Juan Querendon recap for Friday, October 12

Juan told Paula he wants her to be the mother of his children, to be faithful to her for the rest of his life. "Do you feel the same, Paula?"

Paula said she didn't want to make an important decision about their relationship in such a short time. "Please give me time." Poor Juan hugged her and apologized. He offered to take her and Ana to the airport tomorrow. Paula agreed. Before leaving, Juan grabbed her and gave her a big kiss.

Yadira told Enrique she'd only been trying to make him jealous. Enrique said his relationship with Julia was over.

Alirio told Nidia he didn't want to sit at the same table with her and that degenerate Juan Dominguez.

At dinner (without Alirio), Enrique boasted to Nidia and the girls about the success of his and Juan's business. Nidia (wearing a tiara), said Enrique reminded her of Samuel. Juan came home and told the family, "My girlfriend couldn't come."

Paula claimed to Ana that Juan hadn't given her a chance to tell him the truth, she didn't want to hurt him, the usual excuses. Ana said, "Are you going to wait until you have children to tell him you don't really feel anything for him?" Paula said she would tell Juan after he took Ana to the airport tomorrow (yeah, right).

The next day: Enrique was getting ready to leave in his truck when Yadira appeared. Enrique asked what she was doing up and dressed at this hour, and on a Sunday, too. Yadira said she wanted to go to work with him, "I want to help you." Enrique refused and drove off without her.

Nidia told Marely that Ana said Paula was just using Juan. Marely said, "He's the only one who doesn't know." Nidia asked if Marely loved Juan. Marely said it didn't matter. Nidia said after Paula broke Juan's heart, Marely could comfort him. Marely said she didn't want to be anyone's consolation prize.

At the airport, Paula cried crocodile tears while saying goodbye to Ana. Juan impulsively hugged Ana.

Back at Ana's house, Paula told Juan she had to talk to him seriously. (She was wearing a tight, low-cut red blouse, the perfect outfit for breaking up with someone.) They sat down and she hemmed and hawed, saying, "I don't know how you're going to take this. This is harder than I thought."

Juan tried to cheer her up by inviting her to a fair, and told her how excited he'd been as a child by his village's annual fair. He would forget all his problems and sorrows there. Paula agreed to go with him for a little while. We get a montage of Juan and Paula having a predictably good time at the carnival.

Pastor dropped his mother off at church. Later, at a warehouse (or wherever Enrique works), Enrique saw Pastor's mother driving by in a taxi. He thought he must be imagining things.

Don Angarita (the guy who hired Enrique and Juan) questioned Enrique about Juan's absence (I think). Enrique said he was strong and could do the work himself (I think). After Don Angar when back inside, the thugs who threatened Juan yesterday showed up again.

Then Yadira showed up wearing very tiny shorts. Enrique tried to shield her from being seen by the thugs and told her to go home. Yadira whined, "Why? Let me help." The thugs surrounded them. Yadira said, "Enrique knows karate and judo!" The thugs laughed and the leader (named Chaflan, I think) said they would give Yadira a lesson in respect and "other little things."

Don Angar appeared and warned Chaflan to leave Enrique and Juan alone. Chaflan seemed intimidated. After the thugs left, Enrique introduced Yadira to Don Angar as his friend. Don Angar said he felt he'd met Yadira somewhere before. (He'll probably turn out to be an old boyfriend of Nidia's, maybe even Yadira's real father.)

Elsewhere: Guti was arrested while the surprised Alirio secretly watched. He went home and told Nidia that Guti would have the "syndrome of canaries." She asked what that was. He said, "They sing when they're locked up." Nidia called him neurotic, saying Guti wouldn't turn them in to the police just because Yadira rejected him.

Pastora returned to the church and found Pastor praying. He said he'd been worried about her. Pastora snapped that she'd been in the church's sacristy (I think) all along. She berated Pastor. He said he was having problems at the office, but got no sympathy from Mama.

At the carnival, Paula teased Juan to admit he'd been scared on the roller coaster. He finally admitted it. Paula laughed and thanked him for taking her to the fair, then said, "Ay, Juan, what am I going to do with you?" Juan said, "I want you to love me like I love you," and kissed her.

Back at the house, Paula said she couldn't remember what she had wanted to talk to Juan about, then said she wanted to be alone for awhile. Juan left.

On the phone, Paula told Ana she'd had a big talk with Juan, as promised. Does Paula ever tell the truth???

Juan finally showed up to help Enrique at work. Yadira posed in the background, reading a magazine.

Next day: Monica told Cesar Luis she was going to work with him, that she intends to work at Farell from now on. She will be the international commercial vice president, and Paula will be the national VP. Cesar Luis dutifully agreed. What a spineless couple he and Paula make.

Juan showed up at Paula's house early with a bag of baked goods. He made breakfast for her while she got dressed. Not pleased, Paula said (basically), "I appreciate everything you've done for me, but I lived alone in the U.S. for years and I'm used to doing things independently. I know you have the best intentions in the world, but don't do so much for me. I feel rushed." Juan said he understood and would wait for her in the car.

Fernando told Enrique that Monica is going to work for Farell and will complicate things for Juan. He asked Enrique how things are going between Juan and Paula. Enrique said, "Super well." Fernando said something about crude reality, then something else I didn't catch, but he must have revealed that he saw Paula and Cesar Luis kissing, because Enrique looked shocked.