Agustin Is Mourned. Pedro Shows His True Colors. Simon Saves Sarah From Certain Dëâth. Deborah Makes Her Move. Pedro Takes Over The Company.
Rosa is upset because Julieta told Prospero the truth about who her daddy was. Rosa never wanted to hurt him, because Prospero has always been Julieta’s real father and the løve of her life. Julieta has no sympathy for her mother and blames her for the whole mess. Bertha and Adela intervene and tell Julieta to have some respect for her mother. Julieta asks what does it matter if her mother gave birth to her and then made her miserable? Where do parents get the right to destroy their children’s lives? (good question!) Prospero was the only one who ever supported her and Rosa took that away from her.
Adela tells her that her father Prospero will be the only pillar of strength that she can depend on for her whole life. She advises her not to let him go because when he is not around, she will cry the most bitter tears of her life. Out in the refuge and staring at Agustín’s corpse, Pedro is putting on an act telling Alondra and Lucas that he couldn’t do a thing for Agustín. He died there right in front of his eyes! (oh, my!) Alondra and Lucas are broken up seeing Agustín dead on the ground. Pedro’s shifty eyes just keep on shifting. Sarah calls and tells Adela the bad news about her father.
Brayan and Brandon have joined the corpse and are crying over Agustín. (It looks like Agustín’s eyes were still open which made it creepier than it needed to be) Adela arrives. Pedro gets on the phone. We see a pasty hand of a man in a suit and shirt punch in the code on Juan’s office door. He goes in, punches in the code on Juan’s safe and takes the package that Dante left Juan with his computer and thumb drive. That night, the wake for Agustín is held at the Del Monte house. Everything is uneventful until Deborah arrives.
The Del Monte brothers who are present are surprised and aggravated to see her. She notices and says she is only there to extend her sympathies. They all pray and have fond memories of Agustín. Upstairs, Tadeo asks his father if he is sad. Pedro says no, he isn’t and tells his son that sadness is like a wave, it might hit us but we can never let it drown us. (Not bad advice, if it weren’t being given by a psycho). Juan decides to bid farewell to Agustín with a round of applause that he will hear in heaven. Everyone applauds and as they stop Pedro comes down the stairs applauding to a beat all of his own.
Adela goes after Pedro for being a hypocrite. She asks why he k!lled Agustín. He says she is accusing him of a crime he did not commit. Agustín was ill and they all knew that. Juan tries to “guide” Pedro out of the wake but Pedro is staying. Pedro says they ALL are hurting over Agustín’s death. He was a well-loved man. Pedro explains that Agustín said he was going home and suddenly he felt sick.
According to the death certificate, he died from a massive heart attack. (Was there not a suspicious boot print on his clothing, chest or neck?) Are they going to now say that he changed the medical report?? Brayan accuses him of being capable of k!lling his grandfather. Pedro asks them if they are not tired of always blaming him for all of the unfortunate events that happen on the hacienda.
Brayan punches Pedro in the face. Everyone rushes to keep Brayan and Pedro apart. Tadeo (maybe the kid’s name is really Damian like in The Omen) that could have caused the heart attack. Pedro agrees that is the most logical conclusion. Pedro then asks what would he expect from a bunch of ignorant people anyway??? Juan asks him how dare he and tells him he doesn’t have half the heart or decency that Agustín had. He orders Pedro out. Pedro wipes the blood off his lip and then licks the blood off his finger and leaves.
Juan assures Adela that Pedro will not be bothering them again. Sarah tries to calm them all down saying they have to remember the valuable things that Agustín left them. As things calm down, Deborah starts to applaud. (monkey see, monkey do?) The all turn to look at her. As she sees Sarah standing next to Adela, Deborah says they they look like mother and daughter. (so what was that about??) Simón tells her to get out. She says you don’t need an invitation to a wake. She ends up leaving but not before taking a piece of pan dulce to eat along the way.
Lucas tells Juan that he thinks that Pedro had something to do with Agustín’s death. They go to the closest open room which is Pedro’s bedroom. Lucas plays the Pedro/Henry recording for Juan. Juan cannot believe how far Pedro has dared to go. Lucas tells him that they have to go to the police before it is too late. Juan explains that he has Dante’s laptop with a thumb drive that has a video. It was Dante’s wish that they all watch it together. He asks Lucas to send him the other audio files. (Uh, Duh, that was NO response to Lucas’ request). Pedro, Simón and Mateo come in.
