ANTONIO MAKES A DECISION...

While you're all reading posts on LORENZO'S WIFE, please remember that this blog also has posts of NO ONE BUT YOU. For those yet to read the posts I published months back, pls click on the label. It happens to be my favorite telenovela to date & it's very , very interesting. By the way, for the uninitiated, the actor who played the main character, Antonio Lombardo in this 1985 telenovela , is Andres Garcia- who played Don Pedro Jose Donoso in the recently concluded El Cuerpo del Deseo  

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Evil Max got the worse of the fight (serves him right); and Mummy Victoria did her best to treat his bleeeing  lip. She asked him over and over what started the fight , but Max made it  it look like Tonio started it.  He him crazy and demented, which was why Raquel was afraid and wanted to get away with him. He kept painting her and himself as Tonio's victims; implying Tonio hit him because he was trying to help Raquel.

He went on with his rant, that Tonio blames him for the crash, which shocks Vicky, since she was told the police found a defect that caused the accident. Max snarled he was just trying to help 'the poor girl', must they allow Tonio to keep hurting and humiliating like he was doing. Tonio hates him and would love to see him dead. Victoria is more confused and upset. She  still  feels it was best if Max went on his cancelled trip but Max wasn't about to leave Raquel alone with his stepbrother. He snaps that they will discuss it in the morning, for now, she should let him sleep. 

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The next morning, Claudio warns Camilla not to repeat what Victoria had told them the night before to anyone. But after he leaves the room, she picks up the phone to call Maura. Chucho has breakfast with some of the kitchen staff. Ramon is clearly not happy by his presence, while a maid tells him a little bit about the family members. Raquel joined Martha at the breakfast table, her sister asking her why she had such a long face. Raquel asked her if she’d heard of the fight. Thinking her and Tonio had a quarrel, Martha asked what happened. Raquel tells her she was now very much in love with Tonio. Congratulating her sarcastically,  Martha asked if Max knew about it, hence the fight.  Raquel shyly admitted she and Tonio ended up 'getting busy' in her room, causing Martha to gasp in delight and ask how the sex was.

Raquel refused to talk about her first sexual experience  but soberly said now it has caused a huge fight between him and Max. Mummy Victoria talks to Tonio on his way to work, about what decision he's made about the problem at hand. She's worried that the accident has made him delusional & she's very scared as she loves him like a second son and doesn't want anything to happen to him; if only his father was still alive. Tonio replied he had serious decisions to make & asked her what Max had told her the night before. She replied Max had told her of his accusations and she's sad at the way they attack each other theses days, especially since they've never gotten along. He kissed her goodbye and left.

 Martha is certain Max won't accuse Raquel of complicity, now that she & Tonio were closer, besides she had told him the whole story. Raquel is not so confident, Max was very cruel & she didn't know what Tonio had in mind because he refused to discuss it  & it worried her very much; she's afraid Tonio might think she was complicit and she'll rather go to jail than him thinking she lied to him. Ramon arrives to ask what Raquel would like for breakfast. Raquel replied she wanted to wait for her husband to join her.  She's very hurt when she hears from Ramon that Tonio had breakfast in his room & has already left for the office.

Smoking a cigarette  to relieve her obvious stress,  Vicky agreed to lend Claudio some money when he asks for it,  but warns him to be more careful as Tonio isn't patient with he and Camilla's gambling these days. Claudio assures her that the gambling is simply 'social entertainment' & they do not bid too much money. Claudio then asked her why Tonio doubted Raquel was his wife at first. Vicky told him he didn't remember anything about her or her family, which was surprising since he knew them immediately. She also told him about the previous night's fight- how the two young men were punching each other & would have killed each other if Ramon hadn't called her. Claudio looked puzzled when she added it happened in Raquel's room. He asked, 'what was Max doing in Raquel's bedroom?'

It suddenly occurred to Vicky as well, what was Max doing in Raquel's room in the first place?

