SNIPPET: ISABELLA BOUCES BACK, AS ALWAYS

Orlando sees Isabella who makes a stunning deal that would greatly benefit him, in exchange of him defending her. The case is brought in front of the prosecutor, who goes over it. Laura is very angry to see that Orlando is Isabella’s lawyer. They both give their testimonies and exchange terrible words, which annoys the prosecutor, more so when they come to blows and have to be restrained. Orlando does his very best to defend Isabella, who is jaunty and very insolent throughout.
Silvia, Conan and Nattie go over some new designs and Alex makes himself a nuisance again by disturbing them. Silvia gets fed up with him and orders him to leave, he was no longer the factory’s driver. He accuses her of only doing the project to be around Lorenzo, she gets more furious and asks him again to leave. He begs her to let him stay, promising never to interfere in her business again.
Mimi and Tony again go over names for the baby and the coordinator of the competition arrives, much to Mimi’s annoyance as she’s obviously interested in Tony.
Orlando defends Isabella thoroughly and Isabella and Laura exchange more angry words and come to blows again. The prosecutor angrily calls them both to order. Silvia thinks over her last conversation with Lorenzo; he’d assured her he will now focus on his family yet he’ll always cherish the beautiful times they had shared.
The prosecutor scolds Laura and Isabella like they were school girls; their behavior was really unacceptable and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Orlando points out Laura had started it, to her fury.
The prosecutor ruled that she had nothing much to go on as both testimonies and the evidence were questionable and doubtful and sarcastically advised Laura to submit concrete evidence if she wanted to continue with the matter. Isabella was free to go and Laura is absolutely furious. Lorenzo suddenly shows up, very surprised to find Orlando there as Isabella’s lawyer and takes Laura home. Isabella gives Orlando his ‘fee’, a folded document, but reminds him she was still angry with him for helping Lorenzo find the doctored photos.
Laura is angry about the whole thing; Lorenzo feels he should finally break off the partnership with Isabella and he does not believe Orlando’s story about defending Isabella for the good of the company, he’ll ask him in the morning. He pushes Laura away again when she tries to be amorous and reluctantly agrees to throw a dinner party to celebrate their reconciliation.
Alex isn’t pleased Isabella was released, as it meant Silvia and Lorenzo would still be working closely with each other, they were obviously still in love. Mimi asked him if he himself was still in love with Silvia. He sadly admits it. One time, Silvia had loved him unconditionally and wanted to marry him and have a family; he badly wanted them to have that relationship again. Laura asks Antonia if she had helped Isabella to switch the pills but the maid, quite shocked, denied it.
Alex disturbs Silvia again while she’s working out at the gym, not pleased she was still going on with Lorenzo’s project, which annoys her, and he didn’t have the right to tell her what to do! He demands to know if she was praying for a miracle, she sarcastically said ‘yes’. Hurt, he walks away.
Antonia visits Isabella at her suite and gives her the telegram and explained Laura didn’t even read it. Isabella pays her for her trouble. After she leaves, Isabella calls the private investigator to let him know Laura’s popsie was out of jail and he must fly to Venezuela and bring him to Lima as soon as possible.

SNIPPET: LAURA 1, ISABELLA 0 !

