultimately responsible (video shows Demian in bed with head wound).

* JC and Regina arrive back at their home. Simona and Belen explain briefly what happened with Demian while they were away and that he is in bed now. Regina says they can go to bed now. JC and Regina talk and JC leaves. JC stops in to his dad's room - Tiberio is sitting by the bedside - JC asks how Demian is doing - Tiberio tells him - JC says Tiberio can leave, he'll stay and watch Demian. Tiberio leaves reluctantly.

* Miriam tries again to console Jossie as Nicolas returns from the office. Nicolas holds Pau and tells the family how Gabriel is.

* Gabriel is in the office, holding tight to a framed photo of Luisito and remembering all the happy moments between the two of them, especially Luisito's dream of walking and playing with the other kids. Gabriel cries profoundly.

* MA prays to the communal altar and virgin de guadalupe portrait.

* Leo stands at the window - Carmelina comes over crying - Leo hugs and consoles her - they talk about the kidnapping.

* JC asks Demian why he lied about being his dad, why accuse his mother like that, why cause so much suffering for the sake of one huge lie. Demian is restlessly sleeping in bed.

* The next day, Carmelina brings coffee to Gabriel in his office. She asks if there's any news about Luisito. He says no. Carmelina tells him that the two Padres and everyone are thinking about them and praying. She then tells him about MA. He says thanks. Carmelina leaves.

* At breakfast, JC and Regina have a talk about Demian's lie and the suffering he's caused because of it, especially to Pau and him.

* Jossie is still in bed, depressed and holding her stuffed tiger. Clemente enters to check on her. She asks him to keep the door closed, she doesn't want to be disturbed. As he is about to leave, he asks if there's anything else he can do. She asks about Gabriel and MA. He tells her the truth. She sits up in bed and angrily grits her teeth and tells him that MA is no longer welcome in the house; she is never to return there again. He leaves.

* Leo, Sylvester, Shorty, Mayeya, MA and the other taxi drivers gather around Leo and the map. They are going to search again for Luisito. Leo tries to get MA to return home but she wants to go search with them. They all head out. Coyote stands on the corner and smiles and watches as all the taxis leave.

* Gabriel and Nicolas meet in Gabriel's home office. Gabriel is still upset over the kidnapping. Nicolas tells Gabriel he suspects Demian could be behind it. Gabriel jumps up and wants to call Demian right away - Nicolas advises not to call.

* From a pay phone on the street, Coyote calls Demian's cell phone. Regina answers and tells him that Demian is sick in bed. He hangs up and is frustrated over Demian's sudden illness.

* Karen and Miriam are in the boutique office talking. Ingrid enters with papers. Miriam tells her that Jossie is ill and won't be in today. Ingrid leaves. Karen and Miriam talk.

* JC makes a surprise visit to see Pau at the palace. At the front door, JC redeclares his love to Pau.

ADVANCE - EPISODE 22: in a jealous rage, Demian starts a duel with Gabriel and kidnaps his son. Gabriel and Nicolas pay a visit to speak with Demian - they tell Regina their suspicions about Demian. No longer worried by the thought that he and Pau are siblings, JC wants to rekindle their relationship.

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The good thing about all these flashbacks is that we can see that Lety really is evolving. She’s not as loud and her acne is considerably cleared.

On to the show!
Lety and Fernando lean in for a kiss. Lety pulls away at the last minute. She uses the excuse that she doesn’t want Celso to see them. Fernando remembers the same memory that Lety had earlier about their first time leaving in his car together. It was in the exact same place! She tells him that was from a past life. Yes, he says. They drive to the event. Lety slips in an evil look.

