Caray, Caray!

We start out with Vicky Veil serving lasagna with green sauce to a very frustrated family. So much so that poor Pancho takes to head banging on the table.

Time to go to the fiesta where we see a smiling Jorge cutting a Latin rug with Claudia. She sweetly dismisses herself leaving Jorge behind admiring all the lovely muchachonas that remind him so much of Ruby. He is not alone for long when Marian’s friend takes over. Marco excuses himself from Ale who seems to be distracted herself. She decides to disentangle Jorge from said lovely friend. Rafa and Marian are also dancing away when Daniel cuts in to dance with his “fiancé.” This does not go over well with Rafa who says “lets settle this once and for all.” Daniel’s ready to rumble.

We pan behind a brick wall and see Marco asking Claudia what she wants. She says “you can’t guess (adivianas) handsome?” and smacks a big kiss on him. Marco seems more alarmed than pleased as we hear Ale in the background telling Jorge she will be right back as she heads towards the wall. Does he get caught? Of course not as suspenseful music plays and Susana in a cute blue bikini, rushes up to her and drags her off to save Rafa. It seems as if he is about to get macho with Daniel.

Marco seeing Ale being dragged off chides Claudia telling her they almost got caught. Claudia coyly tells him nothing happened. Marco tells her it was a miracle they didn’t get caught, and wants to know why she was kissing him. Claudia continues her little seduction as she tells him she “likes him“. Furthermore she never got to congratulate him on his marriage. Marco now seems downright annoyed as he stops Claudia in her tracks, telling her to forgot about him. He doesn’t want to have any problems with his wife.

Everyone has now gathered around our quarreling duo, Rafa and Daniel. Rafa wants to know what he is talking about referring to Marian as his fiancé. Daniel throwing insults to Rafa suggesting he is nothing but a cars salesman wants to know if he is defective (tarado/ defective, damaged or weak). Rafa tells him he is violent. Daniel now tells him he is only with Marian for her money. Not the thing to say as Rafa goes after Daniel and grabs him by the lapels. Daniel still egging Rafa on, tells him to be careful with his suit. And now fists are flying as Marian steps in and puts a stop to it. She turns to Rafa and tells him to behave himself after all his mother and sister are there and they are at Doña Arcadias house. Doña Arcadia, bless her soul, tells Marian that she loves it when two men fight over a women. Like they use to fight over her in the good old days.

Marian now the umpire, tells Rafa and Daniel that they will settle this in private. She takes them each by the hand chewing them out, telling them they are acting like children and leads them away. Our Siglo crew is left behind all grumbling because they will miss out on some gossip.

We see Marian dragging them off with Ale and Susana close behind. Ale yells at Rafa asking “How could you think of fighting here?” Rafa tries to explain but Marian gets the upper hand and pulls them away to settle this once and for all telling Ale that she will deal with them. Ale is left behind telling Susana that the worse part is that they are both fighting over another women. Susana tells her she feels an ugly vibe about all of this. Ale tells Susana that there definitely is something going on between Rafa and Marian. After all
“you don’t fight for someone you don’t love.” Clueless Marco strolls up and asks them if he missed something. Ale tells him no.

Marian is going off on Rafa and Daniel telling them they are acting like children. Rafa defends himself asking her if she didn’t hear what Daniel said to him. Daniel insufferably says he would fight for her no matter what. She turns to him telling him she doesn’t need him to fight for her. Then doing the “Get this into your thick skull drum roll on his forehead” tells him she is not his fiancé. Daniel reminds her that she said she would think about it. Rafa confronts Marian on this, while she is still yelling at Daniel telling him that he is the one who thinks she will think about it not her. Rafa interrupts one more time and asks her to tell him one thing “Do you also think the only reason I am with you is for the money?” Marian turns to Rafa and swears to him that she does not think that, and continues pleading “It was me that went looking for you all the time, to the point of appearing like a beggar (rogona/regonar to beg or plead). Acting beneath my standards” (nivel). Daniel chimes in telling her she shouldn’t have to do that because she is a woman of great value. Thankfully she turns to Daniel and tells him to shut up!!! Rafa now fed up tells Marian there isn’t anything left to clear up and leaves. Marian continues pleading after Rafa that she has more to say to him. Daniel grabs her by the arm and tells her to let him go. He starts pawing her as she swats him away like a pesky gnat telling him to not touch her.