Pedro demands to know what they are doing in his room. Lucas tries to make up an excuse but luckily Juan takes over saying that they were talking about making an insurance payout to Agustín’s family. They didn’t want to talk about this in the hallway. Simón agrees saying even though Agustín no longer worked for them, he was like family. Mateo agrees and so does Pedro. Pedro hopes that his brothers do not believe that he k!lled Agustín. They don’t, do they? His answer is silence. Lucas and Juan are at Avocado Central rushing to Juan’s office.
Of course, they have to run into the omnipresent Pedro who wants to know why they are in such a rush. Juan explains that Lucas is going to be in charge of the payout to the family. Pedro says they can count on him if they need any help. (Grrrreat! ). Juan goes to his office and opens his safe. He finds nothing. The laptop and thumb drive are gone. Juan calls in Bruno, his administrative assistant (who also happens to look pretty pasty to me), who has no idea who could have gotten into Juan’s office since he is the only one who has the code for his door. He tells Bruno to get the recordings from the security cameras.
Pedro is in contact with a woman we saw only once before. (She came by the cantina and wanted to contract Bea and Paloma to perform at her club) She tells him that everything is ready to go. The girls are coming to sing at the event at the club. They already signed the contract. Pedro tells her not to fail him. She asks when has she ever done that?? She informs him that everything is ready to take Cornelio out.
She adds that the girls are bringing one more person with them, a Sarah Del Monte. Pedro smiles and laughs. He thinks that is even better yet!!! There is a change in plans. (Really??? Sarah a target again??). Juan finds out from security that the cameras in the vicinity of Juan’s office have not been working ever since they partitioned off part of his office for Sarah. He tells Bruno to get him a detailed report from the day the cameras were no longer working. Simón appears and Juan asks if security ever let him know that the cameras were not working. Simón says they did.
The cameras for Juan’s office and the hallway were out of service. (Hmmm . . was there EVER a plan to have them working again??) Juan explains that somebody came into his office and opened his safe. Only the common area cameras were working so they have no idea who did it. Simón is overwhelmed by all of the problems. He tells them that he and Paloma are probably going to end up divorced. They do not understand each other. Juan says he has tried to stay out of his relationship with Paloma but he is going to tell him what he thinks because Simón matters to him.
Paloma løves him and will never cheat on him but the way he is trying to control her is driving her away. Simón says he is only asking for respect, not controlling her. Lucas tells him that he is not respecting her from the moment he tells her what she can and cannot do. Juan tells him to think about what is it that makes him behave that way with her. Juan knows that Simón is smart and he is sure he knows the answer. Juan tells both of them that they are in a difficult situation right now and they do not want to make the same mistake that Pedro is making by pushing the people who løve them away.
Juan calls Sarah to tell her about the theft from his safe. They agree that it sounds like Pedro has to have an accomplice. They both wonder who. Sarah thinks that Bruno is a loyal and decent guy. Juan says he will send over some people to pick up all of her belongings and bring them to the hacienda. Sarah is happy going with Bea and Paloma to their performance. Juan is worried that something could happen to her. She tells him that Cornelio is coming with them. She will come directly to the hacienda after the performance.
Sarah is not happy about moving back to the hacienda but is happy they will be sleeping together tonight. Prospero meets with all three daughter at the cantina. Julieta tells them that her biological father is Severiano but that Prospi is her real father. Prospero is pleased and breathes a sigh of relief. Deborah meets with Pedro in his office. She has some very good news. His psychologist brother sued her. She went to give her statement to the police and will only have to pay a fine because it was made clear that the one to blame was the deceased Dante.
She asks how did Pedro k!ll him. Pedro is pleased to tell her that he cut out his tongue and then he buried him for being a traitor. (Deborah looks like she got more information than she wanted) Deborah says she doesn’t believe him. Pedro says it is good that she doesn’t think he is that perverse. Deborah thought that was some show he put on at the wake. Pedro asks if she has some info for him or is just going to waste his time. (Spill the tea, Deborah!) Deborah tells him he has a new little sister. It is Julieta. She is Severiano’s daughter. It looks like that stüpid woman is going take everything from him. Pedro doesn’t look like he is happy with the news.
