La Revancha (Vuelve Junto a Mí) Recaps / Summaries from the 2001 Univision Broadcast
Producción de Venevision 2000
USA (Univision) 1/22/01 -
6/28/01
México (Televisa) 2003
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Plot Summary:
Aristides Ruiz was a wealthy businessman with two young daughters: Isabela and Mariana. Aristides worked alongside another wealthy businessman named Rodrigo Arciniegas. However, Rodrigo did not gain his wealth the honest way. He was embezzling money from the company he and Aristides worked for. Aristides later learned of Rodrigo's crimes and threatened to tell the police. Rodrigo later killed him in cold blood. Aristides' two daughters were separated after his death: Isabela was taken by her godfather, and Mariana was taken by the nanny, Providencia Santander. Twenty years later, the daughters have grown up separate from each other. Isabela, who has lived the life of luxury and is well aware of what happened to her father, vows revenge against the man who killed her father, and she seeks to find her lost sister. Mariana grew up in a humble home devoid of riches with Providencia. Providencia changed Mariana's name to Soledad Santander, and she knows nothing of her deceased birth father or her sister. Later, Soledad and Isabela are reunited because they fall in love with the same man. They have both fallen in love with a young doctor named Alejandro Arciniegas, who is also the son of the man who killed their father. Alejandro is attracted to Isabela, but he is truly in love with Soledad. Alejandro, like Soledad, is totally unaware of the link between their families. However, Isabela later learns the truth of Alejandro and his family, and tries to use Soledad as part of her revenge. The question is this: Which is stronger, love or vengeance?? Written by Nadiya K. Edwards {nadiyae@clemson.edu}
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SUMMARIES FROM THE
2001 UNIVISION BROADCAST
USA, 1/22-26/01. On a cruise ship, Alejandro is attracted to Soledad who turns out
to be in charge of entertainment. At first, she rejects his advances. Then she
and the ship’s head chef, Providencia, the woman whom has raised her and whom
she believes to be her mother learn that Doña Rosa, her grandmother is ill and
they decide to leave the ship in Miami and care for Rosa. Finding Rosa very
ill, Soledad calls Alejandro whom she had learned was a doctor. He cares for
Rosa but Providencia doesn’t want the two to become involved. She knows that
Alejandro’s father killed Soledad’s father, a murder she witnessed and caused
her to flee with the young Soledad. Meanwhile, Isabela has arrived in Miami
with Lupe, her nana, to open a business with the help of her padrino Alvaro
Ruiz. She hopes to find the murderer of her father and when she meets Oscar,
the man from whom she will buying the location for her business, she believes
she recognizes him. At the airport, she bumps into Alejandro who is picking up
Kike, the son who has been raised for the past 4 years by his grandparents,
since the death of his mother. With his grandfather ill, the boy has come to
live with Alejandro’s family: his father Rodrigo, his vicious brother Reinaldo,
his other brother Guillermo, his father’s new wife Emperatrix and her daughter
Reina and his crazy aunt Lucia. Reina sets her sights on Alejandro. Reinaldo
loves Mercedes, the daughter of Oscar, but she has broken up with him because
of the type of man he is. He is arrested for rape but is freed when his
father’s goon Sabes threatens the girl into retracting the accusation. After
seeing Alejandro with Soledad, he decides he wants her and finding her alone in
the hallway of a nightclub attacks her. She is rescued by José Luis who is then
beaten up by Sabes and his goons. Providencia tells her that Alejandro’s family
has a bap reputation, mafia connections, etc. but Soledad has fallen in love
with Alejandro and refuses to believe her...in spite of the attack by Reinaldo.
Rodrigo has a lover Lola who is furious when she discovers that he has married
again. Sabes and Reinaldo threaten Arturo, a reporter who is working with José
Luis to expose Rodrigo. During the first week, Soledad saves Kike when he falls
off a small boat and finds a wandering Lucia. Oscar finds Reinaldo forcibly
kissing Mercedes and tells him to leave her alone. Rodrigo and Oscar suspect
that Isabela is the daughter of the man he killed, especially when she
questions them about the history of house she wants to buy, a house in which
there was a murder. Isabela is convinced that Oscar is the murderer, does not
seem to suspect Rodrigo.
USA, 1/29-2/2/01. Kike runs away again to
Soledad. Isabela offers Soledad works as a model, but she refuses. Reinaldo
complains to Bernarda about the way his father treats him. He doesn’t even know
his mother. Guillermo meets Lola’s sister, a budding musician, and is attracted
to her. Rodrigo visits Soledad and asks her to become Kike’s tutor. Soledad sees
Isabela kissing Alejandro. Reinaldo, surprised to see Soledad at his home,
grabs her arm. Rodrigo forces him to apologize to her. Isabela and Alejandro
talk with Reina and Emperatrix; Isabela calls him her novio “after the night we
spent together”. Alejandro tells Leonardo he loves Soledad. Kiki wants only
Soledad. Mercedes prays for the strength to stop loving Reinaldo. Isabela
assumes that Soledad is Kiki’s nana. Reinaldo tells Mercedes she is responsible
for his behavior, swears he will love her and promises to change. Soledad
visits Kiki again. Isabela visits Providencia to offer Soledad a job but
Providencia isn’t fooled; she knows why she came and tells her to leave. Oscar
tells Reinaldo to stay away from his daughter Mercedes but she tells her father
she loves him and has forgiven him. Isabela and Reina talk. Guillermo invites
Rosalita, Lola’s sister, to his home. Oscar tells Mercedes he rather see her
dead than with Reinaldo. Soledad refuses, again, Isabela’s offer of a job. Lola
tells Rosalita, her sister, not to go to Guillermo’s home. Isabela talks to her
nana about her sister; she is sure that, like herself, she was probably raised
by a nana who took her away when their father was murdered. Isabela visits
Oscar, drugs his drink but then Alejandro arrives, the drinks get mixed up;
Isabela spills the drugged one. Alejandro discovers that his aunt Lucia has
been committed, goes to the hospital and gets her out, returns her home. Kike
runs away again to Soledad. Isabela announces her engagement to Alejandro (he
doesn’t seem to have anything to say about it). Romelia visits Rodrigo, warns
him she will tell Reinaldo the truth if anything happens to José Luis. Mercedes
sees Brenda kissing Reinaldo in the park. Isabela tells Soledad to stay away
from Alejandro, she doesn’t want her for an enemy. Isabela introduces her
padrino to Oscar, Rodrigo, etc. Sabas, in a car with Reinaldo, shoots José
Luis.
