Back at Alicia's house - Alicia asks Catalina if she really is no longer in love with Lalo. Cat tells her that he really broke her heart & deceived her with everything he did. Alicia tells her that it's better this way & it will make things easier between Sebastian & her. Catalina tells her she thought she would hate Sebastian, but he is a good person & she cares for him & he deserves her love.
Back at the cantina - Sebastian is still talking to Ramiro & how he feels bad. Ramiro tells him he should have called anyway, that he should be worried, & that he should solve this problem as soon as possible. Carmelo walks into the cantina & asks "what problem?" Sebastian asks Carmelo to promise not to tell his dad anything till he gets to speak with him himself. Carmelo promised he won't say a thing & Sebastian proceeds to tell him what happened. Carmelo is very surprised.
At Sebastian's apartment - Marina calls the ranch & asks Rufina for Sebastian. Rufi tells her he's not there so Martina hangs up. Martina tells her dad she couldn't get Catalina's address. They leave to go shopping.
Back at the cantina - Carmelo tells him it's fine as long as he loves Catalina, but he sure lost his chance at the beautiful Emilia now. Seba asks if he likes Emilia so Carm responds "who doesn't?" Ramiro tells them he doesn't like her & that though she is pretty, she has something inside that he doesn't like. Carmelo jokes that he should get used to Emilia because once he marries Martina, Emilia will be at their place all the time since they're good friends. Sebastian tells Ramiro not to blush, that everybody know he likes his sister & that she like him & that he should tell her.
At the gym - Alicia & Catalina show up for Luis's class. Cat tells her she shouldn't have come (I totally agree!), but Alicia tells her that the exercise will be good for her stress.
Adela's room - Adela tells Gustavo that Catalina is dumb for not having taken advantage of the time alone with Sebastian. Gus tells her to be patient, but Adela points out that when Lupe finds out he won't like it & could ry to dissolve the marriage. She tells him she will do anything to get them to spend at least one night together. Gus tells her to get back into bed, but she tells him she is sick of it. She starts doing a little dance & tells him she is happy that they got Catalina & Sebastian married. Luisa is at the door & overhears her & starts crying. Adela sees her & stops. Luisa walks in crying. Adela tells her she is sick, but feels better because Catalina is now married. Luisa tells her to stop faking, that she heard everything & that what they did to Catalina is not fair & it's terrible that they made her & Luisa suffer because of the fake illness. Adela tells her to not tell Catalina any of this. Luisa tells them all they care about is the money & she runs out. Adela gets nervous & tells Gustavo to run after her & convince her not to tell Catalina anything. They start fighting about why she had to get out of bed & why he didn't lock the door & she's extremely worried that if Catalina finds out, she'll divorce Sebastian.
At Antonieta's - Emilia tells Antonieta that Carmelo told he he would think about her offer & Antonieta tells her not to worry. She is sure Carmelo will help her out. Emilia tells her that Sebastian has been acting weird & told her they are "tied" or "linked." Antonieta tells her he probably meant that they've slept together. Emilia comments that men today aren't like men used to be, that when they'd sleep with a woman, they'd marry her. Antonieta tells her that men yesterday were the same way (hint, hint). Emilia asks if she's saying that from personal experience.
At the gym - Catalina thanks Luis for a great workout & how she needs to get going before she runs into Lalo. Luis tells her he feel bad for everything that's happened. He asks Alicia if she wants to go to the movies later; she agrees. As she turns to leave, Sylvia & Lalo walk in. Sylvia is angry to see her & tells her she shouldn't be here & that if she is here it's because she's with Lalo behind her back. Catalina tells her it's not true & Sylvia tells her it won't be a problem any longer because Lalo will not work here any longer.

Telenovela-World: Summary #11 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 13:36 PDT
Cata & Sylvia argue at the gym. Cata tells Lalo he married a hysterical old woman.
Antonieta & Emilia discuss their plan; how to trap Seb for Emilia and how antonieta will make Lupe pay.
Seb arrives at the ranch: he is worried as to how to tell his dad that he got married.
Gustavo argues with Luisa and warns her about telling Cata about Adela. Luisa tells him that she only thought the kind of people they are was only in the movies , she tells him they are MONSTERS. Adela els Cata that she won't be in peace until they get married by the church.
When Cata leaves the room Alicia tells Adela that she knows that she is not sick, Adela tells her she is going to have a heart attack if she doesn't go now.She calls her a naca. Alicia tells her off and tells her she has no education but has dignity and she would not sell her daughter to a milionaire.
At the ranch, Panchito who thinks is clairvoyant tells Rufina that there will be a big Storm over the ranch-bad news. Sebastian gets drunk at the cantina still wondering how he will tell Lupe about his marriage.
Lalo wals out on Sylvia. He tells her that at least Cata was not always hysterical and yelling all the time.She knows how to get him back, will buy him the gym NOW. Seb is riding around, and who appears Emilia of course!!!She tells him it must be god's will that they keep meeting . He tells her to dissapear from his sight.She says that if he brings Cata to the ranch she will make her life a living hell.
Lalo&Luis go to Alicia's, Cata arrives, Lalo tell her he will divorce Sylvia ans she should Divorce ebastian. Cata says NO WAY, she never wants to see him again and walks away and tells him he doesn't love him anymore. Lalo says that since all women are the same, then might as well stay with one with money, he goes back to Sylvia.
Emilia and Antonieta talk about their plan. Carmelo arrives and tells them god makes them and they get together on their own. He implies that Cata has Sebastian already but doesn't elaborate. Emilia is furious and says he knows something. She doesn't want Cata at the ranch. So in the morning she will go to the city to face her rival.
Martina and Lupe are at the city apartment, Martina wants to go dancing but Lupe says he is too old to go with her. Ramiro arrives and they go out. At the disco place, Luisa is there with a friend, and makes fun of Ramiro because he is wearing a hat. Martina tells him not to worry, she hates that music anyway she likes the one he plays better.
Seba has a nite mare and has a fever. Cata tells her parents that if don Lupe gets really angry about the marriage he may write Seba out of his will and give him nothing. Ofcourse this almost gives Adela a real Heart attack, and she says He cannot do that to them. LOL Ricardo says , all that hard work and expenses for nothing, it can't be.
Emilia arrives at Cata's. Askers her what did she give Seb to trap him, Cata says well we just got married!!!Emilia's mouth drops, to be continued
Telenovela-World: Summary #12 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 13:37 PDT
Catalina is disturbed by Emilia’s appearance at her home. She’s questioning her own feelings for Sebastian and doesn’t want to accept she married him for money. She did it because she had to comply with her dying mother’s request. Alicia calls and she tells her she must speak with her.
Ruffina and Panchito are at Sebastian’s side. His fever is increasing. He’s mumbling something about telling his father.
Lalo tells Sylvia Catalina is married. He’s not after her. If she keeps up the jealous routine he’s divorcing her. If she doesn’t want him to see Cat at gym, she should do what she promised and buy him his own. Sylvia says she’s already made plans. Lalo sweetens up and tells her Cat is history.
In the car on the way to her monthly luncheon, Adela quickly changes and puts on her makeup. She says it’s not easy to pretend to be sick. Gus says he’s not happy doing this at Cat’s expense
Cat tells Alicia that Emilia knows she married for money. But she says she married him to make her mother’s last wish. She was afraid her heart would give in. If Emilia gets in her way again, she’ll kick her. Alicia asks if she’s pretty and Cat admits she is very pretty (!!!).
Emilia goes to Lupe to tell him about Seb, but Lupe is worried sick and leaves for the hacienda before she can spill the beans.
Carmelo tells Seb he got sick because he worried about what his father would say. Is he a papa’s boy? Seb says he’s trying to put them against each other. Ramiro stops this conversation. Seb tells him he was so nervous, he couldn’t call his father to tell him the news. He’s not sorry—Catalina is the love of his life.
Sebastian calls and tells Cat he’s got a fever. She’s concerned about him. She tells Alicia she’s going to learn to love him. The truth is he’s very handsome (finally!) and she’s starting to miss him!!
Over lunch Adela happens to mention that Catalina will be marrying Sebastian Mendoza a millionaire rancher. One of the women sneers at the idea and says he’s just a farmer! Adela says he’s very educated and he’s got $$$$$$$. She leaves in a furious huff offended by the idea that he’s just a farmer. (Although Rico agrees).
Lupe arrives back home and is relieved to hear that Seb is much better. Lupe can’t stand the city and he’s happy to be home. Emilia storms in and breaks the news of Seb’s marriage to Catalina. Lupe runs upstairs and confronts Seb who has no other alternative but to admit it. He tries to explain, but Don Lupe (who appears to be a gigantic hothead) runs out. Even poor Ramiro gets in hot water with Martina for not telling her.
Luisa comes home from school and tells Cat their mother is probably at her ladies lunch. Cat is furious with her? Their mother is very sick. She says they’ve got to prepare soup and she’ll go out for the ingredients.

Lalo almost runs over Cat. He says she’s trying to bump into him just like Sylvia says. Cat says he’s wrong. She loves Seb, he’s a man!
Sebastian talks to Martina about his sudden marriage and explains about Adela’s health. Maybe he should leave the ranch? They convince him not to go. Lupe will cool down.
Lupe’s down at the old cantina. He tells Carmelo he doesn’t have a son anymore. From now on Carmelo will be his son. Of course he’s overjoyed and takes this as recognition of his true paternity. He takes Lupe back to his place to sober up. Ramiro tells him when Lupe comes to he won’t remember a thing!
The family is looking for Lupe. They locate him at the bar and Ruffina says let him stay there. The best thing is to stay out of sight. He’ll get over it. Seb says he might as well go to DF to see Catalina. How did Emilia find out he was married? Martina tells him Emilia went to DF that morning, she must have confronted Cat. Seb says he’s going to have to take care of that girl.
Meanwhile--Emilia having received the news of Sebastian’s marriage directly from the bride, goes to Antoniettta for help. She’ll help her only if she promises to hurt Seb once she’s got him (man is she wicked).
Catalina goes back home to prepare soup. Luisita finally tells her that her mother’s illness was all a game to get her to marry Sebastian. Cat can’t believe it. How could they sacrifice her whole life with someone she doesn’t love for money. Especially her father!
Ruffina tells Pedra (?) that she doesn’t know where they letter is that Seb mother wrote to the priest.
Martina goes to get Ramiro to tell him she’s worried about Seb driving to DF in his condition. Ramiro being a good boy scout volunteers to go with him. He tells her Lupe is at Carmelo’s house sleeping it off.
Carmelo is crowing about the so called recognition of Don Lupe. He can share their wealth and his love.
The Negrette’s return from lunch. Catalina confronts her mother with the truth. She opens her robe and finds the suit underneath. How could they be so evil? She accuses the father. She doesn’t want any explanations. Nothing surprises her about Rico—like mother like son.
She says she’ll never forgive them for this. She never wants to see them again!!!

Telenovela-World: Summary #13 Author: Robin N. Date: 10-19-99 13:38 PDT
Catalina is understandably furious with her family and never wants to see them again. She’s not going to forgive them and plans to leave the house. Adela and Gustavo start yelling at each other and blaming each other. Ric steps in and tells them to pull it together, they need a new plan.
Sebastian--still feverish-- is going to the city and Ramiro tells him he’s going to go with. First he goes to Carmelo’s to find his dad. Carmelo opens the door and tells him to leave them alone, his dad doesn’t want to see him. He bars the door and tells him to forget about seeing his father, respect his wishes not to see you. Sebastian gives up and walks away (I remember that hangdog look from LaM!). Carmelo wallows in his delusion--I’m going to be the best son you ever had, Dad!
Catalina has packed and is leaving (with just one suitcase and a purse?). Adela tries the ‘but we’re your family, your blood angle, and besides, you are married’ angle, but this doesn’t work with Catalina. She’s decided she’s going to divorce him. Adela tells her to think twice, he’s a sweet, wonderful guy. Catalina thinks he deserves better. Adela says, right! remember, you’re going to make him suffer if you tell him about all this. You think he won’t believe you had no part in this? Catalina takes the elevator down.
Ed tells his pal buff Luis that he’s going to have a new gym of his own soon. (Apparently everyone likes to work out outside--it’s crowded up on the roof--I guess weights offer no attractions). He offers him a job, but Luis warns him that life with a jealous Sylvia will be baaaad.
Sylvia (in her illfitting strapless bra) is contemplating plastic surgery to remove her wrinkles, even though she’s not all that old. Her friend Patricia tells her she’s crazy. Sylvia’s convinced she has to compete against Catalina for Ed.
Sebastian and Ram arrive at his apartment and are talking about Carmelo’s attitude, how strangely he’s behaving. Ram suggests that he call Catalina to come to Sebastian’s apartment, so he calls her--she’s not home, says Luisa--try Alicia’s. Adela wants to know if she told Sebastian anything, but she didn’t.
Catalina is sitting outside Alicia’s apartment waiting for her to come home. She does and Catalina tells her how everyone was in on the game. She asks her if Alicia suspected the truth. She tells her that she’s thinking to divorce Sebastian, but at the same time she doesn’t want to hurt him. Alicia reminds her that she doesn’t love him so it would be better for all if they divorce and get on with their lives. Sebastian calls and Alicia gives Catalina the phone. He asks her to come see him at his apartment because he doesn’t want to go running around while he’s still feverish and she agrees.
Carmelo is tending the hungover Lupe. Carmelo tells him he’s justified for drinking so much, in light of what Sebastian did. Someone knocks, it’s Antonietta and he doesn’t want to let her in. She insists and calls out to Lupe and he tells Carmelo to let her in. She starts in on how women marry Mendoza men for their money. He’s not willing to let her take that angle, he says Catalina’s actually a good girl and she’s being misjudged. She doesn’t buy that for a minute. He’s said the same thing himself! After she storms out in a huff, Lupe asks Panchito not to say anything to Sebastian about how he fears (and Antonietta threatens) that he too may suffer the way Lupe suffered with a golddigger wife. Panchito reassures him.
Antonietta comes back to report to Emilia what happened. They have to anticipate what will happen.
Lupe comes home and tells Martina and all that he’s going to give the girl a chance and soon they talk of how they’re going to plan for a nice, church wedding and get to know Catalina.
Catalina comes to the apartment and Ram lets her in and excuses himself. Sebastian tells her how much he’s missed her. She asks him how it went with his father and he asks her why she doesn’t kiss him hello. He tries to kiss her but notices she’s holding back. She tells him that she wants a divorce. He suspects it’s because Emilia told her that there’s trouble with his father, but he wants her to forget about all that. She’s his wife and he knows he’s made the right decision and his life’s not worth anything without her. She thinks to herself that she can’t burst his bubble. He tells her that he loves her and they kiss passionately (now there’s a different kind of fever! Obviously they’re not worried about him being contagious!) Before they go too far, the phone rings and it’s his sister.
Martina tells him that Dad wants to talk to him about Catalina and it’s good news. She won’t tell him exactly what Lupe wants to tell him, but, he’s going to give Catalina an opportunity. Catalina tells him that in that case, because he’s sick, he should get an early night’s sleep.
Adela chews out Luisa for telling Catalina about the trampa. It’s her fault they’re going to be poor for ever. She tells her about the benefits of wealth. Luisa comes back with how important love is in a relationship.
Antonietta is counseling Emilia how important it is to keep your enemies close. Josefa is hovering about like an old spy, serving coffee. Emilia brings up Antonietta’s failure to marry Lupe and she asks her to not talk about the past. Oh, it still bothers you, eh?
Sylvia harps on about how jealous she is of Catalina to Patricia. If she doesn’t leave town with her husband, she’ll have to do something, she could kill her!
Catalina comes back to Alicia’s and she eagerly asks her if she’s told him she’s going to need to divorce him. Catalina tells her no, she couldn’t. It was because she’s starting to feel something for Sebastian, not because she’s ashamed of her mother’s plot. He’s made her feel like a woman, in a way Ed never did, how odd,
Sylvia’s staring at herself in the mirror, looking at the wrinkles she’s going to have removed. Ed comes to bed and they start swapping spit when he says, “, te amo, te amo Catalina, ” Sylvia dashes out of the bed in a fury! Ed muses to himself, “it was bound to happen, I love Catalina.”
Carmelo meets up with Lupe the next work day. Lupe tells him that he’s going to give Catalina a chance, because he doesn’t want to fight with his only male child Sebastian. Carmelo picks up on that and asks him, his only “hijo varon?” As Lupe walks away, Carmelo speaks of how he HATES Sebastian!
Lupe and Panchito talk in the kitchen. He speaks a little menacingly as to how he’s concerned how Catalina and Sebastian got together so quickly. If she’s a golddigger, she’ll pay, but if she’s a good girl, he’ll treat her like a queen. They speculate where Sebastian and Catalina will live, in the city or preferably there in the country. They talk about what questions they should ask Catalina to learn about her better. Panchito suggests that they ask her what she thought when Sebastian first proposed marriage.
Over breakfast Adela and Gustavo commiserate over how everything’s up in the air. Gustavo suggests he should work, Adela scorns him. Ric asks if they have any ideas. Gustavo storms out and Adela tells him to be quiet.
Catalina tells Alicia that she’s going to try and figure out exactly what it is that she feels for Sebastian, she’s going to stay married to him! Alicia is surprised! Are you crazy? She asks her if she’s really not trying to please her family. Catalina thinks she wants to marry him in the church. Perhaps her mama is right, maybe you can learn to love,
Ed and Luis talk about Ed’s big faux pas the night before. He loves her as much as he hates her.
Ric berates Luisa for her part in telling Catalina about the plot. (What a loser!) Adela is working overtime on a plot. The bell rings. It’s Catalina who’s come home. She’s going to return because she’s staying with Sebastian.
Sebastian comes home for his chat with Dad. He tells everyone to leave them to talk alone. Before Sebastian can explain what happened, Lupe proposes something, how about if they let Catalina think that she’s married only a humble ranch manager, like Carmelo, rather than a rich man’s son!

Telenovela-World: Summary #14 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 13:39 PDT
Don Lupe tells Sebastian to switch places with Carmelo to see if Catalina really loves him. Sebastian feels confused. He thinks that Catalina would never forgive him for distrusting her. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that, should Catalina prove that she loves him, he, himself would help him explaining her the reason and she will understand. What is what you are going to explain to her? Nothing, it doesn't matter.
Adela and Ricardo and Gustavo are telling Catalina that they are very happy that she came back and that she decided to stay put with Sebastian. Catalina tells them that she has her own reasons to do so, but she is not discussing them with her family. One thing is for sure, she will never forgive them what they have done. No questions, please. Catalina leaves and Adela tells Gustavo that she is going to keep an eye on Catalina because she doesn't trust her.
Martina is thanking Ramiro for taking care of Sebastian and he says that he was glad to help not because of Sebastian but because Martina asked him to do so. They are almost kissing when Sebastian arrives and they break apart. Sebastian tells them about the proof that don Lupe is asking for. He is sad that his dad doubts Catalina's love. Telenovela-World: Summary #3 Author: Robin N. Date: 10-19-99 13:29 PDT
Cata and her Lalo talk at the gym: he’s dumping her. He doesn’t love her. She thinks he’s joking, but when he tells her no, she thinks he’s jealous of Sebastian. She promises she won’t go out with Seb, but he tells her their done! She’s shattered.
Outside the gym , Sebastian just pulls up and asks her what’s wrong. He pulls her close. He takes her home. She asks him to leave her. Spying behind a tree is the Private Investigator.
Lupe gets a report from the PI. In comes the daughter and he tells her he’s worried about that Cata girl. He doubts she’s sincere. She tries to reassure him that Sebastian is worth knowing. He hints that she may be a golddigger.
Lazy brother and mama spend the morning thinking about how they can spend the Mendoza money. But, they don’t want to live on any ranch, no social life! They have to figure out how to make their car payments. They’re counting the chickens (that they have no intention of dealing with) before they’ve hatched.
Antonieta is griping about the lottery to Josefa, and later wonders why Lupe doesn’t love her (and is snappish with her servant yet again--doesn’t she know good servants are hard to find?).
Carmelo and Lupe talk about how the Negrete’s have debts, but there’s no bad news yet about Cata herself. Carmelo tells him that’s good, that he love’s Seb “like a brother”. Lupe leaves and in comes Macario. Carmelo once again speaks of his longing for recognition. Macario must be tired of this old tune: he supposes that maybe Seb would stay in the city with his new love and Carmelo agrees that that would be the best for all.
Seb buys some roses for Cata: yellow for his hope in winning her love. The shop girl is impressed with his romantic gift.
Cata visits her girlfriend Alicia to tell her that Lalo doesn’t love her. The love of her life and he doesn’t want her to see him again. Why? Why? Her life is destroyed. Alicia suggests that maybe he’s afraid because he might know that Ricardo sent some thugs to threaten him. Cata buys this excuse, and now she’s sure that Lalo loves her.
Ricardo and Mama are taking a road trip to the Mendoza ranch. Interesting, mom’s riding in the back seat, but the car develops trouble (out of gas?) and they’re straded. (were they having a special on dry ice?). Ric pushes it into a gas station (mom’s still queening it in the back seat). Ric tells her that he HATES being poor. They abandon the car and take a cab. (Why don’t they just buy gas? Even if the car will be repo’d, it’s got to look better than showing up in a dusty cab.)
At the gym: Silvia comes buy, I mean by, to tell Ed that she’s paid his credit card bills and that she’s ready to marry him. Lalo’s got a trapped look on his face.
The priest comes to see Antonieta, who’s out. The servant wants him to never say anything about Carmelo’s father, should anyone ask. Why? Is there some secret? Yes, she tells him (a whopper).
At the gym: Luis and Ed talk about his ambivalence to marry a woman he doesn’t love as opposed to a woman who can pay his bills. Silvia can buy him the things he wants now, and he can enjoy them while he’s young. He hopes that Cata will do the same thing with that rancherito millonario.
Petra and Rufina are talking about the letter. Petra denies knowing about the letter. (Now let me get this straight: Carmelo’s about 24 and Lupe’s been taking care of him since he was 5 and they’re just trying to find this letter now?). At Petra’s house Carmelo comes in and continues to pump her for the information he wants. She denies that there is any special connection to him and Lupe.
Josefa, Rufino and the man servant (sorry, don’t recall his name) talk about the situation. They also talk about Cata and how they would like to meet her. Josefa thinks that Emilia’s going to give her a hard time.
Gustavo goes to Seb’s apartment and Emilia’s there claiming to be his novia. This makes him mad and he feels like he’s been made a fool of. Emilia pumps him for information. He tells her that they had great hopes, She extends her condolences to Cata. He stalks off. She looks smug. She gets tired of waiting for Seb and leaves--feeling that she’s done a good day’s work anyhow.
Back at the apartment: Cata talks with little sis. She wants to know why Cata’s been crying and she tells her that Ed broke up with her because Ric’s thugs threatened her. The bell rings, sis says don’t open up--it could be bill collector’s--worse, it’s the cops with an eviction notice. Cata tries to stall them because her parents aren’t home. They owe more than 60,000 pesos. They start hauling out furniture. The two girls go down to the street to make sure no one steals the furniture. To Cata’s shame, who walks up but Seb!
Rufina and little sis talk about how Seb banned Emilia from the ranch. Ruf tells her that she went to to get something from her room. My room? But she never came by! Rufina suggests that she went to Seb’s room with a knowing look.
Seb doesn’t understand, doesn’t Gus have a good job? Cata doesn’t see how this should matter. Seb goes with Cata to talk to the eviction boss. The only thing that he can do to make things right is to pay the bill. It doesn’t matter to Seb. They need help, he’ll help. He tells the workers to bring everything in and they’ll get a good tip. Cata thinks on how nice he is, but she loves Eduardo. (Talk about non-sequitur)
At the gym: stacked Luis and Ed (who must just manage the gym) talk about Cata. In comes Silvia and she wants to know what they’re talking about. Gym business. Luis hopes he wont keep stringing the two women along. At Ed’s apartment Silvia tells him that he better not be making a fool of her.
Seb pays the rent and the apartment manager tells them they can move the things back in. Cata worries what he’ll think of her family. He tells her that he’s not one to think ill of them, or that he can buy her love. He’s a proud man and when she’s his novia, it will be because she loves him, not because he’s bought her. He walks out.
Out front, who pulls up in the cab but mom and useless brother. Sis tells them that they’re being evicted and mom does a little faint.
Carmelo and Macario speculate that maybe the church has some documents that will identify his father. Antonieta walks by and he makes a comment to her. She tells him that she doesn’t want to associate with people of his kind (a bastard! Yes, but who’s?). He’s not going to pursue her, he doesn’t want help from people who hate Don Lupe.
Ruf and sis are talking. In walks Emilia to the ranch and sis wants to know what she was up to last night, because Seb has banned her from the ranch.
At the gym: in walks Cata and she tells Ed that she wants to talk to him. She tells him that she doesn’t have to pretend that he doesn’t love her because she knows about those thugs and her family won’t get in the way. (That's twice now that she says that she knows he's not a coward, hmmmm) She chooses him over her family. He cuts her off, He loves another woman!
To be continued,

Telenovela-World: Summary #4 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 13:30 PDT
At the gym

Catalina is talking with Eduardo. She tells him that she already knows that Eduardo lied her about having another woman just because he doesn't want to jeopardize her relationship with her family; but she wants to be clear with him: she is not going to accept his decision and that she is decided to elope with him. Eduardo opens her mouth several times trying to explain something but Catalina wouldn't listen.
Catalina kisses Eduardo goodbye and Eduardo turns to Luis "what am I going to do?" Luis advises Eduardo to tell Catalina the truth about Silvia. Eduardo asks Luis to help him: please ask Alicia to tell Catalina the truth.
In front of a news-magazine store Silvia is buying a bride's magazine preparing her for her wedding with Eduardo.
At Catalina's bedroom
Catalina is talking with her sister about her future wedding with Eduardo. She knows that she is not going to have a white gown at the beginning, but later on, after they marry by the law and her parents accept Eduardo as her husband, she wants to have a religious wedding. Catalina whishes that Sebastian finds a good girlfriend to be happy with.

At the rancho
Carmelo is speaking with Miguel. They are wondering about Emilia's dirty tricks. Ramiro arrives. They talk about Antonieta and how could they milk info from her. No way, Josefa is like her "perro guardian."
At Antonieta's home
Antonieta is speaking with Josefa about Sebastian and Emilia's love for him Josefa asks Antonieta how can she talk about love if she has never loved anybody. Antonieta tells Josefa that she has, in deed, been in love with don Lupe and that she has become bitter and hateful because he has not loved her back.
At don Lupe's house
Ramiro arrives looking for Martina and don Lupe tells him that she is with Emilia. Outside, Martina is asking Emilia what did she do to Sebastian that he doesn't want her in the ranch.
Carmelo is speaking with Antonieta who tells him that he is better known as "el bastardo" than with his own name.
Martina and Emilia are gossiping and break apart as don Lupe arrives and wants to know what are they talking about. Martina and Emilia keep on talking and Rufino and don Lupe speak about the girls. Rufino doesn't want Emilia to spoil Martina.
Emilia confesses Martina that, last night, she "se metió" in Sebastian's bed.
At Catalina's home
Sebastian arrives and he is thinking why does this family live as if they were wealthy if they are poor? Adela tries to explain Sebastian about the "lanzamiento" and Sebastian tells her that there is no shame on being poor. "Poor? No, by all means, we are not poor, it's just that out money is "a largo plazo" and it is not available at the moment." Sebastian tells them that he never intended to take advantage of the money he paid to the landlord and that he wants that Catalina loves him by himself. Catalina then asks to her family "Did you hear that?"
Catalina apologizes with Sebastian for having misgivings on his intentions and they decide to celebrate having lunch outside. Catalina wants all her family to go with them.
At the ranch
Ramiro, Carmelo et al are preparing for the baile. Emilia arrives with Martina. They all talk about the coming baile and Emilia says that she is going to attend to the dance with Sebastian. Ramiro tells her not to count on that because Sebastian might appear at the dance with his new girlfriend Catalina because he is so much in love with her.
At Catalina's home
Hernandez family with Sebastian are waiting for Gustavo. Gustavo arrives and he is mad. He grabs by the shirt Sebastian and demands Sebastian to explain about his girlfriend in the ranch. Sebastian says that he has nothing to hide that he has no girlfriend and that he loves Catalina and wants her to be his wife. He asks Gustavo to describe the supposed girlfriend.
At the ranch
Carmelo is speaking with Petra and wants to know if the bruja of Antonieta knows something about his father. Petra warns him "you better stop digging because you are going to be sorry if you speak with her."
At the Hernandez' house
Sebastian, thanks to Gustavo's description recognizes Emilia and tells the family that she is a neighbor who has been making passes on him but he is not interested in her. Adela and Ricardo jump to accept Sebastian's explanation. Sebastian is mad and wants to go to the ranch to get an explanation from Emilia and asks them to postpone their lunch for a better time. Sebastian leaves and all the family is disappointed. What are we going to eat? "Otra vez tortas de queso añejo" says Luisa and a mad Adela asks her: "what are you waiting to prepare them?"
At Alicia's home
Luis arrives and talks to Alicia about Catalina and Eduardo's problems. Alicia tells him that she is happy they finally are back together and Luis tells her that it's not that easy: Eduardo has another woman, he is going to marry her and she, Alicia, must tell Catalina the truth and convince her to stop looking for Eduardo.
At Hernandez's home
Adela and Ricardo are plotting on how to convince Catalina to leave Eduardo and marry Sebastian. There is no use in trying to find another woman for Eduardo since Catalina is so beautiful that Eduardo is not going to set his eyes in another woman. It's better to harass him with Ricardo's friends.
At Alicia's home
Luis is telling Alicia that the name of the woman with whom Eduardo is going to marry is Silvia and that they have been together for a while. He is a coward and he wants Silvia's money. Alicia thinks that Catalina is going to die when she finds out the truth.
At Hernandez' kitchen
Luisa is back from the market with groceries and Catalina is wondering how did her mother got money for that? Luisa tells her that it was the woman, a housemaid who is renting the service room, who paid her rent. "It's a shame that a sirvienta can pay her rent on time and we cannot do the same."
At the ranch,
Sebastian arrives and asks don Lupe if Emilia is at their home. Don Lupe tells him that she is at Martina's bedroom. Don Lupe wants to know what is the big rush and Sebastian tells him that he will explain him later.
At Alicia's home
Luis asks Alicia to tell Catalina about Silvia and Eduardo and help her because this is going to break her heart. Alicia says that she doesn't know what is going to happen since Catalina is so much in love with Eduardo.
At the ranch
Sebastian breaks in Martina's bedroom and asks Emilia why, on earth, did she say that she is his girlfriend to Catalina's dad. Emilia tells him that she did nothing because she, in the first place, doesn't know who Catalina's dad is much less where to find him. "It must be a bad joke." Sebastian cools down.
Sebastian is speaking with Ramiro. They are wondering who could have been the mysterious woman who spoke with Catalina's dad and Sebastian says that it must have been Emilia, since she has made things worse than that, as to kiss him on the mouth the first time she saw him or to jump in his bed last night, for starters. On the other hand, Sebastian tells Ramiro that it made him sad the fact that Catalina was not jealous when she got the news about the girlfriend. He is decided to marry her and he knows that "Eduardo", her phony boyfriend is just a silly game on Catalina's part.
At the gym.
Silvia is telling Eduardo that, as a wedding present, she is going to give him his own gym. He is happy and thinks "Valió la pena dejar a Catalina."
At Catalina's bedroom
Catalina is talking with Luisa and she tells her that seeing Eduardo with another woman would break her heart.
In the living room, Adela and Gustavo are talking about Emilia when Alicia knocks the door. She wants to speak to Catalina and Adela shows her how distasteful is on her part to socialize with them if she is a "naca."
Alicia asks Catalina to speak with her privately. About what? About Eduardo. Catalina wants to know why? Because I don't want your family to see you suffering. Why? Because Eduardo has another woman.
At the ranch
Rufina is preparing to serve dinner to don Lupe when Carmelo tells him that Antonieta was looking for him and he wants to ask for a favor. "Should don Lupe speak to Antonieta, could he ask the woman about who Carmelo's father is?" Don Lupe tells Carmelo to leave things as they are. "Anyway, I treat you as a son, isn't that enough for you?"
At Antonieta's home
Josefa and Antonieta are talking about Carmelo and Antonieta says that if Carmelo keeps pushing her, she is going to tell all people in town about the real origin of the bastardo ese.
At the ranch
Sebastian and don Lupe are talking about who might have been the woman who spoke with Catalina's dad. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that he doesn't want Sebastian to suffer for a woman and that he is afraid that Catalina is interested on his money alone.
At Catalina's home
Catalina doesn't want to believe that Eduardo has another woman. She is sure that this is a dirty trick planted by her parents to separate her from Eduardo. Alicia insists that Eduardo is going to marry with a wealthy woman and that this is not a trick but a truth that Luis told her.
Catalina asks Alicia to stop lying and that she is going to go, in this very moment, to Eduardo's home. She is going to tell him that she left her parent's home, that she has nowhere to go and she is sure that Eduardo is going to be very happy to have her at his home and is going to marry her. You will see.
At Eduardo's home.
Eduardo and Silvia are back at his home. They just had dinner and they are getting ready to go to bed. Eduardo thinks that it was a wise thing to let the manager of his building believe that he is not at this apartment, just in case Catalina wants to look for him.
At the ranch
Don Lupe tells Sebastian that he hired a P.I. to investigate Catalina and her family and Sebastian goes ballistic "how could you do this to me? What do you think that I am stupid enough as to be fooled by a woman? Don Lupe tells him that he just wants to make sure that you are safe, son. "I am not your son anymore!"
At the cantina
Carmelo, Ramiro and two other friends are drinking. Carmelo is drunk. Ramiro wants to leave but Carmelo wants everybody to know his big secret. Ramiro agrees to drink "la última" (this is one of the three biggest lies a Mexican can tell) while Carmelo blurts out that he knows that he is the bastard son of don Lupe and that, today, he confirmed it.
At Eduardo's building
Catalina arrives and the manager tells her that he is not in but he offers to open his door for her. In the inside, Silvia and Eduardo are cheering with champagne. The manager opens the door, Catalina gets inside and walks to Eduardo's bedroom. She opens the door and finds Eduardo and Silvia kissing. "Eduardo!" He jumps startled at Catalina's cry.
In the previews, we see Catalina telling Eduardo that she hates him so much. And Catalina is thinking, "I am going to marry with millionaire Sebastian."


Telenovela-World: Summary #5 Author: Margaret Date: 10-19-99 13:30 PDT
Actually the summary reads like a transcript, Sorry it's late.
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EDUARDO'S APARTMENT
Catalina discovers Eduardo and Sylvia "celebrating" their upcoming wedding in his bedroom. She lashes out at Sylvia and is promptly shoved out of the room by Eduardo who tells her to leave him be. Catalina is enraged by the realization that Eduardo's attempted breakups weren't to avoid problems with her family, but because he had been carrying on an affair. Eduardo asks that she not continue her tirade and get out of his apartment. Catalina asks him with tears of pain and betrayal why he did this to her after all she was willing to sacrifice for him. An indignant Eduardo tells her he can't live on love alone and he's leaving her for the money. Sylvia can give him everything he ever wanted. An incensed Catalina angrily tells him that she hates him, then slaps him (a good hard slap with a very Veronicaesqe follow-through.) and storms out of his apartment.
Once outside of Eduardo's apartment, she pauses in the corridor for a moment. As tears stream down her face and anger strains her voice, she vows never to let anyone hurt her the way he has.
Back in the apartment Eduardo tries to reassure an angry Sylvia that he's finished with Catalina. She calls him a liar and tells him that she never wants to see him again. She too gives him a sound slap (on the other cheek) before she exits. Eduardo is left alone in his apartment in disbelief.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-CATA'S BEDROOM
Adela walks in as Luisa is watching tv. Adela turns of the tv and asks why Alicia came to see Catalina. An indifferent Luisa tells her mother that she has no idea what Alicia and Catalina were going to talk about. Adela gets riled up because convinced that Alicia is encouraging Catalina to pursue Eduardo. As she leaves the room she laments to her uninterested daughter that she hopes Alicia will soon be out of Catalina's life.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Adela tries to convince Gustavo to break up Catalina's friendship with Alicia. An exasperated Gustavo lets her rant and rave. Adela can't understand what Catalina sees in that dirt poor Eduardo, when Sebastian is so handsome and rich!
EL RANCHO-KITCHEN
Rufino and Pachito are in the kitchen as a fuming Sebastian comes in to get a glass of juice. He tells Rufina that his father hired an investigator to look into Catalina's background. Rufina tries to tell him that Lupe was only trying to do what was best for him. Sebastian stands firm that no matter what Lupe does, he insists that he'll be with Catalina because she is the woman that he loves. He storms of to the cantina.
THE CITY STREET
Catalina walks around the city in a trance-like state. She thinks of all the plans she and Eduardo made and the horrible way things ended between them.
THE CANTINA
Carmelo is so drunk he can't get his head up from the table, as he talks to Ramiro about his parentage. Ramiro doesn't believe that he is Lupe's son. Sergio walks in to the cantina and Ramiro asks him if he can have someone take Carmelo home. Sebastian instructs two men to take the drunken Carmelo, who is so too drunk to walk out on his own two feet. Marcario escorts them out and Sebastian sits with Ramiro.
Ramiro want to know why Sebastian is so mad. Sebastian tells him that he just discovered that his father betrayed him.
EL RANCHO-LIVING ROOM
Martina asks Lupe what was the shouting that Rufina heard. Lupe tells his daughter that he just finished fighting with Sebastian.
ANTONIETTA'S HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Josefa reports to Antonietta the huge fight that Sebastian and Lupe had over Catalina. Antonietta is pleased that father and son are at odds. Antonietta says that she will be avenged, if Catalina manages to dissolve the relationship between Lupe and Sebastian. She plans to give Lupe his "condolences." EL RANCHO-LIVING ROOM Lupe tells Martina that he hired an investigator to investigate Catalina's family. Martina tells him he did wrong and that she thinks he's being unjust to Catalina. Lupe stands firm and maintains that he did it to make sure that the woman that ends up with Sebastian, must be there for love and not for his money. He tells his daughter that since they have money that they have to be weary of those that may be after them solely for the money. He asks Martina to talk to Sebastian and make him understand his motives.
THE CANTINA
Ramiro tells Sebastian that if Lupe has hired an investigator than he must have his suspicions of Catalina. Sebastian tells Ramiro that Lupe had no right to do it, as Catalina isn't even his girlfriend. Ramiro tells him that the rumor around camp is that Sebastian has this girlfriend in the capital. Sebastian laughs and explains that he is at the courtship stage of the relationship, but he feels confident that Catalina likes him and that she'll fall for him. His problem is that he doesn't know how he'll ever be able to tell Catalina about his father hiring an investigator to investigate her and her family. Ramiro tells Sebastian that if she really loved him, it wouldn't matter.
OUTSIDE ALICIA'S HOUSE
Catalina is still walking around in a daze and as she approaches the door she vows to think of nothing but money from now on and to hell with love. The tears run in a steady stream down her face as she pleads with Alicia to open the door. She thinks Alicia is mad at her and won't open the door. Catalina cries alone outside, in the dark.
NEGRETTE HOUSE
Alicia is at the door asking about Catalina. Gustavo and Sylvia are enraged that Alicia doesn't know where Catalina is after it was Alicia who took Catalina out of the house. They grill the girl and ask why did she take Catalina out of the house anyway. Alicia hesitates before telling them that Eduardo was cheating on Catalina with another woman. Sylvia is pleased at this news and Gustavo is stunned. Alicia reminds Sylvia that Catalina is probably suffering, so she shouldn't be so delighted. Sylvia tells Alicia that she always knew that Eduardo was no good and she was right. Gustavo is worried about Catalina. Alicia tells him that she though she'd be home by now since after she left Alicia's she was going by Eduardo's. She asks Gustavo to let her know when Catalina gets home, but before she can leave Sylvia and she exchange insults. Alicia gets the last shot by telling Sylvia she's a bad mother then departs. Gustavo comforts an insulted Sylvia.
EL RANCO-LIVING ROOM
Martina meets a depleted Sebastian as he comes home from the Cantina to talk to him about their father's actions. He really doesn't want to talk about it and insists that he'll be leaving the ranch.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
A depressed Sylvia arrives at her apartment. She's convinced that she could never compete with Catalina's youth. Her friend Patricia arrives and Sylvia begins to cry her story to her friend.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Sylvia is toasting their good fortune as Gustavo is in a panic that Catalina hasn't arrived yet. As he is about to leave to look for her she arrives. A stoic Catalina comes through the door and asks her mother not to fake any sympathy. She tells her mother to make plans, because she's going to marry the millionaire Sebastian Mendoza.
Sylvia is pleased to hear her daughter speak so sensibly and reassures Catalina that money will help her forget all her problems. Catalina tells her that she wants the most opulent wedding ever. She want's the world to know that the stupid and romantic Catalina that everyone knew, doesn't exist. She will be ambitious and her only right in life is to have a lot of money. She leaves the room and celebrates.
Gustavo waits for Catalina outside her room. He comforts her daughter and asks that she be sure of her decision. He doesn't want her to sacrifice herself for the rest of them and he doesn't what her or any of his kids to suffer. He admits he's weak, but he loves his children very much. Catalina tearfully thanks her father for his kind words, but she is going to marry Sebastian not because of desperation but to help her family. She enters her room and vows again never to let this happen to her. She wonders how Eduardo could have done this to her. She cries into her pillow.
EDUARDO'S APARTMENT
Eduardo stands firm that he won't let Sylvia get away from him. He forces away thoughts of Catalina and will win Sylvia back.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
Sylvia is telling Patricia how pretty and young Catalina is, she's never going to be able to compete. Patricia tries to reassure her friend, by saying it doesn't matter how young or pretty she is the decision is Eduardo's. Sylvia tells her that is the problem, Eduardo loves Catalina. She's willing to by a husband, but not share him.
EL RANCHO-LUPES BEDROOM
Lupe paces, as he hopes Sebastian will come to talk to him. Instead Martina comes and tells her father that Sebastian will be leaving in the morning. A worried Lupe want's to know what he can do to fix things with Sebastian.
EL RANCO-FOYER-NEXT MORNING
Lupe stops Sebastian by pleading with him to not leave over something so insignificant. He hopes that when Sebastian has children that he'll understand why he did what he did. Sebastian and Lupe embrace, but the reconciliation is short lived as Lupe still insists on taking a good look at Catalina and her family. Sebastian tells Lupe if he insists on investigating Catalina, then for get he has a son. He takes his bags and leaves.
CARMELO'S HOUSE/SHACK
Carmelo wakes up to find Marcario waiting for him. Marcario reminds him that the night before he had insulted him. Carmelo doesn't remember and apologizes. He advises Carmelo to stop telling everyone that he's Don Lupe's son without any proof, because things won't turn out the way he thinks.
THE GYM
Alicia and Luis are talking at the counter. He doesn't know where Eduardo is because he had just gotten there. Alicia is worried because she hasn't been able to talk to Catalina. Sylvia doesn't let her calls through to Catalina.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-DINNING ROOM
Sylvia and Ricardo rejoice at the news that Catalina is going to marry Sebastian. Ricardo will make sure that Catalina has no contact with Eduardo and thinks one of the priorities should be to find a way convince Sebastian to get him a car. Catalina enters the room and they abruptly drop the subject. Sylvia lays the charm on Catalina, but Catalina is indifferent. She asks if she's received any phone calls and Sylvia tells her besides Sebastian nobody has called. Catalina is saddened that Alicia didn't call and is sure that her friend is mad at her. Catalina feels alone without anyone to turn to.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
Eduardo arrives with flowers in hand to talk to Sylvia. She refuses to hear him out, but Patricia convinces her that it would be best if she her him out. She opens the door and Eduardo who was leaning against the door, falls to the floor (this was too funny).
NEGRETTE HOUSE-DINING ROOM
Ricardo plays the good big brother bit on Catalina who isn't buying it. With little emotion, she says that she's finally seeing the advantage of marrying a millionaire. Not only will she live in the lap of luxury, but also for the first time she'll have her brother falling at her feet. She's going to like being the most important member of the family. Ricardo gets frazzled.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
Eduardo convinces Sylvia that Catalina is out of his life for good. She forgives him, but only under one condition…,
SEBASTIAN'S OFFICE
Gustavo congratulates Sebastian for winning the heart of his daughter. Sebastian doesn't understand until Gustavo tells him that Catalina confessed to the family that she loves him.
EL RANCHO-KITCHEN
Rufina and Josefa talk about Lupe and Sebastian's estrangement. The two woman agonize over the discovery of a letter that could, "Separate Lupe and Sebastian forever." They wonder who could possibly have it. Josefa suspects that Petra has it.
CARMELO'S HOUSE/SHACK
Petra is cooking for Carmelo and she tells him about the fight between Sebastian and Lupe. She tells him that Sebastian has left the house. Petra chides Carmelo for being pleased at the news, as she thinks that father and son should be close. Carmelo agrees and tells the old woman that he want's to be closer to his father, Don Lupe. He also feels that Lupe should start making an effort as well. Petra shakes her head in exasperation.
OUTSIDE THE RANCH
Lupe is not pleased to see Antonietta on his land and the two have a heated exchange. Antonietta asks if the problems between him and Sebastian stem from concern that she might be a gold digger like Matilde. Lupe orders her to leave. She agrees and tells him in a very coquettish manner, that if he needs a friend he knows where to find her. Lupe shudders at the thought as she saunters off.
Ramiro comes along and he and Lupe discuss the situation with Sebastian. Ramiro tells Lupe he should give Catalina a chance. Lupe asks Ramiro to go to the capital and talk to Sebastian for him, as he doesn't want to listen to Martina or him. As they talk an attorney shows up. Ramiro leaves Lupe with the attorney.
Lupe wants to know what he knows about Catalina's family. He has no good news. The Negrette family is quite ambitious and capable of doing anything to get rich.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Sylvia, Ricardo, Gustavo and Luisa are talking about Sergio and Catalina's wedding, when Catalina walks into the room. She warns them that just because she decided to help them out of poverty, that doesn't mean she's going to put up with any crap from Sebastian. Sylvia and Gustavo decide it's best that Catalina be alone when Sebastian arrives so the two can talk. The family leaves.
Catalina weeps at the fact that she's going to marry a man she doesn't love, but Sebastian's money is going to help her get past that. She wants Eduardo to see her covered in jewels and fine clothes. The doorbell breaks up her crying session. Thinking it's Sebastian she opens the door.
Standing in the doorway is Sylvia in the arms of Eduardo. He has to tell Catalina in front of Sylvia that he doesn't want her begging him to come back to him anymore, as it is Sylvia he loves.
MONDAY ON SERGIO AND CATALINA
Sebastian and Catalina's marriage plans go forward, but Emilia also begins her manipulations of Catalina. She tells Catalina that she and Sebastian are lovers. An angery Catalina curses Sebastian and wonders how all men can be the same.

Telenovela-World: Summary #6 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 13:32 PDT
At Catalina's doorstep, Sylvia and Lalo arrive. Cata tells Sylvia that Eduardo only wants her money, he denies it. They argue, as they are about to leave Cata tells Sylvia that she will never know who Eduardo is thinking about when they are intimate that more than likely it will be her. The door is open when Sebastian arrives. Cata is crying and thinking outlous. She can't forget him, she loves him so munch, can't get him out of her heart. Sebastian comes close and asks who is the man she is talking about, with tears gushing down to her neck she tells him is for him that she is crying.
Lupe is convinced that Cata is only after Sebastian's money. Rufina tries to convince him to give Cata a chance and he says NO WAY. When the PI is leaving the ranch, Emilia follows him and tells him that Don Lupe sent her to get Cata's address.
Emilia arrives at Cata's house. Cata is leaving and Emilia sees her and tells her that she stole Sebastian's love from her. Cata says, she did not steal his love, he looked for her and he told her everything about Emilia, They love each other and that is all she cares about,Emilia tells her she better leave him alone, Cata responds she will never leave him at the mercy of a witch like her. The difference between the 2 of them is that Sebastian loves Cata and not Emilia. Emilia tells her to watch her steps, Cata says she can take care of herself,Emilia leaves and gets in her car has a hissy fit and says that Cata is prettier than she thought.
Mariano and Lupe are having a conversation, Mariano tries to get the truth out of him but all he gets from Lupe is that he never knew his dad and barely met his mom.Mariano says to himself, until when he will deny it.
Cata's parents are at a ritzy reception. They announce Cata's engagement to a millionaire. One of their friends tells Adela that she should stop pretending that that she s rich and instead to pay the phone bill because when she called the number is said it had been disconnected.(I would've crawled under a table).they both make a joke aout of it. Emilia arrives at Sebastians Apartment. Asks him to let her stay. He says no, she hears noise in the bathroom and runs to it. She screams!!!it was Rodrigo in the bathroom, he had just arrived from the ranch.
The next morning Cata goes to Sebastian's apartment but he had already left. Guess who opens the door Emilia of course, and doesn't waste anytime to let Cata know that her and Sebastian are lovers and that he is only toying with her, she should leave him alone doesn't she care?. Cata says that that is none of her business. Emilia kicks the door when Cata leaves. Cata now thinks that all men are the same, her pride has been hurt, but then again why should she care if he has other women all she wants is his money. Cata tells Alicia that if Lalo asked her for forgiveness she would forgive him(what a dope) Cata's dad arrives at Sebastian's office, tells him that Cata went to his apartment. Sebastian remembers that Emilia is there and runs there, arrives too late. Asks Emilia where is Cata, she says she doesn't know, they argue and she tells him she will fight for him.
Mr. Parasite(Ricardo) is telling Adela that he saw all this nice shirts and pants at a dep. store and as soon as Cata is engaged will ask her to buy it for him.
Cata tells her parents that they better find her another millionaire because she will not tolerate that he has a lover. A few minutes later Sebastian arrives at the Negrete's. Cata's mom tells him they need to taqlk. She tells him Cata is very upset over Emilia, Sebastian denies all that Emilia said. Adela tells him the only way to convince Cata is: to give her an engagement ring, to be continued.

Telenovela-World: Summary #7 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 13:32 PDT
Sorry folks but for some reason my vcr didn't tape the first 15 minutes so I'll just pick up where I can:
Sebastian is embracing Catalina when Adela walks in with some packages. She invites Seb to stay for dinner and he accepts. Catalina tells Seb that he must do one thing for her--tell Emilia to lay off!! She said she'll never leave them in peace. Seb says he'll take care of her.
Back at the ranch they are busy preparing a chicken mole for Seb. Lupe is very excited about having him back home.
Emilia and Antonietta are discussing strategies for trapping a Mendoza. Ant says she didn't have any luck. Lupe just used her and tossed her aside. He never forgot Matilde. She's never forgotten his treatment and she hates him. Emilia says she'll never give up until she gets Seb.
Marciano tells Carmelo that he saw Emilia and Ant together. He should be concerned because if Emilia manages to break up Seb/Cat, then Seb will stay on at the ranch spoiling Carmelo's chances.
Seb/Cat are discussing her family financial problems. He offers to lend her father money to cover his bills. He doesn't want her to be worried. Gustavo walks in and pretends to be embarassed by the offer. Cat says she doesn't want Lupe to think badly of them. Seb says he'll loan them the money from his mother's inheritance so his father won't know. Needless to say Mom and Ricardo are jumping for joy. Seb then officially asks for her hand in marriage which they give willingly. He pulls out an engagement ring and formally proposes.
Meanwhile--Lalo is sorry he broke up with Cat and has decided to ask her to marry him (although he hasn't broken up with Sylvia yet). He tells Luis and Alicia his plans. Alicia tells him he better hurry up because Seb/Cat are supposed to become engaged today. They rush over to the house.
Coincidentally Seb has to go out to get his cell phone (house phone turned off for lack of payment) and they run into the trio. Cat introduces them as friends and says Lalo will be getting married as well. They leave after Cat shows her ring and they realize she's engaged.
Seb calls his father to tell h im he won't be back for dinner. His father has a fit because he stood him up (?). Adela and Gustavo tell Seb they are happy to have a new son. Cat is worried about Don Lupe because he doesn't like her. Seb says he's going back to the ranch to talk to his father. Adela feigns an attack as he leaves causing everyone to become concerned. Later she tells Gustavo she just wants her children to be happy and not poor like she is.
Emilia goes to see Carmelo who warns her not to come between Cat/Seb. She asks him who he thinks he is? He's no blood of Seb or Lupe just a poor bastard.
Carmelo sees Lupe enter the bar and start drinking. He tells him not to worry he'll be the son he always wanted. Lupe says Seb is the only one with Mendoza blood.
Martina and Emilia are eating and Martina finds out she went to see Cat. Emilia admits she's very pretty. Martina says she hopes she didn't interfere with their relationship. Emilia gets mad and throws a spoon at her.
Lalo tells Sylvia he's thought it over and wants to get married right away. She's surprised but says she wants to play a big shindig. He insists on something quick and she says they'll have the civil ceremony tomorrow.
She's feeling very bad about deceiving Seb and thinks she'll never be able to forget Lalo. Alicia fills Catalina in on Lalo's intentions. She decides to go see Lalo.
Tomorrow, She knocks on Lalo's door and he opens it with a clinging Sylvia who informs her that they are getting married tomorrow.

Telenovela-World: Summary #8 Author: Robin N. Date: 10-19-99 13:33 PDT
Catalina has just found out that Eduardo was going to beg her forgiveness and she wants to take off right away for it off to his apartment. There Sylvia and Eduardo are relaxing post -sex? At least for a moment Eduardo’s not wearing his white pants, just white shorts and white socks! and she’s in a robe.
Sebastian comes home looking for Dad and finds Martina and Emilia. Emilia butts in and starts talking about how upset Don Guadalupe is with the whole Catalina thing, he went to the tavern. He leaves in a huff to go find him. Martina chides Emilia for stirring things up. Emilia tells her that she spent the night in Sebastian’s apartment. Martina’s shocked. Emilia does confess that there were no ‘relations’ between them--to Martina’s relief (and mine!). Later, when Don Guadalupe and Sebastian come in, she presses a kiss on his lips and takes off.
Carmelo is again hounding Petra. She tells him again that he’s mistaken, he isn’t who he thinks he is and he has no special rights to anything of Don Guadalupe’s. He’s still harping on how he carries the same blood.
Sebastian finds Don Guadalupe (and that hat!) and tries to assuage his anxieties about Catalina. He tells him that he trusts her implicitly, she’s a good girl and Dad gives in--but--I want to meet her and don’t do anything stupid like get her pregnant. And you, Dad, you’ll call off the private investigator?
Carm and Mac are chatting and Car is beginning to show signs of being eaten by jealousy. Mac asks him if he thinks Sebastian will willingly give up half his inheritance. Car tells him that he’ll have to accept it.
Catalina and Alicia visit Eduardo. Sylvia opens the door in her robe. You?!? Eduardo comes out in blue (not white for a change) silky pj’s (ick), and tells then that there are going to get married in the morning. Catalina takes a few shots at Sylvia about what type of a woman she is and storms off.
Adela is complaining to Gustavo that Catalina is off with that naca Alicia. She thinks she’ll talk Catalina out marrying Sebastian Gustavo tells her that at times she’s a little cruel. Cruel--no, she’s just honest. Lil sis comes in, “are you feeling better?” “(cough, cough) No, hija!” But then she jumps up in a lively fashion to catch her telenovela (I knew there was something I liked about her!)
Don Guadalupe tells Martina that he and Sebastian have patched things up on the Catalina issue.
Anton asks Josefa what’s happening. Sebastian’s come home to Dad and A’s mad, it looks like they’ll patch things up. She questions Josefa about things she and Rufina may know about the old secrets concerning Don Guadalupe’s marriage. Josefa cautions her that it’s better that they don’t know why they fought.
Catalina is now resigned to marry --at least for money. Alicia at least tells it to her straight that she’s sure that Catalina doesn’t really want to marry Sebastian just for his money, without love, even if it will help her loser family. The truth hurts and Catalina leaves (again in a huff), tears smeared all over her face.
Car is brought home again drunk by Ramiro and Mac and he wants to chat once again about the same old stuff. Mac leaves. He’s tired of this. Car keeps talking though, and he’s muttering about how if he can’t get things the right way, he’ll get them by wrong. Maybe he’ll kill his half brother. Ramiro just misses hearing this (he’s been turning down the bed for Car, or using the facilities --you know how you get when you’ve been drinking) and leaves a comatose Car drunk in his chair.
Mart comes to see Sebastian and asks him when she’ll get to meet Catalina. Tomorrow he’ll go to ask her to come for a visit. Too bad, she says, that Emilia is so hung up on him. And what about her spending a night with him? He tells her that was nothing. Anyhow, he loves Catalina and she loves him! He’s giggling with delirious delight.
Catalina comes home and is tormented by Sebastian’s voice telling her he loves her. Mama comes in and she tells Adela that she can’t marry him, she doesn’t love him. Adela tells her that that will come in time. No, mom, you don’t understand, I’m NOT going to marry him. Adela is aghast. What are you saying! I can’t marry a man I don’t love! Adela fakes a huge attack and Catalina’s panicked and calls for help.
Ramiro and Panchito talk about he’s taken a drunken Car home and heard him saying strange things. Panchito tells him that as an old man he knows many secrets concerning the ranch, he can talk to him frankly. Ramiro tells him that he’s heard Car talk about how he thinks he’s the illegitimate son of the patron. Panchito (another bad actor) sagely tells him that bad things are gonna’ happen.
At the hospital, Gustavo and Ricardo tell the girls that Adela’s bad, and that they can’t see her and he comforts them. The doctor’s examining Adela and Ric’s in the room. He wants to tell her that there’s nothing wrong, but they beat him to the punch and tell him that --for family reasons--they need to fake it for a few days. The doc’s not buying this, he has ethics! However, when he Catalina and she asks him how the mother is, he tells her in his annoyance that she should ask her mother! Ric tells her that she’s gravely ill. Later on, Catalina wonders why no doctors have come back to see her if she’s so sick. Ric comes out and says that she passed a bad night, but she’s a little better. In her room, Adela’s making herself look wan and pale with makeup. (And don’t they have smoking prohibitions in hospitals in Mexico, Gustavo?!?) She and Gustavo remind us once again of their plot. He’s nervous. (By the way, did anyone notice him clutch his hand yesterday---strange tingling in his arm maybe---when Adela explained her little infirmity angle? Guess who’s REALLY going to have the heart attack!)
Ramiro comes to visit and sees Sebastian. He asks him how things went with Catalina. Superbien! She is going to be so happy when she hears. In comes Don Guadalupe (in the HAT). In comes Martina and she and Ramiro exchange sheeps-eyes. Don Guadalupe invites him to join them for breakfast. Apparently, he likes this matchup! Ramiro goes to check in on Car. In comes the cat, Emilia. Don Guadalupe leaves for work. Emilia wants to know where Sebastian is and Martina tells him how happy he is to go see Catalina, that Don Guadalupe’s accepted the relationship!
The girls get to see Adela (horribly bad camera angle--triple chin time!) and she wants to tell them ‘things’. She’s not wanted to worry them but she’s felt sick for a long time and she’s probably going to die!
Back at the apartment, Alicia’s been trying to get someone to answer the door, only to have Catalina and sis walk up and tell her the ‘bad news’ that Adela’s on the point of death! Alicia offers to help in any way.
Adela’s enjoying a happy meal in the hospital and Gustavo is feeling guilty about the whole deception thing. She tells him he’s weak, only she has the strength to do the things they need to do.
Alicia’s drying Catalina’s hair (this is how she helps?). Catalina tells her that she can’t marry a man she doesn’t love. Alicia’s relieved! She didn’t want to think her friend could do that.
Eduardo (navy blue suit) is marrying Sylvia (blue/lavendar slip dress) and making goofy faces as he says “I do”. He looks like a condemned man, but at the same time he’s thinking “okay, Catalina, now there’s nothing you can do, ”
Catalina opens the door and it’s Sebastian. He wants to kiss her (sweater too low for her tan lines), but she’s too upset about her mother. He offers to find a good doctor. She wants to tell him that it’s over but he interrupts and tells her that his dad’s come around. She starts again to say it’s over but lil’ sis comes in and says she’s in a hurry to go see mama. Sebastian agrees with lil’ sis and they go.
Sexy Mac is having breakfast when in comes in Ramiro to talk to Car about what he heard last night. Mac wonders why he’s so surprised. He accuses Mac of being the reason for Car talking so crazy (bad company and all)
Carmelo goes to visit Antonietta to find out the truth about his parentage.
Ric is vainly trying to impress a nurse with his muscles when Catalina and Sebastian and sis come in. He tells them that she’s very bad. Gustavo enters the waiting room and tells them that Adela wants to see Sebastian and Catalina together. She tells them to come closer. Before I die, Sebastian tells her that she will have the best care! Adela asks him to promise that she’ll marry Catalina before she dies!


