Refugio Para el Amor #43 Mon 6/25/12 Rod and Luci Spend Their Honeymoon Avoiding Consummation and Baiting Anvils

Luci opens her hotel door to her marido Rod. He’s blown away by her beauty in her simple, modest white dress, and backs her slowly into the room, kissing her all the while. Things are getting pretty serious and it looks like we (and Rod) might get a much anticipated night of wedded bliss.

We’ll have to wait to see if we (and Rod) get our wish, because we are whisked away to another marital bedroom. Except this one is not quite as blissful, or happy, or loving, or…well, you get the drift. Rosa pulls the covers off of Max and demands that he speak to her about their son. Max wants to know what she thinks he can do about it. Rod is a grown man. She storms out to “think.”

Ahh, back to the happy newlyweds. They’re still kissing, when all of a sudden they both realize where this is going and jump apart. They think about it for about two seconds and then rush back to each other’s arms and kiss more passionately than before. In between their heavy breathing and fervent caresses, Rod tells Luci how much he loves her.

Max obviously can’t sleep after his argument with Rosa, so he visits Pato, who is also having a sleepless night. Pato asks if it’s true that Rosa hates Luci because she looks like Aurora Linares. Max admits the resemblance but thinks Rosa hating Luci for that would be nuts. Pato also points out that Max avoids the subject of Claudio Linares. Downstairs in the kitchen, Hannah and Mati are excited by the possibility of Rod and Luci having a baby. (Ladies, they might be making that a reality right about now.) Mati is super excited to be a three generation Nana—Rosa, Hannah and her brothers, and now maybe Rod’s child. Frigida comes in and pooh poohs the baby talk. Rod will never marry that girl. Mati and Hannah give each other a knowing look. Clueless Frigida has been left out in the cold with this piece of hot gossip.

We fly back to the hotel suite to see if Rod and Luci are complying with our, and Mati and Hannah’s wishes. Well, looks like they’re close. They’re on the shag rug (how appropriate), Rod’s on top, and they’re breathing mighty heavily. But they’re still fully dressed and both of them once again become aware of what they’re doing. Rod looks Luci in the eyes and can see her growing discomfort. “Not yet?”, he asks her. “No, not yet.” He rearranges her blouse and helps her up from the floor. They’re still pretty breathless, but decide to go to dinner. “As you wish, Princess.” He kisses her hands and leads her out the room.

Rod and Luci walk the streets of their honeymoon town and purchase snacks from a street vendor. He wants them to come back someday with their first child. They speak of kids and Rod says he can’t wait to be a daddy. They kiss on a park bench, and a child rides by on his scooter and falls right in front of them. Both Rod and Luci spring up to help him up, but his mother is right behind. Rod wants their child to be just like that—brave and daring. Luci also wants their child to be happy, well educated, and above all, very loved. They kiss on it.

Pato is still grilling Max about the Linareses, and why the hate. Why didn’t Max help Claudio? Why does Rosa hate Aurora if they were best friends and she helped with the birth of her child? Pato demands an explanation.

Rosa is in her favorite place to perform her one woman passion play. I think Jesus is getting tired of it too. She wonders what will happen when Claudio discovers that there’s just one body in the grave. “Well, I could just say that the baby’s body disintegrated over time. What about the clothes? What am I going to say about the missing clothes?!  And what has happened to the child? Luciana… Luciana is the same age! What if it’s her? No! No, Dios mio! Not such a big punishment!”

Rod orders tequila at dinner. Luci doesn’t drink, but agrees to try when Rod insists it’s to celebrate. She knows he’ll take care of her. He swears to always take care of her. (Anvil alert!) Smoochies!