Pedro’s contact introduces Beatriz and Paloma to the crowd at the club. The girls start to sing. Sarah arrives and greets them all. Three men planted in the audience start shouting out rude comments to the girls. Hot-headed Simón cannot take it and starts a fight. In the melée, Sarah gets kñifed in the belly by a fourth guy. Simón is the first to notice that Sarah is being åttaçked and goes to save her. All of the “plants” quickly leave the club. Sarah is surrounded by Mateo, Simón and Lucas as they wait for an ambulance to arrive. Julieta tells them that she and Sarah are not sisters because Sara is not Severiano’s daughter. Sarah didn’t know anything.
Juli tells Prospero that she løves HIM and goes to give him a big hug. He løves her, too. (I think I can see the mike in his ear feeding him his lines or he has a strange ear) Julieta silently prays that God gives her the strength to deal with everything that is going on. She doesn’t want her family to suffer because of her. Juan tells the security staff to call the company so they can take responsibility for their mistake. At the same time, the brothers are with Sarah. Simón is trying to stop Sarah’s bleeding. Lucas calls Juan and gives him the bad news. Juan leaves to be with Sarah. Simón is telling her to hang on. He will not leave her alone. Pedro’s contact looks on, pleased with the results.
Pedro’s contact calls him and tells him that the plan worked. The woman was mortally wounded.
The doctors admits Sarah: a pregnant 30 year old woman wounded with a pointed wëâpon. Juan arrives and begs the doctor to save both Sarah and his child. The doctor will do his best. Simón explains to Juan that he started the fight (Why? What a dolt!) but rather than going after him, the guys went after Sarah. As the surgery continues, the doctors discuss how Sarah is going to need a transfusion to avoid going into shock which could damage her heart and the baby.
A doctor tells the brothers that Sarah is at risk of a miscarriage and they do not have her type of blood in their blood bank. They are going to need a donor for Type O negative. Simón tells them that is his blood type. Juan knows that Simón has had his problems with Sarah, but he asks him to help her anyway. That is all Simón needs to hear and he is off to get tested. In the operating room, the baby’s heart stops beating. Pedro arrives at the hospital feigning concern for Sarah. A doctor comes to get Juan.
Pedro asks where Simón is. Lucas tells him he is getting his blood tested to be able to donate blood. Sarah and the baby are in danger. Pedro looks concerned. (or is it disappointed??). As Juan and the doctor enter the recovery room, the doctor tells Juan that Sarah had a miscarriage. They draw blood from Simón and in the next scene Sarah is being transfused with his blood. He stands holding her hand and regret overwhelms him. He asks himself why they have to go through this. Sarah is not a bad woman. They met under circumstances that were not good for either of them. The irony of it all is that blood did end up uniting them anyway.
Juan is at Sarah’s bedside with Simón keeping them company. Sarah comes to and Juan asks her how she is feeling. She is in a lot of pain and then asks about her baby. Juan has a hard time telling her that the doctor couldn’t do anything.They lost the baby. Sarah falls apart. Simón is visibly upset. Back at Avocado Central, Bruno (he really needs to get out in the sun more) delivers the box with the laptop and thumb drive to Pedro. Pedro is one happy camper and tells Bruno that he can count on that raise.
He is going to be his right hand man! He informs Bruno that he needs to remember that he Pedro is in charge of the security cameras. Bruno smiles in response. Pedro opens up the box and finds what he was looking for. Sarah keeps getting more and more upset as she thinks about her baby having died. Juan calls for the nurse. The doctor and nurse come in and give her something to calm her down. As Sarah is in a less agitated state, Juan is able to talk to her and tells her that they will go on.
Sarah says she cannot bear what happened to their baby. Juan says they have to be strong. She says she can’t. He assures her that life has to be good to them. Their baby is a little angel who’ll take care of them forever. Juan tells a visibly distraught Simón not to go because Sarah needs to know what he did for them. Simón starts to cry as Juan tells Sarah that Simón donated the blood that saved her life. Simón admits that when he saw her get stabbed, he realized how much danger they had exposed her to and how she had remained by their side.