Tonio meets with the family doctor, Oscar in a bar; Vicky had told him about the fight over the phone. Tonio told him he's fully convinced Max tried to murder him. Oscar asked about Raquel's role in the situation but Tonio is sure his wife is innocent. Oscar asks him if he's fallen in love with her. Tonio admits  it &  defiantly said she loved him too. Oscar is skeptical as not long ago , Raquel was in love with Max, which was why she had 'married' him. Or... was not in love with him but married him anyway, for another reason. Tonio coldly asked him if he was trying to make him have doubts about Raquel. Oscar replied he just didn't want him to rush into anything. Tonio's late father had made him head of the family because he knew Tonio would prioritise the  family's interests first. Tonio didn't like the idea of allowing Max to live in the mansion after what he tried to do. Oscar asked if he had proof. Tonio said he had the word of Raquel & her family and he could call the manager of the apartment building in Guadalajara, where Max stayed, to confront Max face-to-face; but the judge who had officiated the ceremony has disappeared, along with his secretary. Oscar asked him if he thought about Vicky & Raquel- how the scandal will affect them.

 Tonio said he had, which was why he hasn't told Vicky because he doesn't want her to think ill of Raquel, who is a good woman & his wife, not just  because of any piece of paper but because he's decided she's the one he wants for the rest of his life. Seeing Oscar's skeptical face, he asked if he thought he was crazy, just like Vicky thought. Oscar said he was his father's oldest friend & he has to prevent him from making a huge mistake. He advised him not to cause Vicky any pain, he should send Raquel away & be certain Max is guilty before confronting him. He reminds Tonio that he loves Victoria, they both do. 

Raquel informs Vicky she was on her way to see Tonio at his office & needed a chauffeur to take her there. But to her amazement, the guard at the gate respectfully tells  her Tonio  left instructions she wasn't to go out. Max bangs at the gate when it refuses to open for him, and  told he's not to be allowed in. He notices Raquel standing next to the guard & offers to give her a lift, but the guard doesn't allow her to go past the gate. As he leaves, he taunts Raquel, asking if this was the type of life she wanted.  Vicky asks Ramon what started the fight in the first place. Ramon told her Max was banging on Tonio's door & kicking it but he stopped and left when he saw Ramon. He also told her how Max forcibly dragged Raquel into his room the other day and how Raquel had resisted.

Oscar arrived at the house &  spoke to Raquel , trying to convince her to force Tonio divorce her by saying she didn't love him- her presence could cause a tragedy between two brothers- offering to pay her. Offended, she got up &  walked out on him. Oscar told Vicky he was a bit rough on Raquel but he asked her to leave. Vicky knows very well Tonio would never allow it , he loved her very much. Oscar is more concerned about Vicky's welfare, which was why he made that suggestion in the first place. 

Camilla meets with Maura, full of fresh gist about Raquel. Tonio hands a photo & the apartment's address to his personal assistant Pablo, to show the manager of the building for identification, in case he is needed to testify against Max. Max angrily comes in, demanding to know why he was being locked out of the house & what he planned on telling Vicky. Tonio replied he could easily tell her the truth. Max sneered that he had no proof & if he wanted him to leave... fine, but he had to hand over Raquel to him. Tonio coldly replied that Raquel was his wife; she'll never be handed over to him.

Raquel narrated what had happened the night before & Oscar's suggestion to her father. After she goes back into the house, Daniel runs into Chucho and they introduce themselves.

Later, Raquel is sitting in the living room when Tonio returns- he moves to sit next to her, smiling. She asked him why she was not allowed to leave the house, he replied it was so she wouldn't leave and  for her own protection.  She is very worried about the consequences of  locking Max out of the house, Victoria will end up hating her.  He calms her down. The fight was inevitable since Max realised what they were doing in her room. All he wanted was peace in the house & Max must now live somewhere else. Raquel felt she couldn't live in a house with people who distrusted her, like he probably still did.

Tonio was more interested to know  if she loved him and she confirms it with a yes, she loved him very much. That was all Tonio wanted to know and kisses her, making her smile. They then get up to go upstairs for... you know (wink, wink)


But Vicky stops them on the way, demanding to know why her son was locked out. She angrily accused Raquel of being the cause but Tonio firmly said it had nothing to do with her, it was time Vicky knew the truth.