Laura is triumphant at the angry despair in Isabella’s tone, expressing her hope the cell she was in was comfortable. Isabella sarcastically said it was and she was waiting for Laura to join her since falsely accusing someone of murder was a serious crime. And she had made a serious mistake since if she goes to prison, Lorenzo’s company would be in jeopardy- Lorenzo will confirm it. Isabella tells Gloria she needed a lawyer who would do exactly what she asks him to do. Gloria suggests ORLANDO!
Laura remembers Lorenzo had just mortgaged the house and confirms Isabella’s warning from Orlando.
Nattie asks Hercules if he’d wanted to tell Silvia after all, he admits it but then lost the courage. Nattie finally agrees it was best if Silvia never knew, since the father she idolized was a criminal. Alex suggests to a worried Silvia she did not continue with the project for now- she feels very stressed up.
Lorenzo visits Isabella in jail; he wants to know if she had actually done what she was accused of. Isabella denies it again, calling it another of Laura’s dirty tricks. But Lorenzo is not convinced she is telling the truth when she insists she’s not a killer, he knew her very well, didn’t he, she’ll never hurt his child as it would be hurting him. He merely walks away.
The detective tells Laura about Isabella’s accusation of her setting everything up and asks her to come to the station to compare her and Isabella’s testimonies.
Nattie tells Conan how Hercules almost told Silvia about her father, Conan hopes he won’t try it again. Silvia pushes Alex away when he tries to kiss her again; much to his frustration. She admits she loves him but not the way she used to and can never trust him again.
Antonia cello tapes the torn telegram and reads it. Whoever it is wrote to say he was now a free man and will be coming to see Laura once he’s able to get money.
Silvia receives Lorenzo again and asks him if Isabella’s situation will disturb their partnership and if he felt she was innocent. Lorenzo assured her all would soon be well. Isabella is furious to see Laura, who is really pleased to see her in the cell, taunting Isabella with the knowledge that it won’t be her first time in jail.

SNIPPET: ISABELLA'S ARREST

Isabella begins to bluster that it was impossible and all a mistake but the detective said lab results don’t lie, she had handled Laura’s pills and was now charging her with attempted murder and was under arrest. Isabella gets more and more worked up and asks him to give her time to put on some clothes. ‘I don’t need this in my life, not now!’ she moans as she dials Gloria, telling her she was in serious trouble and cannot locate her lawyer. (You don’t need it, why did you do it?)
Hercules almost tells Silvia about her father but changes his mind and talks about the wedding instead. Mimi tells Conan and Lysette about the coordinator, who seemed to be hitting on Tony. Laura receives another telegram from Venezuela. She angrily tears it up.
Lorenzo gets there and finds a handcuffed Isabella being escorted to a police car. She loudly protests she was innocent and blaming Laura for playing another trick on her. A news camera films the whole thing.
Gloria tells Orlando about Isabella’s arrest, which horrifies him- the company would be ruined if she was sentenced.
Nattie and Silvia go over the contract from Estephano. Silvia tells Nattie how Hercules acted weird earlier on and get a shock at Alex’s news- Isabella’s arrest which he’d heard on the radio. Nattie called her replacement, Erica to confirm the information.
Lorenzo asks Laura if she had accused Isabella of switching her drugs but she denies it; she had merely mentioned Isabella when the police had asked her who would want to kill her. Lorenzo asked her if the personal thing between them will ever end at all! He is worried how the company would be affected if she is arrested.
Mimi is cross with Tony for calling her ‘skinny’ and saying she was jealous of that woman they had met.
Isabella gives the same excuses about how her fingerprints were on the bottle but unable to give explanation about how they got inside the bottle when the cop asks her. He also asks her why she’d bought the same pills Laura had to use, but she shouts at him, she’s not a murderer and demanded to be allowed to go. He showed her the evidence, she had bought the pills, using her credit card- the crumpled receipt in his hand. She is silent at first then says it had been bought on her doctor’s prescription and Laura was telling lies against her because she hated her and was envious of her, but the cop doesn’t believe it, all the evidence pointed to her. Isabella warns him she could destroy his career as she was a powerful woman with a lot of influential friends, but her threats do not alarm him at all.
Nattie and Silvia worry about how their business would suffer if Isabella is arrested, Alex goes out to obtain more information. Orlando and Lorenzo worry about the same thing. Lorenzo decides to find out more before they call Estephano. Orlando does not believe Isabella is innocent, Lorenzo himself has his own doubts.
Lysette is told by a friend over the phone about Isabella’s arrest and she in turn tells Conan, who isn’t completely surprised on hearing the charge, knowing fully well Laura and Isabella hated each other and how Isabella had sabotaged the last fashion show(she had paid some boys to moisten the catwalk and put a slippery substance on the models’ high heels, causing all of them, including Lysette to trip over each other). Giacormo phones Conan to check what’s going on; Conan tells him about the arrest.
Alex tells his mother, Mimi and Tony about Isabella’s arrest. E.P is happy about it much to Mimi’s surprise, as she had wanted Alex to marry Isabella (yuck!).
Gloria finally gets to Isabella, who is now in a holding cell and very, very angry. Bad news, her lawyer has gone overseas for a conference and won’t be back for a week. Gloria asks her seriously if she’d really tried to kill Laura but Isabella loudly denied it. She suddenly has an idea, she uses Gloria’s cell phone to call Laura.

