WHERE IS MY HUSBAND?!?

The men sail back to Acapulco, satisfied their mission was complete ( or so they think)  and called Rod and Max to give them the 'good news'.
 Vicky called the house and Ramon told her Tonio has'nt been seen all day. At the hotel, Raquel weeps, very worried. She sprang up when there's a knock on the door but it's only Pablo. She told him what had happened that morning and Pablo asked her to follow him to the office to make an identity check.




Daniel and Martha had gone ahead to the mansion, chatting with Andres. Vicky and Max show up later and are told that Tonio still wasn't back. At the office, several assistants are paraded in front of Raquel but none of them was the man who had taken her to the house that afternoon; adding to her despair. Meanwhile, Tonio and Gato swim towards land. Vicky is worried about Tonio; Max just managed to hide his elation at the success of his plan (BASTARD!!!). He went to the hotel to see Raquel, pretending to be neutral when she lamented over her missing husband. Tonio and Gato managed to swim to land, onto an island several miles away form Acapulco. They lay on the wet sand, completely exhausted.
At the house, the whole family is very worried. Raquel talked to Andres over the phone asking if there was news about Tonio and he said no; Raquel is more upset and alarmed- where was he? She told him of the visitor who'd taken her to the house Tonio wanted to buy.Andres assured her that Pablo was carrying out investigations, they would get some news soon. Martha has dinner with Luis. Honestly that girl was a stupid fool, how on earth could Raquel have a sister like that?

Later on as the family waited- Claudio walked in, leading Raquel by the arm. Andres and Ramon welcomed her back home and she was made to sit down;  still mindful of her poor health. Pablo entered with bad news, the police had found Tonio's car at the docks but no sign of him! Raquel is stricken with fear for Tonio. 


Meanwhile, Tonio and Gato try to get their bearings. Raquel felt Tonio had been kidnapped and Camilla taunted by saying her opinion wasn't important, Max silenced her. In the study, Pablo told Andres about his discussion with Tonio the previous night. Luis officially asked Martha to be his girlfriend, assuring her that the benefits were many.

The following morning, Raquel is more worried, where could Tonio be? Ramon told her about the phone conversation Tonio  received before he took off suddenly. Max warned Pablo to stop interfering so much in the family's affairs. Tonio seeks vital information from Gato.

 
Back at the mansion, Raquel sat in the room she shared with Tonio,  crying;  very frightened at what could have happened to her husband. She begged Chucho to tell her who Roberto Aguirre was, he was most likely the one who had kidnapped Tonio but Chucho said he had no idea who the man was, he'd never seen him before. Meanwhile, at the island, Tonio is thinking about Raquel- about their last discussion- and missing her very much...

BOPE FANS: ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

I really, truly DON'T  understand the anti-Carly/Bo bashing I keep reading here and there in the Net, despite the couple having more than a sizeable amount of supporters, the Carbo/Barly team (yours truly, a member). They make Carly sound like some kind of husband-snatching she-devil while Hope Brady is an angel wronged and Bo himself a confused wreck of a man. It's not like the romance between Bo and 'princess' is an entirely new thing; they loved each other so VERY MUCH several years ago and currently history is repeating itself- Carly bringing light and warmth into Bo's life, this time made dark and cold due to  Hope's unfair behaviour towards him after their Ciara's kidnap, something the Bope fans ALWAYS seem to overlook! I'm not being biased; Carly is as stubborn as Hope and she had her own few faults back in the day but she's far more mature and hardly ever questioned Bo's methods of doing things; I really find it hard to picture her leaving Bo with their child if she'd been Mrs. Brady- she who has always regarded Bo as her knight in shinning armour, her saviour and protector.

As for Bo, I admit... I still have my fears. He has a very protective streak especially when it concerns the people he loves. When he strated helping Carly after she got back to Salem, I assumed it was the old protectiveness he had for her but after the first Christmas kiss, I was'nt so sure. To be honest, I was dismayed because he had taken advantage of her vulnerable state and besides... I did'nt want the Salem idjits to resume their suspicions about Carly wanting to break Bo and Hope's marriage(like it was even steady to begin with)but Bo was the one who kept insisting they had'nt done anything wrong and made it clear he wanted her around, despite obviously still in love with Hope. Then came the episode when, out of no where and NOT premeditated they made love and even after Hope found out about it and raged at them both- he made it clear to Carly he REALLY wanted her around in his life, insisting she was'nt to blame for his rocky marriage and not knowing what will happen to them in the future. Carly is now living withhim, he's doing all he can to ensure that Vivian is punished for what she tried to do to Carly and Melanie, dare I hope... love talking??? He still has'nt said so to Carly but then again she has made no demands to know his feelings towards her, unlike years ago when she made him admit his feelings after accusing him of only wanting her body and not love from her. Because he'd been slow in admitting his feelings then, he very nearly lost her but after he got her back, could not voice his feelings enough.Besides 'princess', he had called her his 'precious gem', 'the strongest person he knew' and in a recent episode he said she made him 'smile', which he had'nt been doing often these days and asked her to let them work on their relationship; which she agreed to do after some hesitation.

Bope fans don't want to see it, but Carly is the best thing that's ever happened to Bo; she lightened his darkness years ago, she's doing it again. They should stop defending Hope who really brought the whole mess on her head in the first place- I do not condone adultery but it would'nt have happened if she'd reconciled with Bo when she had her chance, instead she spent the whole time pointing out his faults and accusing Carly of returning to Salem to steal her husband- she drove Bo into  Carly's arms and two lonely people rediscovered each other... and how!

Face it, Carly is Bo's light and he glaringly sees her as such. Enough of the slandering, it's not like some of the other couples don't have sins on their heads;  like John and Marlena betraying Bo's brother Roman by sleeping with each other and the result being Belle, now Bo and Hope's daughter-in-law. Lay off Bo as well, because now I really feel he knows what he wants. If you Bope fans still want to hate the princess, then GET STUFFED!!!

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...