Telenovela-World: Summary #9 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 13:34 PDT
At the hospital
Adela is dying, she can hardly breath and asks Sebastian and Catalina to marry because she wants to die in peace and leave them enjoying their love. Sebastian remembers the conversation with his father and the promise he made to call his dad before making any commitment to Catalina. He makes up his mind and asks for a judge.
Outside Adela's room
Luisa is crying desperately. Her dad is embracing her. Ricardo and Alicia are near them. Sebastian gets outside of the room and tells them "we need a judge." Alicia asks "a judge or a priest." We need a judge, Adela wants us to get married; that is her last wish and we are going to so do.
At the ranch
Carmelo is speaking to Antonieta, trying to convince her to tell him about his origins. She tells him that his origin is so low that she should look for it with the "tamalera." He gets mad and swears revenge.
Don Lupe is speaking to Ramiro asking him to tell Carmelo to take care of a horse. Don Lupe is so proud of Carmelo, for he is better than a vet since he has learned so many things at the ranch and he is the best capataz. Don Lupe confides in Ramiro that he is worried about Sebastian, but anyway, he trusts in him because Sebastian promised not to make "burradas."
At the hospital
Sebastian and Catalina are receiving the pre-nuptial analysis and he is vowing his love to her.
At the ranch
Martina and Emilia are arguing because Martina is willing to give Catalina a chance since her brother loves her so much. Emilia gets mad, she says that Martina is betraying her and swears to win Sebastian for her and from now on, "we are enemies".
At the hospital
Catalina is crying, she doesn't want her mother to die. "Mi Catalina" calls her Sebastian. Catalina tells him that she is grateful because he is doing such things for them. "I love you."
Outside of Adela's room
Luisa is crying, she doesn't want her mother to cry and Gustavo tells her not to worry, "you will see, after Catalina and Sebastian get married, your mother might be suddenly recovered."
At the cantina
Carmelo is remembering Antonieta's words; meanwhile he is drinking tequila. Ramiro joins him and wants to know if Carmelo has any proof of the things he was shouting yesterday about being don Lupe's son. Carmelo tells him that he doesn't have any, and that he tried to speak with Antonieta, but she is a bitter woman and despised him, but she will pay him for this.
At Antonieta's yard
Antonieta is reading and Emilia arrives. She wants to make a proposal to Antonieta: should they join forces, because Sebastian is in love with another woman and Martina has betrayed Emilia. Antonieta accepts to help her if and when Emilia will help her to harass don Lupe. Emilia wants to know why Antonieta hates so much to don Lupe and Antonieta tells her that they are going to work together, but that is her secret and she is not going to speak about it.
At the hospital
Alicia is trying to convince Catalina not to marry Sebastian but Catalina tells her that this is her mother last wish and that she is going to marry Sebastian not out of convenience for his money but just to make true her mother's desires.
Adela is dying and calls Catalina. Everybody is ready for the wedding. The judge asks for a witness and Alicia refuses to be one. Ricardo grabs a nurse and brings her in. The judge starts with the ceremony and Ricardo rushes him. They do not have time to lose. The judge marries them in "articulo mortis." Sebastian kisses Catalina. A breathless Adela thanks them. Catalina and Luisa get frantic "Please don't die, please." They are crying.
At the ranch
Rufina is saying goodbye to Josefa, when don Lupe arrives and stops her. He wants to know if Josefa knows if Antonieta has the last letter that don Lupe's wife wrote. No, Josefa doesn't know. Don Lupe tells her that he is concerned that his children could get to know how was their mother. He has tried to form a good image of her even though it is a big lie.
At the cantina
Carmelo is telling Ramiro that he hates Sebastian because he is enjoying everything that belongs to him. Ramiro defends Sebastian and reminds Carmelo that the three of them are friends since childhood that that Ramiro knows by heart that Sebastian is a good man.
Outside of Adela's room
Sebastian and Catalina are trying to calm down Luisa. Alicia is near them. She is afraid. "Let's pray." Catalina thanks Sebastian for having married her and he says that he was the winner. He kisses her. Alicia is sad.
Inside Adela's room
The doctor is wondering why Adela is making so much noise if she is not ill and why she is spending so much money, anyway. Adela tells him that this hospital is the best money she has spent so far.
At the ranch
Martina is speaking with Rufina, she is telling her about Emilia being mad at her. Martina is hoping that, at least, Catalina is good to her brother to make these things worth, because Emilia is the best and only friend she has ever had.
At Antonieta's house
Emilia is telling Antonieta that they should go to Mexico City to know Catalina and Antonieta tells her that it is best to be in their own ground. Emilia doesn't understand and Antonieta gives her an example: "take Carmelo, for instance, he thinks that he is don Lupe's son." Emilia thinks that it is a crazy idea but Antonieta tells her that they are going to take advantage of Carmelo's resentment.
At the hospital
Sebastian, Alicia, Luisa and Catalina are together. Sebastian then tells them that he is going to make a call and Alicia tells them that she has to report to her job. Catalina is happy that her mother got her last wishes and then thinks "now Eduardo is just in my past". She starts crying and Sebastian comes back and asks her what is the problem? "It's my mom, I am crying for her."
At Lalo's home
Silvia and Lalo are packing his stuff and Silvia wants him to throw away all his things. He is unwilling to leave his things and she tells him that he has such a bad taste. Eduardo gets mad that tells her that she is his wife not his owner and that should she keep on doing this to him, then it's better for her to leave him and forget about him. She tells him that he should not be mad and that she has a wedding present for him.
At the ranch
Rufina is telling Ramiro that Martina is sad about her friend Emilia. Martina overhears and tells don Lupe who is around them "Let's go to Mexico City, so we can get to know Catalina". Don Lupe agrees and they leave.
Outside Lalo's home
Silvia takes Lalo to a yellow car (sorry, I don't know which car was it, I only can tell Volkswagens from trucks, that's all). And tells him that this is his present. While they are at this, Alicia spots them and Eduardo tells her that this is his wedding present. "It's a shame that you are going to pay such a big price for it." Silvia gets mad and tells Eduardo that she is envious, don't pay attention to such a "naca."
At Catalina's home
Sebastian is telling Catalina that she must be tired, it is better if she goes to get some rest by now. She thanks him once again. They hope for a miracle that brings back Adela's good health. They start kissing and Sebastian wants to go on with the wedding night. Catalina gets mad and tells him that this is not going to happen until they get a religious wedding. Sebastian apologizes and promises her, as soon as her mother recovers, the most beautiful wedding in a church. Sebastian then tells her that he is leaving for the ranch to he can tell his dad about their wedding.
At the ranch
Martina and don Lupe are getting ready for their trip. Don Lupe is telling Carmelo to take care of "Rebozo." "Not to worry, I'll take care of him." Don Lupe tells Macario "See why do I say that he is my right hand?" They leave for the Mexico City apartment and Carmelo tells Macario that he hates that they are enjoying what is really his.
Carmelo is alone and Emilia arrives telling him that they should talk. Carmelo tells her that he is not interested in whatever she has to tell him. "Not even about your background?"
At the hospital
Luisa is talking to Adela she says that she is so young that nobody pays attention to her. Luisa is wondering why Adela recovered so fast and she doesn't has <suero> and Adela tells her that modern medicine is wonderful.
At the ranch Carmelo is telling Emilia not to tease him. Emilia tells her that she can milk information from Antonieta and that they could make a team: she helps him to find out the information he so badly wants and he should make Sebastian to fall in love for Emilia (yeah, right).


Telenovela-World: Summary #10 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 13:35 PDT
~Summary # 10, Friday 9/3 ~~
At the ranch - Carmelo tells Emilia not to tease him. Emilia tells him that she can milk information from Antonieta and that they could make a team. She could help him find out the information he so badly wants about who his dad was/is and he could make Sebastian fall in love with her. Carmelo asks how he can be sure Antonietta knows about his past & Emilia responds that he's just going to have to trust her because she can't give him any proof. He tells her that he'll have to think about this interesting offer because it could have negative repercussions with Don Lupe. She tells him to not think about it too long 'cause she could change her mind, & she heads towards the pool. (What an arrimada!!) Carmelo tells her nobody's home, but she insists on using their pool.
At the hospital - Luisa is mouth-feeding Adela, but our enfermita tells her she's not hungry anymore. Ricardo tells his mom that he wants to go home to take a shower & change clothes now that she's feeling better because he feels stinky & unclean (poor baby) & wants to go to the gym. Gustavo tells the kids to go home, but Adela insists that Ricardo stay & that Gus take Luisa to get something to eat. Gus gets up & takes Luisa out. Ricardo asks his mom why she doesn't want him to go home. She reminds him that Catalina & Sebastian went home & she doesn't want anybody to interrupt them since it took a lot of convincing to get them to go. Ricardo still doesn't understand so she tells him that maybe at this time the newlyweds are consumating their marriage. They both laugh & Adela tells him that she hopes Catalina gets pregnant soon because there's nothing like a baby to ensure one's husband to stay with you no matter what! She smiles.
At Catalina's home - Catalina tells Sebastian that she is worried about him because he didn't tell his dad they got married. He agrees that he should have at least called & tells her that he had promised his dad they wouldn't get married without telling him first. Catalina asks how he would have known they were going to get married so soon.
At Sebastian's apartment - Don Lupe & Martina arrive & he says the moment they'll meet Catalina & find out what type of girl she is is near. Matina starts calling out for Sebastian, but he is not there. Don Lupe tells Martina he is worried because Sebastian is crazy for Catalina & feels that something bad is happening. Martina asks what could be happening & he says he doesn't know, but that he has a feeling.
At Catalina's home - Sebastian is looking out the window as Catalina brings him a glassof orange juice. She suggests that she go with him to give his dad the news, but he tells her it's better that he go alone & that since her mom is sick she better stay here. She says he's right & tells him she feels bad for having made her mom suffer since all she ever wanted was good things for her despite her methods. Sebastian asks what methods & catalina explains its a family thing & of no importance. He puts his arm around her & they walk towards the window.
At Antonieta's house - Antonieta tells Josefa that sometimes she wishes Matilde wouldn't have died. She laughs & says that at least she made Lupe's life impossible. Josefa tells her that it was God's will & Antonieta tells her to imagine if she would have lived, how many more kids would that big flirt have had and with whom?! And how she would have made them pass as being Lupe's. Josefa tells her that this is the case with Sebastian & Martina & that nobody can really prove they are both Lupe's kids but nobody can prove they're not. Antonieta wishes that letter Matilde wrote would turn up, but Josefa tells her that it's better that it doesn't. (Hmmmm . . . .I'm guessing Carmelo is Matilde's son but not Lupe's.) Antonieta asks if that letter could have that sort of information about the kids, but Josefa once again replies that it better not be found and what if it doesn't mention that, but talks about something totally different? Antonieta is curious & asks what other kind of things; Josefa replies that it could mention other townspeople's secrets. "Are you refering to MY secret?," Antonietta asks. Josefa just says the letter could talk about many things & that's why it's better to forget about it. "What do you know? If it mentions that Lupe's kids aren't his, it could be VERY usefull to me," Antonieta tells her. She also tells Josefa she doubts that Matilde would have written about other people's secrets as she lay on her deathbed. "I must find that letter!"
Outside Catalina's apartment - Sebastian tells Catalina that he will go straight to his dad's house without stopping at his apartment to give him the news. Catalina wishes him luck. She thinks to herself that she really hopes everything turns out fine because Sebastian is good & really cares for her. We here some honks from a car & it's Lalo in his new, yellow sportscar. Lalo gets out (in his white jeans AGAIN!) & asks them what they think about his car. Cat tells him it's nice & Seba responds that it's nice too but that he wouldn't trade his SUV for anything. Seba turns to Cat & tells her he has to go now. They give each other a long kiss & he tells her that despite how fast things happened today, he is bery happy that she is his wife. "Wife?," Lalo asks. "Yes," Cat answers & tells him they married this morning. Lalo congratulates them & Seba turns to cat again & they kiss again. (Lalo isn't too happy to see them kiss.) Seba leaves. Lalo tells her that he's amazed & asks what happened to all her tears & her love for him. Cat stands strong & points out that it was he who changed her for a sports car & that she was not going to cry for him any longer; Sebastian really loves & doesn't cheat on her with a "vieja cacatuda" (?) Lalo asks, "Couldn't it be that you hate my wife because you're jealous and at this moment you wish I would hug you and kiss you?" Cat tells him he's crazy, that they're married to 2 people very different, & that what happened will never happen again. Lalo agrees that it's better this way & that they forget about everything between them. He walks towards his car & tells himself that he still loves her & will always love her. (Jerk!) Cat asks herself how she ever fell in love with a guy like Lalo, & how Sebastian is a much better person that really cares for her & has helped out her family, and really deserves her love. She smiles.
At the cafeteria - Gustavo tells Luisa not to worry too much about her mom, that she is doing a whole lot better than how she was before. Luisa asks if her mom really got that much better because of Cat & Seba's wedding - Gustavo answers that this made Adela much calmer because she now knows Catalina is going to be well taken cared of in case she were to leave them. This reasures Luis that Adela is very sick & Gustavo adds that he wishes he could do something to lighten her worries & anguish about her mom's illness.
Back at the hospital - Adela is up & walking & telling Ric that they will soon be millionaires. Ric tells her that the 1st thing he wants his brother in law to give him is a car. She wants a trip to Europe & tells him she knew Catalina would comply with her "dying" wish. Ric agrees that it was worth being stuck in this hospital, but that they should already leave because it's time to start making the arrangements for the religious ceremony. Adela tells him they can't leave yet although they've already payed part of the bill with the loan Seba gave them. She's also paid off some other debts & kept some $$ for herself. She tells him they have to be careful & that she has to fake her illness a while longer. He tells her it's such a pain, but she says it's necessary & that she will do it so that neither Catalina nor Sebastian suspect a thing.
At the ranch - Sebastian arrives & starts calling for his dad. He is thinking about the nes he has to tell him & how he will tell him. He asks one of the maids where his dad went but she doesn't know where they went. . . . Seba goes out to the pool area & sees Emilia. (She's in a bikini again! Yuck!! Yuck Yuck!) He asks if she know where her dad & sister went. Emi tells him they went to el DF and so they're all alone. She walks up to him & starts putting her hands around him. He tells her no and starts pushing her off & they both fall into the pool. He gets out & tells her to stay in & that maybe she could cool off in there. She gets out (she looks disgusting with her her all wet & her make up running!) & asks him why he can't let her show him her love. He tells her it's too late because he is already tied to Catalina. He walks away - this leaves her speechless & stunned.
Back at the hospital - Adela is in her sick mode because Catalina is visiting & asks her how she's doing. Adela tells her she is a tiny bit better & feels she is over the initial crisis. Cat asks about a possible operation to make her better, but Gustavo & Ricardo immediately interrup to say that Adela has been sick for a very long time & an operation is useless at this point. Catalina says she doesn't understand & wants to know exactly what her mom has. They tell her she has a condition that would make it impossible to tolerate an operation & Gus believes it's better that they take her home. Adela tells Cat that it's better she go home, that the doctors have given her no hope & that if she's going to die it's better to do so at home. Cat starts crying and puts her head on her shoulder as Adela gives Gustavo & Ricardo a look.
At the cantina - Carmel walks in with Ramiro & tells him that Emilia is crazy for Sebastian & has even asked him for help. Carm tells him that Sebastian is crazy to not payattention so such a beautiful woman like Emilia. Ramiro tells him he shouldn't butt in.
Back at the ranch - Sebastian finally gets a hold of his dad. Seba tells him he has something very important to say. Lupe asks what, Seba hesitates & tells him he wants to speak to him in person. They decide to see each other tomorrow morning. . . . Rufina tells Sebastian he has a worried look on his face. He tells her he did something he can't change & his dad will get very angry. At the Negrete apartment - The family helps Adela walk into the apartment. Adela tells them she is feeling weak & to take her to the bedroom. Gus & Luisa help her while Ric & Cat stay in the living room. Cat asks him if he brought their mom's medication. He thinks fast & tells her that they changed them, but has the new prescriptions & will go buy them soon. He changes the topic & asks how things went with Sebastian since they were here by themselves. Catalina is annoyed by his question, but tells him nothing has happened between them.
Back at the Cantina - Sebastian walks in & tells Ramiro he needs to talk to him. They go to another table & Seb tells him he did something & is very worried about his dad's reaction. Ramiro reminds him Lupe is understanding & that all he asked was that Sebastian ot get Catalina pregnant & to tell him before getting married. Sebastian tells him that's just it, that he married Catalina today. Ramiro is shocked & tells him he is crazy for not having told anybody. Seb tells him Catalina is special & is the woman of his life, but didn't get married just because of that. He tells him about Catalina's mom last wish. Ramiro tells him he understands, but isn't sure that Lupe will.
Back at the Negrete apartment - Catalina is bothered that ramiro is worying about her sex life instead of being more worried about Adela's condition. Ramiro tells him that he has been caring for her & that if someone should be worried, it's her & he tells her to remember all the suffering she caused their mom when she refused time & time again to marry Sebastian. Cat tells him she married Sebastian for her. Ramiro tells her she has to stop hating Sebastian & start loving him instead. Cat starts to tell him that she doesn't hate Sebastian & is starting to feel something for him, but Ramiro interrupts & tells her that if she can't love him, she should love his money. , In Adela's room: Luisa gives Adela some pills (how did Ramiro go get them so fast?) & as she is about to take them tells her to let her sleep. Luisa walks away & Adela starts putting that pill in a napkin; Luisa turns around & almost catches her but Adela pretends to be wiping her mouth. Ramiro walks in & Adela asks where he got these pills. He explains that his friend's dad has a heart problem so he asked what type of medication he was taking & got the prescriptions for them. Ramiro angrily tells her it's all for dumb Catalina's sake, & Adela tells him not to insult his sister & they have to treat her better than ever now. He calls her dumb again & tells Adela that they even haven't consumated their marriage yet. Adela responds with a shocked "WHAT??" and calls Catalina dumb. . . . . . In the kitchen: Catalina is cooking & Luisa walks in. They talk about their mom & how she needs to get bette. Catalina has prepared chicken soup. Luisa asks what she's gonna do now that she's married. Catalina tells her she's confused and doesn't know if she will ever be able to love another man again. Luisa thanks her for her sacrifice for the family & that it's helped her momget better & wishes her all the happiness in the world with Sebastian. . . . In Adela's room: Ramiro walks in & tells her Catalina has made her soup. Adela tells him she should be worrying about her marriage & Ramiro tells her that men can love a girl with all their hearts, but if they aren't satisfied, they tire very easily & leave. Adela gets up & tells him NO NO NO, that she will be monitoring the progression of this marriage & that Sebastian will not leave Catalina.
Alicia's house - (Does this girl live by herself - I don't think we've ever seen her parents) Catalina knocks & Alicia lets her in. Cat has been crying & tells her the doctors can't do anything for her anymore & that she's home. Alicia tells her she is worried about her & what will happen now. Catalina reminds her she did this for her mom & would have done even more as long as her mom can get better. Cat tells her she saw Lalo & that she was not bothered by seeing him. She asks if she even loves him still.
At the gym - Lalo sees Sylvia come in & asks what she is doing here. Sylvia tells him that now that they're married, she will be with him 24 hours a day. He is not too thrilled about this.
Out in a park - Lalo is walking with Luis & tells him he is sick of Sylvia, that she wants to be with him 24 hrs a day. Luis just listens as Lalo tells him at least for now he'll get a half hour rest sitting with him, but Sylvia shows up to take him to lunch.
At Carmelo's house - Petra serves him something to drink & Carmelo asks her why she cares so much for him. She tells him she told her cousin (his mom) that she would take good care of him as she died. He asks Petra why his mom stopped working at Don Lupe's ranch. Petra gets that I know but I won't tell you look & tells him that his mom stopped working there "just because." He asks if it was because she was pregnant with Lupe's child & Petra tells him to not to start with that. She tells him she is leaving & he tells her that one day she will have to tell him the truth. . . .Macario walks in & asks Carmelo if he knows what is happening to Sebastian. He tells him he doesn't know anything so Macario explains that he doesn't know anything either, but Sebastian has been talking with Ramiro for a long time at the cantina & doesn't look very good. Carmelo theorizes that he might have gotten Catalina pregnant.
Back at Alicia's house - Alicia asks Catalina if she really is no longer in love with Lalo. Cat tells her that he really broke her heart & deceived her with everything he did. Alicia tells her that it's better this way & it will make things easier between Sebastian & her. Catalina tells her she thought she would hate Sebastian, but he is a good person & she cares for him & he deserves her love.
Back at the cantina - Sebastian is still talking to Ramiro & how he feels bad. Ramiro tells him he should have called anyway, that he should be worried, & that he should solve this problem as soon as possible. Carmelo walks into the cantina & asks "what problem?" Sebastian asks Carmelo to promise not to tell his dad anything till he gets to speak with him himself. Carmelo promised he won't say a thing & Sebastian proceeds to tell him what happened. Carmelo is very surprised.
At Sebastian's apartment - Marina calls the ranch & asks Rufina for Sebastian. Rufi tells her he's not there so Martina hangs up. Martina tells her dad she couldn't get Catalina's address. They leave to go shopping.
Back at the cantina - Carmelo tells him it's fine as long as he loves Catalina, but he sure lost his chance at the beautiful Emilia now. Seba asks if he likes Emilia so Carm responds "who doesn't?" Ramiro tells them he doesn't like her & that though she is pretty, she has something inside that he doesn't like. Carmelo jokes that he should get used to Emilia because once he marries Martina, Emilia will be at their place all the time since they're good friends. Sebastian tells Ramiro not to blush, that everybody know he likes his sister & that she like him & that he should tell her.
At the gym - Alicia & Catalina show up for Luis's class. Cat tells her she shouldn't have come (I totally agree!), but Alicia tells her that the exercise will be good for her stress.
Adela's room - Adela tells Gustavo that Catalina is dumb for not having taken advantage of the time alone with Sebastian. Gus tells her to be patient, but Adela points out that when Lupe finds out he won't like it & could ry to dissolve the marriage. She tells him she will do anything to get them to spend at least one night together. Gus tells her to get back into bed, but she tells him she is sick of it. She starts doing a little dance & tells him she is happy that they got Catalina & Sebastian married. Luisa is at the door & overhears her & starts crying. Adela sees her & stops. Luisa walks in crying. Adela tells her she is sick, but feels better because Catalina is now married. Luisa tells her to stop faking, that she heard everything & that what they did to Catalina is not fair & it's terrible that they made her & Luisa suffer because of the fake illness. Adela tells her to not tell Catalina any of this. Luisa tells them all they care about is the money & she runs out. Adela gets nervous & tells Gustavo to run after her & convince her not to tell Catalina anything. They start fighting about why she had to get out of bed & why he didn't lock the door & she's extremely worried that if Catalina finds out, she'll divorce Sebastian.
At Antonieta's - Emilia tells Antonieta that Carmelo told he he would think about her offer & Antonieta tells her not to worry. She is sure Carmelo will help her out. Emilia tells her that Sebastian has been acting weird & told her they are "tied" or "linked." Antonieta tells her he probably meant that they've slept together. Emilia comments that men today aren't like men used to be, that when they'd sleep with a woman, they'd marry her. Antonieta tells her that men yesterday were the same way (hint, hint). Emilia asks if she's saying that from personal experience.
At the gym - Catalina thanks Luis for a great workout & how she needs to get going before she runs into Lalo. Luis tells her he feel bad for everything that's happened. He asks Alicia if she wants to go to the movies later; she agrees. As she turns to leave, Sylvia & Lalo walk in. Sylvia is angry to see her & tells her she shouldn't be here & that if she is here it's because she's with Lalo behind her back. Catalina tells her it's not true & Sylvia tells her it won't be a problem any longer because Lalo will not work here any longer.

Telenovela-World: Summary #11 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 13:36 PDT
Cata & Sylvia argue at the gym. Cata tells Lalo he married a hysterical old woman.
Antonieta & Emilia discuss their plan; how to trap Seb for Emilia and how antonieta will make Lupe pay.
Seb arrives at the ranch: he is worried as to how to tell his dad that he got married.
Gustavo argues with Luisa and warns her about telling Cata about Adela. Luisa tells him that she only thought the kind of people they are was only in the movies , she tells him they are MONSTERS. Adela els Cata that she won't be in peace until they get married by the church.
When Cata leaves the room Alicia tells Adela that she knows that she is not sick, Adela tells her she is going to have a heart attack if she doesn't go now.She calls her a naca. Alicia tells her off and tells her she has no education but has dignity and she would not sell her daughter to a milionaire.
At the ranch, Panchito who thinks is clairvoyant tells Rufina that there will be a big Storm over the ranch-bad news. Sebastian gets drunk at the cantina still wondering how he will tell Lupe about his marriage.
Lalo wals out on Sylvia. He tells her that at least Cata was not always hysterical and yelling all the time.She knows how to get him back, will buy him the gym NOW. Seb is riding around, and who appears Emilia of course!!!She tells him it must be god's will that they keep meeting . He tells her to dissapear from his sight.She says that if he brings Cata to the ranch she will make her life a living hell.
Lalo&Luis go to Alicia's, Cata arrives, Lalo tell her he will divorce Sylvia ans she should Divorce ebastian. Cata says NO WAY, she never wants to see him again and walks away and tells him he doesn't love him anymore. Lalo says that since all women are the same, then might as well stay with one with money, he goes back to Sylvia.
Emilia and Antonieta talk about their plan. Carmelo arrives and tells them god makes them and they get together on their own. He implies that Cata has Sebastian already but doesn't elaborate. Emilia is furious and says he knows something. She doesn't want Cata at the ranch. So in the morning she will go to the city to face her rival.
Martina and Lupe are at the city apartment, Martina wants to go dancing but Lupe says he is too old to go with her. Ramiro arrives and they go out. At the disco place, Luisa is there with a friend, and makes fun of Ramiro because he is wearing a hat. Martina tells him not to worry, she hates that music anyway she likes the one he plays better.
Seba has a nite mare and has a fever. Cata tells her parents that if don Lupe gets really angry about the marriage he may write Seba out of his will and give him nothing. Ofcourse this almost gives Adela a real Heart attack, and she says He cannot do that to them. LOL Ricardo says , all that hard work and expenses for nothing, it can't be.
Emilia arrives at Cata's. Askers her what did she give Seb to trap him, Cata says well we just got married!!!Emilia's mouth drops, to be continued
Telenovela-World: Summary #12 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 13:37 PDT
Catalina is disturbed by Emilia’s appearance at her home. She’s questioning her own feelings for Sebastian and doesn’t want to accept she married him for money. She did it because she had to comply with her dying mother’s request. Alicia calls and she tells her she must speak with her.
Ruffina and Panchito are at Sebastian’s side. His fever is increasing. He’s mumbling something about telling his father.
Lalo tells Sylvia Catalina is married. He’s not after her. If she keeps up the jealous routine he’s divorcing her. If she doesn’t want him to see Cat at gym, she should do what she promised and buy him his own. Sylvia says she’s already made plans. Lalo sweetens up and tells her Cat is history.
In the car on the way to her monthly luncheon, Adela quickly changes and puts on her makeup. She says it’s not easy to pretend to be sick. Gus says he’s not happy doing this at Cat’s expense
Cat tells Alicia that Emilia knows she married for money. But she says she married him to make her mother’s last wish. She was afraid her heart would give in. If Emilia gets in her way again, she’ll kick her. Alicia asks if she’s pretty and Cat admits she is very pretty (!!!).
Emilia goes to Lupe to tell him about Seb, but Lupe is worried sick and leaves for the hacienda before she can spill the beans.
Carmelo tells Seb he got sick because he worried about what his father would say. Is he a papa’s boy? Seb says he’s trying to put them against each other. Ramiro stops this conversation. Seb tells him he was so nervous, he couldn’t call his father to tell him the news. He’s not sorry—Catalina is the love of his life.
Sebastian calls and tells Cat he’s got a fever. She’s concerned about him. She tells Alicia she’s going to learn to love him. The truth is he’s very handsome (finally!) and she’s starting to miss him!!
Over lunch Adela happens to mention that Catalina will be marrying Sebastian Mendoza a millionaire rancher. One of the women sneers at the idea and says he’s just a farmer! Adela says he’s very educated and he’s got $$$$$$$. She leaves in a furious huff offended by the idea that he’s just a farmer. (Although Rico agrees).
Lupe arrives back home and is relieved to hear that Seb is much better. Lupe can’t stand the city and he’s happy to be home. Emilia storms in and breaks the news of Seb’s marriage to Catalina. Lupe runs upstairs and confronts Seb who has no other alternative but to admit it. He tries to explain, but Don Lupe (who appears to be a gigantic hothead) runs out. Even poor Ramiro gets in hot water with Martina for not telling her.
Luisa comes home from school and tells Cat their mother is probably at her ladies lunch. Cat is furious with her? Their mother is very sick. She says they’ve got to prepare soup and she’ll go out for the ingredients.
Lalo almost runs over Cat. He says she’s trying to bump into him just like Sylvia says. Cat says he’s wrong. She loves Seb, he’s a man!
Sebastian talks to Martina about his sudden marriage and explains about Adela’s health. Maybe he should leave the ranch? They convince him not to go. Lupe will cool down.
Lupe’s down at the old cantina. He tells Carmelo he doesn’t have a son anymore. From now on Carmelo will be his son. Of course he’s overjoyed and takes this as recognition of his true paternity. He takes Lupe back to his place to sober up. Ramiro tells him when Lupe comes to he won’t remember a thing!
The family is looking for Lupe. They locate him at the bar and Ruffina says let him stay there. The best thing is to stay out of sight. He’ll get over it. Seb says he might as well go to DF to see Catalina. How did Emilia find out he was married? Martina tells him Emilia went to DF that morning, she must have confronted Cat. Seb says he’s going to have to take care of that girl.
Meanwhile--Emilia having received the news of Sebastian’s marriage directly from the bride, goes to Antoniettta for help. She’ll help her only if she promises to hurt Seb once she’s got him (man is she wicked).
Catalina goes back home to prepare soup. Luisita finally tells her that her mother’s illness was all a game to get her to marry Sebastian. Cat can’t believe it. How could they sacrifice her whole life with someone she doesn’t love for money. Especially her father!
Ruffina tells Pedra (?) that she doesn’t know where they letter is that Seb mother wrote to the priest.
Martina goes to get Ramiro to tell him she’s worried about Seb driving to DF in his condition. Ramiro being a good boy scout volunteers to go with him. He tells her Lupe is at Carmelo’s house sleeping it off.
Carmelo is crowing about the so called recognition of Don Lupe. He can share their wealth and his love.
The Negrette’s return from lunch. Catalina confronts her mother with the truth. She opens her robe and finds the suit underneath. How could they be so evil? She accuses the father. She doesn’t want any explanations. Nothing surprises her about Rico—like mother like son.
She says she’ll never forgive them for this. She never wants to see them again!!!

Telenovela-World: Summary #13 Author: Robin N. Date: 10-19-99 13:38 PDT
Catalina is understandably furious with her family and never wants to see them again. She’s not going to forgive them and plans to leave the house. Adela and Gustavo start yelling at each other and blaming each other. Ric steps in and tells them to pull it together, they need a new plan.
Sebastian--still feverish-- is going to the city and Ramiro tells him he’s going to go with. First he goes to Carmelo’s to find his dad. Carmelo opens the door and tells him to leave them alone, his dad doesn’t want to see him. He bars the door and tells him to forget about seeing his father, respect his wishes not to see you. Sebastian gives up and walks away (I remember that hangdog look from LaM!). Carmelo wallows in his delusion--I’m going to be the best son you ever had, Dad!
Catalina has packed and is leaving (with just one suitcase and a purse?). Adela tries the ‘but we’re your family, your blood angle, and besides, you are married’ angle, but this doesn’t work with Catalina. She’s decided she’s going to divorce him. Adela tells her to think twice, he’s a sweet, wonderful guy. Catalina thinks he deserves better. Adela says, right! remember, you’re going to make him suffer if you tell him about all this. You think he won’t believe you had no part in this? Catalina takes the elevator down.
Ed tells his pal buff Luis that he’s going to have a new gym of his own soon. (Apparently everyone likes to work out outside--it’s crowded up on the roof--I guess weights offer no attractions). He offers him a job, but Luis warns him that life with a jealous Sylvia will be baaaad.
Sylvia (in her illfitting strapless bra) is contemplating plastic surgery to remove her wrinkles, even though she’s not all that old. Her friend Patricia tells her she’s crazy. Sylvia’s convinced she has to compete against Catalina for Ed.
Sebastian and Ram arrive at his apartment and are talking about Carmelo’s attitude, how strangely he’s behaving. Ram suggests that he call Catalina to come to Sebastian’s apartment, so he calls her--she’s not home, says Luisa--try Alicia’s. Adela wants to know if she told Sebastian anything, but she didn’t.
Catalina is sitting outside Alicia’s apartment waiting for her to come home. She does and Catalina tells her how everyone was in on the game. She asks her if Alicia suspected the truth. She tells her that she’s thinking to divorce Sebastian, but at the same time she doesn’t want to hurt him. Alicia reminds her that she doesn’t love him so it would be better for all if they divorce and get on with their lives. Sebastian calls and Alicia gives Catalina the phone. He asks her to come see him at his apartment because he doesn’t want to go running around while he’s still feverish and she agrees.
Carmelo is tending the hungover Lupe. Carmelo tells him he’s justified for drinking so much, in light of what Sebastian did. Someone knocks, it’s Antonietta and he doesn’t want to let her in. She insists and calls out to Lupe and he tells Carmelo to let her in. She starts in on how women marry Mendoza men for their money. He’s not willing to let her take that angle, he says Catalina’s actually a good girl and she’s being misjudged. She doesn’t buy that for a minute. He’s said the same thing himself! After she storms out in a huff, Lupe asks Panchito not to say anything to Sebastian about how he fears (and Antonietta threatens) that he too may suffer the way Lupe suffered with a golddigger wife. Panchito reassures him.
Antonietta comes back to report to Emilia what happened. They have to anticipate what will happen.
Lupe comes home and tells Martina and all that he’s going to give the girl a chance and soon they talk of how they’re going to plan for a nice, church wedding and get to know Catalina.
Catalina comes to the apartment and Ram lets her in and excuses himself. Sebastian tells her how much he’s missed her. She asks him how it went with his father and he asks her why she doesn’t kiss him hello. He tries to kiss her but notices she’s holding back. She tells him that she wants a divorce. He suspects it’s because Emilia told her that there’s trouble with his father, but he wants her to forget about all that. She’s his wife and he knows he’s made the right decision and his life’s not worth anything without her. She thinks to herself that she can’t burst his bubble. He tells her that he loves her and they kiss passionately (now there’s a different kind of fever! Obviously they’re not worried about him being contagious!) Before they go too far, the phone rings and it’s his sister.
Martina tells him that Dad wants to talk to him about Catalina and it’s good news. She won’t tell him exactly what Lupe wants to tell him, but, he’s going to give Catalina an opportunity. Catalina tells him that in that case, because he’s sick, he should get an early night’s sleep.
Adela chews out Luisa for telling Catalina about the trampa. It’s her fault they’re going to be poor for ever. She tells her about the benefits of wealth. Luisa comes back with how important love is in a relationship.
Antonietta is counseling Emilia how important it is to keep your enemies close. Josefa is hovering about like an old spy, serving coffee. Emilia brings up Antonietta’s failure to marry Lupe and she asks her to not talk about the past. Oh, it still bothers you, eh?
Sylvia harps on about how jealous she is of Catalina to Patricia. If she doesn’t leave town with her husband, she’ll have to do something, she could kill her!
Catalina comes back to Alicia’s and she eagerly asks her if she’s told him she’s going to need to divorce him. Catalina tells her no, she couldn’t. It was because she’s starting to feel something for Sebastian, not because she’s ashamed of her mother’s plot. He’s made her feel like a woman, in a way Ed never did, how odd,
Sylvia’s staring at herself in the mirror, looking at the wrinkles she’s going to have removed. Ed comes to bed and they start swapping spit when he says, “, te amo, te amo Catalina, ” Sylvia dashes out of the bed in a fury! Ed muses to himself, “it was bound to happen, I love Catalina.”
Carmelo meets up with Lupe the next work day. Lupe tells him that he’s going to give Catalina a chance, because he doesn’t want to fight with his only male child Sebastian. Carmelo picks up on that and asks him, his only “hijo varon?” As Lupe walks away, Carmelo speaks of how he HATES Sebastian!
Lupe and Panchito talk in the kitchen. He speaks a little menacingly as to how he’s concerned how Catalina and Sebastian got together so quickly. If she’s a golddigger, she’ll pay, but if she’s a good girl, he’ll treat her like a queen. They speculate where Sebastian and Catalina will live, in the city or preferably there in the country. They talk about what questions they should ask Catalina to learn about her better. Panchito suggests that they ask her what she thought when Sebastian first proposed marriage.
Over breakfast Adela and Gustavo commiserate over how everything’s up in the air. Gustavo suggests he should work, Adela scorns him. Ric asks if they have any ideas. Gustavo storms out and Adela tells him to be quiet.
Catalina tells Alicia that she’s going to try and figure out exactly what it is that she feels for Sebastian, she’s going to stay married to him! Alicia is surprised! Are you crazy? She asks her if she’s really not trying to please her family. Catalina thinks she wants to marry him in the church. Perhaps her mama is right, maybe you can learn to love,
Ed and Luis talk about Ed’s big faux pas the night before. He loves her as much as he hates her.
Ric berates Luisa for her part in telling Catalina about the plot. (What a loser!) Adela is working overtime on a plot. The bell rings. It’s Catalina who’s come home. She’s going to return because she’s staying with Sebastian.
Sebastian comes home for his chat with Dad. He tells everyone to leave them to talk alone. Before Sebastian can explain what happened, Lupe proposes something, how about if they let Catalina think that she’s married only a humble ranch manager, like Carmelo, rather than a rich man’s son!

Telenovela-World: Summary #14 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 13:39 PDT
Don Lupe tells Sebastian to switch places with Carmelo to see if Catalina really loves him. Sebastian feels confused. He thinks that Catalina would never forgive him for distrusting her. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that, should Catalina prove that she loves him, he, himself would help him explaining her the reason and she will understand. What is what you are going to explain to her? Nothing, it doesn't matter.
Adela and Ricardo and Gustavo are telling Catalina that they are very happy that she came back and that she decided to stay put with Sebastian. Catalina tells them that she has her own reasons to do so, but she is not discussing them with her family. One thing is for sure, she will never forgive them what they have done. No questions, please. Catalina leaves and Adela tells Gustavo that she is going to keep an eye on Catalina because she doesn't trust her.
Martina is thanking Ramiro for taking care of Sebastian and he says that he was glad to help not because of Sebastian but because Martina asked him to do so. They are almost kissing when Sebastian arrives and they break apart. Sebastian tells them about the proof that don Lupe is asking for. He is sad that his dad doubts Catalina's love. Telenovela-World: Summary #3 Author: Robin N. Date: 10-19-99 13:29 PDT
Cata and her Lalo talk at the gym: he’s dumping her. He doesn’t love her. She thinks he’s joking, but when he tells her no, she thinks he’s jealous of Sebastian. She promises she won’t go out with Seb, but he tells her their done! She’s shattered.
Outside the gym , Sebastian just pulls up and asks her what’s wrong. He pulls her close. He takes her home. She asks him to leave her. Spying behind a tree is the Private Investigator.
Lupe gets a report from the PI. In comes the daughter and he tells her he’s worried about that Cata girl. He doubts she’s sincere. She tries to reassure him that Sebastian is worth knowing. He hints that she may be a golddigger.
Lazy brother and mama spend the morning thinking about how they can spend the Mendoza money. But, they don’t want to live on any ranch, no social life! They have to figure out how to make their car payments. They’re counting the chickens (that they have no intention of dealing with) before they’ve hatched.
Antonieta is griping about the lottery to Josefa, and later wonders why Lupe doesn’t love her (and is snappish with her servant yet again--doesn’t she know good servants are hard to find?).
Carmelo and Lupe talk about how the Negrete’s have debts, but there’s no bad news yet about Cata herself. Carmelo tells him that’s good, that he love’s Seb “like a brother”. Lupe leaves and in comes Macario. Carmelo once again speaks of his longing for recognition. Macario must be tired of this old tune: he supposes that maybe Seb would stay in the city with his new love and Carmelo agrees that that would be the best for all.
Seb buys some roses for Cata: yellow for his hope in winning her love. The shop girl is impressed with his romantic gift.
Cata visits her girlfriend Alicia to tell her that Lalo doesn’t love her. The love of her life and he doesn’t want her to see him again. Why? Why? Her life is destroyed. Alicia suggests that maybe he’s afraid because he might know that Ricardo sent some thugs to threaten him. Cata buys this excuse, and now she’s sure that Lalo loves her.
Ricardo and Mama are taking a road trip to the Mendoza ranch. Interesting, mom’s riding in the back seat, but the car develops trouble (out of gas?) and they’re straded. (were they having a special on dry ice?). Ric pushes it into a gas station (mom’s still queening it in the back seat). Ric tells her that he HATES being poor. They abandon the car and take a cab. (Why don’t they just buy gas? Even if the car will be repo’d, it’s got to look better than showing up in a dusty cab.)
At the gym: Silvia comes buy, I mean by, to tell Ed that she’s paid his credit card bills and that she’s ready to marry him. Lalo’s got a trapped look on his face.
The priest comes to see Antonieta, who’s out. The servant wants him to never say anything about Carmelo’s father, should anyone ask. Why? Is there some secret? Yes, she tells him (a whopper).

At the gym: Luis and Ed talk about his ambivalence to marry a woman he doesn’t love as opposed to a woman who can pay his bills. Silvia can buy him the things he wants now, and he can enjoy them while he’s young. He hopes that Cata will do the same thing with that rancherito millonario.
Petra and Rufina are talking about the letter. Petra denies knowing about the letter. (Now let me get this straight: Carmelo’s about 24 and Lupe’s been taking care of him since he was 5 and they’re just trying to find this letter now?). At Petra’s house Carmelo comes in and continues to pump her for the information he wants. She denies that there is any special connection to him and Lupe.
Josefa, Rufino and the man servant (sorry, don’t recall his name) talk about the situation. They also talk about Cata and how they would like to meet her. Josefa thinks that Emilia’s going to give her a hard time.
Gustavo goes to Seb’s apartment and Emilia’s there claiming to be his novia. This makes him mad and he feels like he’s been made a fool of. Emilia pumps him for information. He tells her that they had great hopes, She extends her condolences to Cata. He stalks off. She looks smug. She gets tired of waiting for Seb and leaves--feeling that she’s done a good day’s work anyhow.
Back at the apartment: Cata talks with little sis. She wants to know why Cata’s been crying and she tells her that Ed broke up with her because Ric’s thugs threatened her. The bell rings, sis says don’t open up--it could be bill collector’s--worse, it’s the cops with an eviction notice. Cata tries to stall them because her parents aren’t home. They owe more than 60,000 pesos. They start hauling out furniture. The two girls go down to the street to make sure no one steals the furniture. To Cata’s shame, who walks up but Seb!
Rufina and little sis talk about how Seb banned Emilia from the ranch. Ruf tells her that she went to to get something from her room. My room? But she never came by! Rufina suggests that she went to Seb’s room with a knowing look.
Seb doesn’t understand, doesn’t Gus have a good job? Cata doesn’t see how this should matter. Seb goes with Cata to talk to the eviction boss. The only thing that he can do to make things right is to pay the bill. It doesn’t matter to Seb. They need help, he’ll help. He tells the workers to bring everything in and they’ll get a good tip. Cata thinks on how nice he is, but she loves Eduardo. (Talk about non-sequitur)
At the gym: stacked Luis and Ed (who must just manage the gym) talk about Cata. In comes Silvia and she wants to know what they’re talking about. Gym business. Luis hopes he wont keep stringing the two women along. At Ed’s apartment Silvia tells him that he better not be making a fool of her.
Seb pays the rent and the apartment manager tells them they can move the things back in. Cata worries what he’ll think of her family. He tells her that he’s not one to think ill of them, or that he can buy her love. He’s a proud man and when she’s his novia, it will be because she loves him, not because he’s bought her. He walks out.
Out front, who pulls up in the cab but mom and useless brother. Sis tells them that they’re being evicted and mom does a little faint.
Carmelo and Macario speculate that maybe the church has some documents that will identify his father. Antonieta walks by and he makes a comment to her. She tells him that she doesn’t want to associate with people of his kind (a bastard! Yes, but who’s?). He’s not going to pursue her, he doesn’t want help from people who hate Don Lupe.
Ruf and sis are talking. In walks Emilia to the ranch and sis wants to know what she was up to last night, because Seb has banned her from the ranch.
At the gym: in walks Cata and she tells Ed that she wants to talk to him. She tells him that she doesn’t have to pretend that he doesn’t love her because she knows about those thugs and her family won’t get in the way. (That's twice now that she says that she knows he's not a coward, hmmmm) She chooses him over her family. He cuts her off, He loves another woman!
To be continued,

Telenovela-World: Summary #4 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 13:30 PDT
At the gym

Catalina is talking with Eduardo. She tells him that she already knows that Eduardo lied her about having another woman just because he doesn't want to jeopardize her relationship with her family; but she wants to be clear with him: she is not going to accept his decision and that she is decided to elope with him. Eduardo opens her mouth several times trying to explain something but Catalina wouldn't listen.
Catalina kisses Eduardo goodbye and Eduardo turns to Luis "what am I going to do?" Luis advises Eduardo to tell Catalina the truth about Silvia. Eduardo asks Luis to help him: please ask Alicia to tell Catalina the truth.
In front of a news-magazine store Silvia is buying a bride's magazine preparing her for her wedding with Eduardo.
At Catalina's bedroom
Catalina is talking with her sister about her future wedding with Eduardo. She knows that she is not going to have a white gown at the beginning, but later on, after they marry by the law and her parents accept Eduardo as her husband, she wants to have a religious wedding. Catalina whishes that Sebastian finds a good girlfriend to be happy with.
At the rancho
Carmelo is speaking with Miguel. They are wondering about Emilia's dirty tricks. Ramiro arrives. They talk about Antonieta and how could they milk info from her. No way, Josefa is like her "perro guardian."
At Antonieta's home
Antonieta is speaking with Josefa about Sebastian and Emilia's love for him Josefa asks Antonieta how can she talk about love if she has never loved anybody. Antonieta tells Josefa that she has, in deed, been in love with don Lupe and that she has become bitter and hateful because he has not loved her back.
At don Lupe's house
Ramiro arrives looking for Martina and don Lupe tells him that she is with Emilia. Outside, Martina is asking Emilia what did she do to Sebastian that he doesn't want her in the ranch.
Carmelo is speaking with Antonieta who tells him that he is better known as "el bastardo" than with his own name.
Martina and Emilia are gossiping and break apart as don Lupe arrives and wants to know what are they talking about. Martina and Emilia keep on talking and Rufino and don Lupe speak about the girls. Rufino doesn't want Emilia to spoil Martina.
Emilia confesses Martina that, last night, she "se metió" in Sebastian's bed.
At Catalina's home
Sebastian arrives and he is thinking why does this family live as if they were wealthy if they are poor? Adela tries to explain Sebastian about the "lanzamiento" and Sebastian tells her that there is no shame on being poor. "Poor? No, by all means, we are not poor, it's just that out money is "a largo plazo" and it is not available at the moment." Sebastian tells them that he never intended to take advantage of the money he paid to the landlord and that he wants that Catalina loves him by himself. Catalina then asks to her family "Did you hear that?"
Catalina apologizes with Sebastian for having misgivings on his intentions and they decide to celebrate having lunch outside. Catalina wants all her family to go with them.
At the ranch
Ramiro, Carmelo et al are preparing for the baile. Emilia arrives with Martina. They all talk about the coming baile and Emilia says that she is going to attend to the dance with Sebastian. Ramiro tells her not to count on that because Sebastian might appear at the dance with his new girlfriend Catalina because he is so much in love with her.
At Catalina's home
Hernandez family with Sebastian are waiting for Gustavo. Gustavo arrives and he is mad. He grabs by the shirt Sebastian and demands Sebastian to explain about his girlfriend in the ranch. Sebastian says that he has nothing to hide that he has no girlfriend and that he loves Catalina and wants her to be his wife. He asks Gustavo to describe the supposed girlfriend.
At the ranch
Carmelo is speaking with Petra and wants to know if the bruja of Antonieta knows something about his father. Petra warns him "you better stop digging because you are going to be sorry if you speak with her."
At the Hernandez' house
Sebastian, thanks to Gustavo's description recognizes Emilia and tells the family that she is a neighbor who has been making passes on him but he is not interested in her. Adela and Ricardo jump to accept Sebastian's explanation. Sebastian is mad and wants to go to the ranch to get an explanation from Emilia and asks them to postpone their lunch for a better time. Sebastian leaves and all the family is disappointed. What are we going to eat? "Otra vez tortas de queso añejo" says Luisa and a mad Adela asks her: "what are you waiting to prepare them?"
At Alicia's home
Luis arrives and talks to Alicia about Catalina and Eduardo's problems. Alicia tells him that she is happy they finally are back together and Luis tells her that it's not that easy: Eduardo has another woman, he is going to marry her and she, Alicia, must tell Catalina the truth and convince her to stop looking for Eduardo.
At Hernandez's home
Adela and Ricardo are plotting on how to convince Catalina to leave Eduardo and marry Sebastian. There is no use in trying to find another woman for Eduardo since Catalina is so beautiful that Eduardo is not going to set his eyes in another woman. It's better to harass him with Ricardo's friends.
At Alicia's home
Luis is telling Alicia that the name of the woman with whom Eduardo is going to marry is Silvia and that they have been together for a while. He is a coward and he wants Silvia's money. Alicia thinks that Catalina is going to die when she finds out the truth.
At Hernandez' kitchen
Luisa is back from the market with groceries and Catalina is wondering how did her mother got money for that? Luisa tells her that it was the woman, a housemaid who is renting the service room, who paid her rent. "It's a shame that a sirvienta can pay her rent on time and we cannot do the same."
At the ranch,
Sebastian arrives and asks don Lupe if Emilia is at their home. Don Lupe tells him that she is at Martina's bedroom. Don Lupe wants to know what is the big rush and Sebastian tells him that he will explain him later.
At Alicia's home
Luis asks Alicia to tell Catalina about Silvia and Eduardo and help her because this is going to break her heart. Alicia says that she doesn't know what is going to happen since Catalina is so much in love with Eduardo.
At the ranch
Sebastian breaks in Martina's bedroom and asks Emilia why, on earth, did she say that she is his girlfriend to Catalina's dad. Emilia tells him that she did nothing because she, in the first place, doesn't know who Catalina's dad is much less where to find him. "It must be a bad joke." Sebastian cools down.
Sebastian is speaking with Ramiro. They are wondering who could have been the mysterious woman who spoke with Catalina's dad and Sebastian says that it must have been Emilia, since she has made things worse than that, as to kiss him on the mouth the first time she saw him or to jump in his bed last night, for starters. On the other hand, Sebastian tells Ramiro that it made him sad the fact that Catalina was not jealous when she got the news about the girlfriend. He is decided to marry her and he knows that "Eduardo", her phony boyfriend is just a silly game on Catalina's part.
At the gym.
Silvia is telling Eduardo that, as a wedding present, she is going to give him his own gym. He is happy and thinks "Valió la pena dejar a Catalina."
At Catalina's bedroom
Catalina is talking with Luisa and she tells her that seeing Eduardo with another woman would break her heart.
In the living room, Adela and Gustavo are talking about Emilia when Alicia knocks the door. She wants to speak to Catalina and Adela shows her how distasteful is on her part to socialize with them if she is a "naca."
Alicia asks Catalina to speak with her privately. About what? About Eduardo. Catalina wants to know why? Because I don't want your family to see you suffering. Why? Because Eduardo has another woman.
At the ranch
Rufina is preparing to serve dinner to don Lupe when Carmelo tells him that Antonieta was looking for him and he wants to ask for a favor. "Should don Lupe speak to Antonieta, could he ask the woman about who Carmelo's father is?" Don Lupe tells Carmelo to leave things as they are. "Anyway, I treat you as a son, isn't that enough for you?"
At Antonieta's home
Josefa and Antonieta are talking about Carmelo and Antonieta says that if Carmelo keeps pushing her, she is going to tell all people in town about the real origin of the bastardo ese.
At the ranch
Sebastian and don Lupe are talking about who might have been the woman who spoke with Catalina's dad. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that he doesn't want Sebastian to suffer for a woman and that he is afraid that Catalina is interested on his money alone.
At Catalina's home
Catalina doesn't want to believe that Eduardo has another woman. She is sure that this is a dirty trick planted by her parents to separate her from Eduardo. Alicia insists that Eduardo is going to marry with a wealthy woman and that this is not a trick but a truth that Luis told her.
Catalina asks Alicia to stop lying and that she is going to go, in this very moment, to Eduardo's home. She is going to tell him that she left her parent's home, that she has nowhere to go and she is sure that Eduardo is going to be very happy to have her at his home and is going to marry her. You will see.
At Eduardo's home.
Eduardo and Silvia are back at his home. They just had dinner and they are getting ready to go to bed. Eduardo thinks that it was a wise thing to let the manager of his building believe that he is not at this apartment, just in case Catalina wants to look for him.
At the ranch
Don Lupe tells Sebastian that he hired a P.I. to investigate Catalina and her family and Sebastian goes ballistic "how could you do this to me? What do you think that I am stupid enough as to be fooled by a woman? Don Lupe tells him that he just wants to make sure that you are safe, son. "I am not your son anymore!"
At the cantina
Carmelo, Ramiro and two other friends are drinking. Carmelo is drunk. Ramiro wants to leave but Carmelo wants everybody to know his big secret. Ramiro agrees to drink "la última" (this is one of the three biggest lies a Mexican can tell) while Carmelo blurts out that he knows that he is the bastard son of don Lupe and that, today, he confirmed it.
At Eduardo's building
Catalina arrives and the manager tells her that he is not in but he offers to open his door for her. In the inside, Silvia and Eduardo are cheering with champagne. The manager opens the door, Catalina gets inside and walks to Eduardo's bedroom. She opens the door and finds Eduardo and Silvia kissing. "Eduardo!" He jumps startled at Catalina's cry.
In the previews, we see Catalina telling Eduardo that she hates him so much. And Catalina is thinking, "I am going to marry with millionaire Sebastian."


