HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

                 

        

          

SO VERY, VERY SORRY folks for the long break in transmission; I’ve been very busy; being a
teacher is demanding work and I’m currently working on another book; by the Grace of Allah,
will be my first for older readers. From now on I’ll do my best to publish my posts more often.
This month is special to me since this blog was created on the 10th of May, 2007; the first post
being AND THEN THERE WAS THREE .'MY FAVORITE THINGS' is a year old and I thank the Almighty God for keeping this blog on for so long; in the beginning when there had been no visitors, I’d considered deleting it but my love for writing prevailed. Many thanks to the visitors, most especially fellow blogger, Mrs. Philomena Ojukutu and those who had left comments, I only pray this blog gets more interested readers before its second anniversary.

Now to business… where I stopped.

Tonio didn’t confide in Maura when she confronted him; reminding her that their relationship had
been more physical than loving. I don't see what he saw in the plump piggy  to begin with. Raquel enters and the women coolly exchange greetings. 

Tonio goes to Raquel's room, assuring her he won't force her to do anything she's against, she'll get her divorce if she wanted. But he found her beautiful and wanted to explore the good qualities she had. Taking her hand,  he gently pulls  her to him. Raquel moves towards him  in spite of herself. 

But the initial first kiss is cut short by Max, who tells him the family doctor, Oscar, was here to see him.  Outside, Tonio remarks about Max being  so concerned about him all a sudden, that he would just barge into his wife's room to get him.  After he goes downstairs, Max grabs Raquel by the shoulders, demanding to know what they were about to do and she defiantly told him it was none of his business. 

Tonio tells Oscar he doesn't remember Raquel or her family, not even the wedding itself. Oscar feels he was still suffering from  lingering effects from the accident. Pablo calls to tell him  the investigators who checked the plane found signs of sabotage. Tonio feels Raquel was a con artist who decided to pass herself as his widow which was the reason for her strange behaviour.  Oscar disagreed with him. 

Raquel and Martha are introduced to Oscar. After Martha goes upstairs, Tonio offers Raquel  the phone when she  said she wanted to call  her father, brushing off her concern it was long distance.  However,  there's no answer. 

Tonio gets more frustrated when Raquel gives more vague answers to his questions, in particular why she went back to Guadalajara without Martha and how Max convinced her to return. Max comes in to intervene, which in my opinion was  just asking for trouble. Tonio angrily told  him to piss off. 

Raquel stormed upstairs to her room to pack. Tonio follows her in, locks the French windows before locking her in, over her protests. Downstairs, Max listens as Tonio tells the guards over the phone Raquel is not  to be  allowed to leave the estate. Max snidely asks why Tonio wanted to keep a woman who didn't love him. 

Vicky is astonished to find Raquel locked up and goes to find Tonio to demand why he's holding her against her will. Tonio replied  that he was  certain Raquel was not his wife and he had never seen her before. He had checked his schedule, no trips to Guadalajara at all. Vicky is shocked when he also told her the crash was no accident. Vicky feels he was mistaken and urged him to reconsider, since all their friends believe Raquel is his wife. Tonio makes her promise  not to tell any one of his suspicions.

Martha is not happy at the idea of leaving the mansion when Max tells her to get ready, they were leaving by boat that night. 

Tono instructs  Vicky to order a new wardrobe for Raquel and Martha gives her Raquel's dress and shoe size. He then apologises to Raquel, excusing his initial harshness and doubts  about her due to his amnesia. He didn't feel anything but he did know he wouldn't marry a woman if he didn't love her. As she's his wife, he wants her to help him remember. Raquel tearfully accepts his aplogy, feeling bad for him and filled with guilt. She tells him she would give up half her life so prevent what happened. Tonio asks what she meant by that, but she's unable to reply. 

Taking her hand, Tonio asks her out to dinner but she's reluctant. Tonio assures her he won't fight her if she still wants a divorce but they should at least part as friends, gently asking her to grant  this special favour to him. Raquel nods, giving him a faint smile. 

 Their lunch is then  brought in by a maid. 

Martha felt her sister was being a fool, when Raquel is very reluctant to accept the array of new clothes. 

   

Tonio is told by Vicky  about Raquel's hesitance to accept the clothes. She urges him to be nicer to his wife who was obviously not a gold digger. 

That night, Tonio takes in the sight of Raquel in a white dress trimmed with pale blue, and warmly  compliments her.  Raquel shyly thanked him for the new dress and entire wardrobe. However, when he offers her a pearl necklace to go with it, she firmly refused. 

 Max is furious to hear from Martha that Tonio took Raquel out. He knew very well Raquel couldn't hold her liquor after one glass. Martha didn't dare let him know  that she didn't tell Raquel they were to leave that night. 

At the fancy restaurant, Raquel gradually loosens up around Tonio; smiling and laughing for the first time and they swap anecdotes about their personal preferences. 

Tonio spied Max hovering not far away and leaves Raquel to find out what was going on.  Max sullenly makes an excuse about meeting some friends and leaves, planning on taking Raquel and Martha away that night once she got  back. On getting back home, Tonio offers Raquel the  pearl necklace he’d offered her before but again she refuses it. He moves in for the kill and kissed  her for the first time but Raquel, though drunk, doesn’t allow it to go further. 

However, Martha had seen them go into the room together and mischievously told Max her sister was with Antonio. Max is furious as he had already rented the boat for their escape.

 Max tries to enter Raquel’s room but it’s locked on both sides and she was fast asleep.

The following morning, Tonio’s lazy brother-in-law, Claudio, sees Max furiously shaking Raquel by the shoulders, beside the swimming pool. He suspects they must have already known each before, especially by the way Max angrily brushes him off. He  tells Camilla, who then tells Maura over the phone. 

Raquel again makes a phone call to Guadalajara but her father still doesn't answer. Camilla makes snide comments about the simple dress Raquel was wearing. Raquel coldly tell her the clothes she wears were obtained through honest work, which we viewers know that Camilla doesn't have a clue about. 

However, when Camilla goes  too far, Raquel slaps her! 

Tonio is more and more suspicious of Raquel. He abruptly takes Raquel to Guadalajara and gets acquainted with Don Daniel, who is nervous around him.