SNIPPET: ISABELLA IS NOW IN BIG TROUBLE!

Alex tells his mother about Lorenzo’s project and urges her not to agree with Silvia about it but E.P is overjoyed about it, they will make big money from such an opportunity. Alex begs her to say no when Silvia phones to inform her about it but she ignores him, full of enthusiasm.
The receptionist tells Mimi and Tony the competition has closed but noticing the woman in charge is nearby, raps on the spot and it impresses her very much (Frankly, I think Mimi sucks) and accepts their entry after all.
Lorenzo warns Isabella not to bother Silvia in any way, Isabella accuses him of threatening her. Silvia comes in and isn’t pleased to run into Evil Isabella again, but she insisted she stayed to hear what she had to say. Lorenzo is pleased that she and the other entrepreneurs have agreed to the proposal. Isabella insincerely praises Silvia’s work and leaves them alone.
Silvia asked him why he was still working with that awful woman after everything she’d done to them. Lorenzo admits he had wanted to dissolve their partnership but for now, he couldn’t because of the foreign clients she’d brought in, assuring Silvia he no longer trusted Isabella. Silvia said she’ll wait for him to call her about the contracts, he thanks her. They regard each other longingly again, but Silvia leaves him sadly.
Tony’s video is played (Mimi’s ridiculous rap again, yuck!) to the co-coordinator who is really impressed and promises to broadcast it on T.V, offering an editing job to Tony but Mimi reminds him he still has to watch the boutique.
Laura asks Lorenzo about the mortgage but he tells her not to worry about it, she’s concerned he hadn’t told her about it. He also tells her about the project and Silvia’s role.
Silvia assures E.P they’ll make good money on the project, trying to take credit for Silvia’s talent. She informs the girls the wedding will hold at the gym. The detective returns to the office with a warrant for Isabella’s arrest, but Erica tells him she’s out.
Lorenzo is told by Erica about the cop’s visit and was on his way to her hotel to arrest her. Laura is pleased! After Lorenzo leaves, Laura phones a journalist and gives her Isabella’s address.
Mimi and Tony find Conan and Lysette in a cuddling mood and give them their good news. Orlando is pleased to see a sulky Nattie who comes to pick up the contracts for Silvia. Hercules enters Silvia’s office, half deciding to tell her his secret. Nattie turns down Orlando’s offer of lunch, wanting to keep it professional but Orlando gets too personal and she gets very cross and wants to leave, but he insincerely apologizes and promises to behave.
The detective gets to Isabella with the warrant, but she demands to know what proof he had against her. He replied, her fingerprints have been found all over Laura’s medicine bottle. She insisted she was a close friend of the family who visited often, her fingerprints would be all over the place. The detective however added that her prints were found inside the bottle as well. Isabella ordered him to leave, he didn’t have conclusive evidence since he hadn’t taken her fingerprints. But the detective informs her that the police did have her prints on record; they were recorded on the day she was arrested for prostitution some years back.
An extremely stupid look(like the one she wore when Lorenzo confronted her about the doctored photos) came on Isabella’s face…