Telenovela-World: Summary #5 Author: Margaret Date: 10-19-99 13:30 PDT
Actually the summary reads like a transcript, Sorry it's late.
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EDUARDO'S APARTMENT
Catalina discovers Eduardo and Sylvia "celebrating" their upcoming wedding in his bedroom. She lashes out at Sylvia and is promptly shoved out of the room by Eduardo who tells her to leave him be. Catalina is enraged by the realization that Eduardo's attempted breakups weren't to avoid problems with her family, but because he had been carrying on an affair. Eduardo asks that she not continue her tirade and get out of his apartment. Catalina asks him with tears of pain and betrayal why he did this to her after all she was willing to sacrifice for him. An indignant Eduardo tells her he can't live on love alone and he's leaving her for the money. Sylvia can give him everything he ever wanted. An incensed Catalina angrily tells him that she hates him, then slaps him (a good hard slap with a very Veronicaesqe follow-through.) and storms out of his apartment.
Once outside of Eduardo's apartment, she pauses in the corridor for a moment. As tears stream down her face and anger strains her voice, she vows never to let anyone hurt her the way he has.
Back in the apartment Eduardo tries to reassure an angry Sylvia that he's finished with Catalina. She calls him a liar and tells him that she never wants to see him again. She too gives him a sound slap (on the other cheek) before she exits. Eduardo is left alone in his apartment in disbelief.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-CATA'S BEDROOM
Adela walks in as Luisa is watching tv. Adela turns of the tv and asks why Alicia came to see Catalina. An indifferent Luisa tells her mother that she has no idea what Alicia and Catalina were going to talk about. Adela gets riled up because convinced that Alicia is encouraging Catalina to pursue Eduardo. As she leaves the room she laments to her uninterested daughter that she hopes Alicia will soon be out of Catalina's life.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Adela tries to convince Gustavo to break up Catalina's friendship with Alicia. An exasperated Gustavo lets her rant and rave. Adela can't understand what Catalina sees in that dirt poor Eduardo, when Sebastian is so handsome and rich!
EL RANCHO-KITCHEN
Rufino and Pachito are in the kitchen as a fuming Sebastian comes in to get a glass of juice. He tells Rufina that his father hired an investigator to look into Catalina's background. Rufina tries to tell him that Lupe was only trying to do what was best for him. Sebastian stands firm that no matter what Lupe does, he insists that he'll be with Catalina because she is the woman that he loves. He storms of to the cantina.
THE CITY STREET
Catalina walks around the city in a trance-like state. She thinks of all the plans she and Eduardo made and the horrible way things ended between them.
THE CANTINA
Carmelo is so drunk he can't get his head up from the table, as he talks to Ramiro about his parentage. Ramiro doesn't believe that he is Lupe's son. Sergio walks in to the cantina and Ramiro asks him if he can have someone take Carmelo home. Sebastian instructs two men to take the drunken Carmelo, who is so too drunk to walk out on his own two feet. Marcario escorts them out and Sebastian sits with Ramiro.
Ramiro want to know why Sebastian is so mad. Sebastian tells him that he just discovered that his father betrayed him.
EL RANCHO-LIVING ROOM
Martina asks Lupe what was the shouting that Rufina heard. Lupe tells his daughter that he just finished fighting with Sebastian.
ANTONIETTA'S HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Josefa reports to Antonietta the huge fight that Sebastian and Lupe had over Catalina. Antonietta is pleased that father and son are at odds. Antonietta says that she will be avenged, if Catalina manages to dissolve the relationship between Lupe and Sebastian. She plans to give Lupe his "condolences." EL RANCHO-LIVING ROOM Lupe tells Martina that he hired an investigator to investigate Catalina's family. Martina tells him he did wrong and that she thinks he's being unjust to Catalina. Lupe stands firm and maintains that he did it to make sure that the woman that ends up with Sebastian, must be there for love and not for his money. He tells his daughter that since they have money that they have to be weary of those that may be after them solely for the money. He asks Martina to talk to Sebastian and make him understand his motives.
THE CANTINA
Ramiro tells Sebastian that if Lupe has hired an investigator than he must have his suspicions of Catalina. Sebastian tells Ramiro that Lupe had no right to do it, as Catalina isn't even his girlfriend. Ramiro tells him that the rumor around camp is that Sebastian has this girlfriend in the capital. Sebastian laughs and explains that he is at the courtship stage of the relationship, but he feels confident that Catalina likes him and that she'll fall for him. His problem is that he doesn't know how he'll ever be able to tell Catalina about his father hiring an investigator to investigate her and her family. Ramiro tells Sebastian that if she really loved him, it wouldn't matter.
OUTSIDE ALICIA'S HOUSE
Catalina is still walking around in a daze and as she approaches the door she vows to think of nothing but money from now on and to hell with love. The tears run in a steady stream down her face as she pleads with Alicia to open the door. She thinks Alicia is mad at her and won't open the door. Catalina cries alone outside, in the dark.
NEGRETTE HOUSE
Alicia is at the door asking about Catalina. Gustavo and Sylvia are enraged that Alicia doesn't know where Catalina is after it was Alicia who took Catalina out of the house. They grill the girl and ask why did she take Catalina out of the house anyway. Alicia hesitates before telling them that Eduardo was cheating on Catalina with another woman. Sylvia is pleased at this news and Gustavo is stunned. Alicia reminds Sylvia that Catalina is probably suffering, so she shouldn't be so delighted. Sylvia tells Alicia that she always knew that Eduardo was no good and she was right. Gustavo is worried about Catalina. Alicia tells him that she though she'd be home by now since after she left Alicia's she was going by Eduardo's. She asks Gustavo to let her know when Catalina gets home, but before she can leave Sylvia and she exchange insults. Alicia gets the last shot by telling Sylvia she's a bad mother then departs. Gustavo comforts an insulted Sylvia.
EL RANCO-LIVING ROOM
Martina meets a depleted Sebastian as he comes home from the Cantina to talk to him about their father's actions. He really doesn't want to talk about it and insists that he'll be leaving the ranch.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
A depressed Sylvia arrives at her apartment. She's convinced that she could never compete with Catalina's youth. Her friend Patricia arrives and Sylvia begins to cry her story to her friend.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Sylvia is toasting their good fortune as Gustavo is in a panic that Catalina hasn't arrived yet. As he is about to leave to look for her she arrives. A stoic Catalina comes through the door and asks her mother not to fake any sympathy. She tells her mother to make plans, because she's going to marry the millionaire Sebastian Mendoza.
Sylvia is pleased to hear her daughter speak so sensibly and reassures Catalina that money will help her forget all her problems. Catalina tells her that she wants the most opulent wedding ever. She want's the world to know that the stupid and romantic Catalina that everyone knew, doesn't exist. She will be ambitious and her only right in life is to have a lot of money. She leaves the room and celebrates.
Gustavo waits for Catalina outside her room. He comforts her daughter and asks that she be sure of her decision. He doesn't want her to sacrifice herself for the rest of them and he doesn't what her or any of his kids to suffer. He admits he's weak, but he loves his children very much. Catalina tearfully thanks her father for his kind words, but she is going to marry Sebastian not because of desperation but to help her family. She enters her room and vows again never to let this happen to her. She wonders how Eduardo could have done this to her. She cries into her pillow.
EDUARDO'S APARTMENT
Eduardo stands firm that he won't let Sylvia get away from him. He forces away thoughts of Catalina and will win Sylvia back.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
Sylvia is telling Patricia how pretty and young Catalina is, she's never going to be able to compete. Patricia tries to reassure her friend, by saying it doesn't matter how young or pretty she is the decision is Eduardo's. Sylvia tells her that is the problem, Eduardo loves Catalina. She's willing to by a husband, but not share him.
EL RANCHO-LUPES BEDROOM
Lupe paces, as he hopes Sebastian will come to talk to him. Instead Martina comes and tells her father that Sebastian will be leaving in the morning. A worried Lupe want's to know what he can do to fix things with Sebastian.
EL RANCO-FOYER-NEXT MORNING
Lupe stops Sebastian by pleading with him to not leave over something so insignificant. He hopes that when Sebastian has children that he'll understand why he did what he did. Sebastian and Lupe embrace, but the reconciliation is short lived as Lupe still insists on taking a good look at Catalina and her family. Sebastian tells Lupe if he insists on investigating Catalina, then for get he has a son. He takes his bags and leaves.
CARMELO'S HOUSE/SHACK
Carmelo wakes up to find Marcario waiting for him. Marcario reminds him that the night before he had insulted him. Carmelo doesn't remember and apologizes. He advises Carmelo to stop telling everyone that he's Don Lupe's son without any proof, because things won't turn out the way he thinks.
THE GYM
Alicia and Luis are talking at the counter. He doesn't know where Eduardo is because he had just gotten there. Alicia is worried because she hasn't been able to talk to Catalina. Sylvia doesn't let her calls through to Catalina.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-DINNING ROOM
Sylvia and Ricardo rejoice at the news that Catalina is going to marry Sebastian. Ricardo will make sure that Catalina has no contact with Eduardo and thinks one of the priorities should be to find a way convince Sebastian to get him a car. Catalina enters the room and they abruptly drop the subject. Sylvia lays the charm on Catalina, but Catalina is indifferent. She asks if she's received any phone calls and Sylvia tells her besides Sebastian nobody has called. Catalina is saddened that Alicia didn't call and is sure that her friend is mad at her. Catalina feels alone without anyone to turn to.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
Eduardo arrives with flowers in hand to talk to Sylvia. She refuses to hear him out, but Patricia convinces her that it would be best if she her him out. She opens the door and Eduardo who was leaning against the door, falls to the floor (this was too funny).
NEGRETTE HOUSE-DINING ROOM
Ricardo plays the good big brother bit on Catalina who isn't buying it. With little emotion, she says that she's finally seeing the advantage of marrying a millionaire. Not only will she live in the lap of luxury, but also for the first time she'll have her brother falling at her feet. She's going to like being the most important member of the family. Ricardo gets frazzled.
SYLVIA'S APARTMENT
Eduardo convinces Sylvia that Catalina is out of his life for good. She forgives him, but only under one condition…,
SEBASTIAN'S OFFICE
Gustavo congratulates Sebastian for winning the heart of his daughter. Sebastian doesn't understand until Gustavo tells him that Catalina confessed to the family that she loves him.
EL RANCHO-KITCHEN
Rufina and Josefa talk about Lupe and Sebastian's estrangement. The two woman agonize over the discovery of a letter that could, "Separate Lupe and Sebastian forever." They wonder who could possibly have it. Josefa suspects that Petra has it.
CARMELO'S HOUSE/SHACK
Petra is cooking for Carmelo and she tells him about the fight between Sebastian and Lupe. She tells him that Sebastian has left the house. Petra chides Carmelo for being pleased at the news, as she thinks that father and son should be close. Carmelo agrees and tells the old woman that he want's to be closer to his father, Don Lupe. He also feels that Lupe should start making an effort as well. Petra shakes her head in exasperation.
OUTSIDE THE RANCH
Lupe is not pleased to see Antonietta on his land and the two have a heated exchange. Antonietta asks if the problems between him and Sebastian stem from concern that she might be a gold digger like Matilde. Lupe orders her to leave. She agrees and tells him in a very coquettish manner, that if he needs a friend he knows where to find her. Lupe shudders at the thought as she saunters off.
Ramiro comes along and he and Lupe discuss the situation with Sebastian. Ramiro tells Lupe he should give Catalina a chance. Lupe asks Ramiro to go to the capital and talk to Sebastian for him, as he doesn't want to listen to Martina or him. As they talk an attorney shows up. Ramiro leaves Lupe with the attorney.
Lupe wants to know what he knows about Catalina's family. He has no good news. The Negrette family is quite ambitious and capable of doing anything to get rich.
NEGRETTE HOUSE-LIVING ROOM
Sylvia, Ricardo, Gustavo and Luisa are talking about Sergio and Catalina's wedding, when Catalina walks into the room. She warns them that just because she decided to help them out of poverty, that doesn't mean she's going to put up with any crap from Sebastian. Sylvia and Gustavo decide it's best that Catalina be alone when Sebastian arrives so the two can talk. The family leaves.
Catalina weeps at the fact that she's going to marry a man she doesn't love, but Sebastian's money is going to help her get past that. She wants Eduardo to see her covered in jewels and fine clothes. The doorbell breaks up her crying session. Thinking it's Sebastian she opens the door.
Standing in the doorway is Sylvia in the arms of Eduardo. He has to tell Catalina in front of Sylvia that he doesn't want her begging him to come back to him anymore, as it is Sylvia he loves.
MONDAY ON SERGIO AND CATALINA
Sebastian and Catalina's marriage plans go forward, but Emilia also begins her manipulations of Catalina. She tells Catalina that she and Sebastian are lovers. An angery Catalina curses Sebastian and wonders how all men can be the same.

Telenovela-World: Summary #6 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 13:32 PDT
At Catalina's doorstep, Sylvia and Lalo arrive. Cata tells Sylvia that Eduardo only wants her money, he denies it. They argue, as they are about to leave Cata tells Sylvia that she will never know who Eduardo is thinking about when they are intimate that more than likely it will be her. The door is open when Sebastian arrives. Cata is crying and thinking outlous. She can't forget him, she loves him so munch, can't get him out of her heart. Sebastian comes close and asks who is the man she is talking about, with tears gushing down to her neck she tells him is for him that she is crying.
Lupe is convinced that Cata is only after Sebastian's money. Rufina tries to convince him to give Cata a chance and he says NO WAY. When the PI is leaving the ranch, Emilia follows him and tells him that Don Lupe sent her to get Cata's address.
Emilia arrives at Cata's house. Cata is leaving and Emilia sees her and tells her that she stole Sebastian's love from her. Cata says, she did not steal his love, he looked for her and he told her everything about Emilia, They love each other and that is all she cares about,Emilia tells her she better leave him alone, Cata responds she will never leave him at the mercy of a witch like her. The difference between the 2 of them is that Sebastian loves Cata and not Emilia. Emilia tells her to watch her steps, Cata says she can take care of herself,Emilia leaves and gets in her car has a hissy fit and says that Cata is prettier than she thought.
Mariano and Lupe are having a conversation, Mariano tries to get the truth out of him but all he gets from Lupe is that he never knew his dad and barely met his mom.Mariano says to himself, until when he will deny it.
Cata's parents are at a ritzy reception. They announce Cata's engagement to a millionaire. One of their friends tells Adela that she should stop pretending that that she s rich and instead to pay the phone bill because when she called the number is said it had been disconnected.(I would've crawled under a table).they both make a joke aout of it. Emilia arrives at Sebastians Apartment. Asks him to let her stay. He says no, she hears noise in the bathroom and runs to it. She screams!!!it was Rodrigo in the bathroom, he had just arrived from the ranch.
The next morning Cata goes to Sebastian's apartment but he had already left. Guess who opens the door Emilia of course, and doesn't waste anytime to let Cata know that her and Sebastian are lovers and that he is only toying with her, she should leave him alone doesn't she care?. Cata says that that is none of her business. Emilia kicks the door when Cata leaves. Cata now thinks that all men are the same, her pride has been hurt, but then again why should she care if he has other women all she wants is his money. Cata tells Alicia that if Lalo asked her for forgiveness she would forgive him(what a dope) Cata's dad arrives at Sebastian's office, tells him that Cata went to his apartment. Sebastian remembers that Emilia is there and runs there, arrives too late. Asks Emilia where is Cata, she says she doesn't know, they argue and she tells him she will fight for him.
Mr. Parasite(Ricardo) is telling Adela that he saw all this nice shirts and pants at a dep. store and as soon as Cata is engaged will ask her to buy it for him.
Cata tells her parents that they better find her another millionaire because she will not tolerate that he has a lover. A few minutes later Sebastian arrives at the Negrete's. Cata's mom tells him they need to taqlk. She tells him Cata is very upset over Emilia, Sebastian denies all that Emilia said. Adela tells him the only way to convince Cata is: to give her an engagement ring, to be continued.

Telenovela-World: Summary #7 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 13:32 PDT
Sorry folks but for some reason my vcr didn't tape the first 15 minutes so I'll just pick up where I can:
Sebastian is embracing Catalina when Adela walks in with some packages. She invites Seb to stay for dinner and he accepts. Catalina tells Seb that he must do one thing for her--tell Emilia to lay off!! She said she'll never leave them in peace. Seb says he'll take care of her.
Back at the ranch they are busy preparing a chicken mole for Seb. Lupe is very excited about having him back home.
Emilia and Antonietta are discussing strategies for trapping a Mendoza. Ant says she didn't have any luck. Lupe just used her and tossed her aside. He never forgot Matilde. She's never forgotten his treatment and she hates him. Emilia says she'll never give up until she gets Seb.
Marciano tells Carmelo that he saw Emilia and Ant together. He should be concerned because if Emilia manages to break up Seb/Cat, then Seb will stay on at the ranch spoiling Carmelo's chances.
Seb/Cat are discussing her family financial problems. He offers to lend her father money to cover his bills. He doesn't want her to be worried. Gustavo walks in and pretends to be embarassed by the offer. Cat says she doesn't want Lupe to think badly of them. Seb says he'll loan them the money from his mother's inheritance so his father won't know. Needless to say Mom and Ricardo are jumping for joy. Seb then officially asks for her hand in marriage which they give willingly. He pulls out an engagement ring and formally proposes.
Meanwhile--Lalo is sorry he broke up with Cat and has decided to ask her to marry him (although he hasn't broken up with Sylvia yet). He tells Luis and Alicia his plans. Alicia tells him he better hurry up because Seb/Cat are supposed to become engaged today. They rush over to the house.
Coincidentally Seb has to go out to get his cell phone (house phone turned off for lack of payment) and they run into the trio. Cat introduces them as friends and says Lalo will be getting married as well. They leave after Cat shows her ring and they realize she's engaged.
Seb calls his father to tell h im he won't be back for dinner. His father has a fit because he stood him up (?). Adela and Gustavo tell Seb they are happy to have a new son. Cat is worried about Don Lupe because he doesn't like her. Seb says he's going back to the ranch to talk to his father. Adela feigns an attack as he leaves causing everyone to become concerned. Later she tells Gustavo she just wants her children to be happy and not poor like she is.
Emilia goes to see Carmelo who warns her not to come between Cat/Seb. She asks him who he thinks he is? He's no blood of Seb or Lupe just a poor bastard.
Carmelo sees Lupe enter the bar and start drinking. He tells him not to worry he'll be the son he always wanted. Lupe says Seb is the only one with Mendoza blood.
Martina and Emilia are eating and Martina finds out she went to see Cat. Emilia admits she's very pretty. Martina says she hopes she didn't interfere with their relationship. Emilia gets mad and throws a spoon at her.
Lalo tells Sylvia he's thought it over and wants to get married right away. She's surprised but says she wants to play a big shindig. He insists on something quick and she says they'll have the civil ceremony tomorrow.
She's feeling very bad about deceiving Seb and thinks she'll never be able to forget Lalo. Alicia fills Catalina in on Lalo's intentions. She decides to go see Lalo.
Tomorrow, She knocks on Lalo's door and he opens it with a clinging Sylvia who informs her that they are getting married tomorrow.

Telenovela-World: Summary #8 Author: Robin N. Date: 10-19-99 13:33 PDT
Catalina has just found out that Eduardo was going to beg her forgiveness and she wants to take off right away for it off to his apartment. There Sylvia and Eduardo are relaxing post -sex? At least for a moment Eduardo’s not wearing his white pants, just white shorts and white socks! and she’s in a robe.
Sebastian comes home looking for Dad and finds Martina and Emilia. Emilia butts in and starts talking about how upset Don Guadalupe is with the whole Catalina thing, he went to the tavern. He leaves in a huff to go find him. Martina chides Emilia for stirring things up. Emilia tells her that she spent the night in Sebastian’s apartment. Martina’s shocked. Emilia does confess that there were no ‘relations’ between them--to Martina’s relief (and mine!). Later, when Don Guadalupe and Sebastian come in, she presses a kiss on his lips and takes off.
Carmelo is again hounding Petra. She tells him again that he’s mistaken, he isn’t who he thinks he is and he has no special rights to anything of Don Guadalupe’s. He’s still harping on how he carries the same blood.
Sebastian finds Don Guadalupe (and that hat!) and tries to assuage his anxieties about Catalina. He tells him that he trusts her implicitly, she’s a good girl and Dad gives in--but--I want to meet her and don’t do anything stupid like get her pregnant. And you, Dad, you’ll call off the private investigator?
Carm and Mac are chatting and Car is beginning to show signs of being eaten by jealousy. Mac asks him if he thinks Sebastian will willingly give up half his inheritance. Car tells him that he’ll have to accept it.
Catalina and Alicia visit Eduardo. Sylvia opens the door in her robe. You?!? Eduardo comes out in blue (not white for a change) silky pj’s (ick), and tells then that there are going to get married in the morning. Catalina takes a few shots at Sylvia about what type of a woman she is and storms off.
Adela is complaining to Gustavo that Catalina is off with that naca Alicia. She thinks she’ll talk Catalina out marrying Sebastian Gustavo tells her that at times she’s a little cruel. Cruel--no, she’s just honest. Lil sis comes in, “are you feeling better?” “(cough, cough) No, hija!” But then she jumps up in a lively fashion to catch her telenovela (I knew there was something I liked about her!)
Don Guadalupe tells Martina that he and Sebastian have patched things up on the Catalina issue.
Anton asks Josefa what’s happening. Sebastian’s come home to Dad and A’s mad, it looks like they’ll patch things up. She questions Josefa about things she and Rufina may know about the old secrets concerning Don Guadalupe’s marriage. Josefa cautions her that it’s better that they don’t know why they fought.
Catalina is now resigned to marry --at least for money. Alicia at least tells it to her straight that she’s sure that Catalina doesn’t really want to marry Sebastian just for his money, without love, even if it will help her loser family. The truth hurts and Catalina leaves (again in a huff), tears smeared all over her face.
Car is brought home again drunk by Ramiro and Mac and he wants to chat once again about the same old stuff. Mac leaves. He’s tired of this. Car keeps talking though, and he’s muttering about how if he can’t get things the right way, he’ll get them by wrong. Maybe he’ll kill his half brother. Ramiro just misses hearing this (he’s been turning down the bed for Car, or using the facilities --you know how you get when you’ve been drinking) and leaves a comatose Car drunk in his chair.
Mart comes to see Sebastian and asks him when she’ll get to meet Catalina. Tomorrow he’ll go to ask her to come for a visit. Too bad, she says, that Emilia is so hung up on him. And what about her spending a night with him? He tells her that was nothing. Anyhow, he loves Catalina and she loves him! He’s giggling with delirious delight.
Catalina comes home and is tormented by Sebastian’s voice telling her he loves her. Mama comes in and she tells Adela that she can’t marry him, she doesn’t love him. Adela tells her that that will come in time. No, mom, you don’t understand, I’m NOT going to marry him. Adela is aghast. What are you saying! I can’t marry a man I don’t love! Adela fakes a huge attack and Catalina’s panicked and calls for help.
Ramiro and Panchito talk about he’s taken a drunken Car home and heard him saying strange things. Panchito tells him that as an old man he knows many secrets concerning the ranch, he can talk to him frankly. Ramiro tells him that he’s heard Car talk about how he thinks he’s the illegitimate son of the patron. Panchito (another bad actor) sagely tells him that bad things are gonna’ happen.
At the hospital, Gustavo and Ricardo tell the girls that Adela’s bad, and that they can’t see her and he comforts them. The doctor’s examining Adela and Ric’s in the room. He wants to tell her that there’s nothing wrong, but they beat him to the punch and tell him that --for family reasons--they need to fake it for a few days. The doc’s not buying this, he has ethics! However, when he Catalina and she asks him how the mother is, he tells her in his annoyance that she should ask her mother! Ric tells her that she’s gravely ill. Later on, Catalina wonders why no doctors have come back to see her if she’s so sick. Ric comes out and says that she passed a bad night, but she’s a little better. In her room, Adela’s making herself look wan and pale with makeup. (And don’t they have smoking prohibitions in hospitals in Mexico, Gustavo?!?) She and Gustavo remind us once again of their plot. He’s nervous. (By the way, did anyone notice him clutch his hand yesterday---strange tingling in his arm maybe---when Adela explained her little infirmity angle? Guess who’s REALLY going to have the heart attack!)
Ramiro comes to visit and sees Sebastian. He asks him how things went with Catalina. Superbien! She is going to be so happy when she hears. In comes Don Guadalupe (in the HAT). In comes Martina and she and Ramiro exchange sheeps-eyes. Don Guadalupe invites him to join them for breakfast. Apparently, he likes this matchup! Ramiro goes to check in on Car. In comes the cat, Emilia. Don Guadalupe leaves for work. Emilia wants to know where Sebastian is and Martina tells him how happy he is to go see Catalina, that Don Guadalupe’s accepted the relationship!
The girls get to see Adela (horribly bad camera angle--triple chin time!) and she wants to tell them ‘things’. She’s not wanted to worry them but she’s felt sick for a long time and she’s probably going to die!
Back at the apartment, Alicia’s been trying to get someone to answer the door, only to have Catalina and sis walk up and tell her the ‘bad news’ that Adela’s on the point of death! Alicia offers to help in any way.
Adela’s enjoying a happy meal in the hospital and Gustavo is feeling guilty about the whole deception thing. She tells him he’s weak, only she has the strength to do the things they need to do.
Alicia’s drying Catalina’s hair (this is how she helps?). Catalina tells her that she can’t marry a man she doesn’t love. Alicia’s relieved! She didn’t want to think her friend could do that.
Eduardo (navy blue suit) is marrying Sylvia (blue/lavendar slip dress) and making goofy faces as he says “I do”. He looks like a condemned man, but at the same time he’s thinking “okay, Catalina, now there’s nothing you can do, ”
Catalina opens the door and it’s Sebastian. He wants to kiss her (sweater too low for her tan lines), but she’s too upset about her mother. He offers to find a good doctor. She wants to tell him that it’s over but he interrupts and tells her that his dad’s come around. She starts again to say it’s over but lil’ sis comes in and says she’s in a hurry to go see mama. Sebastian agrees with lil’ sis and they go.
Sexy Mac is having breakfast when in comes in Ramiro to talk to Car about what he heard last night. Mac wonders why he’s so surprised. He accuses Mac of being the reason for Car talking so crazy (bad company and all)
Carmelo goes to visit Antonietta to find out the truth about his parentage.
Ric is vainly trying to impress a nurse with his muscles when Catalina and Sebastian and sis come in. He tells them that she’s very bad. Gustavo enters the waiting room and tells them that Adela wants to see Sebastian and Catalina together. She tells them to come closer. Before I die, Sebastian tells her that she will have the best care! Adela asks him to promise that she’ll marry Catalina before she dies!


Telenovela-World: Summary #9 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 13:34 PDT
At the hospital
Adela is dying, she can hardly breath and asks Sebastian and Catalina to marry because she wants to die in peace and leave them enjoying their love. Sebastian remembers the conversation with his father and the promise he made to call his dad before making any commitment to Catalina. He makes up his mind and asks for a judge.
Outside Adela's room
Luisa is crying desperately. Her dad is embracing her. Ricardo and Alicia are near them. Sebastian gets outside of the room and tells them "we need a judge." Alicia asks "a judge or a priest." We need a judge, Adela wants us to get married; that is her last wish and we are going to so do.
At the ranch
Carmelo is speaking to Antonieta, trying to convince her to tell him about his origins. She tells him that his origin is so low that she should look for it with the "tamalera." He gets mad and swears revenge.
Don Lupe is speaking to Ramiro asking him to tell Carmelo to take care of a horse. Don Lupe is so proud of Carmelo, for he is better than a vet since he has learned so many things at the ranch and he is the best capataz. Don Lupe confides in Ramiro that he is worried about Sebastian, but anyway, he trusts in him because Sebastian promised not to make "burradas."
At the hospital
Sebastian and Catalina are receiving the pre-nuptial analysis and he is vowing his love to her.
At the ranch
Martina and Emilia are arguing because Martina is willing to give Catalina a chance since her brother loves her so much. Emilia gets mad, she says that Martina is betraying her and swears to win Sebastian for her and from now on, "we are enemies".
At the hospital
Catalina is crying, she doesn't want her mother to die. "Mi Catalina" calls her Sebastian. Catalina tells him that she is grateful because he is doing such things for them. "I love you."
Outside of Adela's room
Luisa is crying, she doesn't want her mother to cry and Gustavo tells her not to worry, "you will see, after Catalina and Sebastian get married, your mother might be suddenly recovered."
At the cantina
Carmelo is remembering Antonieta's words; meanwhile he is drinking tequila. Ramiro joins him and wants to know if Carmelo has any proof of the things he was shouting yesterday about being don Lupe's son. Carmelo tells him that he doesn't have any, and that he tried to speak with Antonieta, but she is a bitter woman and despised him, but she will pay him for this.
At Antonieta's yard
Antonieta is reading and Emilia arrives. She wants to make a proposal to Antonieta: should they join forces, because Sebastian is in love with another woman and Martina has betrayed Emilia. Antonieta accepts to help her if and when Emilia will help her to harass don Lupe. Emilia wants to know why Antonieta hates so much to don Lupe and Antonieta tells her that they are going to work together, but that is her secret and she is not going to speak about it.
At the hospital
Alicia is trying to convince Catalina not to marry Sebastian but Catalina tells her that this is her mother last wish and that she is going to marry Sebastian not out of convenience for his money but just to make true her mother's desires.
Adela is dying and calls Catalina. Everybody is ready for the wedding. The judge asks for a witness and Alicia refuses to be one. Ricardo grabs a nurse and brings her in. The judge starts with the ceremony and Ricardo rushes him. They do not have time to lose. The judge marries them in "articulo mortis." Sebastian kisses Catalina. A breathless Adela thanks them. Catalina and Luisa get frantic "Please don't die, please." They are crying.
At the ranch
Rufina is saying goodbye to Josefa, when don Lupe arrives and stops her. He wants to know if Josefa knows if Antonieta has the last letter that don Lupe's wife wrote. No, Josefa doesn't know. Don Lupe tells her that he is concerned that his children could get to know how was their mother. He has tried to form a good image of her even though it is a big lie.
At the cantina
Carmelo is telling Ramiro that he hates Sebastian because he is enjoying everything that belongs to him. Ramiro defends Sebastian and reminds Carmelo that the three of them are friends since childhood that that Ramiro knows by heart that Sebastian is a good man.
Outside of Adela's room
Sebastian and Catalina are trying to calm down Luisa. Alicia is near them. She is afraid. "Let's pray." Catalina thanks Sebastian for having married her and he says that he was the winner. He kisses her. Alicia is sad.
Inside Adela's room
The doctor is wondering why Adela is making so much noise if she is not ill and why she is spending so much money, anyway. Adela tells him that this hospital is the best money she has spent so far.
At the ranch
Martina is speaking with Rufina, she is telling her about Emilia being mad at her. Martina is hoping that, at least, Catalina is good to her brother to make these things worth, because Emilia is the best and only friend she has ever had.
At Antonieta's house
Emilia is telling Antonieta that they should go to Mexico City to know Catalina and Antonieta tells her that it is best to be in their own ground. Emilia doesn't understand and Antonieta gives her an example: "take Carmelo, for instance, he thinks that he is don Lupe's son." Emilia thinks that it is a crazy idea but Antonieta tells her that they are going to take advantage of Carmelo's resentment.
At the hospital
Sebastian, Alicia, Luisa and Catalina are together. Sebastian then tells them that he is going to make a call and Alicia tells them that she has to report to her job. Catalina is happy that her mother got her last wishes and then thinks "now Eduardo is just in my past". She starts crying and Sebastian comes back and asks her what is the problem? "It's my mom, I am crying for her."
At Lalo's home
Silvia and Lalo are packing his stuff and Silvia wants him to throw away all his things. He is unwilling to leave his things and she tells him that he has such a bad taste. Eduardo gets mad that tells her that she is his wife not his owner and that should she keep on doing this to him, then it's better for her to leave him and forget about him. She tells him that he should not be mad and that she has a wedding present for him.
At the ranch
Rufina is telling Ramiro that Martina is sad about her friend Emilia. Martina overhears and tells don Lupe who is around them "Let's go to Mexico City, so we can get to know Catalina". Don Lupe agrees and they leave.
Outside Lalo's home
Silvia takes Lalo to a yellow car (sorry, I don't know which car was it, I only can tell Volkswagens from trucks, that's all). And tells him that this is his present. While they are at this, Alicia spots them and Eduardo tells her that this is his wedding present. "It's a shame that you are going to pay such a big price for it." Silvia gets mad and tells Eduardo that she is envious, don't pay attention to such a "naca."
At Catalina's home
Sebastian is telling Catalina that she must be tired, it is better if she goes to get some rest by now. She thanks him once again. They hope for a miracle that brings back Adela's good health. They start kissing and Sebastian wants to go on with the wedding night. Catalina gets mad and tells him that this is not going to happen until they get a religious wedding. Sebastian apologizes and promises her, as soon as her mother recovers, the most beautiful wedding in a church. Sebastian then tells her that he is leaving for the ranch to he can tell his dad about their wedding.
At the ranch
Martina and don Lupe are getting ready for their trip. Don Lupe is telling Carmelo to take care of "Rebozo." "Not to worry, I'll take care of him." Don Lupe tells Macario "See why do I say that he is my right hand?" They leave for the Mexico City apartment and Carmelo tells Macario that he hates that they are enjoying what is really his.
Carmelo is alone and Emilia arrives telling him that they should talk. Carmelo tells her that he is not interested in whatever she has to tell him. "Not even about your background?"
At the hospital
Luisa is talking to Adela she says that she is so young that nobody pays attention to her. Luisa is wondering why Adela recovered so fast and she doesn't has <suero> and Adela tells her that modern medicine is wonderful.
At the ranch Carmelo is telling Emilia not to tease him. Emilia tells her that she can milk information from Antonieta and that they could make a team: she helps him to find out the information he so badly wants and he should make Sebastian to fall in love for Emilia (yeah, right).


Telenovela-World: Summary #10 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 13:35 PDT
~Summary # 10, Friday 9/3 ~~
At the ranch - Carmelo tells Emilia not to tease him. Emilia tells him that she can milk information from Antonieta and that they could make a team. She could help him find out the information he so badly wants about who his dad was/is and he could make Sebastian fall in love with her. Carmelo asks how he can be sure Antonietta knows about his past & Emilia responds that he's just going to have to trust her because she can't give him any proof. He tells her that he'll have to think about this interesting offer because it could have negative repercussions with Don Lupe. She tells him to not think about it too long 'cause she could change her mind, & she heads towards the pool. (What an arrimada!!) Carmelo tells her nobody's home, but she insists on using their pool.
At the hospital - Luisa is mouth-feeding Adela, but our enfermita tells her she's not hungry anymore. Ricardo tells his mom that he wants to go home to take a shower & change clothes now that she's feeling better because he feels stinky & unclean (poor baby) & wants to go to the gym. Gustavo tells the kids to go home, but Adela insists that Ricardo stay & that Gus take Luisa to get something to eat. Gus gets up & takes Luisa out. Ricardo asks his mom why she doesn't want him to go home. She reminds him that Catalina & Sebastian went home & she doesn't want anybody to interrupt them since it took a lot of convincing to get them to go. Ricardo still doesn't understand so she tells him that maybe at this time the newlyweds are consumating their marriage. They both laugh & Adela tells him that she hopes Catalina gets pregnant soon because there's nothing like a baby to ensure one's husband to stay with you no matter what! She smiles.
At Catalina's home - Catalina tells Sebastian that she is worried about him because he didn't tell his dad they got married. He agrees that he should have at least called & tells her that he had promised his dad they wouldn't get married without telling him first. Catalina asks how he would have known they were going to get married so soon.
At Sebastian's apartment - Don Lupe & Martina arrive & he says the moment they'll meet Catalina & find out what type of girl she is is near. Matina starts calling out for Sebastian, but he is not there. Don Lupe tells Martina he is worried because Sebastian is crazy for Catalina & feels that something bad is happening. Martina asks what could be happening & he says he doesn't know, but that he has a feeling.
At Catalina's home - Sebastian is looking out the window as Catalina brings him a glassof orange juice. She suggests that she go with him to give his dad the news, but he tells her it's better that he go alone & that since her mom is sick she better stay here. She says he's right & tells him she feels bad for having made her mom suffer since all she ever wanted was good things for her despite her methods. Sebastian asks what methods & catalina explains its a family thing & of no importance. He puts his arm around her & they walk towards the window.
At Antonieta's house - Antonieta tells Josefa that sometimes she wishes Matilde wouldn't have died. She laughs & says that at least she made Lupe's life impossible. Josefa tells her that it was God's will & Antonieta tells her to imagine if she would have lived, how many more kids would that big flirt have had and with whom?! And how she would have made them pass as being Lupe's. Josefa tells her that this is the case with Sebastian & Martina & that nobody can really prove they are both Lupe's kids but nobody can prove they're not. Antonieta wishes that letter Matilde wrote would turn up, but Josefa tells her that it's better that it doesn't. (Hmmmm . . . .I'm guessing Carmelo is Matilde's son but not Lupe's.) Antonieta asks if that letter could have that sort of information about the kids, but Josefa once again replies that it better not be found and what if it doesn't mention that, but talks about something totally different? Antonieta is curious & asks what other kind of things; Josefa replies that it could mention other townspeople's secrets. "Are you refering to MY secret?," Antonietta asks. Josefa just says the letter could talk about many things & that's why it's better to forget about it. "What do you know? If it mentions that Lupe's kids aren't his, it could be VERY usefull to me," Antonieta tells her. She also tells Josefa she doubts that Matilde would have written about other people's secrets as she lay on her deathbed. "I must find that letter!"
Outside Catalina's apartment - Sebastian tells Catalina that he will go straight to his dad's house without stopping at his apartment to give him the news. Catalina wishes him luck. She thinks to herself that she really hopes everything turns out fine because Sebastian is good & really cares for her. We here some honks from a car & it's Lalo in his new, yellow sportscar. Lalo gets out (in his white jeans AGAIN!) & asks them what they think about his car. Cat tells him it's nice & Seba responds that it's nice too but that he wouldn't trade his SUV for anything. Seba turns to Cat & tells her he has to go now. They give each other a long kiss & he tells her that despite how fast things happened today, he is bery happy that she is his wife. "Wife?," Lalo asks. "Yes," Cat answers & tells him they married this morning. Lalo congratulates them & Seba turns to cat again & they kiss again. (Lalo isn't too happy to see them kiss.) Seba leaves. Lalo tells her that he's amazed & asks what happened to all her tears & her love for him. Cat stands strong & points out that it was he who changed her for a sports car & that she was not going to cry for him any longer; Sebastian really loves & doesn't cheat on her with a "vieja cacatuda" (?) Lalo asks, "Couldn't it be that you hate my wife because you're jealous and at this moment you wish I would hug you and kiss you?" Cat tells him he's crazy, that they're married to 2 people very different, & that what happened will never happen again. Lalo agrees that it's better this way & that they forget about everything between them. He walks towards his car & tells himself that he still loves her & will always love her. (Jerk!) Cat asks herself how she ever fell in love with a guy like Lalo, & how Sebastian is a much better person that really cares for her & has helped out her family, and really deserves her love. She smiles.
At the cafeteria - Gustavo tells Luisa not to worry too much about her mom, that she is doing a whole lot better than how she was before. Luisa asks if her mom really got that much better because of Cat & Seba's wedding - Gustavo answers that this made Adela much calmer because she now knows Catalina is going to be well taken cared of in case she were to leave them. This reasures Luis that Adela is very sick & Gustavo adds that he wishes he could do something to lighten her worries & anguish about her mom's illness.
Back at the hospital - Adela is up & walking & telling Ric that they will soon be millionaires. Ric tells

Carmelo is speaking to Seferino about don Lupe's last night's words regarding "Sebastian being his one and only male son". Don Lupe arrives and tells Carmelo that he wants to speak with him to ask him for a favor. Could you be my son for a day?
Catalina is at her bedroom, she is remembering Sebastian's kiss and Luisa interrupts her "tell me why did you come back with Sebastian?" I cannot explain this to you. Adela comes in. She wants to speak to Catalina about her wedding gown.
Back in the cantina, Carmelo tells don Lupe that he will be glad to oblige because he has always considered him like a father. "So, you will be my son and Sebastian will be the foreman".
Sebastian is speaking with Martina and Ramiro. He is telling them that he is so sure about Catalina's love because she is the woman of his dreams and that he knows that she loves him because he heard her speaking about her love for him. Ramiro and Martina assure him that if it is so, then there should be no problem because with money or without it, Catalina will love him. Emilia arrives and they begin arguing. Emilia blurts out that Catalina is interested only on Sebastian's money and Sebastian gets so mad that he almost slaps Emilia. "a real gentleman never slaps a lady". Sebastian answers her "you are so right" and then pushes her into the swimming pool. Emilia is so mad that she swears revenge.
Josefa and Rufina are talking about the famous letter. They think that Padre Demetrio took it with him. Hopefully because Demetrio is at Rome. Antonieta arrives and asks them what are they gossiping about. Antonieta asks Rufina if it is true that don Lupe is worried about Sebastian and Rufina tells her she doesn't know and if Antonieta wants to know, she better asks don Lupe herself. Antonieta says that she is a "lépera" and that it is going to turn up that Carmelo's mother is a "sirvienta".
Adela is planning the wedding. She is telling Catalina that she wants to spend big money in an elegant ceremony. And Catalina wants to know how are they going to pay for such gala if they are broke and it is the family of the bride who pays for the wedding party. Adela wants her son in law to help because she wants champagne rivers flowing on the party. Luisa warns her that if the party is going to be at the ranch, it must be tequila instead of champagne what they will be drinking. Adela disregards her and keeps on planning gowns for the madrinas, Italian, no, better make them French designs and tells Catalina that Alicia should be madrina of something inexpensive, let's say, rice, because it is as cheap as Alicia herself,
Eduardo arrives at Alicia's home and wants to know about Catalina. He is sure that she still loves him. Alicia tells him to leave Catalina alone for he is married with another woman and Catalina is married to another man. No, Eduardo cannot forget Catalina because he loves her and so does she. Alicia hesitates and this makes Eduardo believe that he is right, that Catalina loves him and he is so crazy about her!
Sylvia is speaking with her friend. She is obsessed about Catalina. She thinks that Catalina wants to win Eduardo back and she is going to get rid of her wrinkles with plastic surgery to prevent Eduardo from abandoning her. She wants to make sure that Catalina does not enjoy her money through Eduardo. Her friend tells Sylvia that it is despicable for her to keep a man for money, but Sylvia is sure that Eduardo will learn to love her, she just needs to get rid of "la resbalosa ésa".
Martina is telling don Lupe that Sebastian is confounded because the deal that he wants to make between Carmelo and Sebastian. Rufina meddles and tells them that if Catalina is honest about her love for Sebastian, she should be happy to prove it to his family. They order Rufina to leave them alone and Martina tells don Lupe that she is concerned about Emilia because she will try to make Catalina's life miserable. Not to worry, if she really loves my son I will defend her from Emilia.
Emilia and Antonieta are plotting Emilia's trip to Mexico City so she can investigate any flaw that she can find in Catalina to show Sebastian's family how unworthy she really is. Emilia is going to use an apartment that Antonieta has in Polanco. It is almost empty, but it will serve for their purpose.
Adela is telling Gustavo that the wedding party should be outrageously sumptuous and he wants to know how are they going to finance it since they used Sebastian's loan to pay her hospital's bill. My, she was not going to "get cured" in a second class hospital. Anyway, it is a shame that the party is going to be at the ranch, it should better be in a French hall. Gustavo doesn't mind any of this. He only wants to be sure that their daughter is happy with Sebastian. Adela reminds him that their credit cards are at their top balance.
Sylvia arrives at Catalina's home. She wants to know how much money does she want to leave Eduardo alone? Catalina doesn't want any money, she gives her Eduardo as a gift, she really doesn't want him. Sylvia, then, confesses that she is desperate because she adores Eduardo and she knows that he loves Catalina. "I don't know what to feel for you whether pity or repugnance, because you are wasting your time, Eduardo is worthless. Please leave". Catalina looks puzzled for Sylvia. Adela was watching the whole scene and rushes to get inside her bedroom to tell her husband what she just heard. She explains Gustavo that Sylva wants to pay Catalina money and she is so excited because she knows that there is big money involved on this situation.
Catalina is telling Sebastian that she wants to be beautiful for him on their religious wedding. He says that she is beautiful enough to him, there is no need for more. He tells her that he loves her, they kiss and Catalina tells him "me too". Sebastian thinks that she is going to do well with his father's plot and Catalina wonders what she really feels for him.
Sebastian is telling Rufina in front of Martina that she should be working hard to prepare his party and Rufina wants to know if don Lupe has already approved their wedding. Panchito enters the kitchen and tells them that Emilia has arrived.
At the Negrete's family, Luisa is telling her family to imagine, just for a moment, that Sebastian could be a peon instead of a landlord. Adela warns Luisa that she is going to get a headache if Luisa keeps on saying stupid things.
Bach at the ranch Emilia is telling Martina that she is leaving for Mexico City and that she is going to be there for a while. She knows that she has lost Sebastian and that she is going to leave him alone and will not be back until after the religious wedding. Rufina asks Emilia if she really think that they are going to believe her. Emilia assures them that she wants to be friends to Martina and doesn't want her to decide between Catalina and herself. Martina is happy to hear this and tells Emilia about don Lupe's plot to switch places between Sebastian and Carmelo.
Gustavo is telling Catalina that he is thankful that she decided to marry a millionaire and save them. You know, because of Mexico's crisis, things have gone bad for me and I am at risk to go to jail. Ricardo tells Catalina that he had to pay a bail the previous day to stop their dad from going to jail. Catalina thinks that this is only a dirty trick just as the ones that they have played on her so many times. And she doesn't think that her dad is in danger because he has always arranged things to get away without going to jail and still letting his bills unpaid. Her only concern is her mother, "doing things on Catalina's behalf".
Adela arrives at Alicia's home. She wants to speak to her because she is worried that Alicia has such a bad taste and she will not be up to their acquaintance's category for the wedding. Alicia wants to know if she is here just to insult Alicia and Adela tells her that she doesn't want to hurt her feelings but she is such a "naca" that she should let Adela help her. Alicia tells Adela that she wants to be with her friend and she is sad because Catalina is marrying for convenience and not for love. Adela retorts that Sebastian is a good catch, much better than Eduardo who is better married to Sylvia. Because she already knew about Sylvia who, by the way, she would like to know where does she live just to go to her home to spit a few truths at her face. Alicia tells her that Sylvia and Eduardo live in Polanco (in a 20 million people city, Antonieta's apartment is going to be in the same building than Sylvia and Eduardo's, just a few steps apart from Emilia. Yeah, right.), in La Fontaine street, in a pink building, 5th floor. Adela tells Alicia that she never thought that seeing her was going to be so nice. A cheerful Adela leaves Alicia's apartment.
Emilia tells Antonieta about the infamous switching and Antonieta says that she understands exactly don Lupe's motifs for doing this. Emilia wants to know what does she mean with this, any particular reason? Antonieta tells Emilia that Catalina might do well in that test because she could really be in love with Sebastian. After all, he is a hard working and charming man with whom any woman could fall in love. "just like me, I am hopelessly in love with him".
Sebastian is getting ready to leave for Mexico City when Emilia arrives and tells him that she is going to behave from now on and that everything is going to be different from now on because she wants to be her friend, just as when they were kids. Do you remember when you wanted to drown Martina and I in the pool? What about when you used to call me "flaquita"? They laugh and Sebastian tells her that he is happy to hear that she has changed her ways and yes, he remembers their happy childhood. Friends? Yeah, why not. Emilia tells him that she is going to Mexico City and he volunteers to give her a ride.
Adela and Gustavo arrive at Sylvia and Eduardo's building to see Eduardo leaving in his yellow big new car. Adela wants to stay out of this and sends Gustavo to speak with Sylvia.
Catalina cannot believe what Alicia is telling her: that her mother went to her home to make a truce with Alicia. "She came to advise me on how to dress for your wedding". Catalina can understand that because, for sure, Adela is going to be concerned about what her high society friends could think of Alicia's outfit at the party. They laugh.
Sylvia opens the door of her apartment and Gustavo tells her "My daughter accepts the money that you are offering her to leave Eduardo alone".
Preview: Adela is telling Gustavo that she, herself is going to speak to Sylvia. Catalina arrives at Sebastian's apartment just to find Emilia embracing him. She gets mad and storms out swearing that their relationship is over.

Telenovela-World: Summary #15 Author: Margaret Date: 10-19-99 13:40 PDT
Gustavo tells Sylvia that Catalina reconsidered her offer of money in exchange for Catalina staying away from Eduardo forever. Sylvia hurls a few insults about Catalina, but Gustavo ever so meekly defends his daughter. "She is young and has made a few mistakes, but she is not a bad person," insists Gustavo. "She just likes to live in the lap of luxury," he continues as he tries to persuade Sylvia that she will benefit equally by giving Catalina the money. Sylvia agrees to give up the cash only if Catalina comes and gets it herself. She slams the door on Gustavo's face before he can get a word in. "How am I going to explain this to my wife?" laments Gustavo.
Alicia confronts Catalina about her change in attitude towards her arranged marriage to Sebastian. She accuses her friend of having an "If you can't beat em, then join em" attitude towards her family. Catalina assures Alicia that her complacency isn't because she approves of her marriage of convenience, but is due the fact that she had these "feelings" for Sebastian and wants to see if it could be love. Alicia warns her that figuring that out is not an easy task, as it takes quite some time to discover. Catalina agrees, but she doesn't have that kind of time and she really needs to know if what she feels for Sebastian is real love because they'll surely marry in a church ceremony in a few days. As Catalina makes her leave to go meet Sebastian at his apartment, Alicia warns her to proceed with caution in regards to the chemistry that C&S have between them. Catalina acknowledges that she has to watch that they don't go too far, because she is really attracted to him.
Emilia and Sebastian are in his SUV driving back from the ranch. Emilia fishes for information about Catalina. A suspicious Sebastian asks why is it of any importance to her. Emilia assures Sebastian that she only wants to know about Catalina because she wants too keep her friendship with him. Sebastian tells Emilia that he's only met a few of Catalina's friend. He just met Alicia, who is her best friend, and Luis and Eduardo who are friends of hers from the gym she used to work out in.
They arrive at his apartment building to pick up a few things (linens, towels, etc) that he is loaning to her for the apartment where she's staying. She tells Sebastian that she'll return everything, but Sebastian tells her that she can keep everything because he doesn't want her going to his apartment. She agrees and they head upstairs to his apartment.
Catalina arrives and is excited to see his car. "He's back!" she says with a smile beaming across her face. She runs across the street into the apartment building.
Sebastian and Emilia standing in his living room near the entry door. Sebastian's back is facing the open door as Emilia thanks Sebastian with an embrace once she sees Catalina standing there. Catalina makes her presence known. Before Sebastian can explain, she tells him that now she knows that he's been cheating on her with Emilia this whole time. She tells him that if he wants Emilia so badly he can have her, but she never wants to see him ever again. She storms off and he follows her. Emilia is pleased with herself.
Sebastian catches up to Catalina and explains the situation and begs for her not to be mad at him. She asks him if Emilia is that important to him. Sebastian affirms his love for her. He tells Catalina that SHE is the most important thing to him and without her he'd die.
Emilia is gloating upstairs, but knows that it will be short lived. She knows that she has to make nice with the C&S, to maintain the good friend role. Just then C&S return to the apartment. Emilia humbles herself to Catalina and tells her that she now accepts that Sebastian is in love with her and will move on. She tells her that she only wants to be friends. Catalina doesn't by Emilia's change in attitude. Emilia assures her that she means it and extends her hand in friendship. A hesitant and skeptical Catalina returns the gesture.
Adela chides Gustavo for his handling of Sylvia. She now has no choice, but to lower herself and get the money from Sylvia on her own.
Sylvia goes to the gym to see Eduardo around the same time Emilia comes to workout. Emilia tells Luis that Catalina referred her to the gym. Sylvia overhears this and has a fit. She accuses Emilia of being there to spy on Eduardo for Catalina. Emilia is shocked at Sylvia's reaction and asks why does she speak so ill of Catalina. Sylvia responds by telling Emilia that Catalina is crazy in love with Eduardo and is constantly chasing after him. Soon thereafter, Emilia takes advantage of an opportunity to ingratiate herself to Sylvia. She tells Sylvia that she's doing well by trying to keep Eduardo from that man stealing Catalina. Sylvia let's down her guard and tells Emilia she's beginning to like her.
Catalina looks into Sebastian's eyes wondering AGAIN if she is feeling love or physical attraction for Sebastian. They kiss passionately. Sebastian tells her how much he loves her and that she proved her love today by behaving that way when she saw Emilia. Catalina is surprised to hear that Sebastian has no doubt about her feelings for him. He holds her to a close embrace and thinks to himself that she'll have no problem passing his father's test. He's confident that she'd love him if he were a simple foreman on a ranch. They kiss again tenderly.
Lupe tells Ramiro and Martina that he wants the wedding between C&S to take place at the ranch on Friday. He needs to talk to Father Geronimo, and then he'll give Sebastian a call to tell him the news. Ramiro tells Lupe that he met Catalina and she seems like a nice person. Lupe just hope that she loves his son.
Carmelo comes in and tells Lupe that the hacienda is ready. Lupe tells Carmelo to call him "Papa" from now one. An awestruck and emotional Carmelo agrees. Lupe tells him that he has to get used to calling him Papa so things can go smoothly when Catalina arrives. Martina tells Carmelo to call her "Hermana." Carmelo is caught up in the moment and calls Lupe, "Papa" with a misty eyed expression. Lupe tells Carmelo that a room will be made for him in the main house. Lupe assures them all that this is what is best, that way they can be sure that Catalina truly loves Sebastian.
Catalina, Sebastian and Adela are shopping for wedding rings. Adela is horrified when Catalina picks out two simple bands of gold instead of the more opulent selections. Sebastian becomes more confident that Catalina will accept him as ranch hand.
Emilia overhears as Eduardo tells Luis that he's sure that Catalina still loves him and that she married Sebastian out of desperation. Luis advises his friend to leave Catalina alone, he had a good woman and he let her slip away. Eduardo tells Luis that he will not let her go, especially with Sylvia acting the way she is and with Catalina still in love with him. Emilia interrupts and tells Luis that she want's to sign up. Eduardo observes that she seems to be pleased with her visit to the gym. Emilia smiles as she affirms that she got EXACTLY WHAT SHE NEEDED!
Adela is still fuming at the ring selection of Catalina and Sebastian as they enter a café. Adela spots her friend Kiki who she calls to the table. She presents Kiki to Sebastian. Kiki refers to Sebastian as, "El Ranchero" and walks away leaving Sebastian's out-stretched hand hanging. Catalina comforts her husband and tells him and Adela that it doesn't matter if her husband is a ranchero. She's proud of who he is and what's really important is the kind of person he is on the inside. Sebastian is pleased to hear her speak like that. He tells her that he's happy to know that she wouldn't care if he was a poor ranch hand. Adela is horrified by the suggestion. Catalina laughs and tells her mother that Sebastian was only joking.
Carmelo walks proudly into the house to "take his proper place." Ramiro reminds him that this is only a temporary situation, but Carmelo is in no mood to discuss the matter with Ramiro. They head to the bedrooms and Carmelo goes to Sebastian's room despite Ramiro's protest. Carmelo tells him that he is Don Lupe's son so he's staying in that room.
Ramiro gets fed-up with Carmelo's attitude and tosses his bags out of the room. Carmelo tells Ramiro (AGAIN) that he's Lupe's son too and sooner or later he will be recognized as such. Ramiro angrily tells Carmelo that this arrangement is only for one day, and thereafter he'll be the foreman again. An indignant Carmelo responds, "Well see about that."
Catalina, Sebastian and Adela return from shopping. Adela is reveling in the glory of shopping, when Lupe calls Sebastian on his cellular. He's arranged for Sebastian to marry Catalina on Friday. Sebastian can't contain his excitement and asks Catalina if Friday is okay for her. Catalina is shocked and doesn't respond. She seems unsure of what to say, when Adela jumps in and answers for her "Of course, Friday would be perfect." Sebastian waits for Catalina to respond as Adela tells him that Catalina is to overcome with emotion as an excuse for Catalina's silence. Catalina reconciles herself to the fact that it's too late to turn back and marrying Sebastian in the church will be best for all of them. She tells Sebastian that Friday will be fine with her, with an unsure yet content tone. Sebastian tells Lupe that they are all in agreement.

Adela leaves them alone in the living room to "celebrate." Sebastian tells Catalina that he can't wait till they can "be together" and pulls her into a passionate kiss. Catalina is confused about her emotions. She thinks to herself, "When he kisses me like this, I get the desire to be his."
Matina is exited as she tells Lupe and Padre Geronimo her plans for Sebastians wedding. Antonia passes by and overhears them discuss the wedding. Antoina tells the priest about Lupe's plan to make Catalina think that Sebastian is a ranch hand. Padre Geronimo is none too pleased. Lupe wants to explain, but not in front of Antonia (who he calls a whole lot of reeeeaaally bad names). So he suggests they discuss this at the hacienda.
Emilia is pleased to discover that she and Sylvia share the same apartment building.
Catalina tells Sebastian that she doesn't trust Emilia's change of heart. Sebastian assures her that he never had romantic relationship with Emilia and deduces that her change of heart is probably due to the fact that he is now married to Catalina. The two of them sit staring at each other longingly as she caresses his cheek with her hand, both with pressing matters on their minds. She thinking of these strong emotions she's feeling for him and he is wondering if she'll feel the same when she thinks he's a simple foreman. More importantly, will she forgive his trickery.
Lupe explains to Padre Geronimo his rationale behind his master plan. He tells the priest that he doesn't want his son to go through the same thing he went through. As Padre Geronimo refuses to accept this scheme, Lupe tells the priest that if he doesn't want to perform the marriage ceremony for Catalina and Sebastian then he'll find another. The priest tells him that Rufina is right when she refers to him as a stubborn mule. He agrees to do the ceremony. Not for Lupe, but for Catalina and Sebastian.
Carmelo enters the cantina and buys a round of drinks for everyone. He then announces himself to be Carmelo Mendoza, the son of Don Lupe Mendoza. Ramiro laughs off his announcement, as does the rest of the cantina. Carmelo heads straight to the bar to drown-out his embarrassment from Ramiro's brush off of his announcement.
Sylvia and Emilia have "girl talk" at Sylvia's apartment. Sylvia shares with Emilia the details of Eduardo's relationship with Catalina. Emilia wonders if Sebastian is aware of Catalina and Eduardo's past romance.
Adela heads-off to extort Sylvia's money.
Sylvia runs to her bedroom to show Emilia one of her "beauty secrets" and Emilia uses the break to call Sebastian to invite him and Catalina to dinner. Sebastian and Catalina hesitate, but then do agree to meet at his apartment.
Later on that evening, Sylvia sits in front of the mirror when the doorbell rings. She answers the door and it's Adela. She says she's there to give her a message from her daughter.
Sebastian teases Catalina about cooking. He doesn't like pizza and burgers. Catalina playfully tells him that he's going to have to be patient because cooking isn't one of her strong suits. He pulls her to an embrace and tells her that as long as he has her, he'd be happy to live on bread and water. They're kiss is interrupted by Emilia at the door.
They exchange pleasantries then Emilia casually drops the bomb and casually announces that she ran into Catalina's ex-boyfriend, Eduardo…Who by the way is still madly in love with her.
MONDAY ON CATALINA Y SEBASTIAN Wedding plans are jeopardized, as Sebastian is fuming over being lied to about Eduardo. Sylvia tells Emilia about the pay-off.


Telenovela-World: Summary #16 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 13:40 PDT
Emilia is at Seb's apt. saying goodbye, she hugs him and Cata arrives. She tells Seb that thats it, she's had it. He says is not what she thinks. Cata comes in, Emilia tells her she met Lalo at the gym and he told her that he still loves her, Sebastian reacts al Juan FN style. Emilia is happy.
Adela arrives at Sylvia's she tells her that if she wants Cata to stay away she must give her $150,000. Sylvia refuses at first, but then gives in.
Adela, Gustavo & Lazyboy laugh about how dela got the money and how they are going to spend it.
Alicia and Cata talk about why Cata still with Seb, Cata says she wants to divorce, she will not confuse passion with love. Seba arrives at Cata's house, asks for forgiveness, he wants to patch things up.He loves her very much thats why he reacted so jealous.Cata tells him she is the one that needs to be forgiven> They kiss and Seb tels Cata to tell him that she only loves him, that Lalo means nothing to her, she does.
Sylvia's roommate tells her that she is spending too much money to keep Lalo, Sylvia says she has to. Lalo arrives, she wastes no time to run to him, he tells her to forget about any loving tonite, he has a headache.(LOL).
At the ranch, Carmelo is in Seb's bed smoking, he says this is the life, he doesn't have to get up early anymore. Rufina comes in the room and bursts his bubble, he has to get up and go to work.
Sebastian confronts Gustavo about Lalo, he swears to to Seb that he didn't know Cata was going out with him.what a joke!!! Adela tells Cata she has to ask her to stay away from Lalo, is for her own good.
Sylvia goes to wake up Lalo and tells him that she will sign some of the gym papers today, he is jumping up and down, until she tells him they gym will be in her name, he storms out and tells her that if there is no trust there is no marriage, she shouts that Cata asked her for money to leave him alone, he doesn't believe her she says chek my check book. He runs to the gym where he meets Luis and Alicia and tells them about the money.
Sebastian asks Cata to help her look for a dress for Martina(she is only 14) Adela says that a ranchera like Martina can't have as good taste for cloth as Cata does, Seb get offended.
Cata apologizes to Seb for her mom's attitude, he says he doesn't care about her parents as long as she accepst him like he is. Adela is telling Gustavo & Ric about how horrible ranch life must be and hope they don't have to stay there too long.
Emilia arrives at Sylvia's pretending to be her friend, she finds out about the pay off ans is happy. She gives Sylvia a few consejos, including what she should do when she buys the gym for Lalo, that the gym will be in his name as long as they are together, if they divorce or separate he looses everythin, Ja!!!
Macario is telling Carmelo to move fast about his share of the ranch otherwise he will be left with nothing.If he doesn't get it by being good then he should take it by force.
Cata tells Seba she loves him, he must go to the ranch now to take care of the wedding plans.
Cata tells Luisa that teir mom is a cynic, how far will she go for moneythere must be a reason why she is like that, it must be in her past, how can they find out what it is?
At the ranch, Lupe, Panchito and Carmelo are having dinner, Carmelo asks Lupe how will he divide the ranch. Lupe says he will split it evenly among his children, half to Martina half to Sebastian, Rufina laughs. Lupe wals out and Carmelo tells her that one day he will own everything.
Martina loves the dress, Panchito tells Ramiro to hurry and tell Martina how he feels, otherwise some one else from the city(like Ric) will beat him to it.
Carmelo is at the cantina and is bitching about what Lupe said, the bartender tells him to stop dreaming.
Alicia arrives at Cata's and tells her about the money. Cata is furious and will confront her mom and dad.
Emilia goes to the gym to meet Lalo, she finds him and tells him she saw Cata and she told her she is still in love with him, to be continued.

