12. Getting Out the Blood

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Carmen is tempted by a reporter to out Alejandro and is willing to pay if she goes through with it, but believes that Alejandro should do it himself. However, the matters are made worse when Sam returns to resume his relationship with Carmen and is caught in the middle after he hugs Alejandro while they are in boxers, which is caught on camera and leaked to the internet, prompting Alejandro to come up with a solution while leaving Sam embarrassed; Rosie is stunned by Spence's return and his decision to ask Rosie to marry him, but Rosie is even more stunned by Peri's announcement that she plans to bring Rosie's son Miguel to America, putting Rosie in an awkward position between the troubled couple and where her loyalty lies. Remi, who has forgiven Philippe after admitting that he was trying to protect him from being accused as the father of Flora's unborn child, is accepted to medical school and will spend a year in Africa, but he wants Valentina to come with him and Zoila is making sure that does not happen. Meanwhile, Genevieve asks Evelyn to hold a wedding reception at the Powells', whose own marriage could be headed for a costly divorce after Evelyn tells Adrian that she wants to end theirs because of Adrian's admission that he does love her but will not be intimate with her; Marisol learns more of Philippe's involvement with Flora after Zoila tells her about Remi hitting his father, leading Philippe to learn from Michael about Marisol and when her identity is discovered Philippe tells Michael that he will take care of the situation, making Michael nervous and decides to warn Marisol anyway, but Taylor, who now knows the truth, wants her to stay. Unfortunately, Philippe hired a hitman to kill Marisol, but instead shoots the pregnant Taylor by mistake.