'Are you going to tell her?' asked Raquel nervously.

He nodded. It was time Vicky knew the WHOLE truth.

A LUCKY ESCAPE

Thank you all for leaving your messages & comments; I TRULY appreciate it. Like one of my guests observed, MBI have been skipping a few episodes, VITAL episodes(God knows why) but let's just hope the end is soon drawing near because I'm sick of Isabella's over painted face already and eager to cheer at Lorenzo & Sylvia's long awaited wedding(once that idiot Alex is gotten rid of).
Well, thanks to a few searches here and there, I was able to find what happened next. Lorenzo, Sylvia & Horsy were at the restaurant waiting for Isabella to show up for the meeting. Horsy wondered why she was late, but the other two barely paid attention to her; Sylvia was far too busy blushing under the hot looks Lorenzo was giving her- after all, he was now free to chase her all over again. Unfortunately, Alex, who had followed her, saw the whole thing, and he was FURIOUS. Isabella managed to phone for help(from Horsy) and was immediately rushed to the hospital. But, surprisingly enough, Laura  took ill  after being pushed by Isabella and was taken to the hospital as well in an ambulance. Lorenzo was notified about Isabella while trying to persuade(a VERY SILLY) Sylvia to resume their relationship Isabella had ruined and he left for the hospital immediately.
I'll bring in the rest soon, folks... stay around.

Ladies, I have a question & please leave your answers... what would you do if your boyfriend suddenly told you he was GAY?

LAURA VS E.I ROUND 3, DING! DING!

Sylvia stubbornly tells her cousin she’s already made up her mind to stay with Alex. Hercules is filled with disgust at the whole thing and warns Alex to be careful at the way he treats Sylvia. Alex requests that he never mentioned his ‘mistake’ again. Conan calls E.P , anxious to know if Nattie has broken up with that idiot yet. Giacormo is very sorry for poor Nattie as she didn’t deserve such shabby treatment. Lysette urged him to take his chance now. Orlando angrily asks Laura why she’d admitted to Lorenzo that they’d slept together. She in turn calls him an idiot for letting a DNA test be carried on him without knowing it. He asks how she could accept the result but she is forced to, Isabella wouldn’t lie about a thing like that and she had Lorenzo hadn’t slept together since the separation. he now has a few obligations to her baby since he’s the father, especially since Lorenzo is throwing her out. But Orlando tells her she’s wasting her time, she and her child weren’t a part of his future. Conan demands from Sylvia and Mimi if it was true Orlando was the father of Laura’s baby, totally furious. He vows to kill Orlando and rip his head off if he ever laid eyes on him again. His cousin tries to call him down. Alex is depressed at the whole thing, Lorenzo was now free and since his own past misdeeds count against him, Sylvia could choose Lorenzo over him. E.P advises him to propose to Sylvia before Lorenzo does. Lorenzo shows up at work as stolid as ever; & asks Horsy if she’d truly been ill the night before or it was one of E.I ‘s schemes, but she said she’s incapable of planning things behind his back. Lorenzo tells her that Orlando would no longer be working there because he’d betrayed him, she should change every password in their computers, change the locks in Orlando’s office & any security guard will be fired if they allow him into the building. He also tells her to arrange a business meeting with him , E.I and Sylvia. Giacormo tells Tony he’d called Nattie that morning and asked her out but she’d refused. Tony advises him to continue pestering her with flowers and calls to calm her down, but Giacormo decides to give her some time to get over Orlando. Tony warns him not to wait too long. E.I is confronted by Orlando who accused her of ruining lives; he no longer had a job nor a future with Nattie but E.I says he was to blame as he had slept with Laura in the first place, he shouldn’t point fingers at her, she felt no remorse at all. He had to face facts he was destroyed and humiliated. She advises him to go abroad as Lorenzo might kill him sight, but he refuses, as he had shares in the company. She tells him to give her a letter of authorisation and she’ll buy the shares from him, he agrees. Hercules & Mimi do their best to cheer Nattie up, who is very depressed. Mimi advises her to now focus on Giacormo but she doesn’t feel like dating anyone yet. Hercules doesn’t feel Giacormo is the right person for his daughter, he finds him rather weird. Laura calls E.I, saying she wanted to say goodbye to her, she’d won at last. As she speaks she fingers a small bottle on her table. E.I wishes her the best as long as they didn’t cross paths again. Laura tells her she now had Sylvia to worry about, now that Lorenzo was a free man he’ll start pursuing her again. E.I replied ,‘ we’ll see about that.’ Laura tells her she had some nasty info on her little half sister that E.I would find interesting, for a price. As she speaks, she empties the contents of some capsules inside the bottle. E.I asks her to meet at her suite. She shows up and asks her for a drink. E.I calls room service for some iced tea. Laura asks her to hand over the DNA results in exchange for the information, as she wants to use it to force Orlando to shoulder his responsibilities. The waiter brings in the drinks and as E.I is rummaging through her drawer for the results, Laura empties the contents of the bottle into E.I’s glass and picks up the other one. E.I wonders what skeletons a nice girl like Sylvia has in her closet and hopes the info would be useful to ruin her reputation. They toast their transaction and E.I drains her glass. She opens the envelope Laura gives her & to her surprise sees pictures of coffins, wondering what was its relevance with Sylvia. Laura replies that she gave them to her enable her choose a suitable coffin for her impending death. E.I said she’s not laughing at this bad joke. Laura laughed at her; hadn’t she guessed? She’d just swallowed enough arsenic (a very poisonous chemical sometimes used to kill rats, insects & weeds) to kill a horse, so she must choose a coffin now as she didn’t have enough time left! E.I stares at her in absolute shock….