Telenovela-World: Summary #17 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 13:42 PDT
Emilia calls Antonietta to tell her she’s got info on Cat. She’ll be returning to town to tell her all about it. Ant warns her not to be seen. Her only clue is that Cat is a golddigger.
Sylvia’s friend tells her not to give Lalo the gym. Sylvia says she’s decided to put a clause in the contract which states if he divorces her, it returns to her name. Clever huh? Sylvia admits she’s tried to forget Lalo, but she can’t. Without Cat he’s hers entirely.
Cat confronts her parents about taking Syvlia’s money. They didn’t think it would be wrong since Sylvia’s got so much of it. Cat asks what kind of father Gus is?
Martina kids her father about planning for grandchildren. Seb overhears and is relieved to hear his father is acept9ing Cat. Lupe says she still has to prove she loves Seb for himself. Seb asks what if she gets so mad over “la mentira” that she leaves him? Lupe says he’ll explain the whole thing to her.
Carmelo is giving Ramiro advice about Martina. He refers to Lupe as Papa and Ramiro rebukes him. He’s trying to get his nerve up to ask Martina to be his girlfriend. He’s afraid Don Lupe will object.
Lupe pays the priest for the wedding and says he’s glad no one else will be using the flowers. Ant shows up and calls Cat a golddigger. She has it on good authority…He doesn’t let her finish her gossip. He’ll judge her for himself. Ant just mad because Cat got what she couldn’t---a Mendoza! She’s just good to dress saints (old maid) because of her character.
Ramiro finally tries to ask Martina to be his girl when Seb interrupts. He leaves and Ramiro tries to continue and Don Lupe interrupts.
Seb sees Carmelo’s stuff in his room. Carmelo says it’s all part of the plan. Seb says it’s only for a day. He wants Carmelo tell him what’s going on with him. Ruffi moves Carmelo over to a guest room.
Rico tells Cat she’s lucky her family landed her a rich guy because her taste was terrible. That low life, poor, Lalo. Cat says its said that her brother is greedy self absorbed person. Adela comes in dressed (or overdressed shall we say?) to the nines. Luisa says it’s too much for a ranch wedding. Cat says she can’t bnelieve how ambitious her mother is.
Ant tells the maid she’s mad because of what Lupe said to her. Emilia walks in to tell her what she found out. Cat is on the rebound from another man and she’s a fortune hunter. Ant is thrilled, even if they marry, she can use the info to torture Seb and Lupe.
Lalo comes to see Cat and tells her he loves her and knows she still loves him, Emilia told him. Cat says Emilia is just a trouble maker. She doesn’t love him after what he did to her. What about the money she took? Cat says her family was behind that. Sylvia loves him and he better start taking care of her before she leaves him too.
Sylvia’s worried about aging and Lalo comes back home. She tells him the gym is in his name and she grabs him and practically devours him.
Cat calls Seb to tell him what Emilia did. He goes to Ant house and confronts Emilia who admits she loves him and won’t let anyone else have him. She tries to tell him what she’s found out but he won’t listen. He throws her out. Ant tells him to calm down and for old times sake discuss his mother who was her best friend.
None of Adela’s friends will come to the wedding—to far to go to the ranch.
Seb tells Lupe Carmelo is taking the plan too far. Lupe says to have patience with him. What’s the harm? Carmelo is an orphan and if it makes him feel better, so what? Seb agrees and calls Carmelo brother.
Ant comes over to Lupe and wants to tell him what Seb was doing talking to her about his mother.
Seb comes to see Cat. He tells her he told Emilia to cut it out.
Lalo’s happy he has the gym. Seb goes to see him to tell him to leave Cat alone. Lalo says he doesn’t want her back anyway. She’s a flirt although she did get very passionate when she made love!!!!!!

Telenovela-World: Summary #18 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 13:43 PDT
At the gym - Sebastian confronts Eduardo about what he meant by saying that Catalina knows how to be very caring when she gives herself. Seba is raging mad & comes very close to beating Lalo's face against the floor. Seba demands an explanation & tells him that he doesn't believe him. The coward finally tells Sebastian that Catalina wasn't "his woman" & that he was just trying to say that Cat is very passionate & kisses good. Seba grabs him by the shoulder & pushes him back & almost punches his face but Luis breaks them up. He tells Lalo to never go near Cat ever again.
At the bridal shop - The clerk gives Catalina & mom the the wedding dress. Catalina asks the clerk how much the additional tailoring & extras cost & she replies that there's no further charge, that all that was included in the original price they already paid. [Adela you got caught once again!] Cat is obviously bothered & tells her mom she is angry.
At the ranch - Lupe & Antonietta continue their conversation on how Seba was actually at her house talking to her. Lupe asks what exactly she told Seba. She tells him to invite her inside to tell her more.
Ramiro finally gets the guts to ask Martina to be his girlfriend. They kiss as Rufi & Pancho look at them.
At Cat's house - One of Adela's society ladies brought a gift for Cat & wishes her the best & to not get too bored at the ranch. Dela walks Chulis out. Dela tells Cat that the countryside is ugly & low class & she will figure out a way for them not to stay over there too long. The doorbell rings & a messenger gives Cat a court apperance citation for her dad. Her & Ade are shocked when they read that the creditors are ready to sue him & send him to jail.
At the ranch - Martina tells Emilia that Ramiro & she are finally going out. Emilia congratulates her but then points out that she is in love with someone who doesn't want her. She tells Martina that she hasn't recieved an invitation to the wedding yet. . . , Antonietta tells Lupe that she just talked to Seba about his mom & told him the truth of how she was physically beautiful. She tells him not to worry, that she didn't tell him that his wife married him for money & fooled around with others behind his back. He gets mad at her (surprise surprise) & tells her to leave. She gets up & asks him if he is really sure that Sebastian & Martina are his children. Camilo is about to walk in but hides so he can continue overhearing. Lupe remains quiet & then tells her he won't answer her question because he doesn't want to continue talking with her & throws her out again. She tells him what she just told him & walks out. Carmelo walks in & asks how he's doing, but leaves right away. Pancho was overhearing & tells Lupe not to worry because his children are his.
At Cat's - Seb tells Cat that he went to tell Lalo to leave her alone. They talk about getting married tomorrow & how they always have to trust each other & tell each other the truth.
At Tony's (Antonietta) - Emilia tells Tony she got an invitation from Martina. Tony tells her they probably will not invite her after the fight she had with Lupe. Emi volunteers to take her as her date to the wedding & Tony agress. Emi calls Silvia to see if she can stir up more trouble. Silvia tells Emi she is doing better & things are going fine. Emi tells her that Lalo went to see Cat tomorrow.
At Alicia's - Cat & Seb go to Alicia's to give her & Luis their invitations. They congratulate the happy couple. Alicia asks Cat to go see her dress & Ali takes the opportunity to ask her if she is really sure she wants to go through this.
At Cat's house - Ricardo finds out about the citation after his dad. Ric asks if they will get more money out of Seba, but Adela tells him they can't get so much moeny from them. She suggests that they go to the ranch & hideout for a while & won't come back to the city till they get the money. Adela tells them she believes that Lupe will be dificult.
At the ranch - Pancho & Lupe continue their talk & Pancho tells him to not believe what Tony is saying. Lupe tells him he is worried that Tony might put things in their head. He tells Pancho he wishes that letter Matilde wrote would appear. Lupe tells him he doesn't know who Matilde gave the letter to & is sure that she mentioned who the father of the kids is.
At Tony's - Carmelo pays Tony a visit. She is annoyed by his presence, but he tells her that he needs her help to prove that Sebastian is not Lupe's son. Tony is interested in his proposal & asks why he wants to know. He tells her that he believes Lupe is his dad. Tony tells him he is asking too much & asks what she get in return. She tells him that in return she wants him to help her bug & annoy the heck out of Lupe. Carmelo is not too thrilled withthe idea since he adores Lupe so he tells her he will think about it & will get back to her. Tony tells Josefa that she is sure Carmelo will come back with a yes because he resents the fact that Lupe never recognized him as his own.
At the ranch - Martina & Ramiro go to Lupe to tell him about their new relationship. Ramiro asks if he can have his permission to be Martina's girlfriend & he tells him he doesn't have to.
At the church - Carmelo goes to see the priest & tells him he is sure that he is Lupe's son. The priest tells him he should not confuse things, but Carmelo insists it's tru & that even Tony told him she has things she could say. The priest tells Carmelo not to help Tony to cause Lupe harm.
At Cat's - Seba finishes telling the family the directions to the ranch. Adela asks Seba for money for a limo for tomorrow. Seba gives her money & Cat walks him out. The two go into the hallway & kiss & he leaves. . . . In the elevator - Seba asks himself what Cat will think when she finds out he lied to her about being someone else , Cat goes back inside & thinks to herself that she hopes Seb never finds out the truth. , Later that evening the doorbell rings & it's Silvia! She screams at Cat that she didn't keep her end of the bargain & saw Lalo yesterday. Cat tells her that Lalo was the one that came over & to ask him about it & tells her that she never asked for the money Silvia gave. But before she can continue, Adela comes to interrupt so that Catalina won't pursue the money issue. Adela tells Silvia that Catalina gets married tomorrow & that they will be leaving the city for a while. Silvia doesn't believe her & tells Cat that she has to see it with her own eyes & that if she doesn't stop bothering Lalo she is capable of even killing her.
At the ranch - The family (including Carmelo) gets together to discuss the course of action for tomorrow: All of them except for Carmelo will go to the church first. Carmelo will stay & greet Catalina & her family & they will proceed to the church. Once at the church, Lupe will be the one to tell them that Sebastian is not his son.
Outside Cat's house - The limo has arrived & they start loading all their stuff into the truck. Silvia shows up & is happy to see that Catalina is really leaving. They throw wach other insults & Silvia leaves. They all get into the limo.
At the ranch - Martina fixes some flowers as ramiro tells her to hurry up & finish getting ready.
In the limo - Luisa is tinkering with all the cool stuff in the limo.
At the church - Emilia thinks to herself that all these arrangements should be for her & Sebastian , Lupe & the priest talk about where they will be standing. Lupe tells him that Rufina will be giving Seba away.
At the ranch - Rufi tells Seba not to look so sad, but he tells her he is worried about this lie. She tells him to get happy & that if he trusts in her, everything will turn out fine. Rufi tells him it's an honor to be giving him away & Seb tells her that she is like a second mother for him. Carmelo is outside eavesdropping and tells Seba in his mind to start thinking he is an orphan.
At Silvia's - Lalo gets home & Silvia tells him she found out that he went to see Cat 2 days ago. He asks if cat was theone that told her, but Silvia tells her if doesn't matter who it was. She tells him Cat is getting married today & is leaving the city & that she saw it with her own eyes. Lalo thinks now that he has lost Cat forever.
At the ranch - The limo arrives & as Adela gets out she tells Cat that the ranch is much bigger than what she had imagined. Carmelo, dressed in full Charro, greets the Negretes & tells them he is the one in charge of taking the bride to church. Adela asks where Seba & his family are & wants to know where they will be staying so they can go change. She has the nerve to ask for a jacuzzi! He tells her there is no jacuzzi, but will take them to a place wher they can change. He also explains that they will not see Sebastian till the wedding & that that's the way things are done here & that Seba is very formal & keeps tradition. Carm asks if those are all the bags they brought; Adela says yes & asks if anyone will help them. Carm sarcastically asks her if she sees any help around. Adela is mad & tells him she will talk to Sebastian about this. She tells the chofer to help, but he refuses. They start walking in Carm's direction. He takes them to a small house.hut where they can change. They are surprised by the lack of accomodations & the ugly rooms. Cat starts to get ready with the women's help. She tells them that she is worried & concerned that they were taken to this place instead of the main house. Adela tells her not to worry about it & excuses it as part of countryside traditions/customs. Ric & dad come in & tell Adela that they just finished seeing all the arrangements & details for the wedding. They have huge smiles on their faces & tell her that everything is beautiful & it will be a magnificent banquet. Adela is thrilled & tells Cat that there's nothing to worry about. Cat asks why she has such a weird feeling. . . . Cat is ready & walks into the living room where the others are. They tell her how beautiful she looks. Carmelo walks in to tell her them the truck's ready & he is stunned by how beautiful she looks. They walk outside & Carm tells them that the bride & her father get to ride the limo, but the others have to take the truck. Adela & Ric are mad that they have to ride in the back of this dirty pickup truck (this was a great funny scene seeing Adela getting on the truck!!). Ric helps her & the others in.
At the church - Everybody is gathered and ready. Sebastian sees Emilia & Tony show up & is angry they are here. Martina tells him she invited Emilia, but not Tony. Seb goes over to Emilia, grabs her arm & tells her to behave herself & to not even think about messing up this great day. Tony goes to tell Lupe that she knows he is bothered by her presence, but can't tell her not to be at church. . . , The pick up truck arrives & it's once again funny to see Adela get off. Catalina arrives & Seb goes to greet her. They walk over to Don Lupe Cat - "It's a pleasure to see you. Sebastian has told me so much about you, about my father in law." Lupe - "Father in law? That's a bit too much. It's true that I love Sebastian very much, like a son, but I am not his father." Cat turns pale & shock is all over her face. - "What? I don't understand." Seba - "Catalina forgive me. I din't tell you the truth because I love you too much & I didn't want to lose you, but I am not the ranch owner's son. I am the capataz." Catalina looks like she's going to throw up . . . .

Telenovela-World: Summary #19 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 13:43 PDT
Catalina is in shock. Sebastian tells her to forgive him. He didn't want to loose her and he lied. He is not don Lupe's son, he is just the foreman of the ranch. Catalina wants to know why did he lied to her saying that he was wealthy. Ricardo is outraged and screams "what, isn't he a millionaire? All people around hold their breaths. Everybody is screaming. Sebastian tells her that he knows that she loves Eduardo.
Sebastian goes and Catalina tells Alicia that he cheated on her. Emilia arrives and tells them that she just sent away the limo and she is wondering how they are going to leave the town.
Carmelo, at the cantina is complaining on how little was the time that he spent as don Lupe's son Ramiro tells Carmelo to forget about this crazy idea because he has no proof of being don Lupe's son. Carmelo cannot accept so easily this idea because he thinks that Sebastian is enjoying what belongs to him (Carmelo). He asks for a bottle.
The Negrete family is wondering how they are going to head back to Mexico City. Adela does not want to stay among these "chismosas". She is mad that Sebastian have been lying to them when he is only the capataz. Emilia arrives and tells them that it's a shame: all of them dressed for such a gala and there is no party. To Catalina: "you lost everything, you lost your husband".
Carmelo with Macario, at the cantina is speaking about Catalina, with an angel face but with a devil's soul.
Emilia is looking for Carmelo when she oversees this man (sorry, I don't know his name) swimming in the river. He wants to know why she is peeking at him behind a three and she says that it is him who should not be there. "me? I live by here". Emilia tells him that he is "un pelado" and storms away. He sees her and thinks that, someday, things will change.
Antonieta is speaking with Emilia, she is telling her that Sebastian is suffering and that he must be mad at his dad. They are happy because everything is working fine for them. Catalina got her lesson, Sebastian despises her.
At the cantina, a guitar is playing an old tune when Emilia arrives, (all the cantina men whistle their approval) and tells Carmelo that she wants a favor: "go tell the owner of the hotel to tell the Negretes that there is no room for them". She wants to see them suffer.
Meanwhile, the Priest is telling the Negretes that they cannot leave town today and that it is better to go to the hotel and get some rest. Adela and Ricardo are very disappointed. Catalina wants to go. She starts walking and Alicia follows her. Adela says that no problem, Catalina will be back sooner or later. All of them head to the hotel.
Sebastian is thinking, at the side of a three, that he has no more tears. Don Lupe and Panchito are looking for him. Their voices calling Sebastian are nearer by the moment. They arrive. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that he is worried for him. Sebastian tells him that he must be happy. Is this what you wanted? Are you going to tell me that you warned me?
Don Lupe tells Sebastian that he only wanted for him to be happy. "I was very happy with Catalina". Panchito tells Sebastian to stop blaming hs dad. "You are right Panchito; Forgive me, father". Don Lupe tells Sebastian that all he needs is time.
Catalina is running with Alicia. She does not want to come back. She feels betrayed and cannot understand why Sebastian made her believe that he was a different person from what he really is. Alicia warns Catalina that it is late and it is dangerous to wander around in the night.
The Negretes arrive at the hotel and Carmelo, on the side of the front desk manager is waiting for them. They ask for two or three rooms and they are told that, since many people came to their town for the wedding, there are no rooms left.
Catalina and Alicia find Sebastian and don Panchito. Catalina blurts out to Sebastian that he is a hypocrite who deceived her. Sebastian ask her "what, did you expect to marry me to spend my money with your lover? Alicia tries to protect Catalina but don Panchito tells her that this is not her business. Catalina tells Sebastian that she wants to get a divorce asap. Sebastian wants to know if she is in a hurry to be with her lover. "You may think what you want".
Sebastian storms away and Catalina calls his name. She asks him to be a gentleman and take her out of there. He leaves without answering and Panchito tells Catalina and Alicia not to worry about the howling of the coyotes, but rather take care of the snakes. They scream. He offers to take them to the church for the night.
In Mexico City Eduardo is thinking of Catalina. He knows that he lost her and he is sad. Sylvia arrives and wants to cheer with champagne that the "resbalosa ésa" is out of their lives.
Outside of the hotel, the Negretes are trying to think their way out of the ranch. They are complaining about the mosquitoes when Luisa wants to take off her shoes and Emilia arrives to make fun of their fancy clothes and their ungrateful situation. She asks for Catalina and when the Negretes tell her that Catalina is not there, she says that it is a shame because she came her just to bother Catalina.
Adela thinks that it is a shame that Emilia could not convince Sebastian to marry her because this would have spared them this whole problem. And, by the way, thanks God that Adela's high society friends did not come to the wedding. Luisa is whining that she is hungry and tired. Petra overhears and tells them that she feels sorry for "this poor girl" and offers them her "poor house". Adela does not want to sleep with a "tamalera" but Gustavo tells her that he really appreciates her help. They part.
Panchito asks the priest to help Catalina and Alicia. He accepts. He tells Catalina that she did wrong and Catalina tells him that it was Sebastian who wronged the whole situation lying about being the rancher's son.
Carmelo is telling don Lupe that it was a pleasure to be his son even for such a short time. Don Lupe does not pay attention. He focuses on Sebastian who is arriving. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that Catalina does not love him and that it is better to start with divorce trial immediately. "We will see". Sebastian goes away and don Lupe and Carmelo stay wondering what did Sebastian mean with those words.
The Negretes arrive at Petra's house. Adela does not consider that a house and does not want to sleep there. Gustavo thanks Petra and asks Adela if she is going to leave for an outside night with the mosquitoes. Adela finds Petra's bed and she thinks that "at least it is a bed where she can rest". Petra tells her that it is a bed, but it is her bed, and that Adela, Gustavo and Ricardo are going to sleep on the floor with "petates". Luisa is going to sleep on the bed with Petra. "venga para acá, mi niña".
Alicia and Catalina are preparing to get some rest on the church. Catalina tells Alicia that she does not understand why all this happened. Alicia tells her that she is not guilty and that this thing was rotten from day number one. Catalina says that she feels hate for Sebastian, and something else. She stops to think. "No, it can't be, I cannot be in love with Sebastian".
Emilia and Antonieta are talking about Catalina. It's a shame that she is going to leave town so soon for Emilia would love to have her near and give her a hard time. She wants Catalina to pay for having stolen Sebastian's love. Antonieta tells Emilia that she is going to marry Sebastian with her help, that she will get pregnant and give Antonieta her first child. Emilia is haunted. "And yes, you are going to give me your first born so I can raise him hating his grandfather".
Chucho, don Lupe's friend arrives at the ranch telling him that he is sorry he could not come before even though he already knows that there was no wedding at all. "Did you drive all by yourself". "No, Jessica drove me here". They greet Jessica and Sebastian arrives. Jessica tells him how sorry she is for his problem with Catalina. Sebastian does not want to speak to anybody about this or anything else and he hopes they understand. He leaves. Jessica thinks that he is so handsome and that she hopes that he can get over Catalina the sooner, the better.
Alicia calls Luis and tells him that there was no wedding.
At Petra's home, she is serving breakfast to the Negretes. Gustavo is very happy, thanking her and enjoying her tamales and Adela is telling Petra that she never, absolutely never eats that kind of stuff. But, while Petra goes to the kitchen to bring sweet tamales, Adela grabs a tamal and puts it into her purse.
Martina asks Ramiro to look for Sebastian and help him.
Luisa is taking some tamales to her sister and on her way she finds Martina. Martina tells her that her sister is "una aprovechada" and Luisa tells her not to say that because Catalina is guilty of nothing.
At Mexico City, Eduardo is telling Luis that he can hardly put up with Sylvia and that she is so jealous that if he sees another woman, she losses her temper and accuses him of having an affair. Luis tells Eduardo that he could get a divorce and marry Catalina because she did not marry the previous day.
Don Lupe tells Sebastian that he should start with the divorce procedure immediately and Sebastian tells his dad that he is not going to divorce from Catalina so easily.
Preview: Catalina is discovering that she is in love with Sebastian meanwhile Emilia is trying to convince Sebastian that she is the right woman for him.


Telenovela-World: Summary #20 Author: Diana M. Date: 10-19-99 13:44 PDT
Short terms used sometimes:
Antonietta= Ant
Sebastian=Seb
Catalina=Cata
Gustavo=Gus
Ricardo=Rick
(At the Mendoza home)
Don Lupe tells Sebastian that it's time to get the divorce papers ready, and Sebastian thinks, not so fast, he has a plan to
punish Catalina.
(At the gym)
Meanwhile, Luis lets Lalo know what happened at the supposed wedding. Lalo is thrilled and he said that soon him and Catalina will be together because they are meant to be, but he's not leaving Sylvia without getting that gym first. (That's what he thinks. je je je)

(the plaza of the town)
Cata: You have no right to judge my sister, whatever I do is my responsibility, it's not Luisa's fault.
Martina: Well, she isn't a kid anymore to not understand what's going on, if she is not responsible, she is your accomplic. You could tell all your family are money grumbers. (Wow!! Attitude, attitude, go Martina)
Cata: Look, I don't see why you care so much about what happened between Sebastian and I, but if you want to accuse somebody, accuse me, don't take it out on Luisa or anyone else.
Martina: Forget it, you're not worth my time.
Cata: At least I don't pretend to be someone I'm not like Sebastian and I don't wait till the wedding day to,
Martina: I really wanted to meet you, but you are the worse, but life will make you pay for what you did to my brother. (Martina walks away)
Cata: Brother? Did she say brother?
Luisa: Yes
Cata: I don't understand, isn't Sebastian just a farmer and she's Don Lupe's daughter?

(Antonietta's home)
Emilia: I came to tell you I have been thinking about your proposal.
Antonietta: What did you decide?
Emilia: If thanks to you I marry Sebastian, I accept. I'll give you my first born child, I have with Seb.
Ant: I'll help you.
Emilia: But let it be soon. Please
Ant: Of course, you know perfectly well I want to continue annoying the hell out of Lupe, and after you give me your child, you better not start regretting it, or feel guilty, because as hard as you may try, I will never return it to you.(These women gross me out) Emilia: Yes, at least I could have more kids with Sebastian. (sad expression)
Ant: (slaps her gently to make her snap out of it) Change that face, it's the least you can pay me for what you want most in the
world, or wouldn't you be capable of doing anything to be Mrs. Mendoza?
Emilia: Yes,
Ant: Even if giving up a child is hard, in the long run one finds out it's not the end of the world and "they" by pass it.
Emilia: Why did you say it like that? Like if you already went through it.
Ant: Emilia, don't say stupidities.
Emilia: I know everything you do is to annoy Don Lupe, but I don't understand why you hate him so much.
Ant: Becareful Emilia, we agreed you wouldn't ask my life isn ot your business.
Emilia: Fine, I'm sorry.
Ant: Instead of wasting time, let's go by the town.
Emilia: Yes, and while Cata and her family are in town, we have to bug them. I found out her and and her friend spent the night at the church.
Ant: You go down there, I'll catch up to you later. Before I want to go make fun of Lupe about the wedding.
Emilia: Cata accusing Sebastian of only being a farmer is the best thing that could of happened.
Ant: Yes, just for making Lupe's son suffer, I like her. But the one that I couldn't stand was her mom. (laughs) (Making fun of Adela's hand posture)
(Petra's home)
(Adela eatting a tamale with her hands, yes you heard right folks)
Adelathinking out loud) This lady sure knows how to make tamales.
(Rick & Gus arrive)
Rick: Mom, what's up?
Adela: (pointing at the tamale) Well, it was there, and it was going to spoil. I ate it.
Gus: Adela, Rick and I were talking and we feel trapped, we can't return to Mexico city because the creditors will arrest me and
,
Adela: Yes you're right, I hadn't thought of that.
(Gus fanning himself down)
Rick:What are we gonna do mom? I dont' wanna stay in this dirty town.
Adela: No it would be horrible, we are not the type of people that could live in this place.
Gus: Well, I prefer it than jail, at the penthouse they would find us fast, so what do we do?
Adela: Before anything, calm down Gus, I plan to go talk to Don Lupe.
Rick&Gus: What??
Adela: Yes, after all it was his farmer who betrayed Catalina.
Rick: Darn Sebastian, how could he do this to us? Pretending to be a millionaire.
Gus:Yes, and we being so honorable. (sarcastically said)
Adela: Gus your comments are not neccesary, how can Seb aspire my daughter a person like Cata. He's a farmer, our daughter is destined for something else.
Rick: Yes, to make us rich.
Adela: (grins) Exactly, even if we failed this time we won't next time. I just hope Lupe understands we were victims of one of his
workers and helps us out.
(Mendoza home)
(Sebastian in his room, looking out the window, a knock at his door)
Ramiro: Can I come in?
Seb: If you want, but I'm not very good company
Ram: Don't worry, I don't need company, what I want is to talk to you.
Seb: If it's about Cata, forget it.
Ram: Your dad is very worried, we all are, why don't you tell us what you plan on doing?
Seb: Ramiro, I appreciate your concern but trust me, I can handle this situation.
Ram: Fine, but tell us how,
Seb: Everyone will soon know,
Ram: Fine, how you like, but if you need me look for me and becarefu with what you do, it could be worse. (Ramiro walks out of the room)
Sebthinking outloud) Now, nothing could be worse.
(Downstairs in the Mendoza home, Don lupe talking to Carmelo and Ramiro)
D Lupe: I don't get Seb, according to him he has a plan to make Cata miserable, I think he should just live her once and for all.
Ram: Poor guy, he's really hurting, but vengeance doesn't lead to any good. I agree with you, Don Lupe, it's better to break it up now.
Carmelo: I think we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, we don't know what Seb has planned, maybe we should give him an opportunity and support him.
Lupe: I wonder what he wants to do, I'm scared that he might do something crazy. I wish she would live town forever.
(Sebastian comes downstairs)
Lupe: Sebastain, where are you going?
Seb: I'm going to go see Catalina
Lupe: what,
Seb: I know what I have to do, I just ask that you dont' tell the truth, Cata shouldn't know I am the son of Don Lupe Mendoza.
(Seb leaves)

Church
Luisa: Everything is going bad for us, we have no money, no home and everyone treats us bad, just look what Martina told us.
Alicia: I noticed how strange it is how you guys told me she called Sebastian her brother, is or isn't he Don Lupe's son?
Cata: Of course he's not, you heard him say he just played with me, he made me think he was someone he wasn't, when he is just a farmer of the ranch.
Alicia: You ain't going to deny that what Martina said is wierd.
Cata: Yes, that caught my attention, but I think what she meant was that she see's Seb like a brother. Yesterday Don Lupe said he loved him like a son, no?
Alicia: Yes, it could be.
Cata: Anyways, I don't want to talk or think about him anymore, I just want 1pm to get her so the bus comes and we can go home.
Luisa: Don't mean to disillusion you sis but we can return to the penthouse, the creditors are looking for dad to book him.
Cata: yes you're right, we can't stay here either though. Gosh, what a problem, I can't believe this is happening, couldn't be worse. If I accepted to marry Seb, it was partly to safe my dad from jail,
(Sebastian enters)
Seb: Catalina, I want to talk to you
Cata: Of what? The divorce? If not you can leave thats all I care to talk about.
Seb: Yes, I figured that with the type of person you are, but don't worry,
(Emilia enters) (Argggghhhhhh metiche)
Emilia: So you are still here? Seb what you should do is drag this woman by the hair to the entrance of this town and kick her out for what she did to you. I'm sorry you are suffering Sebastian, but it's better that you found out now she's not worth it. The love I offer you is sincere.(passionately kisses Sebastian and he kisses her back to annoy the hell out of Cata, and it works) Seb: It's good to know theres people I can trust, thanks for the support Emilia, I'll look for you later, I feel like being with you but I have to deal with a degradble situation.
Cata: I already told you that all I am interested in is the divorce, I am in a hurry to separate,
Emilia: You think Sebastian isn't He doesn't need a money grumber like you.
Cata: Oh, so I thought nothing was going on between this snake(Emilia) and you. In what other things did you lie,
E: Sebastian, let't go now, she's not worth it, (Sebastian leaves with Emilia)
Cata: Emilia is a slizzy witch she doesn't deserve Sebastian.
Alicia: Yes, but you are jealous.
(Sebastian walking fast to get away from Emilia)
Emilia: Sebastian,((calls for him 3 times) please wait for me. I thought you wanted to be with me.
Sebastian: Sorry Emilia, we could only be friends
Emilia: Fine then let's talkk I could advice you
Seb: I appreciate it, but I just want to be alone(Emilia continues to follow) I'm going to the bar and there is no room for youC there.
E milia: My place is where you are.
Seb: We can't have anything else, I appreciate that you are not a trader like Catalina, and sorry if I made you think something else.
Emilia: I can't believe you could still love after how she treated you in the wedding in front of everyone.
Seb: Yes, I was hoping her love would be so grand that she wouldn't care if I was a farmer.
Emilia: Your dad was right in testing her, you see how I was right, forget her,
Seb: I can't, I don't know if I hate her, or love her or both. But I can assure you it's going to be a long time before I forget her. I
have thought of something that might work and I need you and everyone else to keep quiet about me being Don Lupe's son.
Emilia: What are you going to do?
Seb: Soon you will all know, promise you won't say anything.
Emilia: I promise, but at least fill me in.
Seb: It's about not letting Catalina be happy with Lalo, I assure you he is the one she loves.
(Petra's home)
Adela getting all fancied up to go see Don Lupe. Alicia offers the Negrete's her home so Gus won't go to jail.
(Church)
Priest: Catalina, there is something tormenting you quite a bit, talking it out will make you feel better. Is it that Sebastian lied to you? Money isn't all in life.
Cata: No, no, believe me father that doesn't concern me, I,
Priest: You can trust me
Cata: Father, what I'm going to tell you is very complicated, I don''t know how it started, but soon it became one lie after another and I let myself go, I let my parents plan the marriage of Sebastian and I just for money, and what's tormenting me is that I might be in love with him.
(Bar)
Sebastian proposes to Carmelo that he be Don Lupe's son for 6 months. Carmelo accepts and is very happy, he celebrates with Macario and brags about it to the bartender, he will make sure he stays as Don Lupe's son forever.
(Mendoza home)
Rufina is worried about Sebastian and tells Josefa Antonietta must be thrilled with what's happening because everyone is suffering. Rufina says that Ant wouldn't know how it feels to suffer for a child, and Josefa quickly tells her to shut up, when Sebastian enters and asks that they not tell anyone that he is Don Lupe's son, especially Catalina.
Garden
Martina and Ramiro lovy dovy and Sebastian envies that in a good way, and decides to tell Ram and Martina his plan and asks to keep the son of Don lupe secret from Cata.
Church:
Cata: I don't know when it happened father, this feeling for Sebastian, but I'm scared.
Priest: No, love isn't bad, you shouldn't be scared.
Cata: I fell in love with the wrong man.
Priest: Look, the only think I can tell you is that you should be concerned on how you are going to tell Sebastian that you love him after you betrayed him.
Cata: No father, Sebastian will never know that I love him, I have to leave this town and forget about him.
Adela walking to Lupe's house complaining about the rocks in his home and Antonietta makes fun of her and they insult each other. Rufina notices them and goes tells Lupe they are there and all three walk in the house and Lupe accepts to talk to Adela first and that annoys Antonietta. Adela tells Lupe that he should help them for what Seb did to Catalina, Lupe totally annoyed tells her to leave before he kicks her out, and almost tells Adela that Sebastian is indeed his son.
Cata arrives at Petra's crying and Gus consoles her and apologizes and tells her she will now do what she wants with her life and be happy.
Lalo and Sylvia are ready to sign the lease on the gym, while Lalo goes to get a glass of water for Sylvia she makes sure that the lease has a code in where if they separate she keeps the gym.
Carmelo, same old, Don Lupe is my daddy, la di da, Macario seems to be a little too interested in Emiliia.
Martina and Ramiro dont' agree with Sebastian's plan, he's annoyed and blows them off and leaves to find Catalina. Martina and Ramiro go tell Don Lupe that Sebastian has gone crazy and went looking for Catalina.
Negrete's are waiting for the bus, while Adela complains about everything. Sebastian arrives in horse back and tells Catalina if she wants a divorce she will have to live with him for 6 months.
To be continued,
Does this plot sound familiar, Veronica & Demetrio, ay ay ay, when will they get it. I think it's gonna be just as worse, I just hope they dont' use as much physical violence as Vero and Deme did. The games begin folks.
Diana M


Telenovela-World: Summary #21 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 13:46 PDT
Sebastian tells Catalina that if she wants the divorce she must live with him for 6months otherwise no deal. After all her parents will sell her to someone else soon enough, although used merchandise will be less attractive. Adela and Ric huff and puff to Sebastian, he puts them in their place. Martina tells Lupe she is worried about Sebastian's plan. Carmelo loves the idea, and says that he will never give Sebastian his place back.
The Negrete's are waiting for the bus. Adela criticizes everyone in town. Cata tells her to stop that if she had not listen to her they would not be in ths situation.
Sylvia tells her friend she signed the papers for the gym.However, the clause is in the contract. Lalo tells Luis he has the gym and that tomorrow he will ask Sylvia for a divorce. They both decide to go to the ranch to pick up Cata & family. Lalo arrives and sees Cata, Sebastian arrives and tells Cata are you still in love with him?? he pushes Lalo and kisses her violently. Lalo jumps on Seb and they fight.
Antonieta tells Lupe that if he is sad she is happy and also tells him that Seba & Martina may not be his.
At the cantina, Seb tells everyone to treat him like the capataz and Carmelo as Lupe's son.
The Negrete's return to Petra's house and Adela is biching and moaning, (she is too much)Petra tells her not to lay on her bed because she is filthy.
Martina tells Emilia that she will help her conquest Sebastian.She also confeses that she likes Ricardo(Ughh).
Rufina and Lupe talk about Matilde, Lupe asks her if she know something that can tell him that Seb & Mart are not his.
Apparently she told him something that should reassure him, but he says he still doubts. He wants to find the letter. Rufina agrees with him that Matilde le ponia los cuernos with just about everyone.
Rufina & Antonieta's maid are talking and mention a secret, they think that Petra got a lot of money to do something for Antonieta a long time ago.They say that the past always come back to haunt people.Matilde was a bad woman.
Carmelo claims that he will find proof that he is Lupe's son. Martina tells Lupe that they were so happy before Seba fell in love with Cata and he agrees. She asks if he and her mom were happy, he says yes. Tell me about her, he says another time.When she leaves he says to himself"Martina if you only knew that Sebastian may not be your brother".
Antonieta tells Emilia that she planted the seed of doubt in Lupe and that she will be enjoy every minute of it. She tells Emilia that if Cata & Seb live together they may fall in love. They will wait the six months and then move in quickly.
Cata goes back to the city with her family. They arrive at Alicia's and Adela again criticizes the house. She is eing nice to Lalo because she thinks he won the lottery. He tells them to knock it off, that he didn't win the lottery but marry a rich woman and now has money. But, when he marries Cata he is not taking the family with him. She starts insulting Lalo and Alicia tells her she is the same or worse than him so shut up. She and Ric go back to the penthouse. After a few minutes the police arrive with an order of arrest for Gustavo. Ric & Adela go back to Alicia's. Adela warns Cata not to fall for Lalo again. Lalo tells Cata they should get divorced and then get married. She says no, she doesn't love him anymore. She loves Sebastian. Cata tells Adela she is a cynic and all this is her fault. She is the only one to blame. Cata runs outside, Gustavo follows her and tells her ishis fault also he has been too weak and has not been able to control her.But from now on he will change and help her and her brother and sister to find happiness. Cata tells him are you surehe says yes, then says Cata I know what I want,
Panchito tells Seb that he looks much better today. He says then it doesn't show how I feel. Lupe needs help with one of the horses. Seba says he'll call Carmelo.
He goes to Carmelo's house, Carmelo is complaining and Seb hears him, Carmelo says he was praying. Seb tells him that that Lupe needs help, he stays ihn the house, Cata arrives and says to Sebastian, she has decided to be his wife for 6 months!!!!!! Tomorrow, Sebastian asks Catalina if she will be his wife in every way!!!!they show him with green and white stripped boxers, then they come off,

Telenovela-World: Summary #22 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 13:47 PDT
Catalina returns to Alcatraz (so apropos) and tells Sebastian she is prepared to stay for six months. He asks her if she will behave like a real wife in every way. She glances over at the bed and says yes. In that case, he wants her to cook, clean, wash his underwear and darn his socks. She’s shocked and asks if that’s all he wanted her for!!
Gustavo and Luis, who brought Cat, are talking. Gus says he supports her in whatever she decides but he can’t help but think she wants six months to give their relationship a chance. Luis says he hopes so. As they’re talking Martina and Panchito approach. She asks them what they’re doing there. Gus says he’s brought back Cat.
Cat comes to tell her father she’s staying. He asks her if they’ve talked over the issue of sex. Is he forcing her to be intimate? No he would never do that she says. They laugh about Adela finding out she’s staying with the lowly “capataz” and that Gus helped her.
Seb is telling his father that Cat has returned and has agreed to the arrangement. Lupe thinks he’s crazy. She’ll find out he’s the heir. Everyone in town knows the truth. Seb says he’s asked everyone to cover his story.
Seb returns home to find Gus there. He’s been telling Cat about his problems with the police. He can’t return home and although she’s offered, he can’t stay there. It’s too small and he’s sure Seb won’t agree to it. Seb tells him he’s not welcome to stay there. Cat argues that it’s half hers. He says fine—visit, but not often. Gus tells him about his legal problems and Seb wants to know where the money is that he gave him.
Gus leaves and tries to think about where to stay. Panchito overhears him and offers to help. Gus can’t understand why he’s being so nice. Everyone else hates them. Panchito says they’re going to be part of Alcatraz’ future.
Back in DF Adela is wondering where Gus is. Alicia fills her in. Adela is beside herself. Just imagine Cat wasting herself on that peon for six months when she could be out trapping them a million$ire. Alicia says they are a bunch of greedy selfish people. Adela says she’s just thinking of Cat happiness. Alicia says she’s never been happy, all she does is complain. Rico makes a snide remark about Alicia’s house and she answers that at least she lives within her means.
Ramiro is setting up the bandstand for his band “Dakiry”. Carmelo is mopping around. Martina approaches and tells them that Cat is in town. She introduces Ramior to Luis. He says he’s no friend of Cat’s friend, and besides he’s jealous.
Seb tells the workers that they are to treat him la el capataz. Not to let on that he’s Lupe’s son. Carmelo will be taking his place. Emilia comes over and throws her arms around him. He tells her Cat is living with him now and she’s got to forget him.
Emilia can’t believe what she’s heard and runs over to Antonietta’s to rant, Her advice is to make more problems for them so they’ll never be happy. Emilia’s worried that after six months, she won’t have a chance. Ant decides to befriend Cat as a way of making trouble.
Ruffina’s done Seb’s laundry and he tells her that he’s going out to be appropriate clothes and Cat will launder them from now on. She tells him he’s playing with fire.
Cat is thinking to herself that she came there to find out if she really loves Seb. Carmelo comes in and introduces himself as Don Lupe’s son. He propositions her saying that since she wanted to marry the owner’s son for money, how about having an affair with him for money? She tells him to get out, have some respect for her as a married woman. He tells her to look for him in the big house where she though she would be living,
Outside he passes Seb and tells him he just dropped in to pick up some things. He tells him that Cat must have a reason for coming back to him.
When he comes in she tries to tell him what happened with Carmelo but he refuses to listen. He tells her she’s to do whatever the patron says.
Adela and fa. Are invited to Kiki’s for lunch. She tries to impress her with stories about the wedding but Kiki tries to find out why her phones not working. Adela and Rico cover their tracks and say they’ve sold the penthouse.
Ramiro is so happy about his group at the fair. Luis and Gus leave and Martinamentions that men from the city certainly have great bodies (you said it girlie).
Cat brings Seb a glass of water. He tells her to put sugar in it (?) and she refuses by saying she’s not his slave. He says she supposed to do what her husband tells her to. She says not where she comes from! He says she’s got to behave decently and morally here. She can’t see her lover, she’s got to wait six months. She tries to defend herself but he asks her what kind of woman loves one man and marries another man for money?
Ant overhears their argument and realizes Seb is jealous. After he storms out she approaches Cat as a friend to welcome her. Cat says she wants out!!
Seb goes to the bar. He says he’s so hurt because he’s crazy about Cat but she only wants to be free for Eduardo. It’s killing him to think she sees him on the side.
Lalo is wondering what’s keeping Luis. Alicia tells him that he’s taken Cat back. She doesn’t love Lalo and is giving Seb a chance for six months. He might as well try to get along with Sylvia.
He goes home furious and Sylvia confronts him with the informationthat Emilia gave her that he was in town with Cat. What for?
Seb is returning home from the bar and spots Cat getting into bed. She’s startled to see him. He gets very macho and drops his clothes while she (partially) covers her eyes. He gets into bed with her and gives her a passionate kiss. Then……he turns over and says goodnight.
La dejo vestida y alborotoda, as they say in the novela!!!
Tomorrow: Emilia offers herself to Seb. Seb returns home the next morning and Cat asks where he’s been. Emilia goes to Cat and asks her if she’d like to know where her husbands spent the night and Cat slaps her.


Telenovela-World: Summary #23 Author: Diana M. Date: 10-19-99 13:49 PDT
Kiki finds out by Lalo that the creditors are looking for Gus to throw him in jail. Kiki goes to Alicia's house to offer her husbands services(lawyer) to Gus for free,(Gus is in el rancho though) Adela pretends she is at Alicias house for a visit, but Kiki knows all, and she's always known Adela is not rich, Adela continues with her lies. Kiki wants to help them out for the girls, she feels sorry for them. Adela, Rick and Luisa pack to go look for Gus at the ranch to tell him Kiki is going to help them, they totally blow off Alicia, no thank you either.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, Catalina is doing her womanly duties, and in comes Sebastian being a man, telling her they will go to a fair their having in town, she tells him "no" she is too tired, he doesn't care she is going, he even bought her a dress. Catalina is so annoyed.
Sylvia's friend advices Sylvia to take Lalo to the town fair, to show Catalina how happy they are, Lalo wasn't too sure about this and then decided to go after all.
Adela, Rick and Luisa arrive in town, and they start looking for Gus, then Sylvia and Lalo arrive, finally, Cata and Sebastian arrive looking as miserable as possible until they see Lalo and Sylvia, Sebastian thinks that Cata invited him but she doesn't deny it and asks him if he's jealous, they starting faking happiness and start talking about Lalo, Sebastian tells Cata she has no right to be inviting him along, and she says why not, you slept with Emilia.
TBC,

SUMMARIES 24-29 NOT AVAILABLE

Telenovela-World: Summary #30 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 14:33 PDT
~ Summary # 30, Fri. 10/01 ~
Penthouse - Sebastian opens the door & sees a slutty-looking Emilia with her suitcase. She tells him that since his apartment is small, she wants to stay here for a few days & walks in uninvited. Seba asks her how she found out he bought the penthouse, she says it doesn't matter. Gustavo walks in & is shocked to see this slut with Sebastian. He asks Seba how he can have his little friend stay with them, Emi tells him that she is the one that really loves Sebastian while Catalina just married him for money. Sebastian doesn't defend Catalina & tells Gus she's saying the truth. Gus walks out & Seb tells Emi to not get comfortable because she is not staying. He suggests she go to his apartment, but that she can't stay here because this is where he is living with his wife. Emi tries to convince him but Seb keeps on telling her no, so Emi asks him for a cup of coffee. He gives her the keys to the apartment (bad mistake!) & goes to the kitchen.
Alicia's - The girls talk about the possibility of Sebastian bringing Emi to live with them in the penthouse. Alicia tells Cat not to torture herself with these kinds of thoughts because Seba isn't capable of doing such a thing. Cat tells her that if Emi even thinks about it, she will beat her up, scratch her, punch her, slap her, & whatever else to get her out of her face. Alicia tries to calm Cat down & reminds her that Emi is not in her house & that she is just terribly jealous, & that her folks would never Emi stay.
Outside penthouse - Adela tells Gus & Ric that they will let Emilia stay in the house & will make her feel at home. Gus & Ric think she's flipped her lid, but Adela tells them that if Emi stays, they could get the divorce by accusing Sebastian of adultery & even end up with the penthouse. (Where does she get all these brilliant ideas??) Ric congratulates his mom for this new plan while Gus asks what Catalina will think. Adela & Ric don't care.
Ranch - Rufi tries to get Lupe to drink the tea she made for his nerves as he paces back & forth. He tells her Antonietta is evil & now even has Carmelo involved in her cruel deeds. Rufi confirms that she's heard the rumor that Carmelo has been saying that he is his son all over town (what a coward, why doesn't she tell Lupe Carm has told her this himself??).
Antonietta's - Carmelo tells the señorita that he is not willing to wait too long to prove that he is really Lupe's son. Ant tells him not too be so stubborn, that what really matters is that they make people believe he is a Mendoza. "But I'm really his son!!," Carm whines. (Will he ever get a different set of words to say??) Ant

Cata and Seb arrive at the penthouse. The 3 stooges ask her what's the matter, she says Lalo kissed her and Seba saw it. Cata goes to the bedroom after Seba and tells him it wasn't her fault that Lalo kissed her. She mentions something about him not accusing his dad and gets really angry and leaves.
As Sebas is about to leave the apt. Emilia arrives_to make Cata jealous he greets Emilia very nice and tells her lets go out someplace, of course she agrees. Grrrrrrrr.
At a restaurant Emilia tells Seba to give her a chance to prove him that she loves him, she tells him that Cata continuous to see Lalo behind his back.
At the ranch, Lupe is arguing with everyone about getting the test done. Don Jesus and Jessica arrive, Martina asks don Chucho to convince her dad. Jessica asks Martina what has she heard about Cata and Sebas_and asks if she knows if Cata likes someone else, that's the only way to get her away from Sebas, Martina explains to her about Lalo_Jessica smiles.
At the gym's inauguration, Lalo and Sylvia are smooching. Alicia is telling Luis that Lalo is a hypocrite how can he do that after what he did with Cata and that so many people saw him and are now gossiping about it. Lalo comes over and offers to Luis triple the salary he is now making to work for him.
At Antonieta's house, Carmelo arrives and asks where is the letter. Antonieta says she thinks is in the church. He says he will sneak in tonight and look for it.
Lupe and Martina re going to MC to see Sebastian. He leaves Carmelo in charge (adding fuel to this fire) He will tell all the peones to do as he says treat him like he was his son. Rufina says, how can Lupe give him so much power.
Luisa is upset because her parents went to a ritzy party, wit all the problems they have_that's really inconsiderate.
Cata tells Luisa she can't stand the thought of Emilia being with Seb.
Emilia & Seb are at a restaurant having a few drinks. Emilia asks Seba what can she do for him??dance for him, or does he want a private show??LOL He says to her if Cata is cheating on him why can't he do the same? He kisses Emilia. Emilia is on cloud nine, but Seb apologizes and gets up and leaves her alone.
Carmelo breaks into the church's office, he makes lots of noise and wakes up the priest. He starts looking for the letter when Padre Geronimo finds him and confronts him. If he doesn't tell him what he is doing there and what he is looking for he will call the police. Carmelo tells him about the letter, that Anton. Told him it was there. The priest tells him he better leave that matter alone and why did he listen to Antonieta. Carmelo says, he didn't he came on his own. He tells P Geronimo that he wants the letter for Lupe to make him happy. The priest responds: if he is so interested how come he has come looking for it himself. Carmelo apologizes and says it won't happen again. He leaves the church and meets Petra outside, selling tamales.
Antonieta can't go to sleep because she wants to find out if Carmelo found the letter. Josefa tells her that that letter is not good for Carmelo, it doesn't say he is Lupe's son,. Antonieta tells her that if she knew her she should know that she is only concerned about proving that that Seb and/or Martina are not Lupe's kids.
Petra sees Carmelo and asks what's wrong, he says she wouldn't understand. Is there something you want? Yes he says, but what I want you can't give it to me. He walks away. Petra mumbles, Carmelo if you only knew that I could give you what you are looking for but for your own good , I will never show you the letter.
Back in Lalo's and Sylvia's place - she is all lovey dovey, he is thinking of Cata and tells her he has a headache tonite LOL.
Cata tells Luisa that she really loves Sebas and things are just getting more complicated for them.
Sebas returns to the penthouse - Luisa runs to see him, offers him something to eat and tells him Cata really loves him. At first he smiles but then tells Luisa to stop playing the family game, she still young and can get out of that kind of life.
Ric overhears this and tell Luisa that she is an idiot that the only thing they have to do is separate Cata and Seba not unite them.
Lupe and Martina are leaving and he tells Carmelo he is in charge_as soon as he walks out Carmelo tells Panchito & Rufina_I'm the boss now and you'll do what I tell you. Ramiro tells Lupe he made a big mistake giving Carmelo so much power.
Josefa arrives to speak to Rufina. Carmelo comes to the kitchen ordering Rufina to make him breakfast. She puts him in his place. Josefa tells Carmelo why did he leave Antonieta waiting last nite? Rufina overhears and asks Carmelo why is she waiting for you?isn't she a little too old for you? Josefa says it has nothing to do with that, Rufina tells him that all loyal to Lupe know better than to socialize with Antonieta. If he doesn't tell her what he was doing there she will tell Lupe. He says, " I shouldn't tell you but I will", he tells her a lie, or something about the boundary of the properties. Rufina doesn't believe him.
Emilia arrives at Cata's house. Tells Cata they need to talk, that she knows Sebas is obsessed with her and wants only the best for him_can they meet at a restaurant around the corner in 2 hrs. Cata agrees. Emilia then calls to tell Lalo that Cata wants to see him at that restaurant in 2 hrs. he believes Emilia. Sylvia asks who it was on the phone and he says one of his students at the gym_Sylvia throws a hissy fit. Emilia goes to Sebastian's office and tells him she will prove to him that Cata is still seeing Lalo, she will tell him where Cata and Lalo will meet and what time. In the previews, Sebas goes to the restaurant and sees Lalo and Cata____


Telenovela-World: Summary #32 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 14:36 PDT
October6
Rico can’t believe Catalina is going to meet with Emilia. She’s always been trying to take Seb away why should she trust her? Cat thinks he’s just worried that things will work out with Seb. Rico admits it and says he can’t believe she loves a mere capataz, she should go for Carmelo. Cat says they forced her to marry—now she loves Seb and she’s going to stay with him. Why doesn’t Rico do something to help the family. He’s useless! She did her part and she won’t go along with any more schemes. Rico says she’s selfish.
Kiki’s husband says if Seb testifies it could be the nail in Gustavo’s coffin. Two witnesses are trouble. He can’t go on borrowing money without paying it back. He hopes this doesn’t happen again. He’s going to find out if Seb testified. Adela asks Kiki for two favors: she doesn’t want any of their friends to find out about the current trouble, and she wants to borrow some money to go see Carmelo. Kiki’s reluctantly gives her 1000 pesos.
Carmelo is enjoying the life of landowner. Macario says he’s giving absurd orders in a very mean way. He should be careful, someone could tell Lupe. Carmelo says he’s got Lupe in his pocket and no one can turn him against him. Later at the fields he’s continuing his abuse and Macario tells him not to forget he’s one of them. Carmelo denies this—he’s white while they are “prietos”(I think this mean of color,in this case probably mestizo). He’s not sharing his wealth with anyone except Cat when she becomes his wife.
Cat thinks Seb must love her after what Emilia said. Alicia says she wouldn’t trust her. Cat wants to believe. She loves him more everyday. This is her opportunity to tell him. They’re finally going to be happy.
Seb goes into the restaurant and waits.
Emilia tells Lalo to meet Cat at the restaurant. He must convince her to leave Seb.
Luis doesn’t want to take the job with Lalo because it would cause problems between Alicia/Cat/and him. Alicia says Lalo is a traitor but Luis says he’s always been a good friend. Cat says she doesn’t want to talk about that jerk anymore.
Rico tells all to Adela (re Emilia). She’s angry Cat might get back with Seb and mess up her chances with Carmelo who is worth the effort. She’s going to see Carmelo to help her separate Cat from Seb.
Carmelo ells Antonieta that the priest caught him going through the papers. Later she sees the priest who tells her he knows she was behind it. He wants to know what’s in the letter. She denies the whole thing. He warns her that Lupe is a well-loved (and feared) member of the community and she should be careful.
Emilia is in Seb’s apt when Lupe and Martina come in. She tells them she came to support Seb. She only wants to help him. Lupe thinks that’s wonderful of her, but Martina suspects the real reason is that she’s hoping to catch him on the rebound. Emilia tells them Cat is still seeing Lalo on the side but Seb is going to find out soon.
Lalo shows up at the restaurant. Cat walks in. Seb jumps up and wants to know what’s going on between them. He says this is proof they’re still seeing each other. He doesn’t wait for an answer and bolts out. She tells Lalo she loves her husband and she’s never going back with him. Lalo finally realizes she’s telling the truth.
Julieta and her friend drop over the Mendoza’s but Ruffina tells them they’re all gone to DF. Her friend says she shouldn’t be so interested in a married man, especially when Emilia’s already in the middle. She says she’s in a good position to get him once he’s through with Cat. Emilia’s just helping to break them up.
Rico tells his Dad that he’s worried Cat is going back with Seb. Seb walks in and storms through to his room. Emilia follows and demands to see him. Seb tells her this is proof she’s still seeing Lalo. He doesn’t know what to do. Emilia says to count on her. He’s still determined to make her love him! Emilia can’t believe it. Why is he doing this to her? Seb tells her he doesn’t love her and doesn’t want to hurt her. He’s going to the ranch for a few days. Emilia says if he goes it will just give them time to get together.
On her way out, Rico offers to help Emilia break up S/C but she says they’ve proven to be unreliable. They took Sylvia’s money and never lived up to their promise.
Gustavo says he doesn’t want to see Cat suffer anymore. It would be best if she made up with Seb and went to live far away (you said it).
Adela arrives at the ranch. Carmelo greets her. She tells him Seb is causing problems. Cat is very interested in him, but can’t get away from Seb.
Cat comes home. Seb comes out and tells her he’s going to the ranch and she better not see Lalo or he’ll testify against her father. Cat tells her father the story. She fell into Emilia’s trap. Gus realizes how much damage he’s done to her. He’s going to look for a more lucrative job. Cat says he’s got a good job but they’ve got to stop pretending to be millionaires and live within their means.
Adela drinks tea with Carmelo. She invites him to DF but he says he’s got to take care of things while his father is away. Adela says she wants him to get rid of Seb. He says he might visit later. Riffina comes in and Carmelo berates her for not getting them coffee. Adlea says she’d like to stay the night. Carmelo at first says his father wouldn’t like it, but then since Lupe’s not here, why not?
Emilia returns to tell Lupe and Martino what happened. They’re angry at Cat. Lupe decides to go see Seb at PH.
Cat comes over and tells Emilia to leave Seb alone. She slaps her so hard she knocks her down.
Antonieta says Carmelo is taking his role too seriously. Adela returns from the guest quarters and says she’s very comfortable.
Carmelo must attend to some ranch business.
Emilia is working out furiously at the gym. She tells Sylvia she must be able to defend herself. Sylvia says she can’t find Lalo. Emilia tells her he’s with Cat.
Luis and Lalo discuss what happened that day. Lalo says she’s really in love with Seb, but he’s still in love with her.
Don Lupe comes to the PH. Cat waks in and tells him Seb left. Lupe has an attack and falls on the floor.
Tomorrow: Cat goes to the ranch to get back Sebastian.

