EPISODE 111

 

Back at Montes De Alba inc,

Aranza and Aurelio are in the hallways. Aurelio can tell that she is down because of John. He tells her to ask Gina if they can go together to check up on John. Aranza says that Gina will probably want to be with Hector, given what has happened to Marianna. Aurelio says maybe, but Gina loves John like he was her father, and if he is sick, either she or his aunt will be there to talk with the doctor. Aranza agrees and says that she will.

 

Back at the cafeteria,

Horacio says that with Marianna's accident they face a new challenge. Alejandro asks him what he means. Horacio says that people usually become better and have a change of heart after near-death experiences. He adds that Marianna was always soft and if she survives her injuries she might want to make amends with Hector, especially now that he is by her side. Isabella tells Alejandro that he has a point. She says that Martin and Hector are likely to seize on the opportunity to get Marianna to talk. Horacio says that they need to monitor Marianna closely while she is in hospital.

 

Meanwhile, Hector is in the restroom,

He is washing his hands when his phone rings. He sees it is his sister and picks it up. Gina tells him that she will come to the hospital later. Hector says that will be unnecessary because their grandparents are already there and he is sure everyone else will be there later. Gina says that she is his sister and she wants to be there for him. Hector says that he understands but she has to talk to their father's doctor.

 

Hector reminds her that they already agreed that she would go to visit their father. Hector says that she should go with Aranza who can talk to their father as she speaks to the doctor. Gina agrees. Hector says that she can always reveal the truth, without him being there. Gina says that the thought scares her. Hector says that he understands her but they have to make sure all the progress their father has made isn't undone.

 

Later in the evening,

Back at the investigator's room. He looks at the files, then at his laptop ( on which he had opened the report he was working on). He then walks around and runs his hand through his hair. He says that he can't believe that the only case of missing children that corresponds to Hector and Gina's mysterious origins is that of the missing Montes De Alba twins.

He says that all the other cases of missing children from the area from that year didn't match, either because the children were too old, too young, it was one child or the children were either all girls or all boys.

 

He says that after days of analyzing different cases and reports, he hopes he finally has a breakthrough. He says that if Hector and Gina really are the missing twins, this would be one of the biggest stories in years. He adds that it would also explain why they are back under different identities. He further says that they are probably buying their time before they reveal themselves and try and get back their father's company.

 

Elsewhere, at the mental hospital,

Gina is at the doctor's office. She asks him if there is a chance of a mental breakdown. Dr. Alves says that is a possibility, and he has seen it happen on some occasions. He adds that as he said, they can't be sure how severe or for how long it will be. He also adds that all they can do is continue treating him. Gina has a flashback of the two times her brother has told her that it is up to her to reveal the truth. She then comes back to the present. Dr. Alves asks her if she is fine. Gina says she is. She takes a deep breath.

 

Elsewhere Aranza is with John in his room. He tells her to relax. He adds that the doctor stabilized him. She says that she cannot help but be afraid that he will get worse. She says that he is like the father she never had. John ( to himself) calls her princess and says that he wishes that he could tell her that he is her father, but it isn't time to do so yet. He says ( to himself) that things have to be done slowly.

 

Back at Dr. Alves' office,

Gina tells the doctor that she has to discuss something very sensitive with him. Dr. Alves says that there isn't a problem because all matters relating to patients are confidential. Gina tells the doctor that the Montes De Alba twins didn't die. She says that they survived and were found and raised by a nice family. Dr. Alves looks at Gina shell shocked. He then says that it is a bit hard to believe. Dr. Alves pauses and Gina doesn't say anything giving him time to digest everything. Dr. Alves realizes something and looks at Gina again his eyes wide open.

 

He then, full of shock asks her if she is Gabriela Montes De Alba. Gina nods and says that she is. The doctor says that if it isn't too much to ask her, he would like to know what happened to her brother. Gina says that her brother is fine, and it is Hector. She then says that she knows that he is busy but she would like to explain everything so that he can understand what happened and know how best to help her father. Dr. Alves says that she can take all her time. He adds to himself that this case is too interesting and he is very curious.

 

Back at the hospital,

Martin is sitting on a chair sipping some coffee. Just then Alejandro, Horacio, and Isabella who had left to go run errands get back. They are shocked and irritated to see Martin. Alejandro tells Martin that he has nothing to do there. Martin says that he told Hector to go home because he had been there the whole day and he ( Martin) felt that Hector needed to rest. Isabella says that she can see that his mother and uncle are around, but thinks that it is hypocritical of them to pretend to care about

Marianna when they want her to die so that they can get Diana's custody.

 

Martin says that it takes a truly twisted mind to think like that. He says that neither he nor his cousin are evil or twisted like the four of them. He adds that as much as he wants them to face justice, he doesn't want Marianna to die, mainly for Diana's sake. Alejandro says that Dianna is his ( Alejandro's ) daughter and none of his ( Martin's ) concern.