Time to leave the party for a while to see what is happening at Siglo. Not much. One of the showgirls isn’t having much luck. Trapito isn’t doing much better. After all it is lunch time.

Lets go back to the party, there is a lot more happening there. Mrs. Ramirez has the hots for Bebe. She wants to know if he is married. He informs her that he is married but his wife doesn’t like to go to parties. She tells him that is a shame. Naïve Bebe responds “Because she doesn’t like to go to parties?“ “No. Because your married.” They are interrupted by the general who has had much to much to drink.

Susana with umbrella drink in hand is approached by Dandy. He begs to talk with her for just a minute. Susana gives this a little thought and says okay. He tells her “Before anything else forgive me.” and explains what happened with Carmella as we have a flashback of the fateful kiss. He tells her he was trying to help Rafa. After all she should understand better than anyone how things are between Rafa and Ale. He believes that Marco is involved in some murky (turbio) business with Carmela. He tells her that Carmella is key (clave) to finding out what is going on with Marco and the hacienda.

Susana tells him she believes this because she has always doubted Marcos integrity. Dandy continues telling her that Rafa asked him to try and find out if Carmela and Marco were plotting (tramando/tramar, to plot or plan) something. Susana asks what does that have to do with the fact that she caught him kissing her. Dandy explains that he wasn’t kissing her. She was devouring him. He tells Susana Carmela is a man eater. Dandy goes on and says “I’m serious. Just when your not thinking, she traps you and sucks you up.” Susana is not completely buying this. Dandy tells her he was caught off guard and had the bad luck to have Susana show up just as she “trapped him and suctioned him up.” (This was a very cute scene).

Susana smiles and Dandy tells her it is her smile that he was dying to see again, gently touching her face. He tells her she doesn’t know how much he loves her. She tells him she loves him as well and suffered a lot because of this situation. He swears to her that this will never happen again. All is forgiven. She has one final question about what he wrote to her. Dandy admits that it came from the bottom of his heart. That he loves her and is not interested in any one else. We have a sweet kiss with the entire Siglo crew looking on with smiles. The General is still drinking as Rosaura tries to take the glass from her and Pepito is all over Rosaura.

Than we have a very strange little scene. Bebe is being pulled on like a “tug of war” with Mrs. Ramirez on one side and Granny Roller-head on the other begging him for a dance. Poor Bebe is pleading for them to let go. He has to go to the bathroom.

Rafa looking quite handsome in his light blue shirt and white pants is walking alone deep in thought when Ale shows up. She asks him if he is okay. He says “Yes. Why wouldn’t I be?” She asks him if everything was cleared up with Marian. He tells Ale that Marian is thinking about marrying Daniel. This brings a quick smile to Ale as she gleefully says “really?” than quickly changing to a more somber “Really, what a shame.” Then she tells him if he did have something going on with Marian she is sorry and starts to walk away. Rafa stops her to ask her how her marriage to Marco is going. Ale lying of course tells him everything is excellent. Rafa tells her he does not believe her. Ale wants to know why. He tells her because she does not seem happy. She tells Rafa she has no doubts about Marco. He has always been a good man. He has always been there to help her and her family. Rafa smirking says ”If I were you I wouldn’t believe in Marco quite so much.” . A little argument ensues and we have a very close moment where we could almost get a kiss. But we don’t. Ale asks if he is leaving. Rafa tells her yes but he wants her to know he doesn’t like to see her suffer. As he leaves Ale starts to say she loves him but it quickly turns into something like “have you been bitten by a dog?” or something like that as Rafa walks away. Ale is left alone calling herself an idiot for not being able to tell him she loves him.
Lots of dancing when we come back from the break. And out come the Mariachis as everyone sings to Doña Arcadia. We can’t have a Mariachi without a Rafa song and we get a very sweet ballad. “Ni con Otro Corazon”



Cada vez que me preguntas si te amo,
me lastimas porq se que estas dudando,
y la duda tambien te esta haciendo daño,
ven y cuentame lo que te esta pasando.

tu me dices que me notas algo raro,
que me hablas y mi mente esta vagando
que me besas y sientes frios mis labios
y que a veces somos como dos extraños…

cuando pienses que no te estoy escuchando
la razón es que te estoy imaginando
que estas conmigo en el altar y locos de felicidad
nos juramos amor eterno…..

ni con otro corazón
te alcanzaria para amarme como te amo
y si tu piensas que lo nuestro esta acabando,
dime que hago sin tan solo pienso en ti.

ni con otro corazon
podria entregarte mas amor del que te he dado
y si la duda sigue entonces como le hago
si todo lo que yo tenia te lo di…ni con otro corazon.

