Episode 11- Soledad, can she get Alejandro out of her mind?

Soledad couldn’t take the thought of Alejandro thinking bad of her, the lie she told Rosarito, and Alejandro wanted to know if it was true. Even if there is not going to be anything between herself and Alejandro, she wants him to think well of her. So she decided to clarify things with Alejandro, she then visited Alejandro in the hospital, she was about telling Alejandro the truth because she couldn’t bear the distance between them any longer but Isabela arrives in time to prevent Soledad from telling Alejandro the truth and they left together and Alejandro wonders why Isabela has a strong hold on Soledad now.
Soledad asks José Luis not to press charges against Reinaldo for the kidnapping; she doesn’t want to hurt Alejandro anymore and there is no proof of her been kidnapped, especially since she did not press charges as at the time the incident.
Leo finally discovers that it was Reinaldo that had an affair with his wife and not Alejandro and he apologizes to his friend and they became close pals again. Leo and Reina got back together, but there has been a strain on the relationship. Leo tells Rodrigo he wants to make money and doesn’t care how.
Mercedes agrees to marry Reinaldo in spite of her father’s objections. Sabas sees Isabela and Soledad together and she informs the Arciniegas, no one knows yet they are sisters. Daniela seduces Alejandro, tells her that he is the man of her dreams. Rosarita tells Soledad about Daniela, Alejandro’s new girlfriend and she was jealous.
José Luis can’t understand Soledad’s attitude or why Emperatrix and Lucia visit his mother. Emperatrix, Lucia and Romelia went to Lola’s bar and got very drunk; Sabas was there and worried not understanding anything. Lucia gave an album to Alejandro where she put some documents containing important facts about her life. Emperatrix learnt about the document and went into Alejandro’s hotel room and searched everywhere, found the album and took the document. Alejandro later checked the album but she couldnt find anything and he concluded that Lucia was indeed crazy.

Episode 10 – Soledad called off the wedding.

Much crying on the part of Soledad. She sends a note to Alejandro calling off the wedding. Alejandro was very devastated, not knowing the reason why Soledad did not show up for the wedding and why it was called of. Isabela tells Soledad no one must know they are sisters as they pledge vengeance for the death of their father.
Rodrigo confronts Oscar, tries to get him to admit that he is ok but Oscar keeps quiet so Rodrigo tells Reinaldo to use his relationship with Mercedes to discover the truth. Lucia shows Emperatrix the will and the marriage certificate between herself and Rodrigo.
Lola warns Mercedes that Rodrigo suspects Oscar and she thinks it could be very dangerous. Reinaldo agrees to a money laundering deal without his father’s knowledge. Reina finds Emperatrix and Lucia with the papers but doesn’t know what they are. Felicia tells Providencia and Soledad that Lucia is Alejandro’s mother. Reinaldo discovers that Leonardo thinks Alejandro is Reina’s lover and doesn’t tell him the truth, good for him.
Oscar finally talks to Mercedes but lies about his problem with Rodrigo. Soledad tells Rosarita she can’t marry Alejandro because she got drunk and slept with José Luis, she just couldn’t tell her the truth about her sister Isabela, she had tell a lie. Rosarita couldn’t keep it to herself so she told Guillermo her boyfriend but he ended up telling Alejandro who couldn’t take it and he had to visit Soledad to ask if it was true and after discussing she lies and says yes. Alejandro on hearing this was so hurt.
Isabela tells Rodrigo she has discovered that Oscar killed her father but he pretends not to believe the story. Isabela determined to get revenge at all cost with her godfather present got Leonardo to help them with their plan to bankrupt Rodrigo’s family. Arturo tells Alejandro that José Luis withdrew his complaint against Reinaldo because the latter kidnapped Soledad. Alejandro tells his father who questions Reinaldo and finally learns that he did kidnapped Soledad, Reinaldo tells him there is no proof. Rodrigo tells him not to hurt José Luis. Alejandro meets a new lady Daniela by name, a doctor, at a conference.

Episode 9 – Isabela & Soledad finally knows they are sisters.