???COULD THIS BE THE END OF EVIL ISABELLA???

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I NOW DECLARE YOU BROKEN UP!

Everyone is absolutely stunned of course… especially Nattie & Sylvia. Tony & Mimi make out but she refuses to have sex, at least until after the wedding. Laura hysterically scolds Antonia for telling on her and sacks her, despite her pleas, very sure E.I had made her say it. Conan refuses to go back with Lysette to her apartment, still very angry with his sister going back to ‘that imbecile’. Isabella talks with Horsy (to the initiated I’m talking about Gloria) , who is drinking to drown her sorrow. She calls Laura but the angry woman hangs up on him. Lorenzo is totally furious with Orlando, but the idiot tried to deny it at the same time insisting he’d only slept with Laura once, maybe it was Alex, but Alex snaps that he’d been tested already and it was negative. But it was no use for Orlando to deny it, E.I had used a strand of his hair for the test and it’s POSITVE! Nattie &  Hercules order Orlando to leave. Alex asks Lorenzo to leave if he didn’t have anything else to add. Lorenzo leaves in anger, warning Orlando he wasn’t through with him. Nattie is faint with shock, Orlando begs her to listen to him. E.I calls Giacormo to find out if he knew about the situation but he doesn’t at all. Horsy wonders how things would be the following day; Orlando had shares in the company, it wouldn’t be easy for Lorenzo to fire him. E.P and José tell Mimi & Tony about what happened at Nattie’s engagement/break up party- Tony is overjoyed as it might pave the way for his father. Orlando insists there had been no love involved in the sex with Laura, but Nattie is disgusted he’d slept with Laura, his best friend’s wife. She tells him he had no morals, he was incapable of loving anyone and she never wanted to see him AGAIN! Conan & Lysette find Giacormo at the boutique and he tells them about Tony’s phone call, how Orlando had ‘gone too far this time’. Conan is shocked and angry, Lysette immediately urged Giacormo to call Nattie but he felt it wasn’t the right time. Lorenzo angrily packs a bag, amidst Laura’s pleas and blustering, wanting to put space between them for a while. He tells her he wants her out of his house in 48 hrs. She shouted that it was her house too and she was innocent but is silent when he dares her to follow him to the doctor’s & have another test. He walks out with his travelling case. Sylvia suddenly refuses to let Alex kiss her, using her worry about Nattie as an excuse. He assures her Nattie was a strong young woman and would get over it soon. He is relieved on his part, he’d felt people had been suspecting he was the father since he’d slept with Laura several times. A very subdued Nattie enters & he leaves them alone. Sylvia is certain that she will be able to get over Orlando a second time & gets offended when Nattie compares Alex with him, insisting Alex had actually changed. Nattie however warns her that she was making the same mistake; Alex will let her down again and she should realise that Lorenzo was a wonderful man who truly loved her and she loved him too, she should go back to him once and for all, he was no longer obligated to stay with Laura. Silvia is silent. (why wouldn’t she be, she’d been the one who had sent poor Lorenzo back to Laura because of the baby).