Telenovela-World: Summary #33 Author: Diana M. Date: 10-19-99 14:37 PDT
Look Cata, I care very much for my farmer(Sebastian) and I'm not going to let a person like you, (faints, Luisa,
Don Lupe! Don Lupe! (to Luisa) go bring me some alcohol and cotton(Luisa goes for it) fast, and call a doctor or
(hysterically) What shall I do first?
Girl, bring me some alcohol and cotton please. Tells Martina where she can get a glass of water for Don Lupe. Don
Dad, please react, you can't die like mom did.
Calm down, he will get better, (to Luisa) Hurry up, ay Luisa. (In comes Luisa with the alcohol and cotton, while Cata holds
What happened to me?
Don't move Don Lupe, you just fainted.
Dad I got really scared.
Look, good thing he reacted, anyhow he still has to see a doctor, (to Martina) are you calm now? (to Don lupe) Don't
move please.
Park
Luis: I dont' think you will do what you say you will.
Lalo: You don't think I'm capable of getting Cata back?
No, no, don't take it that way, I was referring to that if you really want to start a new relationship with Cata you have to
Well, just if it's strictly necessary, although for the moment, no.
See, that's what I'm saying, if you dont' separate from Sylvia you will never be able to get back with Cata, understand.
You understand, it would be stupid to leave my wife without having anything secure. Until I'm sure Cata will return with me,
That's your business, but you can lose the woman you truly love.
I'm still in time, even if Cata fell in love with her husband, they have problems. What I have to do is come up with a new
No, dont' get me involved in your plans.
Look Luis, its very simple, now that you are going to work with me at the gym, you can watch my back so Sylvia won't find
out.
Penthouse(bedroom)
(Don Lupe is lieing in bed and Cata is trying to make him feel comfortable)
Let's see, is that better?
Enough, I'm OK.
The doctor will be here shortly to check on you.
What a waste of time, I feel better. I'll just rest a little and then we will leave, (touches his stomach as in pain)
No dad, I'm going to feel better when a doctor examines you.
Ok, agreed, we will wait for him.
You' ll see it's better, do you want another pillow?(Cata grabs a pillow)
No, no,
You don't have to pretend to be polite with us Cata, anyhow I could take care of my dad. (grabs the pillow from Cata's
I just wanted him to feel comfortable Martina.
(to Martina as she adjusts pillow on his back) thanks
I told you I would take care of him.
Sorry, it wasn't my intention to bother you. Well while the docter comes I'll leave you alone, but before I'm going to bring
Martina, don't believe anything, Cata is not a good person, she's an excellent convincing actress and that's why she
fools everyone.
(Luis and Lalo walking the streets, not working the streets)
Luis does not want to help Lalo with his plan, he thinks its wrong to do that to Sylvia, and he will not lie for him. Lalo brings up the friendship issue, but Luis just doesnt' want to hurt Sylvia or anyone. Lalo complains about Sylvia's jealousy and tantrums and Luis tells him he knew her like this before he married her so he shouldn't complain she also gave him a gym, Luis tells Lalo of how he once thought that Sylvia's money would make him forget Cata, and look at him now.
Penthouse
(Cata walks in the room with a tray of tea in hands)
Here's your tea Don Lupe, it will do you good.
No, I didn't ask for it, I don't want it.
While the doctor arrives it will do you good, you're going to drink it OK.
No Cata, I don't need anything that comes from you and if you're so interested in my health leave Sebastian alone, I
Why do you tell me that?
Don't act dumb, you know perfectly well you married Sebastian believing he was a rich, but you don't love him.
Martina,
Also, in the town party you could tell you still like Lalo.
Don't say that, you are being unfair.
Martina: I don't think so, we all know Eduardo was your boyfriend and to top it off he's married now.
Gym
Emilia tells Sylvia she believes that Lalo is with Catalina, Sylvia gets mad and thinks that it's Catalina persuing him and is afraid Lalo will leave her if she continues with her jealous rages. Sylvia wants to go look for Lalo when Emilia holds her back and tells her that Cata looked for Lalo but he rejected her, when in reality Emilia just said this to cover her butt because she knows she set them up.
Penthouse
Doc: Your blood pressure is very low, that's what caused you to faint.
What a hassle with my blood pressure and these darn devices.
But aren't you taking any medicine?
My doctor first sent me to get examined and it's the first time somthing like this happens to me, I think it's exhaustion.
Could be but I would reccomend you take precautions.
Can I go?
This is the house of a friend of his who he see's and loves as a son, so there is no problem.
But, I don't,
No buts, your heard the doctor, tommorow you can take your exams and then return to the ranch and rest.
If you have an opportunity to leave town it's a good idea, the elevation doesn't do you good. Get better, excuse me. (Cata
(thinking out loud) I'm not going to stay with this family of money grumbers, I don't have to stand them(getting up)
Where do you think you are going? No, no, don't you see it's for your own good.
What do you care?
Don't take my opinion in mind but think of your daughter, stay tonight to rest because Martina is worried.
Don't be so worried Martina, you heard the doctor your dad doesn't have anything serious.
Yes, thank god, but I also heard we have to stay here tonight.
If it's necessary, with us theres no problem.
Real polite, what are your intentions, for me to like you?
No, why would i do that, I just think Sebastinan would like it this way and it's his penthouse.
Sebastian is noble, and I hate you all, especially Cata for what she did to Sebastian, my brother doesn't deserve this.
What do you mean your brother?
Well, I, I don't have to give you any explanations, if I said he was my brother it's because I love him as wise.
That's what you said last time.
Because it's true, anyhow my dad loves him as a son.
Yes, he told Cata on the church wedding day.
Good thing they didn't get married through church, but what did your witch of a sister do to him, the worse thing is that
(thinking out loud and overjoyed) Sebastian still loves me?(to Martina) Martina, I'm not a witch, I'm in love with Sebastian.
Sure, don't tell me anything I dont' want to have anymore problems, I'm going to go see my dad.
AyLuisa, noone's going to believe I love Sebastian, not even him.
Bar at the ranch
Ramiro: I thought you were in the city.
Seb: I returned today, I need to clear my ideas and talk to a friend.
Did you have a problem with Cata?
She continues to see Eduardo.
What are you going to do?
I don't know, I'm confused, that's why I got away.
You didn't take the time to talk to your dad now that he's down there.
My dad went to Mexico?
You guys must of crossed each others pass, him and Martina left this morning and they didn't imagine you would return.
I hadn't planned on it.
Adela is here.
What does she want now?
Who knows, but Carmelo is letting her stay in your home.
With what right?(storms out of the bar)
(goes after him) Wait Sebastian, calm down,
Mendoza home
Antonietta is drinking coffee waiting for Carmelo along side Adela who is annoyed by her presence. Carmelo walks in and Antonietta tells him she''ll talk to him later when noone's around. Adela critizes Carmelo about his acquintances, and Carmelos tells her the Mendoza's are characterized by their kindness to everyone. Adela wants to know when dinners' ready and Carmelo goes to tell Rufina to set up.
(In storms Sebastain)
Seb: What are you doing here? Get out of my house.
What cynism, just because Don Lupe see's you as a son and treats you well doesn't mean you can act like the owner,
Sebastian, what's going on?
He just kicked me out.
You have no right to kick out my guests. Who do you think you are to give orders? In the absence of my dad the one
But,
Sebastian, (gives him this look, like dont' blow it, Sebastian storms out of there)
Carmelo, thank goodness you came back, I was afraid that dummie would do something to me.
Dont' worry, while I"m here he will act like a gentlemen.
Forget about it. Rufina set up so we can go eat.
Thanks, I wonder what Sebastian came to do in town, but better for my daughter, she doesn't have to put up with him.
What's for dinner?
Capataz home
(Sebastian storms in the house Ramiro right behind him)
Sebastian is fuming at the way Carmelo treating him and also because

he permitted Adela to stay in his home. Ramiro reminds Seb that he himself put Carmelo in that position and he can't do a thing. Seb says Carmelo took things way too far they never treat their workers like Carmelo did him. Ramiro tells Seb to take his place so he can put Carmelo in his and tell Adela off. Sebastian doesn't listen to Ramiro, he wants Cata to fall in love with him as a farmer. Ramiro tells him to not complain then, because he always takes his anger out on him, so they decide to change the subject, how bout talking about Ramiro's favorite subject, Martina. (Seb said it, not I)
Penthouse
Cata tells the family since Lupe and Martina are staying the night to avoid them as much as possible to avoid a fight. Rick thinks it's way too much, they just can't disappear. Gus agrees with Cata, Lupe is sick and he needs to avoid getting mad. Rick takes off his shirt, and Cata asks what he is doing? Rick tells her he doesn't sleep dressed, and Cata tells him that she wouldn't like Martina to walk in and see him like that. Rick makes a joke and says maybe she will get in the mood.(laughs) Martina walks in stuttering (after seeing Rick) (YUCK!) that her dad feels much better and is la di da with Rick, and he kisses her on the cheek.
Sylvia's place
Sylvia has a real romantic candle set up, Lalo arrrives surprised thinking he might of forgot an anniversary, but Sylvia tells him they are celebrrating their love and the fact that he rejected Cata. Lalo starts to realize what's going on.
Penthouse
Martina tells Don Lupe he called Emilia letting her know they will not stay in the apt tonight. Lupe tells Martina he knows it must be uncomfortable for her to stay at the penthouse because of the people she has to put up with, but Martina says they're not all bad, when Cata walks in with a dinner tray for Don Lupe. Cata tells Lupe he needs to eat and Lupe tells Cata to not try to hard to be polite they don't like her. Cata will not leave the room until Lupe eats.
Mendoza home
Sebastian walks in through the kitchen door, Rufina tells him the coast is clear, and complains about having to put up with Adela and Carmelo. Rufina advices Sebastian to say the truth. In comes Carmelo and Sebastain blames him for everything. For letting Adela spend the night. Seb reminds him he traded places with him so he could help him and not to order him around. Carmelo says "I did help you, you almost spoiled it". Seb tells Carmelo they never treat their workers the way Carmelo did to him, tells him he is going overboard acting like if he's Don Lupe's real son, understand. Carmelo replies with, he does not understand, he yells out he is Don Lupe's son. Seb tells him he is being effected by the trade of places, but Carmelo truly believes he is Don lupes son. Sebastian tells him to shut up or he is going to deck him, he is beyond mad and decides to leave before things get ugly and tells Carmelo he better forget that idea or his dad will kick him out of the ranch. Carmelo goes to Rufina saying Don Lupe is my real dad, Rufina is like, what's going to happen. (what a circus)
Antonietta's home
Antonieta is upset at Carmelos permitting Adela to stay at the Mendoza home. Josefa tells her the word is Carmelo treats everyone bad, and bosses people around like if he was the real boss, Antonietta thinks that's what happens when he is given too much importance. Antonietta starts laughing at how Lupe will get mad when he finds out that Carmelo let Adela stay the night. Josefa tells her she would be happy if she stopped letting her life revolve around Don Lupe. Antonietta can't every forget his rejection though.
Penthouse
Don Lupe finishes dinner and Cata takes care of him although it bothers him and he can't understand how a beautiful young lady could have been so cruel to Sebastian. Lupe is surprised by Cata's politeness. Martina tells Lupe tommorow they will get the exams and then return to the ranch. Lupe thinks it's strange how Martina wants to return she enjoys the city, but she is starting to have feelings for Rick and she wants to return. Meanwhile, Cata is in the kitchen getting breakfast ready for tommorow, some chilaquiles(yummy, had some of those this week) alongside Luisa helping when Rick comes in saying he will conquer Martina la di da, because she's rich.
Penthouse
Family eating breakfast, Rick compliments Cata on the breakfast and brags about how he will make Martina love him and Cata tells him to stay away from her. Gus tells them to calm down, before Lupe hears them.
Ranch town
Seb: Carmelo said he was the bastard son of my father. Imagine. I think he's gone loco.
I think it's partly your fault, you started with this mess, in trading places,but it's not that, he has been saying he's Don
Really? Why didn't you tell me anything?
In the beginning I didnt' think it was a big deal, I thought like you he was crazy.
Carmelo wasn't like this, someone is putting things in his head.
Maybe, Ms Antoneitta, we all know she doesn't like Don Lupe and rumor is that her and Carmelo are good friends.
Sebastain, good thing I found you, Martina called saying your dad fainted.
How is he?
Much better, but you can call Cata's house they are there.
I'll call imediately, Ram you pay.(they were eating tamales next to Petras stand) Antonieta walks by the stand and everyone around her murmurs, Petra tells her she needs to talk to her it's important and Antonieta says to meet her later. Antonieta bumps into the preist and wants to know what's up with the murmuring. Priest tells her that people see Carmelo leaving her house at wee hours and they think they have something going on. Mendoza home Sebastian is talking to Lupe on the phone from the Mendoza home and they talk about what happened and how soon Lupe will return to the ranch. Adela walks in and see's Sebastian and complains about how he was using the phone. Rufina tells her that her bags are ready so she can go, and she thinks how rude, and tells them she will accuse them with Carmelo.
Penthouse
Cata tells Alicia of how noone will believe that she really loves Sebastian, and gets angry of the thought that they are seperated because of Emilia, she set her up big time. The doorbell rings and Catalina wants to know what Emilia is doing there, and in comes Martina glad to see her because she came to pick up Lupe and her to take them to get Lupe's exams. Emilia tells Catalina she will get her back for the slap she gave her the other day. Catalina tells Alicia she has to tell Seb that Emilia set up for her and Lalo to meet, it was a trick of hers. Meanwhile, Martina is outside when Rick spots her and kisses her, now Martina is on cloud 9 (Double YUCK!) Adela arrives home happy with money, and Gus tries to tell her more than once that Cata has gone to the ranch to be with Sebastian.
Outside the ranch
Sebastian is hungry but he doesn't want to go to house because he thinks Adela might still be there, then he smells food coming from his temporary home, he goes to check and it's Cata cooking for him. He asks her what she is doing there and she replies, that she is his wife and she is doing her duties, and then decides to tell him that Emilia set up that meeting with Lalo she had no idea about it.
Antonieta's home
Carmelo is there with Antonieta talking about they're plans, Antonieta tells Carmelo to use the back door from now on because people are saying they are sleeping together, Carmelos agrees and thinks to himself she is old enough to be my mother how can they say that. As Carmelo leaves Petra walks in and Carmelo tells her she is in the study, Antonietta tells Petra she doesn't have time so what's up, and Petra brings up her son, who she thinks is dead, but Petra tells Antonietta her son is not dead, he lives,
TBC,
Diana M

Telenovela-World: Summary #34 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 14:37 PDT
Antonieta laughs at the idea that she is the lover of Carmelo. She tells Petra that she has class and would never dare to mess with a low class foreman. Then, Petra tells her, stop feeding the idea in Carmelos's mind that he is the illegitimate son of don Lupe. Petra urges Antonieta to stop using Carmelo for her own purposes or she will speak out where her son is, that son that she abandoned so many years ago. Josefa is hearing their conversation outside the door.
Catalina is trying to convince Sebastian that Emilia set up her "appointment" with Eduardo. He does not believe her. He disregards her and asks her to serve dinner as the good wife she is supposed to be for the next six months. Catalina asks him if he is not going to do something about Emilia. Maybe, but I am going to run some errands, when I get back I want my dinner served.
Emilia, Martina and don Lupe arrive at the ranch. He thanks Emilia for the ride. They get into the main house. As Emilia is leaving, Sebastian arrives and asks Emilia if she was the one who made up the appointment between Catalina and Eduardo. Emilia tells him that she did nothing wrong but anyways, she will be there whenever he needs a friend, now that he is all by himself at the ranch. "Then, you don't know that Catalina is here, at the foreman's little house". He leaves, she gets mad.
At MC, Adela is mad when she gets the news that Catalina went to the ranch looking for Sebastian. Gustavo tries to speak to Adela but she stops him and keeps on complaining how inconsiderate is Catalina because she spoke with Carmelo and he is willing to marry her and Carmelo, as everyone knows, is the heir of the ranch. Gustavo tells Adela that she has to accept that their plot was a failure and Adela tells him that she already fixed everything with Carmelo but Catalina and him messed everything once again. Ricardo is on her side suggesting that they go to the ranch and bring back Catalina. Gustavo wants to stop Adela and Luisa tries to shup up Ricardo. Gustavo defends Catalina and her right to be happy with Sebastian. Ricardo and Adela are against that idea. Gustavo is desperate and leaves them. Adela and Ricardo console each other.
Sebastian is telling don Lupe that he has to take care of himself. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that Catalina was kind with them and that he is happily surprised. Sebastian tells them that she is at the ranch and that they should keep on pretending that he is the foreman.
At the cantina, Ramiro is telling his friends that all of them should pretend that Sebastian is the foreman. They agree but they are afraid that Carmelo is convincing himself that he is the son of don Lupe.
Don Panchito is telling Catalina that he thinks that she and Sebastian are in love. Catalina tells him that Sebastian is pushing too hard with his anger. Emilia arrives and asks don Panchito to leave them alone. Emilia is mad at Catalina because she told Sebastian about the set up at the restaurant. Emilia tells her that it is a lie. Catalina wants to know how Eduardo got the news about Catalina being there at the restaurant. Emilia tries to convince Catalina that she is innocent and tells her that she is going to be just a friend and is going to sacrifice herself if she finds out that Catalina is good for Sebastian.
Macario is laughing at Carmelo telling him about the rumors running in the town regarding him and Antonieta. Carmelo tells him that he would be crazy to involve himself with a fat old woman. He is thinking to go to Mexico City to pay a visit to Catalina. Then Macario tells him that Catalina is in town. Carmelo is happy to know that and he is going to look for Catalina.
Petra is selling her tamales and Macario arrives to get some. Rufina arrives and tells her that Josefa, Rufina and herself must talk.
Sebastian is speaking to Ramiro. He does not believe Emilia's plot. Ramiro is looking for Martina. Sebastian is wondering if Catalina is innocent. He thinks that Catalina might really a victim of Emilia but Catalina has lied to him so many times that he does not know what to believe, anymore, Don Panchito tells him that Catalina cooked for him. Martina arrives and Ramiro leaves after her.
Catalina is at the little house waiting for him. Carmelo arrives and Catalina is scared. He wants to speak to her. She does not want to speak to him and tells him that she is waiting for her husband to have dinner with her but he tells her that Sebastian is having dinner at the ranch because he dreams of being the ranch owner. Carmelo apologizes with Catalina. He assures her that she can find a friend in him. Carmelo tells her that Sebastian is a heavy and aggressive drinker. Catalina does not trust in Carmelo. Carmelo tells her that she, for sure, is going to see him drunken sometime within the next six months. Carmelo is trying to charm her. Sebastian arrives and tells Catalina that it is clear for him that she cannot be without a man, sometimes it is Eduardo and now it is Carmelo.
Catalina tells Sebastian that he has no right to insult her. Carmelo leaves. Sebastian wants to know what was Carmelo doing here? Keeping Catalina company. Catalina reminds him that she is his wife. And Sebastian tells her that she married him out of interest not out of love. Catalina tells him that he lied also and Sebastian agrees and tells her that now they know where is standing each one. Catalina tells him that she is going to sleep in a petate because he does not want her as his wife. Sebastian gets soft for a while and tells her that, being a gentleman, he is not going to allow that and that he is going to sleep himself in the petate.
Emilia arrives with Antonieta. Emilia tells Antonieta about the restaurant plot. Antonieta aproves. Emilia tells her that Sebastian does not want to leave Catalina and that, regretfully, Emilia thinks that Catalina is falling for Sebastian. Emilia wants to know what cant they do to separate them but Antonieta tells her that she is not succeeding and that, perhaps, it is going to be easier to make plans with Catalina for her own (Antonieta's) purposes.
At the cantina Ramiro is drinking. Don Panchito wants to know what is going on because he never drinks. Ramiro tells him that Martina is acting weird and he thinks that Ricardo has something to do with this. He feels that Catalina's brother is responsible for this and he will go to Mexico City to punch his nose.
At the little house, Catalina cannot sleep and Sebastian is peeking at her but when she leaves her bed, he pretends to be asleep. Catalina, thinking that he cannot hear her, is speaking to him asking him how and when did things went wrong. She is telling him that she wants to ask him for forgiveness, that she loves him. She is crying. She gets back at her bed. Sebastian heard every word and is confused. He does not know what to believe.
The next morning Sebastian is watching Catalina while she is sleeping. He is wondering if she knew that he was not sleeping yesterday night and said such things as to convince him or if she was telling the truth thinking that he was not hearing. He tells her -in his thoughts- that he loves her so much and wants her so bad and that he does not know what to think of this mess. He was going to tuck himself into bed with her but changed his mind and left the house.

Gustavo arrives at his penthouse and wants to know why Adela is up at this hour of the morning, because usually, when he arrives from the Central de Abastos she is still sleeping. Adela tells him that she is worried about Catalina and that all her efforts have been fruitless. Gustavo tells her that money is not important and Adela tells him that she knows that, but she also knows that money helps a lot and that he should not try to convince Adela to change her ways. Adela wants to know how can they keep the penthouse for their own because Catalina, as Sebastian's wife, is entitled to keep the house, according to the divorce law. Gustavo reminds Adela that, perhaps, Catalina is going to be happy with Sebastian but Adela tells him that Sebastian is just a foreman who cannot make happy Catalina.
At the ranch, Sebastian arrives at his bedroom and finds Carmelo sleeping. He tells Carmelo to remember that he is still the foreman and should be in charge of the ranch operation. Sebastian asks Carmelo to never get back to the little house and not to speak to Catalina. Sebastian leaves and Carmelo is mad swearing that he is going to make Catalina his and that Sebastian is nobody to tell him how to handle his life.
Martina wants to know what is doing Sebastian so early at the main house. Martina wants to speak to Sebastian. She wants to know how can you tell if you are really in love with someone? Sebastian tells her that when he met Catalina he wanted to be with her, to make things to make her happy and that he had never felt like this for anybody else. But now, when he knew that Catalina married to him for his money, he is confused and does not know how he feels anymore. Martina thinks that this is too complicated. Sebastian wants to know why did she ask such question. Martina tells him that she is not sure how she feels about Ramiro and that she kissed with Ricardo.
Adela is happy to know that Ricardo kissed Martina. Ricardo is telling her that he "le movió el tapete" (confused her) to Martina. Adela is celebrating all the possibilities: Catalina with Carmelo and Ricardo with Martina so her two children would be the owners of the ranch. Ricardo tells her that he could push things harder telling Carmelo that he cannot marry his sister if he, himself does not help Ricardo with his own sister. Adela is amazed of how talented is Ricardo. This is a well-rounded plan. Luisa pulls them back to earth telling them that this has not happened.
Martina is telling Sebastian that she knows that he is not going to be happy with this, but Martina is involved with Ricardo. Sebastian wants to know if she loves Ricardo. Martina does not know. She is not sure how is she feeling. Sebastian reminds her that that family is unworthy. Ricardo is the worst. His advice is to think about this issue because Ramiro is the best man she could find. Sebastian tells Martina that she should tell Ricardo how does she feel. Ramiro arrives and wants to know what is it what she has to tell him.
Sebastian leaves and Martina tells Ramiro that it is something unimportant and Ramiro tells her that she should not underestimate him. She tells him that she is not sure how is she feeling and that she wants to end their relationship. She runs away and leaves him stunned.
Carmelo finds Emilia and wants to know where is she heading. She reminds him that she is Miss Emilia for him. Emilia tells Carmelo that she is going to tell the truth to Catalina once and for all.
Josefa wants to speak to Rufina, not only her, but also Petra. The three of them must speak. They must make an important decision.
Emilia arrives at the little house and Catalina wants to know if she is trying to convince her that she has changed. Emilia tells Catalina that she should know something: Sebastian is not what she thinks that he is.