Soledad tells José Luis the story of her father. Rodrigo tells Lola he won’t let her sister Rosarita marry Guillermo because he believes she is not good enough for his son. Soledad is certain that Rodrigo could not be involved in any crime. Leo tells Reina to curb her expenses; she is indignant. Emperatrix tells Isabela she thinks that Lucia is the mother of Reinaldo and voices her suspicions to Rodrigo who denies them. Bernarda tells Emperatrix she thinks that Romelia is Rei’s mother. Alejandro gives Soledad a ring in front of Providencia. The police arrive at Soledad’s home with Isabela’s accusation; Alejandro arrives and explains that Isabela is just jealous so the police left.
Isabela invites José Luis to dine and tries to get his support, but he tells her that they have lost, that Alejandro and Soledad fought fair but she fought dirty, faking the letters. Isabela denies knowing anything about any letters but José Luis doesn’t explain further. He advises her to forget Alejandro and start her life over again. Reinaldo asks Rodrigo why he tried to kill Isabela but gets no response. Lucia too believes that it was Rodrigo that tries to murder Isabela.
Soledad and José Luis breaks into Isabela’s home, open a locked box, and find the will of Aristides in which he names a daughter, Mariana. Isabela visited Rodrigo and with Reinaldo present she told him about her accident that it wasn’t an ordinary accident but planned told him it was the handiwork of Soledad, she wants her dead. She told Rodrigo that she is the daughter of Ruiz and she’s going to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of her father.
Emperatrix visits Romelia and ask her if she is Reinaldo’s mother. Romelia tells Emperatrix the truth. She was engaged to be married when Rodrigo raped her. When she gave birth, he took her son Reinaldo away from her. She begs Emperatrix not to tell Reinaldo. Emperatrix tells Lucia she doesn’t believe in her amnesia, has met the mother of Reinaldo, and now needs only to find out what happened to Ruiz and his daughters. Then the two are interrupted by Soledad who came to visit Rodrigo on hearing about his health. Rodrigo is happy to see Soledad and they talked and he warns her to be careful about Isabela.
Soledad visits Mercedes and her father again. She told Mercedes about her father and that she wanted to talk to Oscar if he knows who murdered him.
Leonaldo in the bar gets drunk talking about his marriage with Lola and Brenda, he said he thinks that Reina is cheating on him. He left the bar in a taxi. Alejandro sees Reinaldo and Reina going into a hotel, confronts them, drags Reina out where, unknown to him, Leonardo sees them and assumes that Alejandro is Reina’s lover. Leonardo and Alejandro confront each other, Leo thinking he was having an affair with his wife not given Alejandro any reason to defend himself; and on the account of Alejandro, he thinks Leo already knows about Reina and Reinaldo; Leo now thinks Alejandro has betrayed him as his best friend.

Soledad thinks that “A” mentioned in one of her father’s letters refers to Alvaro. The papers are stolen from Isabela’s home but Jose Lois thinks it could be Aciniegas too. Emperatrix and Sabas make plans against Rodrigo. Rodrigo suspects that Oscar is better than he pretends, orders Sabas to find out and discovers that he is right. Leonardo tells Isabela that Alejandro and Reina are lovers. With two days to go until the wedding of Alejandro and Soledad, Providencia decides that she must tell Soledad the truth. Soledad confronts Oscar again and he tells her it was Rodrigo who killed her father. Soledad refuses to believe Oscar, but Providencia admits to Soledad that it was true.
Lucia tells Emperatrix that she is Rodrigo’s wife and the mother of Alejandro. José Luis overhears Romelia speculate to Felicia that Rodrigo killed Isabela’s father and that Soledad may be her sister. Isabela goes to Soledad’s home with a gun. José Luis goes to Alvaro’s to find Isabela, tells him what they’ve discovered. Rodrigo confronts Lucía but has some kind of attack. Alejandro prepares for his wedding. Isabela went to Soledad’s house on her wedding and they fought; Soledad saw the necklace on Isabela. Providencia enters the room, then Alvaro and José Luis. Alvaro tells Isabela that Soledad is her sister; at first she refuses to believe it, finally drops the gun, leaves the house and drives away. She finally convinces herself it is true, the fact that they fell in love with the same man. Soledad is determined to marry Alejandro because he is not responsible for what his father did. Isabela returns to the house and joins the others in insisting that Soledad, now in her wedding gown, can not marry the son of the man who killed there father. Alejandro waits anxiously for Soledad; but she didn’t show up.

Episode 8 - Rodrigo tormented by a ghost.

José Luis is sure that Reinaldo was behind the burning of his boat. Alejandro confronts his father who admits to knowing about it but tries to defend Ray and Alejandro calls him Ray’s accomplice. Reinaldo finds Mercedes in church, says goodbye to her, and swears to God that since trying to change didn’t help all should beware. Soledad visits Oscar and accuses him of killing her father. Rodrigo looks at the necklace Isabela is wearing and recognizes it as a gift from Aristides. Alejandro confronts Ray about his dirty deals and this irritates him and Rodrigo permits them to fight in front of the whole family without saying anything; Reinaldo is hurt by refusal of his father to support him.
Reinaldo returns to Brenda and his father gives him a ticket to get out of town for a while. Ray will always love Mercedes but Brenda believes she deserves Ray’s love more since she’s always with him and doesn’t rejects him like Mercedes always do. Alejandro breaks up with Isabela since he has reconciled with Soledad, he is still very much in love with her. Sabas cuts the brakes on her Isabela’s car. While driving away, she got involved in a serious accident. José Luis tells Soledad he has resigned to not being able to win her love but wants her friendship and she said to him that she only loves Alejandro and that they are getting married but she only sees Jose Luis as a brother; he accepted this fact and they plan to open a restaurant together.
Rodriogo tells the still incapacitated Oscar that he is taking control of everything: his money, his property, his daughter, and that he has taken care of Isabela. Alejandro visits Reinaldo and discuses with him about his dirty businesses, he wants him to change for the better and he tells him he blames his attitude on how there father raised him.
Rodrigo receives a call from the hospital about Isabela’s condition; Alejandro on hearing had to rush to the hospital. Isabela awakes in the hospital with amnesia; she doesn’t remember anything before the accident but only her wedding with Alejandro. Alejandro stayed with her to care for her. Nana and Alvaro are so worried about Isabela’s health and Alejandro makes them to understand that she will be properly looked after in the hospital. Soledad agrees to let Alejandro pretend with Isabela until she is better. Oscar hides his progress in recovery; he doesn’t want Rodrigo to know.
Guillermo moved out of his father’s house when he discovers that he is into dirty business, he stays in José Luis house. Reinaldo gives Sabas money to leave the country for a while.
Isabela regains her memory but pretends she has amnesia to keep Alejandro by her side. Isabela’s nana guess that Isabela is faking the amnesia, Isabela admits it and finally gives up the act after her nana makes her to understand that she should forget about the fact that he wants to use it to keep Alejandro by her side.
Alejandro, looking for some keys to his desk had to go to Rodrigo’s office to find it but finds a medallion that looks familiar, like one that Isabela once wore except that hers was broken in half and this one is whole. In the house, Rodrigo has some kind of slight heart attack, sees a ghost, the ghost of Ruiz which he murdered years ago tormenting him. Soledad came in at that time to visit Alejandro and wanted to say hello to Rodrigo and finds him in a bad state. Kike and Soledad talked and he is happy that his father and Soledad are going to live together after their marriage. Rodrigo’s pain gets worse and Soledad calls on Alejandro who took him to his room and attended to him medically. Rodrigo gets out of bed and goes to José Luis’s house to see Guillermo who rejects him. Alejandro with Kike his son moves out of his fathers house but remembers about the medallion and asks his father about it but Lucia blurts out that it belonged to Aristides then pretends again to be crazy but Rodrigo is alerted.