During the song which is obviously being song to Ale we see Marco attempting to be affectionate with her. For a moment it looks like Rafa is walking up to Ale, but walks right past and serenades Doña Arcadia. Marco continues to pester Ale and she appears quite annoyed with him throughout the rest of the song..

More antics with our substitute car salesmen. Trapito is scarring all the customers away, then in true Marino fashion he takes his comb out and calls out to Taly and Noemi asking which want wants to be the future mother of his children.

After the song is finished, Jorge wants to know if the singer was Jorge Negrete.(?) Guess not he has been dead for many years. Jorge says he really was good and asks Rosario who he is. Rosario tells Jorge the singer is Rafa, the guy that crashed into Ale. Jorge than says “Well not that good.”

It is cake time, and no candles because it would burn the place down. Every one starts yelling for Doña Aecidia to take a bite. For some reason it is decided that the General will get this honor and as she bends down in drunken splendor, she pushes the gigantic cake to the ground. Marian’s lovely friend runs over to try and retrieve it and is accosted by Marino who gets a much deserved slap in the face.

Susana is telling Ale that her and Dandy are back together. Ale wants to know what he told her about the kiss with Carmella. Susana explains that Rafa was trying to figure out the relationship between Marco and Carmella. Ale can’t believe this. Susana tells her that it seems like Marco has a secret. Ale is pushing for more details as Marco walks up to tell her that Jorge and Rosario are ready to leave. Ale tells Susana she has to go but they will talk later.

The General is coming onto a very surprised Ramiro. She wants to know what he is afraid of. He wasn’t scared the last time. (Remember the Siglo party where those two were making out?) Reminding him that she isn’t such a bad kisser. A petrified Ramiro puts his hand to her mouth. She is going on about repression and stuff. Elvira (I think that is his wife’s name) shows up and wants to know what he is doing talking to that señorita. The general thanks her for calling her a señorita. Ramiro assures her they were just talking. The General is just about to spill the beans about what they were up to the last time when Ramiro quickly skirts her aside and tells his wife she was talking about chilies. Elvira insists there is more to the story. The general makes up some story as a very tense Ramiro listens on. She finally bids farewell as she is off to where the eagles land (aguilas/eagles traben/join or sit). Ramiro rushes her off saying “Fly fly” (vuela). He silently thanks god for not getting his head chopped off.

Lenora and Juliette have a little heart to heart. Lenora tells her she should really forgive Jaimie. Juliette tells her she will never forgive him. Lenora asks her if she still cares for him. Juliette reluctantly says she does. Lenora tells her she shouldn’t make him suffer so much than. Juliette reminds her that he did betray her. Lenora assures her that nothing happened between Jaimie and Vicky. Rafa joins them and agrees with Lenora. After all he did it to save his best friend from marrying Vicky. He tells Juliette that Jaime is a fine human being just like he has always been. He continues telling her that Jaimie really loves her.

Jaimie is back in the church having a little chat with God. He feels so alone. And the chat goes on till his phone rings. It is his cousin who is going to be in town and wants to come see him.

Rosaura has found a little place to get some sun. Pepito creeps up on her scaring her. We have some more talk. Pepito tells her how he feels about her. She reminds him about her situation. More talk. He attempts to kiss her and she pushes him away. One more try and this time she kisses back. .

