TUESDAY UPDATE ON THREE SIDES OF ANA EPISODE 98
"So, what's up with this lie?" Ana Laura asks her lying sister. "Pitting people against me? Freeing yourself from your guilt?"
Ana LetMeDriveTheCarDaddy sits down slowly and dramatically, stalling for time while she cooks up a better lie. Oops, no, she's going a different way tonight: "Okay, you got me. I told Abuela that you caused the accident. And what else did she say to you? Nothing, right? She didn't throw it in your face. I bet she even apologized. Of course. She and everybody are different with you, because I'm not the cripple."
She goes on a little more with her jealous, venomous outburst, and then concludes: "Yes, the blame for the accident is on me. But what do you think? That I knew what I was doing? No, think about it. You were there."
Ana Laura maintains a dignfied quiet through the entire tirade, then tells AnaLet she's already said that she doesn't need to feel guilty about the accident. This just makes AnaLet more hysterical. When Laura tries to make nice, AnaLet becomes maudlin about Laura's impending wedding which will leave AnaLet alone in a house full of memories. "You'll forget all about me - me, I am part of yourself." This provokes one tiny tear of denial from Laura.
Ernestina rehashes with Leonor the conversation about the accident. Oddly enough (in light of AnaLet's recent complaints), they are both feeling sorry for all the torment Ana Leticia has suffered over it. "We shouldn't judge her, poor thing," Ernestina declares. (Come on, Ern. You can judge her for lying!) Ern and Leo agree not to confront her about it. However, Ern wants to find some way to help her, especially now that they know Ana Lucia is dead it's time to put it all behind them. They need to get over it as a family.
The phone at the office is ringing, ringing, ringing as AnaLet asks, "Is there anything else you'd like to blame me for?" (She's gone from angry, to sad, to huffy within five minutes. I'm dizzy.) She wants to get back to work. But Ana Laura says, "We're not done talking." She wants to talk about Ramiro. "What is your problem with me?" "He wants to separate you from me," is AnaLet's lame excuse. Laura doesn't buy it. Leticia addds, "I can't stand that you love him more than you love me. There, are you satisfied?" Laura says it's a different kind of love, but she cannot seem to assuage her sister's bitter resentment.
You know, I really want to continue reporting every crazy nasty morsel of this mind-boggling conversation, but it's taking too long. She makes a crack about Laura's limp and predicts that Ramiro will cheat on her. "Don't say I didn't warn you," she finishes.
"Our communication is broken," Laura says. "I don't know how to help you." She leaves, and AnaLet flings a bunch of stuff around her office.
And now for another big conversation. It appears that although Ramiro and Mariano are at Ramiro's place, they didn't talk at all on the way over, because Mariano is angrily asking Ramiro what's going on. He is aghast that Ramiro hasn't said anything about Ana Lucia, even when Evaristo told the family she was dead. Ramiro promises that Mariano will want to keep his mouth shut once he learns the truth, too. If he tells, it will destroy Ana Lucia's whole world. "A world of lies," Mariano replies. He is determined to restore her to her place within the family.
Orlando watches from his car as Ana Laura meets a chauffeur outside. Brainy guy that Orlando is, he slowly counts to three on his fingers. (Whew - he made it! For a moment there, I wasn't sure he would.) "It's the other sister!" he exclaims to himself. No shit, Sherlock!
As Ana Laura leaves the Realty Joint, Ghoulieta drives up with Iñaki. She asks what happened to that car he bought. He says he sold it. She offers him Daniel's old car. He says he'll think about it.
AnaLet is coming out of the Realty Joint just as Iñaki is going in. She wants to go out for a drink, but Iñaki needs to go inside for some papers first. While AnaLet waits outside, Orlando watches as Ghoulieta approaches her. "I beg of you, stay away from my son!" Ghoulieta demands.
Back to Ramiro and Mariano. Ramiro's lame/nonexistent arguments have all failed to persuade Mariano to keep the secret of AnaLu, so Ramiro threatens to formally accuse him of Gina's death. What?? And only NOW does he mention that he promised Marcelo not to talk about Ana Lucia, because AnaLu is his lover.
POW!!! You know, Mariano might be a self-absorbed, hypocritical, womanizing... wait, where was I going with this? Oh yeah, I'm not a big fan of Mariano, but I feel sorry for him right now. Ramiro's narrative skills leave much to be desired. He is a terrible explainer. Mariano should really be sitting down for this.
(Somewhere in the city, AnaLu meets up with Santiago. They hug. Apparently, Curvas the taxi driver gave her a message from Santi.)
And now, because Ramiro has totally failed to tell his story in any kind of logical order, Mariano is flipping out over Marcelo cheating on AnaLet with her own sister. He's gonna kill him! He says it's the worst thing he's ever heard of, although I'd say it's also pretty bad to boink your girlfriend on her wedding day, and then hide in her closet while she has a fight the groom. But what do I know? He's sure Marcelo never lost his memory. He doesn't buy the dual-identity thing, either.
AnaLu tries to convince Santi to stop fighting against their love.
Back to Mariano and the world's worst storyteller. NOW Ramiro finally mentions that AnaLet knows about Ana Lucia too. D'oh! Does anyone else want to reach through the screen and slap Ramiro silly? Any one of us could have done a better job of this.
At the Realty Joint, AnaLet tells Ghoulieta that she can't stay away from Iñaki - he's her coworker. Ghoulieta blames AnaLet for Daniel's death and doesn't want Iñaki to end up the same way. She leaves with a vague threat to leave Iñaki alone, or else.
Ramiro tells Mariano that AnaLet must have her own reasons for keeping the secret about AnaLu. AnaLet and Marcelo need to work out their problems before AnaLu is revealed.
Mariano still really doesn't want to keep the secret. He asks Ramiro, in his opinion, when would be the proper time to let Ana Laura know? Ramiro says, six months, on his wedding day.
Mariano asks why Evaristo lied to them. Ramiro explains that it was to protect the woman who raised AnaLu as her own.
Mariano says he is not entirely convinced that he can keep his mouth shut, and he's not impressed by Ramiro's threats. Ramiro says Mariano owes him for all that he's done to him. Mariano says okay, then tell me EVERYTHING and then I'll decide, but no promises.
AnaLet tells Ghoulieta that she's got no business referring to Iñaki as her son. Furthermore, Marcelo did not kill Daniel. That was someone else. Ooh, and here comes Iñaki!
Santi is surprised to hear that Remedios didn't tell AnaLu all about how Marcelo was going to shoot her dead. He tells AnaLu that she and Soledad need to take off for their own safety. She's sure he would never hurt them. "Our love is your strength," she assures him, and that piece of intel came straight from Marcelo himself. Santi replies mysteriously, "Someday you'll understand that everything I do, I do for you because I love you. Never forget that." And he walks away.
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