EPISODE 71

 

Meanwhile, Isabella asks Marianna where she heard the information from. Marianna says that gossip travels fast. She adds that with camera-phones and social media, walls really do have ears. Alejandro says that would play to their advantage apart from being fun to watch. Isabella asks Horacio where, Gina, Antonio, Adrianna, and Hector are. He says that his sources, saw everyone converge at Antonio's house. Isabella says to herself that they should enjoy it because that's one of the last times they will enjoy such gatherings.

Back at Antonio's house, Antonio tells Aurelio and Martin that they should let, the girls gossip. Aranza calls him Tony and says that they don't gossip. He smiles and pats her forehead.

At Clara and Ramon's house. Anna Patricia, is alone, as her parents, had gone out. She goes to the kitchen to get a glass of water when she hears a knock on the door. She goes to open, the door, and is shocked to see Carlos. She is too shocked to even react and he enters and closes the door. She folds her hands and glares at him. She then asks him what he wants. He says he wants to talk to her. Anna Patricia says that they have nothing to talk about, and increases the distance between them.

Carlos says that he finds her beautiful, charming, and would like to get to know her better. Anna Patricia looks at him like he, is going mad. She says that she wants nothing to do with him. He says that he can keep her company. Anna Patricia says that she may be single, but she isn't desperate or bored. She adds that he should go to Helena because she has too much dignity to be someone's second wheel. Carlos asks her what is going, on between, her and the crazy man, her, Hector, and Gina have been visiting for months.

Elsewhere, Helena is at the country club. She looks around and sees some of Carlos's friends. He had said he would be at the country club, but there was no sign of him. She sits down and orders a drink. She tries to call him, but she can't reach him either. She asks herself if he went chasing after Anna Patricia, and then, says she is going to speak to Anna Patricia and warn her to keep off him.

Back at Ramon and Clara's house, Anna Patricia keeps quiet. She says to herself that she has to downplay Gabriel's (John) importance or Carlos might try and hurt him again (like he did years ago). Out loud, Anna Patricia says that he is being ridiculous. She says that her mother asked her to represent the family, and she enjoys helping people. She adds that John probably has a family out there. Carlos watches her and asks her why anyone would fall for a madman who doesn't remember his own name, or anything, about his family.

Anna Patricia, says just as she wasn't about to argue with her mother at the time, she isn't about, to explain anything more to him. She tells him to leave her alone. Ignoring her, Carlos moves and touches her. Anna Patricia recoils at the touch and tells him to never do that again. Carlos says that he can give her anything she wants, and he can put the world at her feet. Anna Patricia says that the only thing she wants is for him to leave her alone. Carlos says that everyone has their price. Anna Patricia, says that her dignity and self-respect aren't for sale.

Back at Antonio's house, Aranza asks, Gina where she thinks the guys went. Gina says that they are definitely at a bar or club somewhere watching football and drinking. Emma adds that neither of them would do something like say shopping. She then says if it's not that they are doing some adrenaline-inducing sporty activity. Just then Adrianna comes in and Aranza says that she wants to change the baby's clothes. She adds that it's good practice anyway. Adrianna and Gina both look at her, in a sort of don't you think about that look. Aranza shrugs and tells them, to stop being so dramatic, because she will have her own child at some point.

Adrianna says that everything happens in its own time and that she is far too young to be thinking about things like that. Gina folds her arms and says that she and Aurelio should be careful. Aranza rolls her eyes, at them. Emma says that she should be happy. She says that not only does she have Adrianna to guide her, she also has Gina who is like an older sister. Aranza makes a dramatic pose and says double the scolding and lectures, as Emma and Adrianna smile. Gina meanwhile wonders to herself, what Aranza's reaction will be to finding out the truth.

Shortly after, Anna Patricia, still cannot believe Carlos came. She has a flashback of him asking her what is going on between her and John (Gabriel). She then remembers, John, smiling. She then says that him being the twins' father, doesn't change, much, because getting involved with him would be very complicated because of Helena. She adds that despite everything, she knows Helena would never give him a divorce, and she doesn't need that level of drama. She also says that to top it all of, Carlos is getting obsessed with her.