SNIPPET: HERCULES' SECRET

Silvia is shocked at Lorenzo’s news but he reminded her it was what she had wanted. She painfully agreed, congratulated him and listened to his proposal about her and other small clothing factories she knew in the area subcontracting the order he’d been given, he didn’t have enough labour and she would be well paid. Silvia liked the sound of it, especially as she would be co-coordinating the whole operation.
After a lot of pressure, Hercules finally admitted that the letter had been written and sent by Silvia’s father. He had known him because he’d been the one who introduced him to Silvia’s momsie in the first place. He had denied it because he wanted to protect Silvia from her father; the man had fled Mexico because he had been involved in illicit dealings and went to live in Venezuela and dealt in precious stones. He had no idea what he was doing with his own now. Nattie and Conan asked why he had lied, and he told them that on her death bed, Mechita had made him swear an oath he’ll always look after Silvia and must never tell her about her father, not ever. But Nattie doesn’t agree, Silvia is unhappy because she doesn’t know who her father is, his name or how he even looks like. But Hercules insists it was better if Silvia remained ignorant of the whole thing and was determined to keep his promise to Mechita.
Gloria gives Orlando the documents sent by the bank, he remarks Laura won’t be pleased to hear the house is to be mortgaged before asking her why she had asked him that strange question the other day- Gloria told him about the cop that came to see Isabella.
Silvia told Lorenzo she’ll have to talk to E.P and consult other people in the area, to see if they would be willing to take on the project; Lorenzo asked her to give him feedback as soon as possible. Silvia looks uncomfortable when he talks over the phone with Laura, wanted to know if he’ll be home for lunch. As he’s reluctantly about to take his leave, he obviously wants to kiss her but she sits down, preventing him.
Nattie doesn’t agree about keeping such an important secret from Silvia but Conan insists it was their duty to keep their promise they’d made to their father. Alex comes up wanting to know what they were talking about, but was coldly told to mind his own business.
Mimi persuades Tony to submit his video clip to the competition she’d heard about on the radio. Gloria gives the bank documents to Laura to sign, which surprises her as Lorenzo never said a word about it.
Nattie is told by Silvia about Lorenzo’s reconciliation with Laura. Silvia notices her cousin didn’t seem surprised by the news, She admitted Orlando had told her. Silvia admits it hurt and shocked her; she now regretted she had made Lorenzo go back to Laura. Changing the subject, she also told Nattie about the business proposal, which Alex overhears but feels E.P wouldn’t go for it and tries to discourage her.(he doesn’t her and Lorenzo make eyes at each other again!)
Isabella is furious to hear from Lorenzo that he’d chosen Silvia to do the job. She immediately starts bad mouthing her but Lorenzo defends his ex-girlfriend and angrily orders her to keep her opinions to herself, what he says goes and he was still CEO of the company. Isabella insolently assumes Silvia must have been so happy but when he tells her Silvia is thinking about it, says the ‘little vixen’ was playing hard to get. Lorenzo tells her to leave his office.
Laura talks to her doctor and calls the inspector to tell him she had a vital contribution to make in the case.
Silvia has good news; the other entrepreneurs are enthusiastic about the project. But she asked Nattie to be the go-between as it’s hard for her to be around Lorenzo. Nattie reluctantly agrees as she doesn’t want to cope with Orlando and Horse-face Gloria again.

SNIPPET: ANOTHER SHOCK FOR POOR SILVIA!