Ray receives a call from Bernada that his father is sick and he visits but was told that he’s better and has gone out. Empetrix asked after Sabas from Ray and he told her that he should ask his father for another chauffer since Sabas is out of town; this didn’t go well with Empetrix.
Alejandro visits Isabela at home and they talk. Isabela confirms about remembering everything that happened but she’s hurt about Alejandro’s rejection. Alejandro said he will always love Soledad and they are getting married. Isabela told him that Soledad will be bad for him; she asked Alejandro out of her house and told him that Soledad will be his disgrace.
Isabela visits Leonardo and tells him that since she and Alejandro have broken up, she wants him to repay her loan immediately. Leo tells Alejandro about the loan she collected from Isabela; Alejandro doesn’t want to ask his father for help.
Soledad visits Isabela and tells her that she wants to buy her house, that it is very important to her. But neither says the words that would make them recognize each other but Isabela refuses Soledad out rightly. Isabela recalls that Soledad’s grandmother had a heart attack when she told Rosa her last name and this leads to Soledad thinking that she’s behind the attack but Isabela now thinks that she knows the reason why Soledad wants to buy the house, she believes that she’s an accomplice to the murder of her father and that’s why she cuts the brake of her car. She promises to turn her in to the police.

Episode 7 - Lucia discovers the truth

Alejandro tells Soledad he loves her but later goes ahead with plans for his wedding to Isabela. Mercedes and Reinaldo became lovers again. Soledad learns about the engagement party. Isabela tells the hospitalized Oscar that she is the daughter of Aristides and knows he killed him, that she is going to marry Alejandro. All the brothers got drunk. Soledad visits Oscar, tells him she is the daughter of Aristides and asks him if he can help her (although he is incapable of speech). Rodrigo enters the room at the end of her question and invites her back to the house where everyone insults her and left and a drunk Alejandro again confesses his love for her.

Brenda confronts Mercedes in the hospital and tells her that while she was in the convent, Reinaldo visited her at the apartment he bought for her, she became very furious and when Ray came to see her, she tells him to get lost. Rodrigo, frightened by Lucia’s memories of Felicia, tells Reinaldo to find her and kill her, in the form of an accident and refuses to tell him why. Romelia and Felicia bump into each other on the street: old friends who haven’t seen each other for years.
Isabela’s nana read the cards and tells her she will hurt herself if she hurts Soledad. Reinaldo confesses to Alejandro that Reina wrote the letters. Alejandro gives the letter to Soledad and explains the mix-up but José Luis kicks him out and tells Soledad it is just another lie. Alejandro confronts Reina who, finally, confesses but says that Isabela forced her to do it and Alejandro believes her. Then she finds Isabela and tells her she heard Alejandro telling somebody the wedding was off.
Isabela tells Rodrigo that her parents died when she was young, that Alvaro is her godfather. Her nana tells her she shouldn’t have told him. Lucia finds some documents in Rodrigo’s office in which she discovers that she is his legitimate wife and she inherited all her father’s wealth; moreover, in the event of her death, the money does not go to Rodrigo which, she realizes, is why he never killed her. On realizing this, she left the house, finds Romelia, tells her she knows she’s Rodrigo’s wife and begs her to tell her which is her son. José Luis forces Romelia to tell her: it is Alejandro. Rodrigo tells Emperatrix not to help Lucia in any way. Reinaldo is convinced that Rodrigo has asked him to kill his mother.
Alejandro and Soledad reconcile and went out on a yacht. Romelia tells Lucia that Reinaldo is her son. Soledad and Alejandro become lovers. Guillermo overhears Reinaldo and Rodrigo talking about contraband and confronts them; Reinaldo admits it is true. Guillermo tells Rosaria and then Alejandro. A masked Reinaldo warns Felicia to leave town that Rodrigo wants her dead. She tells Romelia and they decide it must be because she knows that Lucia is his wife. Rodrigo tells Emperatrix he wants Alejandro to marry Soledad not Isabela. Mercedes asks Rodrigo for some money for expenses. Reinaldo and Sabas burnt José Luis’ boat.

