TIME TO TAKE COVER!

Raquel is sedated and Oscar meets with Evil Max; he's concerned about Raquel's state of mind. Max suggests she's checked into a mental asylum.
Meche is very worried when Gabriel doesn't come back; exasperated at how stubborn he was. Pamela listens to Pablo and Andres' conversation; the phone call and what Raquel had told him. After they left the flat, Pamela called the mansion but Max wasn't home so she left a message for him to call her back. Oscar and Max get back and discuss the possibility of Raquel receiving treatment at a mental asylum  because of her wild rantings against Max. Ramon asked Meche where Gabriel was; he still wasn't back. Ramon overhears the discussion and is dismayed, he didn't believe Raquel was mad. Andres asked Daniel if it was true what Gabriel had said about Max and he reluctantly confirmed it, telling him all he knew and why they'd kept it from Raquel. Max told Meche he had her brother and if she wanted to see him alive again, she had to keep her trap shut!

Meanwhile Gabriel is locked in a storeroom in Luis's apartment building. Martha paid him a visit, wanting to get info about Max from him, giving him a few days to comply. Forced by Max, Meche told everyone that Gabriel was mistaken and went back to the kitchen. Max looked very uneasy when Vicky said a Pamela called. Pablo looked at him suspiciously.

 
Meanwhile, Tonio struggled to regain his strength Maura continue to ply him with pills and lies about Raquel. Max is cross with Pam for leaving a message for him, she hung up as Pablo entered the flat. He coldly asked her what was her relationship with Max. After telling him everything, she admitted she was in love in him and got a slap!

While Maura is not around, Tonio called the house, but instead of Ramon, Max picked it instead, thinking Gato will call back. Tonio hesitated then asked, 'who is this?' Max went cold, then asked, 'is that you, Gato?'
Tonio hung up. Then he called Pablo's flat but alas, he wasn't at home, Pamela said. Before she could ask who was calling, Maura appeared and cut of the extension, scolding him for walking about when he was still weak. She got him back to bed and gave him another pill. But Tonio had only pretended to swallow it!

Raquel and Daniel watched  Baby sleeping in the incubator; Raquel cried and  prayed her child should live, she'd already lost her husband. At the rented house, Rafael wished Maura good luck with Tonio and took his leave.
Camilla visited  Raquel; explaining she'd bought baby clothes and other stuff for Baby from Rome. Her manner towards her sister-in-law is no longer hostile but wary. Raquel asked her why she looked broody but Camilla said nothing was wrong then asked if Raquel had chosen a name yet for Baby. Raquel already had. She was naming the child Minerva.
'My mother's name?' Camilla asked in surprise. Raquel nodded and said, 'Tonio would have wanted it.' 

At the house, Claudio told Andres, their doctor had told them Camilla can't have children but they were closer now. Andres filled him in on what's been happening. Pablo barged in and told them both that Tonio had called his flat!
Luis is told by Max about the second strange caller. Max prayed it wasn't Tonio... or he was finished this time. Luis scoffed at the idea , it's  impossible- Tonio Lombardo is dead.

Wishful thinking on your part, asshole.

A CHILD IS BORN AND A HUSBAND FOUND...

Raquel is wheeled into the operating room; Vicky, Daniel, Martha and Max wait anxiously. Claudio called the house and was informed that Raquel was at the hospital. The trip did the couple a whole lot of good; they were able to spend quality time together. Claudio was more sober, Camilla as well but was currently depressed; just as she was set to try motherhood, she was told by the doctors she was reproductively challenged.

Finally, Oscar came out and announced that the operation was a success and that both mother and child would pull through. To everyone's joy (except, of course, Mad Max's), the baby was a very beautiful baby girl! But as she was premature, Baby was to stay in the incubator for a few days, and Raquel had to get her strength back, so she was staying for a while, too. 