USA, 2/5-9/01. Reinaldo pressures Mercedes
to make love to him. Afterwards, she feels guilty but the priest pardons her
because she is in love and they plan to marry. Alejandro tells Isabela it is
too soon to talk of marriage. Soledad visits José Luis in the hospital and sees
Isabela kissing Alejandro. Romelia confronts Rodrigo about the attack on José
Luis. Reinaldo admits to Rodrigo that he had Sabas shoot José Luis. José Luis
tells Soledad that Reinaldo shot him and he is going to denounce him. Outside
the church, Brenda tells Mercedes that Reinaldo is hers. Isabela buys the house
of her father, won’t tell Alejandro why it is special. The police go to
Rodrigo’s house to arrest Reinaldo but Mercedes tells them he couldn’t have
done it because he was with her all night. Oscar is furious. Alejandro tells
Leonardo that Isabela is hiding something. Guillermo tells Soledad and Rosalita
that Reinaldo is innocent. When Guillermo talks with Alejandro, they decide
that Soledad made the accusation because she was jealous of Isabela and
Alejandro. Alejandro forbids her to see Kike again. Oscar threatens Reinaldo,
tells him to stay away from his daughter. Alejandro arrives at the house just
as Soledad is running away from Reinaldo’s kiss but she says nothing. After
they get home, she tells him to leave her alone. Reinaldo tries to rape Soledad
in her home but Rosalita arrives in time to stop it. When Alejandro arrives to
apologize Rosalita tries to get Sol to tell him what happened but she refuses.
Rosalita calls Guillermo and tells him. Guillermo tells his father but his
father doesn’t believe him and when he confronts Reinaldo, Reinaldo says there
is no proof and if he is ever accused of rape he expects Guillermo to defend
him. Isabela visits Soledad and asks what there is between her and Alejandro
and Soledad insists there is nothing. But later she visits Alejandro in his office
and confesses he loves her; Isabela enters and wants to know what is going on.
Soledad leaves. Alejandro tells Leonardo he is through with Soledad. Reinaldo
and Brenda make love while Mercedes is waiting for him to meet her for an
elopement. He tells Brenda the marriage won’t change things between them but
Brenda drugs his drink and calls Mercedes while Reinaldo is sleeping. When he
wakes, he is furious and almost strangles her. That doesn’t change her
feelings. She tells Lola that Reinaldo is hers. Rosalita tells Mercedes what
Reinaldo did but I’m not sure she believed her. However, she does tell Reinaldo
that he is a beast and should leave her alone.
USA, 2/12-16/01. Mercedes, suffering from
the burns she inflicted on herself by taking a very hot shower, decides to be a
nun. Lucia tells Isabela she knows the name of the killer but then her mind
wanders. Alejandro visits Leonardo in the morning, finds him and Reina in
pajamas. A news article is published accusing Rodrigo’s family of dealing in
contraband. Reinaldo tells Alejandro that José Luis is jealous of him because
he and Soledad had sex. Isabela refuses to believe the news story. Reinaldo
tells Mercedes that he didn’t try to rape Soledad. Soledad begs José Luis not
to hurt Alejandro. Guillermo helps her grandmother when she has another heart
attack. Reinaldo tells Mercedes she is rejecting him because he is
illegitimate. Alejandro sees José Luis and Soledad and attacks him for his
accusations against his family. Mercedes goes to the convent. Alvaro tells
Alejandro that he will not let Isabela marry him because of the scandal.
Isabela tells Soledad that it is all her fault. Reina tells her that Alejandro tried to seduce her. She tells her
padrino that she doesn’t want to marry a man who would deceive her, she is sure
that Reina wouldn’t have to nerve to lie about such a thing. Isabela overhears
Oscar telling somebody that he lied to Isabela, that both girls are alive. But
he denies it when she confronts him. Oscar tells Isabela that he is the man for
her. Reinaldo visits Mercedes in the convent. The mother superior lets her stay
even though she is convinced that Mercedes has no vocation to be a nun. Romelia
won’t tell José Luis why she went again to Rodrigo’s house. Reinaldo suspects
that Romelia is hiding something and determines to find out what it is. Sabas
kidnaps Soledad. Reinaldo tells José Luis to withdraw the charges or Soledad
will die. Alejandro takes Lucia to a sanatorium and visits Rosa in the
hospital. Oscar and Alvaro are about to conclude their business deal. Isabela
flirts with Oscar and rejects Alejandro’s advances. José Luis and Arturo hold a
press conference but José Luis tells the press he lied, that his accusations
against the Arcienegas was false. Sabas takes the blindfolded Soledad to a
field and is about to kill her when some men arrive and rescue her. She tells ?
she doesn’t know who kidnapped her or why (she didn’t recognize the voice of
either Sabas or Reinaldo!). Arturo tells Romelia that her son is a traitor.
USA, 2/19-23/01. Reina, Emperatrix and
Leonardo find Rodrigo in the bar with Lola and he refuses to leave. Emperatrix
tells Reina she is going to leave Rodrigo but changes her mind. Reinaldo talks
with José Luis in the police station and tells him that Soledad will die if he
says anything. Rosarita suggests that it could have been Reinaldo who kidnapped
Soledad but she says it wasn’t. Soledad visits José Luis in jail and accuses
him of having lied because of jealousy. José Luis tells her he did it for her
but to leave him alone. Emperatrix flirts wtih Sabas. Soledad and Alejandro
declare their love for each other. Isabela visits Rosa, asks for more
information about Ruiz, admits that she is his daughter. Rosa has a heart
attack and is taken to the hospital. Soledad accuses Isabela of causing the
heart attack and demands to know what she said. Before she dies, Rosa tells
Soledad that she isn’t Providencia’s daughter but the daughter of Ruiz and that
she has a sister...but she dies before she can name the sister. Alejandro tells
Reinaldo he is going to marry Soledad; Reinaldo tries to convince him not to,
reminds him that she was his, that she isn’t the right class of woman.
Alejandro tells him he is jealous. Rodrigo is pleased by the news. Providencia
admits part of the truth to Soledad: her mother died giving birth to her, her
sister (the daughter of a first marriage) lived at the time with her padrino,
her father was killed. But she doesn’t admit that she knows who killed him or
why. Soledad forgives her but is determined to find out who killed her father
and where her sister is. Isabela feels guilty about Rosa and goes to the
funeral but Soledad again accuses her of being responsible and tells her to
leave. She calls Alejandro’s home to explain why she can’t come but Reina lies
to Alejandro and suggests that Soledad is with Reinaldo. Romelia gets Rodrigo
to agree to hire a lawyer for José Luis. Mercedes tells Lola she knows that
Reinaldo didn’t shoot José Luis but can’t forgive him for what he did to
Soledad. In the bar, Brenda overhears Isabela telling her padrino about her
need to find out who killed Ruia and tells Rodrigo who tells Oscar and suggests
that he investigate further. Reinaldo asks Bernarda if she knows who his mother
is; she doesn’t. She later asks Rodrigo and he tells her it is none of her
business. Reina sees Soledad leaving a note for Alejandro on his desk, tears it
up and writes another: it tells Alejandro that she was mistaken in her feelings
and is going to Europe. He goes to the airport, asks about a flight to Europe
and is told it has gone. José Luis gets out of jail. He gives Soledad the
letter that Rosa gave him. In it, she wills Soledad her shares in a business on
condition that she stay away from the Arcienegas. Providencia finds the shares
and José Luis checks up on their value: Soledad will be rich. Soledad receives
a letter from Alejandro (written by Reina) saying he was mistaken in his
feelings and is going on a long sea voyage. Oscar tells Mercedes that he loves
Isabela. Soledad tells José Luis that she doesn’t love him.
