Esmeralda 32: Fátima Hatched Evil

Fátima was shocked and found it strange when Melesio told her that José Armando and Esmeralda had secretly married, a few days ago at the Marriage Registry in the village.

Lucio took to heavy bouts of alcohol to console his 'loss' of Esmeralda to Armando.

Meanwhile, José Armando was confused to receive a purpoted letter from one strange doctor called Álvaro, who signaled that he was ready for the surgery for Esmeralda's eyes. He did not know that this an 'arangee' doctor sprung by Fátima, to substitute for the real dr. Luzcano.

Fátima continuued in her ministry of evil diversion, by intercepting another letter, this time, sent by Rodolfo, from Tijuana, where he announced that he would be arriving from his trip back in Casa Grande the next day. Fátima kept the arrival date secret in order to perfect her wicked plans against Esmeralda.

The hostility of Blanca towards Esmeralda became softened and melted. Esmeralda was now being gradually accepted by her.

In the absence of Armando, who had traveled to the city, Fátima moved fast with her plot, she pretended to be guiding blind Esmeralda to the chapel and on the way, made her to trip at the ankle, and fell into the swimming pool to drown.

Graciela saw Esmeralda drowning and she dived into the pool to rescue her from drowning. Fátima was furious by this Samaritan gesture of Graciela, so she rebuked her and pretended, by sending her away into the house on a diversionary errand to Blanca. After Graciela left, Fátima too left the scene, with the evil expectation that Esmeralda that was wet and cold would fall again into the pool, and this time threr would be nobody around to rescue her.hoping that

Esmeralda was lonely but heard footsteps of someone walking towards her, and she was anxious, who was that? who could it be? was it an helper or a predator?...