At the house, Chucho and Meche pray for Raquel to pull through. Max angrily burst in to know which among them had told Raquel the truth, punching out Chucho when he challenged him. Ramon was pleased to hear that Raquel and the baby were fine and would be home in a few days; he informed Vicky that  Claudio had called.  The telephone rang and Ramon answered it.
It was Gato, shaved and washed at his apartment. He asked to speak with Mrs Raquel Lombardo, saying he was her hairstylist. Ramon was just telling him that Raquel was unable to come to the phone when Vicky asked who it was and Ramon handed the phone to her. Thinking it was Raquel, he identified himself as Roberto Aguirre. Stunned, Vicky angrily said she  was Victoria Lombardo and asked him, 'Where's Antonio, what have you done with my son?!'
Abruptly, Gato hung up. The plan was to tell Raquel where her husband was in exchange for a lot of money. 

At the hospital, Raquel regained consciousness and worried about her baby but Oscar said the baby was fine. Max entered the room and she began screaming at him,  calling him a murderer... he killed her husband! She begged Oscar to call the police. Oscar sent everyone out and tried to calm her down.
Max angrily told Daniel and Martha that Raquel was crazy; he was innocent, but Daniel and Martha eyed him suspiciously. Oscar came out and asked if what Raquel said was true; it was a very serious accusation. Meanwhile, Gato picked the next best thing- MAURA!

Max threatened Meche, Gabriel and Chucho if they dared support Raquel in her accusations.
While Vicky was pondering over the sudden call, she received a sudden visitor, Andres! She warmly hugged him; he was in Acapulco on business and wanted to see them. He immediately asked after Raquel and was told she was now a mother. She also told him about the weird phone call and she'd been waiting for Roberto Aguirre to call back. Max entered, not pleased to see Andres and stunned to hear that 'Roberto Aguirre' had called, asking for Raquel. Who else could it be but GATO?
(HA! Your day of reckoning is around the corner, bastard!!!) Vicky wondered if the man wanted to tell them that Tonio was alive or not.

Raquel is very anxious for Tonio's death to be avenged. She's angry with Daniel for what he hid from her, that Max was Roberto Aguirre. Daniel, remorseful, explained Max kept denying he was Aguirre and how he'd warned him, Meche and Gabriel, that no one would believe them if they made their accusations. 

Meanwhile, Gato meets Maura at a restaurant. She handed over a cheque to him and he told her where Tonio was. Maura is amazed to hear that Tonio is alive. 

Luis couldn't believe what Max told him; Gato was dead, how could it be him? Rod refused to believe it too. But Max was very sure it was him, he had a lot to gain by wanting to talk to Raquel, probably to expose them. They decided to check Gato's old apartment. Meanwhile, Andres paid Raquel a visit at the hospital and she begged him to help her... Max was Aguirre - she didn't care about the scandal; she wanted Max punished! Andres told her about the phone call at the house; if Max was Roberto, who was the caller? Aguirre couldn't be Max, as he had seen the shocked expression on his face when Vicky told them about the call. Raquel thought perhaps Max made Luis pose as Aguirre to confuse them.

Max informed Maura and Carla about the call, and Carla was confused. Maura made her excuses and rushed out. Carla picked up the phone to call the mansion. 

Luis got to the mansion and informed Max he had searched Gato's place and had found hair in the bathroom sink, it WAS Gato who had called. But it was still impossible that Tonio was alive. Unknown to them, Ramon was listening!
Maura, accompanied by Alejandra's ex-boyfriend, gets to the shack. Raphael went in first. Tonio lay unconscious on a mat,  alone and injured. Raphael told Maura she could come in.

Gabriel paid Raquel a visit at the hospital and apologised for not telling her sooner, but she brushed it off. Gabriel promised to stand by her. Max enters the room and is furious to see him there. Raquel pressed her buzzer for the nurse, she wanted Max thrown out of her room. He left but dragged Gabriel with him; to her horror, Max would kill him!

But Gabriel is defiant; Max had done his worst, so he was no longer scared of him. Oscar asked what the commotion was all about and Max shouted that Gabriel had been telling lies about him. Gabriel said it wasn't a lie and he'll tell everyone. Max ordered him to go home and signalled Luis to follow him and make him disappear.

Andres paid Raquel a visit at the hospital and she begged him to help her. Max had killed Tonio- she didn't care about the scandal; she wanted Max punished! Andres told her about the phone call; if Max was Roberto, who was the caller? It couldn't have been Max, as he had seen the shocked expression on his face when Vicky told them about the call. Raquel thought perhaps it was Luis, to confuse them.

