Max strikes again!

Like I said in my last post, Max wasn't planning on going out like that; Tonio was more determined than ever to prove that Max tried to kill him; the stakes were higher now- he and Raquel were going to be parents in 9 months and he trusted her completely again.(Tonio definitely learnt his lesson on that one!!!)
Max went to Rod's house to inform him on the recent development; he needed his help. The following morning, a group of thugs, including Luis showed up at Rod's house to get their instructions. At the hotel, Raquel was already parked and eagerly waiting for Tonio to come. There's a knock at the door and she opened it; it's Gato! He introduced himself as an employee at Tonio's office- he was sent to take her to the real estate agent  handling the sale of the house Tonio wanted to buy for both of them, Tonio would meet her there. Raquel agreed and asked him to wait outside. At the lobby, Gato make a call Rod, who told him where to take Raquel. One of the thugs called the mansion and Ramon gave the phone to Tonio. The man said he was Roberto Aguirre and he had kidnapped Raquel. If he wanted to see her again, he must not inform the police and he was to meet at the docks. Meanwhile, Gato was introducing Raquel to the real estate agent and she was escorted inside the house.
Tonio called the hotel and spoke with Martha, asking if Raquel was there. Martha said no, that someone from his office had taken her out, on his instructions. Tonio hung up abruptly and hurried out of the house...
 Rod's thugs, along with Luis and Gato waited for Tonio to show up, all of them aboard a ship. Tonio arrived and he was told to climb up.
'Where's my wife?' Tonio asked, coldly.
He was told not to worry, Mrs. Lombardo was safe and they were taking him to her. The boat sailed off...
Meanwhile, Max and Rod waited by the phone anxiously. Raquel called Tonio's office and was told Tonio wasn't there. She then called the house and Ramon informed her Tonio had gone out. Raquel assumed he was on his way. But the hours dragged and no sign of her husband...
Raquel got back to the hotel and told her surprised father and sister that Tonio didn't show up and he wasn't at home or at the office.
In the ship, Gato and Luis talked and laughed; Gato remarked  that Raquel was  the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen, Luis  agreed and said her sister Martha was pretty too. Tonio walked by and overheard Luis say that once they got rid of Tonio, he'll finally have Martha and Max will finally have Raquel. Tonio silently went up deck facing  a terrible dilemma: stay and face death or jump overboard. He comes across some oxygen tanks...
The thugs assemble and their leader says it's time. Tonio is above them and he overhears the leader say that Rod gave instructions for them to get rid of Gato as well, he knew too much. Tonio silently dragged out an oxygen tank without being seen, tied a rope to it and threw it over the railing, He TOO was NOT going out like THAT! Gato saw him and asked what he was doing. Tonio told him his life was in danger, his friends weren't his friends. Gato believed him after the leader asked him to surrender his gun. Gato went to look for Tonio inside and asked what he had in mind. Tonio asked him where Raquel was and was told she was back at Acapulco, explaining the trap. Back at the hotel, Raquel is more and more worried, where was Tonio??? There's a knock at the door but to her great disappointment, it's only Rod. Raquel told him she was waiting for Tonio; they had made up and he was supposed to pick her and her family.
Tonio and Gato brace themselves for a face-off. Raquel called the house again and Ramon told her Tonio still wasn't home and had'nt called. Pablo showed up at the house, as Tonio did not come to the office. Raquel is very miserable, where was her husband??? Camilla paid Vicky a visit.
The thugs, now armed, ordered Tonio and Gato to come out and they took them to the deck. Tonio saw that Luis was among them and calmly offered him money but Luis spitefully told him he wasn't interested. Tonio and Gato suddenly jumped overboard after kicking away two of the men. Under the water, they take in turns using the oxygen tank Tonio had stashed away. From the ship, the men fired into the water, then wait for them to surface, not knowing about the oxygen tank.  The hotel  manager said Tonio didn't call again after talking to Martha. Raquel went back to her room and started to cry...

Oh, Bo... you stupid, STUPID FOOL!!!

