Bianca doesn’t care that Claudio is a friend of Diego’s. Martin tells German, Diego, Maria, and Flora that he feels much better and Diego suggests he read one of the books in his office to keep his mind off of Florencia. Amalia talks to Victoria and Carolina about Macario; she warns Victoria that if she keeps rejecting Diego, he could end up in Lucrecia’s arms. Gonzalo promises to help Lucrecia, but tells her that what she did to Florencia was a very ugly thing to do. Gladys tells Don G that he can’t let Gonzalo divorce her and tells him to do something about the situation. He yells at her for giving him orders and she apologizes. Gladys reveals that Gonzalo is involved with Carolina’s mother and when he offers to throw her off the ranch, she tells him not to and Don G asks her why she doesn’t want him to get rid of her.
Don G asks if Gladys wants Victoria to stay because she’s decided she wants Alex and Carolina to be together and if he throws Victoria off the ranch, Carolina will have to go with her. Gladys insists that’s not to reason and says that Carolina is an opportunist. Martin and Diego go and play chess as Ruben looks around the club for Bianca. Claudio worries about Bianca and her father, but Bianca refuses to do what her father wants her to do. They hug and Ruben sees them. Florencia and Constanza worry about Bianca and her date. Ruben insults Bianca and Claudio interferes. Ruben shoves Claudio and grabs Bianca roughly and yells at her. Hysterical, she reminds him of his pact with Gerardo. Claudio yells at him and Ruben hits him.
Gonzalo tells Lucrecia that he’ll make sure that Florencia doesn’t get in the way of her and Diego and leaves for the cabin where he’s to meet Gladys/Victoria. Macario and Patricio get ready to leave for Diego’s ranch as Martin and Diego play chess. Miguel shows up on their doorstep and begs to come in so that eh can talk to Diego about Lucrecia. Diego throws him out and German tells them that they have to go down to the police station. At the station, the police ask who started the fight and Ruben lies, saying it was Claudio. Claudio tells the officer that Ruben started. Martin decides to go to Diego’s office and look for a book to read to keep his mind off of Lucrecia. Macario and Patricio sneak into Diego’s place and find his pistol. They are about to leave, when they hear a noise. Miguel arrives and they’re angry at him for not doing what he was supposed to do.
Diego arrives at the police station and Ruben wants to know why he’s there. Diego tells him that Claudio is his friend and Ruben becomes even more angry; he calls Diego a murderer. Martin overhears Miguel, Macario, and Patricio talking about killing Don G. He turns the lights on and confronts them. Macario puts the pistol to Martin’s head and Patricio screams for him not to kill him, but Macario pulls the trigger anyways. Patricio screams and cries over his father’s dead body.
Gonzalo and Gladys are in bed together when Gonzalo hears a gunshot. Gladys doesn’t want to be bothered and Gonzalo decides that he doesn’t care if someone got killed or not and has sex with Gladys again, thinking she’s Victoria. Patricio is hysterical. Flora, Maria, and Edelmiro meet up in the living room and wonder where the shot came from. They immediately think Martin killed himself. Miguel holds Patricio back so that he won’t attack Macario. Miguel takes Patricio away and Macario wipes his prints off of the gun and puts it in Martin’s hand to make it look like a suicide. Edelmiro, Flora, and Maria look for Martin and find his dead body while Patricio, Miguel, and Macario arrive at Macario’s cabin. Patricio is livid and upset; he cries and Miguel ahs to keep him from attacking Macario. Macario gives him a clean shirt because his is covered in his father’s blood.
In the police station, Ruben provokes Diego, but German holds him back. Claudio assures Diego that he did nothing wrong and Edelmiro calls Diego and tells him that Martin committed suicide. The police arrive at the ranch and they explain what happened. Florencia thinks about Martin and hopes that he will forgive her one day. Patricio leaves Macario and Miguel alone and they wonder if he’ll tell. Amalia and Carolina chatter as Victoria thinks about Diego. Diego arrives home as that police are taking Martin’s dead body away. Everyone is in shock and blaming themselves for not watching him closely. One of the officers tells Diego that it looks like a suicide but it could just as easily be a murder made to look like a suicide.
Macario shows up at Victoria’s cabin and roughly drags Amalia out. Victoria thinks that maybe things would be better if she forgot about her revenge and married Diego; that way, she’d be happy with Diego and she wouldn’t have to lose her daughter. Patricio goes home and tries to slip into his bedroom without Florencia knowing, but Florencia wakes up and he pretends that nothing has happened. Florencia tells him that Martin promised to help her look for her daughter. Amalia is afraid as Macario tosses her onto the bed and orders her to take her clothes off.