Ale and family are leaving the fiesta. Doña Arcadia tells Marco to take good care of Ale. For some reason she tells him not to eat dirt because he will get worms. (I didn‘t get it either). They all laugh as they leave. Now it is the Rafa family who have come to say goodbye. Doña Arcadia thanks him for singing. She also tells him the day he decides to quit selling cars and start singing she will represent him. Lenora looks at him and says “That’s not such a bad idea.” Rafa apologizes for what happened earlier with Daniel. Doña Arcadia tells him not to worry. She knows how love is. If he only knew how many men fought for her. He also tells her she better get the rest of the Siglo crew to leave because tomorrow is a work day and if they don’t leave soon they won’t be in any condition to work. Everyone is gathered around the pool and of course they all end up in it. Not much more to say about that.

Another little useless scene. Beltran is at Siglo wanting a sales report. He isn’t having much luck. He leaves clutching his heart. Trapito thinks this would be a fine time for the three of them to go out and have a few drinks. Not happening as Taly and Neomi walk away.

Ale and family have safely arrived home. Jorge was quite impressed by the fiesta as he remembers the fiestas they use to have at the hacienda. Jorge states “Speaking of the hacienda, How is it that I am about to loose it.” Marco tells him he is very sorry but there isn’t any other options. Ale turns to Marco and says “speaking of the hacienda we have something very important to talk about regarding the hacienda.”
Marco asks her what. Ale responds “What do you have to do with Carmella?” Marco jaw to floor looks at Ale as she continues “ The woman at the court house.” Will he get caught?

Our last scene is with Jaimie who is pouring over his studies when he hears a knock on the door. Vicky Veil has come a calling. She starts terrorizing him. Poor Jaimie is standing there defenseless when who should show up and is standing in the doorway. None other than Juliette. I guess he got caught. (The only one that doesn’t deserve to get caught!)

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Emanuel yells at Mauricio, telling him to respect Marianela and to keep his distance. Maury makes a snide comment about the only thing Marianela keeps in her bed is a snake. Emanuel realizes "fuiste tu" and he goes in for a punch. Andre pulls his best friend off Maury and tells Emanuel that Maury isn't worth it.

Netty is hysterical, she's all wound up, telling Emiliano that he thinks she's a terrible woman and he probably thinks that she wants Mari to get her inheritance in order for Netty to get her hands on the money. Emiliano assures her that this isn't the case and to prove it he's going to make sure that Mari gets the inheritance from her mother the very next day.

Emanuel is worked up over his altercation with Maury. He starts talking to himself and when he refers to Mari as his gordita hermosa he surprises himself. He begins to question what Mari means to him. What's happening with her?

Oliver gets a phone call from Brandon. He tells Gladiola and the other women who hang out with her that Brandon's been reinstated with the police. The women are elated, but Gladiola begins to shout about Fedra and her threat (rather a buzz kill to the previous moment, IMO)...if she raises a hand against Brandon, well nothing can save him she worries (WOW! this woman can turn her emotions around on a dime---this entire scene was literally a minute long).

Netty and Emiliano fill Mari in on the plan to get her the inheritance. The three share a group hug and Fedra picks that time to arrive home. She sees them and she demands to know what's going on.

Emanuel tries to convince himself that all he's doing is defending Mari because so many people want to inflict pain. He reminds himself that she is his cousin and he reflects back to their younger years when they played together. Kristal and Ilitia barge in and disrupt his walk down memory lane. The harpies are, well they are harping. It seems that Mari being a model has set them into a tizzy.

Brandon gives Muneca a ride and he asks who she's looking for. She tells him it is her chauffeur, Fidel. She fills him in on Fidel being fired by Ilitia. Brandon makes a comment about Ilitia and her whims and Muneca says, "yes she's whimsical and silly, but she's not a bad person". She gets out of the car and tells Brandon that she needs to go see her children. She walks over to a crowd of kids and starts hugging them. Brandon is surprised to hear her refer to other children and he wonders just how many kids does she have?

Lorenzo goes to see his baby momma, but gets cold feet after he rings the doorbell.

Netty tries to explain to Fedra why she is there, but Fedra only wants to know why she hasn't left her house. Netty takes umbrage at this and is quick to point out that the house is rightfully Mari's.