On Monday, morning, Gina calls John. She still cannot believe her father is alive. She wants nothing more than to go, visit him and hug him. He can sense that something is bothering her and asks her about it. Gina says she's fine. She adds that it's the baby that's making her emotional. He says that he cannot wait for her to come and start visiting him again. She says that she cannot wait either.

Hector meanwhile is sitting on his favourite chair in the house, thinking about what to do about the discovery that his father is alive. He wonders to himself how he and Gina are going to go about telling Aranza the truth. He says to himself that he is going to have to find a way to have Aranza and their father meet and create a bond before she learns the truth.

Back at Antonio's house. John tells Gina that he loves her, and to him, she is the daughter, he is not sure he had. She wipes away a lone tear and says that she loves him too. After Gina ends the call, she sees Antonio looking at her with questioning eyes. He then comes and sits on the bed near her. He asks her what is really going on with John. Gina rolls her eyes and says that she has repeatedly told him that John is interested in Anna Patricia, and she is only helping him because he has no known family. Antonio asks her why she said she loved him. Gina tells Antonio that John had just told her that he loved her, like the daughter he never knew if he had. She then asks him how else she was supposed to respond.

Antonio runs his hand, through his hair. He says from what little she has said about her past, he can understand, that something painful and tragic happened to her father, which has left her traumatized since. He adds that he kind of understands her reluctance to talk about him. He adds that Ramon and Armando have done, their best to shower her with love even though that cannot replace her father, whom she clearly loved. He continues and says he doesn't understand her and Hector's attachment to John, with all the love they have been given. Gina sighs and says that John just reminds her of her father, and she feels closer, to him, when, around John. She tells Antonio that he has nothing to worry about because he is the only one she loves.

She adds that John sees her as a daughter, and she wants to do all she can to help him recover because he has spent so many years locked up and she wants to see him get back to his normal life. Antonio says it will take getting used to. He then asks her what happens once she starts visiting John again. Gina says that she is finalizing a schedule. She says that now obviously she can't visit almost daily because of the baby and has to pick days. She says the rest of the days, she will have to be communicating with him on phone. Antonio apologises for his reactions to John. Gina says she forgives him. She says to herself that she cannot get too angry at Antonio when she is keeping from him her identity and that her father is alive.

Back at Hector's house, Adrianna finds Hector, still in a pensive mood, and asks him about it. He says he's fine. She's carrying the baby. She hands him the baby and he looks at her. She asks him what's up. He says that she reminds him of how people said his mother was. He adds that she died shortly after he was born. Hector adds that his mother was very much like her. He adds that she was also, gentle, very intelligent, and loving. Adrianna is surprised.

Hector says he knows that he had only told her that his mother had died, not how. He adds that he knows that, she gets tired of all the secrecy and might feel overwhelmed, and that Antonio feels the same towards Gina, but adds that both he and Gina suffered some tragic events before the Ortiz's adopted them, and they don't really like to talk about them. Adrianna says that she understands. Hector says that someday he will talk to her and tell her everything, but now he isn't ready. He then runs a finger down her cheek. She says she will work on waiting, but it won't be easy.

Later, Anna Patricia's phone rings. It is an unknown number. She is at work but picks it up. It is Carlos, and he asks her if she has thought about what they talked about, two days ago. Anna Patricia looks around and then tells him that she wants nothing to do with him. She tells him to stop pestering her and cuts him off.

Sometime later, Claudia goes to visit Isabella. Isabella (gladly) lets her carry and play with the baby. Claudia says she cannot see why Antonio wouldn't stop being so stubborn and just get back together with her so that the two of them and their son can be a family. Isabella says that she wants nothing more than that. She says that she loves Antonio and wants nothing more than to make him happy. She adds that if he asks her right now, she will get back together with him. The house help silently sighs and says that Isabella is a brilliant actress and is fooling the old lady (Claudia) very well. She adds that she is sure that Isabella doesn't love her son or Antonio and is just obsessed with Antonio. She then says, poor child.