Abismo de pasión #84 7/9/12: Kenia Floats to the Surface while Flor Sinks Her Claws into Dam

Lo Refrito
We are treated again to a crying, pathetic Pal and an abuela who assures her it's not the end of the world. Pal insists that it is. We also get to relive the creepy preparations made by Alf. Drunk Dumbian (kid, you got a future in recapping) stumbles home. Flor attacks. Toad and Elisa talk. She gets herself penciled onto  Cyn's  Dumb Chicks List by suggesting that Carmina is redeemable. Toad head gives his approval of Elisa and Dumbian's relationship...even though it is going to mean Elisa gets a MIL from hell.

Lo Nuevo
Witch Mountain
Paloma is no where to be found! Ramona calls and calls, but alas, Paloma does not answer.

Casa Arango
Flor is convinced they can fix their problems.Flor is willing to do anything to get Dumbian back. He wants her to prove she loves him and that she can get Elisa out of his system. Flor obliges and is pretty sure her lips, caresses and body can help him forget.

Casa Lupe's
Ramona is looking for Pal and she's pithed thinking that Pal is there. She finds out Gael and Pal broke up. Gael offers to help look. Ramona tells him to stay away from her granddaughter.

...But the next morning at the Cenote
Ramona is in a panic when Gael shows up. Pal was gone all night and Ramona has no idea where she is! Out of the corner of her eye Ramona sees the floating body of Kenia. Gael swims out to investigate while Ramona panics. Gael confirms the woman is dead. Lots of screaming from Ramona (Note: Vestuario was very careful to dress Pal in red on Friday and Kenia is also wearing red. Kudos.) Gael explains that the body is in bad shape and it can't be Paloma. It's in such bad shape he can even ID the body. The authorities need to be called.

Don Lucio's
Turns out Pal went looking for Elisa last night at Don Lucio's, but since it was so late he offered to let her stay at his house. Lucio tells Pal to talk to Elisa about why she went back home. Pathetic Pal whines about being in love with someone who doesn't return the feeling.

Padre Lupe's
Elisa comes looking for Dam. Padre lets her know he's back at Casa Arango. She asks Padre if he told Damian the truth, but of course he didn't do something as plot advancing too fast as that. He figured it was Elisa's right to do that. She knows Padre Lupe convinced Carmina to tell truth; how did he know? He didn't KNOW KNOW he just, you know, intuited it. Steffie was such an exemplary woman incapable of betraying ToadHead. ToadHead was the love of her life. She loved him until her last moment. He offers sweets and encourages Elisa to go see Dam and Casa Arango. He'll be SO HAPPY to see her. Yeah. Right. I saw the avances.

Casa Arango
Tonia wants to know if she should wake the children. Alf tells her not to disturb them and that they are back together. When Tonia notes that Flor and Damian were TOGETHER, Alf chides her. It's not like their sleeping together were a sin (weeeell, what would Padre Lupe say??) Today things are very different and besides, they are back together. Tonia is just as gobsmacked as Viewerville at the speed in which those two resumed the knocking of the boots. She promises to be discreet and not tell anyone. Alf, however, would like Tonia to flap her gums and wag her tongue from La Ermita all the way to the DF. Word must get out!

Blanquita's Carnicería (That is just so.damn.wrong.)
Carmina slaps the mutton out of Horacio's chops. She is pithed that not only are the plane tickets not in her possession, but Gab laughed at her (oh! the nerve!) She threatens to tell Lola the truth about Horacio and Horacio threatens to tell the truth about the plane tickets to Disgusto.
Road in the Vicinity of La Ermita and Witch Mountain
Quique encounters Paloma alone and crying. He offers her a ride and we finally get to see some chemistry with Pal and a guy. GAEL IS NOT FOR YOU, CHICK!
Casa Arango
Elisa insists on seeing Dam. Tonia tries to get rid of her by offering tell Dam she was there and suggests he meet her somewhere (anywhere!) Elisa says it's urgent she talk to Dam. Tonia offers to get Dam while Elisa waits outside, but they are interrupted by the ever-so-helpful Alf who draws a map so Elisa can go to Dam's room at the end of the hall. Wasn't that sweet of her? Hell no. Just as the avances showed us, Elisa happens upon Dam and Flor post en flagrante delicto.  Did you notice Tonia's face? She's starting to really see how evil her patrona is!

Casa Arango-Dining Room
Tonia doesn't think what Alf did was very nice. Alf disagrees. She's finally solved the Elisa problem. Elisa enters and Alf asks if she got to see and talk to Damián. Alf offers to wake him. Elisa turns down the offer and asks Alf not to tell Dam she was there. For once Alf is going to respect someone's wishes. Elisa leaves and Alf instructs Tonia to tell the driver to be ready to take her to Mérida.

As Elisa  leaves (weeping) she runs into Gab who drops the "I'm buying Cielo Abierto" bomb.