Just when I thought Bo could'nt be more dumb, he's done something I never thought in a million years he would do, put his foot in it way too far!
What's been happening...
 he made Carly promise not to tell Melanie she was her mother for both her and the girl's protection. While having a conversation with his younger brother Phillip(who is Melanie's fiance), he realised Vivian was eavesdropping, so when Phillip asked him about his affair with Carly, Bo said Carly had returned because of him and he'd realised they were still in love for a long time since their relationship had ben interrupted. Phillip did'nt believe it at first; everyone knew he and Hope loved each other- he still had his wedding ring on. To my horror, Bo removed it and said his marriage was over!
I was like; what is this man doing- he knows for sure Vivian would tell Hope, everyone would call Carly a homewrecker not  to mention giving Carly false hope! If he truly wanted his wife, that pretence was way too expensive!
Of course what I feared happened: Phillip confronted Carly FOR STEALING another woman's husband, Vivian told Hope and she believed it and Carly soundly scolded Bo for painting her as a scarlet woman, until she heard why he did it. Then I got very confused; he told Abe, Salem's mayor about the lie and said after it was all over he would tell Hope. If he told Hope, then what... ask her for another chance and cast Carly aside? Because so far, the good doctor has'nt demanded to know if he loved her as much as she loved him.
Bo and Hope got into an arguement; she was angry, very angry- saying that their marriage had been nothing but a lie all along. Since then Bo acted rather coldly towards her, even went as far as telling her she made her own bed, thus she had to lie on it. I guess he was angry that she believed it at all.

Now he and Carly are closer, although he has'nt said the L-word to her and she refused to press him. Melanie thawed and invited Carly to her wedding but Bo did'nt think Carly should go or Vivian would suspect something. He then stunned Carly by insisting she moved back into his house; not just for her protection(like I thought initially) but to work on their relationship, she said yes after some hesitation. But alas, Vivian already knew who Carly's daughter was and had come up with a plan to kill her- despite Victor's objection since Mel was marrying his son. Even worse, Hope and Justin found out Carly's secret but before she could tell Bo, she got sidetracked on discovering  Bo's new roommate, not to mention Bo telling her that Ciara had cut some of Carly's clothes with a pair of scissors and they had another fight; she refused to have their daughter around a murderer like Carly(she had killed her sadistic husband) and threatened to sue for sole custody. Carly interceded on Bo's behalf, to deaf ears.

 Bo and Carly were both upset after Hope took the child away; Carly blamed herself and moved to pick up her suitcase but Bo roughly stopped her, saying he could'nt lose HER above everything else and held her in a vice grip.
 Carly was then told by Kate, Phillip's biological mother that Vivian knew her secret. Sending Bo a text, she hurried to the mansion to warn Mel but alas slipped over some ice and was knocked unconcious. She was taken to the hospital but when Bo asked her what happened, she could'nt remember. After he left, her memory slowly came back but then Gus, Vivian's thug, kidnapped her and took her to a darkened room where she was forced to watch a DVD of Vivian showing her what she was going to do to Mel, attach a poisoned comb to her head. Carly overpowered the thug and tricked Vivian to come to the basement. Hope meanwhile, found out Mel was Carly' child and what Vivian was planning; Victor had left a bag behind at the cafe- he'd switched the combs. Just as Carly and Vivian were having a face off, Hope ran in to tell Carly that Mel was safe, and was about to arrest Vivian for attempted murder. But Gus pushed heavy crates on the tow women to enable Vivian to escape. Carly crawled out but the crate Hope was under was too heavy so she called an ambulance for her and left to find the old bitch- taking Hope's gun with her. Bo found Hope and took her to the hospital.
At the mansion, the wedding ceremony of Phillip and Mel was over and Vivian lured Mel to the roof to kill her. Carly showed up to save her child and aimed the gun at Vivian but alas,  hit MEL INSTEAD!!!

Bo, was forced  to arrest Carly at Abe's orders but Vivian too was arrested, then later released because of lack of evidence. Bo told Carly he'd posted her bail but she was not allowed to see Mel at the hospital, until everything was sorted out, shushing her when she lamented over ever coming back to Salem. Hope woke up to find Justin by her side and she backed up Carly's story about Vivian wanting to kill Mel. She dragged herself back to the station to inform Bo what really happened.
Hope asked him where Carly was and he told her he had paid Carly's bail, which was a lot of money.Hope saw that Bo had sincere feelings for Carly(not the one-night stand she thought), she thought since he cared enough to take her to the hospital after she was injured, it was a sign of reconcilitation. She walked out on him. Now the STUPID THING Bo did (or will do on Monday)...