 

Meanwhile at Adrianna's house,

Antonio is there with her. The girls are watching cartoons so they can talk. Adrianna asks him what is bothering him. Antonio says that he was just thinking about something Aranza told him, but he had forgotten about, with everything else going on around them. Adrianna asks him what it is. Antonio says that Aranza told him that Gina had told John that her father died in a car accident years ago when she was young, while her mother died soon after giving birth to her brother and her.

 

Adrianna asks Antonio if there was anything else, Gina told John. Antonio says that she asked John if she could take pictures of his tattoo and told him that she had a tattoo of a butterfly because that is what her father called her when she was a child. Adrianna asks Antonio how all of that started. Antonio says that was the first time Gina had seen John in something short-sleeved. He continues and says that she saw his tattoo, she was curious about it and asked to see it, and then showed him hers, and then she started talking about her parents.

 

Adrianna is shocked and looks at Antonio. She asks him if it bothers him that Gina opened up to someone else. Antonio says that it does, especially because he knows that Gina has a big painful secret she is hiding that she won't open up to him about. He adds that isn't, however, his main concern. Adrianna asks him what is. Antonio says that it is the mention of her having a brother because she has never mentioned it.

 

Back in Dr. Alves' office,

He is shocked. Gina has just finished summarizing everything. Dr. Alves says that in the thirty years he has been a psychiatrist, he has never heard anything like that. He says that he now understands why they wanted Aranza to be visiting John and why they care about him so much. Gina adds that her brother and aunt would have come but someone (pauses) close to them is in intensive care and they can't all be here. Dr. Alves says that he understands.

 

Gina asks the doctor to please keep everything quiet. She says that she knows that she and her brother's time is almost up, and soon they will have to reveal themselves and reveal that their father is alive, but they want to do it at their own pace and time. Dr. Alves says that it is fine. He says that they will, however, have to tell their father the truth because that level of being unsettled isn't good for his mental well-being. Gina says that she knows but it is just so hard.

 

Meanwhile back in John's room,

He tells Aranza that something must be wrong because Gina has been in the doctor's office for too long. Aranza tells him that he should have faith and that many people love him. He says he knows but he cannot help but worry about what Gina and the doctor are discussing. Aranza hugs him. She tells him that he is a very strong person and he is a fighter.

 

Back in Adrianna and Hector's house,

Antonio says that he doesn't understand, why Gina would never mention her brother, or how Hector fits into the whole story. Adrianna admits that she too is confused. She says that the two are very close and Gina doesn't seem like the kind of person who would hold a grudge so deeply up to the level of not mentioning that she has a brother. Antonio agrees and says that none of it makes sense. Adrianna seems to be deep in thought, and Antonio notices it. He asks her about it.

 

Adrianna says that she was just thinking about the possibility that Hector is Gina's brother. Antonio looks at Adrianna a little surprised. He asks Adrianna why she would think that. Adrianna says that it's the gaps in their story and the fact that there is no mention of Hector's separate past by either him or Gina. Antonio says that is possible but it raises questions about why they would need to weave that tale about them being cousins and not siblings. Adrianna says that they won't know anything until Hector or Gina decides to tell them something.

 

Back at the hospital,

Martin is glaring at Alejandro. He says that it's hypocritical of him to refer to Diana as his daughter when he has never cared about her. Alejandro tells him that she is his daughter and that he will not let the family keep her. Isabella says that they are Marianna's friends and they will take care of her, so he has no more reason to be there.

 

Martin glares at her and says that whether they like it or not Marianna is still part of his family, and they are still connected because of Hector and Dianna. Horacio sarcastically asks if that is why Hector is living with Adrianna. Martin says that after everything they have done, they are in no place to judge anyone.

 

Sometime later, Marianna slips in and out of consciousness. She still hasn't registered where she is, but she is in great pain. She can't move.

 

Shortly after,

The doctor then comes out to where Martin, Alejandro, Isabella, and Horacio are. They ask him how she is. The doctor says that there has been no change and they need to perform surgery as soon as possible if they are to save her life. Alejandro tells the doctor to go ahead and do everything to help her. The doctor says that they have scheduled the surgery for the next day but they need to do all the formalities immediately.

 

Alejandro says that he will take care of everything. The doctor says that the surgery forms have to be filled by a family member. Martin says that Marianna has no immediate family members but he is her brother-in-law. The doctor says okay and asks Martin to follow him. Martin agrees and does so.

 

At Gina and Antonio's house,

He is in his home office. The laptop on his desk is open, but he is barely concentrating on what he was supposed to be working on. The conversation with Adrianna is weighing heavily on his mind. He cannot help but think of the secrets Gina is keeping. It continues to bother him why she would open up to a stranger and tell him close to nothing. Does she not trust him?

 

Meanwhile at Hector and Adrianna's house,

Hector's phone rings. It's Martin. He immediately picks it up, fearing that Marianna's health has worsened. He asks Martin how she is. Martin says that not much has changed. He adds that the reason he called was that he (Martin) needed his (Hector's) authorization to sign the paperwork because they have to operate on Marianna the next day if she is to have a chance at survival. Hector says that it's okay, what is important is that she survives.