Max enters the room and finds Raquel asleep. He wakes her up and covers her mouth when she's about to cry out in disbelief. She hugs him and excitedly bombards him with questions. He asks her to follow him to the garden where they can talk. He then tells her his real name and that Antonio is his stepbrother. Raquel is full of horror and anger at his lies and demands to know if he had anything to do with the plane crash, which he hotly denies, insisting that Antonio had a lot of enemies. But now that everyone believes her to be Mrs. Lombardo- Antonio's widow, she is his heir. Afterwards, she can marry Max after her mourning. That's his 'great plan' folks, marry Raquel and have unlimited access to her money!
So finally... we learn the reason behind the lies to Raquel and the plane crash. What a grade-A bastard!
Raquel angrily refused to have anything to do with the scheme, vowing she will march upstairs and tell Victoria the whole story. Max then turned nasty and silences her with blackmail-should she open her mouth, he'll tell everyone the whole thing had been her and her family's idea and it was her word against his. Raquel is stunned at the change in the man she loves. Martha is told and is torn between staying at the mansion and avoiding going to jail for something they didn't know about. Angry and confused, Raquel wonders what to do. Getting back to her room, Raquel finds Martha there and tells her what happened; she married Max, Victoria's son, who had passed himself off as his stepbrother and how he'd threatened her. Martha feels she should go ahead with the deception; they will now be rich. Raquel doesn't want to do so, especially deceiving Victoria, who has been good to us. Martha points there was nothing they can do. They had no money to hire a lawyer and besides, if Raquel denounces Max to Victoria, she will say she's never met nor laid eyes on Max and say Raquel was crazy. She and Daniel weren't going to jail because Raquel got involved with the wrong man.
Unable to sleep, Raquel went downstairs to the pool area very early in the morning and saw the staff cleaning the pool. Ezequiel hurried over to see if 'Senora Raquel' needed anything and talked about how the household missed 'Senor Antonio' very much. Raquel asked Ezequiel what type of boss her 'husband' was and to see a photo of Antonio, she misplaced hers. Ezequiel is surprised but takes her to Antonio's study and rummages about until he finds one. He left Raquel alone, staring at Antonio's smiling face.
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Meanwhile, Chucho's nephew manages to get help and Antonio-from now on I'm calling him 'Tonio'- is taken to the Red Cross for treatment. He asked the doctor to please call his house and alert his family.
Raquel is unable to forgive Max for his deceit and adamantly refuses to pass herself as Tonio Lombardo's widow. Max tries to manipulate her, saying Tonio is a ruthless bastard who has enemies an didnt respect women. Raquel pointed out, if that was true, then Max was no better and she wasn't going to be his accomplice. She was going to tell Vicky. Unfortunately, she couldn't do that, her photo was all over the papers and Vicky, to cover for Tonio, had told everyone they'd known Raquel for a long time. Max asks why she was so upset, she now has wealth and power and she'll have him as a husband eventually.
Raquel roughly pushes him away from her, snapping that a man in love wouldn't do what he did. And there was no way she'd marry him. (The one they had is of course invalid). Max leaves the room and Raquel starts packing her suitcase. While having breakfast with Martha, Max tells Martha to convince her sister to keep her trap shut. Martha is more concerned about the benefits than going to jail, which she doesn't want. Vicky joins them, asking where Raquel is.
At the Red Cross, the doctor tells Tonio he had a broken rib but no serious damage to his head, according to the X-ray, though he may forget some details.
Raquel packs her bag and catches a flight to Guadalajara, leaving a note for Martha. Max is furious to hear Raquel is gone and tells Martha not to tell anyone, she should say Raquel is lying down. He leaves the house to fetch her back. Ezequiel receives a call from the doctor treating Tonio, that he was ALIVE! Amazed, he gives the phone to Victoria who is overjoyed. As Camilla and Maura discuss Tonio's secret marriage, Camilla gets the news from Victoria via the speaker phone, Victoria adding she had already sent Pablo to bring Tonio home.
Victoria hurries to Raquel's room to tell her but finds Martha, who is shocked by the news and tells her to wake Raquel, she needs to go and tell Max. Not knowing what to do, Martha grabs her purse and runs to the main gate, much to the surprise of the guards. The guard tells her Max instructed him not to let her leave. Victoria is surprised to find pillows under the blanket and Raquel gone.