Episode 6 - Investigation

Mercedes isn’t feeling too well. Alejandro gets drunk, he’s been thinking about the letter he thought is from Soledad. Rodrigo meets with Oscar and tells him to investigate Isabela. Bernarda wonders if Romelia is Reinaldo’s mother. Reinaldo discovers that Mercedes is pregnant, goes to her and proposes but Mercedes says if she is pregnant, she would take her son far away from Reinaldo to avoid contamination. Reinaldo continues to believe that the only reason for Mercedes rejection is the fact that he is illegitimate.

After the letter issue between Alejandro & Soledad, she decided to move on with her life and she decided to go back to the cruise ship. Providencia gives her the necklace that belongs to her mother. José Luis tells Arturo he lied to save Soledad’s life. Isabela tells Cristian her employee she has reconciled with Alejandro. Oscar asks Isabel about Alejandro but she denies there is anything between them. Mercedes lost her pregnancy and Reinaldo cries, he really wanted the baby. Lola tells Brenda that she was pregnant once.
Reina has been making passes at Alejandro and Rodrigo tells her to keep her hands off Alejandro and marry Leonardo. Rodrigo gets Lucia to sign some papers. Reinaldo and Rodrigo return from a trip. Soledad and Providencia still on cruise ship. Rodrigo and Alejandro talk about Isabela.
Reina and Leonardo marry but she’s really not in love with him. Mercedes is accepted as a novice and Oscar tells Reinaldo. Isabela and Alejandro declare their love.

Soledad and Providencia return home and they both went to the Ruiz house and discover it is owned by Isabela not knowing who she truly is. A drunken Oscar had an accident. In the hospital, Mercedes seeks comfort in Reinaldo’s arms then apologizes to him.
Soledad and Alejandro met again on the beach; Kike runs away from her, to him she doesn’t love his father and always make him sad which he doesn’t like. Soledad hires a detective to find her sister. Isabela confronts Soledad and tells her to stay away from Alejandro but Soledad decides to fight for him in revenge against Isabela. José Luis gets Soledad to admit before Arturo that she was kidnapped the day of the news conference and tells her it was Reinaldo. In the hospital, Soledad tells Reinaldo that he will pay for all he has done because she will tell Mercedes everything. He swears that José Luis lied and, in any case, he has changed because Mercedes loves him. Rodrigo tells Emperatrix he knows she has a lover but doesn’t know who actually, she denies it though and he forbids her to leave the house unless Sabas is with her.
Alejandro is allowed to take Lucia from the hospital because she is only suffering from amnesia she isn’t crazy. Mercedes, out of her habit, gives Rodrigo authority over all of her father’s business since Oscar is seriously sick and couldn’t attend to the business. Rodrigo tells Isabela that he has power of attorney on all of Oscar’s property and he’s thus her associate.
The detective tells Soledad that Isabela bought the Ruiz house from Oscar but there is no record of her father having sold the house to Oscar. Rodrigo tells Lola that Emperatrix has a lover. Emperatrix tells Sabas that she is being blackmailed by the maid; he promises to take care of it. Soledad visits Alejandro in his office and they kiss.

Episode 5 - Soledad learns the truth about her past

Reina, Emperatrix and Leonardo find Rodrigo in the bar with Lola and he refuses to leave. Emperatrix tells Reina she is going to leave Rodrigo but changes her mind. Reinaldo talks with José Luis in the police station and tells him that Soledad will die if he says anything against him. Rosarita suggests that it could have been Reinaldo who kidnapped Soledad but she says it wasn’t. Soledad visits José Luis in jail and accuses him of having lied because of jealousy. José Luis tells her he did it for her but to leave him alone. Emperatrix flirts wtih Sabas. Soledad and Alejandro declare their love for each other. Isabela visits Rosa and wanted to ask for more information about Ruiz, her father and if she knows anything about her missing sister. She admits to her that she is Ruiz daughter and on hearing this, Rosa had a heart attack and she’s taken to the hospital. Soledad accuses Isabela of causing her grandmother’s heart attack and demands to know what she said to her. On her hospital bed, Rosa tells Soledad that she isn’t Providencia’s daughter but the daughter of Ruiz and that she has a sister....but she dies before she could name the sister.
Alejandro tells Reinaldo he is going to marry Soledad; Reinaldo tries to convince him not to, reminded him that Soledad was his, that she isn’t the right class of woman for him. Alejandro tells him he is jealous and that Reinaldo should forget about Soledad. Rodrigo is pleased by the news of Alejandro marrying Soledad.
Providencia admits part of the truth to Soledad: her mother died giving birth to her, her sister (the daughter of a first marriage) lived at the time with her godfather when her father was killed. But she doesn’t admit that she knows who killed her father or why. Soledad forgives Providencia but she’s determined to find who killed her father and where her sister is. Isabela feels guilty about Rosa’s death and attended the funeral but Soledad again accuses her of being responsible and tells her to leave. Soledad calls Alejandro’s home to explain why she couldn’t come over but Reina lies to Alejandro and suggests that Soledad is with Reinaldo.