Fernando and Lety walk into the Yuri event. Fernando asks Lety if she has their tickets. They run into Yuri who welcomes them personally. Fernando dances and sings. He introduces himself. She thanks him. Luigi has been a huge help with the show! Fernando agrees that Luigi is very creative. She asks him to introduce her to Lety. Lety tries to talk, but can only tell Yuri that she admires her a whole, whole lot. Yuri asks Fernando about his upcoming wedding. Lety leans in. Fernando tells her that Marcia is in Germany but she’s returning tomorrow. Lety makes a joke that Fernando is making the most of his last free night because the party is over tomorrow. Fernando realizes that he left does not have his cell phone. Lety tells him he left it in his car. He says that Marcia will kill him if he doesn’t answer it. Lety goes for the phone and says that she doesn’t want a dead president, at least not today. Fernando tells Yuri that Lety is his “right hand man.” Yuri thanks Fernando again for his support and tells him that all of the tickets have sold. She tells him that she needs to check on the dancers. He enthusiastically asks if he can accompany her to see the dancers. He wants to talk to Luigi. Yuri tells the door girl to show Lety where she and Fernando went. Fernando shivers when Yuri touches his hand. Lety enters and is told where to find Fernando.

Saimon and PM arrive at Lola’s house. She stalks off. Saimon chases her and asks for a kiss. She won’t give it up and says that she’s really mad at him. He wants her to look at him and tells her that he has a surprise for her. She doesn’t believe him. He’s excited because she’s jealous. PM immediately changes her tune and tells him to go wherever he wants. Saimon can’t get over the fact that she’s jealous.

Alicia stands at the entrance of the event, but cannot find her invitation. She tells the girls at the door that she lost her invitation but she received a personal invitation from Yuri. They say she cannot go in without an invitation. She replies that they don’t know who they’re talking to - Fernando Mendiola’s personal assistant. Two men walk in. She calls the one Alberto and says that she has been waiting for him. He says he is not Alberto. She says that she’s not his woman. She asks him to help her, because she is a divorced woman. She lost her invitation and cannot enter. He smiles and holds out his arm and tells her to come with him. She thanks him and walks into the event.

Yuri introduces Fernando to the dancers. Apparently he has quite a reputation; they flock to him like lemmings over a cliff. Luigi shoos them away. Fernando starts to follow the dancers but Luigi pulls Fernando away from them. Yuri tells Fernando about the dance they’re going to do. Fernando jokes with Yuri and the dancers. Yuri tells Fernando how good the dancers are. They have participated in all kinds of events. He gives them a “ten.” He tells them that Conceptos is nominated for Cannes and are planning a celebration. Fernando asks the dancers if they want to participate. The girls giggle and tell Fernando that they love working with Luigi. Luigi says that the girls need to get ready, but first he has an announcement. Fernando’s getting married. Fernando tries a play on words about doing something with lions. Fernando says that he’s going to contract them for the celebration. Lety walks in just as the girls break into singing the wedding march. Lety’s face falls.

Back at Lola’s PM asks Jaimito if he’s talked to Saimon. No, but he would like to ride on his moto. PM says its too late to call him. The kids ask why Saimon did not come home with PM. She tries to explain but fortunately Lola enters. Lola’s daughter has dinner ready. She goes to get it with Jaimito. PM and Lola vent about El Cheque.

The dancers have stopped singing. Fernando teases the girls about their joke. He tells them that he’s not getting married. Look at all the beautiful women! Luigi asks Fernando to do them all a favor and get married. It would be a relief for all women. Marcia’s willing to make the sacrifice. The poor thing cries a lot. She’s saving a lot of “victims.” He continues his tirade and then screams when he sees Lety. He asks her why she’s here. She says that she brought Fernando’s phone. Luigi tells Lety that she does not fit in with all the beauty. The girls laugh at his jokes. Fernando half-heartedly chastises Luigi. Yuri mercifully ends the jokes. Lety hands Fernando his phone and says that Marcia has not called. Fernando re-introduces Lety and tells Yuri that his assistant is very efficient. Yuri scrunches her face

PM complains to Lola about Saimon. Lola stands up for Saimon. PM recounts that he and Saimon were planning something when they were talking on the phone. Lola agrees that he was acting strange, but they won’t be able to confirm anything. Neither Celso nor Saimon will tell them what happened. The kids run into the room.