Evil Max gets to Raquel's apartment before she does, as he used the company's jet, while she had to change planes in Mexico city.
Pablo enthusiastically greets his boss and tells him how happy everyone would be thrilled to see him, especially his wife. Tonio stares at him in surprise. What???
'I'm not married' he tells Pablo. Pablo insists that he is, they found the wedding certificate with his signature and they've all met Senora Raquel.
'Raquel?' Tonio repeated in disbelief.
The doctor said as he had a severe concussion, maybe he had temporary amnesia. Pablo told Tonio about the plane ticket found in his study. Apparently, he got married in Guadalajara the day before the accident. Tonio, of course, is baffled. He would remember being married, even if he missed some details!
Raquel arrives and is very angry to find Max already in her apartment; he had arrived first because she'd had to change planes on the way. He reminds her there was nothing she could do and demands she returned with him. She refuses to return with him, preferring to go to jail and will hire a lawyer to charge him for fraud. Max warned Raquel she would have her father's fate in her conscience, as he's been helping his friend sell stolen goods, to Raquel's horror. Her timid father admitted it, the reason why Max was able to blackmail him. Daniel begged his daughter to forgive him, he did what he did because he felt bad about Raquel being the primary provider. Max insisted he had nothing to do with Tonio's death and it was her word against his. A journalist to interview Raquel but she leaves the room, and the reporter notices the framed photo of her and Tonio. Max makes excuses for Raquel and the man leaves. Raquel too sees the doctored photo of her and Tonio, guessing it was Max's handiwork.
Vicky is not pleased Raquel left and that Martha kept it from her, surprised when Martha explained Max told her not to tell anyone.
On the drive home, Tonio asks Pablo what Raquel's surname was.
Martha calls Daniel, who tells her that Raquel and Max already left. Daniel is horrified to hear the real Tonio is alive and on his way home. Vicky is now happy, eager to see how Raquel will react to Tonio's return.
Camilla and Maura discuss the good news, Maura is quiet and abruptly walks away when Camilla asks her if she would confront 'her naughty boy' for jilting her. Victoria felt sure the reason Raquel left was out of grief for Tonio. Camilla makes a rude remark about her in-law and Vicky warns her not to disrespect Raquel.
On the plane, Raquel coldly tells Max she now hates him. Max is confident she will come around.
Tonio comes in and warmly hugs his stepmother who of course, is very happy to see him. Pablo takes his leave. Vicky wastes no time telling him they all know about his secret wedding but support him. Tonio tells her he doesn't remember Raquel. Mummy Victoria immediately suggested he must have short-term amnesia. Tonio argued even if he doesn't remember his wedding, how can he not remember what his wife looked like? And why would he marry in secret without at least telling Victoria? And where was Raquel? Vicky told him Raquel had gone home and Max went to fetch her, which baffles Tonio even more. Why would his wife leave?
Victoria shows him a photo of Raquel in the papers, which he looks at thoughtfully. Well?
Tonio said no, she doesn't ring a bell. However... 'she's very pretty,' he admits.
Mummy Victoria is sure he'll remember once he saw her in person and tells him how she had to cover for him because people would find it very strange he married in secret. Vicky added that while she saw Raquel was working class, she found her sweet and already liked her.
Camilla and Claudio come in to welcome him, his sister scolding him over the secret wedding.
Playing along, Tonio grinned, explaining he wanted to surprise the family. Camilla again disses Raquel and Vicky tells her to keep quiet and let her brother rest. The couple leave and Vicky goes to arrange a meal for him.
As Tonio helps himself to a glass of water, Raquel comes in, heading towards the stairs. She spins around when Tonio calls her name. She stops, staring at him in shock.
Tonio takes in her beauty, with narrowed eyes. 'Come closer.' he said. Zombie-like, she does so and Tonio continues staring intensely at her.
Mummy Victoria comes in, delighted that Raquel has seen her husband was alive and well. Max comes in too, frozen in shock (as well as he might be), expressing his happiness at Tonio's miraculous return unconvincingly. Vicky wondered why Raquel looked like she'd seen a ghost.
Tonio moves close to Raquel and takes her hands, telling Vicky Raquel was merely overwhelmed with emotion. Raquel was obviously filled with terror when Tonio calmly said it was late and he'd been waiting for her, now he wanted to go to bed. Taking her by the arm, he led her upstairs.
Kata kata don burst be that!