Romelia gets Rodrigo to agree to hire a lawyer for José Luis. Mercedes tells Lola she knows that Reinaldo didn’t shoot José Luis but can’t forgive him for what he did to Soledad. In the bar, Brenda overhears Isabela telling her godfather about her need to find out who killed her father. Brenda tells Rodrigo who later inform Oscar and suggests that he should investigate further on the matter to ascertain who Isabela really is. Reinaldo asks Bernarda if she knows who his mother is; but she doesn’t. She later asks Rodrigo and he tells her it is none of her business. Reina sees Soledad leaving a note for Alejandro on his desk, but she tears it up and writes another: it tells Alejandro that she was mistaken in her feelings and she’s going to Europe and Alejandro on receiving the letter reads it and goes to the airport in search of Soledad, on getting there he asks about the flight to Europe and he’s told it has gone.
José Luis gets out of jail, he gives Soledad the letter that Rosa gave him and in it, she wills Soledad her shares in a business on condition that she stays away from the Arciniegas. Providencia finds the shares and José Luis checks up on their value: Soledad will be rich.
Soledad receives another letter from Alejandro (written by Reina) saying he was mistaken in his feelings and is going on a long sea voyage. Oscar tells Mercedes that he loves Isabela. Soledad tells José Luis that she doesn’t love him and can’t date him but they can only be good friends.

Episode 4, Isabela's Game

Mercedes, suffering from the burns she inflicted on herself by taking a very hot shower, decides to be a nun. Lucia tells Isabela she knows the name of the killer but then her mind wanders. Alejandro visits Leonardo in the morning, finds him and Reina in pajamas. A news article is published accusing Rodrigo’s family of dealing in contraband. Reinaldo tells Alejandro that José Luis is jealous of him because he and Soledad had sex which is not true. Isabela refuses to believe the news story. Reinaldo tells Mercedes that he didn’t try to rape Soledad. Soledad begs José Luis not to hurt Alejandro because she still loves him. Reinaldo tells Mercedes she is rejecting him because he is an illegitimate child, rejected by his mother and now the love of his life. Alejandro sees José Luis and Soledad and attacks him for his accusations against his family.
Mercedes goes to the convent. Alvaro tells Alejandro that he will not let Isabela marry him because of the scandal. Isabela tells Soledad that it is all her fault. Reina tells Isabela that Alejandro tried to seduce her. She tells her godfather that she doesn’t want to marry a man who would deceive her, she is sure that Reina wouldn’t have the nerve to lie about such a thing. Isabela overhears Oscar telling somebody that he lied to Isabela, that both girls are alive. But he denies it when she confronts him. Oscar tells Isabela that he is the man for her. Reinaldo visits

Mercedes in the convent. The mother superior lets her stay even though she is convinced that Mercedes has no vocation to be a nun. Romelia won’t tell José Luis why she went again to Rodrigo’s house. Reinaldo suspects that Romelia is hiding something and determines to find out what it is. Sabas kidnaps Soledad. Reinaldo tells José Luis to withdraw the charges against him or Soledad will die. Alejandro takes Lucia to a sanatorium and visits Rosa in the hospital. Oscar and Alvaro are about to conclude their business deal. Isabela flirts with Oscar and rejects Alejandro’s advances. José Luis and Arturo hold a press conference but José Luis tells the press he lied, that his accusations against the Arcienegas were false. Sabas takes the blindfolded Soledad to a field and is about to kill her when some men arrive and rescue her. She tells she doesn’t know who kidnapped her or why (she didn’t recognize the voice of either Sabas or Reinaldo). Arturo tells Romelia that her son is a traitor.

Episode 3, Desires

Reinaldo pressures Mercedes to make love to him. Afterwards, she feels guilty but the priest pardons her because she is in love and they plan to marry. Alejandro tells Isabela it is too soon to talk of marriage and it’s too soon. Soledad visits José Luis in the hospital and sees Isabela kissing Alejandro. Romelia confronts Rodrigo about the attack on José Luis. Reinaldo admits to Rodrigo that he had Sabas shoot José Luis. José Luis tells Soledad that Reinaldo shot him and he is going to denounce him. Outside the church, Brenda tells Mercedes that Reinaldo is hers.
Isabela buys the house of her father; she didn’t tell Alejandro why the house is special to her. The police went to Rodrigo’s house to arrest Reinaldo but Mercedes tells them he couldn’t have shot at Jose Luis because he was with her all night. Oscar is furious about the lie that Mercedes tells the Policemen. Alejandro tells Leonardo that Isabela is hiding something and not been straight forward. Guillermo tells Soledad and Rosalita that Reinaldo is innocent of the charge against him. When Guillermo talks with Alejandro, they decide that Soledad made the accusation because she was jealous of the relationship between Isabela and Alejandro and he forbids Soledad to see Kike again. Oscar threatens Reinaldo, tells him to stay away from his daughter but Ray is not bothered. Alejandro arrives at the house just as Soledad is running away from Reinaldo’s kiss but she says nothing. After they got home, she tells him to leave her alone. Reinaldo tries to rape Soledad in her home but Rosalita arrives in time to stop it. When Alejandro arrives to apologize, Rosalita tries to get Soledad to tell him what happened but she refuses. Rosalita calls Guillermo and tells him about what Ray tries to do to Soledad, Guillermo later tells his father but his father doesn’t believe him but confronts Reinaldo, Reinaldo says there is no proof and if he is ever accused of rape, he says he expects Guillermo to defend him.


Isabela visits Soledad and asks what there is between her and Alejandro and Soledad insists there is nothing. But later she visits Alejandro in his office and confesses she loves him; Isabela enters and wants to know what is going on between them and Soledad left. Alejandro tells Leonardo he is through with Soledad. Reinaldo and Brenda made love while Mercedes is waiting for him to meet her for an elopement. He tells Brenda the marriage won’t change things between them but Brenda drugs his drink and calls Mercedes while Reinaldo is sleeping. When he wakes, he was furious and almost strangles Brenda. That doesn’t change her feelings. She tells Lola that Reinaldo is hers. Rosalita tells Mercedes what Reinaldo did but I’m not sure she believed her. However, she does tell Reinaldo that he is a beast and should leave her alone.