Emanuel tells the to harpies to back off of Mari. He actually calls them turkey vultures (zopilotes). They are offended---by both his message and his terminology. He reminds them of what they did at the boutique. Kristal tries to pass it off as a mistake. Ilitia is more focused on why Mari got to be a model. The harpies end up telling our hero that his business is going to suffer if he uses models like Mari. Emanuel continues to defend Mari and he reminds Kristal that she is their cousin. The shrews question his judgment in using Mari and Kristal even pulls out the "this is daddy's business" card. Ilitia says she should be getting the jobs because she's a top model. Emanuel tells them that he gave the client exactly what they were looking for, an appealing plus sized model, not some skinny, insipid model like Ilitia. She is none too pleased to hear this.

Muneca has brought fruit to the kids, in what appears to be an orphanage. Brandon likes how giving she is, but wonders how such a great woman could have a daughter like Ilitia.

Lorenzo's baby momma (can't remember her name) has a phone call from her friend Jacky in Italy. She makes it sound that things are going well, but we can see that's not true. She learns that Jacky will be coming back to Mexico. They'll get together then.

Fedra is offended and she calls Eva a drunk. Emiliano yells at the women to stop, but directs most of it at Fedra. Fedra wants Netty to scram and Netty questions how Emiliano could be married to this woman. Fedra launches herself at Netty, threatening to kill her. Emiliano holds his wife back. Netty agrees to leave, but she tells Fedra that after tomorrow, things are going to change. Netty heads out and Emiliano follows. Benigno is watching from a distance and he notices that Netty appears upset. Emiliano offers to take Netty home, but she insists he stay with Mari....to not leave her alone with Fedra. Emiliano tries to assure her that Mari isn't in danger with Fedra. Netty is not convinced and she urges him to make sure that Mari is protected. Emiliano agrees and he asks Benigno to take Netty home.

With Emiliano and Netty gone, Fedra pounces on Mari. She wants to know what's going on with Emiliano and Netty. Mari tells her she doesn't know. In the course of their altercation, Mari drops some chocolate and Fedra crushes it with her foot. Mari is upset...that was her chocolate. Fedra tells her that nothing in the house is hers, she better get used to it. Emiliano comes back into the house and catches the end of this conversation.

Brandon spots Fidel walking down the street where the orphanage is located. Fidel spots Muneca and he's happy.

Emiliano tells Fedra that there is no reason for to be acting like this....her insinuation are absurd. He won't tolerate her abuse of Mari. Fedra says now you are giving me orders, well be prepared to spend the rest of your nights sleeping on the floor of my bedroom. Emiliano yells after her and Fedra tells him to go to hell. Mari is upset to see what's going on with them.

Benigno and Netty talk about what's going on with Mari and Fedra. Netty tells him the good news about Emiliano getting Mari her inheritance.

Fidel tells Brandon how great that Muneca is as a boss. Brandon says that she's been looking for Fidel and that makes him even happier. Muneca finishes up with the kids and she's happy to see Fidel. She asks him to come back to work.

Fedra wants to know why Emiliano is going to give Mari her inheritance. She's not able to change Emiliano's mind. Emiliano wants the whole family to be there, even Netty. He wants Fedra to behave like a lady. Fedra tells him not to worry. After he leaves, Fedra threatens Netty....obviously for the audience's benefit, since Netty is long gone.


Mari cries, wondering why her parents have left her so alone. Doris arrives and gives Mari a hug.

Emanuel finishes filming what appears to be a dog food commercial being hawked by an alien (Andre). Ilitia and Emanuel make plans to spend some time together.

Emiliano tells his uncle, el general, about his plans for tomorrow. Don Maximo tries to offer up a warning, but Emiliano isn't having any part of it. Don Maximo decides he needs to take action, and only hopes it won't be too late.

Once she's at home, Muneca tells Brandon he's her guardian angel and thanks him for his help. Muneca explains to Fidel about what happened with the attempted carjacking and how Brandon's grenade saved the day. Brandon pulls the grenade out of his pocket and the look on his face makes it appear that he's nuts. Fidel cautiously warns him that those things are dangerous. Muneca is surprised to see it in her house. Brandon turns to Fidel, with the grenade in his outstretched hand just as Ilitia and Emanuel arrive---this doesn't look good.

Bernardo is following Netty.