USA, 2/26-3/2/01. Mercedes faints.
Alejandro gets drunk. Rodrigo meets with Oscar and tells him to investigate
Isabela. Bernarda wonders if Romelia is Reinaldo’s mother. Reinaldo discovers
that Mercedes is pregnant, goes to her, proposes; she says if she is pregnant,
she would take her son as far away as possible to avoid contamination. Reinaldo
continues to believe the only reason for her rejection is the fact that he is
illegitimate. Soledad and Providencia take a cruise; Providencia gives her a
necklace that belonged to her mother. José Luis tells Arturo he lied to save
Soledad’s life. Isabela tells Cristian she has reconciled with Alejandro. Oscar
asks Isabel about Alejandro but she denies there is anything between them.
Mercedes has a miscarriage. Lola tells Brenda that she was pregnant once. Time
passes. Nothing much happens except that Rodrigo tells Reina to keep her hands
off Alejandro and marry Leonardo. Rodrigo also gets Lucia to sign some papers.
3 more months pass. Reinaldo and Rodrigo return from a trip. Soledad and
Providencia continue their cruise. Rodrigo and Alejandro talk about Isabela. A
week passes. Reina and Leonardo marry. Mercedes is accepted as a novice and
Oscar tells Reinaldo. Isabela and Alejandro declare their love. Soledad and
Providencia return home, go to the Ruiz house and discover it is owned by
Isabela. A drunk Oscar has an accident. In the hospital, Mercedes seeks comfort
in Reinaldo’s arms then apologizes. Soledad and Alejandro meet on the beach; Kike
runs away from her. Soledad hires a detective to find her sister. Isabela
confronts Soledad and tells her to stay away from Alejandro but Soledad decides
to fight for him in revenge against Isabela. José Luis gets Soledad to admit
before Arturo that she was kidnapped the day of the news conference and tells
her it was Reinaldo. In the hospital, she tells Reinaldo that he will pay
because she will tell Mercedes. He swears that José Luis lied and, in any case,
he has changed because he loves Mercedes. Rodrigo tells Emperatrix he knows she
has a lover. She denies it; he forbids her to leave the house unless Sabas is
with her. Alejandro is allowed to take Lucia because she is only suffering from
amnesia, isn’t crazy. Mercedes, out of her habit, gives Rodrigo authority over
all of her father’s business. Rodrigo tells Isabela that he has power of
attorney for all of Oscar’s property and is thus her associate. The detective
tells Soledad that Isabela bought the Ruiz house from Oscar but there is no
record of her father having sold the house to Oscar. Rodrigo tells Lola that
Emperatrix has a lover. Emperatrix tells Sabas that she is being blackmailed by
the maid; he promises to take care of it. Soledad visits Alejandro in his
office and they kiss.
USA, 3/5-9/01. Alejandro tells Soledad he
loves her but later goes ahead with plans for his wedding to Isabela. Mercedes
and Reinalo become lovers again. Soledad learns about the engagement party.
Isabela tells the hospitalized Oscar that she is the daughter of Aristides and
knows he killed him, that she is going to marry Alejandro. All the brothers get
drunk. Soledad visits Oscar, tells him she is the daughter of Aristides and
asks him if he can help her (although he is incapable of speech). Rodrigo
enters the room at the end of her question a
and
invites her back to the house where all insult her and leave and a drunk
Alejandro again confesses his love for her. Brenda confronts Mercedes in the
hospital and tells her that while she was in the convent, Reinaldo visited her
at the apartment he bought for her. Mercedes tells Reinaldo to get lost.
Rodrigo, frightened by Lucia’s memories of Felicia, tells Reinaldo to find her
and kill her, in the form of an accident and refuses to tell him why. Romelia
and Felicia bump into each other on the street: old friends who haven’t seen
each other for years. Isabela’s nana reads the cards and tells her she will
hurt herself if she hurts Soledad. Reinaldo confesses to Alejandro that Reina
wrote the letters. Alejandro gives the letter to Soledad and explains but José
Luis kicks him out and tells Soledad it is just another lie. Alejandro
confronts Reina who, finally, confesses but says that Isabela forced her to do
it and Alejandro believes her. Then she finds Isabela and tells her she heard Alejandro
telling somebody the wedding was off. Isabela tells Rodrigo that her parents
died when she was young, that Alvaro is her padrino. Her nana tells her she
shouldn’t have told him. Lucia finds papers in Rodrigo’s death in which she
discovers that she is his wife and inherited all her father’s wealth; moreove,
in the event of her death, the money does NOT go to Rodrigo which, she
realizes, is why he never killed her. She leaves the house, finds Romelia,
tells her she knows she’s Rodrigo’s wife and begs her to tell her which is her
son. José Luis forces Romelia to tell her: it is Alejandro. Rodrigo tells
Emperatrix not to help Lucia. Reinaldo is convinced that Rodrigo has asked him
to kill his mother. Alejandro and Soledad reconcile and go out on a yacht.
Romelia tells Lucia that Reinaldo is her son. Soledad and Alejandro become
lovers. Guillermo overhears Reinaldo and Rodrigo talking about contraband and
confronts them; Reinaldo admits it is true. Guillermo tells Rosaria and then
Alejandro. A masked Reinaldo warns Felicia to leave town, that Rodrio wants her
dead. She tells Romelia and they decide it must be because she knows that Lucia
is his wife. Rodrigo tells Emperatrix he wants Alejandro to marry Soledad not
Isabela. Mercedes asks Rodrigo for some money for expenses. Reinaldo and Sabas
burn José Luis’ boat.