Episode 2 - Ray, the odd one out.

Kike runs away again to Soledad. Isabela offers Soledad work as a model, but she refuses knowing what her intentions are. Reinaldo complains to Bernarda about the way his father treats him and he is always unhappy for not knowing his mother. Guillermo meets Lola’s sister, a budding musician, and is attracted to her. Rodrigo visits Soledad and asks her to become Kike’s tutor seeing how attached they are to each other. Soledad sees Isabela kissing Alejandro and she got so angry and jealous. Reinaldo, surprised to see Soledad at his home grabs her arm and wants to start harassing her but Rodrigo walks in at that time to save Soledad and he forces him to apologize to her. Isabela and Alejandro talk with Reina and Emperatrix; Isabela calls him her novio “after the night they spent together”. Alejandro tells Leonardo he loves Soledad and not Isabela and Kike wants only Soledad.
Mercedes prays for the strength to stop loving Reinaldo but it’s really not easy for her to get him out of her mind. Reinaldo tells Mercedes that she is responsible for his behavior, swears he will love her and promises to change if she comes back into his life.
Soledad visits Kike again, Isabela assumes that Soledad is Kike’s nana since she doesn’t really understand the relationship between the parties. Isabela visits Providencia to offer Soledad a job but Providencia isn’t fooled; she knows why she came and tells her to leave since Soledad isn’t at home. Oscar tells Reinaldo to stay away from his daughter Mercedes that he is not good for his daughter but Mercedes tells her father she loves Reinaldo and that she has forgiven him for whatever he has done to her. Guillermo invites Rosalita, Lola’s sister, to his home. Oscar tells Mercedes he rather see her dead than been with Reinaldo. Soledad refuses, again, Isabela’s offer of a job. Lola tells Rosalita, her sister, not to go to Guillermo’s home again knowing well that the relationship between the two of them might not work out and of course Rodrigo’s feeling towards the relationship.
Isabela talks to her nana about her sister; she is sure that, like her, she was probably raised by a nana who took her away when their father was murdered. Isabela visits Oscar in his home and he served her drinks and along the line Isabela drugs his drink but then Alejandro arrives and picked up the drink meant for Oscar but Isabela on sighting this, spills the drugged one. Alejandro discovers that his aunt Lucia has been taken to the hospital, he doesn’t like this idea and he gets her out of there and returns her home. Kike runs away again to Soledad because he thinks that it’s only Soledad that loves and understands her. Isabela announces her engagement to Alejandro (he doesn’t seem to have anything to say about it). Romelia visits Rodrigo, warns him she will tell Reinaldo the truth if anything happens to José Luis. Mercedes sees Brenda kissing Reinaldo in the park. Isabela tells Soledad to stay away from Alejandro if she doesn’t want her for an enemy. Isabela introduces her godfather to Oscar and Rodrigo. Sabas, in a car with Reinaldo, shoots José Luis.

Episode 1, La Ravancha - Love on Cruise Ship

On a cruise ship, Alejandro is attracted to Soledad, a beautiful young lady whom she met on the ship and she turns out to be in charge of entertainment. Alejandro dream of meeting her again, looked for her everywhere but couldn’t find her, at last he settles for a picture that they took together when Soledad was seeing to the guests welfare at the restaurant. Providencia , the ship’s head chef, the woman who raised Soledad when she was little and the person Soledad believes to be her mother learn that Doña Rosa, her grandmother is ill and they decide to leave the ship in Miami and care for Rosa. Finding Rosa very ill, Soledad calls Alejandro whom she had learned was a doctor. He cares for Rosa but Providencia doesn’t want the two to become involved. She knows that Alejandro’s father killed Soledad’s father, a murder she witnessed and caused her to flee with the young Soledad.
Meanwhile, Isabela has arrived in Miami with Lupe, her nana, to open a business with the help of her godfather, Alvaro Ruiz. She hopes to find the murderer of her father and when she meets Oscar, the man from whom she will be buying the location for her business, she believes she recognizes him.
At the airport, she bumps into Alejandro who is picking up Kike, the son who has been raised for the past 4 years by his grandparents, since the death of his wife. With his grandmother ill, the boy has come to live with Alejandro’s family: his father Rodrigo, his vicious brother Reinaldo, his other brother Guillermo, his father’s new wife Emperatrix and her daughter Reina and his crazy aunt Lucia. Reina sets her sights on Alejandro, wants to date Alejandro but was disappointed. Reinaldo loves Mercedes, the daughter of Oscar, but she has broken up with him because of the type of man he is. He is arrested for rape but is freed when his father’s goon Sabes, he threatens the girl that accused Reinaldo into retracting the accusation, and Reinaldo was released freed.
After seeing Alejandro with Soledad, Reinaldo decides he wants her and finding her alone in the hallway of a nightclub attacks her. She is rescued by José Luis who is then beaten up by Sabes and his goons. Providencia tells Soledad that Alejandro’s family has a bad reputation, mafia connections, etc. but Soledad has fallen in love with Alejandro and refuses to believe her...in spite of the attack by Reinaldo.
Rodrigo has a lover Lola, she works as a manager in Rodrigo’s bar. She was furious when she discovers that Rodrigo, her lover has married again. Sabes and Reinaldo threaten Arturo, a reporter who is working with José Luis to expose Rodrigo on all his shady deals. During the first week, Soledad saves Kike when he falls off a small boat and finds a wandering Lucia where Lola met them and offered to escort Lucia back home. Oscar finds Reinaldo forcibly kissing Mercedes and tells him to leave his daughter alone. Rodrigo and Oscar suspect that Isabela is the daughter of the man he killed, especially when she questions them about the history of the house she wants to buy, a house in which there was a murder. Isabela is convinced that Oscar is the murderer; she does not seem to suspect Rodrigo.