Everyone starts talking to Brandon like you would talk to someone standing on the edge of a building, poised to jump. Brandon tells them not to worry, this is only a small gift to Muneca. It looks like he's going to pull the pin, everyone ducks. Brandon shows them it is only a lighter. Ilitia is upset and demands that he leave. Muneca scolds her daughter, Brandon is her guest and he's staying for dinner. Lovely!!

Fedra does a happy dance on her bed. She feels as if she's won against Eva Pavon.....she's six feet under with the worms and Fedra is above ground, celebrating that she's got Eva's money.

Ilitia insults Brandon and he says that he doesn't want to be the cause of Ilitia's indigestion. Emanuel and Brandon taunt each other and it gets a little out of hand. Muneca steps between them before it escalates too far. She is able to surmise that they know each other. Emanuel says that Brandon is just upset because he was disciplined because of Ilitia's complaint. Brandon informs him that he's being reinstated. Brandon apologizes to Muneca, but he won't be staying for dinner. He gives Muneca the grenade and leaves.

Netty goes to see the lawyer. She fills him in on what's supposed to happen tomorrow. She invites him to join the family.

Don Maximo questions Mari about Doris. She tells him that Doris is her friend. She's there because Mari needs her help. Doris is a make-up artist and she can change a person's look. Don Maximo isn't too receptive to this idea. Mari tries to explain that Doris is Netty's neighbor, but this fails to impress him. Benigno comes into help, and Don Maximo realizes that this is an ambush (emboscada). He's to be the one getting a new look.


When Netty leaves the lawyers office, Bernardo attempts to run her over with his car. Unfortunately for him and fortunately for Netty, the lawyer is able to push her out of harm's way from the car, but she's hurt from him knocking her down. As she's on the ground a doctor comes to help out and when he sees it is Netty, he demands to know who is this guy.

Ilitia continues to insult Brandon even after he's left. Emanuel tells Ilitia he doesn't like the way she's been talking to her mother. Ilitia wonders if Emanuel is now going to defend Brandon. Emanuel tells his girlfriend that he and Brandon had a row (bronca), but not about what happened at the airport. Ilitia wants to know what caused their row. Emanuel explains it off as sometimes people just don't get along. Ilitia realizes that the story behind Brandon and Emanuel has to do with defending Mari. She wonders if Emanuel is jealous of Brandon regarding Marianela. END OF EPISODE

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At the restaurant, Gabriela and David crash and clash. Taking instant exception to one another, he demands to know why she's there, and she threatens to tell the owner if David bothers her. When her sister arrives, David learns Carlos hired Gabriela and counsels Julieta that her moron of a sister needs some manners. Gabriela's in a huff until Julieta reveals that David is an owner, too.

At Piedad's apartment, Elsa explains her boss is loaning the money for a good lawyer for Marcos -- and that she'll ask if he can help Juan Jose, too. Piedad tearfully regrets she has no money for lawyers, but Elsa is happy to try to help both if she can; and Piedad thanks her but worries it's unfair Elsa has to think about both instead of just her brother. Elsa likes Juan Jose a lot, she says.

Gabriela and Julieta arrive at their apartment after work, and Gabriela is sure she's going to get fired; but Julieta thinks if David were going to fire her, he would have already. Back at Piedad's, she confirms that Juan Jose is innocent and was accused by a wealthy man named Mario Genovés. At Gabriela's, Julieta worries that their dad will be angry to hear that Gabriela is now working for that family, too.

Next morning, David joins Alejandra at the Genovés mansion breakfast table, and they converse companionably. He's glad the girls came to live there and she inquires about business, which he says is problematic concerning their partners. She excuses her sister, Bertha, sleeping all day due to the death of their mother.

At Piedad's, she had a bad night with pain keeping her awake, and Elsa arranges a doctor visit, for which Piedad is very grateful. At the garment factory, Roberto fondles a mannequin while his dad explains about the sizable loan he's giving Elsa for her brother's lawyer -- with a wink, wink and nudge, nudge between them about the manner of repayment.

In the prison wood shop, Juan Jose tells Marcos that Gregorio spent 30 years in prison and picked up a skin disease there; and Marcos is taken aback to hear Gregorio's in for killing two men. Back at the restaurant, David barges into Carlos's office, complaining about their unfair business arrangement.