THE HUGE SECRET IS OUT!

Poor Lorenzo and Giacormo, they must both be feeling so helpless; watching the women they love very much reconciled with no-account buffoons like Alex and Orlando (I do not know who I despise more). And in a way, they brought it upon themselves; Lorenzo because he was too trusting towards Isabella and Giacormo because he wasn’t sure what he wanted and now that he’s realised he wants Nattie in his life permanently, it’s rather too late. Or is it???? Read on…

ORLANDO proposed to Nattie and she accepted (fool). Laura shows up at the boutique and waits for Horsy but Horsy calls her to tell her she had a headache. As she’s about to leave, E.I showed up and afterwards Lorenzo, surprised to see Laura there. E.I dropped the bombshell, Lorenzo is not the father of Laura’s baby and she has proof (ever since Horsy had told her about the conversation she’d half overheard at the office between Laura and Orlando, she’d carried out a plan), she’d managed to obtain a strand of Orlando’s hair and had asked ( you mean blackmailed) the doctor to carry out another DNA test, the father is Orlando, his partner, lawyer and best friend! Laura screamed it was a lie but Lorenzo read the report himself, filled with fury. Orlando goes with Nattie to obtain Hercules’ permission to marry his daughter. Nattie begged him to forgive Orlando and accept him. Conan leaves the house in a rage.
Laura is dragged home by a furious Lorenzo. He calls Antonia & asks if she’d seen Orlando with Laura at anytime. Laura shouts to her that she mustn’t tell lies. But Antonia, scared of Lorenzo’s angry face confirmed it; Orlando had come to the house and they’d entered the bedroom together. Laura is forced to admit they HAD slept together!
Horsy is told by E.I, she is shocked….
Lorenzo goes to Hercules’ house & Nattie welcomes him; they were having a party to celebrate her engagement. Lorenzo gives her the bad news, her fiancée had betrayed them both… he was the father of Laura’s baby!

POOR LORENZO!

