Raquel's battle to save her marriage

Raquel informed her husband of the call and he of course forbade her to go anywhere But  she is determined to go and see  the troublemaker for herself. Chucho insisted on going with her- for fear that the man may harm her. Victoria gets Tonio's permission for Max to be allowed to visit her; Max heard from Vicky that Tonio and Raquel are sleeping in separate rooms again. Pablo gets a call from Julia- Meche's friend who had recommended her to Max. Her husband had been the man who had pretended to be the accident victim originally, Julia had seen the ad and wanted to remind Max of the balance he still owed them! Pablo was of course, confused but had it on tape.

 Chucho entered the restaurant first, but scares Gato away, not knowing he was the man waiting for Raquel. Raquel came in a few minutes later(looking fabulous in a black pants suit and silver jewelry) but of course waited in vain, she and Chucho later went back to the mansion. She told a cold Tonio that the man didn't show up then burst into frustrated tears; Tonio took her in his arms. She begged him to forgive her for lying to him, promising never to lie for anyone ever again- she loved him very much. At first it looked like Tonio was finally mellowing but them the bastard called again! Tonio went cold again and Raquel fled the study in tears. But more was to come, at Max's direction- Camilla held up Raquel's clip on earring and said she'd found it at the greenhouse while looking for plants for her house- insinuating that she and Max had been meeting there. Tonio looked daggers at his wife. Tied to a corner, Raquel phoned Humberto, asking him to meet her somewhere. Humberto is at first reluctant to get involved as a third party but  then closely listened to Raquel's story and advised her not to give up on her marriage since she loved Tonio. Tonio would soon come round, if he truly loved her he wouldn't believe her enemies over her.

On getting home, Tonio asked her where she'd been and wasn't pleased to hear that she'd confided in Humberto about a private matter. Raquel calmly said after everything that has been happening to her, she needed someone to talk to, and Humberto seemed to be an impartial type of friend. She wants to do what he advised but it's hard with Tonio acting so cold towards her and everyone against her. Tonio reminded her none of this would have happened at all if she had been honest with him and it's not like he asked for anything of this to happen, she was the one who unexpectedly came into his life. Raquel admitted she had mishandled things, but he didn't seem to want to forgive her, hence it was better to call it quits. Tonio however said he wasn't a quitter and things would get better between them if he got the truth from her. 

Tonio asked her about the earring and she replied she hadn't noticed it was missing since they were not a pair she wore very often; her designer had brought them along with her dresses and accessories.

TONIO IS SUCH A PIG!!!

 

Raquel's eyes filled with tears when she saw that Tonio wasn't lying beside her. Meanwhile, Tonio's plan to unmask Roberto Aguirre; he asked Pablo to place an ad in the paper, 'anyone who wanted to get in touch with Roberto Aguirre, call this number...'. whoever called would be taped- the machine set in Pablo's apartment and his sister, Pamela would monitor the calls.

Tonio misunderstands a conversation he has with Daniel. Daniel had hoped a child would bring  Tonio and his daughter closer but Tonio concluded that Raquel had seduced him the previous night in order to deliberately get pregnant! 

Later on, Raquel paid Tonio a visit at the office and alas, it's very ugly. Tonio accused Raquel of having an ulterior motive for sleeping with him and Raquel was angry at the way he spoke to Daniel and for cheapening the passionate night they spent.  Hurt at his insinuation and accusations-  Raquel declared she suddenly hated him and marched out of the office while Tonio yelled after her, 'I'M SICK OF YOU!'

Raquel told the chauffeur  to drop her, she needed to be by herself for a while, she'll find her own way home. She went to the beach, miserably thinking about the fight with Tonio.

 Maura and Rod see the ad, but he advised her not to fall for it. Tonio is very worried when the security guards inform him that the chauffeur returned without Raquel. Raquel had gone to  pay a visit to Gabriel and Meche at the hospital and introduced herself as Martha's sister  and Tonio's wife.  After she left, Gabriel is filled with more guilt- he found Mrs. Raquel  so beautiful and sweet and  hated the idea of deceiving her. 

 The first person to call was an amazed Carla, who had made up the name in the first place. Pamela pretended to be Mr. Aguirre's secretary and asked her to leave a message, but Carla hung up. The tape is later played to Tonio, who recognised her voice!

As Raquel is walking along, a man called her name. Turning round, she saw it was Oscar's son, Humberto. He is very pleased to run into her and asked her to have a drink with him- she agreed. Carla stopped by the house and Tonio tried to make her confess but she denied it and added fuel to the fire by saying that Roberto was Raquel's lover and Daniel had been the one to tell her! (BITCH!!!)

Meanwhile, Humberto and Raquel have a pleasant talk over coffee at a restaurant.
Tonio asked Daniel about Roberto but of course the old man said he didn't know what Carla was talking about. Daniel then came  across the ad and showed it to Raquel when she got home. Raquel called the number  and when Pamela asked her to leave a message, she angrily said whoever this Roberto was, he was sabotaging her marriage!

When she got to the mansion, Raquel entered Tonio's study and he berates her for wandering off on her own. Raquel calmly replied she had coffee with Humberto after paying Gabriel  a visit and Tonio is immediately jealous again, never mind that Humberto was a family friend. Weary, Raquel goes upstairs. Meanwhile, Rod asked Gato to call Raquel again and set up a meeting.

Reconciliation???

What happened next? Much worse for Raquel. Not only did she have to contend with Martha going to jail, but also more crank calls from the mysterious 'Roberto Aguirre'. Evil Max finally gets kicked out of the mansion by Tonio but the bastard decided to enlist Camilla's help in ruining any chance of reconciliation between Tonio and Raquel. Tonio meets with Meche and pays for Gabriel's operation but he kept wondering why Meche never took her brother to the Red cross where it would cost nothing. Chucho heard that Martha's 'victim' was at the hospital and he's dismayed to see that Meche was the one lying to his boss and his wife. Meche begged and begged him not to give her away; she simply wanted her brother to walk again. Raquel received more and more coldness from her husband every passing day- her only friend being Alejandra who firmly believed she was innocent. Tonio had a sudden idea about how to unmask the Roberto that keeps calling Raquel. Sometime later, Raquel got a pleasant surprise; while with Alejandra in the living room one day, who should come in but the police chief-followed by Martha! Tonio had fought tooth and nail to get her released and not serve time in jail! Raquel hurried to find Tonio and when she did, expressed her gratitude by hugging him and kissing him VERY THOROUGHLY, a kiss he returned.

A small dinner party was held to celebrate Martha's return that night and after everyone had gone to bed, Raquel led Tonio to their room, where they began kissing very passionately and ended up making love. But alas, the following morning, Tonio left Raquel and went back to the guest room. When she opened her eyes and saw he wasn't there beside her, how upset she was...