Meanwhile in the recámara of revolting reconciliations Flor thanks Dam for last night. She asks if he remembers what he said to her: that he needed her and that Elisa was nothing to him. Dam asks For to forgive him, but she says there is nothing to forgive him for. He says he and Elisa are an impossibility. Flor leaves and Dam looks for the amulet. 

Street La Ermita
Gael happens upon Elisa and mistakes her as a streetwalker from behind...no not really...she's just dressed that way. What really happened was Gael asked if Elisa knew where Pal was. She hasn't been home all night and there was this body floating in front of the hut and it was icky and swollen and horrible and *shudder*. Elisa thinks it must have been terrible.

Casa Arango-Alf's Den
Dam wants to know where his amulet is. Alf plays innocent. He leaves to go to the Pro Ce and Alf tells him she is glad he is rebuilding his life and hopes he rebuilds his relationship with Flor. Alf gives him the engagement ring.

Back in the Casa Arango-Kitchen
Gab comes in, sloppily eats an apple and asks Chente Inútil how's it going with the ladies. They talk trash about the ladies and Chente hints that he knows there used to be something between Gab and his mother. Gab says there was nothing more than a few kisses. Oh and how convenient, Brau overhears it!! He bursts in and challenges Gab to say it again to his face.

Casa Arango Pool
Flor and Dam at breakfast. He gives her the ring  and says they must marry ASAP(check out his face...happy is not the word.) After the commercial break Flor notes his misery and he explains all the great reasons they should get married: it's a knee jerk decision made in the aftermath of learning a horrible truth about the one he loves and he needs to cling to something so as not to sink (I took a little licence.) Flor gets that, but she needs certain assurances that Dam won't go running back to Elisa. He finally tells Flor that Elisa is his hermana. Flor is thrilled. 

In the kitchen Brau is still pithed and want to get into it with Brau. Chente Inútil tells Brau Gab can best him in a fight. Tonia comes in and throws metaphoric water on the fighting dogs. Brau makes Gab leave. Brau confonts Tonia about what he heard.

CSI Laguna Azul
Kenia's yet to be identified body is taken away in a body bag. Ramona talks to the CSI investigator and asks where they are taking the body (to the morgue.) She rehashes the why and how of the discovery of the body. The officer confirms that the woman they found has been dead for several days. Ramona then starts to ask about finding Paloma when Pal and Enrique walk up. Pal is mortified and thinks Ramona called the cops and the ambulance because of her. Ramona is glad to see Pal, but then mad at her for spending the night with Quique. Quique swears he just gave her a ride (and I bet inside he was praying he wouldn't get turned to a toad.) Pal explains she was with Don Lucio and Ramona explains about the dead woman.

Filler Pro Ce Scene
ING comes to see Gab. Maru asks about her daughter. ING tells Maru her daughter left a week ago.

Back to Brau
He is pithed. Chente says he lied. Brau asks why and Chente says it was wishful thinking. Gab is the bomb. Chente is very insulting and tells Brau he's nothing and he would give anything to have a dad like Gab. THWAP! Brau hits Chente. Chente's rag looks just like his dad's (meaning Gab's.)

Ramona's Hut
Gael and Elisa have arrived. Pal is very cool to both. Elisa wants to talk to her, but Pal tells her she doesn't want to and has to go to work. Gael offers to walk her and she turns him down. Exit Pal. Ramona tells Gael again that she doesn't want him near her granddaughter. She tells him to leave and not come back. She tells Elisa to stay because she wants to talk to her. And it's a good thing I record LQNPA too or I wouldn't have the last 5ish minutes of tonight's episode because Looneyvision's scheduling monkeys SUCK!

*ahem*  Anyhoo....Ramona tells Elisa about Gael and Pal's break up. She tells Elisa that Pal hurts when she sees Gael with Elisa and Gael hurts when he sees Elisa with Gael. Elisa better do something about the situation (what the heck does Ramona expect her to do?)

Casa Arango
Alf gives Gab a check for the deposit on Casa Abierto and tells him to deposit it in his name so there are no suspicions. She's on her way to Mérida and as she leaves she tells Gab that Dam is back in charge. Gab grits his teeth.

Outside the house Alf is met by Flor who shows her the ring. Alf is even surprised how fast that happened. Flor tells her that Dam says it's urgent they marry soon.  Flor wants to know why Alf didn't tell her about the sibling business sooner? Alf tells her she didn't know, either and is was quite a nasty surprise. Flor thinks that now she won't have to have child, but Alf disagrees. It's still imperative that Flor get pregnant. She wants a grandchild...now! And a child is the perfect weapon for keeping a man (day-um Rosendo must have been one miserable guy!) Flor fires back that it sure didn't work with Rosendo. He left her for another woman even though she had a child. Alf says Dam is very different, she made sure of that. Flor tells Alf to get her dad out of jail and she needs money. Alf reminds her that her dad stole her money and she'll have to wait. If Flor wants money, she needs to pray she made a baby last night. Holy crap this woman is well-dressed hell on wheels!