Lety asks Lety if she can have a moment. Yuri crosses herself and leaves with Lety. Lety asks Yuri for a favor. She asks Yuri if she can let Tomas Mora into the event even though he does not have an invitation. He’s Lety’s boyfriend and manager of Filmo Imagen. Yuri tells Lety that it will be no problem. Lety asks Yuri not to saying anything to Fernando, because he’s kind of a tyrant and doesn’t want her to be with anyone else. Yuri agrees and says she won’t say anything except to the girls at the reception desk.

Fernando pulls Yuri into the room and asks what Lety said to her. Yuri tells him that it was just woman stuff and he shouldn’t be so curious. She talks about the dancers participating in the Cannes celebration. Fernando still wants to know what Lety said. “Woman stuff!” she exclaims. Yuri asks the dancers if they like Fernando’s idea. Fernando asks Yuri again what Lety said to her.

Alicia gets a number from the man who helped her enter the event. He’s the general manager of a company. She thinks he should take her out to dinner. She tells him that she works for the presidency of Conceptos. She lies and says she forgot her cards but they can look her up in the directory and call her to go out to dinner. They both have wives. Alicia says she has a beautiful friend who can go out with them so that they’ll make a party of four. She calls Lety over to the table. The men take off the instant they see her. Lety demands to know why Alicia’s here. She asks Lety where Fernando is and what’s wrong with Lety. She tells Alicia that of course Fernando is with the dancers. The men return and laugh at Alicia in the background. Alicia gets up and goes off to find her millionaire.

OH MY GOD! Tomas enters the event. He looks normal (too bad he doesn’t sound normal). He asks for Lety, and tells the receptionists that he doesn’t have an invitation. They start to apologize but Lety sees him and runs over. She reminds them that Yuri said it was okay for him to enter. Before he goes in, Tomas gives his card to the girl at the door. Lety reminds him that he’s not acting like a boyfriend. She’s nervous because Alicia is here. Tomas is a little less unhappy than Lety.

Fernando and Yuri continue to talk about the Cannes celebration. Luigi makes fun of Fernando for flirting too much. He tells Yuri that an office filled with the girls would be enchanting for him. One of the girls say they need to know dates and times. Another asks for Fernando to call them and if he wants their phone numbers. Alicia peeks into the room. Fernando pardons himself. They can leave their numbers with his secretary. Luigi asks Yuri if Manuel Mijares has come. He’s here, she tells him. Luigi really wants to see him.

Fernando stands outside and sees Alicia talking to some people. He calls her over to him. He sarcastically tells her she can come to the office tomorrow to be fired. Alicia says she’s paid to entrance to the event. How could you if you don’t have any money? He accuses her of spying on him with the dancers for Marcia. Alicia, not so convincingly, protests. Fernando makes fun of Alicia’s hair. It looks like she’s imitating Lola’s style. Alicia says that she came to talk with Luigi and casually saw him talking with the dancers. Fernando asks Alicia to come with him. He’s going to give her a job that she loves. They go into the dancer’s room. Alicia prances. He introduces her to the dancers. Alicia runs over to Yuri who runs out of the room. He asks Alicia to take down the phone numbers and names of all the dancers for the Cannes’ party. Fernando accuses her of spying on him in front of all the dancers. He orders her again to take down the phone numbers. He tells the dancers that he needs names, numbers and full-length photographs.

Lola insists PM stop worrying about Saimon. Lola needs to tranquilly suffer. PM says that Lola’s problem is the same as that of PM. They complain some more about their men. Lola stabs a lemon. PM mentions that Lola says that she’s going to do all this stuff to Efren, but never does. PM thinks it’s time that Lola takes some action. Lola asks PM to go with her.