Max informed Maura and Carla about the call, and Carla was confused. Maura made her excuses and rushed out. 

Meanwhile, Tonio is being treated at a hospital, the bullet removed from his arm. Gabriel is pounced on by Luis.
Maura and Raphael take Tonio to a house she had rented. She wasn't planning on telling Raquel Tonio was alive, as far as Maura was concerned, he belonged to her, not Raquel Lombardo. Tonio suddenly groaned and Maura rushed to his side, calling his name. Delirious, he said, 'Raquel?'
Maura said no, it was Maura. Not wasting time, she started slandering Raquel, saying that she had planned with Max to kill him. Tonio is silent...

ON THE WAY HOME!!!

Evil Max continued pestering Raquel but there was no way she could ever love him like she once did until the night she discovered he was a  vicious  liar. She  loved Tonio and missed him very much. Without realising it, her husband was on his way home to her... he and Gato were rowing their way back to Acapulco on a makeshift raft!

They finally get to the mainland, a remote part, but Acapulco all the same! Gato pleaded with Tonio not to turn him over to the police, but Tonio promised to put in a good word for him. As they move further ahead, they saw a shack; outside it sat an old man and a young woman. Gato ran ahead, shouting for help, lying that Tonio wanted to kill him. Before he knew what was happening, Tonio was  shot at by the old man and down he went, shot on the arm!

Max informed Raquel that Camilla and Claudio were arriving from Rome that day; Raquel hoped Camilla won't give her more beef, but Max assured her he wouldn't allow it. Raquel looked at him warily. Max begged her to give him another chance and earn her pity but she remained firm; it could never be the same between them, ever. Later on, as she sadly looked at Tonio's framed photo, Ramon came in to report Martha again- she was still receiving phone calls from Luis and going out with him. Suspecting she was probably still receiving gifts from him, Raquel decided to search Martha's room.
Raquel and Ramón found the jewellery in Martha’s closet, wrapped in a silk scarf. Furious, Raquel ordered Ramon to call her. Meanwhile, Gato had escaped and the young woman tended to Tonio's wounds, despite her grandfather's angry words; he was a fugitive running from the police and now Gato might lead the police back to him. Tonio weakly pleads with her to get help while she tends to him. He tells  her how he's been  away from home for months, he has a wife and she's expecting their child... he can't die now. The woman urged him to save his strength. 

Raquel  accused Martha of lying to her and asked for Luis’ address because she wanted to personally return his ‘junk’ to him and tell him to his face never to come near her sister again. Martha snapped that Luis was her friend and Raquel had no right to tell her what to do, especially since she was enjoying a dead man's money when she didn't formally marry him.  Walking  away angrily, she went to find  Gabriel, thinking he was the one who split on her as he had eavesdropped on her conversation with Luis.

Gabriel is in the kitchen and denies telling Raquel about her meetings with Luis. Martha calls him a liar , further accusing him of spying on her ever since he and Meche came to work in the mansion. She was going to pay him out by going to the police and report him and his sister for making them all believe she ran him over. 

 Raquel followed her and said it hadn’t been him who told her and she should stop blaming other people for her behaviour.  

Unable to hide his guilt any longer, Gabriel tells Raquel Martha was right; he and Meche were liars and cowards, and have behaved badly.  Raquel asks what he meant by that. 

 Gabriel finally tells her the Roberto Aguirre who had convinced he and Meche to lie  that Martha caused his accident was actually Max. He wanted to tell but Max had scared him and  Daniel and Chucho knew it. 

Filled with rage, Raquel stormed out; it HAD been him, ALL ALONG!!!

 She saw Max just entering the living room and flew at him, despite being heavy with child. She slapped  his face, ignoring the sudden pain coming from her tummy; calling  him a murderer and vowed to get him jailed for killing her husband. Max tried to calm her but she violently beat him off, screaming with anger. Then all of a sudden she clutches her stomach again and faints.

Max grabs her before she hits the floor and called for Vicky and the servants. At the hospital, Raquel is wheeled into the operating room. Her case is dangerous- she hasn’t completed her 7th month!