Ruben is still angry, but his lawyer tries to calm him down. He says he wants Claudio in jail, but the lawyer tells him that they’ve testified that he (Ruben) is the one that started the fight. He pulls Ruben away so that he can try to calm him down. Claudio apologizes to Bianca and Gerardo tells them that it’s best if they never see each other again and Claudio agrees--but Bianca refuses to let her father dictate her life anymore. Christa and Don G are in bed together and she surprises him with a strip-tease and Don G suffers a heart attack as a result. He begs Christa to find a doctor. She grabs her stuff and leaves.
Isabela and Renato are in bed together and Renato complains about the way their plans are going. Gladys gets dressed and walks out of the room where Gonzalo is sleeping. Victoria arrives and she asks her what she wants in return for helping her. Victoria hasn’t decided yet and says that she enjoys watching Gladys worry about it. Christa runs into Gladys at the bottom of the stairs and tells her that she gave the old man a heart attack. Alex arrives and goes running to see about his grandfather. Upstairs, Alex yells for his aunt Constanza who comes running. Constanza leaves to call the doctor while Alex tries to calm his grandfather down. Miguel shows up, feigning worry about his father.
Diego, Edelmiro, and Maria are still in shock over what has happened. Patricio remembers his father’s murder and begins to drink. Florencia dreams about Martin when the police arrive. The police tell her and Patricio that Martin is dead. Florencia is inconsolable. When they tell her it was suicide, she refuses to believe it, insisting that someone killed him. Bianca agrees to see Claudio tomorrow so they can talk. Gerardo refuses to complete his part of the pact he made with his father now that Ruben hasn’t held up his end of the deal. At the Montero ranch, Don G is taken away in a stretcher and Ruben is angry with Constanza because he wanted Gerardo to be the one to find Don G and help save his life--that way he could win more points with the old man. Claudio and German arrive back at the Ibarra ranch and Diego gives them the details on what happened to Martin.
Patricio comforts Florencia. Amalia watches Macario sleep and wonders why he was so rough with her. She says that he hurt her and wonders what happened that night. The officers ask why Martin wasn’t at home, but staying at the Ibarra ranch instead. Don G is in the hospital. The doctor tells Ruben and Alex that Don G is stable and asks if he was involved in any type of physical activity before he died. They don’t know. Christa tells Renato that she gave him a heart attack and he is pleased until he learns that Don G is still alive. Don G admits to Ramon (the doctor) that he wasn’t alone when he had his heart attack. Don G wants the doctor to help him play a trick on his family members.
Lucrecia finds Gonzalo in the cabin and tells him that their father had a heart attack and Gonzalo is happy because if the old man dies, he can divorce Gladys. Edelmiro goes to Victoria’s cabin and tells her and Carolina that Martin killed himself. Amalia finds Macario’s bloody shirt. Victoria goes to see Diego. Flora tells her that Florencia was really upset when she came by looking for Martin and says that Florencia vowed to dedicate her life to finding her daughter if Martin refuses to come back to her. Flora expresses her sympathy for Florencia as Victoria is afraid Florencia will find out Carolina is Mariana. Diego asks Victoria if she’s okay and she tells him that she’s just sad that Martin killed himself.
Patricio tries to convince Florencia that it was suicide, but Florencia knows that it’s impossible that Martin would kill himself and knows that someone must have killed him. Patricio is desperate to make her believe otherwise, and hopes that “the old woman” doesn’t begin to get too suspicious and curses Macario. Amalia confronts Macario with the bloody shirt and he grabs a knife and cuts his arm but refuses to show her the wound he received. Patricio tries to make Florencia believe that Diego had something to do with Martin’s death. Florencia doesn’t believe that and decides to go and see Diego. Patricio vows to make Macario pay for what he did as soon as possible.
Victoria asks Flora and Diego how and where Florencia plans to look for her daughter and they recount the story of how Florencia, Constanza, and Lucrecia were younger and what they did when Florencia got pregnant. Don G tries to convince Ramon to help him play a trick on his family. Ruben is angry with Gerardo and asks why he didn’t do as he promised and why he wasn’t at Don G’s side. Gerardo tells Ruben that he can forget about their deal because Ruben broke his promise when he found Bianca at the club. Flora leaves Diego and Victoria alone and she hugs him and tries to comfort him as Victoria thinks about losing Carolina. The doorbell rings and Diego finds Florencia there. He hugs her and leads her into the living room where she vows to get her daughter back and put Luisa in prison for kidnapping her. Victoria, barely able to contain herself, asks how she’s so sure that her daughter isn’t happy where she is.
Posted on Mar 3, 2006, 5:22 AM from IP address 212.76.33.84