Alicia asks Irmita for a pen. She tries to demand that Irmita take down the numbers, but Irmita says she has to go to the bathroom and leaves. Alicia announces that she’s not Fernando’s secretary and that she took six semesters of Finance at a prestigious university. Plus, she’s going to become a dancer. Luigi tells Alicia that she needs to take the names and numbers and then needs to leave because the dancers have to finish getting ready. Alicia hands them the paper and pen and tells them to write everything down themselves. Luigi tells Alicia that he’s waiting on Ananais Linares, a famous television announcer. Alicia gasps.

Celso sleeps at the reception desk. Saimon enters with a bunch of roses. He wants to know when its time to go to PM. Saimon tells Celso to let the Mariachi know that they’re leaving.

Lety and Tomas sit in the concert area. She tells Tomas her plan is to make Fernando jealous. Tomas and Lety go over the whole Fernando “situation.” Tomas pulls out his photo of Alicia and gives it kisses. That’s the type of woman he likes. He tells Lety that he is Lety’s friend and that’s why he’s there. He’ll do whatever she needs. Tomas asks if Lety told Erasmo where she is. Nope, she forgot. Tomas tells Lety to use the public phone because the cell phone is expensive. Lety walks past the crowd.

Fernando stands in a reception area asking himself where Lety went. He hears some photographers yelling. Fernando asks everyone what’s going on. He lectures the photographers for not having respect for the artist. The security guy thanks him for his support. He allows Fernando to go into the room. Manuel Mijares says hello. The men asks who he represents. Fernando says he doesn’t represent anyone; he’s not here for an interview. Fernando cannot believe he is talking to Lucero’s husband. Yuri enters and says she didn’t know Fernando knew Mijares. Fernando explains that he was confused for a reporter. Yuri introduces Fernando who says he’s looking for Lety. Mijares asks him who Lety is. Fernando explains that she’s his assistant. Yuri pulls him over to the couch. Yuri mentions that Fernando looks very nervous about finding his assistant. No, she’s my assistant, my right hand and I need to consult with her about something very important. Yuri says that if she didn’t know that Fernando had a girlfriend, she would think that Lety is the most important woman in his life. It’s the way he talks about her and most importantly, the way he looks at her. Manuel agrees. Yuri says that she appears to be more than his assistant, she’s more like his best friend and confidant.

Lola and PM arrive at El Cheque’s apartment. PM is ready for the confrontation but Lola thinks they’re sleeping and doesn’t want to wake them. The lights are off. PM thinks that they should wake them up. Maybe Lola should call him and warn him that they’re their to kill him. He’s laying their with his mistress planning to take her house. Lola runs for the apartment.

Fernando tries to say that yes, Lety is his friend and accomplice. She says that Lety looks at Fernando as more than her boss. Manuel mentions that it seems as though they’re a couple. Fernando says he’s engaged to someone else, and Lety knows that. Yuri says she recognizes that Fernando is absolutely in love with Lety. Mijares thinks so too!

Will Fernando recognize Tomas?
Will Lety's plan work?
If a stranger can see how Fernando feels, how's he going to hide it from Marcia?
Will Saimon serenade an empty house?

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We are reminded of… Fernanda finally figuring out what a creep Cesar is (apparently the flashing sign on his forehead wasn’t enough of a clue);...Gabino finds weird dirt in the hallway outside Miranda’s room;...creepy noises in Miranda’s room.

Renata brings some more juice to her mom...but not because she loves her. It’s Fernanda’s birthday and she says this juice is the best present she’s ever been given. They both tear up, but no resolution is reached in their relationship. Renata leaves…Carola shows up and tries to comfort Fernanda by giving it to her straight…everyone, including Fern herself, blames her for leaving and abandoning the girls. Dr. Phil, I mean Carola, has solved Fern’s problem and now she finally sees that she’s not to blame at all. Carola even remembered Fernanda’s birthday, which must have made Fern forget all about that wonderful orange juice that sits untouched on the coffee table as they leave the room.