USA 3/12-16/01. José Luis is sure that
Reinaldo was behind the arson. Alejandro confronts his father who admits to
knowing about it but disavows having anything to do with it and Alejandro
believes him. Reinaldo finds Mercedes in church, says goodbye to her, swears to
God that since trying to changes didn’t help all should beware. Soledad visits
Oscar and accuses him of kiling her father. Rodrigo looks at the necklace
Isabela is wearing and recognizes it as a gift from Aristides. Rodrigo permits
Alejandro and Reinaldo to fight in front of the whole family; Reinaldo is hurt
by refusal of his father to support him. Reinaldo returns to Brenda and his
father gives him a ticket to get out of town. While Alejandro breaks up with
Isabela, Sabas cuts the brakes on her car. While driving away, she is in a serious accident. José Luis tells Soledad
he is resigned to not being able to win her love but wants her friendship and
gets it. Rodrio tells the still incapacitated Oscar that he is taking control
of everything: his money, his property, his daughter, etc. Alejandro visits
Reinaldo and tells him he forgives him because of the way he was raised. Isabela awakes in the hospital with amnesia,
doesn’t realize the wedding is off. Soledad agrees to let Alejandro pretend
with her until she is better. Oscar hides his progress in recovery. Guillermo
is living with José Luis. Reinaldo gives Sabas money to leave the country for a
while. Isabela regains her memory but pretends amnesia to keep Alejandro by her
side. Rodrigo admits to Alejandro that he was behind Reinaldo, that Alejandro
knows nothing of his life or his business, has benefitted from what he has
done. Reina and Isabela’s nana guess that Isabela is faking. Isabela admits it
and finally gives up the act. Rodrigo has some kind of slight heart attack,
sees a ghost. Rodrigo gets out of bed and goes to José Luis’s house to see
Guillermo who rejects him and is rejected in turn. Alejandro, looking for
something in Rodrigo’s office, finds a medallion that looks familiar, like one
that Isabela once wore except that hers was broken in half and this one is
whole. Later when he shows it to Rodrigo, Lucia blurts out that it belonged to
Aristides then pretends again to be crazy but Rodrigo is alerted. Alejandro
breaks up with Isabela who warns him that Soledad will be bad for him. Isabela visits Leonardo and tells him that
since she and Alejandro have broken up, she wants him to repay her loan
immediately. Soledad tells Isabela that
she wants to buy her house, that it is very important to her. But neither says
the words that would make them recognize each other. Isabela recalls that
Soledad’s grandmother had a heart attack when Isabela told her her last name
and this leads her to think that Soledad is behind the attack on her. Leo tells
Alejandro about the loan; Alej doesn’t want to ask his father for help. Soledad
tells José Luis the story of her father. Rodrigo tells Lola he won’t let her
sister Rosarita marry Guillermo. Soledad is certain that Rodrigo could not be
involved in any crime. Leo tells Reina to curb her expenses; she is indignant.
Emperatrix tells Isabela she thinks that Lucia is the mother of Reinaldo and
voices her suspicions to Rodrigo who denies them. Bernarda tells Emperatrix she
thinks that Romelia is Rei’s mother. Alejandro gives Soledad a ring in front of
Providencia. The police arrive at Soledad’s home with Isabela’s accusation;
Alejandro arrives and explains that Isabela is just jealous so the police leave.
Isabela invites José Luis to dine and tries to get his support, but he tells
her that they have lost, that Alej and Soledad fought fair but she fought
dirty, faking the letters. Isabela denies knowing anything about any letters
but José Luis doesn’t explain further. He advises her to forget and start over.
Reinaldo asks Rodrigo why he tried to kill Isabela but gets no response.
Soledad and José Luis break into Isabela’s home, open a locked box, and find
the will of Aristides in which he names a daughter, Mariana. Isabela tells
Rodrigo her accident wasn’t an accident. Emperatrix visits Romelia and asks her
if she is Reinaldo’s mother.
USA, 3/19-23/01. Romelia tells Emperatrix
the truth. She was engaged to be married when Rodrigo raped her. When she gave birth,
he took her son Reinaldo away from her. She begs Emperatrix not to tell
Reinaldo. Emperatrix tells Lucia she doesn’t believe in her amnesia, has met
the mother of Reinaldo, and now needs only to find out what happened to Ruiz
and his daughters. Then the two are interrupted by Soledad. Soledad visits
Mercedes and her father again. Isabela tells Rodrigo that Soledad tried to kill
her. Alejandro sees Reinaldo and Reina going into a hotel, confronts them,
drags Reina out where, unknown to him, Leonardo sees them and assumes that
Alejandro is Reina’s lover. Rodrigo warns Soledad about Isabela. Leonardo and
Alejandro confront each other but also misunderstand; Alejandro thinks Leo
knows about Rei and Rei; Leo thinks Alejandro has betrayed him. Soledad thinks
that A mentioned in one of her father’s letters refers to Alvaro. The papers
are stolen from Soledad’s home. Emperatrix and Sabas make plans against
Rodrigo. Rodrigo suspects that Oscar is better than he pretends, orders Sabas
to find out and discovers that he is right. Leonardo tells Isabela that
Alejandro and Reina are lovers. With two days to go until the wedding of
Alejandro and Soledad, Providencia decides that she must tell Soledad the
truth. Soledad confronts Oscar again and he tells her it was Rodrigo who killed
her father. Soledad refuses to believe Oscar, but Providencia admits that it is
true. Lucia tells Emperatrix that she is Rodrigo’s wife and the mother of
Alejandro. José Luis overhears Romelia speculate to Felicia that Rodrigo killed
Isabela’s father and that Soledad may be her sister. Isabela goes to Soledad’s
home with a gun. José Luis goes to Alvaro’s to find Isabela, tells him what
they’ve discovered. Rodrigo confronts Lucía but has some kind of attack.
Alejandro prepares for his wedding. Soledad and Isabela fight; Sol sees the
necklace. Providencia enters the room, then Alvaro and José Luis. Alvaro tells
Isabela that Soledad is her sister; at first she refuses to believe it, finally
drops the gun, leaves the house and drives away. She finally convinces herself
it is true, rues the fact that they fell in love with the same man. Soledad is
determined to marry Alejandro because he is not responsible for what his father
did. Isabela returns to the house and joins the others in insisting that Soledad,
now in her wedding gown, can’t marry the son of the man who killed her father.
Alejandro waits anxiously for Soledad; she is late.
USA, 3/26-30/01. Much crying on the part of
Soledad. She sends a note to Alejandro calling off the wedding. Isabela tells
her none must know they are sisters as they pledge vengeance for the death of
their father. Rodrigo confronts Oscar, tries to get him to admit that he is ok.
Oscar keeps quiet so Rodrigo tells Reinaldo to use his relationship with
Mercedes to discover the truth for certain. Lucia shows Emperatrix the will and
marriage certificate. Lola warns Mercedes that Rodrigo suspects Oscar and can
be very dangerous. Reinaldo agrees to a money laundering deal without his
father’s knowledge. Reina finds Emperatrix and Lucia with the papers but
doesn’t learn what they are. Felicia tells Providencia and Soledad that Lucia
is Alejandro’s mother. Reinaldo discovers that Leonardo thinks Alejandro is
Reina’s lover and doesn’t tell him the truth. Oscar finally talks to Mercedes
but lies about his problem with Rodrigo, says he stole money. Soledad tells
Rosarita she can’t marry Alejandro because she got drunk and slept with José
Luis. Rosarita tells Guillermo who tells Alejandro who asks Soledad if it is
true and she says yes. Isabela tells Rodrigo she has discovered that Oscar
killed her father; he pretends not to believe. Isabela and her padrino get Leo
to help them with their plan to bankrupt Rodrigo’s family. Arturo tells
Alejandro that José Luis withdrew his complaint against Reinaldo because the
latter kidnapped Soledad. Alejandro tells his father who questions Reinaldo and
finally learns that he did. Reinaldo tells him there is no proof. Rodrigo tells
him not to hurt José Luis. Alejandro meets Daniela, a doctor, at a conference.