Pato should be a lawyer. He’s really raking Max over the coals tonight. He wants to know why all the hate and drama surrounding Luci, just because she looks like Aurora. Max finally admits it’s because of his mother’s ever present absurd jealousy. “Was there something between you and Aurora?” “No. There was never anything between me and Aurora.”  He says that Rosa was always jealous of Aurora because he admired her. She was a serene woman who profoundly loved her husband. (The exact opposite of Rosa, by that description.) Aurora and Claudio were really happy. They loved each other deeply, while there were always problems between him and Rosa. Rosa interpreted his admiration wrongly. Max once again states that he did not have sexual relations with that woman. Anyway, he would never have gotten the chance with Aurora. She was the most dignified and respectful woman he’s ever known. Plus she very much loved her husband. Pato thinks it’s a shame that the memory of Aurora has awakened such base feelings in Rosa towards a girl who has done nothing to her. Max explains how Aurora found she was pregnant when Claudio was in jail (still not clear if she got pregnant before or after he went to jail, and how, if after) and that he and Rosa cared for her. However, Rosa’s irrational jealousy just grew. This was the start of the end of their marriage. Pato asks what happened to the baby and Max explains that she died, along with the mother.  “Nineteen years ago. Exactly the age of Luciana.” Ding, ding, ding! Someone give that boy a prize. Max is completely impactado by this train of thought.

Claudio is still thinking about Rosa’s visit to the cemetery and her chat with the director. He looks at Connie’s business card. 

Connie, meanwhile, is having a romantic (2-person) dinner with Oscar. He’s going to miss her. She tells him he can come visit her, but in the meantime he can take Julie out dancing. “You are bad!” They have a chuckle over this. They then talk about Gala, who is a mess. Connie thinks it’s a tantrum (berrinche) more than anything else. Oscar agrees. Connie gets a call and excuses herself from the table. It’s Claudio. She thanks him for helping Melissa with her thesis. He gets to the point and tells her about wanting to move the remains of his wife and child. He actually wants to speak to Rosa about this, but wants to call her tomorrow at a decent hour.

Melissa thinks back to her meeting with Claudio. Looks like there’s some May-December crushing going on. I might be ok with this. Aside from the HUGE age difference, they have similar personalities and interests.

Gala’s tantrum continues. Blah, blah, Rod betrayed me. Whah! Julie tells her they can’t let down their guard and must continue with the Unmask the Whorish Lying Chacha Plan. 

Back to happier places. Luci is having her first shot of tequila. Looks like she will need some more practice. Rod asks her if she had a lot of boyfriends before.  Nope. Not one.  He doesn’t believe it, as lovely as she is. She admits she’s never been in love before, like this. He kisses her. She says she’s never been loved like this before, never been kissed like this before, never been embraced like this before, never felt like this before. They exchange te amos. He loves her so much, it makes him afraid. It’s like a dream. It’s too perfect. She makes him promise that he’ll never deceive her, and no matter what, come what may (pase lo que pase), he’ll always tell her the truth.  (Anvil alert!!!) He swears it. (Lo juro.) And he makes her promise the same. More kisses. More anvils.

Lastra and Ivan talk about the new girl Violeta brought in. (We assume Serena.) This one’s from the big city, so she won’t scare as easy as the last one fresh off the bus from Het Het. Ivan floats the idea of Lorenzo working in the casino. Lastra doesn’t think it’s a bad idea. This will begin his revenge against Luci. Her brother will be his ally.

Gala doesn’t think that the info they have from the P.I. is enough. They need more proof to show Rod that Luci is a whore. She’s going to attack Luci with all the hatred she’s capable of. Julie thinks the key to Luci’s destruction is in Het Het.

Cut to Don Aquiles crying into his tequila bottle about losing his Palomita and not being able to get what he wanted this time, dammit.

Gala wonders if it’s still worth fighting for Rod’s love. Julie thinks of course it is! (Well, fighting for his money, at least.) Gala’s not on board with wanting Rod back, but she sure wants to finish Luci, in a bad way. She’s starting to get that same crazy eyed look as Rosa.