Pamela & Sr. Padilla is still trying to figure out what’s going on with her ‘father’ and the mystery account—which turns out to be a line of credit. Per her request, the leader of Leonardo's former gang is on his way. This guy suggests she reopen the account so that the guy who is pretending to be her father doesn’t have to repay the money. She asks him how he knows this guy isn’t her father. He tells her it’s because he saw his father get killed and knows where he’s buried. When Padilla & Pamela ask some questions about what’s going on, the guy threatens them (and their families) that they better just do what he says.

Cesar is getting the daily report from Baldy (Sanson)…who is not a wealth of information. He doesn’t know anything about Roman, Nuria hasn’t told him anything…what’s he doing anyways? He also tells Baldy to watch Renata closely. Asking Baldy’s advice about Lisania, he suggests they get rid of her. Great idea, Cesar says, and to hell with the risks, it’ll be great to see Alejandro crying over his sister’s grave.

Florencia is asking Miranda to come back from the hacienda. Flo tells Miranda that there’s an envelope in the library that she needs her to bring. Gabino comes rushing in, warning Miranda that she should leave because they think El Guapo broke in (apparently CSI: Tabasco analyzed the weird dirt and it came up….El Guapo). Miranda gets all bug-eyed.

Bertha & Fernanda are arguing about whether or not Bertha can visit Flo. Fern starts to correct Bertha’s account of ‘that night’…she didn’t leave, she was run out. Bertha tries to send Fern on a guilt trip but Fern’s not packing her bags. As with all arguments between these two…they end up comparing who loved Alfredo more. Alejandro shows up and tells Bertha to get the heck out of there. Miranda admits that Bertha always seems to find the right button to push with her. Miranda tells Alejandro that she believes Cesar and Bertha are accomplices.

Alejandro is visiting Flo & Fab and they are all discussing evil Bertha, the woes of Fern and Miranda’s sulking in another state. Juan comes in and again Flo warns him to watch out for Bertha.

Pamela & Sr. Padilla is in a crypt, looking for Leonardo’s burial place. The leader of Leonardo's former gang arrives and shows them where it is. He reiterates his threats, and gives her a 48 hour deadline. Sr. Padilla is up for banker of the year, as he promises to help Pamela figure out her family problems and talk with ‘El Magnate”

Gonzalo is on the phone, telling Miranda to get her tush back to Mexico. He tells her, as he is twirling around his gun, that he has to go to London to take care of some personal business. Daniel shows up and tells Gonzo that he and Angel did what they did because of Cesar’s advice and promises. Gonzo tells Danny-boy that they’ve done a lot of damage to both he and Julio. Gonzo asks, if he knows they’re brothers, why is he tattling on him (oh, I thought that’s just what brothers did). Daniel answers it’s because Cesar almost caused the death of Julio and then lied to them about Julio even being in the hospital.

Carola gets the good news that she’s going to be a cashier. Joel shows up and Carola starts in with, “This show is brought to you by…Chedrau…a great place to work and shop!” I guess since this segment is mostly for product placement, my original, more novela-like idea, that Carola’s manager hired her so she could be more like her personal business manager (i.e., madam) will not come to fruition.

Bertha is trying to see Flo. Juan is proving to be a formidable guard dog and could care less about Bertha’s little digs about his marriage and social class.

Renata goes into Fern’s apartment and leaves a cake and some flowers…but she wants it to be a surprise. She starts crying when blenderhead asks her about it. Roman shows up, looking for Amparo.

Alejandro & Fern realize they have a big problem if Cesar & Bertha are playing together. They need to get everyone on the same page as soon as possible. Alejandro goes to talk to Gonzalo & Miranda.