USA, 4/2-6/01. Isabela arrives in time to
prevent Soledad from telling Alejandro the truth. Soledad asks José Luis not to
prefer charges against Reinaldo for the kidnapping; she doesn’t want to hurt
him anymore and there is no proof, especially since she said nothing at the
time. Leo and Reina get back together. Leo tells Rodrigo he wants to make money
and doesn’t care how. Mercedes agrees to marry Reinaldo in spite of her
father’s objections. Sabas sees Isabela and Soledad together. Daniela seduces
Alejandro, tells her psychiatrist that he is the man of her dreams. Rosarita
tells Soledad about Daniela and she is jealous. José Luis can’t understand
Soledad’s attitude or why Emperatrix and Lucia visit his mother. Emperatrix,
Lucia and Romelia go to Lola’s bar and get very drunk; Sabas is there and
worried. Alejandro looks at the book of photos Lucia said contained important
papers about her life, can’t find anything and takes it as proof that she is
crazy.
USA, 4/9-13/01. Reinaldo and Mercedes marry.
Alejandro tells Soledad he is going to find out what is between her and
Isabela, warns Emperatrix that he knows about her and Sabas. Lucia discovers
Emperatrix and Sabas together. Sabas tells Rodrigo that Alvaro is buying up his
stock; Rodrigo has another attack. Isabela faints; Soledad is afraid she is
pregnant by Alejandro and can’t stand the idea. Soledad, requested by Reinaldo,
visits Rodrigo in the hospital. He tells her there is an enemy in his business
and asks her to join him to fight the intruder, to get vengeance against
Isabela. Soledad agrees, tells Isabela and José Luis, says that she wants no
part of the vengeance. Leo also has told Isabela that he no longer wants to be
part of her revenge. Reinaldo and Brenda become lovers again; he tells her that
Mercedes, his wife, is one thing and she is another. Oscar is tired of
pretending that he is still paralyzed. Alejandro warns Emperatrix that he won’t
let her get all of Rodrigo’s money or put Lucia in an asylum; Emperatrix
insists she had no plans of doing so. When Reinaldo, Reina and Alejandro visits
Rodrigo, he criticizes Alejandro for his behavior.
USA, 4/16-20/01. Reinaldo has Brenda
arrested, then hires a lawyer for her but tells the lawyer to take his time.
Rodrigo watches as Lucia and Emperatrix refuses to give him the pills he needs
but Bernarda arrives in time to help him. Mercedes thinks that Reinaldo raped
Reina. Rodrigo and Reinaldo talk about an accident happening to Emperatrix.
Daniela, drinking with Alejandro, gets very drunk and when she sees Soledad
with Isabel and José Luis insults her. Alejandro takes her home. Leonardo
apologizes to Alejandro for thinking it was him rather than Reinaldo with Reina
was having an affair; the worst of it is that he still loves Reina. Emperatrix
tells Rodrigo that she knows he is a bigamist. Lucia tells Alejandro she is his
mother and thinks he believes her but he doesn’t. Soledad makes Rosarita
promise no to say anything to Guillermo, then tells her the whole story.
Rodrigo tells Alejandro that he is afraid of Lucia, she tried to kill him, and
that Emperatrix is interested only in his money but he thinks he is in love
with her. Alejandro visits Soledad and they kiss but then she pushes him away.
Lucia tells Rodrigo she isn’t afraid of him because Alejandro will protect her,
that she knows he killed Aristides. Alejandro tells Daniela he doesn’t want to
see her again; she begs him to forgive her. After he leaves, she swears that
Soledad will pay as have others. Isabela’s nana notes that she is spending a
lot of time with José Luis but she insists they are just friends. Emperatrix
visits Alejandro’s apartment, finds the papers in the album and steals them.
When Alejandro looks for them again in the album, he is convinced that his aunt
really is crazy. Rodrigo asks Soledad about her father; she tells him he left
her mother when she was born and Rodrigo says he can’t stand men like that.
Reinaldo arranges for Emperatrix to be killed but then Rodrigo changes his
mind. Luckily, a guard and Sabas foil the attack. Rodrigo reaches an agreement
with Emperatrix: she will get all the money she wants if she helps him put
Lucia in an asylum. Mercedes finds her father kissing Gertrudes and is upset.
Leonardo tells Soledad that Alejandro did not have an affair with Reina but
Soledad says it makes no difference. Oscar finds Mercedes with a bloody hand
from grabbing roses in her effort to wipe the thought of Reinaldo out of her
mind. Furious, he goes after Reinaldo but his shot hits Sabas rather than
Reinaldo. Emperatrix visits Sabas in the hospital; he may be permanently
invalided. Lola sees the two together. Soledad tells Isabela she wants no part
of the revenge but Isabela convinces her not to do anything rash. Daniela’s
psychiatric sessions turn out to be with a phantom (she sits on a couch and
talks to any empty desk). Her “shrink” recommends vengeance. Rodrigo fakes an
attempt on his life by Lucia and Alejandro believes him. José Luis tells his
mother that he and Isabela are just friends. Soledad sees Reinaldo in his
office about business.
USA, 4/23-27/01. Soledad takes sleeping
pills; Daniela enters with a screwdriver but doesn’t have time to kill her
because Rosarita returns. Lucia is committed to a mental institution and put
into a straitjacket. Emperatrix visits Sandra, the mother of Guillermo, and
notes that Rodrigo is now very rich. Reinaldo and Reina make love again. Arturo
publishes an article calling the family mafiosos. Soledad decides to tell
everything to Alejandro but at the bar just tells him that she never made love
to José Luis; Isabela arrives and the two leave. Sabas tells Reinaldo he saw
Isabela and Arturo together. Leo invites Fanny, his secretary, out to lunch;
they go to his apartment, make love. Then Reina appears and pretends to be
hurt. (Later she tells her mother she is only worried that she will be with out
a home when her mother goes off with Sabas.) Bernarda visits Brenda in jail and
begs her not to tell the police the truth about Reinaldo; Brenda says she
wouldn’t hurt the man she loves. Reinaldo tells Rodrigo that Soledad betrayed
them; the business deal went sour. Rodrigo doesn’t believe him. Sandra
blackmails him: 5 million dollars or she will tells Guillermo she is his
mother. She visits the house again, tells Guillermo she knew his mother,
brilliant ballet dancer who lost her career because of an accident. Daniela
blackmails Emperatrix: get Alejandro to vist her or she will tell Rodrigo about
Sabas. Romelia is determined to tell Alejandro the truth about Lucia but first
José Luis forbids her and then Emperatrix gets her drunk, swears she has a plan
to rescue Lucia. Soledad visits Alejandro in his hotel room, they make love
then she recalls the oath she swore with Isabela and leaves, crying; she also
leaves her necklace, the other half of Isabela’s. José Luis tells Soledad about
lucia.
USA, 4/30-5/4/01. 2-hr episodes. watched
only bits and pieces. Daniela
threatens Alejandro with a gun. Alejandro doesn’t like Reinaldo’s associate
Guero. Alejandro warns Soledad that Daniela is sick, asks her about the
necklace and refuses to return it to her. Guillermo visits Sandra and discovers
that she is a call girl; she refuses to tell him more about his mother.