Silvia tells her uncle that she’d overheard something Conan and Nattie had said relating to him and her father, but Hercules insist he knew nothing about him, her mother never liked talking about him, her cousins were taking rubbish. Silvia is horrified to see it was E.P’s picture he was hanging up. Laura thanked horsy Gloria for her help that fateful day and ask if the police arrested Isabella. When Gloria says no in a surprised tone, Laura pretended she was joking. Mimi told Conan that she’d made up with Tony, but does not know she’s happy, she only knew she owed it to their baby to give him a second chance. Lorenzo asks Isabella why a policeman came to the office, she lies it was about Giacormo’s case which has reopened. She gives him the fax containing the agreement between them and Estephano. E.P models the restored dress for Alex, still planning on exercising and going on a diet (a daft idea to wear the dress she’d worn when she married Alex and Mimi’s father for her second wedding). She’s annoyed Silvia treats the workers ‘too nicely’. Tony visits Laura, with a message from Giacormo and asks her to come back to the boutique when she’s better, as he feels he could do better without Conan. Lorenzo decides to ask Silvia for her help, but Orlando doesn’t feel it’s a good idea since she doesn’t know he and Laura were back together. Orlando is annoyed when Gloria still hesitates to give him Estephano’s web address; she surprises him with a sudden question, did he think Isabella was capable of killing anyone?
Nattie is furious to see E.P’s framed photo on the living room wall, Conan is merely amused. Nattie wishes she could save their father from that woman, but Conan reminds her that you don’t choose who you fall in love with, did she choose Orlando? Changing the subject, he tells her about Mimi and tony; they’ve both matured although he still didn’t like Tony.
Hercules ask his kids why they put ideas in Silvia’s head, they had actually told her he knew her father after he’d already told her a long time ago that he did not. Nattie however said Silvia had heard part of a conversation between her and Conan but they had cleared it up; in turn she reminded him about a letter she’d found in his drawers when she was a little girl. He had told her them it had been a letter from Mexico from a friend who was in love with his sister, Silvia’s mother, Mechita. That man was Silvia’s father. Hercules was silent, he couldn’t deny it.
Laura assures Tony that once she’s cleared by her doctor, she’ll help him and Conan at the boutique (more like harass Conan since she never liked him); much to his relief since he doesn’t know much about the business and he and Conan don’t really get along. Laura also asked about Mimi and her pregnancy, sending her regards.
Silvia receives a surprise visitor, Lorenzo and is about to tell him again she can’t continue their affair. But he assures her it wasn’t like that, he only came about a business proposition and to tell her, before she heard it from anyone else, that he and Laura had reconciled. Silvia’s face is stunned (you asked for it, you silly girl).

SNIPPET: MISMATCHED COUPLES

The police handling Laura’s case pays a visit to Isabella; telling her of what she’s accused of and asks her to come to the station to have her fingerprints taken. But she insists she’s an old friend of the family who visits the house often, there was no evidence against her, and she was a respectable businessman who has never had a problem with the law. The detective promises to return with a warrant since she refuses to have her prints taken. After he leaves, she drops the jaunty attitude and looks worried. Horsy Gloria asks her who it was, but Isabella told her to forget about it. Alex gives his mum’s wedding dress to Nattie, asking her to repair it, since she had torn it after forcing herself into it. Nattie is still disgusted at the idea of E.P marrying Hercules but Alex doesn’t seem to mind the idea. Nattie is shocked to find out from him that Lorenzo and Laura were back together again, forbidding him to tell Silvia after he said it was the best thing for her as she’ll finally forget Lorenzo and go back to him. Lorenzo urges Laura to eat; Laura asks him if he was still in love with Silvia and whether they’d broken up at her bedside, as she didn’t want anything to interfere with their ‘happiness’. Lorenzo informs her they’d broken up a long time ago. Laura wants to organize a reunion party but Lorenzo is not enthusiastic about it and leaves the room again, to her frustration. Gloria warns Isabella that the only thing she’ll never support her with is committing murder, but Isabella arrogantly tells her she was not a murderer, that the detective was merely someone sent by Laura to harass her. Mimi visits Tony at the boutique; she’d been doing some thinking and decided to give him another chance, which he’s happy about it. They hug but Mimi’s face has an expression of doubt.
Silvia asks Hercules if he really didn’t know anything about her popsie, making him hit his finger with the hammer he was using. Nattie meets with Orlando to confirm what Alex had told her; refusing to stay and have lunch with him when he asks her. When she leaves, he’s full of confidence she’ll come back to him, since she preferred to ask him in person
(Can gays get therapy to enable them sleep with women instead?)