Pamela is crying and Miranda finally gets to be a good friend…offering a little sympathy rather than just taking it. Pamela’s a good crier…she’s not afraid to be all ugly and drooly when she’s whining about her problems. Even her voice is wonderfully hysterical. Apparently, though, Miranda's had enough and gives her some tranquilizers.

Gonzo receives an envelope from Luis Alberto (a gift for Renata). Alejandro shows up to talk and Gonzo starts fondling his gun menacingly again. He pulls the trigger, showing there are no bullets in it. Alejandro relaxes a little. Gonzo tells him about last night’s intruder and asks him to protect Miranda. He tells him that he’s going to London and has Cesar within reach. He gives Alejandro the gun and tells him the intruder was “El Guapo”.

Amparo & Francisco are discussing her getting married. He seems to have come around to the idea (finally). Roman arrives. Bertha shows up too.

Back at the house, Charo tells Miranda that Alejandro’s there and wants to see her. Just as Miranda tells her to tell him that she’s asleep and doesn’t want to see him (what a great line!!), Alejandro walks in…tell me yourself… Flashback to happier times… tell me you don’t love me and I’ll leave.

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Cesar and Bertha are literally crying in their beers over their loss of Miranda and Alejandro. Bertha moans about how Alejandro made fun of her and despises her just like his father. It occurs to Cesar to ask Bertha if she killed Alfredo because of that. Bertha howls drunkenly that she had wanted to kill Fernanda, but missed. “I missed! I missed!” Bertha runs down the hallway to get a kleenex before leaving. Right at that moment ther is a knock at the door and Lizania is standing in the doorway dressed to the 9’s and ready to smack Cesar. She walks in and gripes to him that Cesar didn’t answer a single call all afternoon and had his cell off apparently. Lizania runs on, nonstop, and tells him that Alejandro and Luciano have found a way to block Bertha from getting his fortune.

Cesar has tried to get Lizania to leave before she blurted something out and Bertha hears, but she won’t pay attention. He says they’ll talk later. She sneers, “Well, fine, since I’m not interested in having you touch me when you’re drunk!” (Little Miss High-and-Mighty is so full of herself!) She begins for the door. However, Bertha prevents Lizania from leaving and demands, at the point of a long, sharp knife, that she explain what plan Alejandro and Miranda have to block her from taking control of his money. Berta assures her that Alfredo’s documents were unsigned and undated, so she put the date as that before her father’s death which gave her possession of everything. Lizania explains there was a clause that went into effect once they got married, and that clause states that as long as Miranda gets pregnant within the first year, the funds are frozen until the baby is born. Bertha goes nuts and tells Cesar that he has to stop that pregnancy from happening at all cost and then shoves the knife into his hand and leaves the place. After Bertha leaves the apartment Cesar throws the knife onto the floor and takes his belt off and he uses it as a strap. He begins to beat Lizania with it because she told everything she knew to Bertha instead of waiting and giving that information to him instead.

Naty warns Miranda that if she doesn’t leave in the morning right away she will be running a great danger. Gabino arrives and requests Miranda to lock herself in her bedroom that night, and hands her over a gun for her protection.

Fernanda is certain that she will never recover her daughters and tells this to Juan. He’s worried that Renata has said something insulting to her again. Fernanda says she only told her about her suffering as a little girl and that it has now turned into the resentment of a grown woman. So, she cries that Gonzalo was right when he said she should never have come back to reclaim them. Juan says he’ll make Renata see reason, and that if she’s learning to accept the life of a poor man then certainly she’ll come to accept her as her mother. Fernanda disagrees and says as soon as Florencia recuperates she’ll be leaving to go somewhere nobody will ever find her.