Jenifa

What do you guys think of Jennifer? A beautiful Yoruba film, I love the way Funke Akindele portrays the village girl character, a typical Ibadan girl. She really did justice to the work. It’s a must watch for every students especially the undergraduates that believes that the only way to make it in life is through dating several men and living big on campus not minding the end result. What do you think?

Baba Oba

Is it really true that when you give a woman power to rule she tends to misuse it?
Supposing a married woman becomes a king/ruler, what do you think will happen to the husband who is supposed to be the head of the home?
Is it right at all for a woman to assume the role of a man and if she does, will she still be able to discharge her duties as deem fit.

Mis Tres Hermanas

This story surrounds the family of Augusto, a hard working man that will give anything for the happiness of his sisters. After the death of his mother and supposed father, he took up the responsibility of been the father to his sisters (Silvia, Lisa and Bibi). His wife Magarita is a selfish woman that thinks only of herself, all she cares about is money and wants to get it at all cost. She believes that her husband, Augusto who loves and cares for her does not deserve her and that she deserves a rich and comfortable home where she’ll have everything she wants in life.
Augusto’s 3 sisters, Silvia his right hand, a beautiful woman married to Carlos and they both have twin daughters.

Lisa, a young beautiful lady, a university student and equally works as a nurse in a hospital. She met and falls in love with Santiago an Engineer that works at a Construction Company. Their love is so strong but Magarita the devilish sister in law becomes jealous of her and will not allow Lisa to know peace because out of her selfish reasons, she refuses to get pregnant for Augusto, her husband but tricks Santiago into sleeping with her and he believing that she’s still single and she gets pregnant and she therefore uses this to come in between Lisa and Santiago.
Bibi, a young school girl at 15 always keeps to herself, she believes her family treats her like a baby and doesn’t understand her in any way. She has a very special friend called Francisco whom she likes so much and confides in for anything but her big brother, Augusto did not see anything good in Francisco, he thinks he is a bad influence on Bibi and with the way he dresses, he looks weird.
Jesinto, the dead father of Augusto resurfaces; he is a scientist that works in the same hospital where his daughter Lisa works. He has remarried and has been able to bury his past in a way but on seeing Lisa, everything keeps coming back and he couldn’t control himself again but doesn’t know how to make himself known to his family that thinks he’s dead.
Lisa and Santiago plans to get married but Magarita won’t hear of this because she thinks that Santiago belongs to her because of the pregnancy she’s carrying. Augusto later discovers that the baby his wife is expecting is not his.
Bibi seriously sick and hospitalized and Francisco won’t just leave her side and this proves to Augusto that what he thinks of Francisco is wrong afterall.
Despite all that Santiago is facing, he won’t stop at nothing but to get back the love of his life whether Margarita likes it or not.

Vivah

Vivah - A Journey From Engagement To Marriage is a Bollywood romantic drama film..
Vivah is the story of the engagement between Prem (Kapoor), an upper-class business manager, and Poonam (Rao), a college student.
Poonam (Amrita Rao) lost her parents, when she was very young. She was brought up by her uncle Krishna Kant (Alok Nath) and her aunt Rama (Seema Biswas). However, Rama is jealous of her and barely talks to her, since Poonam is more beautiful than her own daughter Rajni (Amrita Prakash), who is lively and friendly. Bhagat-ji (Manoj Joshi), a jeweller, and a friend of Krishna Kant, likes Poonam very much and decides to matchmake her with Prem (Shahid Kapoor), Mr. Harish Chandra's (Anupam Kher) son, as Bhagat-ji is friends with Mr. Harichandra.
Mr. Harichandra informs Prem of his plans to matchmake him, as he believes Prem is of proper age, young enough to adapt to someone else, and, Prem's brother, Sunil (Samir Soni), was about the same age when he married Bhavna (Lata Sabharwal). Prem, however, is hesitant to marry, since he thinks himself to be too young and wants to focus on his career first. Harichandra convinces him to meet Poonam first. They visit Poonam's family and let Prem and Poonam to get to know each other. Though their first conversation is awkward, Prem and Poonam decide to get married, as they are instantly attracted to each other. The two families agree to meet each other again, so Prem and Poonam get the opportunity to know each other better. Krishna Kant invites Prem's family to their summer residence in Som Sarovar and Harishchandra accepts.
Poonam anxiously awaits Prem to come to Som Sarovar, however, until Bhavna arranges a meeting between the two, they barely have the chance to talk to each other. After several carefree days, Harichandra and his family has to leave again because of the family business, which leaves Poonam and Prem only the opportunity to communicate via telephone, internet or letter. Despite the distance between them, they grow closer and Prem, before going to a business trip to Japan, tells Poonam on the phone that he has fallen in love with her. When Prem comes back from Japan, Poonam is there to greet him on the airport, gets to spend some time at his house and finally returns to her own family on order to prepare for the wedding.