Telenovela-World: Summary #35 Author: Margaret Date: 10-19-99 14:38 PDT
~~~~The first ten minutes is missing, SORRY!~~~~~
Antonietta suggests that she and Lupe live the remaining years of their life together. Lupe tells her that after all these years she still doesn't get that he will never lover her. She tells him that he doesn't have to repeat those words. He tells her that he does, because she just doesn't seem to get it. By her suggesting they live together, he's reached his limit. He asks her to leave and tells her that she should know better than to think that he'd accept her, considering that he didn't do so when she made up the lie about being pregnant with his child.
Petra, Rufina and Josefa meet. Josefa tells a shocked and distressed Rufina that Antonietta's baby is still alive. Rufina is mortified at the thought that Carmelo could be Lupe's son after all. Rufina chides Petra for telling Antonietta about the child, but Petra defends her actions by telling Rufina that she only did it so that Antonietta can leave Lupe alone. She tells them that Antonietta doesn't want this to get out either, so in exchange for Petra's silence in the matter, Antonietta had to promise to leave Lupe alone. She doesn't even what to know anything about the child. "But we do," Josefa tells Petra. "Who is it?"
Petra still refuses to talk. She tells the other two women she will keep her secret and will only disclose it if Antonietta breaks her promise and start bothering Lupe again. Rufina thinks it's best to forget the whole thing. Just then, Padre Geronimo and playfully accuses the women of gossiping. The women and the priest laugh it up.
Emilia find's Carmelo and tells him that they have to work quick to put obstacles between Catalina and Sebastian if they hope to separate them. Carmelo asks if she's thought of anything. "Of course," says Emilia and asks to borrow one of his sombreros.
Sebastian is at the ranch house (Carmelo's) and walks about. A pleased smile comes across his face as he lifts a shirt that Catalina pressed to perfection. Catalina returns from the market and an unsuccessful attempt to get a hold of Ricardo to tell him to leave Martina alone. Sebastian is about to leave when Catalina stops him.
CATALINA Don't go Sebastian. I have to talk to you.
SEBASTIAN If it's about Emilia (he's cut off)
CATALINA No, it's not about that. It's about us. (She pulls him close to her) Sebastian, look at me. I'm telling you this sincerely…I really love you.
She pulls him to a tender kiss. He is hesitant at first, but then responds to her kiss. They begin to kiss with passion and desire. Sebastian soon pulls away and tells Catalina that he's sorry, but he just can't believe her. She tearfully asks him if he felt that that kiss was a lie, she begs him to believe her. She asks him to give her a chance to prove how much she loves him. She even suggests that they leave and start a new life together, away from all the people that have caused them problems. He turns to her and they kiss again. They make their way toward the bed, held tightly by a passionate kiss. He takes her hair clip off, and they lay on the bed and begin to make love.
The moment is interrupted by Panchito interrupts the moment, by delivering a message from Lupe. Catalina and Sebastian quickly arise from the bed. Panchito almost tells Sebastian that his Papa is looking for him in front of Catalina, but soon corrects himself and says "Pa-tron." Panchito leaves the two alone again. Sebastian tells Catalina that he has to see Lupe because of his work….BUT they will see each other tonight. "Of course my love," says Catalina…"It's going to be a wonderful night." The share a short, but sweet, goodbye kiss. Catalina is beaming with delight as Sebastian leaves.
Sebastian enters the main house looking for Lupe and runs into Martina. She's dreamy eyed. Sebastian tells her that he hopes that she's not thinking of Ricardo, because he forbids her to entertain any thoughts of having a relationship with him. Martina angrily defends herself saying that he's in no position to forbid anything in relation to Ricardo, considering that he's enslaved by Catalina who is an opportunist. Sebastian apologizes to Martina, saying that he has no right to forbid her. He just doesn't want her to be hurt the way he has been. "But it could be that Catalina isn't what we thought?" smiles Sebastian. Martina wants to know what he means by that. He says he'll explain later and heads off to find Lupe.

Adela is pleased because Ricardo is determined to woo Martina and help end Catlina's marriage so that she can marry Carmelo. Ricardo goes off to enlist Eduardo, to get a ride to the ranch under the pretext of him helping Eduardo win back Catalina.
Adela is beaming and humming with happiness. Gustavo wonders why his wife is so pleased. Adela tells him that she's happy because they have such a smart son. He voices his objections to Ricardo's plan to pursue Martina. He's glad that Ricardo doesn't have the means to get to the rancho. Adela just smiles. Luissa overhears the conversation and as Gustavo leaves, she enters the room. She tells Adela that she hopes that she's not out to put Catalina in a spot. Adela tells her daughter that she shouldn't eavesdrop on her parents. She doesn't want to hear anything that Luissa has to say on the subject and goes to her room for a nap. She tells Luissa to wake her when Ricardo returns. Luissa is left to wonder what her mother and Ricardo are up to.
Ricardo arrives at the gym and is met with disdain from Eduardo. Ricardo asks to speak with him about Catalina and the two men head off to Eduardo's office. Once in the office, Eduardo tells Ricardo that he doesn't believe a word that Ric says, and that if he doesn't have a message from Catalina then he should leave. Ricardo acknowledges that that he was wrong about Eduardo, but that's all in the past. He tells Eduardo that he's there to make him an offer that will help him win back Catalina.
Sylvia arrives at the gym with her friend Patricia. Luis catches her and tries to stop her from entering Eduardo's office. He first tries to show her some new equipment, but she's not interested and wants to wait for Eduardo in his office. He tells her that she can't do that because the key to the office is locked inside the office.
Eduardo realizes that Sylvia is at the gym and tells Ricardo to hide, because Sylvia knows that Catalina is her brother. Eduardo goes out to greet Sylvia, who wonders why Luis said they were locked out. Eduardo covers and tells her that the locksmith came and fixed it. A suspicious Sylvia, is still determined to get into the office, she says she forgot something in there. Patricia follows her into the office. Sylvia does a quick check of the office and takes a peek into the storage room, but doesn't seem to find what she was looking for. Patricia peeks into the storage room and spots Ricardo's dyed blonde hair and assumes that Eduardo was hiding a woman in his office. Eduardo asks the women if they're ready, he's going to take them out to eat. Patricia is disgusted and gives him a dirty look, but says nothing and storms out of his office.
After they leave, Luis goes to the office and Ricardo orders him to tell Eduardo to meet him at his house that night.
Adela wakes and asks Luissa if Ricardo has returned. Luissa tries to dig for information, but Adela isn't about to tell her. The doorbell rings, it's Alicia. Adela leaves the room and Alicia & Luissa talk about Catalina. Luissa wants the latest news on her sister. Alicia tells her that Emilia is still giving her problems, but Catalina is determined to make her marriage work. Gustavo walks in as Luissia is telling Alicia of her suspicions that Ricardo and Adela are plotting to cause trouble for Catalina. Gustavo is upset at this and storms into the bedroom to talk to Adela.
Gustavo demands to know what she and Ricardo are planning on doing. Adela tells him that he'll find out soon enough. She uses her charm to calm him down. She caresses his face and talks to him softly. He want's to know if it has anything to do with Martina. She tells him that it would be a favor to Martina to get that ranchero that thinks he's a singer out of her heart.
A depressed Ramiro goes to Petra's stand. Petra wonders why he isn't eating as much as usual. He tells her that he's just not that hungry. His manner gets worse when Emilia comes waltzing by, with Carmelo's hat in plain view. She stops and decides to make sport of his recent break with Martina. She tells him that it seems he's being replaced in Martina's heart. He tells her to mind her own business. She says that Martina tells her everything and it's obvious that she's more informed than he is. She saunters off with a pleased smile on her face. Ramiro tells Petra that he's lost what little appetite he had.
Martina is sitting in the living room in a daze as Lupe walks in. He asks her what's wrong. She lies and tells him that she has a headache and excuses herself to her bedroom.
Sebastian then walks in and he and Lupe begin to talk. When asked why he is so happy, Sebastian tells his father that things have turned for the better with Catalina. They've talked honestly for the first time and she's told him sincerely that she loves him. Lupe tells him that to be careful, because women can be deceptive. "Not Catalina," affirms Sebastian. He tells his father that he understands why he thinks that way, but Catalina has changed and he's now sure that she loves him. When Lupe reminds him of her family's ambition, Sebastian tells him that he married her not her family and he's going to give her a chance.
Lupe tells Sebastian that he doesn't care about the money. He made it and it was meant to enjoy , but he is concerned about Sebastian's health. He's scared of what might happen if Catalina betrays Sebastian again. Sebastian thanks his father for advice and tells him not to worry, but he's going to give it a shot with Catalina.
Catalina goes to church to thank the virgin Guadeloupe for her chance with Sebastian. As she leaves the church, Josefa, Rufina and Petra walk ahead of her. She walks out just in time to hear Josefa beg Petra for the name of Antonietta's child. Catalina is shocked to hear that Antoinetta had a child. Petra refuses tells the woman that she's not going to tell them, end of subject. The women walk away, leaving Catalina stunned. "Everyone has secrets," she thinks to her self and dismisses what she heard.
Padre Geronimo catches up to Catalina outside the church and she tells him that she and Sebastian have reconciled. He listens as Catalina gushes with excitement at the thought tonight will be her real wedding night with Sebastian. Ramiro interrupts them. Who tells Catalina that Ricardo better not have anything to do with Martina's change of heart. He tells Catalina that they broke up. Catalina doesn't say a word and excuses herself, leaving Ramiro with the priest. Padre G tells him that he shouldn't take out his frustrations on Catalina and he should ask Martina about her feelings. He tells a deflated Ramiro that at Martina's age, she's probably unsure of her own feelings. Ramiro tells Padre Geronimo that he's sure that Martina loves him and he needs to know why she dumped him. He will talk to Martina, but he also asks that Padre Geronimo talk with her. Padre Geronimo agrees to do so.
Eduardo, Sylvia and Patricia return to the gym after dinner. When Sylvia leaves to the powder room, Patricia tells Eduardo off. Eduardo doesn't know what she's talking about until she mentions the blond woman that she saw crouched in the storage area. She hurls some insults to him and warns him that he's going to loose Sylvia, who adores him, if he keeps this up. She grabs her purse and storms out to meet with Sylvia. Luis then delivers Ricardo's message.
Adela is ranting about having Eduardo come to her house. She also isn't too happy about sending Eduardo to the ranch. She doesn't care about what Sebastian thinks, but she doesn't want to ruin things with Carmelo. Ricardo convinces her by telling her that if Carmelo really wanted Catalina, he would have visited them by now and provided them with gifts. He tells her that the sure bet is him getting to Martina. She agrees that it is worth the risk.
Catalina is getting the house ready for the big night. Emilia comes walking in once again with the hat in plain view (they really need to dead bolt that door), but before she can get a word in. Catalina tells her that she and Sebastian have reconciled and anything that she has to say about Sebastian, she'd rather hear from him. So if Emilia meant what she said the other day about seeing them happy, she should just leave her alone. "Fine," says Emilia. Catalina leaves the room. Emilia seizes the opportunity and plants Carmelo's hat under the bed. (Boy do I hate her)
Carmelo tells Antonietta that it is urgent that he get's proof that he's Lupe's son (nothing new here). Antonietta suggest they make up the proof. Carmelo is perplexed. Why should they have to make-up proof if he knows for sure that he is Lupe's son. Antonietta tells him in that case things are going to take a longer time to fall into place. "We'll see what happens," she says.
Ricardo tells Eduardo that things are going badly for Catlina and Sebastian. Eduardo likes to hear that, because that is to his advantage. Ricardo then tells him his own intention of courting Martina. He tells Eduardo that they can go together to the ranch and both get what they want. Ricardo can romance Martina, and Eduardo can create conflicts between Catalina and Sebastian.
Sebastian returns to the foreman's house and heads straight for the fridge as he announces his return. Catalina is standing in sexy, tight fitting dress. He notices her and smiles pleased.
SEBASTIAN The flowers smell good.
CATALINA I made a special dinner.
SEBASTIAN After seeing how lovely you look, I've lost my appetite.
(They walk toward each other, looking longingly at one another.)
CATALINA Oh yea?
SEBASTIAN Oh yea!
(She giggles a little and they kiss passionately)
SEBASTIAN You're going to be my dinner.
He swoops her up into his arms and carries her to the bed. They kiss as he lays her on the bed. He walks around to the other side of the bed and notices Carmelo's hat. He picks up the hat and flings it angrily across the room. "What is Carmelo's hat doing under my bed?" asks an enraged Sebastian to a confused Catalina.
MONDAY ON CATALINA Y SEBASTIAN As Sebastian is drowning his sorrows at the cantina, Lupe defends Carmelo as he hears Sebastian badmouth him. An enraged Catalina goes to look for Emilia only to find her with Sebastian.

Telenovela-World: Summary #36 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 14:39 PDT
Sebas finds a hat by the bed. He asks Cata what is Carmelo's hat doing under his bed. She tells him is not Carmelo's is Emilia but he doesn't believe her, insults her and leaves for the cantina. Jassica, Don Chucho and Lupe are having a conversation, jessica is mad she didn't get to se Sebas. Emilia arrives when they are leaving and tells Jessica why is she coming to the ranch so often, is it to see Sebas? Jessica denies it and tells her she is pitiful Sebas will never look at her.
Sebastian goes to the cantina, and starts drinking tells Panchito that Cata will rather be with Carmelo, Lupe arrives later on and when Sebas tells him why he is mad he starts to defend Carmelo. Doesn't believe Carmelo is capable of doing everything he is acussing him of.
Carmelo meets Emilia, she tells him what a face you have, yes, I'm PO that Cata is with Sebas. Don't worry, they are not together I can assure you.
Antonieta tells Josefa that neither Carmelo, or emilia are any good for her plan.Cata is t

Telenovela-World: Summary #37 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 14:39 PDT
Catalina tells her girlfriend that Sebastian spent the night at Emilia’s. She’s still determined to prove to him that she really loves him (why?).
Ramiro tells Seb he might be wrong about Carmelo and Cat. He doubts whether Carmelo would do that to him. Did he ever consider the hat could have been left there from before? (duh?)
Antonieta says she doesn’t want to have anymore to do with Carmelo. He’s a vulgar bastard, blah, blah, blah.
Cat wants to make another call but Ruffina stops her. She wants to know why she told the priest she loved Seb. She tells her it’s because she does.
Seb realizes it could have been left by Carmelo from before but why did Cat blame Emilia. If she’s not guilty why blame her? He knows she’s capable of doing a lot of things but not this. Ramiro wants to know if he feels anything for Emilia. He says it would be so much easier if he did, but he just thinks of her as a friend. He still loves Cat. Ramiro wants to know what’s going on with Martina but Seb tells him to ask her.
Martina tells Father Geronimo she was ambivalent about Ramiro since that kiss, but she knows she loves him. Ramiro overhears the first part and leaves.
Lalo leaves on his supposed trip to Guadalajara. Sylvia’s friend finds him on the way out and berates him for going to meet his girlfriend. He tells her she doesn’t know how wrong she is about what she thinks she saw.
Cat is sweeping the floor (can’t she take the apron off?). Seb walks in. She lets him know she’s angry he slept over Emilia’s. he says she’s no one to criticize him. Marriage is more than a paper. She wants him to respect her. He does, he says, but she’s the one who’s running around with men. He’s not going to give her any explanations. She says he can’t ask her for any either then. He says he’s not letting her get away to see Carmelo. He’s keeping on eye on her. She’s says good. He’ll be able to see she’s not doing anything. He tells her she’s got to speak to her brother about leaving Martina alone. She says she tried but Ruffina wouldn’t let her make the call.
Antonieta tells Josefina she’s kept her part of the deal and to tell Petra she must keep hers.
Carmelo has a heart to heart with Lupe. He’s crying because he feels so alone and abandoned. Lupe tells him he’s like a son to him. Carmelo gets things all wrong and assumes he’s acknowledging he’s his real father. Lupe says he’ll tell Seb and everyone else for that matter how he feels about him. Carmelo is overjoyed.
Seb is angry about Carmelo’s comments. Ramiro says he might get to be a problem, he’s jealous and angry. He resents the fact he had no family or money. Ramiro says he should ignore him. He’s got enough problems with Catalina. But, please tell Rico to stay away.
Lalo gets mad that Adela is coming with them. He’s only got a two seater. If she wants to come, she’s got to shut up for the two hour trip.
Carmelo tells Ramiro Lupe told him he’s his son. He’s going to tell the whole town. Ramiro says it’s not true. He would have told Seb and Martina first. Carmelo says to tell Seb to be careful, Lupe supports him. He’s fed up with his stupidity with Catalina. If Ramiro wants to be his friend, he’s got to choose between him and Seb.
Seb tells Cat she must call Rico to prevent him from coming. She says he’s an adult, she can’t order him around. She’s tried to keep him away from her. Seb says it’s her family’s plan to try to get him married to Martina because she’s a real Mendoza. Don’t they realize the damage they do? She says she’s changed. Can’t he give her the opportunity to prove how much she loves him? An opportunity? Why so he can find something else under the bed next time?
If the only thing he wants is for her to be around for the next six months then why don’t they try to get along? He says fine, then don’t get near Carmelo or any other man. She says she never got near Carmelo it was Emilia who….He says don’t interrupt him! She has to conduct herself like a decent woman even if she’s only the wife of the capataz.
Adela tells Lalo they have a mutual iinterest.
Carmelo blabs to Petra and Macario that Lupe’s recognized him. He also tells Macario what Antonieta said to him.
Antonieta speaks with Emilia. She wants the baby if she’s pregnant after last night. Emilia admits she never slept with him. Ant says everyone’s buzzing about it, even Cat knows. Emilia says maybe she can do some damage with that. Ant says she’s useless to her and she might as well use Cat to get at Lupe.
Seb and Cat are eating. He says she doesn’t cook that bad. Lupe comes to the door. He tells Cat she’s not getting between Seb and Carmelo’s friendship. Cat wants to defend herself but Lupe doesn’t want to see Carmelo hurt over a “woman like Catalina”. She crieds Seb leaves with Lupe.
Josefina tells Petra Antonieta kept her promise. She wants to know who the baby is? Is Carmelo really Lupe’s son? Where is Ant son? Petra won’t talk.
Martina tells Ramiro she was confused but she really loves him. Then they see Lalo’s car pull into town.
Gustavo and Luisa can’t figure out what Adela and Rico are up to. He wants to take her out to eat since he got paid. She says it would be better to go to the super and buy food. He agrees.
Cat is crying at the stove. Emilia walks in and rubs her face in the fact Seb slept with her. Cat has him starved for affection and she’s going to give it to him. Cat tells her not to put a foot in her house again. Emilia says Seb can put whatever he wants in hers.
Adela goes to the hacienda but Ruffiina refuses to let her in. Rico and lalo decide to check into the hotel, but Adela decides to go to Cat’s.
Lupe wants Seb to apologize to Carmelo. He says Carmelo has believed the story he made up. Lupe says he must make up the sooner the better.
Emilia sys if Cat had any pride she would leave . All she knows how to do is take advantage, like her whole family. She’s like the “cacatua” of her mother. (help me on that one)
Adela walks in and belts her saying “Cacatua your grandfather”
Tomorrow: Seb forbids Cat to leave the house. He throws out Adela and tells Cat she can go with her. Cat says she’s going to stay.

Telenovela-World: Summary #38 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 14:41 PDT
Adela y Emilia tienen un fuerte pleito pues Adela defiende a Catalina, pero pronto, Catalina se decepciona de su madre, pues lo único que quiere, es divorciarla de Sebastián para casarla con Carmelo. Lupe pide a Sebastián que se disculpe con Carmelo por tratarlo mal, pero Sebastián no se quiere disculpar pues cree que Carmelo anda tras Catalina. Antonieta cansada de que Emilia no logre conquistar a Sebastián, decide ayudar a Catalina para sacar provecho. Ricardo y Lalo tienen un fuerte enfrentamiento con Sebastián y Ramiro. Catalina trata de salvar su matrimonio demostrándole amor a Sebastián, pero él, celoso de Carmelo, le dice que no quiere amor, solo quiere le haga el que hacer de la casa y la comida durante los 6 meses del pacto. Antonieta le dice a Lupe que Carmelo anda diciendo que es su hijo.

Telenovela-World: Summary #39 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 14:41 PDT
Lupe cree que Antonieta esta intrigando en contra de Carmelo, pero lego pregunta y varias personas le dicen que efectivamente, Carmelo cree que es su hijo. La sirvienta de Antonieta le dice a la sirviente de Lupe que sospecha que Carmelo, podría ser hijo de Antonieta. Emilia le dice a Sebastián que Catalina fue al hotel a ver a Lalo. Sebastián va al hotel y al oír a Catalina con Lalo, se sorprende gratamente. Martina ya reconciliada con Ramiro, le reclama a Carmelo que hable mal de Sebastián. Catalina se sorprende cuando llega a la casa del capataz y Sebastián le dice que la ama.

Telenovela-World: Summary #40 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 14:42 PDT
~~Summary Friday 10/15 ~~
Casita - Sebastian tells Catalina he loves her & they start kissing before she gets the chance to explain about the visit to Eduardo. Catalina is confused, & he explains that he overheard her. She starts crying of joy & they continue making out.
Main house - Lupe asks Ramiro what he thinks about Catalina's confession. He's doubtful of her words & Ramiro & Martina tell them to try to accept her & let things work out as they're supposed to. Pancho tells them to give her a chance & wait to see. Lupe keeps on insisting Cat is evil, but agrees to give her a chance.
Hotel - Adela agrees to talk to Carmelo & Emilia. Stupid Gus wants to stay but Adela throws him out. Emilia tells Adela that Cat & Sebastian must be reconciled by now. Adela is not thrilled. Carm explains what happened at the hotel & of their new plan to tell Sebastian that that confession was planned. Adela tells them to take Sebastian to where Adela & Ricardo will be talking about this set up & Sebastian will overhear this "true" confession. At 8 they will take Seb to church.
In town - Stupid gus asks Luisa what Adela & those 2 are talking about. Ramiro tells them to stop thinking the worse, that everything Adela is does is for the best. Luisa sugests they go warn Catalina.
Casita - Sebastian tells cat that he is not going to doubt her anymore & suggest they leave the town. Cat tells him that she wouldn't mind if they stay since his job & Lupe's family is here. He tells her he wants to go tell Lupe about his love, & that he wants to tell her something, but she insists she go tell Lupe. He leaves & she stays dreaming about the night they will spend tonight.
Sylvia's - Sylvia tells her friend that Lalo went to see Catalina instead of Guadalajara. She suggests she divorce him, but Syliva tells her she would die without Lalo & will not let him leave with Cat. She's crying & mad & tells her she will never leave lalo. (pathetic foool!!) She tells herself she will go get rid of her wrinkles to look as young as Catalina.
Casita - Emilia visits Cat as she is getting ready for their night. Emi tells her that she know they reconciled, but that she shouldn't be so sure about her happiness.
Hotel - Gus asks Adela what Emil & Carm came to tell them. He fears they are planning something to hurt catalina, but of course she doesn't tell him anything. Adela tells Ric to go to church with her, he doesn't want to go, but she forces him. Gus has a bad feeling but since he's so dumb, he doesn't do anything about it.
Casita - Cat looks at what she will be wearing tonight. Rufina comes to visit Cat & tells her she isn't happy that they got back together, but they're willing to accept her, she threatens her if she doesn't make Sebastian happy.
Cas grande - Sebastian goes to tell them all how happy he is & they tell him they all have agreed to accept her. He wants to tell cat the truth, but Lupe tells him he should wait a while to make sure the reconciliation lasts. They try to convince him to not tell her the truth, but will do what ever he wishes. (god, what an idiot, why doesn't he just go to see Cat now??) Macario comes to tell Sebastian that Carmelo is waiting for him outside the church to talk about their differences. Seb agrees to go.
Church - Carmelo tries to talk about their relationship, Seb tells him to leave Cat alone, Carm convinces him to go into the church where he'll swear that he will never bother him again. He goes with him.
Casita - Stupid gus & Luisa tell Catalina to worry about her mom. Cat tells them that they just reconciled & that she's not worried.
Church - Seba walks into church & overhears Adela & Ric talking about how Seb believed Catalina's acting & that she just said that to take the little money he has & leave with lalo to Mexico. They keep on talking about how Lalo & cat are trully in love & Cat will only stay with Seb 6 mths. Seb confronts them & asks if this is true. They leave & Seb chases after them. The priest tells him to shut up & Seb leaves.
Casa grande - Lupe & martina are worried about Sebastian & how he will tell Cat the truth about being lupe's real son.
Jessica's house- She asks her grampa what he talked about with Lupe, did they talk about Sebastian?? Stupid Jessica wants to know everything, but gramps tells her they didn't talk about him. This Jessica turns out to be studying law.
Casita - cat tells Gus & Luisa that she is sure nothing will ever come between her & Seb again. gus once again tells her he will be strong & take Adela back to Mexico tomorrow. Luisa tells Cat that they had to pawn her engagement ring to get money to come visit her. She isn't happy & they give her tha pawn reciept. (of course Seb will find it!)
Church - The priest wants to know what made Seb so angry, but Adela & Ric keep their mouths shut. A few minutes late Emilia comes running in to ask if their plan worked. The priest overhears & asks what plan. Adela & Ric say they don't know what plan she is talking about. They leave & Emilia & Carm pretend there is nothing going on. Carm leaves & the priest tells her to leave Cat & Seb alone. She gets angry at her & swears that Cat doesn't love Seb, that Cat doesn't deserve him. He tells her that if Seb would have loved her, he would have married her; Emi tells him Seb is just confused. He asks her to not come back to church while she has hatred & envy of Catalina.
Bar - Stupid Sebastian walks in all depressed. Ramiro asks him whats up & Seb tells him Cat was lying & that the whole thing was a farce. He does not deserve this doubting idiot!! God I want to strangle him. He's sad that Cat is such a hipocrite, & cries. Macario sees him crying & asks if there's a problem - he'll go tell Carm their plan was a success.
Casita - Catalina watches somes tv (the oscars).
Town - Carm is happy & tells Petra everything Seb has will end up being his, including his woman. Petra tells him that now she knows she didn't educate him well. Emilia shows up & tells him that now they finally manged to break Seb & Cat up.
Bar - Seb is totally drunk & Ramiro takes him outside.
Casita - Catalina is all dressed up in a tight black gown. Antonieta comes to visit her & asks how she is doing. Cat tells her they are reconciled.
Sylivia's - Lalo arrives home & she screams that she know the truth. he tries to convince her that he didn't go to see Cat, that Alicia & luis told her.
Alicia's - Luis is worried about what they told Sylivia.
Sylivia's - Sylivia is a hysterical mess. Lalo tells her those 2 made it all up, that he loves her, not Catalina.
Hotel - Adela talk about how now Sebastian will leave Catalina, & that they have to stay here to make her see the light of marrying Carmelo. Gus tells her that Cat & Seb reconciled, but Adel doesn't let him know the truth.
Casita - A drunk Sebastian show up. He tells her they are over, that he knows she is an actress & has lied to him, - god, I'm sick of this back & forth @#@$@$!!!


Telenovela-World: Summary #41 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-20-99 07:13 PDT
Stay away, never will love anyone but Cat. If she disappoints him she'll be there. Don't waste her time, look for someone else.
He pulls away, Emilia will never love anyone but him. Emilia finds her bag. Cat goes back to house. Panchito goes to see what was wrong. She's very sad. Everything has a solution. She went to do what he said. When she went to get him she saw him kissing Emilia. She doesn't know. She can't stand anymore. She didn't say anything. He left. It wasn't right for him to go alone. Could be mistake
Ramiro tells Lupe that Seb is going to resolve the situation. He must confide in the woman who is his bride. Lupe can't believe how badly his marriage has gone. Serafin asks if he's divorcing her. No, Lupe tells him he believed her and wanted to tell her the truth. But didn't, Lupe's glad she didn't find out the truth He's stuck on her. He's worried he'll do something he'll be sorry for. Ramiro remembers how he said he was going to do away with Lalo in MC.
Antonienta bumps into Sefarino. He says he was thinking about Lupe and Seb. He's having trouble with his wife. Cat is giving them more trouble than they expected. Ser doesn't want to say anymore. What was Ant thinking. She's thinking about Carmelo. Very disagreeable meeting at church. They don't get along at all. She's right says Serafin. He's a peon.
Priest wants to know why Carmelo thinks he's an Mendoza according to Ant. She's just a trouble maker. She has something in her words. He's doing badly. He would be wrong. Who else? Doesn't know but doesn't know the past. Didn't find the letter Don Lupe got from Matilda. He's interested in it in case it had to do with his father. He should be grateful for what he has. If he does find it he would give it to Don Lupe, or Seb or Martina since it came from their mother.
Macario comes out of the priest's office but tells Carmelo he didn't find it
Emilia comes back with Cat's bag. He loves her. Not serious, Take suitcase and get out. Sooner or later her love will win out. Get out of her house.
Petra arrives at penthouse. Must be rich? No just appearances. Doesn't understand. If they are rich why wanted to marry her for money. Debts. But. Its a long story She appreciates that they brought her to the city.She will find a room to stay in. She can stay there she gave them hospitality when they needed it most. Luisa says Adela will get angry when she finds out they have her there. Gus says he's tired of taking orders from Adela. He just hopes she's not interfering in Catalina's life and causing her more unhappiness.
Emilia says she's going to displace Catalina. She's going to take Seb away from her if it's the last thing she does. She swears to it. Cat says she will never take her husband away. Even if Seb separated from her, he would never go to Emilia. She tells her to take her bag and get out.
Rico says he looks fat in his shirt. Mother says to forget that they have to go do important things. Only going to see Cat and console her. He's prepared to fight for Martina. They won't let him in the ranch. Why do they defend that capataz so much? Eccentric towns people. He's going to win over Martina. He's to be trusted.
Ant talks with Cat. She found out about their trouble. Wants to know how she can help her. Seb doesn't want to listen to her. He went to MC. He must have heard some lies about her. He believed it. She's not alone, she'll defend her. She'll be like a mother for her.
She needs support so much. Adela walks in. What does this mean? A townie stealing her daughter. Mother please she's not stealing anything. She's consoling her. Don't insult her. Ant leaves but says she' can count on her. Always have to fight with everyone. Can't stand that old lady. What's wrong? Seb is mad at her again. She's not sorry. We see things differently. Go back to city, nothing to do there. Fine but she must fix something for her. Forget about Carmelo. She'll never pay attention to him. She loves her husband. She won't be happy until she convinces him. Adele says he's mad because he thinks she's still in love with Ed. How does she know?
Luis resigns from gym. Ed doesn't accept it. He realizes it was Alicia who told Sylvia. Alicia's got a big mouth and gets involved with other people's business. Luis says he won't allow him to speak evil about Alicia. He's got to realize he gives her a lot of reason to be jealous. They agree not to interfere in their lives. He'll continue to be offended by Sylvia's allegations. He's got
Sylvia's planning her plastic surgery so Lalo won't leave her for a younger woman. Why torture herself. Divorce yourself. Wrong Ed is her life. After the tests she's going to ask for forgiveness. You're going to ask for forgiveness. He's going to wind up leaving you for someone else sooner or later. She'll kill him first.
Lupe says he's very worried to Carmelo. Don't worry. Seb is wise. He just lost his head. Lupe shouldn't make himself sick. Ruff says he should lay down. He says okay, won't argue. Carmelo says he doesn't want o see him get sick. Martina walks in with Emilia and agrees with Ruf. He takes him upstairs. Emilia says he's wasting time. Why doesn't he take advantage of situation. He should go court Catalina.
Adela soaking feet. What does She know? She just suppposed it was Edward. She hasn't given him any reason to think that. He's insecure, no confidence in her. Something wrong and Emilia is guilty of it. She knows them to well. She hopes her mother hasn't had anything to do with this.
Ed says they are friends and doesn't want anything to change. Tell Alicia not to interfere. She's there. Asks her not to come to gym. She says as long as she's able to pay
Seb comes in. Insults him and says he's not happy to get money from Sylvia now taking money from Cat. From her ring. Crazy he only wants her love not her money. Alicia overhears the quarrel.

Adela is pleased because Ricardo is determined to woo Martina and help end Catlina's marriage so that she can marry Carmelo. Ricardo goes off to enlist Eduardo, to get a ride to the ranch under the pretext of him helping Eduardo win back Catalina.
Adela is beaming and humming with happiness. Gustavo wonders why his wife is so pleased. Adela tells him that she's happy because they have such a smart son. He voices his objections to Ricardo's plan to pursue Martina. He's glad that Ricardo doesn't have the means to get to the rancho. Adela just smiles. Luissa overhears the conversation and as Gustavo leaves, she enters the room. She tells Adela that she hopes that she's not out to put Catalina in a spot. Adela tells her daughter that she shouldn't eavesdrop on her parents. She doesn't want to hear anything that Luissa has to say on the subject and goes to her room for a nap. She tells Luissa to wake her when Ricardo returns. Luissa is left to wonder what her mother and Ricardo are up to.
Ricardo arrives at the gym and is met with disdain from Eduardo. Ricardo asks to speak with him about Catalina and the two men head off to Eduardo's office. Once in the office, Eduardo tells Ricardo that he doesn't believe a word that Ric says, and that if he doesn't have a message from Catalina then he should leave. Ricardo acknowledges that that he was wrong about Eduardo, but that's all in the past. He tells Eduardo that he's there to make him an offer that will help him win back Catalina.
Sylvia arrives at the gym with her friend Patricia. Luis catches her and tries to stop her from entering Eduardo's office. He first tries to show her some new equipment, but she's not interested and wants to wait for Eduardo in his office. He tells her that she can't do that because the key to the office is locked inside the office.
Eduardo realizes that Sylvia is at the gym and tells Ricardo to hide, because Sylvia knows that Catalina is her brother. Eduardo goes out to greet Sylvia, who wonders why Luis said they were locked out. Eduardo covers and tells her that the locksmith came and fixed it. A suspicious Sylvia, is still determined to get into the office, she says she forgot something in there. Patricia follows her into the office. Sylvia does a quick check of the office and takes a peek into the storage room, but doesn't seem to find what she was looking for. Patricia peeks into the storage room and spots Ricardo's dyed blonde hair and assumes that Eduardo was hiding a woman in his office. Eduardo asks the women if they're ready, he's going to take them out to eat. Patricia is disgusted and gives him a dirty look, but says nothing and storms out of his office.
After they leave, Luis goes to the office and Ricardo orders him to tell Eduardo to meet him at his house that night.
Adela wakes and asks Luissa if Ricardo has returned. Luissa tries to dig for information, but Adela isn't about to tell her. The doorbell rings, it's Alicia. Adela leaves the room and Alicia & Luissa talk about Catalina. Luissa wants the latest news on her sister. Alicia tells her that Emilia is still giving her problems, but Catalina is determined to make her marriage work. Gustavo walks in as Luissia is telling Alicia of her suspicions that Ricardo and Adela are plotting to cause trouble for Catalina. Gustavo is upset at this and storms into the bedroom to talk to Adela.
Gustavo demands to know what she and Ricardo are planning on doing. Adela tells him that he'll find out soon enough. She uses her charm to calm him down. She caresses his face and talks to him softly. He want's to know if it has anything to do with Martina. She tells him that it would be a favor to Martina to get that ranchero that thinks he's a singer out of her heart.
A depressed Ramiro goes to Petra's stand. Petra wonders why he isn't eating as much as usual. He tells her that he's just not that hungry. His manner gets worse when Emilia comes waltzing by, with Carmelo's hat in plain view. She stops and decides to make sport of his recent break with Martina. She tells him that it seems he's being replaced in Martina's heart. He tells her to mind her own business. She says that Martina tells her everything and it's obvious that she's more informed than he is. She saunters off with a pleased smile on her face. Ramiro tells Petra that he's lost what little appetite he had.
Martina is sitting in the living room in a daze as Lupe walks in. He asks her what's wrong. She lies and tells him that she has a headache and excuses herself to her bedroom.
Sebastian then walks in and he and Lupe begin to talk. When asked why he is so happy, Sebastian tells his father that things have turned for the better with Catalina. They've talked honestly for the first time and she's told him sincerely that she loves him. Lupe tells him that to be careful, because women can be deceptive. "Not Catalina," affirms Sebastian. He tells his father that he understands why he thinks that way, but Catalina has changed and he's now sure that she loves him. When Lupe reminds him of her family's ambition, Sebastian tells him that he married her not her family and he's going to give her a chance.
Lupe tells Sebastian that he doesn't care about the money. He made it and it was meant to enjoy , but he is concerned about Sebastian's health. He's scared of what might happen if Catalina betrays Sebastian again. Sebastian thanks his father for advice and tells him not to worry, but he's going to give it a shot with Catalina.
Catalina goes to church to thank the virgin Guadeloupe for her chance with Sebastian. As she leaves the church, Josefa, Rufina and Petra walk ahead of her. She walks out just in time to hear Josefa beg Petra for the name of Antonietta's child. Catalina is shocked to hear that Antoinetta had a child. Petra refuses tells the woman that she's not going to tell them, end of subject. The women walk away, leaving Catalina stunned. "Everyone has secrets," she thinks to her self and dismisses what she heard.
Padre Geronimo catches up to Catalina outside the church and she tells him that she and Sebastian have reconciled. He listens as Catalina gushes with excitement at the thought tonight will be her real wedding night with Sebastian. Ramiro interrupts them. Who tells Catalina that Ricardo better not have anything to do with Martina's change of heart. He tells Catalina that they broke up. Catalina doesn't say a word and excuses herself, leaving Ramiro with the priest. Padre G tells him that he shouldn't take out his frustrations on Catalina and he should ask Martina about her feelings. He tells a deflated Ramiro that at Martina's age, she's probably unsure of her own feelings. Ramiro tells Padre Geronimo that he's sure that Martina loves him and he needs to know why she dumped him. He will talk to Martina, but he also asks that Padre Geronimo talk with her. Padre Geronimo agrees to do so.
Eduardo, Sylvia and Patricia return to the gym after dinner. When Sylvia leaves to the powder room, Patricia tells Eduardo off. Eduardo doesn't know what she's talking about until she mentions the blond woman that she saw crouched in the storage area. She hurls some insults to him and warns him that he's going to loose Sylvia, who adores him, if he keeps this up. She grabs her purse and storms out to meet with Sylvia. Luis then delivers Ricardo's message.
Adela is ranting about having Eduardo come to her house. She also isn't too happy about sending Eduardo to the ranch. She doesn't care about what Sebastian thinks, but she doesn't want to ruin things with Carmelo. Ricardo convinces her by telling her that if Carmelo really wanted Catalina, he would have visited them by now and provided them with gifts. He tells her that the sure bet is him getting to Martina. She agrees that it is worth the risk.
Catalina is getting the house ready for the big night. Emilia comes walking in once again with the hat in plain view (they really need to dead bolt that door), but before she can get a word in. Catalina tells her that she and Sebastian have reconciled and anything that she has to say about Sebastian, she'd rather hear from him. So if Emilia meant what she said the other day about seeing them happy, she should just leave her alone. "Fine," says Emilia. Catalina leaves the room. Emilia seizes the opportunity and plants Carmelo's hat under the bed. (Boy do I hate her)
Carmelo tells Antonietta that it is urgent that he get's proof that he's Lupe's son (nothing new here). Antonietta suggest they make up the proof. Carmelo is perplexed. Why should they have to make-up proof if he knows for sure that he is Lupe's son. Antonietta tells him in that case things are going to take a longer time to fall into place. "We'll see what happens," she says.
Ricardo tells Eduardo that things are going badly for Catlina and Sebastian. Eduardo likes to hear that, because that is to his advantage. Ricardo then tells him his own intention of courting Martina. He tells Eduardo that they can go together to the ranch and both get what they want. Ricardo can romance Martina, and Eduardo can create conflicts between Catalina and Sebastian.
Sebastian returns to the foreman's house and heads straight for the fridge as he announces his return. Catalina is standing in sexy, tight fitting dress. He notices her and smiles pleased.
SEBASTIAN The flowers smell good.
CATALINA I made a special dinner.
SEBASTIAN After seeing how lovely you look, I've lost my appetite.
(They walk toward each other, looking longingly at one another.)
CATALINA Oh yea?
SEBASTIAN Oh yea!
(She giggles a little and they kiss passionately)
SEBASTIAN You're going to be my dinner.
He swoops her up into his arms and carries her to the bed. They kiss as he lays her on the bed. He walks around to the other side of the bed and notices Carmelo's hat. He picks up the hat and flings it angrily across the room. "What is Carmelo's hat doing under my bed?" asks an enraged Sebastian to a confused Catalina.
MONDAY ON CATALINA Y SEBASTIAN As Sebastian is drowning his sorrows at the cantina, Lupe defends Carmelo as he hears Sebastian badmouth him. An enraged Catalina goes to look for Emilia only to find her with Sebastian.

Telenovela-World: Summary #36 Author: Gloria C. Date: 10-19-99 14:39 PDT
Sebas finds a hat by the bed. He asks Cata what is Carmelo's hat doing under his bed. She tells him is not Carmelo's is Emilia but he doesn't believe her, insults her and leaves for the cantina. Jassica, Don Chucho and Lupe are having a conversation, jessica is mad she didn't get to se Sebas. Emilia arrives when they are leaving and tells Jessica why is she coming to the ranch so often, is it to see Sebas? Jessica denies it and tells her she is pitiful Sebas will never look at her.
Sebastian goes to the cantina, and starts drinking tells Panchito that Cata will rather be with Carmelo, Lupe arrives later on and when Sebas tells him why he is mad he starts to defend Carmelo. Doesn't believe Carmelo is capable of doing everything he is acussing him of.
Carmelo meets Emilia, she tells him what a face you have, yes, I'm PO that Cata is with Sebas. Don't worry, they are not together I can assure you.
Antonieta tells Josefa that neither Carmelo, or emilia are any good for her plan.Cata is t

Telenovela-World: Summary #37 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-19-99 14:39 PDT
Catalina tells her girlfriend that Sebastian spent the night at Emilia’s. She’s still determined to prove to him that she really loves him (why?).
Ramiro tells Seb he might be wrong about Carmelo and Cat. He doubts whether Carmelo would do that to him. Did he ever consider the hat could have been left there from before? (duh?)
Antonieta says she doesn’t want to have anymore to do with Carmelo. He’s a vulgar bastard, blah, blah, blah.
Cat wants to make another call but Ruffina stops her. She wants to know why she told the priest she loved Seb. She tells her it’s because she does.
Seb realizes it could have been left by Carmelo from before but why did Cat blame Emilia. If she’s not guilty why blame her? He knows she’s capable of doing a lot of things but not this. Ramiro wants to know if he feels anything for Emilia. He says it would be so much easier if he did, but he just thinks of her as a friend. He still loves Cat. Ramiro wants to know what’s going on with Martina but Seb tells him to ask her.
Martina tells Father Geronimo she was ambivalent about Ramiro since that kiss, but she knows she loves him. Ramiro overhears the first part and leaves.
Lalo leaves on his supposed trip to Guadalajara. Sylvia’s friend finds him on the way out and berates him for going to meet his girlfriend. He tells her she doesn’t know how wrong she is about what she thinks she saw.
Cat is sweeping the floor (can’t she take the apron off?). Seb walks in. She lets him know she’s angry he slept over Emilia’s. he says she’s no one to criticize him. Marriage is more than a paper. She wants him to respect her. He does, he says, but she’s the one who’s running around with men. He’s not going to give her any explanations. She says he can’t ask her for any either then. He says he’s not letting her get away to see Carmelo. He’s keeping on eye on her. She’s says good. He’ll be able to see she’s not doing anything. He tells her she’s got to speak to her brother about leaving Martina alone. She says she tried but Ruffina wouldn’t let her make the call.
Antonieta tells Josefina she’s kept her part of the deal and to tell Petra she must keep hers.
Carmelo has a heart to heart with Lupe. He’s crying because he feels so alone and abandoned. Lupe tells him he’s like a son to him. Carmelo gets things all wrong and assumes he’s acknowledging he’s his real father. Lupe says he’ll tell Seb and everyone else for that matter how he feels about him. Carmelo is overjoyed.
Seb is angry about Carmelo’s comments. Ramiro says he might get to be a problem, he’s jealous and angry. He resents the fact he had no family or money. Ramiro says he should ignore him. He’s got enough problems with Catalina. But, please tell Rico to stay away.
Lalo gets mad that Adela is coming with them. He’s only got a two seater. If she wants to come, she’s got to shut up for the two hour trip.
Carmelo tells Ramiro Lupe told him he’s his son. He’s going to tell the whole town. Ramiro says it’s not true. He would have told Seb and Martina first. Carmelo says to tell Seb to be careful, Lupe supports him. He’s fed up with his stupidity with Catalina. If Ramiro wants to be his friend, he’s got to choose between him and Seb.
Seb tells Cat she must call Rico to prevent him from coming. She says he’s an adult, she can’t order him around. She’s tried to keep him away from her. Seb says it’s her family’s plan to try to get him married to Martina because she’s a real Mendoza. Don’t they realize the damage they do? She says she’s changed. Can’t he give her the opportunity to prove how much she loves him? An opportunity? Why so he can find something else under the bed next time?
If the only thing he wants is for her to be around for the next six months then why don’t they try to get along? He says fine, then don’t get near Carmelo or any other man. She says she never got near Carmelo it was Emilia who….He says don’t interrupt him! She has to conduct herself like a decent woman even if she’s only the wife of the capataz.
Adela tells Lalo they have a mutual iinterest.
Carmelo blabs to Petra and Macario that Lupe’s recognized him. He also tells Macario what Antonieta said to him.
Antonieta speaks with Emilia. She wants the baby if she’s pregnant after last night. Emilia admits she never slept with him. Ant says everyone’s buzzing about it, even Cat knows. Emilia says maybe she can do some damage with that. Ant says she’s useless to her and she might as well use Cat to get at Lupe.
Seb and Cat are eating. He says she doesn’t cook that bad. Lupe comes to the door. He tells Cat she’s not getting between Seb and Carmelo’s friendship. Cat wants to defend herself but Lupe doesn’t want to see Carmelo hurt over a “woman like Catalina”. She crieds Seb leaves with Lupe.
Josefina tells Petra Antonieta kept her promise. She wants to know who the baby is? Is Carmelo really Lupe’s son? Where is Ant son? Petra won’t talk.
Martina tells Ramiro she was confused but she really loves him. Then they see Lalo’s car pull into town.
Gustavo and Luisa can’t figure out what Adela and Rico are up to. He wants to take her out to eat since he got paid. She says it would be better to go to the super and buy food. He agrees.
Cat is crying at the stove. Emilia walks in and rubs her face in the fact Seb slept with her. Cat has him starved for affection and she’s going to give it to him. Cat tells her not to put a foot in her house again. Emilia says Seb can put whatever he wants in hers.
Adela goes to the hacienda but Ruffiina refuses to let her in. Rico and lalo decide to check into the hotel, but Adela decides to go to Cat’s.
Lupe wants Seb to apologize to Carmelo. He says Carmelo has believed the story he made up. Lupe says he must make up the sooner the better.
Emilia sys if Cat had any pride she would leave . All she knows how to do is take advantage, like her whole family. She’s like the “cacatua” of her mother. (help me on that one)
Adela walks in and belts her saying “Cacatua your grandfather”
Tomorrow: Seb forbids Cat to leave the house. He throws out Adela and tells Cat she can go with her. Cat says she’s going to stay.

Telenovela-World: Summary #38 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 14:41 PDT
Adela y Emilia tienen un fuerte pleito pues Adela defiende a Catalina, pero pronto, Catalina se decepciona de su madre, pues lo único que quiere, es divorciarla de Sebastián para casarla con Carmelo. Lupe pide a Sebastián que se disculpe con Carmelo por tratarlo mal, pero Sebastián no se quiere disculpar pues cree que Carmelo anda tras Catalina. Antonieta cansada de que Emilia no logre conquistar a Sebastián, decide ayudar a Catalina para sacar provecho. Ricardo y Lalo tienen un fuerte enfrentamiento con Sebastián y Ramiro. Catalina trata de salvar su matrimonio demostrándole amor a Sebastián, pero él, celoso de Carmelo, le dice que no quiere amor, solo quiere le haga el que hacer de la casa y la comida durante los 6 meses del pacto. Antonieta le dice a Lupe que Carmelo anda diciendo que es su hijo.

Telenovela-World: Summary #39 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 14:41 PDT
Lupe cree que Antonieta esta intrigando en contra de Carmelo, pero lego pregunta y varias personas le dicen que efectivamente, Carmelo cree que es su hijo. La sirvienta de Antonieta le dice a la sirviente de Lupe que sospecha que Carmelo, podría ser hijo de Antonieta. Emilia le dice a Sebastián que Catalina fue al hotel a ver a Lalo. Sebastián va al hotel y al oír a Catalina con Lalo, se sorprende gratamente. Martina ya reconciliada con Ramiro, le reclama a Carmelo que hable mal de Sebastián. Catalina se sorprende cuando llega a la casa del capataz y Sebastián le dice que la ama.

Telenovela-World: Summary #40 Author: Ixchel Date: 10-19-99 14:42 PDT
~~Summary Friday 10/15 ~~
Casita - Sebastian tells Catalina he loves her & they start kissing before she gets the chance to explain about the visit to Eduardo. Catalina is confused, & he explains that he overheard her. She starts crying of joy & they continue making out.
Main house - Lupe asks Ramiro what he thinks about Catalina's confession. He's doubtful of her words & Ramiro & Martina tell them to try to accept her & let things work out as they're supposed to. Pancho tells them to give her a chance & wait to see. Lupe keeps on insisting Cat is evil, but agrees to give her a chance.
Hotel - Adela agrees to talk to Carmelo & Emilia. Stupid Gus wants to stay but Adela throws him out. Emilia tells Adela that Cat & Sebastian must be reconciled by now. Adela is not thrilled. Carm explains what happened at the hotel & of their new plan to tell Sebastian that that confession was planned. Adela tells them to take Sebastian to where Adela & Ricardo will be talking about this set up & Sebastian will overhear this "true" confession. At 8 they will take Seb to church.
In town - Stupid gus asks Luisa what Adela & those 2 are talking about. Ramiro tells them to stop thinking the worse, that everything Adela is does is for the best. Luisa sugests they go warn Catalina.
Casita - Sebastian tells cat that he is not going to doubt her anymore & suggest they leave the town. Cat tells him that she wouldn't mind if they stay since his job & Lupe's family is here. He tells her he wants to go tell Lupe about his love, & that he wants to tell her something, but she insists she go tell Lupe. He leaves & she stays dreaming about the night they will spend tonight.
Sylvia's - Sylvia tells her friend that Lalo went to see Catalina instead of Guadalajara. She suggests she divorce him, but Syliva tells her she would die without Lalo & will not let him leave with Cat. She's crying & mad & tells her she will never leave lalo. (pathetic foool!!) She tells herself she will go get rid of her wrinkles to look as young as Catalina.
Casita - Emilia visits Cat as she is getting ready for their night. Emi tells her that she know they reconciled, but that she shouldn't be so sure about her happiness.
Hotel - Gus asks Adela what Emil & Carm came to tell them. He fears they are planning something to hurt catalina, but of course she doesn't tell him anything. Adela tells Ric to go to church with her, he doesn't want to go, but she forces him. Gus has a bad feeling but since he's so dumb, he doesn't do anything about it.
Casita - Cat looks at what she will be wearing tonight. Rufina comes to visit Cat & tells her she isn't happy that they got back together, but they're willing to accept her, she threatens her if she doesn't make Sebastian happy.
Cas grande - Sebastian goes to tell them all how happy he is & they tell him they all have agreed to accept her. He wants to tell cat the truth, but Lupe tells him he should wait a while to make sure the reconciliation lasts. They try to convince him to not tell her the truth, but will do what ever he wishes. (god, what an idiot, why doesn't he just go to see Cat now??) Macario comes to tell Sebastian that Carmelo is waiting for him outside the church to talk about their differences. Seb agrees to go.
Church - Carmelo tries to talk about their relationship, Seb tells him to leave Cat alone, Carm convinces him to go into the church where he'll swear that he will never bother him again. He goes with him.
Casita - Stupid gus & Luisa tell Catalina to worry about her mom. Cat tells them that they just reconciled & that she's not worried.
Church - Seba walks into church & overhears Adela & Ric talking about how Seb believed Catalina's acting & that she just said that to take the little money he has & leave with lalo to Mexico. They keep on talking about how Lalo & cat are trully in love & Cat will only stay with Seb 6 mths. Seb confronts them & asks if this is true. They leave & Seb chases after them. The priest tells him to shut up & Seb leaves.
Casa grande - Lupe & martina are worried about Sebastian & how he will tell Cat the truth about being lupe's real son.
Jessica's house- She asks her grampa what he talked about with Lupe, did they talk about Sebastian?? Stupid Jessica wants to know everything, but gramps tells her they didn't talk about him. This Jessica turns out to be studying law.
Casita - cat tells Gus & Luisa that she is sure nothing will ever come between her & Seb again. gus once again tells her he will be strong & take Adela back to Mexico tomorrow. Luisa tells Cat that they had to pawn her engagement ring to get money to come visit her. She isn't happy & they give her tha pawn reciept. (of course Seb will find it!)
Church - The priest wants to know what made Seb so angry, but Adela & Ric keep their mouths shut. A few minutes late Emilia comes running in to ask if their plan worked. The priest overhears & asks what plan. Adela & Ric say they don't know what plan she is talking about. They leave & Emilia & Carm pretend there is nothing going on. Carm leaves & the priest tells her to leave Cat & Seb alone. She gets angry at her & swears that Cat doesn't love Seb, that Cat doesn't deserve him. He tells her that if Seb would have loved her, he would have married her; Emi tells him Seb is just confused. He asks her to not come back to church while she has hatred & envy of Catalina.
Bar - Stupid Sebastian walks in all depressed. Ramiro asks him whats up & Seb tells him Cat was lying & that the whole thing was a farce. He does not deserve this doubting idiot!! God I want to strangle him. He's sad that Cat is such a hipocrite, & cries. Macario sees him crying & asks if there's a problem - he'll go tell Carm their plan was a success.
Casita - Catalina watches somes tv (the oscars).
Town - Carm is happy & tells Petra everything Seb has will end up being his, including his woman. Petra tells him that now she knows she didn't educate him well. Emilia shows up & tells him that now they finally manged to break Seb & Cat up.
Bar - Seb is totally drunk & Ramiro takes him outside.
Casita - Catalina is all dressed up in a tight black gown. Antonieta comes to visit her & asks how she is doing. Cat tells her they are reconciled.
Sylivia's - Lalo arrives home & she screams that she know the truth. he tries to convince her that he didn't go to see Cat, that Alicia & luis told her.
Alicia's - Luis is worried about what they told Sylivia.
Sylivia's - Sylivia is a hysterical mess. Lalo tells her those 2 made it all up, that he loves her, not Catalina.
Hotel - Adela talk about how now Sebastian will leave Catalina, & that they have to stay here to make her see the light of marrying Carmelo. Gus tells her that Cat & Seb reconciled, but Adel doesn't let him know the truth.
Casita - A drunk Sebastian show up. He tells her they are over, that he knows she is an actress & has lied to him, - god, I'm sick of this back & forth @#@$@$!!!


Telenovela-World: Summary #41 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 10-20-99 07:13 PDT
Stay away, never will love anyone but Cat. If she disappoints him she'll be there. Don't waste her time, look for someone else.
He pulls away, Emilia will never love anyone but him. Emilia finds her bag. Cat goes back to house. Panchito goes to see what was wrong. She's very sad. Everything has a solution. She went to do what he said. When she went to get him she saw him kissing Emilia. She doesn't know. She can't stand anymore. She didn't say anything. He left. It wasn't right for him to go alone. Could be mistake
Ramiro tells Lupe that Seb is going to resolve the situation. He must confide in the woman who is his bride. Lupe can't believe how badly his marriage has gone. Serafin asks if he's divorcing her. No, Lupe tells him he believed her and wanted to tell her the truth. But didn't, Lupe's glad she didn't find out the truth He's stuck on her. He's worried he'll do something he'll be sorry for. Ramiro remembers how he said he was going to do away with Lalo in MC.
Antonienta bumps into Sefarino. He says he was thinking about Lupe and Seb. He's having trouble with his wife. Cat is giving them more trouble than they expected. Ser doesn't want to say anymore. What was Ant thinking. She's thinking about Carmelo. Very disagreeable meeting at church. They don't get along at all. She's right says Serafin. He's a peon.
Priest wants to know why Carmelo thinks he's an Mendoza according to Ant. She's just a trouble maker. She has something in her words. He's doing badly. He would be wrong. Who else? Doesn't know but doesn't know the past. Didn't find the letter Don Lupe got from Matilda. He's interested in it in case it had to do with his father. He should be grateful for what he has. If he does find it he would give it to Don Lupe, or Seb or Martina since it came from their mother.
Macario comes out of the priest's office but tells Carmelo he didn't find it
Emilia comes back with Cat's bag. He loves her. Not serious, Take suitcase and get out. Sooner or later her love will win out. Get out of her house.
Petra arrives at penthouse. Must be rich? No just appearances. Doesn't understand. If they are rich why wanted to marry her for money. Debts. But. Its a long story She appreciates that they brought her to the city.She will find a room to stay in. She can stay there she gave them hospitality when they needed it most. Luisa says Adela will get angry when she finds out they have her there. Gus says he's tired of taking orders from Adela. He just hopes she's not interfering in Catalina's life and causing her more unhappiness.
Emilia says she's going to displace Catalina. She's going to take Seb away from her if it's the last thing she does. She swears to it. Cat says she will never take her husband away. Even if Seb separated from her, he would never go to Emilia. She tells her to take her bag and get out.
Rico says he looks fat in his shirt. Mother says to forget that they have to go do important things. Only going to see Cat and console her. He's prepared to fight for Martina. They won't let him in the ranch. Why do they defend that capataz so much? Eccentric towns people. He's going to win over Martina. He's to be trusted.
Ant talks with Cat. She found out about their trouble. Wants to know how she can help her. Seb doesn't want to listen to her. He went to MC. He must have heard some lies about her. He believed it. She's not alone, she'll defend her. She'll be like a mother for her.
She needs support so much. Adela walks in. What does this mean? A townie stealing her daughter. Mother please she's not stealing anything. She's consoling her. Don't insult her. Ant leaves but says she' can count on her. Always have to fight with everyone. Can't stand that old lady. What's wrong? Seb is mad at her again. She's not sorry. We see things differently. Go back to city, nothing to do there. Fine but she must fix something for her. Forget about Carmelo. She'll never pay attention to him. She loves her husband. She won't be happy until she convinces him. Adele says he's mad because he thinks she's still in love with Ed. How does she know?
Luis resigns from gym. Ed doesn't accept it. He realizes it was Alicia who told Sylvia. Alicia's got a big mouth and gets involved with other people's business. Luis says he won't allow him to speak evil about Alicia. He's got to realize he gives her a lot of reason to be jealous. They agree not to interfere in their lives. He'll continue to be offended by Sylvia's allegations. He's got
Sylvia's planning her plastic surgery so Lalo won't leave her for a younger woman. Why torture herself. Divorce yourself. Wrong Ed is her life. After the tests she's going to ask for forgiveness. You're going to ask for forgiveness. He's going to wind up leaving you for someone else sooner or later. She'll kill him first.
Lupe says he's very worried to Carmelo. Don't worry. Seb is wise. He just lost his head. Lupe shouldn't make himself sick. Ruff says he should lay down. He says okay, won't argue. Carmelo says he doesn't want o see him get sick. Martina walks in with Emilia and agrees with Ruf. He takes him upstairs. Emilia says he's wasting time. Why doesn't he take advantage of situation. He should go court Catalina.
Adela soaking feet. What does She know? She just suppposed it was Edward. She hasn't given him any reason to think that. He's insecure, no confidence in her. Something wrong and Emilia is guilty of it. She knows them to well. She hopes her mother hasn't had anything to do with this.
Ed says they are friends and doesn't want anything to change. Tell Alicia not to interfere. She's there. Asks her not to come to gym. She says as long as she's able to pay
Seb comes in. Insults him and says he's not happy to get money from Sylvia now taking money from Cat. From her ring. Crazy he only wants her love not her money. Alicia overhears the quarrel.

Give her the divorce. She's my wife and I'll never divorce her. If you mess with her I'll get rid of you for good. Alicia follows him out. She wants to talk with him. She might be poor but doesn't need insults. Forgive him. She hasn't done anything. He doesn't believe in anything. She loves you. Believe it. She tells him. She loves you for a long time. We both suckers. He won't believe in one more of her lies. Poor Cat Seb doesn't believe in her.
Macario meets Rico. Why isn't he out of there? They might throw him out. You and who else,asks Rico? He can do it alone but for fun he'll get a few guys together. Go to hell. Emilia meets Rico. She doesn't want anyone to see them together. They did her a favor. Lots of woman would be crazy to be seen with him. She says he's so vain. Disagreeable. Dyed blond hair. Martina doesn't think the same as you. Can't you help me, we're working together. I'll tell Seb we we'er working together.
Adela asks Cat how she doesn't get bored. She can leave anytime. She' wants to help her so much. She's going to stay a few days. Not here!! Seb won't want Rico there. She obeys everything she says? He doesn't like the fact that he's trying tow win over Martina. She doesn't want to have any more problems. Tell him to leave Martina alone.
Ramiro says he's not putting up with Rica anymore. If he's not gone by tonight he's getting rid of him himself. Macario comes in says he'll help him get rid of Rico himself. He gives him till 6 to leave. Macario
Please leave Mother. She can make him leave Martina alone. No way. He fell in love with her. We're alone you know Martina is not in love it's the money. Martina in love with Ramiro. No competition between them. That simple rancher. You can to help me and you only caused more problems. Why worried about Ramiro. He's my husband's best friend. He's fighting with Ramiro.
Rico goes to hacienda. Emilia finds him. Martina not around. He's stupid to sneak in. Anyone could find him. Wait by swimming pool. She'll get Martina out there. He'll make her fall for him.
Lupe wakes up from nape. Martina wants him to stay in bed. Can't he can only think of Seb and his craziness. He won't be in peace until Ricardo out of town. She can trust him. Yes, but there so able to confuse people.
Panchito and Ruffina are talking about Lupe's health. Cat not guilty. Someone from there is guilty. She loves Seb, Cat only looking for money. Everyone has something to hide. Panchito knows she and Petra and Josefa were doing something.
Petra is cooking up a storm at the Penthouse. Gus says she doesn't have to do this. It's been a long time since they had a servant. She doesn't mind, she's a guest but doesn't want to take advantage. Luisa likes to learn how to cook. Adela used to hire one every week and fire them without pay. Luisa goes to market for bread. Gus asks Petra in private, she's so secretive, what is it? Luisa tells them Seb is on the way. Petra doesn't want him to see her. She hides.
Gus greets him. Ask for Cat. No she stayed at home where she belongs. He talked to Ed. Told him to leave Catalina alone. Good for you says Gus. Luisa says you don't like my father, or any of us. He likes her. You're not guilty of what they do. You remind me of Martina. He hugs her.
Emilia and Martina talk. Lupe's very affected by Seb. Emilia asks her to walk out to the Pool. Ramiro comes over. Invites him to pool. There's Rico. What is he doing there? What do you care? Who let you in? Who cares? He came to speak with Martina. Ramiro says to get out. Rico asks Martina whether she's going to ask him to leave after what happened between them. Ramiro punches him, he falls in pool. Martina tells him to leave for good. Rico is flailing around in pool, can't swim. Someone has to jump in to save him. He can't swim!!!
At the gym, Sylvia storms in and calls Luis a liar. Ed didn't go see Cat. She goes in his office and asks for forgiveness. She shouldn't believe other people. You were hysterical last night and hurt his feelings. He can't be with a woman who doesn't believe in him. Does she want to see proof? No, she just wants him to come back home. Okay, he loves her and doesn't like them to be mad. He has work to do. She leaves and promises to bring back some clothes to change into.
Adela compliments Catalina's cooking. Rico will like it. Does she insist on staying there even though she told her not to, asks Cat? They may be family but she doesn't want them to get in more trouble with her husband. Adela's not comfortable here, why not go home. Adela feels she's the only one worried about the family. Her marriage is very important to her. Ant must be putting ideas in her head. Adela is gong to tell her off.
Rico laughing at TV, she's peeved with him. She doesn't want him to stay there. Where's Mom? At Carmelo's. Better not, she loves her husband. She doesn't want him to stay there. After he nearly drowned, what a bad sister she is. He's asleep on the bed and Cat is ironing. Carmelo comes to the door. He's at her service.
Seb is thinking back to what Cat aid. She loved him no matter what. Then to what Adela said, that it was all a joke and to get more money out of him. Maldito Ed. Luisa asks where he's going. To go for a ride.
Luis can't believe how easy it is for Sylvia to forgive him. Sylvia overhears them. Let her pay for the price. She has not comparison to Cat. Your wife will get here and the romantic dinner will be spoiled. Sylvia rushes in and punches Eduardo out. He's bleeding.
Luis comes in and finds Ed between life and death. Blaming Sebastian for trying to kill Seb. Arrested.

Telenovela-World: Summary #42 Author: Diana M. Date: 11-03-99 18:21 PST
Gym
Sylvia hysterically bangs Eduardo over the head(what was that a wieght?) after finding out that Lalo in reality did go see Cata. Lalo falls to the floor, all you can see is a blooding man lieing in a puddle of blood(yuck!). Sylvia tries to wake him, but he's not moving, she panics and takes off, leaving poor Lalo(je je je je je) as dead.
Meanwhile, Sebastian wanders the streets of the city in where all he thinks about his Cata, he gets angry at himself and starts punching the delights out of a tree, ahhh slowpoke that he is, he of course ended up with bloody knucks.
Meanwhile at the ranch, Carmelo pays Cata a visit, offers his services, and Cata tells him to please stay away she doesn't want anymore problems with Sebastian. Carmelo tells Cata a big oh lie about how Emilia and Sebastian are together in the city and Cata gets very upset.
Mendoza home
Emilia is waiting for Carmelo to arrive at the Mendoza home, while Rufina is annoyed at her presence and the looks of her.(I just had to add that , black hole)
What is Adela doing you ask? What isn't she doing?(not dialog from novela) Adela goes to see Antonietta at her home and asks her civilized to leave Catalina alone. Antonietta tells Adela that Cata needs her and that she is there while she is in the city. Antonietta mentions something about how soon Cata and Seb will have kids, and Adela is terrified at the idea, Ant offers to take care of Cata's child if that happens. Adela hurries home to talk to Cata.
Penthouse
Petra does not want to stay at the penthouse because she doesn't want Sebastian to see her, so Gus sends her over to Alicia's house.
Gym
Luis and Alicia are up very early to open the gym when they notice the light gym is on and once they enter the office they see Lalo unconsious in a pile of blood. The call the ambulance and then are intergated by the police, they don't know what happened, the tell the officer that his wife was suppose to pick him up for dinner and maybe she couldn't make it, and also that Sebastian had threatened him that same day.
Meanwhile, Sylvia is in a panic, she told her friend what she did to Lalo and she thinks he is dead. The cops come to her house and her friend answers and they tell her that Lalo is critically injured in the hospital. Sylvia is surprised that he is not dead and very glad.
Meanwhile, Alicia takes charge of spreading the word that Sebastian tried to kill Lalo. First she calls Cata, but someone is at the door, its' Gus, Luis and Petra. Alicia tells them whats going on, and Luisa recalls Sebestain having a blooding knuckle. She finally reaches Cata, and tells her the bad news, Cata will soon return to the city to comfort Sebastian, with the help of Panchito who will lend her some money, and Rufina wishing her well, she is starting to believe she really loves him.
Hospital
Sylvia is crying and asking Lalo for forgiveness while he lies unconsious in the hospital bed, her friend walks her out of the room and tells her to calm down. The police want to interagate her, and her friend tells them she can't talk right now she is very upset. The police tell her that they have Sebastian Mendoza as the main suspect, he had threatened Lalo that same day. Sylvia is very surprised and decides to have Sebastian be blamed for the crime, that will make Cata suffer.
Gus and Luisa arrive to the penthouse, Sebastian sitting in the bar, Gus tells him "I didn't know you loved Catalina that much", Sebastian is confused and Luisa tells him, "you tried to kill Lalo"? Sebastian says " I did what?", and denies he did anything. Doorbell, cops arrive to take Sebastian to testify. Sebastian tells the cops he's innocent and exactly what happened that day. The cops will hold Sebastian in jail until he is proven that he is innocent. Catalina arrives and Sebastian asks her what she is doing there? Sebastian tells her she can leave if she came to bitch at him for what he did to her poor Lalo because he didn't do anything he is innocent. Cata tells Sebastian, if you say you are innocent, I believe you and I will help you prove it because I love you. KISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!
Short summary, but I covered the important points, anyone want to add, be my guest.
Take care.

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Telenovela-World: Summary #46 Author: Gloria C. Date: 11-03-99 18:24 PST
Emilia tells Sylvia that she knows it was her who hit Lalo. She won’t say anything for now, will be in touch later.
Sebas and Cata arrive at PH they are happy and vow to love and trust each other. Sebas says it will be a wonderful night but Cata says her dad and Luisa are there, they will go to a hotel for their honeymoon.
Josefa tells Antonieta that Petra left. Emilia calls Antonieta to tell her about Sebas innocence, Antonieta tells her to call her back when Sebas asks her to marry him.
Macario, Carmelo, and Ramiro are talking about Sebas situation and say Lupe should not find out. Lupe hears them.
As Sebas and Cata are to leave the police arrives and they take Sebas. Emilia enjoys this and tells Cata that Sebas will not be for her. Adela is worried what her friends will say about her son in law being in jail.
Lupe tells Ramiro and Carmelo, that he appreciates what they’ve done but Sebas needs him.
Gus speaks with the lawyer…the victim will have to prove the attack, there are no witnes.
Adela tells Cata to forget Sebas, think about us don’t be selfish. You are married to a killer. Cata tells Adela that Kikis know about Sebas.
Lalo comes home with Sylvia - they are both accussing each other. Sylvia tells him that she hit him for love(LOL). Emilia arrives and asks them why does Sebas has to pay for something he didn’t do. tells Sylvia she loves Sebas and that she better tell the truth. Eduardo better say he made a mistake or else they will be sorry.
Lalao and Sylvia a re arguing about what they will tell the judge, Lalo says he doesn’t want to do it. Sylvia says he better do things right or she will go to jail.
Lupe is yelling at everyone, he is going to the city tomorrow.
Sebas is going to be moved to the real jail tonite. Cata tells him she will go tell Lalo to tell the truth, he says no because he is jealous.
Lupe is getting ready to go to Mexico, Martina says he is not going, Panchito offers to go to Mexico and to find out everything, Lupe agrees.
Antonieta arrives at Lupe’s ranch. He asks her to leave, Carmelo tells her to leave or he will make her go by force.
Emilia arrives at Cata’s, what would you do to see him free??anything…….are you willing to give him up
To be continued………
It looks like Cata will go along with Emilia's game.

Telenovela-World: Summary #47 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 11-03-99 18:26 PST
Episode 46
Emilia asks Catalina if she is willing to give up Sebastian to save him. After all, she says, their marriage was full of problems. Catalina refuses. He’s her husband. Emilia says she lost her husband to jail. Cata said she would prefer to have him far away than in jail. Emilia offers her money. Cat says money doesn’t matter. She’ll never give him up. Emilia says fine, she’ll get old visiting her husband in jail.
Sebastian is worried about Catalina. She’s suffering over his imprisonment.
Luis questions Lalo about his injuries. He doesn’t believe it happened the way he says.
Adela throws Emilia out, but first Emilia gives Cat her address in case she changes her mind.
Antonionetta is insulted about how Carmelo treated her. Lup says he is like his son. She offers her help to free Seb, but he says never mind. Carmelo thanks Lupe for defending him.
Antonietta waits for Carmelo. She continues to insult him. He insists he’s a Mendoza. Just look at his hair and eyes. He’ll never stop being a bastard according to her.