If they are going to meddle in the hotel side, then they have to accept his say on the restaurant side. Marcos warns David he'd better not mess with the agreements of the older partners. At Gabriela's, her father arrives home from his night watchman job, and sure enough he's upset to hear who she's working for now. But they need the money, she says.

At the Genovés mansion, Mario ponders photographs of a woman when Abelardo enters, and Mario instructs him to secure the trappings of a book seller. Santiago Guzmán loves reading, especially plays; and this approach would appeal to him. They need to confirm who the fellow at Márta's tomb is, even if he's changed his name, and that he has two daughters. Mario explains the man bears a debt to justice, that he was guilty of his wife's death. Abelardo goes wide-eyed when Mario reveals the reason he's interested is that one of the two girls is his own daughter.

At the Genovés mansion, when Berthe impatiently asks Alejandra, both dressed in black, how long they have to endure mourning, Alejandra guesses at least a month to show proper respect to their mother. Berthe is morbidly interested to hear in passing from Abelardo that Mario has a doctor's appointment and seems disappointed when Mario denies he's sick. When Alejandra hopes Mario gets better, Berthe clearly doesn't.

At Adolfo's luxury condo, Carlos is making himself a drink when somebody incessantly lays on the doorbell until Felix goes to answer, and it's Yolanda. She's there to pester Adolfo about cash for her new draperies, because his accountant has locked her out. Yolanda greets Carlos very warmly and staunchly defends him when Adolfo rakes him over the coals for being a weakling against David Genovés.

Yolanda objects to Adolfo's rudeness, insisting Carlos is a good boy and his only problem is having a father like Adolfo. Carlos doesn't understand why David can't be included in their business when they are joint owners, are they not?

But Adolfo is adamant that the Genovéses not meddle in the restaurant side and charges out, with Yolanda yelling at him that he'll be sorry if he mistreats his son! Felix turns to Yolanda and warns her one of these days Adolfo's going to get fed up with her; but Yolanda disagrees. He'll have to put up with her till she croaks, she says with a mysterious, knowing look.

At Piedad's, she is worried about Elsa paying for first the doctor and then the prescriptions; but Elsa convinces her with a likely tale of a pharmacy with a special discount. Elsa is also going to see Salomón about the loan now, and the thought of Juan Jose coming home pleases Piedad. At the prison, Gregorio visits the wood shop; and when Marcos disparages Gregorio's bloody skin disease, Gregorio surreptitiously and gleefully smashes Marcos's hand with a hammer.

Gabriela is just leaving her apartment when she encounters a "book salesman" inquiring for Santiago Guzmán. She doesn't know who that is, but the description the man gives sounds like her dad; she tells him her dad's name and suggests he come back later -- that her dad is sleeping and shouldn't be awakened as he works nights.

When Juan Jose returns to their cell, Gregorio swears the hammer attack was an accident and that Marcos is a liar. Unconvinced, Juan Jose nevertheless admits he couldn't say anything about the attack, since he didn't see it. When he warns Gregorio that Marcos is a tough guy, Gregorio's unimpressed; but he's so glad Juan Jose didn't rat him out that he insists when they get out, he'll give Juan Jose a job.

Asked what he did to get in there, Juan Jose says he came from Veracruz to a restaurant and hotel in the federal district; one night a female employee was found raped and murdered, and he was blamed for it. Bitterly he explains that no matter how he denied it, nobody believed him. He was sentenced to 19 years, and he swears when he gets out of there, he's going to get back at them.

Fausto opens the front door at Gabriela's to find a book salesman who simply wants to leave a brochure and return the next day. In the prison yard, Juan Jose tries to dissuade Marcos from causing Gregorio trouble; Marcos only has two years left, and it's not worth it, he says. Juan Jose is suddenly past tired of being in prison. If he'd not stayed in that damned hotel, he wouldn't be in prison now.

He didn't know anything about the law; plus, it was his word against his boss's. When he gets out, he's going to get back at the people who did this to him -- and most of all, to his mother. Marcos points out, importantly, that it won't be any different when he gets out: Juan Jose will still be poor and his old boss will still be rich. Juan Jose frustratedly agrees.