Alejandro shows the necklace to Rodrigo. Soledad explains it as a sign of
friendship, part of her plan to help Rodrigo against Isabel. He swears that
Isabel will pay for his financial losses. Daniela kidnaps Kike but he escapes.
She is arrested. Guillermo and Rosarita do research and he figures out that
Sandra is his mother. But when he confronts her and she admits it she also
tells him that she never had any maternal feelings for him, never missed him,
that he was an obstacle to her career. She admits to Rodrigo that she turned up
only because Emperatrix found her. Guillermo is both deeply hurt and oddly
proud of her honesty. Rodrigo tells Sabas to kill Isabel; he shoots her in the
back but José Luis is nearby and gets her to a hospital. Soledad realizes it
must have been Rodrigo and swears never to see Alejandro again. Arturo visits
the jail and sees Brenda there. Brenda tells Bernarda she will tell all if
Reinaldo doesn’t get her out of jail and he, finally, does. Reinaldo kidnaps
Mercedes but she refuses to press charges when she is found with him, swears
that she wasn’t kidnapped. Her father doesn’t understand her; she tells him she
doesn’t understand herself. For some reason, Soledad agrees to visit Daniela in
her apartment and is poisoned but the police and Alejandro arrive in time to
save her life. Romelia takes in Lucia and she and Soledad talk and share
secrets. Soledad agrees to hide her in her own home. Alejandro doesn research,
concludes that Isabel is Mariana Ruiz and confronts her but she denies it.
Guillermo tries to offer his support to Sandra, they finally start to become
friends. Reinaldo gives Mercedes the
chance to stay with her father or go with him and she, of course, decides to
stay with him. Lucia promises vengeance against Oscar, calls Emperatrix on the
phone and threatens her. Soledad gained the paper proving Lucia’s marriage and
the latter gives it to Alejandro. Rodrigo sees the reconciliation and realizes
that Alejandro knows the truth. Emperatrix is furious because this means she
won’t get any inheritance. Alejandro is angry with Soledad for hiding Lucia and
the truth. Guillermo tells Sandra all about Rodrigo’s wife and lover and tells
her he would like to see the two married so they could form a real family.
USA, 5/7-11/01. Alejandro doesn’t believe
Rodrigo’s lies about Lucia being crazy before he married her, his not knowing,
etc. Gustavo threatens Reinaldo because of the loss of part of his merchandise.
Alejandro tells Reinaldo that Soledad and Isabela are sisters; he tells
Rodrigo. José Luis and Isabela become loves. Afterwards, he is repentant
because the only woman he loves is Soledad. When Isabela discovers that she was
used, she is furious. Rodrigo plans to kill Oscar but accidentally kills
Gertrudis instead. Emperatrix goes to a hotel, then finds refuge in Alvaro’s
home. Reinaldo tells Mercedes that Isabela and Soledad were responsible for the
death of Gertrudis (who told her before dying that the real victim was supposed
to be Oscar). Mercedes confronts Soledad who denies it, tells her that her
father was an accomplice in the murder of her father. Because Alejandro is
there, she doesn’t name the accomplice. Mercedes confronts her father and Oscar
tells her what happened. Rodrigo asks Garcia to put all his properties in the
name of Lucia so she won’t charge him with bigamy. Sandra visits Rodrigo,
offers him her support. Alejandro apologizes to Isabela for hurting her.
Rodrigo says goodbye to his staff, leaves the house. Sandra tells Guillermo
that whatever else Rodrigo has done, he raised a fine son, better than she
could have done. Bernarda discovers that Romelia is the mother of Reinaldo.
Rodrigo tells Oscar to deny that he killed Aristides or he and his family will
suffer. Reinaldo talks with Gustavo’s boss, suggests that he would be a better
employee. Everybody learns the truth about Reinaldo and Romelia just as
Reinaldo is about to kill José Luis, having discovered him and Arturo snooping
around. They arrive in time to prevent the murder. Both José Luís and Reinaldo
go into shock. Reinaldo finally ends up at Romelia’s doorstep, cries in her
arms. José Luis returns home and sees them together, tells Reinaldo he will
never accept him as a brother and tells his mother he will never forgive her
for hiding the truth. She pleads for his pardon, says she was afraid of
Rodrigo. Rodrigo is arrested for the murder of Ruiz but released. Then Lucía
charges him with bigamy and he is arrested again. Arturo publishes an article
in which he accuses the Aristides family of being involved in narcotics. The
patients of Leo and Alejandro cancel their appointments. Gustavo Guerra is told
that he must take action to see that the story goes nowhere. Reinaldo visits
Rodrigo in jail, demands to know why he told him his mother was dead, refuses
to help him. Alejandro and Guillermo discover that Rodrigo is being charged
with murder as well as bigamy, the murder of Aristides Ruiz. They discover that
the charge was made by Isabela Ruiz and her sister Mariana Ruiz. Alejandro
visits Rodrigo; he lies but Lucia later tells Alejandro that Rodrigo is guilty.
Sandra visits Rodrigo in jail and offers her support. She convinces Reinaldo to
visit his father and he does; he promises to help his father. Alejandro asks
Soledad why she didn’t tell him the truth; Isabela tells him it was part of the
revenge they planned. Alejandro asks Soledad what he or his brothers had done
to deserve the revenge; Soledad just cries. The lawyer hired to handle the case
has fallen in love with Soledad. Emperatrix yells at Isabela’s nana and Isabela
tells her to leave but Emperatrix complains to Alvaro and he assures her the she
is his guest and may stay.
USA, 5/14-18/01. Rodrigo denies everything.
Reinaldo tells Alejandro it was a lie invented by Isabela. Soledad almost
believes Rodrigo’s denials. Guillermo and Rosarita plan their wedding.
Emperatrix seduces Alvaro. Alejandro meets Carolina Reyes, a doctor with a
daughter who is a friend of Kiki’s and invites her to join his practice with
Leonardo. Soledad gives Rosarita her
wedding dress. Lucia changes her look. Rodrigo is charged only with bigamy due
to the lack of sufficient proof re the murder. He pays a large fine, money
gathered by Reinaldo, and gets out. Carlos Alberto is disappointed by his lack
of success and promises to devote himself to getting Rodrigo back behind
bars.Oscar tells Lucia he is broke because his daughter turned over full
control of everything to Rodrigo. Rodrigo’s sons confront him. He tells them he
saved them from three bad women: a drunk, a crazy, and a woman who wanted to
abort him. He tells them they are what they are because of him. Rosarita and Guillermo
are married. Rodrigo and Reinaldo arrive later at the reception and make a
scene. Emperatrix asks Lucia for money but she refuses. Mercedes gives Reinaldo
the annulment papers, then overhears him talking to a lawyer about a house for
Brenda and tells him off. Lucia wants to give the house to Soledad so she and
Alejandro and Kike can move some place with no bad memories. Her nana
reprimands Isabela for the way she has manipulated Soledad. Alvaro gets an
anonymous call from a man saying he knows his secret and will destroy him. He
rushes out, leaving a briefcase with money in it. Emperatrix steals the money
and when he finds it gone suggests that it was Isabela’s nana who took it. José
Luis tells Isabela he really cares for her, that he is over Soledad. But later
he tells her he won’t marry her until he can support her. Kike tells Soledad
about Carolina. Soledad and Lucia tells Alejandro about the gift of the house.