Bo admitted to Hope that he was in love with Carly again!
I'm in the Carbo team(Bo and Carly supporters), but when I first heard about it I was like, 'Excuse me? Really?' because ever since Carly said she loved him and got no response from him , I was afraid he'll end up hurting her because he still loved Hope. Also, if he really loved Carly, why not tell her? But after reading the whole story, all I could say was, Bo, YOU STUPIDIO!!! Why tell your wife such a thing?! She is Carly's only witness, would she bring herself to help her rival now???
Hope might change her story out of jealousy and revenge- Carly would go to jail and that bitch Vivian would go scot free! Unless he's pretending again for some reason? Personally, I WON'T believe Bo's feelings for Carly UNTIL he tells the lady herself.

I love you, and I NEED you...

Evil Max is amazed when Vicky shows up at his apartment with her bags. Tearfully, she informs him of Tonio and Raquel's  reconciliation and she moving back in. Max is filled with rage- despite all he'd done to keep them apart,  they were back together and both of them will work out the case until they fianlly had proof of his crimes! He however loudly denied Raquel and Tonio's accusations against him once again.

Tonio takes Raquel back to the hotel but not wanting to leave, asks if he could hang out with her for a while. They talked at length; Tonio said she was so   reluctant to move back to the mansion, even though there were several benefits any other woman in her position would jump at. 

Raquel resignedly  agreed she needed the extensive care she would get at home but  they were still not on the same page, with him still having doubts about her. He was doing all this because of the baby only.

 Tonio replied it wasn't the case, a lot of things happened since their seperation and he kept remembering how she'd left everything he'd given her behind including the money she left on his desk. Which convinced him again that Raquel didn't value  material things.  And he didn't want to lose her again.   

 He  promised to seek the truth for BOTH their sakes this time;  and Raquel thanked him. He suddenly asked her if she still loved him. She said yes, she loved him and needed him more than ever. Relief all over Tonio's  face, he assured her he loved her too, very much and that was the reason why he wanted her back, not because of their child, though he loved them both.  

He promised to pick her up in the morning and left but not before they exchanged a passionate reconciliation kiss; that Martha interrupted. She apologised and Tonio took his leave, exchanging one more kiss with his wife.

Meanwhile, Max had suspected that Tonio had placed the Roberto Aguirre ad and was trying to use it to smoke 'Roberto' out. He managed to discover the plan and traced it to Pablo's apartment, where he convinced Pamela to allow him play the tape, recognising Carla's voice. He lied to Pam that Tonio and Pablo were trying to discredit him and made her promise to help him with information. He had also gone to Carla and she'd confessed she'd made him up to annoy Raquel and was scared of what Tonio would do to her if he ever found out.

Daniel was happy that Raquel and Tonio made up, especially now that they were going to have their own home and were having a baby. Martha was not pleased at the idea of Tonio's family treating them like trash at the mansion and hoped that this time around, Tonio will give her and their father a monthly allowance. (Go and work, cow). 

Tonio goes to Meche's place, not knowing Gato, (who came to threaten her) was hiding behind the door. A petrified Meche agrees to take Tonio to Julia's place.

 However, on getting there, the pair find Julia's house  locked up. A neighbour tells them Julia and her husband (the man who'd pretended to be a corpse) suddenly moved out of town, much to Tonio's fury, wondering if this was another trick.

 Tonio then goes  to Pablo's apartment and Pablo told tells he found out that Gato, the man that stole Chucho's money, worked at the club like Meche said and the club's owner was Roderigo.

Tonio began wondering if Gato was Roberto Aguirre, paid to annoy Raquel by Max  as well as wreck their marriage by framing Martha. After he left and Pablo went to bed, Pamela placed a call to Max and told him what she'd heard... not realising she was signing Tonio's death warrant!!! 

Tonio was sorry to hear from Ramon that Vicky had moved out but hoped eventually she would come around. Three people didn't sleep that night.

Raquel kept thinking about Tonio-especially the romantic afternoon on the yacht. 

Lying on their bed, Tonio thought about the night he and Raquel  first made love.

Raquel remembered their reconciliation kiss, smiling. 

Tonio soberly remembered what had happened next that night; the fight with Max.

At his apartment, Max bitterly remembered the civil wedding with Raquel, as he had signed Tonio's name on the certificate, Raquel had turned out to be Tonio's wife and not his since she and Tonio hadn't annulled it after 30 days. Now they were back together, and were about to be parents! 

He couldn't, wouldn't bear it!