His very soul aches knowing that she lost his nephew. When he saw her so close to dëâth, he understood that they were the same. They weren’t guilty for their past; they were only puppets like a lot of people. He doesn’t want to fight anymore but to allow her to be happy at his brother’s side. He asks Sarah to forgive him. He does not care who her daddy is. He just wants to call her sister. Sarah smiles and tells him he always has been her brother and always will. As he keeps apologizing, she tells that she needs something from him. She needs a hug. They hug and he thanks him.
Deborah is confronting Juan in the hallway saying she will never forgive him for not allowing her to see Sarah. They put her in danger and now she lost her baby. Juan tells her that Sarah is out of danger and is asleep. Well, Deborah has something to tell him before she leaves. Her daughter cannot continue being the victim of so many attāçks. The last time they almost k!lled her and now this. That piques Juan’s attention.
She continues to tell him that it was Pedro who was in cahoots with Henry to make sure Sarah got beat up the first time. Juan asks her to explain . Deborah says he heard her. His brother is a monster and the only one who doesn’t want to see it is HIM! As Deborah goes to Sarah’s room, she turns around and tells Juan that if he really løves Sarah, he should not to let things stand as they are. He needs to make sure that justice is done no matter how it affects his much adored brother Pedro. Juan and Simón are left staring at each other.
All of the brothers go to confront Pedro at Avocado Central. Pedro meets them in the hallway and makes a big deal that the CEO of the company, the president has arrived. He asks Juan how the”little sick one” is doing. He adds that it must be such a disappointment for Simón knowing that he gave blood to save the woman he hates so much. Juan steps forward and tells Pedro that too many things have happened for him to look the other way any more. Pedro tells him to calm down and raises his voice, saying there is evidently going to be more scandal here at the company.
Crowds of employees gather to watch the “show”. Juana accuses him of having joined forces with Henry to see that Sarah was beaten. Pedro says as far as he can figure out, he is still being framed. (Poor baby!!) Juan takes a step forward and calls Pedro a coward. Pedro addresses the crowd saying that it isn’t right for a CEO to react violently. He asks that Simón provide their president with some intensive therapy. Pedro changes his mind and tells him to wait on that. Simón is even worse because he ended up being the hero. Juan punches Pedro.
Pedro tries to punch back but not a punch lands as Juan gets in another good punch to his ribs. The brothers separate them. Pedro is in pain but still is smirking. Back at the cantina, a clearly agitated Modesto is delivering Tadeo to Beatriz and Cornelio. Tadeo complains wanting to be only with his daddy Pedro. (Aww! Brat!) Modesto could not care less. Salvador tells him to take it easy. Modesto cannot stay quiet any longer. Juan and the police need to know all about what happened. He turns and leaves Salvador with his mouth open.
Lucas is all ready to play the recording of Pedro with Henry when Pedro asks what he is going to show?? That his older brother Juan took the company to the brink of bankruptcy?? (uh, maybe things would have been different if Pedro had not drained off lucrative clients to his own Campo Verde??? just saying) Pedro has an announcement to make and wants everyone to listen. Pedro ascends the stairs to the balcony and asks them all to applaud Juan the president for taking the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
Suddenly, Simón notices on his phone that somebody has just acquired a large amount of their stock on the stock market. Who bought the shares? A triumphant Pedro laughs and bows taking credit for the purchase. This time, they do not need the advisory council to vote on the president of the company. He goes on to say he bought the Del Monte company and he is going to merge it with his own Campo Verde company. So how do they like that (them apples)? He asks them to greet the new president of the Campo Verde-Del Monte Company.
Juli comes in clueless wondering what is going on. Pedro says although she has nothing to do there, he is welcoming her to the “family meeting”. Mateo informs her that Pedro is now the owner of everything. In disgust, Juan asks Pedro if this is how he pays back his own family??? He adds that their father was always right about him. Juan is happy that all of the masks are gone. Lucas tells Juan to tell Pedro everything that they know. Pedro has to laugh at that comment.
Juan says he knew it would come to this and that is why he took precautions. If Pedro wants to know what it is to be president of the company, he is going to know and it is going to be nothing like he imagines it to be. Simón asks why Juan didn’t tell them anything. Juan says because life lessons hurt more when they are a surprise. Pedro continues to mock them from on high. Mateo tells him he will end up all alone. Simón says he placed his ambition before the løve he never had for them anyway. Lucas is forgetting he ever was his brother. Pedro