Cat and Adela fight again. She wants her to divorce Seb, especially since he’s a murderer. She’s too romantic. Cat says she’s fed up. She loves Seb more than anything. BUT, she’s going to have her dreams come true.
Rico overhears the conversation and wants to know what she means. Adela can’t believe she convinced Cat to leave Seb. Gus comes home and says things are not going well for Seb. Panchito comes in. Gus is the only one welcoming him.
Antonieta stalks back to her house. Emilia called and left a message for her to call her.
Emilia goes to see Eduardo to tell him he must tell the truth. Meanwhile Sylvia and Patricia are discussing the situation. Pat thinks she’s got to tell the truth. Sylvia tells her that Lalo wants money to keep quiet.
Catalina goes to Seb. He tells her to he’ll be out soon. Eduwardo will realize he’s wrong. They’ll go on their honeymooon soon. She can’t stop crying. She’s thinking she’s going to have to give him up.
Panchito and Gus go to the jail. Panchito says Seb has always been a good boy, never in trouble. Gus says it’s because he threatened Lalo in front of so many people.
Emilia talks with Antonieta braggina bout her great plan. Ant tells her not to forget about her first born belonging to her.
Seb tells Panchito its his fault his Dad is sick. Everything is going badly. He thinks something is wrong with Cat.
Cat goes to see Emilia and agrees to give up Seb for his freedom. Emilia refuses to tell her how she’s going to do it.
Adela is looking over the society pages and spots an English lord for Catalina. Rico says he’s old and ugly and besides how are they going to afford to go to Europe?
Lupe decides to sneak out of the ranch and asks Ramiro to drive him to DF.
Catalina tells Alicia and Petra how Emilia is forcing her to give up Seb for his freedom. They can’t believe she’s such a low life.
Pat and Syliva come home. Pat says he can go to jail for lying. Seb can also sue him. He agrees to withdraw the charges.
Carmelo is practicing how he’s going to ask Don Lupe to recognize him.
Sebastian is finally set free when Lalo says he was confused. Cat hands Sebastian a letter and tells him not to read it until he gets back to the PH. She’s got to go. He thinks it’s a secret rendezvous she’s planned.
He gets back to the PH and discovers it’s a Dear John letter. He’s in shock. (and Emilia’s smirking—boy I’d love to smack her myself).

Telenovela-World: Summary #48 Author: Diana M. Date: 11-03-99 18:27 PST
Penthouse
Sebastian reads Catalina's letter and is in shock, he wants an explanation, he feels something is up. Everyone tells him to leave things alone, she will just hurt him more. Sebastian doesn't listen and suspects that Catalina is at Alicia's and goes in search of her. As he leaves Don Lupe feels bad.
Alicia's house
Catalina is balling, she loves Sebastian but she can't let him know this because of the agreement she has with Emilia. Alicia and Petra feel sorry for her because she is sacrifying alot. Emilia calles Catalina to tell her Sebastian is heading down there and to keep her word, otherwise Sebastian will go back to jail. Catalina agrees, and she decides to go to Eduardo's house to make her letter more believable.
Sylvia's home
Catalina arrives and tells Sylvia she needs to be there just for a little while until Sebastian gets there and then she will leave her and Eduardo alone forever. Catalina is balling and Sylvia feels sorry for her and doesn't understand what she is doing. She just tells her that she loves Sebastian but it's a complicated situation.
Alicia's house
Sebastian wants to see Catalina, Luis tells Seb she is not there and they open the door and he notices nobody is there, and Alicia tells him she is at Eduardo's house so Sebastian goes looking for Catalina at Eduardo's.
Emilia calles Antonietta letting her know that things are great she succeeded in seperating Cata and Sebastian. Antonietta is glad.
Sylvias house
Sebastian arrives and Catalina won't let him in but she makes sure he knows she is with Eduardo. Sebastian is devastated, he doesn't want to leave but Ramiro walks him out.
Penthouse
Ramiro and Sebastian arrive to the penthouse. Don Lupe tells Sebastian to give the penthouse to Adela and the family to not have ties with the family for once and for all. Sebastian objects, he will do what he thinks is right after he divorces Catalina. Meanwhile they have decided to return to the rancho, before that Sebastian breaks a mirror from the penthouse and then he takes off with Emilia, Don Lupe and Ramiro.
Mendoza home
Carmelo awakes to Sebastian lying in the bedroom couch. Sebastian tells him that he will not need to take his place anymore because he is divorcing Catalina. Carmelo is nagging to Marcario how it isn't fair and how Sebastain used him. Martina is disturbed with Ramiro because he hid things from her about taking her dad to the city. Don Lupe defends him. Don lupe tells Martina that they will finally divorce and separate forever even though it's painful, and he thinks Catalina is out of their lives forever.
Jessica offers her affection to Sebastian and tells Jessica how Catalina supported him when he was in jail and now it's different, he doesn't understand. Sebastian wishes he would of fell in love with a woman like Jessica.
Catalina spends the night at Alicias' and is miserable, Adela arrives at Adela's telling Catalina that the penthouse is theirs and she is happy. Catalina gives her a look of hate and sadness.
Carmelo wants to talk to Don Lupe and tells him he knows the truth, that he is his son. Don Lupe is like What?
TBC,

Telenovela-World: Summary #49 Author: Sylvia Date: 11-03-99 18:28 PST
Don Lupe does not want Carmelo to speak about his being his son. Don Lupe tells Carmelo that he is not his son. Carmelo begs him to accept him that the only thing he wants from don Lupe is being hugged accepted and loved. He does not want money. Don Lupe tells Carmelo that he would have never abandoned a child of his. Don Lupe leaves and Carmelo stays crying like a baby. Don Panchito and Petra see the whole scene.
At the cantina Sebastian is drinking with Ramiro. Sebastian is sad about what Catalina did to him. He is suffering. Ramiro tells him that he should stop drinking and stop making himself harm. Sebastian does not undestand why Catalina cheated on him and why did she say that she loved him.
At Mexico City Catalina is crying. She is sad about her loss of Sebastian. Adela is happy about the condo. Adela leaves and Catalina stays with Alicia. Alicia is wondering why Adela is only interested in the condo. Catalina tells her friend that she is going to look for a job. Catalina wonders how is she going to survive without Sebastian.
At the cantina Sebasitan is telling Ramiro that he knows that Catalina is a bad woman. Don Lupe joins them and tells them about Carmelo and he tells them that Carmelo is crazy and might tell Martina his stupid tale.
At the ranch Martina arrives where Carmelo is crying and he spits out his “truth” telling Martina that he is her brother, that he is a Mendoza.
Don Lupe, Ramiro and Sebastian leave the cantina and rush to the ranch. Before Sebastian leaves, Emilia reminds him of their date this night.
Sebastian leaves and Emilia finds Antonieta who is walking on the street. Emilia tells her that there is something going on at the ranch and Antonieta tells her what is the problem. They laught at Carmelo’s false idea of being don Lupe’s son.

At the ranch, don Panchito arrives and tries to calm Carmelo but he is crazy yelling at don Panchito. Carmelo tells them that he is leaving by his own will and that nobody can throw him out of the ranch because it belongs to him as a Mendoza.
Rufina and Josefa are plotting to go to look for Petra because she knows the truth about Carmelo and everybody needs to know if Carmelo is a Mendoza or he isn’t.
Alicia tells Catalina that she should look for a job selling beauty products. Catalina cannot stop herself from crying.
At the little house, Carmelo is destroying the furniture. He is crying. Macario arrives and congratulates him for having put the truth in the air. Macario tells Carmelo that he has the same rights as Sebastian and that he should take his share of the Mendoza’s fortune. Macario tells Carmelo that he should not allow them to steal whatever he has the right to have. Carmelo swears to kill whoever gets on his way.
At the gym, Eduardo is complaning with Sylvia of all the trouble that he has been having with the trial. Sylvia tells him that he should memorize his version. Sylvia finds that Ricardo is at the gym and Sylvia sends him to throw Ricardo out of the gym.
Catalina arrives at the condo. She got the job and she is going to sell beauty cremes. Her dad congratulates her and he tells her that he is sorry about her problems with Sebastian. Adela arrives and gets in shock because Catalina is going to sell beauty products. Adela is out of her mind, she cannot understand why her daughter is going to work in such low-class job. Luisa reminds her that she, herself, buys cremes to other sales reps, but she never pays whatever she buys. Adela shuts her up. Adela is crying about their disgrace.
Sebastian, don Lupe and Martina are together. Martina is speaking with don Lupe telling him that she understands that Carmelo is crazy. Don Lupe tries to dismiss the problem telling them that Carmelo is mistaken. Sebastian is mad about Carmelo’s stupid ways. He leaves to look for Carmelo.
Macario is telling Carmelo that he is leaving now but he should never forget that he is a Mendoza. Carmelo is crying and Sebastian arrives fuming. They begin quarreling and Sebastian punches Carmelo’s nose. Carmelo grabs a machete, but Sebastian hits him with a wooden stick. They are fighting and Rufina arrives and stops the quarrel. Carmelo tells him that he is not man enough to stop him, since he was not able to retain his own wife.
Catalina tells Adela that she is going to work with the beauty supplies, whether she likes it or not. After all, she could not study a career because Adela did not allow her to go to public school and that she is going to take care that her sister Luisa gets a better chance even at a public school. Catalina leaves and Gustavo tries to calm Adela, but she is outraged thinking that her daughter is going to work in such a low class job. She does not even want to think what her friends are going to think about this.
Luisa tells Catalina that she is going to help her with her friend’s mothers so she can sell a lot. But Catalina is crying for Sebastian and Luisa wants to know if she loves him so much, why did she leave him in the first place?
Petra and Alicia are talking about Catalina. They think that Catalina is going to do fine with the beauty supplies job. Petra is thinking that she is going to go back to the ranch because Sebastian has to know what Emilia did to Catalina. It is not fair. But Alicia is afraid that Sebastian might be in danger and get caught once again if Emilia gets to know that Petra spoke with Sebastian.
Catalina and Luisa arrive with Petra and Alicia. Catalina wants to practice her selling routine.
Emilia is speaking to don Lupe. Ramiro and Martina are with them. Don Lupe tells them that he understands that this entire problem is due to Carmelo’s loniless. Martina does not want this to affect don Lupe’s health. Martina and Ramiro leave and Sebastian arrives. He is injured. Sebastian is mad and don Lupe still is trying to explain to Sebastian that this is not Carmelo’s fault. Don Lupe leaves and Emilia tells him that it is understandable what don Lupe is doing because is the same thing that Sebastian did when he trusted in Catalina even though everybody were telling him that she was lying. Antonieta arrives and sees them together and thinks that, thanks to Emilia, her own mischevious plans are going to work so well.
Don Lupe is speaking with Panchito telling him that he should speak with Carmelo and make him understand that he is mistaken and if Carmelo accepts his mistake, he is willing to forget the whole incident. Antonieta arrives and don Panchito leaves. She tells don Lupe that the problem is not that Carmelo thinks that he is don Lupe’s son. No, the real problem is that either Martina or Sebastian might turn out not to be his own child.
Don Lupe tells Sebastian and Emilia that he is going to look for Carmelo and speak to him once and for all. Don Panchito tells Sebastian not to worry that he is going to take care of don Lupe so Carmelo does not makes harm to him. Don Lupe leaves and Emilia kisses Sebastian and reminds him of their date tonight. Emilia leaves. Rufina tells Sebastian that he hates Emilia. Sebastian tells her that he is concerned about Carmelo. Rufina sends him to take a shower.
Josefa arrives and tells Rufina that she just found out that Petra is at Mexico City with Gustavo and Adela. They are goint to look for Petra because she has to tell them who Carmelo’s dad really is. Josefa tells Rufina that she should find out where Gustavo and Adela’s house is located.
At the condo, Ricardo is outraged that Catalina is going to sell beauty products. Adela got a headache and she is going to take a nap because this night she has a reunion with Kikis. Ricardo reminds her that Kikis should never know -Gof forbid- that Catalina is selling beauty products. Adela leaves and Gustavo tells Ricardo that he should, himself, look for a job and stop medling in his sister’s business. Me, a job? What, do you want me to go door to door selling encyclopiedias?
Catalina is doing her sales routine with Alicia, Luisa and Petra. She is almost ready. Luisa tells Catalina that Kikis should be her first costumer. Catalina agrees and goes to phone Kikis to make an appointment.
Catalina spoke with Kikis and she invited her to a party that she is going to have with all her lady friends, where Catalina could sell plenty of her products.
Antonieta is telling Josefa that in a year or so she is going to bring a newborn to live with them and that Josefa should tell them that it is a friend of Josefa’s baby. Josefa does not understand why Antonieta is going to bring a newborn if she did not keep her own child. She is going to help Antonieta, though.
Catalina is applying in her own face the beauty products so she can convince others that her products are good enough to buy them. The telephone rings and it is Sebastian’s lawyer to arrange a meeting for divorce.
Sebastian is speaking with Rufina telling her that he cannot forget Catalina. Rufina tells him that it is going to take some time. Don Lupe arrives and tells Sebastian that he could not find Carmelo anywhere.
Carmelo is at the church speaking with the priest. He tells him that he is sure that he is don Lupe’s son. And God is going to make justice with him and everybody is going to know that he was right all the way along.
Emilia arrives at Antonieta’s house. Antonieta tells her to rush things and make the baby that she promised to give to her. Emilia tells Antonieta that there is no baby for her because she has never helped Emilia to gain Sebastian. Antonieta threathens Emilia and tells her not to mess with her because, as an enemy, Antonieta is dangerous. Emilia tells Antonieta that she will never give her any of their children because she wants to be happy with Sebastian. Antonieta tells her that she could speak about Catalina’s sacrifice and if she does that, Emilia will be history.

Telenovela-World: Summary #50 Author: Ixchel Date: 11-03-99 18:29 PST
Sorry guys, but I forgot to record the novela as I was watching it so this is from memory & not necessarily in order of events:
Emilia tells Antonietta that she hates her because she will have to give her first born to her. She tells Ant that she will have to wait till she marries Seb because she will not have a child out of wedlock. Ant tells her that she shouldn't think that way, that she doesn't have to wait till marriage, that she can use her "woman skills" to seduce him & get pregnant as soon as possible so that she can force Seb into marriage if he wouldn't want to marry her, Emi goes to church to pray, she cries because she does not want to have to give her first child away.
The priest tries to convince Carmelo to not be such a jerk and keep insisting that he is Lupe's son; he storms out of there. Later he meets with Macario who tells him to demand what rightfully belongs to him. After much convincing Carmelo agrees to swallow his anger for now to everybody & to pretend he is fine, but he will start plotting his revenge to take EVERYTHING away from Sebastian & Martina,
Seb tries to convince his dad that Carmelo's intentions aren't good & that he shouldn't trust him, but Lupe tells him he knows Carmelo & he isn't capable of doing anything wrong or bad. Seb visits Carm to tell him to leave the ranch of his free will if he really cares for Lupe, Lupe later visits Carm & tells him he loves him like a son; Carm apologizes for all the stupid things he said & tells Lupe that Seb threw him off the ranch; Lupe tells him to stay & that he will talk to Seb. Lupe tells Carm that he will help him by trying to find out who his real father is; he leaves & Carm is angry that Lupe doesn't want to recognize him as a son.
Meanwhil in el DF, Cat is very sad about losing Seb & goes to talk to Alicia. Petra overhears their conversation & realizes that Cat is really in love with Seb & beleives that it is very unjust that Emilia did this to them. Petra tells Alicia she will go to the ranch to tell Seb the truth of Cat's love for him & her sacrifice, Adela goes to a evening gathering of her "high class" friends at Kiki's house. Adela tells all the women about how Cat is divorcing that poor ranch guy but will be marrying the rich man's son who is very interested in her, A few minutes later Kiki goes outside to let Cat in to sell her cosmetics. Kiki walks into the room & announces that she everybody must welcome the daughter of a friend she is helping who will show them some cosmetics. Adela comments that she can't believe she has a friend whose daughter goes door to door selling things like that. Her jaw drops as Kiki announces Cat & Cat walks in! The look on Adela's face is priceless!! hahahahah!!
Alicia decides to go with Petra to the ranch to tell Seb about Cat's sacrifice; Gus is worried about Cat so he visits Alicia to ask if she knows what's going on. Petra tells him that they will be going to the ranch to help Cat & Seb get back together, Gus goes back home happy; Cat arrives & tells him she sold tons of things. Adela walks in furious & asks Cat how she was able to do that to her & leave her rediculed in front of her friends. Cat tells her to let her be & leaves.
Emilia goes to see Seb & takes him to eat quesadillas. She tells him that she loves him & will help him get rid of Cat's spell,
Rufina gets Cat's address from Ramiro so that she can give it to Josefa who wants to go look for Petra.
Also, Cat gets a call from Seb's divorce lawyer that the proceedings will start. She gets very sad.
Also, Patricia tells Lalo & Silvia that he should go to the delegacion to finally close the case, but Lalo doesn't want to go.
Morning comes & Petra & Alicia & Luis arrive near the ranch. Alicia spots Seb & tells him he came to tell her good news about Cat's love for him, I think I got most of it; if I didn't everybody is welcomed to fill in the blanks!

Telenovela-World: Summary #51 Author: Gloria C. Date: 11-03-99 18:30 PST
Alicia tells Sebas that it was al a trick from Emilia ,Sebas refuses to listen, at that moment Emilia arrives and asks what are they doing there, tells Sebas not to listen to a word they say, Sebas tells them to go and Emilia pulls him away, he tells Alicia he doesn’t want to know anything that has to do with Catalina.
Lalo is at the gym trying to fix a machine, he gets dizzy, Sylvia arrives and tells him he shouldn’t be there,she will stay with him. He accuses of wanting to control him.
Sebas tells Emilia that Petra is in the new plan Cata has along with Alicia and Luis.Emilia tells him whatever he does don’t listen to them.
Lupe tells Carmelo to stop worrying about who his parents were, is not worth it. He will talk to Sebastian so that he can forgive him, when Lupe leaves Carmelo says he will take what is his by force.
Ramiro tells Sebastian that he will tell Alicia and Luis to go Sebas agree, Emilia says they should disappear 4 ever. Sebas asks Emilia to leave and tells her he will never love her, she says she will wait for him forever.
Lupe takes Carmelo’s side and tells Sebastian to forgive him and that he will not leave the ranch. Sebas argues but Lupe says he is sorry and he should forgive him too.
Ramairo tells Alicia and Luis to go away. They tell him Emilia’s plan and he says he will talk to Sebas.
Sebastian tells Lupe that if he forgave Carmelo thetas fine, he hasn’t and doesn’t trust him, the least he should do is watch out from him.
Lupe asks Rufina what does she know about Carmelo’s parents, she says nothing. He tells her he wants to know what happened to Antonieta’s baby. She claims not to know anything. He says that no way that baby was his. Rufina says that she knows nothing about what happened to Antonieta’s baby. Lupe asks; what if Carmelo is Antonieta’s son. Carmelo’s mom name was Flora and when she died Petra took care of him.
Macario tells Carmelo that he has to be patient, Carmelo says that he hates Sebastian and will take everything he owns. Sebas arrives at the cantina , Carmelo confronts him and hits him, Sebas refuses to fight. When Sebas leaves Carmelo tells Macario that he will hurt Sebas where it hurts the most, with Catalina.
Carmelo goes to tell Lupe he had another encounter with Sebas and that until things calm down he will go to the city. Lupe praises him for being so understanding.
Ramiro tries to tell Sebas about how Emilia fooled Catalina into leaving him, he refuses to listen. Martina asks Ramiro what happened and he tells him that Sebas needs to talk to Alicia himself.
Josefa arrives at at the Negrete’s house disguissed and asks them for work, they say they can’t pay her. She wil work for food and shelter.
Senbas is remembering Cata’s word, Ramiro and Martina convince him to talk to Alicia.
Gustavo recognizes Josefa but she denies it. Alicia tells Sebastian that Emilia convinced Catalina to leave him in order to get him out of jail. Sebas is happy that Cata sacrificed for him .
tomorrow: Carmelo arrives at the penthouse, somebody brings Serenata to Cata.

Telenovela-World: Summary #52 Author: Anna Rosa Date: 11-03-99 18:31 PST
**Sorry everyone but my power went out last night at 7:30PM so I have the first half of the show summary here and a brief description of the second half my aunt gave me. ***
Finally Sebastian listens to Alicia and Luis. Petra vouches that it's the truth. Sebastian is ecstatic but he wants to hear the truth from Emilia about what she's done. He won't let her know that HE knows.
Emilia and Antonieta are plotting how to win Seb over. Ant says she's got to get pregnant. If he's principled, he'll marry her.
Lupe asks Panchito who Carmelo's father was. He'd like to resolve the matter so that Carmelo can calm down. Ruffina says he's Flora's son, but how about Antonieta? He thinks she could be the real mother.
Carmelo goes to DF with Macario and they check into a very fancy hotel. He says he might as well get used to the finer things since he will soon inherit all the Mendoza money. Lupe will pay for not acknowledging him. Now he's going to get Catalina, her family will back him.
Catalina is helping Nicolasa clear the table over Adela's protestations. Rico retires for a nap and Adela invites Gus to "nap" also. Gus says she's a little witch but he lovers her. Nicolasa asks him about Petra. She says she's her cousin. He tells her that she went back to her village but will be returning shortly.
Ruffina questions Petra about her trip to DF. She claims she had to get some tests done. Ruffi says they were worried about her and that all heck broke lose when Carmelo told Lupe he was his son. Now Lupe's trying to find out who his real parents are. Ruffi asks if it isn't Antonieta. Petra says no, but Ruffi says she doesn't believe her.
Sebastian sees Petra and asks her to come with him to see his father and tell him the whole story. She goes with him and tells Lupe the truth. Lupe says he doesn't want to see Seb fooled again, but Petra says why would she lie? It's true she heard the whole thing. Lupe tells Seb to take it slow. Seb says he first wants to make emilia confess she made Lalo confess.
Petra tells Alicia she's staying in the village for a few days and to take care of the letter she gave her. Lots of people would like to have it. After she leaves Alicia confieds to Luis that the letter is mystery--from SEbastian's mother to Don Lupe.
Lupe tells Panchito he can't decide if Cat is lying again. Panchita says he believes Cat loves him. He's got to let him find his love. They discuss Carmelo again and it's going to be hard to find his father since his mother is dead. Maybe it's in Matilde's letter. Maybe it's better off that those secrets reamain hidden.
Carmelo is going to see Catalina and cleaned up and is wearing a suit, sans hat. Macario says he should get Lupe to include him in the will without knowing it. Maybe he should be trying to get the hacienda away from Seb, that would hurt him more than Cat. Carmelo says he'll have both, the money and Catalina.
Seb goes to see Emilia. He says he needs her. Will she go with him to DF? She says yes. She's ecstatic because up until now she's always been the one to seek him out. Antonieta says to make the most of the opportunity. It's a perfect time to become more involved.
Sebastian's very happy preparing to leave. He's going to prove she loves him. He knew there was something strange about the letter. He feels bad having to trap Emilia but she deserves it. Lupe says he's hard headed but he wishes him happiness.
Carmelo goes to Catalinas. Adela says he looks nice in a suit. Is ther any news about Seb and the PH? No, he's not a man of his word so don't count on it.Catalina comes in and Adela leaves them alone. He declares his love for her and asks her to marry him. She says absolutely not. He tries to grab her and kiss her by force.
********* This is the part where my power went out but I'll tell you what my aunt said****
Catalina throws out Carmelo.
Sebastian takes Emilia into the city and she's sickened when she sees he's pulled up to Eduardo and Sylvia's apartment. She doesn't want to go in but he forces her. When they get there Seb confronts Sylvia and Eduardo about the truth. Did Emilia have something to do with Cat breaking up with him? They tell him it's true, Emilia was blackmailing Cat. She really does love him. Seb says he never wants to see Emilia again.
Emilia and Carmelo decide to join forces to break up Cat and Seb.
That night there's a serenade outside the penthouse. The family is wondering who it could be. Adela and Rico are sure it's Carmelo. Cat gets a pitcher of cold water, opens the door throws it and soaks Sebastian. She runs into his arms and they embrace.

Telenovela-World: summary from Lulu Author: Isabella Date: 08-28-03 10:34 PDT
Resumen hasta el final. Espero que disfrutes.
by lulu
Catalina throws Carmelo out. His recriminations ring in her ears. Boy!! Everyone must think she’s just after money, no wonder Sebastian feels the way he does.
Sebastian is meeting with a flaky lawyer who prefers to meet in a diner because there are bad vibes at the office from the other cases he’s had. Sebastian tells him what happened and says he wants to challenge the will.
Carmelo tells Macario he’s miffed. Catalina’s not going along as he’d planned, she hit him and threw him out.
Sebastian returns home and Adela greets him with the news that Carmelo has asked Catalina to marry him.
Catalina tells Alicia she’s never going to foget Sebastian, he’s the only man for her. Alicia tells her that now that he’s poor, he should believe her when she says she loves him. Sounds like a plan.
Emilia arrives at Carmelo’s. He’s understandably nervous with Lupe in the other room. She spots Lupe’s hat but Carmelo says he’s just keeping it for the memories. Emilia says he’s not man enough to fill Lupe’s shoes. He tells her he’s marrying Catalina. She tells him that she’s not going to marry a capataz, even if he has money.
Lalo returns to the apartment to pick up a few things. He’s definitely decided to divorce her. She won’t let him take anything. Later Patricia comes over and reminds Silvia that Lalo won’t get the gym if they divorce, she could use it as leverage.
Catalina anxiously opens her apartment door and warmly greets Sebastian. He, of course, accuses her of marrying Carmelo for the money and when she denies it, he calls her a liar. She storms out. Ramiro comes in shortly thereafter. He tells Sebastian he shouldn’t get himself so overwrought. Sebastian says she could marry any man she wanted—why Carmelo? He took away his family, his father, the ranch he loved so much and now Catalina. He’s still in love with her. Catalina overhears this admission and rushes into the room. He says he could never believe her blah,blah,blah. They fight. Later she makes dinner and says if he wants some he can serve himself.
Adela goes to visit Carmelo just as he was giving Macario money to buy some new duds. He’s stuck babysitting Lupe again as Adela and he go out to dinner. He acts like the coarse individual he is and Adela offers to give him a few lessons in manners so he can win Catalina over.
Emilia arrives at the apartment and insults Catalina. She asks for a glass of water and Cat gladly gives it to her—right in the face!
Silvia goes to see Lalo and offers him the Gym back. He says they should each go their own way. She begs him, but he says she shouldn’t humiliate herself. As she leaves, Ricardo is outside waiting to pick up the pieces. He tries to compliment her. He massages her forhead. He says he can make Lalo jealous.
Adela asks Carmelo if he’s willing to do anything to get Catalina. He says yes. She says then he must be willing to give up the ranch to Sebastian, after all it’s just a small part of his fortune. That way he would get Seb out of the way.
Luisa hears music coming from her room and tells Catalina it’s her cd that Martina is playing. She rushing in to claim she’s got no right to touch her property. They get into a fight and Seb breaks them up. At that point Cat gets involved and insults are traded all around. Martina says it’s her CD because Ramiro bought it for her. Cat asks Luisa to see if she’s got hers and she does. They both apologize, then Martina and Seb apologize as well for getting carried away. Then miraculously Martina and Luisa act like 14 year olds and start squealing over this musical group “Boom”. Seb says he’ll take Martina and Luisa too. Cat says no, she won’t go with him but tells her sister she’ll buy the ticket.
Antonieta goes to see Chucho to tell him about her suspicions. He doesn’t want to hear her out. He says she’s just a bitter old woman who doesn’t even have someone to leave her estate to.
Jessica shows up. Martina tells Seb and Jess that Ramiro is really jealous about her crush on the Boom group. Ramiro storms in. Then Catalina. She see Jessica and Seb introduces her as his fiance.
To be continued………tomorrow Lupe remembers Sebastian is his son. Sebastian toasts his upcoming wedding.11-30
I just accidently deleted my summary instead of saving it, so I'm going do this one by memory so the order of events might be out of sequence,
-Martina & Ramiro interupt the make out session between C&S. Cat asks Seb if they can talk for a bit. M&R go to buy the Boom tickets.
-Carmelo is worried now that Lupe is regaining bits of his memory. Mac asks if he is going to keep him drugged every day; Carm says no.
-Ant & Jos show up at her apt in the city to wake Emilia up; they go to Carmelo's to see if he's hiding Lupe ther, Carm doesn't want to let them in, he acts suspicious, but after a few minutes of fighting, Antonietta manages to open the bedroom door.
-Cat tells Seb she is very sorry for everything that happened, but he has to realize it can't be all her fault & she's not guilty of Lupe's death. Seb won't accept responsibility for his action so he tells her she is responsible because all the fights with his dad started after she came into his life. He tells her he will miss the ranch & wants it back for Martina.
-Macario arrives at his house with Don Lupe.
-Mart & Ram stand in line to buy the Boom tickets; Mar gets hungry & as she goes to buy some tacos, runs into 2 boom boys. She screams & all these girls start running over.
-Ant & Emi see the empty bedroom & Carm tells them they're nuts, that he's not hiding anything & throws them out. The ladies are still suspicious.
-Cat tell Seb she will try to get the ranch back & will ask Carm to give it back to Martina.
-The boom boys comment how pretty Martina is.
-Adela walks into Cat & Seb's conversation & doesn't want to leave.
-Ric & Sylvia agree on a plan to make Lalo jealous; Ric will pretend to be her lover & she will threaten Lalo with giving the gym to Ric.
-Lalo tells Luis he will go see Catalina to tell her he is through with Sylvia.
-Lalo goes to the penthouse; bad timing of course. Seb tells Lalo not to bother with Cat anymore because between her 3 suitors (Seb, Lalo, & Carm), she will chose Carmelo since he is the richest now. Lalo tells Seb to respect Cat, they start fighting as Jesica arrives & kisses Seb. She takes Seb out. Cat tell Lalo she will never be with him & tells him to leave.
-Adela goes to visit Carmelo; Ant & Emilia are still there arguing. They all argue & start calling each other names till Carm tells them all that he will buy Cat if he has to. E& A leave, Adela stays.
-Cat goes to see her dad & tells him about her converstaion with Seb. They talk for a while, then he leaves with Petra.
-Mar tells Luisa she saw the Boom boys; they both start screaming.
-Seb goes to see the lawyer; he tells Seb that he is close to reaching an agreement with Carm. He also comments that he saw "Panchito" (Don Lupe) visiting him. Seb & Ram look at each other funny because they can't believe Panchito would take Carm's side.
-Seb tells Ramiro he can't beleive Panchito would turn on them so he asks Ram to call his mom & ask if panchito is in town. Ram calls his mom. Seb isn't satisfied with that so he sends Ram to personally check it out himself in the pueblo.
-Panchito's at the bar telling the bartender how Carm has let so many employees go & now the lands are going bad because of the lack of care. The messenger boy arrives & sees Panchito is there. (actually i can't remember if he saw him or of the bartender told him Panchito was just there.)
-Cat goes to see Carmelo to plead about the ranch for Martina. He tells her he'll give it back if she marries him. She says no, that she doesn't love him. He says she will learn to love him. If she says no, no ranch for Martina. Cat accepts. 12-6
Sebastian, Martina, Luisa and Catalina sit down to watch a TV show. Cat can’t stop staring at Seb, while the girls are giggling and screaming over “Boom”.
Emilia taunts Antonieta about the son she’s supposed to have. She admits it but threatens Emilia on spreading the rumor about Macario if she says anything. Emilia doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t want to leave Sebastian with Jessica who’ll take over. Antonieta says she’s looking in the wrong place—Seb still loves Catalina. Emilia wants Josefa to tell her who the father of Ant child is, but she refuses.
Ramiro confides to Father Demetrio that he’s very suspicious about Carmelo. He thinks he’s hiding something.

Carmelo goes to see Macario. He’s worried because Ramiro and Panchito said a body was found. They suspect the truth. He’s going to have to choose between Lupe and the money. If he chooses to keep Lupe alive, he’ll go to jail for kidnapping him.
Jessica arrives at the apartment and wants to go out with Seb. He’d rather stay home so she sits next to him on the couch rubbing his hand. Cat can’t take anymore and she goes to her room in tears. She wonders why things had to work out this way.
Jessica warns Seb not to fall for Catalina again. He says he wants to be alone. Since he doesn’t have money now, if Cat came back to him it wouldn’t be for the money. She assures him she’s going to marry Carmelo.
Luisa comes in on Cat crying. She says it’s too late for their love. Martina overhears what they’re saying. Seb is staring at their wedding picutre. Martina comes in. She’s sure Cat loves him.
Ramiro wants to know from Carmelo what happened just before Lupe died. Carmelo wants to know if he’s accusing him. Meanwhile Don Lupe wakes up thinking about Seb and Martina.Macario injects him. Emilia comes over insinuating there’s something going on between him and Carmelo. She wants to go inside but he says it’s a mess.
Ricardo answer’s Silivia’s door in his boxers to greet Patricia. Silvia serves him coffee. Patricia wants to know what happened with Eduardo. Did she forget him already? She tells her that she ran into Emilia who said Rico is not only after her but Martina. Ricardo denies this and fights with Pat.
Sebastian looks sad and depressed. Martina asks him if he thought over what they said yesterday. She reminds him it could be a trick of hers but why would Luisa cooperate.
Gus is worried about Catalina. He doesn’t like the way she looks. She says she went to see Carmelo. She says it was nothing important. Gus has to leave for work and to see an apt but will return to speak with her.
Martina(maybe Luisa) decides to go buy her ticket to Boom but discovers her money is missing. At first she blames Martina (this is not clear) but Catalina figures out that her mother probably gave the money to Rico. They question Adela who finally admits she did it. After all the payback would be that Rico would win over Siliva. A much more important issue for them than Boom. Catalina is infuriated.
Emilia tells Macario she can’t be seen with him because he’s just a poor peon. He says he’s got lots of money. She tells him that Antonieta is threatening her with telling about their relationship. He says he could kill her. Emilia says why doesn’t he kill Catalina for her. He says he’s not stupid. Then he wouldn’t have her would he?
Sebastian comes home and wants to talk with Catalina. About what? Their future together? She says they don’t have one. Jessica drops over. Cat says “see, stay with Jessica. If she’s not your’s now she soon will be” and leaves.
Martina asks Seb if he still loves Cat. Of course he does but after everything that’s been said and done….She says he can still find his happiness. He can forgive her and since he doesn’t have any money he can be sure she isn’t doing for the money. Martina tells him Jessica is in love with him. He denies this, they’re just friends.
Jessica tells her friend she’s dying to tell Seb how she feels.
Creo que hoy va más o menos por aquí. 6-25-03
Alvaro and Chucho talk about Carmelo. Ramiro arrives and questions Alvaro about the man he saw in Carmelo’s living room. Please describe him. It may be Don Lupe.
Luisa goes to see Alicia to see if she can help her with the money. She realizes that Alicia is broke. Alicia tells her not to say anything to Cat since she feels guilty about the robbery. Cat arrives and tells Alicia about Adela taking the money.
Seb wants to talk with Jessica. He tells her he’s going to try to reconcile with Catalina.
Tomorrow: Lupe’s condition worsens. Sebastian finds out, through Jessica that Cat is marrying Carmelo 12-7
Carmelo tells Lupe that Sebastian and Martina died in a car accident on their way back from Mexico City.
Gustavo tries to stop the wedding but Sebastian says there is no use let it happen. after a long argument, Gustavo and Carmelo walk out of the room and talk, Carmelo tells Gustavo that he sees that he already knows why Cata is marring him, and that if he tries to stop the wedding, Cata will suffer the consequences, he may turn into an abusive husband. Cata tells Gustavo the wedding must go on is for the best.
Patricia comes to visit Sylvia, who is now wearing a long hair reddish wig, she tells her that she is leaving for England and wanted to say good bye and part friends with her.
After the wedding ceremony is over, Carmelo kisses Catalina. Sebastian asks for the hacienda’s paper but Carmelo insists that he and Martina stay for the toast for their happiness.
Chucho tells Ramiro to show Alvaro Lupe ‘s picture to make sure it was Lupe in Carmelo’s apartment.
Lupe is walking around in Carmelo’s apartment, the nurse sees him and treats him really bad and tells him he is not going anywhere without her.
At the PH, Alicia tells Jessica and Emilia off about bugging Catalina.
Sebastian asks for the ranch’s papers again and Carmelo says not until they cut the cake. When him and Cata are going to cut the cake, Cata pulls her hand and breaks the ornament on top of the cake, Sebastian tells them what a shame the ornament broke, maybe it means their marriage will break too.
Petra confesses to Josefa & Rufi and, the priest that she didn’t switch the babies.
Josefa tells Antonieta Petra didn’t switch the babies.
Finally Carmelo will give the ranch papers to Sebas, but he says he would rather have Cata do it, Cata hands over the papers to Sebas saying I give you these papers with all my love…. He interrupts her and says to give them to Martina.
Antonieta can’t believe Petra didn’t switch babies. The priest arrives and asks Antonieta if she is the one that told Lupe that Petra switched babies so he would change his will. She says no.
Jessica decided that her and Sebas are going to Quatesquitengo to the hotel Chucho owns there.
Carmelo arrives at the penthouse. Lupe demands to see Martina and Sebas, Carmelo says he will not see them they are dead, and now he is in control and will do whatever he says. Lupe says he want to go.
Carmelo yells at him that he never wanted to recognize him as his son, Lupe says because he isn’t. Carmelo tells him about the baby switch.
The nurse tells Carmelo that if he wants her quiet he has to pay.
Macario and Emilia are in bed. Macario tells Emilia he will have a lot of money soon, she tells him she knows why, he is keeping a secret for Carmelo about Don Lupe.
Carmelo is back at the PH, he tells them he is ready for the honeymoon, Adela is all excited about the cruise but Carmelo tells her that there has been a change of plans, they are going to Quatenquitengo.
Cata is getting ready for bed and Carmelo says they will sleep on the same bed. She says she will get the pajamas she got for her honeymoon.
At Chucho’s house, Sebastian and Jessica are getting ready to go to Quitenquitengo. Jessica kisses Sebas and he corresponds.
Carmelo comes into the bedroom and Cata is all covered up. She tells him he will never touch her, she will only be Sebas for ever, he says that although he promised not to touch her he may not keep that promise.
At that she jumps out of bed saying ”I had the feeling you may try that” so from now on I will sleep like this every night, no sexy nightgowns for you” and she is wearing a one piece neck to toe PJ and cream all over her face LOL,
to be continued, Carmelo tells Catalina to remove the pajamas, she looks ridiculous. She can’t play with him like this. He married a refined woman and he’ll fight till she’s succumbed to his charms (!). Adela tells Cat she’s crazy to go around like that. Luisa hates to see Cat so depressed. Catalina realizes that Carmelo’s not going along with their agreement. He’ll have to kill her before she sleeps with him. Luisa says she’ll invite Boom to come with them to cheer Cat up.
Sebastian apologies to Jessica for leading her on. He won’t take advantage of her like that again. He says he’ll never love anyone other than Catalina.
Emilia is in bed with Macario and wants him to stay over but he says he can’t. She tries to find out if Lupe is still alive, but he won’t answer her. She knows something’s up. She’s going to find out and Sebastian will be grateful to her for the information.
Lupe gets up but the nurse catches him. She tells him they’ve hired two guards to keep him in his room. Lupe can’t believe Carmelo would do this to him. Macario comes home but refuses to tell him anything. Lupe offers to pay him handsomely, but Macario tells him Carmelo has all his money now.
Ramiro comes over to say goodbye. Seb wants him to come along with them, but he says no, he’s got something to do for him. Chucho stops him before he spills the beans. He warns Ramiro not to say anything to Seb before they know whether the man was Lupe.
Macario is complaining to Carmelo about Lupe. He says he’s coming back early from his honeymoon. He’s decided not to go on the cruise after all. He’s going where Sebastian is. Sebastian can’t stop thinking about Catalina.
Adela is nagging Carmelo about the cruise but he hands her a check to buy some clothes and tells her to pick out a house for them all to live in in Las Lomas. That shuts her up and makes her happy. Gus walks in and is depressed over the state of affairs. Cat tells her father she loves him. He’s the best father in the world.
Sebastian is still angry. He was thinking they might reconcile and she marries Carmelo!! How long will it take for him to forget? An eternity?
In town everyone will laugh at him because Carmelo tooks his woman. Jess says on the contrary, everyone will laugh at Carmelo and Catalina,
Adela is talking up Luisa to Alberto from Boom. He tells Luisa he only likes her as a friend. She says she feels the same way. She’s too young.
Eduardo is fuming over Catalina marrying Carmelo. Alicia and Luis tell him it’s no use to worry about Cat. She’s in love with Seb. He should try to do something about Sylvia before she does something foolish with Rico.
Jessica leaves the resort. Carmelo pulls up. Cat berates Carmelo for coming there when he knew Seb would be there. Seb says they’re just rubbing his face in it. He claims it doesn’t bother him. Carmelo says he can’t stand to see them together. Seb says to prove it, he’ll stay.
Adela is showing off her purchases to Gus. He doesn’t want to know anything about them. He refuses any gift purchased with Carmelo’s money.
Catalina is telling Carmelo off. She says she loves Seb and nothing will change that. Carmelo says she’s still got to act like she’s in love with him in front of everyone. Frankie of Boom is overhearing the conversation.
Antonieta has the doctor in to see Josefa. She refuses to go to a cardiac clinic. Ant says she’ can’t tell anyone that Petra never switched babies. She prefers Carmelo have the money. She hates Carmelo, she knows he’s not her real son. Petra said he lived in another city. Josefa asks what if Petra lied and Seb is her real son?
Ramiro asks Petra to swear that she never switche the babies and she does.
Luisa and Martina argue. Boom breaks them up. They take the girls for a ride on a boat.
Kiki’s comes to visit Adela. She’s surprised she’s not on the cruise like she claimed. Adela tells her that Boom went with Luisa and Cat on the honeymoon. Kiki’s doesn’t believe that she knows Boom.
Catalina and Carmleo go to their room. She says she’s going to stay with Luisa. He says it’s okay as long as no one sees her going in.
Lupe meets the new bodyguards. He says they’re crazy if they think they are going to keep him shut away. He goes to the phone but the nurse stops him. Emilia comes over and notices the bodyguards outside. Why are they there? Macario tries to say they’re protecting Carmelo’s money. Emilia doesn’t fall for it.
Martina, Luisa and Sebastian get into an argument. He says Cat is a goldigger. She says Cat is good.
Ramiro goes to see Chucho with the picture. Jessica arrives and her grandfather asks her to leave. He doesn’t trust her.
Cat is sitting out on the patio and orders mineral water. Seb comes over and says to change the order to champagne. She starts to tell him why she married Carmelo but he comes along and stops her.
Ramiro confirms that it was Lupe who was at Carmelo’s.
A new character appeared, he is the youngest son of the peones that worked at Antonieta’s ranch and who supposedly have her son. Petra confesses this to Ant. And that she never switched babies.
Antonieta goes to the peones house and tells them that the guy (forgot his name) has to go work at her ranch as a capataz, they have treated him better than their own kids, I got the impression that perhaps so they could get some cash when the truth is discovered. Actually since there was no baby switch he is their real son. The other baby was Flora’s and is Carmelo.
Sebastian and Catalina meet up in church and the priest asks Cata to tell Sebas the truth, but, he doesn’t want to hear it, he just begs Cata for her and Carmelo to leave town. Carmelo refuses but Cata threatens to become Sebas lover if they don’t so he agrees to go.
Emilia tries to get Jessica jealous by asking Sebas for a friendly kiss after he tells her he will never fall in love with her but Jessica has a chance with him. When he is about to kiss her on the cheek she grabs him and kisses him on the mouth!
Lupe demands that Carmelo let him go Carmelo says he never will, and asks him why he doesn’t love him and why he doesn’t acknowledge he is his son.
Emilia tells Cata that Carmelo may have to return the entire inheritance. Cata confronts Carmelo as to why Emilia said that, he responds because she is jealous and envious.
Carmelo tells Macario that Emilia suspects Lupe is alive. Macario says that maybe she was just bluffing to see what she could find out. Carmelo agrees and says that if she knows and says something she will be sorry!!!.
Cata informs Adela about Carmelo loosing the inheritance and Adela nearly has a heart attack, when Carmelo arrives and the whole family confronts him…. That’s all I remember.
Adela, Cat & luisa asks Carm if there's a problem with his inheritance - Carm tells them that he is the sole heir & that there are no problems with the will, & to not pay attention wo what Emilia says. Adela is thrilled. She shows him the house in Las Lomas she is interested in, he says they have to wait.
Antonio tells Seb & Mar that he is the new capataz. They show him how to het to Antonietta's house, & Seb warns him about the señorita.
Antonietta tells Josefa to not talk too much to Antonio. He shows up & tells her his room in this house. He doesn't agree; & he tells her he will stay in the capataz house. He tells her that he's heard strange things about this ranch since he was small & will try to find out what they were.
At the bar many guys are gossipping about Antonietta having an affair with Antonio; that that's why she let Pascual leave, Petra & Rufi listen to the gossip & realize it's Antonio & that Antonietta thinks that he's her son.
Carm wants Cat to go with her to buy a car. Cat doesn't want one. I'll give you a chofer! Cat doesn't care, but goes with Carm. Carm gives Adela $$ to go shopping, Luisa asks Cat how long she will put up with Carm if she already is sick of him, Carm calls Macario, Mac is mad, Carm tells him he has a surprise for him.
Jesica overhears don Chucho, Seb, & Mar talk about Lupe maybe being alive. Seb fills her in on their plans to go to DF, she volunteers her services as a lawyer.
Luisa tells Cat she has to go get some newspaper from the room upstairs. They explain to Carm that it's a maid's room with access on the roof that is very isolated & hasn't been used in a long time. Carm's light bulb shines as he confirms that it's an isolated room that will make a perfect hiding place for Lupe.
Panchito meets Antonio; realizes he's Margarito's son. They become friends & Antonio tells him he's Antonietta's capataz.
Josefa asks Antonietta if she is proud of Antonio - Antonietta accepts that he is distinguished, but she's not proud, that he is just a capataz & that she has no special interest in him.
Kikis tells the other women that one of her friend's daughters couldn't get tickets to the Boom concert. Adela reminds her that Luisa is frineds with the boom kids; Kikis asks her what happened with the benefit concert she volunteered to give. Adela says she will get Boom to help them out & she leaves to go see her house in Las Lomas. The woman are sure Adela is just lying like always.
The boom kids are back in DF. One of them decides to call Luisa to ask her about Martina (I don't know their names.)
Seb, Ramiro, Mar, & Jes stand behind some trees to stakeout the apartment building. Carm arrives in the new sports car for Macario. He goes to get Mac, Cat wats to go with him, but Carm tells her to stay to watch the car. , Seb tells the others that it was weird how Carm didn't want to let Cat go upstairs with him. , Lupe is looking at a picture of Seb & Martina in his room. Carm tells Mac he is home. The nurse tells Lupe to lay down. Mac is mad at Carm, so Carm tells him about his surprise - Mac is thrilled the car is for him.
Emilia tells Antonieta that the whole town is gossipiing about her about Antonio,
Mac comes to see the car, Seb gives Ram the spare keys so that he & Martina can try to sneak in. Jes & Seb go to see Carm to distract them so that Mar & Ram can sneak in. Carm is not happy to see them, Carm kisses Cat; Seb & Jes tell them it's a coincidence. Cat tells Seb that they had a stay away from each other pact. Carm thinks she might have slpet with Seb again, she says she didn't, he threatens her again; Mac tells them they should just leave. Carm threatens Seb. , Mar & Ramiro go to the apt & see the body guards. They try to fool them & ask for Carm & even show them that Carm gave them the key, but the guards don't let them in. The nurse comes out & Ram asks why Carm would need a nurse. The guards take the key away & throw them out.
Adela hires a maid. She tells Luisa to convince Boom about the benefit concert. Gus tells Luisa that the Boom boys called.
Sylvia asks Ric if he had paid the bills & ran the errands she asked him to. The lazy guy hasn't done anything except buy himself some clothes. She insists he go to the gym with her. She gives him a gift.
Carm & Cat enter the PH screaming at each other. He throws her to the sofa & threatens to kill her if he ever knows she's with Seb. Cat reminds him that she ran into Seb because he took them to that town, that it was Carm's fault for being so mean to Seb. He pushes her again and she falls on the ottoman. Gus comes in to defend Cat. Carm keeps on screaming & tells Cat that she should be home when he comes back. He sees the maid & tells her to clean the room upstairs because he will need it today.
Ram & Mar tell Seb about the bodyguards & the nurse. Seb & Ram are more sure that Carm has Lupe up there. Jes tells them to calm down & to not go to the police right now. Seb decides to go confront Carm face to face. Seb tells Jes to take Mar to her friend's apt.
Carm goes to the apt, Mac sees how angry he is & how difficult Cat turned out. The nurse tells them that Lupe's suitcases are ready. Carm tells Mac he will take him to the room upstairs in the PH.
Cat, Luisa & the maid go upstairs to clean up the empty room. it's dirty & full of junk. They wonder why Carm would want to use this room.
The guards take the suitcases downstairs. Mac goes with them. The nurse wants gives Lupe a sedative as the door bell rings - it's SEb & ram, he tries to hold the door back as Seb screams for Lupe. The nurse injects him & the sedative goes into effect immidiately.
Sebastian and Ramiro arrive at Carmelo's apartment, they tell him they suspect he has Lupe and he denies it, Ramiro tells him to let them in the apt was Sebas mom's, and he tells Carmelo Petra never switched babies.(it took them forever to finally break in ) the nurse hides Lupe after giving him a sedative. So they don't find him. Later on they move him to the empty room in the PH.
Antonio, goes to see Antonietta and asks whats going on, he demands to know the truth. She says she has nothing to hide and that his parents owe her too much for him to leave in a month.
Emilia goes to see Antonietta and she gives her the key to the car, she is going to look for Sebastian to tell her about Lupe. When she is about to leave Macario arrives in a red corvette, they ask him where her got the car they say from his friend Carmelo.
Jessica comes to the PH looking for Carmelo and asks Cata to tell him to call her and gives her a card, Cata questions what Jessica has to do with Carmelo.
Carmelo calls the number on the card and Martina answers the phone, she is surprised to hear Carmelo's voice asking for Jessica, Jessica gets nervous, because Sebastian is there and makes an appointment to see Carmelo at his apartment.
Jessica tells Carmelo that Sebastian thinks that Lupe is alive, Carmelo tells her he doesn't care what he thinks, Jessica tells him that if Lupe is still alive he says no. Jessica tells him that she will not be his acomplis in hiding or the murder of Lupe, that her grandpa suspects her about the will and everything may be discovered soon. Carmelo says if he goes down so does she, and worse Sebastian will know that she is the one that betrayed him.
Sebastian decides that he is going to forget Cata and starts thinking how good Jessica has been to him, in comes Jessica and he tells her how he is feeling, they kiss. Jessica tries to convince Sebas to leave the city to completely forget about Cata.
Catalina goes up to the storeroom in search of her bracelet. Carmelo gets angry with her and threatens her and anyone else who go up there. He orders the bodyguard never to leave the door unattended. Don Lupe hears Catalina’s protests and realizes she’s not aware that he’s being held prisoner. The nurse finds the bracelet and pockets it.
Macario is showing off his new Corvette to Emilia. She goes off with him with the double purpose of finding out whether Lupe is alive. They go swimming and back to Macario’s house. She tells him he should get another house. His friend Carmelo should buy it for it. Macario warns Emilia never to mention that Lupe may still be alive. She agrees to drop it. He asks her to marry him, but she laughs him off.
Carmelo meets with Jessica. She tells him that Sebastian wants her to investigate Lupe’s whereabouts with him. He confesses to her that Lupe is still alive. If he continues to give him problems he might be forced to murder him. Jessica says she doesn’t want to have anything to do with that. Carmelo reminds her that she’s already an accomplice since she knows the truth. If he goes to jail—so does she.
Sebastian is looking for Ramiro because he wants to know if he checked out Macario’s place. Ramiro is filling in Antonio on Dona Antonieta. He tells him that everyone in town thinks he’s her boy toy. Seb calls him to ask whether he’s found out anything and to tell him he’s got to be back for a benefit concert the next night.
Ramiro goes out to Macario’s house and finds Macario and Emilia in the act. He gets a good laugh out of the situation. He goes in and searches for Lupe and doesn’t find him. He tells Emilia it’s a good thing she’s got someone else because now Sebastian is with Jessica and trying to forget Catalina. Emilia get’s furious about this and says she’s not letting her get him.
Luis shows Lalo the ring he bought for Allicia. Silvia walks by and assumes it’s a ring he’s bought for Catalina. Once again she makes a scene.
Antonio confronts Antonieta about the fact that everyone thinks he’s her lover. She gets angry and slaps him. She tells him she’s his mother.
Antonio goes to see the priest about his background. He meets Petra who says she switched him for the other baby. He’s very angry and sad to be Antonieta’s son. He goes to see his mother who confirms the truth to him.

Ramiro calls Seb and tells him he couldn’t find Lupe. Seb decides to to go to see Catalina to ask for her help, and to see her again. She’s alone in the PH. He tells her he thinks Lupe is being held prisoner by Carmelo and would she tell him if she gets any information. She agrees but urges him to leave before Carmelo comes. He sees she’s frightened by Carmelo and says that’s the price she’s got to pay for the money he’s got. On his way out he asks her if she was serious about becoming his lover. He kisses her and then apologizes for trying to break up her marriage.
Carmelo’s on his way back to the PH when the guard tells him that Lupe is asking for him. He asks the guard to get something out of his car. As the guard is waiting for the elevator he sees Seb leave the PH. When Carmelo returns to the apartment, he asks Catalina what she was doing, she says she was alone the whole time.
Adela is exicted about her benefit concert and makes everyone sit down to watch her on TV. It turns out she has a very small appearance and everyone laughs about it. Catalina tells her father what Sebastian’s suspicions are. She thinks that might be what’s in the attic.
The nurse tells Lupe she’ll get him a picture of his children if he promises to be obedient.
Jessica returns from seeing Carmelo and is shaken. She says that he frightens her. She says she’s convinced that Lupe is dead.
Carmelo goes upstairs to check on Lupe and the guard tells him that Sebastian came by today when Catalina was alone.
Tomorrow: Jessica tells her friend that she’s really in deep and doesn’t want to know anything about Carmelo. Carmelo goes to see Sebastian and beats him. He’s looking for Catalina.
Gustavo makes Catalina promise that if he doesn’t make it, she’ll divorce Carmelo and tell Sebastian the truth. She agrees.
Adela finds out that the house she had picked out was taken since she never put a deposit down. Carmelo tells her to find one right away. He wants to get out of there because he’s worried Cat and Seb will continue to see each other behind his back.
Seb, Ramiro and Martina head back to the apartment to question Jessica. They find her gone as well as her things. Seb calls Don Chucho who tells them she’s just come in. Seb says he’s on his way over. Chucho sees Jessica is upset and questions her about it. He wants to know if she had something to do with Lupe’s will. She admits she helped Carmelo.
Gustavo is not dead. He’s stable and will recover. He got a terrible beating. Cat’s sure it was Carmelo. She goes to the PH to tell him off. Alicia’s afraid of what he’ll do and so is Gus.
Emilia goes to see Macario She says she wants to make up, but in reality she wants to check out the apartment for signs of Lupe.
Lupe is staggering around and passes out.
Adela is called real estate agents when Catalina walks in and tells her Carmelo had Gus beaten up. Adela questions Carmelo who admits he did it. He tells them maybe they’ll obey him from now on.
Gus is bleeding and Luisa runs out into the hallway just as Lupe is brought in. She’s upset so much attention is given to him, but doesn’t recognize him.
Cat calls Seb to change the place of their meeting. She wants to make it in the coffee shop across from the hospital. Caremlo overhears her but she says she’s talking to Alicia.
Macario tells Emilia that Lupe is alive. To prove he loves her, he’ll take her to him.
Adela is upset at the news about Gus, but still says no one should provoke Carmelo They should cooperate.
Chucho asks Jessica why she did it. She admits she helped Carmelo alter the will and that she knows he’s hiding Lupe. Seb and co. walk in. He can’t believe it. She says she never saw Lupe. She’s only known it for a couple of days. Chucho smacks her across the face.
Gus says Adela is obsessed by money. It’s more important than her family. Luisa wants to accuse Carmelo to the police and so does Cat. Adela is against it. Cat says they’ll keep quiet until they know more about Lupe’s whereabouts. She also announces that she’s definitely pregnant. Adela feigns a faint. Gus says he’s very happy she’s pregnant by the man she loves but thinks she should tell Sebastian the baby is his and what she did for him by marrying Carmelo.The doctor comes in and mentions the poor man they found out on the street. He’s in really bad shape with low blood pressure.
Carmelo goes to see Macario and overhears the conversation with Emilia. Macario says they should run away together. She says Seb is on the verge of discovering where Lupe is anyway. Macario says she’s an accomplice. Everyone knows how Seb rejected her and will believe she was in cahoots with Carmelo. He’ll get Antonietta to agree.
Antonieta wants to go to the PH. Antonio wants to know how Lupe ever had anything to do with her since they hate each other so much. She says it wasn’t always that way. Once she was an attractive woman. Antonio says she’s a bitter woman, one who would give away her own child without remorse. Antonieta says you never know what is in a person’s heart.
Carmelo drives Adela home. She’s still buttering him up. He needs n allay now that Macario is untrustworthy. He gives her loads of money and says he wants her to keep the family in line. Especially Cat. He doesn’t want her to see Seb behind h is back. She agrees. When he leaves Luisa asks her what all the money is for. Adela says there’s enough there to get rid of Catalina’s baby.
Chucho tells them they can contact the authorities and Carmelo and Jessica will be arrested for forging a will. Ramiro asks if they find Lupe won’t the will be null anyway? He says yes. They keep it quiet for now.
Alicia tells Luis about Gus. She sees Rico and tells him also. He’s taken aback.
Carmelo is worried that Seb will find Lupe. Now Macario is a traitor. His days are numbered. He calls Macario and says he’s on his way over. Macario tells Emilia she better make up her mind.
Antonieta comes to the PH. Adela takes Antonio for her lover.
Cat meets Sebastian at the coffee shop. She says she thinks they’re holding Lupe upstairs in the storage room. She also says she needs to tell him something…
Tomorrow: She tells Sebastian he’s the father of the baby. Sebastian asks what was the agreement she had with Carmelo that Alicia talked about and say says that she married him so he would return the hacienda to Seb. They’re crying together and he says he doesn’t understand why so many terrible things have happened to them. Carmelo is knocking on the door and Seb and Cat are asleep on the floor.
I only watched bits & pieces of the novela on Firday - here's what I remember:
Macario now knows that Carmelo wanted to kill him since he blew up the car thinking he was going to drive it, but killed Emilia instead. He goes to the apt to confront Carm; he draws a gun at him & asks for half the inheritance. Carm tells him about Sebastian already knowing the will is false. Carm draws his gun at Mac, but then they both decide to drop their weapons & talk. Neither of them trust one another so they decide to open a joint back account in which neither can draw money out without the other's signature. They hire a private eye to look for Don Lupe.
The town police chief tells his people to look for Mac & Carm for Emilia's death. When either of them come back to town, they will be arrested. , Jessica tells Seb & the gang that she believes Emilia was murdered by Carm, since he also has threatened to kill her. SHe is freaking out. , Seb goes back to the pueblo to start a massive search for his dad because Emilia had said Don Lupe was somewhere in the area. He gets many of the employees to help him out, but they don't find anything.
The doctor lets Gustavo leave the hospital. As they start to walk him out, Catalina tells them she will go leave a basket of fruit to the ill, lonely man in the onther room. When she goes in, she sees it's Don Lupe!
Catalina finds don Lupe. He tells her that Carmelo had him kidnapped, he wants to see Sebastian and Martina, he fears he may die soon. Catalina promises him that he will see them.
Carmelo is givinfg instruccions tot he private investigator about finding Lupe.
He tells Macario that Catalina is going to do as he says or he will make the child suffer, Macxario asks him if he would kill a child, Carmelo says, if I'm willing to kill my father imagine what I would do to Sebastian's son.
Cata, Luisa, Alicia and Luis are taking Gustavo home, they tell the bodyguar there is no room for him in the car and they leave him behind, when Carmelo finds out he is really po and swear that he will kill Cata's baby. At the ranch everyone is still looking for Lupe.
Cata asks Luis to stop the car, she wants to call Sebas, she tries the apartment and he is not there, she decides to try the ranch but now the phone is occupied.
In the mean time Gus, and Luisa arrive at the PH when Catalina doesn't arrive Carmelo has a hissy fit and swars to kill her, he leaves to look for her.
Finally, Cata getsa hold of Sebastian and tells him she found don Lupe, he is at the red cross, he and Martina must come soon. Cata callos home and Luisa tells her that Carmelo went back to the hospital to look for her and he is mad. Cata and Alicia run back tothe hospital. They go in thru the back door, Cata decides to go see don Lupe. As she goes in the room Carmelo sees her, Alicia tells him that the doctor will examine her, she starts talking very loud and Cata hears her talk to Carmelo, before Carmelo goes into Lupe's room Catalina comes out and tells her the doctor told her to leave because of him, he is disturbing the other patients.
She goes to the doctor;s office in the hospital and asks him to please leave her overnite, the dr. realizes that she is afraid what Carmelo can do to her and follows along. He tells Carmelo neither him or his body guards can stay,
Sebastian tells everyone at the ranch that he and Cata reconcile and that she is pregnant, Antonietta seems happy about the news and says that she will be the one that raises Lupe's grandson. He tells Ramiro they found Lupe but to keep it quiet, only a few people know about Lupe's whereabout. They leave for the city. Sebas and Martina arrive at the hospital they embrace their dad.
They give a detailed summary of why Emilia was such a bitter person, her parents divorced and neither of her step parents liked her and they mistreated her.
Kiki comes to the penthouse and asks what happenned to Gus, Adela says somebody mugged him, he telss her to tell the truth and tells Kiki it was Carmelo who sent someone to beat him, and that he wants Kiki's husband to help Cata divorce Carmelo.
Antonio ask Panchito about his past, Panchito tells him that only Petra, Rufi and Josefa can answer his questions.
The nurse calls the PH again and Carmelo answers, she says she is looking for Ctalina because Lupe Mendoza wants totalk to her. Carmelo is shocked!!!!!!!to be continued,
The nurse tells Carmelo that Lupe is in the hospital. Carmelo realized that Cat knows he’s there, that’s why she made up the illness to remain hospitalized.
Lupe tells his children the whole story of the kidnapping. He says he loves them. They are the most important thing in his life. He tells Sebastian he was wrong about Catalina and asks for his forgiveness. Sebastian says he read his mother’s letter and he is Lupe’s son. Lupe says he never doubted it. Lupe asks for forgiveness for believing in Carmelo. He knows he’ll never get back to the hacienda. He asks for Ramiro
Catalina is worried about Carmelo returning and harming her. Ramiro tells her the police are out looking for him for the murder of Emilia. He gets called in to see Lupe.
Cat tells Seb she is there to support him. After all he was so wonderful when they thought her mother was on her death bed. He says that was the best thing he ever did, marry her and make her his wife.
Lupe tells Ramiro he’s happy he’s there to take care of Martina especially in the future when she has some hard decisions to make. Ramiro doesn’t quite know what he’s talking about but says Lupe was always like a father to him
Carmelo comes in the hospital and sees Seb and Cat. He overhears them say that they’re getting the police to watch the hospital/
The hacienda is waiting for word on Lupe. Father Demetrio is going to say a rosary.
Jessica is crying. She went to the police and made a statement about what she did. She asks Chucho for forgiveness. She says she will change. Fa. Demetrio calls and tells them Lupe is alive.
Lupe tells Seb and Cat that Seb was right about her. She loves him. She asks him for forgiveness because when she married Seb she wasn’t in love. They tell him he must be there for the birth of their baby, the bapitsm, birthdays, etc. He says he will be there in spirit. He’s sorry he won’t be there in person. Please tell the children about him and to love Alcatraz. He also asks that the baby be called Guadalupe. They agree.
Carmelo goes back to the apartment and Macario is drinking. He tells him about Lupe’s whereabouts. He panics and wants to run. Carmelo tells him he’ll get caught. They’ve got to get into the hospital and kill Lupe. They’ll pay off the guards and rent a car.
Gustavo says he’s suspicious of Carmelo. He’s going to lose everything. What you do in life comes back to you. This thought disturbs Adela who tosses and turns all night. She wants to know if Lupe is alive. Gus says he doesn’t know, but the dead do come back to haunt the living.
Lupe wants a few moments alone with his children. He tells them to take care of each other and Alcatraz. He then dies. Martina gets hysterical and Ramiro and Catalina come in to the console them.
Jessica and Don Chucho go to the hacienda. She wants to pray for Lupe. Ruffina says she should say her confession and pray. They say Cat found Lupe and his health has deteriorated.
Nurse comes into the room and says there’s nothing more that can be done. A doctor must be called to pronounce him dead. Seb says Carmelo will pay for his father’s death.
Macario and Carmelo are dressed like orderlies and overhear them say that Lupe has died. They steal the body so it can’t be autopsied.
Josefa and Ruffina talk. R reminds her not to talk about Lupe. They discuss telling Ant that Carmelo is his son. At this point they’re worried about what he would do to her. They’re afraid Antonio is going to keep digging till he gets to the truth, It’s logical that Joaquina came looking for her real son. Josefa starts to tell the truth about the paternity of Antonieta’s son when Antonieta interrupts them.
Antonio is at the bar asking for more information. He needs to know the truth.
Sebastian is at the security desk reporting the crime. He says his father was killed it was no accident. They will all make a statement. The police say they won’t be able to take the body until there’s been an autopsy.
Antonio goes to see Ruffino to ask if he’s really Antonieta’s son. She refuses to say anything.
Joaquina misses Antonio. She hopes he inherits the money and shares it with them.
As Catalina is completing her statement the doctors appear and say they don’t know where the body is.
The next morning at the hacienda everyone’s worried because they haven’t heard from Seb. The phone rings. It’s Ramiro. He tells them Lupe’s passed away and his body is missing.
Seb is furious that his father’s body is missing. Catalina says Carmelo is behind this.
Carmelo and Macario throw the body into the river (with the blanket and hospital robe).
Tomorrow: Cat and Seb tell Adela they are remarrying.
Carmelo comes to the hospital where he is told he’s got some legal problems.
Police come to arrest Carmelo, he claims to be innocent and Adela comes to his defense too.
Cata and Sebas are talking and she s a bit jealous of Jessica, Sebas tells her she has nothing to worry about.He only loves her.
Antonio tells Joaquina and Margarito that their son is Carmelo and that he is a bad person. Joaquina tells Margarito she wants to meet her son.
Carmelo goes with the policemen to the comisaria, his lawyer arrives and demands that they let him go.He has 3 charges kidnapping, falsifying testament and murder of Emilia.They tell him that someone from Morelos is coming to declare. No bail is granted.
Sebas leaves Cata at Antonio's, Joaquina send Cata to get milk, when she returns she overhears her say she wants to find Carmelo and get money from him.
Adela goes to the police and asks them if there is a reward for information that would help convict Carmelo.They say no so she says I could've help you but for free?? no way!!!
Jessica arrives to testify.
Cata discovers that Joaquina is going to try to get money from Carmelo and wants to run away.
Antonieta tells Antonio that he has to claim his share of Lupe's enheritance.
Joaquina asks Cata for Carmelo's address and phone, stupid Catalina gives it to her.
Jessica tells the police everything she knows, Carmelo's lawyer overhears her testimony.Her testimony is not good is her word against Carmelo.
Lawyer goes to see Carmelo and tells him he will be ok, he will have a careo with him and Jessica.
Antonio tells off Antonieta and again asks for proof that he is Lupe's son.
Joaquina is in a rush to leave, Cata leaves after her. Her other son sees her and Cata says she is going to the store.He won't let her leave.
Joaquina tells her son that she is sure Carmelo will give them money if they tell him where Cata is.
Joaquina goes to Antonieta's to ask he rif she is sure Carmelo is her son. Antonieta tells her, don't bother looking for him, he will laugh in your face when you tell him you are his mother.Joaquina say well a have my barganing chip, Antonieta asks her if is Cata, she is urpised Antonieta guessed.Antonietta tells het that they are the same both did something terrible to their son's.
Alicia tells Sebas that Carmelo will claim paternity of the baby.
At the penthouse, police arrive with a letter for Cata regarding Carmelo's demand.
Antonio is going to take Joaquina home because he doesn't like the idea of her sleeping in the servant quarter's.
Cata is getting ready to scape. At that moment Joaquina arrives and asks where she is going, Cata says she is leaving, why don't we treat you right Cata tells her to stop faking it she knows what her plan is, Joaquina says that Cata won't be leaving the house until Carmelo comes to get her,
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Catalina tries to leave the Perez’ but Joaquina stops her. She says she knows what she’s doing—she’s going to tell Carmelo where she is. While she’s away, she tells Lucho to keep Cat locked up. Cat protests but Joaquina says a husband is supposed to control his wife. Mr. Perez says it’s a mistake. Carmelo is not a good person. Cat agrees and says he might be your son, but you don’t know him.
Carmelo tells Sebastian he’s wasting his time. Seb says one day he’ll slip up and they’ll catch him. Carmelo threatens Jessica but covers it by saying he’s just going to take his business away from Chucho. He also says he’s going to take the baby away. Seb says he’ll never be able to do that because he can prove that he was legally married to Catalina at the time of conception.
Gustavo wants to help Cat. She won’t appear in court. Adela’s sure Carmelo will get out of jail. Gus says some cops are not corrupt, but Adela’s sure a little money will take care of his problem. Gus says he admires Catalina even more for hiding out from Carmelo. Adela says she’s furious with Cat for hiding out and Ricardo who won’t share now that he’s got Silvia’s money. Luisa says she should go to a fortune teller to get the winning lottery numbers.
Ruffi says its important to speak with Antonietta. She’s worried she’ll tell Carmelo where Catalina is. She says she must tell the truth about Carmelo and Antonieta.
Antonieta tetlls Fa. Demetrio she’s going to DF tomrrow. She must fix the mix up. If Lupe’s body appears, though, would he please call her. She wants to say a goodbye to the only man she ever loved.
Martina misses her father. She’s not interested in anyone or anything. Ramiro is starting to feel as though she’s not interested in him either. She admits her feelings are confused and right now she can’t think about him. What if they’re really not in love. Just because they were friends from childhood maybe they just had the idea of being in love. He says he left the group for her. Ruffi comes in and says Luisa called earlier to say she got a message from “Boom”. Ramiro storms out at the mention of the group.
Martina calls Luisa who tells her that all the boys, especially Frankie asked for her. She’s not okay. Lie is not so easy. Seb has Cat and the baby now. She tells Ruffi she feels very alone.
Seb says he must do something to take Carmelo to jail. They can’t put him in jail for falsifying the will because then Don Chucho and Jessica will have to go to jail also. Seb says he wants to make sure they’re still looking for his father’s body and the cops assure they are.
Antonio tells Antonieta she better treat his mother with respect or he won’t stay with her. She was the one who loved him when Ant abandoned him.
Joaquina threatens Cat. Cat asks her what Antonio will think of this. She says she doesn’t care, Carmelo is her son, not Antonio.
Carmelo comes home. He tells them he’s free. He’ll never seee Cat again according to Gus. He threatens to kill them like he did Emilia and Lupe.
Antonio insists on helping Josefa with the bags. Joaquina comes in and Antonieta is civil to her. She asks after Cat, Lucho is keeping her locked up. Mr. Perez overhears and is embarrassed by the actions of his wife and son. He promises Cat to get her out of there.
Antonieta arrives at the PH with Joaquina in tow. Carmelo is nasty and wants to know who the maid is. Ant tells him its his mother. He doesn’t believe it. He’s a Mendoza. Ant says no, she’s the woman who sold him for money.
Alicia is trying on her wedding dress. Petra says she’s like the daughter she never had. Gus is teaching her to read and write. She doesn’t think she deserves to be treated so well after what she did. It was very bad. Alicia tells her to forget it.
Carmelo is still fuming at the idea that Joaquina is his mother. H e says Petra assured him he was a Mendoza. How could they think he's a Perez?