Rod has arranged for a serenade at dinner, and joins in to sing a love song to Luci. She’s enchanted.  They slow dance as Rod continues to sing. Smooches! Later, they walk back to the hotel and she expresses her surprise at hearing him sing.  He says there’s still a lot she doesn’t know about him. She says the same. (Anvil alert!) More mushy love talk and kisses. “I made a promise to your mother, and you don’t know how much I desire to break it.” He repeats how difficult it is to keep his promise at her door, but lets her into her room saying each one to his/her own bed. We can tell that he totally doesn’t mean it, and would carry Luci off to the bed in a split second if she let him. She closes the door, and they both lean against it on opposite sides, looking like they both need a cold shower.

Honeymoon Montage: Nature walks, street vendor snacks, delicious meals, boats, jet skis, and lots of kissing.

Gala announces to Julie that the tears are done with, and puts her war paint on. She’s also wearing a fabulous, kick-ass black jumpsuit with a wide black leather belt. Frigida calls to report she heard that Luci has something to do with Claudio Linares.

Boris invites Hannah to his beach house for his birthday party, with some other friends. Hannah’s not going if Lula doesn’t go. Plus, her parents wouldn’t give her permission to go without Lula. Boris is not happy about this.

Padre Honesto is being visited by his favorite psycho, Rosa. He tells her that if Rod and Luci get married, she can’t interfere. He then takes out his big old Bible and shows her the verse that says children are just on loan to parents and must one day leave their parents to unite with their spouse. Rosa chooses to ignore that bit of verse. Padre tries to talk sense to her. Hasn’t he learned? She’s determined to unmask that deceiver Luci.  Padre reminds her that no one is supposed to interfere between a man and wife, and she’s just going to end up separating Rod from his family and from her. She’s sure she will be saving her son’s life.

Mati visits Estella to tell her the Ice Queen wants to see her, NOW, to interrogate her about Luci. (I would tell Rosa to go to hell if I were Estella. She doesn’t pay Estella’s salary. What right has she got to question her?) Over in Vio’s apartment, Lorenzo tells her Ivan wants to talk to him. They talk about Luci coming back soon. Lorenzo is not ok with Luci doing the deed with Rod before the Church wedding, no matter that they have had the civil wedding. He can’t even listen to talk of any hanky panky between his sister and Rod.

Lic. Barrera has gone all the way to Het Het to help Paz out with the properties issue. It’s confirmed that the lands and the house are still in her and Galdino’s names. Paz and Magda are over the moon about it. Madga tells him about La Gorda giving Don Aquiles money for the house already. Barrera wants to speak with her.

In his office, Don Aquiles is telling his lackeys to find out all they can about Rod, and whether or not Luci and Rod are really good and married, in all the ways possible. (Anyone have any idea what that stuffed animal is on Don A’s desk? I laugh every time I see it.)

Ivan tells Lorenzo that he can work in the casino that night. It’s a trial run. Ivan calls Lastra to report this latest development. Gala and Julie meet Lastra at a restaurant and he shows them photos of the night of the Inferno brawl, after Luci had taken off her wig, but was still in her costume. They get the pictures when he gets the money wired to his account. Gala finally connects the dots and realizes that was the same night their group was there. She tells Julie that Rod was the one who defended Luci that night. She seems to think this will help her revenge plan.

Estella has come to the big house, and that bitch Rosa won’t let Marianita come in with her.  (Hey lady, YOU asked her to come to your house.) Mati decides to take Marianita out to the front lawn and goes back inside to get her refreshments. Pato is outside (yay!) and encounters Marianita. Inside the house…wait. I can’t believe this woman has her back turned rudely to Estella when she enters the room, then she DEMANDS that Estella tell her the truth about Luci. Aww, HELL NO! I repeat. Estella does NOT work for her.

OK. A bit of relief. The honeymooners are taking a stroll. She’s going to miss the tranquility of her pueblo. Rod says they’ll build a nice house for her mama in San Francisco del Alto (Het Het), where she can visit any time she wants. He’ll go wherever she goes, to the ends of the earth. She wants her children to know and love her land, like she does. They speak of having many children. He wants them to have her color hair. She wants them to have his eyes.  “Luciana, I’m going to dedicate myself to making you happy, always.”

Avances: More revenge plans from Gala and Julie, and madness from Rosa. It’s all moving towards trouble for Rod and Luci.