The D(Disappointment)-Day!

At last, the D-day is here. It was a day of disappointment for the Negrete family. The whole of their plans went up in a puff. Right from the house, where they were confronted with a writ of summon from the court by creditors, who threaten to put Gustavo in jail for defaulting to pay his monumental debts.

Emilia was able to obtain an invitation to the wedding ceremony in church, from her friend, Martina. Antoniete attached herself to Emilia for the grand occasion.

Carmelo overheard Antoniete as she was mocking Lupe that he is not sure and could not bet the paternity of his children- Sebastian and Martina. This information later became an arsenal in the hands of Carmelo.

Carmelo later went to negotiate with Antonete to help him prove that Sebastian was not the true son of Lupe, because he believed he (Carmelo) was the true heir. Nothing goes for nothing, Antoniete laid down conditions for helping Carmelo: "Trouble and torment Lupe and I will tell you your true paternity!" This was a hard one for him to swallow.

Adela chattered a Limousine to carry the bridal family to the hacienda ranch. On arrival they were ushered into the unkempt hovel of Carmelo where they had a change of clothes. This was the premeditated plot to humiliate them. They all protested the treatment, but played along knowing that after the wedding they would be taken to the big Mendoza mansion.

Carmelo was instantly stunned by the angelic beauty of Catalina, he secretly fell in love with her immediately. He also stuck to the humiliation plot, as he drove the whole family on a pick-up truck to the church.

On arrival at the church, they were welcomed by Sebastian and Catalina chose the opportunity to greet and tell Lupe that she was pleased to meet her father-in-law. Guadalupe launched his own part of the 'love test' by 'correcting' her, saying that he was not Sebastian's father. He 'claimed' that Sebastian was only his foreman, and he only loved him as if he were his own son.

Catalina lost her balance and composure on hearing this. Sebastian quickly told her that he hid the 'truth' from her because he was afraid of loosing her love. He too corroborated the lie that, he was a foreman, ... then, all hell broke loose as Adela and Ricardo vehemently and stridently protested the deception...

The Duel For Love

Eduardo rushed to Catalina's house to acknowledge the love message which she 'sent' through her 'friend' Emilia. Catalina was shocked and denied ever being friend of Emilia. She told him that the so-called love message was a delusion, contrived from Emilia's scheming mind. She declared that her love for him had died and would never have anything to do with him. She practically threw Eduardo away from her house.

Emilia returned to the village, armed with proofs that Catalina was a gold-digger. She went to Antoniete's house to brief her of her city adventures. sebastian stormed Antoniete's place to severely warn Emilia to steer clear of his affairs with Catalina and stop stirring up trouble.

Antonietta comforted Sebastian and pretended to be friendly with him, telling him how close she was to his late mother, who was her 'best friend'.

Silvia perfected the documents for ownership transfer of the gym to Eduardo's name, with the smuggled clause of stripping him of ownership at the instance of divorce or separion from Silvia. Eduardo eagerly and greedily signed them without reading through (a case of cunning man die, cunning woman buried him).

Only Lupe and Sebastian were blind and deaf to the gossips about and of the desperate ambition of Carmelo. Even when the rumours of Carmelo's ambition filtered to them, they dismised it and simply attribute it to the lounging of an orphan for parental comfort, and, nothing more.

After Catalina told Sebastian of the the scheme of Emilia and Eduardo, he went to the gym to warn Eduardo to steer clear of his wife Catalina. this led to a jealous scuffle between both, it took Luis to separate them from a big fight. Eduardo tried to cast doubt into Sebastian's mind telling him that Catalina was a slut who made love wildly and passionately with him.