Lucho comes home to get his father. His father gets the keys and unlocks the door for Cat. She escapes only Lucho catches her and returns her. He and his father argue and he slaps him. He tells him he has an honest home and won’t have these shannigans going on. He let’s Cat out.
Joaquina aks Antonio if he loves Antonieta. He says no, he never will. (He’s thinking she doesn’t treat me the same as before). She says she’s gong to get good money for saying where Cat is.
Carmelo is still fuming he’s got to find Cat. He goes to ask Luisa but she refuses to tell him. Adela threatens her. She says if she knew she would tell (they believe it).
Seb is back home telling everyone what happened with Carmelo. Ramiro accompanies him to get Catalina. On the way he tells him they broke up and he’s sorry he ever left his group. Seb says he can always remedy that. It’s never too late to change.
Antonieta is laughing over Carmelo’s reaction to Joaquina. Josefa says she shouldn’t be so smug.
Gus goes to Alicia’s. She tells him she heard about Carmelo getting out. He’s worried because Anto and Joaquina got to the PH wanting to talk. He asks Petra about Carmelo but she dissembles saying it’s such a mix up she doesn’t remember. She says Joaquina was always a liar and she’s probably after him for his money.
Carmelo goes to get Cat at the ranch. Joaquina meets him at the elevator and says she knows where Cat is.
Seb gets to the house and Mr. Perez tells him he freed Cat. She left because Joaquina was going to tell Carmelo where she was.
Cat tries to tell Sebastian to go see Alicia as she tells him to leave the penthouse & leave her in peace with Carmelo. He leaves enraged. , Alicia & Company are worried that Seb has messed things up & their plan won't work. She calls the ph & talks to Gustavo & explains what happened. Adela & Gustavo fight & he tells her they will get a divorce; she doesn't seem too concerned & is just happy she will be getting her stupid house in Las Lomas, Next morning- Seb goes to the police with don Chucho & Jesica to demand Car be detained for kidnapping but they don't do anything. He tells don Chucho to not bring Jesica with him ever because he doesn't want to see her again since she is the one that caused all this mess. , Lalo goes to visit Alicia & asks if he talked to Seb. She hasn't so they agree that he will go tell him the plan. He tells her that they called him to tell him Sylvia is not doing too good & that her liposuction went bad & she had a heart attack, At the hospital, the doctor tells Ricardo that Sylvia is very ill & could die or remain in a vegetable state. He smiles because now he will be rich, Martina goes to tell Ramiro that Seb is looking for him, Lalo goes to see Seb at the apt; Seb is surprised to see him there & doesn't want to see him. He calls Alicia to confirm this, Catalina gathers her documents in Luisa's purse, Antonio goes to see Antonietta to ask why she gave Cat to Carm. She denies she did that & convinces him. She tells him that Joaquina is not the person he thought she was, & that he bought him for the money, Joaquina goes to visit Carm & tells him that she will tell the whole world he is her son if he doesn't give her money. He starts screaming at her as Adela tells Carm to do something. Joaquina tells him that she has proof she is her money. Adela tells him to give her money so that she won't spread those rumors. He makes a check out to her for 100,000 pesos & she leaves. Carm tells Adela he wil kill Joaquina if she ever shows up to bother him again, Antonia tells Antonietta that he wil never stop loving the Perez, no matter what. He tells her that he will not contest a penny from that Mendoza inheritance. He leaves & Josefa comes in so she tells her that she is really starting to love Antonio, Alicia tells her group that they will try to get Carm's confidence. The escape wil happen when it's time to "carry the groom." They have to convince Carm to help them all carry Luis & then Cat can escape when he's not looking. Seb will wait for her on the street corner. Luis calls the hospital to see how Sylvia is, The doc tells Ric that Sylvia has fallen into a coma. Ric asks how long she wil be this way; he doesn't know & can't say she wil get better. Only that her heart is very weak & she could die at any minute, Lalo tells the gang that Sylvia fell in a coma. They leave to go get dressed. Ramiro calls Seb & he tells him the plan to get Cat. Ramiro agrees to go help him by waiting for him at the hotel. The artistic rep comes to see Ramiro about the singing proposal. He is ready to make him a singing sensation, Adela tells Carm that she has an appointment with Merlin, her spiritual conselor. Cat & Luisa are ready to leave to the wedding when Alicia calls & Luisa picks up the phone & Adela overhears them talk about the plan. Adela grabs her purse & leaves the penthouse to meet up with Carm & the others, but they already left. , At the church, the bride arrives & Carm tells Catalina that when they get married in the church, she should get a nice dress, Adela is waiting for a taxi to take her to the reception, Carm tells Cat that he wants to have the church wedding before the baby is born. Alicia & Luis get married. At the reception, everyone's dancing & having a good time as Seb waits outside. Adela arrives & sees Seb there. The idiot leaves the door open as Adela hides behind there. Alicia throws the bouquet so the men start lifting Luis. Carm joins in & Cat escapes to the street. , Adela did something to the car without Seb seeing her. , Cat runs out & they start making out instead of getting their asses away from there ASAP, Adela goes inside & asks Carmelo where his wife is,
Adela sufre una embolia y es llevada al hospital donde el doctor informa que puede quedar así por mucho tiempo o morir. Ramiro es lanzado como solista por primera vez en el programa Tempranito 2000, y todo el pueblo lo apoya. Antonio le dice a Antonieta que él no es su hijo. Antonieta está desesperada por saber quién es su verdadero hijo. Se lleva a cabo la misa de Don Lupe a donde Carmelo decide ir con Catalina. Pero llega cuando la misa ya terminó y en la puerta lo esperan todos lo hombres del pueblo para impedir su entrada a la iglesia.
Adela remains unable to communicate. She will probably remain like this for the rest of her life. In her head she keeps trying to tell everyone that she won the the lottery, and she will be able to get better medical care. Instead Gustavo and Luisa take her "home" to Alicia's house which will soon be theirs. Alicia will sell them her home when she returns from her honeymoon and she will move to Luis' apartment.
Meanwhile at the reading of Silvia's will. Ricardo is upset that Eduardo is the other person the attorney was waiting for. Silvia left her will on a videorecording. She leaves Ricardo all the clothes and stuff she bought him while they were together as well as the memories of their time together and all the luxuries he will no longer have! All her money and possesions she leaves to Lalo and she tells him she always loved him.
Carmelo is driving like a madman to get to the mass for Don Lupe. Sebastian is telling the men of the pueblo that he does not want Carmelo at the mass. All the men agree to help keep Carmelo out. The Presidente (police chief?) tells Sebastian that he has enough (I don't know if he said men or charges) to arrest Carmelo when he gets there. The mass takes place (Antonieta is standing at the back of the church).
Carmelo, Catalina and Petra arrive just as the mass has ended. Sebastian and all the men rush out to stop Carmelo. Panchito (who up until this point I thought was pretty level-headed) tries to handcuff Carmelo. They struggle and Carmelo handcuffs Catalina to himself. Sebastian and Carmelo argue and threaten each other. Carmelo threatens to harm Catalina and the baby. Sebastian suddenly runs to a car a drives off. Ramiro and Don Chucho follow him in another car. Carmelo of course thinks he has won and walks into the church with Catalina still handcuffed to him. All the men move aside and let him through. At the coffin Carmelo cries and starts to talk to Don Lupe about never acknowledging him, etc. He lets on that he had kidnapped Don Lupe. Panchito starts to come near and pretends to accept that Carmelo was Don Lupe's son and that he is the rightful heir, in order to get Carmelo to keep talking about what he did to Don Lupe. In the meantime Jessica is looking through all the legal stuff and finds that the name change for Carmelo had never been officially confirmed. She rushes off to the church to tell Sebastian. Antonieta runs up behind Carmelo and Catalina screaming at Fr. Demetrio to do something. Carmelo keeps talking and incriminating himself further. Sebastian is at the hacienda getting a gun. Ramiro and Don Chucho try to stop him. Don Chucho even offers to shoot Carmelo himself as he is old can live the rest of his days in jail! Sebastian gets away and rushes back to the church. He and Carmelo face-off. Carmelo of course threatens to hurt Catalina and her unborn child. Jessica arrives and tells everyone that Carmelo married Catalina using the Mendoza name however he is not legally a Mendoza because it never became official. So this means that Carmelo and Catalina are not really married. Suddenly a shot rings out, everyone looks around. Carmelo is shot by the Presidente. He falls at the feet of Antonieta who is screaming hysterically. They think Carmelo is dead -- he isn't. At some point here Rufina tells Petra to tell who Carmelo really is. Petra tells Antonieta that he is her son. Carmelo hears and struggles to speak and says no way is that woman his mother. Antonieta is still screaming, everyone is stunned, there is lots of blood! Carmelo dies!
Sebastian and Catalina make plans to be married by the church. They visit Adela and Sebastian reassures her that he will do everything possible to make her comfortable. You can hear the little voi




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(per Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/) he permitted Adela to stay in his home. Ramiro reminds Seb that he himself put Carmelo in that position and he can't do a thing. Seb says Carmelo took things way too far they never treat their workers like Carmelo did him. Ramiro tells Seb to take his place so he can put Carmelo in his and tell Adela off. Sebastian doesn't listen to Ramiro, he wants Cata to fall in love with him as a farmer. Ramiro tells him to not complain then, because he always takes his anger out on him, so they decide to change the subject, how bout talking about Ramiro's favorite subject, Martina. (Seb said it, not I)
Penthouse
Cata tells the family since Lupe and Martina are staying the night to avoid them as much as possible to avoid a fight. Rick thinks it's way too much, they just can't disappear. Gus agrees with Cata, Lupe is sick and he needs to avoid getting mad. Rick takes off his shirt, and Cata asks what he is doing? Rick tells her he doesn't sleep dressed, and Cata tells him that she wouldn't like Martina to walk in and see him like that. Rick makes a joke and says maybe she will get in the mood.(laughs) Martina walks in stuttering (after seeing Rick) (YUCK!) that her dad feels much better and is la di da with Rick, and he kisses her on the cheek.
Sylvia's place
Sylvia has a real romantic candle set up, Lalo arrrives surprised thinking he might of forgot an anniversary, but Sylvia tells him they are celebrrating their love and the fact that he rejected Cata. Lalo starts to realize what's going on.
Penthouse
Martina tells Don Lupe he called Emilia letting her know they will not stay in the apt tonight. Lupe tells Martina he knows it must be uncomfortable for her to stay at the penthouse because of the people she has to put up with, but Martina says they're not all bad, when Cata walks in with a dinner tray for Don Lupe. Cata tells Lupe he needs to eat and Lupe tells Cata to not try to hard to be polite they don't like her. Cata will not leave the room until Lupe eats.
Mendoza home
Sebastian walks in through the kitchen door, Rufina tells him the coast is clear, and complains about having to put up with Adela and Carmelo. Rufina advices Sebastian to say the truth. In comes Carmelo and Sebastain blames him for everything. For letting Adela spend the night. Seb reminds him he traded places with him so he could help him and not to order him around. Carmelo says "I did help you, you almost spoiled it". Seb tells Carmelo they never treat their workers the way Carmelo did to him, tells him he is going overboard acting like if he's Don Lupe's real son, understand. Carmelo replies with, he does not understand, he yells out he is Don Lupe's son. Seb tells him he is being effected by the trade of places, but Carmelo truly believes he is Don lupes son. Sebastian tells him to shut up or he is going to deck him, he is beyond mad and decides to leave before things get ugly and tells Carmelo he better forget that idea or his dad will kick him out of the ranch. Carmelo goes to Rufina saying Don Lupe is my real dad, Rufina is like, what's going to happen. (what a circus)
Antonietta's home
Antonieta is upset at Carmelos permitting Adela to stay at the Mendoza home. Josefa tells her the word is Carmelo treats everyone bad, and bosses people around like if he was the real boss, Antonietta thinks that's what happens when he is given too much importance. Antonietta starts laughing at how Lupe will get mad when he finds out that Carmelo let Adela stay the night. Josefa tells her she would be happy if she stopped letting her life revolve around Don Lupe. Antonietta can't every forget his rejection though.
Penthouse
Don Lupe finishes dinner and Cata takes care of him although it bothers him and he can't understand how a beautiful young lady could have been so cruel to Sebastian. Lupe is surprised by Cata's politeness. Martina tells Lupe tommorow they will get the exams and then return to the ranch. Lupe thinks it's strange how Martina wants to return she enjoys the city, but she is starting to have feelings for Rick and she wants to return. Meanwhile, Cata is in the kitchen getting breakfast ready for tommorow, some chilaquiles(yummy, had some of those this week) alongside Luisa helping when Rick comes in saying he will conquer Martina la di da, because she's rich.
Penthouse
Family eating breakfast, Rick compliments Cata on the breakfast and brags about how he will make Martina love him and Cata tells him to stay away from her. Gus tells them to calm down, before Lupe hears them.
Ranch town
Seb: Carmelo said he was the bastard son of my father. Imagine. I think he's gone loco.
I think it's partly your fault, you started with this mess, in trading places,but it's not that, he has been saying he's Don
Really? Why didn't you tell me anything?
In the beginning I didnt' think it was a big deal, I thought like you he was crazy.
Carmelo wasn't like this, someone is putting things in his head.
Maybe, Ms Antoneitta, we all know she doesn't like Don Lupe and rumor is that her and Carmelo are good friends.
Sebastain, good thing I found you, Martina called saying your dad fainted.
How is he?
Much better, but you can call Cata's house they are there.
I'll call imediately, Ram you pay.(they were eating tamales next to Petras stand) Antonieta walks by the stand and everyone around her murmurs, Petra tells her she needs to talk to her it's important and Antonieta says to meet her later. Antonieta bumps into the preist and wants to know what's up with the murmuring. Priest tells her that people see Carmelo leaving her house at wee hours and they think they have something going on. Mendoza home Sebastian is talking to Lupe on the phone from the Mendoza home and they talk about what happened and how soon Lupe will return to the ranch. Adela walks in and see's Sebastian and complains about how he was using the phone. Rufina tells her that her bags are ready so she can go, and she thinks how rude, and tells them she will accuse them with Carmelo.
Penthouse
Cata tells Alicia of how noone will believe that she really loves Sebastian, and gets angry of the thought that they are seperated because of Emilia, she set her up big time. The doorbell rings and Catalina wants to know what Emilia is doing there, and in comes Martina glad to see her because she came to pick up Lupe and her to take them to get Lupe's exams. Emilia tells Catalina she will get her back for the slap she gave her the other day. Catalina tells Alicia she has to tell Seb that Emilia set up for her and Lalo to meet, it was a trick of hers. Meanwhile, Martina is outside when Rick spots her and kisses her, now Martina is on cloud 9 (Double YUCK!) Adela arrives home happy with money, and Gus tries to tell her more than once that Cata has gone to the ranch to be with Sebastian.
Outside the ranch
Sebastian is hungry but he doesn't want to go to house because he thinks Adela might still be there, then he smells food coming from his temporary home, he goes to check and it's Cata cooking for him. He asks her what she is doing there and she replies, that she is his wife and she is doing her duties, and then decides to tell him that Emilia set up that meeting with Lalo she had no idea about it.
Antonieta's home
Carmelo is there with Antonieta talking about they're plans, Antonieta tells Carmelo to use the back door from now on because people are saying they are sleeping together, Carmelos agrees and thinks to himself she is old enough to be my mother how can they say that. As Carmelo leaves Petra walks in and Carmelo tells her she is in the study, Antonietta tells Petra she doesn't have time so what's up, and Petra brings up her son, who she thinks is dead, but Petra tells Antonietta her son is not dead, he lives,
TBC,
Diana M

Telenovela-World: Summary #34 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 14:37 PDT
Antonieta laughs at the idea that she is the lover of Carmelo. She tells Petra that she has class and would never dare to mess with a low class foreman. Then, Petra tells her, stop feeding the idea in Carmelos's mind that he is the illegitimate son of don Lupe. Petra urges Antonieta to stop using Carmelo for her own purposes or she will speak out where her son is, that son that she abandoned so many years ago. Josefa is hearing their conversation outside the door.
Catalina is trying to convince Sebastian that Emilia set up her "appointment" with Eduardo. He does not believe her. He disregards her and asks her to serve dinner as the good wife she is supposed to be for the next six months. Catalina asks him if he is not going to do something about Emilia. Maybe, but I am going to run some errands, when I get back I want my dinner served.
Emilia, Martina and don Lupe arrive at the ranch. He thanks Emilia for the ride. They get into the main house. As Emilia is leaving, Sebastian arrives and asks Emilia if she was the one who made up the appointment between Catalina and Eduardo. Emilia tells him that she did nothing wrong but anyways, she will be there whenever he needs a friend, now that he is all by himself at the ranch. "Then, you don't know that Catalina is here, at the foreman's little house". He leaves, she gets mad.
At MC, Adela is mad when she gets the news that Catalina went to the ranch looking for Sebastian. Gustavo tries to speak to Adela but she stops him and keeps on complaining how inconsiderate is Catalina because she spoke with Carmelo and he is willing to marry her and Carmelo, as everyone knows, is the heir of the ranch. Gustavo tells Adela that she has to accept that their plot was a failure and Adela tells him that she already fixed everything with Carmelo but Catalina and him messed everything once again. Ricardo is on her side suggesting that they go to the ranch and bring back Catalina. Gustavo wants to stop Adela and Luisa tries to shup up Ricardo. Gustavo defends Catalina and her right to be happy with Sebastian. Ricardo and Adela are against that idea. Gustavo is desperate and leaves them. Adela and Ricardo console each other.
Sebastian is telling don Lupe that he has to take care of himself. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that Catalina was kind with them and that he is happily surprised. Sebastian tells them that she is at the ranch and that they should keep on pretending that he is the foreman.
At the cantina, Ramiro is telling his friends that all of them should pretend that Sebastian is the foreman. They agree but they are afraid that Carmelo is convincing himself that he is the son of don Lupe.
Don Panchito is telling Catalina that he thinks that she and Sebastian are in love. Catalina tells him that Sebastian is pushing too hard with his anger. Emilia arrives and asks don Panchito to leave them alone. Emilia is mad at Catalina because she told Sebastian about the set up at the restaurant. Emilia tells her that it is a lie. Catalina wants to know how Eduardo got the news about Catalina being there at the restaurant. Emilia tries to convince Catalina that she is innocent and tells her that she is going to be just a friend and is going to sacrifice herself if she finds out that Catalina is good for Sebastian.
Macario is laughing at Carmelo telling him about the rumors running in the town regarding him and Antonieta. Carmelo tells him that he would be crazy to involve himself with a fat old woman. He is thinking to go to Mexico City to pay a visit to Catalina. Then Macario tells him that Catalina is in town. Carmelo is happy to know that and he is going to look for Catalina.
Petra is selling her tamales and Macario arrives to get some. Rufina arrives and tells her that Josefa, Rufina and herself must talk.
Sebastian is speaking to Ramiro. He does not believe Emilia's plot. Ramiro is looking for Martina. Sebastian is wondering if Catalina is innocent. He thinks that Catalina might really a victim of Emilia but Catalina has lied to him so many times that he does not know what to believe, anymore, Don Panchito tells him that Catalina cooked for him. Martina arrives and Ramiro leaves after her.
Catalina is at the little house waiting for him. Carmelo arrives and Catalina is scared. He wants to speak to her. She does not want to speak to him and tells him that she is waiting for her husband to have dinner with her but he tells her that Sebastian is having dinner at the ranch because he dreams of being the ranch owner. Carmelo apologizes with Catalina. He assures her that she can find a friend in him. Carmelo tells her that Sebastian is a heavy and aggressive drinker. Catalina does not trust in Carmelo. Carmelo tells her that she, for sure, is going to see him drunken sometime within the next six months. Carmelo is trying to charm her. Sebastian arrives and tells Catalina that it is clear for him that she cannot be without a man, sometimes it is Eduardo and now it is Carmelo.
Catalina tells Sebastian that he has no right to insult her. Carmelo leaves. Sebastian wants to know what was Carmelo doing here? Keeping Catalina company. Catalina reminds him that she is his wife. And Sebastian tells her that she married him out of interest not out of love. Catalina tells him that he lied also and Sebastian agrees and tells her that now they know where is standing each one. Catalina tells him that she is going to sleep in a petate because he does not want her as his wife. Sebastian gets soft for a while and tells her that, being a gentleman, he is not going to allow that and that he is going to sleep himself in the petate.
Emilia arrives with Antonieta. Emilia tells Antonieta about the restaurant plot. Antonieta aproves. Emilia tells her that Sebastian does not want to leave Catalina and that, regretfully, Emilia thinks that Catalina is falling for Sebastian. Emilia wants to know what cant they do to separate them but Antonieta tells her that she is not succeeding and that, perhaps, it is going to be easier to make plans with Catalina for her own (Antonieta's) purposes.
At the cantina Ramiro is drinking. Don Panchito wants to know what is going on because he never drinks. Ramiro tells him that Martina is acting weird and he thinks that Ricardo has something to do with this. He feels that Catalina's brother is responsible for this and he will go to Mexico City to punch his nose.
At the little house, Catalina cannot sleep and Sebastian is peeking at her but when she leaves her bed, he pretends to be asleep. Catalina, thinking that he cannot hear her, is speaking to him asking him how and when did things went wrong. She is telling him that she wants to ask him for forgiveness, that she loves him. She is crying. She gets back at her bed. Sebastian heard every word and is confused. He does not know what to believe.
The next morning Sebastian is watching Catalina while she is sleeping. He is wondering if she knew that he was not sleeping yesterday night and said such things as to convince him or if she was telling the truth thinking that he was not hearing. He tells her -in his thoughts- that he loves her so much and wants her so bad and that he does not know what to think of this mess. He was going to tuck himself into bed with her but changed his mind and left the house.
Gustavo arrives at his penthouse and wants to know why Adela is up at this hour of the morning, because usually, when he arrives from the Central de Abastos she is still sleeping. Adela tells him that she is worried about Catalina and that all her efforts have been fruitless. Gustavo tells her that money is not important and Adela tells him that she knows that, but she also knows that money helps a lot and that he should not try to convince Adela to change her ways. Adela wants to know how can they keep the penthouse for their own because Catalina, as Sebastian's wife, is entitled to keep the house, according to the divorce law. Gustavo reminds Adela that, perhaps, Catalina is going to be happy with Sebastian but Adela tells him that Sebastian is just a foreman who cannot make happy Catalina.
At the ranch, Sebastian arrives at his bedroom and finds Carmelo sleeping. He tells Carmelo to remember that he is still the foreman and should be in charge of the ranch operation. Sebastian asks Carmelo to never get back to the little house and not to speak to Catalina. Sebastian leaves and Carmelo is mad swearing that he is going to make Catalina his and that Sebastian is nobody to tell him how to handle his life.
Martina wants to know what is doing Sebastian so early at the main house. Martina wants to speak to Sebastian. She wants to know how can you tell if you are really in love with someone? Sebastian tells her that when he met Catalina he wanted to be with her, to make things to make her happy and that he had never felt like this for anybody else. But now, when he knew that Catalina married to him for his money, he is confused and does not know how he feels anymore. Martina thinks that this is too complicated. Sebastian wants to know why did she ask such question. Martina tells him that she is not sure how she feels about Ramiro and that she kissed with Ricardo.
Adela is happy to know that Ricardo kissed Martina. Ricardo is telling her that he "le movió el tapete" (confused her) to Martina. Adela is celebrating all the possibilities: Catalina with Carmelo and Ricardo with Martina so her two children would be the owners of the ranch. Ricardo tells her that he could push things harder telling Carmelo that he cannot marry his sister if he, himself does not help Ricardo with his own sister. Adela is amazed of how talented is Ricardo. This is a well-rounded plan. Luisa pulls them back to earth telling them that this has not happened.
Martina is telling Sebastian that she knows that he is not going to be happy with this, but Martina is involved with Ricardo. Sebastian wants to know if she loves Ricardo. Martina does not know. She is not sure how is she feeling. Sebastian reminds her that that family is unworthy. Ricardo is the worst. His advice is to think about this issue because Ramiro is the best man she could find. Sebastian tells Martina that she should tell Ricardo how does she feel. Ramiro arrives and wants to know what is it what she has to tell him.
Sebastian leaves and Martina tells Ramiro that it is something unimportant and Ramiro tells her that she should not underestimate him. She tells him that she is not sure how is she feeling and that she wants to end their relationship. She runs away and leaves him stunned.
Carmelo finds Emilia and wants to know where is she heading. She reminds him that she is Miss Emilia for him. Emilia tells Carmelo that she is going to tell the truth to Catalina once and for all.
Josefa wants to speak to Rufina, not only her, but also Petra. The three of them must speak. They must make an important decision.
Emilia arrives at the little house and Catalina wants to know if she is trying to convince her that she has changed. Emilia tells Catalina that she should know something: Sebastian is not what she thinks that he is.

Ramiro calls Seb and tells him he couldn’t find Lupe. Seb decides to to go to see Catalina to ask for her help, and to see her again. She’s alone in the PH. He tells her he thinks Lupe is being held prisoner by Carmelo and would she tell him if she gets any information. She agrees but urges him to leave before Carmelo comes. He sees she’s frightened by Carmelo and says that’s the price she’s got to pay for the money he’s got. On his way out he asks her if she was serious about becoming his lover. He kisses her and then apologizes for trying to break up her marriage.
Carmelo’s on his way back to the PH when the guard tells him that Lupe is asking for him. He asks the guard to get something out of his car. As the guard is waiting for the elevator he sees Seb leave the PH. When Carmelo returns to the apartment, he asks Catalina what she was doing, she says she was alone the whole time.
Adela is exicted about her benefit concert and makes everyone sit down to watch her on TV. It turns out she has a very small appearance and everyone laughs about it. Catalina tells her father what Sebastian’s suspicions are. She thinks that might be what’s in the attic.
The nurse tells Lupe she’ll get him a picture of his children if he promises to be obedient.
Jessica returns from seeing Carmelo and is shaken. She says that he frightens her. She says she’s convinced that Lupe is dead.
Carmelo goes upstairs to check on Lupe and the guard tells him that Sebastian came by today when Catalina was alone.
Tomorrow: Jessica tells her friend that she’s really in deep and doesn’t want to know anything about Carmelo. Carmelo goes to see Sebastian and beats him. He’s looking for Catalina.
Gustavo makes Catalina promise that if he doesn’t make it, she’ll divorce Carmelo and tell Sebastian the truth. She agrees.
Adela finds out that the house she had picked out was taken since she never put a deposit down. Carmelo tells her to find one right away. He wants to get out of there because he’s worried Cat and Seb will continue to see each other behind his back.
Seb, Ramiro and Martina head back to the apartment to question Jessica. They find her gone as well as her things. Seb calls Don Chucho who tells them she’s just come in. Seb says he’s on his way over. Chucho sees Jessica is upset and questions her about it. He wants to know if she had something to do with Lupe’s will. She admits she helped Carmelo.
Gustavo is not dead. He’s stable and will recover. He got a terrible beating. Cat’s sure it was Carmelo. She goes to the PH to tell him off. Alicia’s afraid of what he’ll do and so is Gus.
Emilia goes to see Macario She says she wants to make up, but in reality she wants to check out the apartment for signs of Lupe.
Lupe is staggering around and passes out.
Adela is called real estate agents when Catalina walks in and tells her Carmelo had Gus beaten up. Adela questions Carmelo who admits he did it. He tells them maybe they’ll obey him from now on.
Gus is bleeding and Luisa runs out into the hallway just as Lupe is brought in. She’s upset so much attention is given to him, but doesn’t recognize him.
Cat calls Seb to change the place of their meeting. She wants to make it in the coffee shop across from the hospital. Caremlo overhears her but she says she’s talking to Alicia.
Macario tells Emilia that Lupe is alive. To prove he loves her, he’ll take her to him.
Adela is upset at the news about Gus, but still says no one should provoke Carmelo They should cooperate.
Chucho asks Jessica why she did it. She admits she helped Carmelo alter the will and that she knows he’s hiding Lupe. Seb and co. walk in. He can’t believe it. She says she never saw Lupe. She’s only known it for a couple of days. Chucho smacks her across the face.
Gus says Adela is obsessed by money. It’s more important than her family. Luisa wants to accuse Carmelo to the police and so does Cat. Adela is against it. Cat says they’ll keep quiet until they know more about Lupe’s whereabouts. She also announces that she’s definitely pregnant. Adela feigns a faint. Gus says he’s very happy she’s pregnant by the man she loves but thinks she should tell Sebastian the baby is his and what she did for him by marrying Carmelo.The doctor comes in and mentions the poor man they found out on the street. He’s in really bad shape with low blood pressure.
Carmelo goes to see Macario and overhears the conversation with Emilia. Macario says they should run away together. She says Seb is on the verge of discovering where Lupe is anyway. Macario says she’s an accomplice. Everyone knows how Seb rejected her and will believe she was in cahoots with Carmelo. He’ll get Antonietta to agree.
Antonieta wants to go to the PH. Antonio wants to know how Lupe ever had anything to do with her since they hate each other so much. She says it wasn’t always that way. Once she was an attractive woman. Antonio says she’s a bitter woman, one who would give away her own child without remorse. Antonieta says you never know what is in a person’s heart.
Carmelo drives Adela home. She’s still buttering him up. He needs n allay now that Macario is untrustworthy. He gives her loads of money and says he wants her to keep the family in line. Especially Cat. He doesn’t want her to see Seb behind h is back. She agrees. When he leaves Luisa asks her what all the money is for. Adela says there’s enough there to get rid of Catalina’s baby.
Chucho tells them they can contact the authorities and Carmelo and Jessica will be arrested for forging a will. Ramiro asks if they find Lupe won’t the will be null anyway? He says yes. They keep it quiet for now.
Alicia tells Luis about Gus. She sees Rico and tells him also. He’s taken aback.
Carmelo is worried that Seb will find Lupe. Now Macario is a traitor. His days are numbered. He calls Macario and says he’s on his way over. Macario tells Emilia she better make up her mind.
Antonieta comes to the PH. Adela takes Antonio for her lover.
Cat meets Sebastian at the coffee shop. She says she thinks they’re holding Lupe upstairs in the storage room. She also says she needs to tell him something…
Tomorrow: She tells Sebastian he’s the father of the baby. Sebastian asks what was the agreement she had with Carmelo that Alicia talked about and say says that she married him so he would return the hacienda to Seb. They’re crying together and he says he doesn’t understand why so many terrible things have happened to them. Carmelo is knocking on the door and Seb and Cat are asleep on the floor.
I only watched bits & pieces of the novela on Firday - here's what I remember:
Macario now knows that Carmelo wanted to kill him since he blew up the car thinking he was going to drive it, but killed Emilia instead. He goes to the apt to confront Carm; he draws a gun at him & asks for half the inheritance. Carm tells him about Sebastian already knowing the will is false. Carm draws his gun at Mac, but then they both decide to drop their weapons & talk. Neither of them trust one another so they decide to open a joint back account in which neither can draw money out without the other's signature. They hire a private eye to look for Don Lupe.
The town police chief tells his people to look for Mac & Carm for Emilia's death. When either of them come back to town, they will be arrested. , Jessica tells Seb & the gang that she believes Emilia was murdered by Carm, since he also has threatened to kill her. SHe is freaking out. , Seb goes back to the pueblo to start a massive search for his dad because Emilia had said Don Lupe was somewhere in the area. He gets many of the employees to help him out, but they don't find anything.
The doctor lets Gustavo leave the hospital. As they start to walk him out, Catalina tells them she will go leave a basket of fruit to the ill, lonely man in the onther room. When she goes in, she sees it's Don Lupe!
Catalina finds don Lupe. He tells her that Carmelo had him kidnapped, he wants to see Sebastian and Martina, he fears he may die soon. Catalina promises him that he will see them.
Carmelo is givinfg instruccions tot he private investigator about finding Lupe.
He tells Macario that Catalina is going to do as he says or he will make the child suffer, Macxario asks him if he would kill a child, Carmelo says, if I'm willing to kill my father imagine what I would do to Sebastian's son.
Cata, Luisa, Alicia and Luis are taking Gustavo home, they tell the bodyguar there is no room for him in the car and they leave him behind, when Carmelo finds out he is really po and swear that he will kill Cata's baby. At the ranch everyone is still looking for Lupe.
Cata asks Luis to stop the car, she wants to call Sebas, she tries the apartment and he is not there, she decides to try the ranch but now the phone is occupied.
In the mean time Gus, and Luisa arrive at the PH when Catalina doesn't arrive Carmelo has a hissy fit and swars to kill her, he leaves to look for her.
Finally, Cata getsa hold of Sebastian and tells him she found don Lupe, he is at the red cross, he and Martina must come soon. Cata callos home and Luisa tells her that Carmelo went back to the hospital to look for her and he is mad. Cata and Alicia run back tothe hospital. They go in thru the back door, Cata decides to go see don Lupe. As she goes in the room Carmelo sees her, Alicia tells him that the doctor will examine her, she starts talking very loud and Cata hears her talk to Carmelo, before Carmelo goes into Lupe's room Catalina comes out and tells her the doctor told her to leave because of him, he is disturbing the other patients.
She goes to the doctor;s office in the hospital and asks him to please leave her overnite, the dr. realizes that she is afraid what Carmelo can do to her and follows along. He tells Carmelo neither him or his body guards can stay,
Sebastian tells everyone at the ranch that he and Cata reconcile and that she is pregnant, Antonietta seems happy about the news and says that she will be the one that raises Lupe's grandson. He tells Ramiro they found Lupe but to keep it quiet, only a few people know about Lupe's whereabout. They leave for the city. Sebas and Martina arrive at the hospital they embrace their dad.
They give a detailed summary of why Emilia was such a bitter person, her parents divorced and neither of her step parents liked her and they mistreated her.
Kiki comes to the penthouse and asks what happenned to Gus, Adela says somebody mugged him, he telss her to tell the truth and tells Kiki it was Carmelo who sent someone to beat him, and that he wants Kiki's husband to help Cata divorce Carmelo.
Antonio ask Panchito about his past, Panchito tells him that only Petra, Rufi and Josefa can answer his questions.
The nurse calls the PH again and Carmelo answers, she says she is looking for Ctalina because Lupe Mendoza wants totalk to her. Carmelo is shocked!!!!!!!to be continued,
The nurse tells Carmelo that Lupe is in the hospital. Carmelo realized that Cat knows he’s there, that’s why she made up the illness to remain hospitalized.
Lupe tells his children the whole story of the kidnapping. He says he loves them. They are the most important thing in his life. He tells Sebastian he was wrong about Catalina and asks for his forgiveness. Sebastian says he read his mother’s letter and he is Lupe’s son. Lupe says he never doubted it. Lupe asks for forgiveness for believing in Carmelo. He knows he’ll never get back to the hacienda. He asks for Ramiro
Catalina is worried about Carmelo returning and harming her. Ramiro tells her the police are out looking for him for the murder of Emilia. He gets called in to see Lupe.
Cat tells Seb she is there to support him. After all he was so wonderful when they thought her mother was on her death bed. He says that was the best thing he ever did, marry her and make her his wife.
Lupe tells Ramiro he’s happy he’s there to take care of Martina especially in the future when she has some hard decisions to make. Ramiro doesn’t quite know what he’s talking about but says Lupe was always like a father to him
Carmelo comes in the hospital and sees Seb and Cat. He overhears them say that they’re getting the police to watch the hospital/
The hacienda is waiting for word on Lupe. Father Demetrio is going to say a rosary.
Jessica is crying. She went to the police and made a statement about what she did. She asks Chucho for forgiveness. She says she will change. Fa. Demetrio calls and tells them Lupe is alive.
Lupe tells Seb and Cat that Seb was right about her. She loves him. She asks him for forgiveness because when she married Seb she wasn’t in love. They tell him he must be there for the birth of their baby, the bapitsm, birthdays, etc. He says he will be there in spirit. He’s sorry he won’t be there in person. Please tell the children about him and to love Alcatraz. He also asks that the baby be called Guadalupe. They agree.
Carmelo goes back to the apartment and Macario is drinking. He tells him about Lupe’s whereabouts. He panics and wants to run. Carmelo tells him he’ll get caught. They’ve got to get into the hospital and kill Lupe. They’ll pay off the guards and rent a car.
Gustavo says he’s suspicious of Carmelo. He’s going to lose everything. What you do in life comes back to you. This thought disturbs Adela who tosses and turns all night. She wants to know if Lupe is alive. Gus says he doesn’t know, but the dead do come back to haunt the living.
Lupe wants a few moments alone with his children. He tells them to take care of each other and Alcatraz. He then dies. Martina gets hysterical and Ramiro and Catalina come in to the console them.
Jessica and Don Chucho go to the hacienda. She wants to pray for Lupe. Ruffina says she should say her confession and pray. They say Cat found Lupe and his health has deteriorated.
Nurse comes into the room and says there’s nothing more that can be done. A doctor must be called to pronounce him dead. Seb says Carmelo will pay for his father’s death.
Macario and Carmelo are dressed like orderlies and overhear them say that Lupe has died. They steal the body so it can’t be autopsied.
Josefa and Ruffina talk. R reminds her not to talk about Lupe. They discuss telling Ant that Carmelo is his son. At this point they’re worried about what he would do to her. They’re afraid Antonio is going to keep digging till he gets to the truth, It’s logical that Joaquina came looking for her real son. Josefa starts to tell the truth about the paternity of Antonieta’s son when Antonieta interrupts them.
Antonio is at the bar asking for more information. He needs to know the truth.
Sebastian is at the security desk reporting the crime. He says his father was killed it was no accident. They will all make a statement. The police say they won’t be able to take the body until there’s been an autopsy.
Antonio goes to see Ruffino to ask if he’s really Antonieta’s son. She refuses to say anything.
Joaquina misses Antonio. She hopes he inherits the money and shares it with them.
As Catalina is completing her statement the doctors appear and say they don’t know where the body is.
The next morning at the hacienda everyone’s worried because they haven’t heard from Seb. The phone rings. It’s Ramiro. He tells them Lupe’s passed away and his body is missing.
Seb is furious that his father’s body is missing. Catalina says Carmelo is behind this.
Carmelo and Macario throw the body into the river (with the blanket and hospital robe).
Tomorrow: Cat and Seb tell Adela they are remarrying.
Carmelo comes to the hospital where he is told he’s got some legal problems.
Police come to arrest Carmelo, he claims to be innocent and Adela comes to his defense too.
Cata and Sebas are talking and she s a bit jealous of Jessica, Sebas tells her she has nothing to worry about.He only loves her.
Antonio tells Joaquina and Margarito that their son is Carmelo and that he is a bad person. Joaquina tells Margarito she wants to meet her son.
Carmelo goes with the policemen to the comisaria, his lawyer arrives and demands that they let him go.He has 3 charges kidnapping, falsifying testament and murder of Emilia.They tell him that someone from Morelos is coming to declare. No bail is granted.
Sebas leaves Cata at Antonio's, Joaquina send Cata to get milk, when she returns she overhears her say she wants to find Carmelo and get money from him.
Adela goes to the police and asks them if there is a reward for information that would help convict Carmelo.They say no so she says I could've help you but for free?? no way!!!
Jessica arrives to testify.
Cata discovers that Joaquina is going to try to get money from Carmelo and wants to run away.
Antonieta tells Antonio that he has to claim his share of Lupe's enheritance.
Joaquina asks Cata for Carmelo's address and phone, stupid Catalina gives it to her.
Jessica tells the police everything she knows, Carmelo's lawyer overhears her testimony.Her testimony is not good is her word against Carmelo.
Lawyer goes to see Carmelo and tells him he will be ok, he will have a careo with him and Jessica.
Antonio tells off Antonieta and again asks for proof that he is Lupe's son.
Joaquina is in a rush to leave, Cata leaves after her. Her other son sees her and Cata says she is going to the store.He won't let her leave.
Joaquina tells her son that she is sure Carmelo will give them money if they tell him where Cata is.
Joaquina goes to Antonieta's to ask he rif she is sure Carmelo is her son. Antonieta tells her, don't bother looking for him, he will laugh in your face when you tell him you are his mother.Joaquina say well a have my barganing chip, Antonieta asks her if is Cata, she is urpised Antonieta guessed.Antonietta tells het that they are the same both did something terrible to their son's.
Alicia tells Sebas that Carmelo will claim paternity of the baby.
At the penthouse, police arrive with a letter for Cata regarding Carmelo's demand.
Antonio is going to take Joaquina home because he doesn't like the idea of her sleeping in the servant quarter's.
Cata is getting ready to scape. At that moment Joaquina arrives and asks where she is going, Cata says she is leaving, why don't we treat you right Cata tells her to stop faking it she knows what her plan is, Joaquina says that Cata won't be leaving the house until Carmelo comes to get her,
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Catalina tries to leave the Perez’ but Joaquina stops her. She says she knows what she’s doing—she’s going to tell Carmelo where she is. While she’s away, she tells Lucho to keep Cat locked up. Cat protests but Joaquina says a husband is supposed to control his wife. Mr. Perez says it’s a mistake. Carmelo is not a good person. Cat agrees and says he might be your son, but you don’t know him.
Carmelo tells Sebastian he’s wasting his time. Seb says one day he’ll slip up and they’ll catch him. Carmelo threatens Jessica but covers it by saying he’s just going to take his business away from Chucho. He also says he’s going to take the baby away. Seb says he’ll never be able to do that because he can prove that he was legally married to Catalina at the time of conception.
Gustavo wants to help Cat. She won’t appear in court. Adela’s sure Carmelo will get out of jail. Gus says some cops are not corrupt, but Adela’s sure a little money will take care of his problem. Gus says he admires Catalina even more for hiding out from Carmelo. Adela says she’s furious with Cat for hiding out and Ricardo who won’t share now that he’s got Silvia’s money. Luisa says she should go to a fortune teller to get the winning lottery numbers.
Ruffi says its important to speak with Antonietta. She’s worried she’ll tell Carmelo where Catalina is. She says she must tell the truth about Carmelo and Antonieta.
Antonieta tetlls Fa. Demetrio she’s going to DF tomrrow. She must fix the mix up. If Lupe’s body appears, though, would he please call her. She wants to say a goodbye to the only man she ever loved.
Martina misses her father. She’s not interested in anyone or anything. Ramiro is starting to feel as though she’s not interested in him either. She admits her feelings are confused and right now she can’t think about him. What if they’re really not in love. Just because they were friends from childhood maybe they just had the idea of being in love. He says he left the group for her. Ruffi comes in and says Luisa called earlier to say she got a message from “Boom”. Ramiro storms out at the mention of the group.
Martina calls Luisa who tells her that all the boys, especially Frankie asked for her. She’s not okay. Lie is not so easy. Seb has Cat and the baby now. She tells Ruffi she feels very alone.
Seb says he must do something to take Carmelo to jail. They can’t put him in jail for falsifying the will because then Don Chucho and Jessica will have to go to jail also. Seb says he wants to make sure they’re still looking for his father’s body and the cops assure they are.
Antonio tells Antonieta she better treat his mother with respect or he won’t stay with her. She was the one who loved him when Ant abandoned him.
Joaquina threatens Cat. Cat asks her what Antonio will think of this. She says she doesn’t care, Carmelo is her son, not Antonio.
Carmelo comes home. He tells them he’s free. He’ll never seee Cat again according to Gus. He threatens to kill them like he did Emilia and Lupe.
Antonio insists on helping Josefa with the bags. Joaquina comes in and Antonieta is civil to her. She asks after Cat, Lucho is keeping her locked up. Mr. Perez overhears and is embarrassed by the actions of his wife and son. He promises Cat to get her out of there.
Antonieta arrives at the PH with Joaquina in tow. Carmelo is nasty and wants to know who the maid is. Ant tells him its his mother. He doesn’t believe it. He’s a Mendoza. Ant says no, she’s the woman who sold him for money.
Alicia is trying on her wedding dress. Petra says she’s like the daughter she never had. Gus is teaching her to read and write. She doesn’t think she deserves to be treated so well after what she did. It was very bad. Alicia tells her to forget it.
Carmelo is still fuming at the idea that Joaquina is his mother. H e says Petra assured him he was a Mendoza. How could they think he's a Perez?
Lucho comes home to get his father. His father gets the keys and unlocks the door for Cat. She escapes only Lucho catches her and returns her. He and his father argue and he slaps him. He tells him he has an honest home and won’t have these shannigans going on. He let’s Cat out.
Joaquina aks Antonio if he loves Antonieta. He says no, he never will. (He’s thinking she doesn’t treat me the same as before). She says she’s gong to get good money for saying where Cat is.
Carmelo is still fuming he’s got to find Cat. He goes to ask Luisa but she refuses to tell him. Adela threatens her. She says if she knew she would tell (they believe it).
Seb is back home telling everyone what happened with Carmelo. Ramiro accompanies him to get Catalina. On the way he tells him they broke up and he’s sorry he ever left his group. Seb says he can always remedy that. It’s never too late to change.
Antonieta is laughing over Carmelo’s reaction to Joaquina. Josefa says she shouldn’t be so smug.
Gus goes to Alicia’s. She tells him she heard about Carmelo getting out. He’s worried because Anto and Joaquina got to the PH wanting to talk. He asks Petra about Carmelo but she dissembles saying it’s such a mix up she doesn’t remember. She says Joaquina was always a liar and she’s probably after him for his money.
Carmelo goes to get Cat at the ranch. Joaquina meets him at the elevator and says she knows where Cat is.
Seb gets to the house and Mr. Perez tells him he freed Cat. She left because Joaquina was going to tell Carmelo where she was.
Cat tries to tell Sebastian to go see Alicia as she tells him to leave the penthouse & leave her in peace with Carmelo. He leaves enraged. , Alicia & Company are worried that Seb has messed things up & their plan won't work. She calls the ph & talks to Gustavo & explains what happened. Adela & Gustavo fight & he tells her they will get a divorce; she doesn't seem too concerned & is just happy she will be getting her stupid house in Las Lomas, Next morning- Seb goes to the police with don Chucho & Jesica to demand Car be detained for kidnapping but they don't do anything. He tells don Chucho to not bring Jesica with him ever because he doesn't want to see her again since she is the one that caused all this mess. , Lalo goes to visit Alicia & asks if he talked to Seb. She hasn't so they agree that he will go tell him the plan. He tells her that they called him to tell him Sylvia is not doing too good & that her liposuction went bad & she had a heart attack, At the hospital, the doctor tells Ricardo that Sylvia is very ill & could die or remain in a vegetable state. He smiles because now he will be rich, Martina goes to tell Ramiro that Seb is looking for him, Lalo goes to see Seb at the apt; Seb is surprised to see him there & doesn't want to see him. He calls Alicia to confirm this, Catalina gathers her documents in Luisa's purse, Antonio goes to see Antonietta to ask why she gave Cat to Carm. She denies she did that & convinces him. She tells him that Joaquina is not the person he thought she was, & that he bought him for the money, Joaquina goes to visit Carm & tells him that she will tell the whole world he is her son if he doesn't give her money. He starts screaming at her as Adela tells Carm to do something. Joaquina tells him that she has proof she is her money. Adela tells him to give her money so that she won't spread those rumors. He makes a check out to her for 100,000 pesos & she leaves. Carm tells Adela he wil kill Joaquina if she ever shows up to bother him again, Antonia tells Antonietta that he wil never stop loving the Perez, no matter what. He tells her that he will not contest a penny from that Mendoza inheritance. He leaves & Josefa comes in so she tells her that she is really starting to love Antonio, Alicia tells her group that they will try to get Carm's confidence. The escape wil happen when it's time to "carry the groom." They have to convince Carm to help them all carry Luis & then Cat can escape when he's not looking. Seb will wait for her on the street corner. Luis calls the hospital to see how Sylvia is, The doc tells Ric that Sylvia has fallen into a coma. Ric asks how long she wil be this way; he doesn't know & can't say she wil get better. Only that her heart is very weak & she could die at any minute, Lalo tells the gang that Sylvia fell in a coma. They leave to go get dressed. Ramiro calls Seb & he tells him the plan to get Cat. Ramiro agrees to go help him by waiting for him at the hotel. The artistic rep comes to see Ramiro about the singing proposal. He is ready to make him a singing sensation, Adela tells Carm that she has an appointment with Merlin, her spiritual conselor. Cat & Luisa are ready to leave to the wedding when Alicia calls & Luisa picks up the phone & Adela overhears them talk about the plan. Adela grabs her purse & leaves the penthouse to meet up with Carm & the others, but they already left. , At the church, the bride arrives & Carm tells Catalina that when they get married in the church, she should get a nice dress, Adela is waiting for a taxi to take her to the reception, Carm tells Cat that he wants to have the church wedding before the baby is born. Alicia & Luis get married. At the reception, everyone's dancing & having a good time as Seb waits outside. Adela arrives & sees Seb there. The idiot leaves the door open as Adela hides behind there. Alicia throws the bouquet so the men start lifting Luis. Carm joins in & Cat escapes to the street. , Adela did something to the car without Seb seeing her. , Cat runs out & they start making out instead of getting their asses away from there ASAP, Adela goes inside & asks Carmelo where his wife is,
Adela sufre una embolia y es llevada al hospital donde el doctor informa que puede quedar así por mucho tiempo o morir. Ramiro es lanzado como solista por primera vez en el programa Tempranito 2000, y todo el pueblo lo apoya. Antonio le dice a Antonieta que él no es su hijo. Antonieta está desesperada por saber quién es su verdadero hijo. Se lleva a cabo la misa de Don Lupe a donde Carmelo decide ir con Catalina. Pero llega cuando la misa ya terminó y en la puerta lo esperan todos lo hombres del pueblo para impedir su entrada a la iglesia.
Adela remains unable to communicate. She will probably remain like this for the rest of her life. In her head she keeps trying to tell everyone that she won the the lottery, and she will be able to get better medical care. Instead Gustavo and Luisa take her "home" to Alicia's house which will soon be theirs. Alicia will sell them her home when she returns from her honeymoon and she will move to Luis' apartment.
Meanwhile at the reading of Silvia's will. Ricardo is upset that Eduardo is the other person the attorney was waiting for. Silvia left her will on a videorecording. She leaves Ricardo all the clothes and stuff she bought him while they were together as well as the memories of their time together and all the luxuries he will no longer have! All her money and possesions she leaves to Lalo and she tells him she always loved him.
Carmelo is driving like a madman to get to the mass for Don Lupe. Sebastian is telling the men of the pueblo that he does not want Carmelo at the mass. All the men agree to help keep Carmelo out. The Presidente (police chief?) tells Sebastian that he has enough (I don't know if he said men or charges) to arrest Carmelo when he gets there. The mass takes place (Antonieta is standing at the back of the church).
Carmelo, Catalina and Petra arrive just as the mass has ended. Sebastian and all the men rush out to stop Carmelo. Panchito (who up until this point I thought was pretty level-headed) tries to handcuff Carmelo. They struggle and Carmelo handcuffs Catalina to himself. Sebastian and Carmelo argue and threaten each other. Carmelo threatens to harm Catalina and the baby. Sebastian suddenly runs to a car a drives off. Ramiro and Don Chucho follow him in another car. Carmelo of course thinks he has won and walks into the church with Catalina still handcuffed to him. All the men move aside and let him through. At the coffin Carmelo cries and starts to talk to Don Lupe about never acknowledging him, etc. He lets on that he had kidnapped Don Lupe. Panchito starts to come near and pretends to accept that Carmelo was Don Lupe's son and that he is the rightful heir, in order to get Carmelo to keep talking about what he did to Don Lupe. In the meantime Jessica is looking through all the legal stuff and finds that the name change for Carmelo had never been officially confirmed. She rushes off to the church to tell Sebastian. Antonieta runs up behind Carmelo and Catalina screaming at Fr. Demetrio to do something. Carmelo keeps talking and incriminating himself further. Sebastian is at the hacienda getting a gun. Ramiro and Don Chucho try to stop him. Don Chucho even offers to shoot Carmelo himself as he is old can live the rest of his days in jail! Sebastian gets away and rushes back to the church. He and Carmelo face-off. Carmelo of course threatens to hurt Catalina and her unborn child. Jessica arrives and tells everyone that Carmelo married Catalina using the Mendoza name however he is not legally a Mendoza because it never became official. So this means that Carmelo and Catalina are not really married. Suddenly a shot rings out, everyone looks around. Carmelo is shot by the Presidente. He falls at the feet of Antonieta who is screaming hysterically. They think Carmelo is dead -- he isn't. At some point here Rufina tells Petra to tell who Carmelo really is. Petra tells Antonieta that he is her son. Carmelo hears and struggles to speak and says no way is that woman his mother. Antonieta is still screaming, everyone is stunned, there is lots of blood! Carmelo dies!
Sebastian and Catalina make plans to be married by the church. They visit Adela and Sebastian reassures her that he will do everything possible to make her comfortable. You can hear the little voi




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(per Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/) he permitted Adela to stay in his home. Ramiro reminds Seb that he himself put Carmelo in that position and he can't do a thing. Seb says Carmelo took things way too far they never treat their workers like Carmelo did him. Ramiro tells Seb to take his place so he can put Carmelo in his and tell Adela off. Sebastian doesn't listen to Ramiro, he wants Cata to fall in love with him as a farmer. Ramiro tells him to not complain then, because he always takes his anger out on him, so they decide to change the subject, how bout talking about Ramiro's favorite subject, Martina. (Seb said it, not I)
Penthouse
Cata tells the family since Lupe and Martina are staying the night to avoid them as much as possible to avoid a fight. Rick thinks it's way too much, they just can't disappear. Gus agrees with Cata, Lupe is sick and he needs to avoid getting mad. Rick takes off his shirt, and Cata asks what he is doing? Rick tells her he doesn't sleep dressed, and Cata tells him that she wouldn't like Martina to walk in and see him like that. Rick makes a joke and says maybe she will get in the mood.(laughs) Martina walks in stuttering (after seeing Rick) (YUCK!) that her dad feels much better and is la di da with Rick, and he kisses her on the cheek.
Sylvia's place
Sylvia has a real romantic candle set up, Lalo arrrives surprised thinking he might of forgot an anniversary, but Sylvia tells him they are celebrrating their love and the fact that he rejected Cata. Lalo starts to realize what's going on.
Penthouse
Martina tells Don Lupe he called Emilia letting her know they will not stay in the apt tonight. Lupe tells Martina he knows it must be uncomfortable for her to stay at the penthouse because of the people she has to put up with, but Martina says they're not all bad, when Cata walks in with a dinner tray for Don Lupe. Cata tells Lupe he needs to eat and Lupe tells Cata to not try to hard to be polite they don't like her. Cata will not leave the room until Lupe eats.
Mendoza home
Sebastian walks in through the kitchen door, Rufina tells him the coast is clear, and complains about having to put up with Adela and Carmelo. Rufina advices Sebastian to say the truth. In comes Carmelo and Sebastain blames him for everything. For letting Adela spend the night. Seb reminds him he traded places with him so he could help him and not to order him around. Carmelo says "I did help you, you almost spoiled it". Seb tells Carmelo they never treat their workers the way Carmelo did to him, tells him he is going overboard acting like if he's Don Lupe's real son, understand. Carmelo replies with, he does not understand, he yells out he is Don Lupe's son. Seb tells him he is being effected by the trade of places, but Carmelo truly believes he is Don lupes son. Sebastian tells him to shut up or he is going to deck him, he is beyond mad and decides to leave before things get ugly and tells Carmelo he better forget that idea or his dad will kick him out of the ranch. Carmelo goes to Rufina saying Don Lupe is my real dad, Rufina is like, what's going to happen. (what a circus)
Antonietta's home
Antonieta is upset at Carmelos permitting Adela to stay at the Mendoza home. Josefa tells her the word is Carmelo treats everyone bad, and bosses people around like if he was the real boss, Antonietta thinks that's what happens when he is given too much importance. Antonietta starts laughing at how Lupe will get mad when he finds out that Carmelo let Adela stay the night. Josefa tells her she would be happy if she stopped letting her life revolve around Don Lupe. Antonietta can't every forget his rejection though.
Penthouse
Don Lupe finishes dinner and Cata takes care of him although it bothers him and he can't understand how a beautiful young lady could have been so cruel to Sebastian. Lupe is surprised by Cata's politeness. Martina tells Lupe tommorow they will get the exams and then return to the ranch. Lupe thinks it's strange how Martina wants to return she enjoys the city, but she is starting to have feelings for Rick and she wants to return. Meanwhile, Cata is in the kitchen getting breakfast ready for tommorow, some chilaquiles(yummy, had some of those this week) alongside Luisa helping when Rick comes in saying he will conquer Martina la di da, because she's rich.
Penthouse
Family eating breakfast, Rick compliments Cata on the breakfast and brags about how he will make Martina love him and Cata tells him to stay away from her. Gus tells them to calm down, before Lupe hears them.
Ranch town
Seb: Carmelo said he was the bastard son of my father. Imagine. I think he's gone loco.
I think it's partly your fault, you started with this mess, in trading places,but it's not that, he has been saying he's Don
Really? Why didn't you tell me anything?
In the beginning I didnt' think it was a big deal, I thought like you he was crazy.
Carmelo wasn't like this, someone is putting things in his head.
Maybe, Ms Antoneitta, we all know she doesn't like Don Lupe and rumor is that her and Carmelo are good friends.
Sebastain, good thing I found you, Martina called saying your dad fainted.
How is he?
Much better, but you can call Cata's house they are there.
I'll call imediately, Ram you pay.(they were eating tamales next to Petras stand) Antonieta walks by the stand and everyone around her murmurs, Petra tells her she needs to talk to her it's important and Antonieta says to meet her later. Antonieta bumps into the preist and wants to know what's up with the murmuring. Priest tells her that people see Carmelo leaving her house at wee hours and they think they have something going on. Mendoza home Sebastian is talking to Lupe on the phone from the Mendoza home and they talk about what happened and how soon Lupe will return to the ranch. Adela walks in and see's Sebastian and complains about how he was using the phone. Rufina tells her that her bags are ready so she can go, and she thinks how rude, and tells them she will accuse them with Carmelo.
Penthouse
Cata tells Alicia of how noone will believe that she really loves Sebastian, and gets angry of the thought that they are seperated because of Emilia, she set her up big time. The doorbell rings and Catalina wants to know what Emilia is doing there, and in comes Martina glad to see her because she came to pick up Lupe and her to take them to get Lupe's exams. Emilia tells Catalina she will get her back for the slap she gave her the other day. Catalina tells Alicia she has to tell Seb that Emilia set up for her and Lalo to meet, it was a trick of hers. Meanwhile, Martina is outside when Rick spots her and kisses her, now Martina is on cloud 9 (Double YUCK!) Adela arrives home happy with money, and Gus tries to tell her more than once that Cata has gone to the ranch to be with Sebastian.
Outside the ranch
Sebastian is hungry but he doesn't want to go to house because he thinks Adela might still be there, then he smells food coming from his temporary home, he goes to check and it's Cata cooking for him. He asks her what she is doing there and she replies, that she is his wife and she is doing her duties, and then decides to tell him that Emilia set up that meeting with Lalo she had no idea about it.
Antonieta's home
Carmelo is there with Antonieta talking about they're plans, Antonieta tells Carmelo to use the back door from now on because people are saying they are sleeping together, Carmelos agrees and thinks to himself she is old enough to be my mother how can they say that. As Carmelo leaves Petra walks in and Carmelo tells her she is in the study, Antonietta tells Petra she doesn't have time so what's up, and Petra brings up her son, who she thinks is dead, but Petra tells Antonietta her son is not dead, he lives,
TBC,
Diana M

Telenovela-World: Summary #34 Author: Sylvia Date: 10-19-99 14:37 PDT
Antonieta laughs at the idea that she is the lover of Carmelo. She tells Petra that she has class and would never dare to mess with a low class foreman. Then, Petra tells her, stop feeding the idea in Carmelos's mind that he is the illegitimate son of don Lupe. Petra urges Antonieta to stop using Carmelo for her own purposes or she will speak out where her son is, that son that she abandoned so many years ago. Josefa is hearing their conversation outside the door.
Catalina is trying to convince Sebastian that Emilia set up her "appointment" with Eduardo. He does not believe her. He disregards her and asks her to serve dinner as the good wife she is supposed to be for the next six months. Catalina asks him if he is not going to do something about Emilia. Maybe, but I am going to run some errands, when I get back I want my dinner served.
Emilia, Martina and don Lupe arrive at the ranch. He thanks Emilia for the ride. They get into the main house. As Emilia is leaving, Sebastian arrives and asks Emilia if she was the one who made up the appointment between Catalina and Eduardo. Emilia tells him that she did nothing wrong but anyways, she will be there whenever he needs a friend, now that he is all by himself at the ranch. "Then, you don't know that Catalina is here, at the foreman's little house". He leaves, she gets mad.
At MC, Adela is mad when she gets the news that Catalina went to the ranch looking for Sebastian. Gustavo tries to speak to Adela but she stops him and keeps on complaining how inconsiderate is Catalina because she spoke with Carmelo and he is willing to marry her and Carmelo, as everyone knows, is the heir of the ranch. Gustavo tells Adela that she has to accept that their plot was a failure and Adela tells him that she already fixed everything with Carmelo but Catalina and him messed everything once again. Ricardo is on her side suggesting that they go to the ranch and bring back Catalina. Gustavo wants to stop Adela and Luisa tries to shup up Ricardo. Gustavo defends Catalina and her right to be happy with Sebastian. Ricardo and Adela are against that idea. Gustavo is desperate and leaves them. Adela and Ricardo console each other.
Sebastian is telling don Lupe that he has to take care of himself. Don Lupe tells Sebastian that Catalina was kind with them and that he is happily surprised. Sebastian tells them that she is at the ranch and that they should keep on pretending that he is the foreman.
At the cantina, Ramiro is telling his friends that all of them should pretend that Sebastian is the foreman. They agree but they are afraid that Carmelo is convincing himself that he is the son of don Lupe.
Don Panchito is telling Catalina that he thinks that she and Sebastian are in love. Catalina tells him that Sebastian is pushing too hard with his anger. Emilia arrives and asks don Panchito to leave them alone. Emilia is mad at Catalina because she told Sebastian about the set up at the restaurant. Emilia tells her that it is a lie. Catalina wants to know how Eduardo got the news about Catalina being there at the restaurant. Emilia tries to convince Catalina that she is innocent and tells her that she is going to be just a friend and is going to sacrifice herself if she finds out that Catalina is good for Sebastian.
Macario is laughing at Carmelo telling him about the rumors running in the town regarding him and Antonieta. Carmelo tells him that he would be crazy to involve himself with a fat old woman. He is thinking to go to Mexico City to pay a visit to Catalina. Then Macario tells him that Catalina is in town. Carmelo is happy to know that and he is going to look for Catalina.
Petra is selling her tamales and Macario arrives to get some. Rufina arrives and tells her that Josefa, Rufina and herself must talk.
Sebastian is speaking to Ramiro. He does not believe Emilia's plot. Ramiro is looking for Martina. Sebastian is wondering if Catalina is innocent. He thinks that Catalina might really a victim of Emilia but Catalina has lied to him so many times that he does not know what to believe, anymore, Don Panchito tells him that Catalina cooked for him. Martina arrives and Ramiro leaves after her.
Catalina is at the little house waiting for him. Carmelo arrives and Catalina is scared. He wants to speak to her. She does not want to speak to him and tells him that she is waiting for her husband to have dinner with her but he tells her that Sebastian is having dinner at the ranch because he dreams of being the ranch owner. Carmelo apologizes with Catalina. He assures her that she can find a friend in him. Carmelo tells her that Sebastian is a heavy and aggressive drinker. Catalina does not trust in Carmelo. Carmelo tells her that she, for sure, is going to see him drunken sometime within the next six months. Carmelo is trying to charm her. Sebastian arrives and tells Catalina that it is clear for him that she cannot be without a man, sometimes it is Eduardo and now it is Carmelo.
Catalina tells Sebastian that he has no right to insult her. Carmelo leaves. Sebastian wants to know what was Carmelo doing here? Keeping Catalina company. Catalina reminds him that she is his wife. And Sebastian tells her that she married him out of interest not out of love. Catalina tells him that he lied also and Sebastian agrees and tells her that now they know where is standing each one. Catalina tells him that she is going to sleep in a petate because he does not want her as his wife. Sebastian gets soft for a while and tells her that, being a gentleman, he is not going to allow that and that he is going to sleep himself in the petate.
Emilia arrives with Antonieta. Emilia tells Antonieta about the restaurant plot. Antonieta aproves. Emilia tells her that Sebastian does not want to leave Catalina and that, regretfully, Emilia thinks that Catalina is falling for Sebastian. Emilia wants to know what cant they do to separate them but Antonieta tells her that she is not succeeding and that, perhaps, it is going to be easier to make plans with Catalina for her own (Antonieta's) purposes.
At the cantina Ramiro is drinking. Don Panchito wants to know what is going on because he never drinks. Ramiro tells him that Martina is acting weird and he thinks that Ricardo has something to do with this. He feels that Catalina's brother is responsible for this and he will go to Mexico City to punch his nose.
At the little house, Catalina cannot sleep and Sebastian is peeking at her but when she leaves her bed, he pretends to be asleep. Catalina, thinking that he cannot hear her, is speaking to him asking him how and when did things went wrong. She is telling him that she wants to ask him for forgiveness, that she loves him. She is crying. She gets back at her bed. Sebastian heard every word and is confused. He does not know what to believe.
The next morning Sebastian is watching Catalina while she is sleeping. He is wondering if she knew that he was not sleeping yesterday night and said such things as to convince him or if she was telling the truth thinking that he was not hearing. He tells her -in his thoughts- that he loves her so much and wants her so bad and that he does not know what to think of this mess. He was going to tuck himself into bed with her but changed his mind and left the house.
Gustavo arrives at his penthouse and wants to know why Adela is up at this hour of the morning, because usually, when he arrives from the Central de Abastos she is still sleeping. Adela tells him that she is worried about Catalina and that all her efforts have been fruitless. Gustavo tells her that money is not important and Adela tells him that she knows that, but she also knows that money helps a lot and that he should not try to convince Adela to change her ways. Adela wants to know how can they keep the penthouse for their own because Catalina, as Sebastian's wife, is entitled to keep the house, according to the divorce law. Gustavo reminds Adela that, perhaps, Catalina is going to be happy with Sebastian but Adela tells him that Sebastian is just a foreman who cannot make happy Catalina.
At the ranch, Sebastian arrives at his bedroom and finds Carmelo sleeping. He tells Carmelo to remember that he is still the foreman and should be in charge of the ranch operation. Sebastian asks Carmelo to never get back to the little house and not to speak to Catalina. Sebastian leaves and Carmelo is mad swearing that he is going to make Catalina his and that Sebastian is nobody to tell him how to handle his life.
Martina wants to know what is doing Sebastian so early at the main house. Martina wants to speak to Sebastian. She wants to know how can you tell if you are really in love with someone? Sebastian tells her that when he met Catalina he wanted to be with her, to make things to make her happy and that he had never felt like this for anybody else. But now, when he knew that Catalina married to him for his money, he is confused and does not know how he feels anymore. Martina thinks that this is too complicated. Sebastian wants to know why did she ask such question. Martina tells him that she is not sure how she feels about Ramiro and that she kissed with Ricardo.
Adela is happy to know that Ricardo kissed Martina. Ricardo is telling her that he "le movió el tapete" (confused her) to Martina. Adela is celebrating all the possibilities: Catalina with Carmelo and Ricardo with Martina so her two children would be the owners of the ranch. Ricardo tells her that he could push things harder telling Carmelo that he cannot marry his sister if he, himself does not help Ricardo with his own sister. Adela is amazed of how talented is Ricardo. This is a well-rounded plan. Luisa pulls them back to earth telling them that this has not happened.
Martina is telling Sebastian that she knows that he is not going to be happy with this, but Martina is involved with Ricardo. Sebastian wants to know if she loves Ricardo. Martina does not know. She is not sure how is she feeling. Sebastian reminds her that that family is unworthy. Ricardo is the worst. His advice is to think about this issue because Ramiro is the best man she could find. Sebastian tells Martina that she should tell Ricardo how does she feel. Ramiro arrives and wants to know what is it what she has to tell him.
Sebastian leaves and Martina tells Ramiro that it is something unimportant and Ramiro tells her that she should not underestimate him. She tells him that she is not sure how is she feeling and that she wants to end their relationship. She runs away and leaves him stunned.
Carmelo finds Emilia and wants to know where is she heading. She reminds him that she is Miss Emilia for him. Emilia tells Carmelo that she is going to tell the truth to Catalina once and for all.
Josefa wants to speak to Rufina, not only her, but also Petra. The three of them must speak. They must make an important decision.
Emilia arrives at the little house and Catalina wants to know if she is trying to convince her that she has changed. Emilia tells Catalina that she should know something: Sebastian is not what she thinks that he is.

na wa oh

_{*people u now have the full load down so no more work for me herre*}




over and out

So, we have been loaded with everything, I think things are getting worse for Catalina and Sebastian

It is simply da bomb.

I was an addict but I'm no more . . .
The show is so stupid . . .for the past 2weeks, they'v bin in d same spot. .

To worsen it, Catalina agreed tu marry Camelo . . .

She's so foolish!

i concur, this show is really very very very stupid. dont even bother watching it again except im VERY bored

do not watch rated 75years and above

how far diva4eva

hehe. yeah, that's what soap operas are. the characters are deliberately made stupid. It's a pretty show, though. Lovely costumes, lovely lighting, lovely scenes.

Ever since PASSIONS, i promised myself never to watch all those dull mexican soaps again. Now i found myself stuck with this catalina thingy. The worst part is that carmello's Plans are working perfectly and its annoying.
Finally, i got introduced to 24 (for the first time). I got all the seasons and have finally been delivered from the hands of dull soaps.

lol, Sonye _ I cant blame u , , ,
They hardly make sense!

this is d dumbest show ever, weak story line with the characters on a merry go round

Thank U Uchetobi, u said it all

What is all these noise about this soap? All the bad belle people should please allow the likes of us who enjoy and appreciate good telenovela have our way. Afterall, it is a free world!

U musnt call us bad belle . . . Maybe u shld go some pages bk and see d pips whu were keeping the thread alive. . .
If u enjoy it, goood for you!

it isnt bad belle o. pls