Miranda, Arcadia and Naty are frightened while staying locked in the bedroom when they hear someone trying to open the door. It is El Guapo, the pug-ugly, who is hiding somewhere inside the wing in another bedroom. Miranda asks Arcadia if this could be the same troublemakers as before and what they could possibly want from her. Arcadia and Naty discuss the history of the people wanting to grab possession of the various plantations over the decades. Miranda remarks that she couldn’t get hold of one of the nearby neighbors. Arcadia says the property is abandoned and run down and the owner is always in the city. Meanwhile, Pug-ugly is having a grand time frightening these dopy women. He’s scraping the door and then shaking the knobs. Finally, Pug-ugly hears Gabino returning and leaves the hallway to hide. Gabino comes back and opens the door to the bedroom. Miranda pulls the gun and nearly shoots him as he enters.

Daira and Alejandro are discussing their finances and his sadness over Miranda’s rejection of him. She suggest he sell the mansion but he assures her things are not that bad yet. Alejandro mentions to Daira that he now understands what Miranda meant when she said that the wounds of love are healed by tears. Alejandro next asks Daira what she thinks he should do to win back Miranda. Just then Luciano walks in and suggests that rather than asking a woman, he should try to think like one. Alejandro decides that makes sense and figures that Miranda would want to explain things to her father so he decides to go see Gonzalo and tell him everything from the beginning. The others agree that would be best.

The women tell Gabino about the noise at the door, but Gabino swears he saw nobody and nothing. Miranda sends him back out to search the premises again, every little corner he can think of.

Lizania is lying in pain on the couch with very noticeable welts on her arms and chest. (About then I’d be looking for that knife and slipping it under the cushion for when Cesar was least expecting it.) Cesar is in another room, but he comes back in and continues to hurl insults at her. She cries pitifully to him: she’s sorry and she cannot take it back or correct this mistake. He threatens to beat her again and she squeals out in panic not to hit her anymore. She promises she will never let it happen again! Then he warns her that she’s got a number of punishments coming for the way she acted, particularly complaining to him about being drunk. He asks her if she is willing to stay with him and she says yes, she’d do anything for him. She jumps up and tries to kiss him but he pushes her away. (One sick puppy—no, make that 2 sick puppies here!) He yells that he wants her to “Get out!” She can stay with Daira in order to find out more details about the clause in the will. Lizania should “make nice with mommy again”. He tells her, “Act respectfully around her now. Our argument isn’t with Daira, only Alejandro.” He explains that they need Daira on his side so that if wins her over then it will be easier to get Alejandro to accept him. He kisses her and pushes her unceremoniously out the door. He closes it, goes back to the couch to retrieve his belt and wipes it down, presumably wiping off the blood and sweat from the beating he just gave her. (Gag, gagging here--and this is being shown at the dinner hour?)

While Florencia is sleeping Fabricio arrives and Fernanda tells him that she’s done all she can; there is no hope for his wife and she shouldn’t give him false hope. Fabricio cries and says she must save her. Fernanda changes the subject and asks him how he’s getting on with Julio; is he comfortable with the situation. He answers that Gonzalo was more like a father than Julio and he’ll never be comfortable calling him “Dad.” Fernanda reminds him Julio had no idea or things might have been different. Fabricio answers he is more angry with his mother for hiding the truth from him and Julio all these years. (Aren’t we all?) Fernanda replies that parents aren’t taught how to raise children, they just do what they feel is best which causes them to make mistakes.

Carola and Raul agree to purchase a computer together. He’ll teach her to use it to better her career skills and he’ll use it for school projects.

Nuria knocks at Cesar’s door later that same evening. He opens it and she is upset and sour at him for having sent for her. (What a surprise! I love it when she shows some backbone!) He asks why so glum and she says because you only call me if you need some ironing or sewing on a missing button to one of your shirts. Cesar tells her she’s now going to live with him. Nuria literally jumps for joy and squeals excitedly. (Wait! Wait! What happened to the other Nuria?) He says she needs to stop for her things at Miranda’s and in the meantime he is dropped off at the hospital to talk with Fabricio and Fernanda.