HERCULES is not happy at all about the whole thing and tells E.P not to be ridiculous when she says they were now back together; Sylvia and Alex go for a walk. Laura tells Nattie not to suggest Sylvia was better than her, as the only thing Sylvia wanted her husband, if she went anywhere near him she’ll make her regret it . Tony tries to calm them down. Nattie replied she wasn’t going to allow an idiot to insult her cousin. Giacormo breaks up the fight. Nattie said she could never understand why he was friends with a freak like Laura and leaves before she could jump on her again. Laura lied that it wasn’t her fault, Nattie had pushed her first. Tony corrected her , but Giacormo orders him to be quiet.
Laura begs him to listen to her, complaining that everyone hates her and wants to destroy her. He tells her not to exaggerate, the only person who hated her was Isabella, asking what she was planning now. Laura merely looks at him. Horsy sulkily talks about Orlando’s plans to propose to E.I but she said men like Orlando didn’t deserve her, she should forget him and move on. Horsy points out to E.I that after all this time, she herself hasn’t moved on and forgotten about Lorenzo. E.I coldly said she’ll never forget about Lorenzo and was closer than ever in destroying his marriage once and for all- that very night , she is going to reveal her final trump card. Sylvia and Alex went for a walk and have a serious talk.
Lorenzo calls the gym, asking for Sylvia but E.P said she’s out with Alex, the stupid woman tells him they were back together. Lorenzo is visibly disturbed but he stolidly goes along with her tactless chatter before hanging up.(that’s the thing I love about him, always acting impassive at bombshells- which prevents him from making a fool of himself.) E.I asked what was wrong with him, he said nothing was wrong. She informs him about an important meeting at Giacormo’s boutique that night. José is told by E.P that Lorenzo was still in love with Sylvia & he feels sorry for him, being tied to a woman like Laura. He asks her what really went on with between Alex & Laura. Sylvia finally reconciles with Alex( Sylvia is as stupid as her cousin). Mimi asks Tony about his father and is told about Laura & Nattie’s altercation. She in turns tells him about what José almost tried to do. As they cuddle, Mimi calls him ‘Conan’ and he’s immediately huffy, but she insists it was a joke. Lorenzo goes to the factory and asks Nattie if Sylvia had gone back to Alex, like E.P said. Nattie assured him it wasn’t true, E.P gossiped to keep herself busy. But alas, Sylvia walks in with Alex, laughing and holding hands. She turns her eyes away in embarrassment as Alex has the audacity to ask Lorenzo to congratulate them. Poor Lorenzo leaves, not saying a word. Sylvia reminds Nattie she’d respected her decision of going back to Orlando, she should respect her decision of going back to Alex.
Laura tells Giacormo that Horsy was to meet with her at the boutique to inform her about E.I but he’s doubtful, they had suspected E.I of helping E.I ruin his last fashion show, but Laura assures him Horsy was on her side. Conan shows up at the office looking for Lorenzo but he’s not back yet. Horsy makes him very uncomfortable by being flirty with him and invites him to have lunch with her. Tony is still cross with Mimi about her so-called joke and she leaves in a huff. Lysette tells him she has found the perfect place for their ‘rap wedding’. Conan realises Horsy only wanted to use him to get info about his sister and walks away.

SOMEBODY's VERY NERVOUS...

Laura glares at her and denies the accusation but E.I warns her she now had concrete proof. Lorenzo enters, surprised to see them both talking. As they are leaving, Laura is noticeably pale and complains of dizziness, but refuses to see a doctor when Lorenzo suggests it, preferring to go home and lie down. Horsy asks E.I what she did to make Laura like that; E.I sees Laura’s shock as a sign of her conscience not being clear. Hercules drops a heavy hint at José’s guilt when E.P wants to watch a movie, using an allusion from ‘Shawshank Redemption’. Uncomfortable, he leaves the room. Conan angrily tells Mimi that his sister had gone too far now, giving that idiot Orlando a second chance. Mimi points out some people fall in love with the wrong people and don’t realise it until it’s too late. Conan refused to believe Orlando has changed, but she reminds him Tony has changed, to some extent. Sylvia and Alex return from the movies and Nattie stops them from kissing by calling Alex, ‘Lorenzo’ . Sylvia helps her to bed as she’s surprisingly drunk. Lorenzo tucks Laura into bed but she’s unable to sleep, remembering E.I’s threat. Tony urges his father to fight for Nattie since Orlando is a total jerk but Giacormo feels it isn’t right to force someone’s feelings. Conan and Mimi come in and repeats Tony’s advice. But Giacormo doesn’t feel like doing that and Conan vows to kick Orlando’s ass if he ever saw him again. Tony asks Mimi why she was with Conan. Alex promises to check with some cops that are his friends to look into the matter of the stolen money, as Sylvia is worried about her family’s behaviour towards José. Laura called her doctor but is told he’s gone on holiday, certain E.I is behind it. Conan gave some documents to E.I and is very offended when she said he’s been copying Giacormo’s style and leaves in a huff. Horsy comments that E.I loves making people around angry, which she admits. José overhears Hercules and E.P discussing him, about how they were sure he was guilty, although E.P still isn’t convinced. Lorenzo tells E.I that the order has finally been sent to the harbour. Laura confided in Horsy that E.I was planning something against her again and asks her to help her find out( stupid move Laura, she’s not your friend). Horsy advises her to tell Lorenzo but of course that’s the last thing she wants to do.