Rosaura finally tells Grandma Cruz the truth about who she is so Grandma won't sell the spa to Patricio. Luis Mario wakes up naked in Eva's bed with her claiming they had wild and unprotected sex. She's hoping Gabriel's little swimmers were powerful enough to get her knocked up so she can claim the child is Luis Mario's. Diego, the fake psychiatrist who helped Camelia fake her amnesia, has come to town and is demanding money to keep his mouth shut. He and Camelia fight over a gun with Camelia being shot and her life now hanging by a thread. Luis Mario's youngest sister, Jimena, has run off with Rosaura's ne'er-do-well brother Ivan. Luis Mario is able to track the couple down and force his underage sister back to the house where she discloses she's pregnant. Ivan needs money to get Jimena back so he's easily talked into pulling a robbery on the spa. Eva's father, Rafael, joins the spa and keeps flirting with Rosaura. Seeing how this is driving Eva crazy, Rosaura encourages the flirtation.
(I'm going to digress here for a moment because this reminds me of a real life telenovela moment from the past. A friend of mine who was married at the time was having an affair with this loser. As soon as she got a divorce from her husband, the loser started two-timing on her by seeing the mother of one of his children. (He had numerous children by numerous women and paid for none of them. Thus a loser.) To get back at the other woman, my friend then started to date the woman's aged father. Things went sour fast until one night the old man tossed my friend out of his house with only the clothes on her and her kid's back. So let this be a lesson to you, kids. If your life starts to resemble a telenovela, you need to back the hell up and get some kind of control over yourself. Now, back to the soap opera.)
At Rafael's birthday party, Eva announces to the guests that she and Luis Mario are to be married and are expecting a child. Through the miracle of modern medicine and editing, Camelia, who was barely alive last episode, is now healthy and living with Gabriel. She and Rosaura become allies. That thug-for-hire that's always doing the dirty work in this show has now been hired by Camelia to destroy the crops so that the Arismendi's are once again facing a financial crisis. Rosaura offers to loan Luis Mario money but insists the estate be put up for collateral. The planned robbery of the spa goes terribly wrong. As he's fleeing the scene of the crime, brother Ivan is run over (and I do mean over) by a Land Rover and he may never walk again. Sister Carina is being harassed by Julio, the inept hitman Patricio hired earlier. Julio corners Carina and attempts to rape her. She does put up quite a fight, I will give her that, and ends up killing the guy. Rosaura takes the blame to protect her sister and goes to jail for murder.
Don't get too stressed out by this storyline as almost immediately afterwards, at least by this editing, Carina can't take the guilt and confesses she is the real killer. Rosaura quickly puts her prison time behind her and gets back to forcing Luis Mario to accept a loan from her. Surprisingly it is Patricio who tries to stop his brother-in-law from signing the papers, pointing out that it was more than likely Rosaura who was behind the destroyed crops. They need the money, though, so Luis Mario reluctantly signs the legal papers.
Luis Mario's divorce from Camelia is finalized so he faces getting married to Eva. They're having a small ceremony at the estate when Rosaura bursts in. She interrupts the proceedings by telling Luis Mario that is was Eva who caused the accident that made her miscarry their child. Still believing the baby Eva is carrying is his, Luis Mario chooses to go through with the wedding.
Somewhere along the way (must be on the cutting room floor) Patricio and Camelia have started hanging out again. What happened to his revenge on her? Was that also edited out?
Time skip six months. The due date of the loan. Luis Mario is unable to pay her back so Rosaura is now the owner of the Arismendi estate. In triumph Rosaura goes to the big house and offers Eduarda a deal: she'll give it all back if Eduarda gets down on her knees and begs. Eduarda gives a half-hearted attempt at begging. Rosaura simply laughs and refuses to honor the bargain. She's keeping the house and they all have to go. For the final icing on the cake, Rosaura delights in telling Eduarda how her husband has a lover. Eduarda admits she's known for six months that Patricio has been cheating on her. Ah, but Rosaura can put a name to the other woman: Camelia.
Rosaura has a private meeting with Luis Mario where she backtracks on everything. She's not going to throw the Arismendi's out on the street and she's going to give him two years to pay back the loan. So all this was just to get Eduarda down on her knees?
Eduarda demands a divorce from her cheating husband. Patricio is like, "Fine, I was thinking of divorcing you anyway (slap slap)." But when Luis Mario returns with the good news that the estate is still in the family, Patricio thinks perhaps he was a little too premature with those slaps.
We whiz through Carina's trial (thank goodness) where she's found innocent. She's not out of trouble for long, though. Patricio (newly divorced) plants some evidence in Carina's purse and frames her for stealing from his office. He'll drop the charges against Carina only if Rosaura agrees to marry him.
(In another sacrifice to the Editing God, somewhere along the way Jimena has lost Ivan's baby.)
Rosaura reluctantly flies to Las Vegas so she and Patricio can have a quickie wedding. (If the producers wanted to make this look a little more authentic they should have had someone dress up as Elvis to marry the couple.) Patricio moves himself and his lover, Camelia, into Grandma Cruz's mansion.
A new character is introduced, Mercedez Salazar. She's an older woman who will be the tutor to Rosaura's annoying little sister. Mercedez's has a young niece, Adrianita, who can barely keep her shirt on. Mercedez infodumps to her niece about how her first born son was taken away from her and her second son she abandoned on the beach. You sound like a peach, Mercedez.
Patricio forces Grandma Cruz to sign over the spa and the mansion to him. Mercedez continues her hunt for the son she abandoned. She claims she only wants to know if he's alive and well. Cue dramatic music: Mercedez is told her son is now called Luis Mario Arismendi. Mercedez has no plans to spring the truth on Luis Mario but her sister Marcela has other ideas.