Bertha continues her morbid interest in her uncle's health, as Mario returns home to the mansion from the doctor's appointment, and once again appears unhappy when he claims nothing is wrong. As the doorbell rings, she disgustedly yells for Dora to answer; and it's Adolfo, who charges right past Dora. He startles Mario, barging into his office, where he insists that Mario keep David's nose out of Adolfo's side of the business.

If Mario doesn't step in, then Adolfo will, he threatens. He'll tell him to pipe down unless he wants to see his father in prison, Adolfo claims; to which Mario objects that Adolfo well knows it was not he who killed Márta. Adolfo sneers and says all he knows is that he found Mario in front of the body and that Santiago was trying to protect him. Mario protests it was not him!

Look, Mario says, David only sees that as associates, they have rights, too. He doesn't know Adolfo has him under his thumb. Why don't they sever their relationship once and for all, he begs. Adolfo has made plenty of money, he points out. But Adolfo isn't buying it. They made a 20-year deal, which is up in six months; and they are sticking to it, Adolfo insists as he exits.

Adolfo almost runs over David on the way out, and when Mario follows in a moment, he has to explain why Adolfo was there. David is furious that his father knuckles under to Adolfo: not only is he meddling, but he's making decisions for them, as well! he claims. Are they equal partners or not? Well?

Mario can only looked stressed and nervous and claim he doesn't want problems, to which David points out that it's not Mario's problems, but his own! David begs his father to let him manage everything. He knows he's perfectly capable. David's not going to let Adolfo continue with this plan and much less the way he's managing it. David turns to his dad finally and asks -- what does Adolfo know? What's he blackmailing him with?

Abelardo enters at that moment and breaks the tension, allowing Mario to claim Adolfo has nothing on him and to go speak with Abelardo. In the office, he tells Mario the man's name from the cemetery is Fausto Guillén and that he has two daughters, which brings Mario upright with realization.

In their cell, when Gregorio asks Juan Jose what book he's reading, it turns out to be The Count of Monte Cristo (a story with a prison sentence, a disguise and a treasure). But Gregorio needs to talk, and he mentions he has no family except a sister he hasn't seen in a long time. He looks around surreptitiously and says he knows where a treasure is: mountains of gold!

He found out about it from some rare book fanatics who liked to look up old stories and told him about it. Those are the two guys he killed -- and now he's the owner of all of it! Gregorio cackles. Even with prison and the skin disease, it's still worth it! He can hardly sleep at night thinking of how rich he's going to be when he gets out!

Gregorio is momentarily taken aback when Juan Jose asks what happens if someone else finds it in the meantime? But no. Gregorio is sure nobody will -- it's buried like eight meters underground. Juan can't help but laugh when he realizes Gregorio has never even seen the treasure. And dismayed to think he killed two guys for something he doesn't even know exists! But Gregorio swears it exists! It must be there! he desperately insists.

David is antagonized to see Robert show up at his house; but reluctantly accepts the news that he's Alejandra's boyfriend, come to pick her up. The two men don't socialize at their homes; and when Alejandra disappears to get Roberto a drink, David threatens that she may not know what he's like, but he does -- and Roberto had better never do anything to hurt her.

When she returns Alejandra learns Roberto has movie tickets and wonders if her uncle would think ill of her for going to the movies during mourning. David doesn't think so, but Roberto feigns concern and facetiously says Mario is the man he most admires in life, to which David looks daggers at him.

After Roberto exits to go for the car, when David asks Alejandra if she's in love with him, she denies it. He's just kind of entertaining. David says he knows Roberto because of that idiot, Carlos; and Alejandra agrees Carlos is an airhead. David thinks Carlos is as bad as Adolfo. After Alejandra exits, Berthe comes down and asks David whether his father is ill.

In Mario's office, Abelardo gets a chuckle out of relating Gabriela's spunky protectiveness of her father, that she told Abelardo to come back and not wake him up. Mario is pleased to recognize the same traits as her mother. The older girl is his daughter, he says. After Abelardo exits, David asks about the doctor visit; and when Abelardo informs him Mario is having headaches, David asks to be kept informed of any test results.

At Gabriela's, Fausto is shocked to learn from her that the "book seller" was asking for someone named "Santiago Guzmán."

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