However, two days before the actual wedding, a fire emerges at Krishna Kant's house. Poonam gets heavily burned, because she saves Rajni. Prem, occupied with his own wedding preparations, is informed by Bhavna of Poonam's accident and goes to see his fiance at the hospital. She is very unsure if Prem will marry her, now that she has been scarred. The doctor (Mohnish Behl) informs the family that there is hope, however the operation to save Poonam may be dangerous and Poonam will take much time to recover. Harichandra arranges for specialists to be flown in from Delhi and Prem, despite her injury, still wishes to marry her and accepts her as a wife by bringing sindhoor to her at the hospital. The operation is successful and the wedding commences. They get married joyfully and enjoy their lives together as husband and wife.

Episodes from The Revenge (La Ravancha)

Beginning from next week, I hope to start giving you snippets about this telenovela.

La Usurpadora

La Usurpadora is about a woman who meets another who is absolutely identical to her. While one is shallow, unscrupulous and married to a millionaire, the other is all heart, though she is a poor orphan who has suffered all her life. Paola and Paulina decide to change places. Paola proposes the switch so she can run off with a lover and Paulina accepts under threat of being unfairly imprisoned. But the replacement wife ends up being better for the family than the real one: Not only does she offer loving support to her "husband" and "children", but she dedicates herself to rescuing the once-powerful matriarch of the household, Grandma Piedad, from alcoholism. But when everyone has finally found happiness, Paola, the bad, cruel and unloving wife decides to return.

Mujer Secreta

As if written by Eugenia: Inside these pages I feel safe with my thoughts. But out there in the world, I am raw. My husband Gustavo’s violence is a reflection of his painful insecurities, and I am vulnerable because I am the gentle lamb and he is the wolf.
I somehow feel responsible, taking on his failures as my own. I know that the harsh hand of his mother Carlota has carved his destiny, and José Manuel’s ruinous ambitions only make things worse. When I can bear the pain no more, rescue comes to me, but my savior becomes my jailer. Escape is an agonizing dilemma. By leaving, I could be free of one sentence, but then I’d become trapped in another.
How do I regain the poetry of life in the wake of my deep sadness? I have a secret that I share only with Bernardo, in my dreams; we walk hand in hand, reaching for the happiness that only a life of love with him can fulfill.
I know that within his arms lie safety and protection, but our union is forbidden. Being with him seems nearly impossible now, yet no matter what, he is always in my heart. I trust that as time passes, the universe will bless and enlighten me. And then one day, I will reclaim my soul for the purest purpose of all – living inside the realm of Bernardo’s love.

Chori Chori Chupke Chupke

This is another lovely Indian film, a part of this film was borrowed from Pretty Woman.
Raj Malhotra (Salman Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji) are members of high society. They meet, got married and soon Priya falls pregnant, but loses her child due to a domestic accident and becomes infertile. The couple conceal this fact (through the advice of the doctor), and decide to secretly look for a surrogate mother to bear Raj's child. Raj comes across Madhubala aka Madhu (Preity Zinta), who is a prostitute and agrees to have Raj's baby - she is only doing it for the money. Raj conceals the fact that Madhu is a prostitute from Priya. After some much needed grooming, Madhu meets Priya and they all leave for Switzerland together to carry out their plan.
Soon enough Madhu become pregnant with Raj's child, and he happily tells his family that Priya is expecting (though actually she is not). Madhu is harassed by Raj's business partner who asks her for sexual favours. She is ready to leave the house, upset by the fact that Raj told his friend that she is a prostitute (though he really didn't). It takes Priya in order to convince Madhu not to leave, she also happens to hear about Madhu's profession but she feels that Madhu is still the right girl for their problem. Raj's business partner ends up assaulting Madhu whilst she is in the house alone, however Raj saves her. His kindness overwhelms her and she falls in love with him.
Raj's family unexpectedly end up coming to Switzerland. Their sudden arrival means that Priya has to fake her pregnancy so they use a pillow to make it look as if she is pregnant. The family also meets the heavily pregnant Madhu. Raj manages to convince the family that Madhu's husband has left her in his care. Raj's grandfather (Amrish Puri) arranges a religious ceremony and tells Raj and Priya that they are going back to India; this also includes Madhu.
The ceremony is very important so Priya instead sends Madhu as herself as she is the one carrying the baby. The emotion at the ceremony is too much for her and Madhu cannot bear the fact that she will have to give up her child. Priya finds Madhu's room empty, with the money given to her dumped on the bed and pursues her to the train station. Madhu tells Priya that she loves Raj, this angers Priya and she slaps her. Raj ends up at the train station, and sees that Madhu has gone into an early labour. The doctor announces that only one of the two can be saved - Madhu or her child. Priya asks the doctor to save Madhu. To everybody's joy both the baby and Madhu are saved and she gives her child to Priya. Priya quickly lays down in her fake hospital room and the doctors bring "her" the baby and while Madhu comes and visits, the doctor tells the family that "her" child had died as soon as she gave birth.
Madhu decides to leave and promises Raj that she will not go back to her old profession. When he takes her to the airport he realizes that she loved him and kisses her on the forehead. Madhu leaves happily able to carry on with her life.

Happy New Year!

Thank God for seeing us through year 2008. I know this year will be our year of peace, joy unspeakable, breakthrough and our year of outstanding success.
Welcome into year 2009.