Juan tells Florencia, Fabricio and Fernanda that he’s worried Bertha will turn Renata against him. Florencia tells them that she remembers a number of things from that night she wants to tell them. It was Bertha, who, for instance, for all those years turned everybody in the family against Fernanda. Florencia and Fernanda then discuss her early years and the funny timing of the doctors’ deaths. Fernanda explains that if she’d been treated all those years ago her condition would never have advanced. Florencia swears that she always took her medicine. Afterward, Florencia tries to get Fernanda then to tell her how it could be that she has an inherited, congenital heart condition if absolutely nobody in the family suffered from this same problem. She wants to know if she was adopted, but Fernanda says no and tries to avoid the rest of the questions. Instead, she gives her extra sedative to make her sleep.

Juan and Fabricio are talking outside Florencia’s room and he requests that Juan keep Renata far away from Bertha. Juan refuses saying Bertha is her aunt and he has no right to do that. Fabricio warns him that despite that she is evil and has a way of deceiving people and then hurting them, and she will probably try to harm his family as well. She is an evil woman. Cesar walks up on them in the hallway about then. He hears Fabricio and Juan. He says, “Yes, Bertha is evil.” “Don’t look at me that way. I am only trying to be your friend. Bertha doesn’t need a reason to finish off someone. She does it because she enjoys it.” Fabricio adds, “Juan, don’t be naive. Bertha plots against somebody and enjoys it. She does it just to see you suffer. Just to see you suffer.” (Ok, Juan. Here is when that class in psychoanalysis/psychotherapy you took in med school should start sounding alarm bells.) Juan asks if she is as bad as Cesar and he quips back that he’s far worse than Bertha. Fernanda comes out of the room then and Cesar takes her to dinner.

Miranda is sleeping deeply when Pug-Ugly/ El Guapo takes a key from his pocket and enters her room. He walks towards her, runs his fingers up and down her arms and then licks his fingers. He gets onto her bed and lies down next to her. After a bit he gets up and leaves a little carved monkey’s head next to her feet at the foot of the bed and walks out, leaving the door wide open. Miranda wakes up to find the carving. She is of course spooked, so she starts to dial Alejandro on her cell, but she gets mad at herself for always running to him whenever there is a problem. She puts the phone down. Of course, at the other end is Alejandro with his cell in his hand thinking of her and wanting to call her, but neither does. While in their individual beds they both remember their honeymoon, making love and their promises to each other.

At dinner, Cesar tells Fernanda that Miranda and Alejandro should never have been allowed to marry. She answers that well, they loved each other so, there was no reason to object. He replies that if they really loved each other they would not have separated. She admits she ought to have told her the whole truth. Cesar talks next without thinking and shoots off his mouth, ”You ought to have told her that Alejandro came to avenge himself on Gonzalo!” Fernanda stops in mid-chew and asks Cesar how he knows this. Cesar realizes he’s said too much, “Some time ago Fabricio says a few things and I knew then that was what up.” She thinks to herself, “Fabricio just finished learning this himself recently and could not therefore have told Cesar. So, who else knows this and could have told him?”
They finish eating and he says good-bye. He acts so strangely by coming back and hugging her an extra couple of times before actually leaving, and telling her how he needs her to know that he just loves his madrina enormously. Once he is gone, Fernanda realizes she can no longer trust Cesar. She then plans to tell Alejandro about what just happened and about her suspicions.

Miranda calls back in Arcadia and Gabino. She tells them that she had locked her door specially, but there it was, open with the monkey head sitting on her bed. She orders them to examine every nook and cranny, and to lock every room and all the windows. Gabino and Arcadia begin looking for clues in the hallway. They find dirt and sand tracked onto the floor and determine to follow any more signs of that to wherever the intruder might be hiding.

Miranda talks with Pamela on the phone and plans to meet with her the next morning. She returns to bed and secures the gun near her pillow. Then she tries to sleep with at least one eye open.

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