Soledad wants to reject the gift because of the effect on Kike. Rodrigo and
Sandra seem to be living together. Alejandro kisses Soledad. They part. Soledad
refuses the offer of the house and leaves. They meet, they kiss, they part,
etc., etc. They almost go to bed but Alejandro tells her it just isn’t possible
for them. Alvaro apologizes to Lupe for accusing her of stealing the money; she
agrees to stay for Isabela’s sake. Oscar takes a job as a bar-tender. Alejandro
and Carolina, who knows the whole story, become lovers. Reinaldo begs his
mother to love him. Rodrigo arranges a
meeting with Alvaro and tells him about his past, how Isabel’s mother died in
an accident in which he was driving drunk and how he covered it up. He says he
will tell her unless Alvaro ceases actions against him.
USA 5/21-25/01. Alvaro tells Emperatrix the
story and begs her not to say anything, especially because he and the wife of
Aristides were lovers. Carlos Alberto announces that he and Soledad are novios.
Kiki calls Rodrigo a murderer. Rodrigo visits Soledad and begs her to take a
gift to Kiki. Alvaro tells Isabel that Rodrigo is blackmailing him, that he and
her mother loved each other, that she died in an accident. Isabel goes nuts,
calls him a murderer, tells him she hates him. The next scene is of Emperatrix
teling Lupe that there is a secret in Alvaro’s past. Then they hear a shot and
go into the office and see Isabel with a gun in her hand and Alvaro dead.
Emperatrix calls her a murderer and calls the police. She is arrested and
Soledad visits her. She tells Soledad she didn’t kill him, that she feels guilty
because of the mean things she said to him, that she left the room and returned
when she heard the shot. She gets out of bail. Alvaro is buried. Isabel
discovers that she is pregnant and José Luis is thrilled, tells her he loves
her even more. Alejandro somehow thinks it is Soledad who is pregnant and
arrives at the house just as they are about to celebrate the pregnancy and the
engagement of Carlos Alberto and Soledad. Isabel tells him to leave. He tells
Carolina that he thinks Soledad is pregnant with his child. Emperatrix begs Lucia for help and she
agrees to give her a job as her assistant. Brenda visits Mercedes at the
convent and tells her to leave Reinaldo alone, that she is a hypocrite who
doesn’t really love him. When Reinaldo visits her, she tells him that after
talking with Brenda she is beginning to doubt that she really loves him.
Soledad tells Alejandro she is not pregnant but he doesn’t know if he should
believe her. Soledad tells Providencia that she is worried by the jealousy of
Carlos Alberto. Lucia is unhappy to hear that Rodrigo has taken Kiki and
Vanessa (Carolina’s daughter) out for a drink and Bernarda is pleased by her
discomfort. Isabela feels very tired and doesn’t look well. She assumes it is
because of the pregnancy. Isabela goes on trial and Emperatrix testifies
against her. Isabela tells the court that she left the office after Alvaro told
her about his relationship with her mother and her death. But after she had
taken a few steps, she heard a shot and returned, picked up the gun. Isabela is
acquited. Mercedes discovers that Lucia is Oscar’s sister. Rodrigo tells
Anselmo that he has control of some property of Aristides’ that Isabel and
Soledad don’t know about and an accomodating notary who can change the title.
Alejandro sees Soledad and Carlos Alberto on the beach. Later, he barges in on
the hotel room where Carlos Alberto has taken a drunk Soledad. He finds them
kissing on the bed and drags her out of the room and into the car. They argue,
she tells him she wants to forget him, asks if he wants to kill her, he goes
crazy, starts to drive erratically, says maybe that is the way to end the pain.
Then it turns out that this has all been a nightmare of Soledad’s while she was
in the car with Carlos Alberto.
USA, 5/28/01-6/01/01: no episode on the
28th. the 29th is a repeat of the 25th. Arturo is killed by garden-variety
thieves who discover the value of the documents he is carrying only when they
read of the arrest of Rodrigo in the paper. They plan to blackmail Rodrigo’s
family. 5/31 - ULTÍMOS CAPÍTULOS. This death is the last straw for Soledad; she
tells Alejandro she wants nothing to do with him and that she is disposed to
see Rodrigo rot in jail for this murder. Alejandro is furious when his mother
tells Kike that his grandfather killed another man and tells Carolina he must
leave the house. She suggests that he move in with her. Arturo’s murderers
confess to the crime but say they burned all the documents; then they demand
money and freedom from Rodrigo’s lawyer. Rodrigo is freed. Alejandro decides to
move in with Carolina and they try to explain the arrangement to the children.
USA, 6/4-8/01. Isabel isn’t feeling well.
It turns out that she has Lupus.Reinaldo and Julia?, the daughter of the mafia
kingpin Ochoa, become lovers which angers the father. Lucia and Alejandra
interrupt the wedding of Rodrigo and Carmen; they remind him that he is still
married to her. Romelia tells Reinaldo about the papers that Carlos Alberto
stole from his office and begs Soledad to have her fiancée stop his proceedings
against Reinaldo. The doctor tells Isabela that she and the baby will be ok.
Ochoa and Guerrera kidnap Rodrigo. Isabel and Soledad and Carlos Alberto are
accused of being responsible. Rodrigo escapes.
USA, 6/11-15/01. Soledad and Alejandro make
love but she rejects him again, goes home and develops a sever fever. Isabel
alerts Carolina who questions Alejandro; he lies. Emperatrix is in trouble with
Guerra and ? because of a problem with the flight she was supposed to arrange.
Soledad confesses to Carlos Alberto about Alejandro and breaks up with him.
Brenda recovers from her suicide attempt. Carolina confronts Soledad and
promises to fight for Alejandro. The brothers all discover that Emperatrix and
Sabas were lovers. Sabas follows Guerra, ? and Emperatrix. He is shot.
Emperatrix is thrown to the pavement. In the hospital, she pretends to have
amnesia. Reinaldo finds the injured Sabas and kills him for betraying his
father. Soledad agrees to give Carlos Alberto another chance. Reinaldo finds
Emperatrix with Guerra’s men and almost kills her. Alejandro and Guillermo
confront Rodrigo about his helping the murderers of Arturo escape. He ends up
telling them that he has no sons and promises vengeance against Oscar for
telling them. Lucia decides to sell the house and move into an apartment.
USA, 6/18-22/01. Soledad and Alejandro meet
accidentally, go to a hotel room, make love and decide to get back together.
When she returns home, CA insists that she tell him where she was. She admits
she was with Alejandro and that they have reconciled. He promises he will get
back at the two of them. Meanwhile, Carolina discovers that she is pregnant.