While Rosaura and Luis Mario are off making sweet love in the outdoors (look out for that cactus!), Eva is going into labor. Somewhere between trying to have her killed and forcing her to marry him, Patricio is shocked to realize he's fallen in love with Rosaura and swears she will be his. Rosaura learns that romp in the hay with Luis Mario has gotten her pregnant. Camelia overhears this news and runs straight to Eva.
(I'm going to digress here for a moment because this reminds me of a real life telenovela moment from the past. A friend of mine who was married at the time was having an affair with this loser. As soon as she got a divorce from her husband, the loser started two-timing on her by seeing the mother of one of his children. (He had numerous children by numerous women and paid for none of them. Thus a loser.) To get back at the other woman, my friend then started to date the woman's aged father. Things went sour fast until one night the old man tossed my friend out of his house with only the clothes on her and her kid's back. So let this be a lesson to you, kids. If your life starts to resemble a telenovela, you need to back the hell up and get some kind of control over yourself. Now, back to the soap opera.)
At Rafael's birthday party, Eva announces to the guests that she and Luis Mario are to be married and are expecting a child. Through the miracle of modern medicine and editing, Camelia, who was barely alive last episode, is now healthy and living with Gabriel. She and Rosaura become allies. That thug-for-hire that's always doing the dirty work in this show has now been hired by Camelia to destroy the crops so that the Arismendi's are once again facing a financial crisis. Rosaura offers to loan Luis Mario money but insists the estate be put up for collateral. The planned robbery of the spa goes terribly wrong. As he's fleeing the scene of the crime, brother Ivan is run over (and I do mean over) by a Land Rover and he may never walk again. Sister Carina is being harassed by Julio, the inept hitman Patricio hired earlier. Julio corners Carina and attempts to rape her. She does put up quite a fight, I will give her that, and ends up killing the guy. Rosaura takes the blame to protect her sister and goes to jail for murder.
Don't get too stressed out by this storyline as almost immediately afterwards, at least by this editing, Carina can't take the guilt and confesses she is the real killer. Rosaura quickly puts her prison time behind her and gets back to forcing Luis Mario to accept a loan from her. Surprisingly it is Patricio who tries to stop his brother-in-law from signing the papers, pointing out that it was more than likely Rosaura who was behind the destroyed crops. They need the money, though, so Luis Mario reluctantly signs the legal papers.
Luis Mario's divorce from Camelia is finalized so he faces getting married to Eva. They're having a small ceremony at the estate when Rosaura bursts in. She interrupts the proceedings by telling Luis Mario that is was Eva who caused the accident that made her miscarry their child. Still believing the baby Eva is carrying is his, Luis Mario chooses to go through with the wedding.
Somewhere along the way (must be on the cutting room floor) Patricio and Camelia have started hanging out again. What happened to his revenge on her? Was that also edited out?
Time skip six months. The due date of the loan. Luis Mario is unable to pay her back so Rosaura is now the owner of the Arismendi estate. In triumph Rosaura goes to the big house and offers Eduarda a deal: she'll give it all back if Eduarda gets down on her knees and begs. Eduarda gives a half-hearted attempt at begging. Rosaura simply laughs and refuses to honor the bargain. She's keeping the house and they all have to go. For the final icing on the cake, Rosaura delights in telling Eduarda how her husband has a lover. Eduarda admits she's known for six months that Patricio has been cheating on her. Ah, but Rosaura can put a name to the other woman: Camelia.
Rosaura has a private meeting with Luis Mario where she backtracks on everything. She's not going to throw the Arismendi's out on the street and she's going to give him two years to pay back the loan. So all this was just to get Eduarda down on her knees?
Eduarda demands a divorce from her cheating husband. Patricio is like, "Fine, I was thinking of divorcing you anyway (slap slap)." But when Luis Mario returns with the good news that the estate is still in the family, Patricio thinks perhaps he was a little too premature with those slaps.
We whiz through Carina's trial (thank goodness) where she's found innocent. She's not out of trouble for long, though. Patricio (newly divorced) plants some evidence in Carina's purse and frames her for stealing from his office. He'll drop the charges against Carina only if Rosaura agrees to marry him.
(In another sacrifice to the Editing God, somewhere along the way Jimena has lost Ivan's baby.)
Rosaura reluctantly flies to Las Vegas so she and Patricio can have a quickie wedding. (If the producers wanted to make this look a little more authentic they should have had someone dress up as Elvis to marry the couple.) Patricio moves himself and his lover, Camelia, into Grandma Cruz's mansion.
A new character is introduced, Mercedez Salazar. She's an older woman who will be the tutor to Rosaura's annoying little sister. Mercedez's has a young niece, Adrianita, who can barely keep her shirt on. Mercedez infodumps to her niece about how her first born son was taken away from her and her second son she abandoned on the beach. You sound like a peach, Mercedez.
Patricio forces Grandma Cruz to sign over the spa and the mansion to him. Mercedez continues her hunt for the son she abandoned. She claims she only wants to know if he's alive and well. Cue dramatic music: Mercedez is told her son is now called Luis Mario Arismendi. Mercedez has no plans to spring the truth on Luis Mario but her sister Marcela has other ideas.
While Rosaura and Luis Mario are off making sweet love in the outdoors (look out for that cactus!), Eva is going into labor. Somewhere between trying to have her killed and forcing her to marry him, Patricio is shocked to realize he's fallen in love with Rosaura and swears she will be his. Rosaura learns that romp in the hay with Luis Mario has gotten her pregnant. Camelia overhears this news and runs straight to Eva.
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