After she tells Alejandro, he gets angry but realizes this means he can’t
return to Soledad.
José Luis and Bruno rescue Reinaldo.
Carolina and Alejandro talk. The storm gets worse. Reinaldo, running from the
police, goes to the convent and gets a key to the cabana where he and Mercedes
once hid. He goes there with Brenda. Alejandro finds Soledad in the hotel and
waits out the hurricane with her. Ochoa rescues Guerra and they decide to go
after Mercedes. Guillermo tells Det. Gallo where he thinks his father is.
Rodrigo and Sandra find their hideaway completely overturned and messed up.
Alejandro and Soledad help those hurt by the hurricane; Carolina see sthem on
TV. Santiago tells Guillermo he just heard that Rosarita died while rescuing
one of her students. José Luis saves Alejandro after he patches up a victim and
almost falls off a roof. Guerra
disguises himself as a priest, goes to the convent and finds out where Mercedes
is. Mercedes visits Reinaldo and Brenda and promises to bring them food.
Rodrigo starts to go crazy. CA sneaks into Soledad’s room and tries to rape
her. Alejandro arrives in time to stop him.
Alejandro beats up CM. Romelia and Mercedes and Alejandro visit
the sick Reinaldo. Alejandro gives him a shot. Oscar discovers that the madre
superiora gave Mercedes’ address to a priest she didn’t know. In a different
disguise, Guerra locates padre Ostachio and also asks him where Mercedes is. In
the hospital, CA presses charges against Alejandro for attacking him. Soledad
tells José Luis and Isabel what CA did. Isabel faints. A doctor arrives and
José Luis learns for the first time that Isabel is sick. The doctor tells him
there are drugs to control the disease but they are harmful to a fetus. Only an
abortion will save Isabel’s life. José Luis and Soledad convince her to have
the operation. Rodrigo is going crazy, sees the ghost of his father. Reinaldo
goes to his father but when Rodrigo calls his mother names, Reinaldo goes
crazy. He tells his father he is tired of his talking against the only two
women who love him: his mother and Mercedes. Carolina confronts Soledad, tells
her that Alejandro is in jail because of Carlos Alberto. Soledad confronts CA
and demands that he retract the charges; he refuses and says the two of them
will pay. Carolina tells Alejandro that Soledad is in the hospital caring for
CA and tells him to make a choice. Brenda finds Reinaldo, then Guillermo finds
him and draws a gun saying he will kill him or take him in. Reinaldo tells
Guillermo that he is all that he ever wanted to be and he won’t let him become
a murderer. Reinaldo takes the gun from him and hits him over the head.
Guillermo visits Rodrigo and Sandra, tells his father he is ashamed to be his
son, hates him for what he did to Reinaldo and all his sons, tears up law
degree. Alejandro asks Soledad what she was doing in the hospital with CA.
Soledad explains she was there because of Isabel (who had the abortion).
Alejandro tells her he is going to leave Alejandro. When he gets home,
Alejandro asks Carolina why she lied. She evades the question and asks him his
decision. He decides to stay because of the baby. Rodrigo becomes even more
crazy and threatens Sandra who runs away. Bernarda is now helping Reinaldo.
Soledad and others convince Mercedes that Reinaldo will be safer in jail than
on the street and she decides to tell the police where he is, in spite of
Romelia’s wishes. Rodrigo recalls killing his father as he was about to abuse
his mother again. Carolina has a miscarriage and Alejandro is determined to
stay by her side. But Carolina isn’t. Mercedes is kidnapped by Guerra and
Ochoa. CA and Soledad have lunch together; he apologizes, swears he will never
bother her again but wants her pardon. All look for Mercedes. While driving
with Bernarda, Reinaldo’s car is stopped by two policemen whom he kills in cold
blood. He leaves Bernarda behind and rescues Mercedes. While he repeatedly
knifes Guerra, Ochoa drags Mercedes outside. Reinaldo catches up with Ochoa,
slices his neck, Mercedes escapes.
USA, 6/25-29/01. When the police arrive
with Alejandro and the others, Guerra comes out of the warehouse with a shotgun,
yells to Reinaldo that he will kill Mercedes. She just stands still in front of
the headlights; Reinaldo dashes in front of her and is killed. The police kill
Guerra. Everybody, including Jose Luis, cries. Emperatrix is surprised by a
crazy Rodrigo when walking outside the house but escapes from him. Carolina
visits Soledad and tells her that she broke up with Alejandro because he loves
her and there is no point in fighting it. Alejandro arrives and Carolina says
goodbye. Isabel tells her nana she is thnking of adoption. Reinaldo’s funeral
is held; Rodrigo watches from afar, is sure that Reinaldo isn’t really dead.
Alejandro hears that Carolina is moving to Venezuela. Lots of tears for
Reinaldo. Rodrigo continues being crazy, plans revenge, takes gasoline to
Soledad’s house and spills it everywhere but Guillermo arrives and stops him.
Carolina blames Mercedes for Reinaldo’s death. Alejandro learns that Rodrigo
tried to kill Soledad. Oscar tells
Emperatrix and Lucia that Mercedes has gone to the Amazon with a group of nuns
to help the natives. He asks Lucia’s forgiveness (he did nothing to keep
Rodrigo from making her crazy and taking her money). He turns himself into the
police and goes to jail.
Rodrigo
steals a boat and heads out to seaRodrigo on the boat sees the ghosts of Ruiz,
his father and Reinaldo. When he runs out of gas, he starts to paddle with one
oar. He has a heart attack and the police find him dead. There is a funeral and
everybody cries. Brenda learns that she is pregnant. She is thrilled, as are
Romelia and Bernarda. Isabel and José Luis decide to adopt two children since
she can’t have any because of the Lupus.
USA, ULTIMO
CAPÏTULO. On the cruise ship where Soledad worked, Isabel tells her that la
revancha is over. She throws their necklaces, with the half medallions,
overboard because they now have each other.Isabel apologizes to Alejandro for
putting so many obstacles in the path of his romance with Soledad. Alejandro
tells Providencia he wants to marry Soledad the next day. Alejandro thinks of the day that his father
told him to marry Soledad. José Luis and Isabel tell Romelia they are going to
adopt and she tells them that Brenda is pregnant. Leonardo tells Alejandro that
he took Carolina and Vanessa to the airport the day before; she left him a card
wishing him well. CA talks to Soledad, she tells him she is marrying Alejandro,
he wishes her well . During the wedding, he sits in a bar and drinks. Most of
the characters (except for the dead Reinaldo, Rodrigo, and Rosarita; the jailed
Oscar and the missionary Mercedes) are at the wedding: Leonardo and Fanny, José
Luis and his wife Isabel, Lucia, Emperatrix, Romelia, Brenda, Guillermo and his
mother Sandra, Bernarda and Santiago (who may go into business together), Kike,
Providencia. Alejandro and Soledad marry. Emperatrix goes after the captain.
José Luis and Isabel take Kike to his cabin after he congratulates Soledad and
Alejandro. The two kiss on the bridge of the cruise ship.
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