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An original story by
Yolanda Vargas Dulche
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♫ She is shameless
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Because she is the most beautiful woman
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She has almost nothing
but she likes the expensive life
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and I do like her
and I know how much she loves me
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I know she dreams about me
but she wakes up in another bed
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and money stole her heart
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and lies won her soul
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and her pain hurts me
much more than her betrayal
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and I was born to love her
even though she leaves
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Woman of nobody, woman of everybody,
woman that kills,
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woman that hurts, woman
that gives herself, and captivates you
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Such an expensive woman, ungrateful woman
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I know that you won't forget me
although you leave
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I do know that you won't forget me
although you leave
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I do know that you won't forget me
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although you leave ♫
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(Narrator) This is Rubí
So beautiful, in a mischievous way
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What woman does not desire
to be beautiful?
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What man remains indifferent
to the charms of a beautiful woman?
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But careful,
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To you, women,
let this serve as an example to you
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to prevent physical beauty
from fading the beauty of your soul.
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And you, men, first know
the soul of the woman that you love.
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Rubí…
This is for you
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Paco, we have already talked about this
many times
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No, no…
I am not asking you for anything.
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Only that…you accept this rose.
Yes?
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It’s fine, Paco.
But only because we are friends.
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Yes, yes, of course. Friends.
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-Bye.
-Bye.
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No way, dude.
She blew you off again.
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I don’t know why you insist
with this vain girl. She is arrogant.
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The arrogant one is you.
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And you say things like that because…
it gives you that courage everybody loves.
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(Maribel) What a pretty flower.
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(Rubí) Yes, but I am not interested
in anything with Paco.
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(Maribel) He is cute and handsome.
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(Rubí) Good, if you like him,
I will give him to you.
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(Maribel) Rubí, I only have eyes for Hec.
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(Rubí) How could I forget?
Héctor, Héctor, and Héctor.
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(Mariblel) It’s just that I am so excited.
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I cannot believe
that he is going to come to Mexico soon.
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I have to show you
all the new clothes that I bought.
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(Rubí) Of course, but if we go to your house
it is to study for the exam.
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(Maribel) Yes!
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Thanks Cayetano.
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You’re welcome miss.
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(Maribel) Oh I really love your house.
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And we can swim for a bit? We can
study while we sunbathe, right?
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No, you already know that
I don’t like to wear a bathing suit.
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Hey, my dad told me
that today you could come over to eat.
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Oh am I finally going
to get to meet him?
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The chauffeur gave me this flower
that you left in the car.
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Put it in the vase, Pancha,
so it does not wither.
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See to it, nana, please.
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Yes, my child.
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Look at you, I didn’t know
that your friend has a suitor.
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For me, Paco, is not a suitor!
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What’s with this meddling from Pancha
Eh?
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Don’t worry about it.
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You already know that she always keeps
an eye on me and all those around me.
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Try to understand her. She has cared
for me since I was a little girl.
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It’s fine. If Pancha is
so important to you,
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She’s going to be important to me, too,
Even though she can’t stand me.
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(Arturo): How is that only two million
dollars? No, that was not the deal.
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Send an email to Frankfurt
to contact us as soon as possible.
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Daddy!
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Daddy, it’s good that you could
come to eat.
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Daughter, how was school?
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Good. Look, this is Rubí, my friend
that I have told you so much about.
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-Good afternoon.
-Very good afternoon
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Isn’t it true that I didn’t exaggerate
when I told you that she is very pretty?
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More than I could have imagined.
But she doesn’t surpass you, my princess.
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And Maribel is a princess
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She lives in a palace
and with a true king.
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(Lady Lola): Why do they always
have these made up things?
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My dear Cristina!
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What’s a matter, daughter?
Why are you crying?
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Hey, Lady Lola, it’s that there were
staff cuts and…they let me go.
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That’s outrageous, my love.
That’s outrageous.
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Please, don’t tell anyone.
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I don’t want my mom to know,
because it is going to worry her a lot.
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Yes, but look how you are, child.
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Do you think that she is not going
to realize that something has happened?
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Walk, look, let’s go to my house,
calm yourself, drink some tea
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and tell me everything.
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Now give it a tug, let’s go, come on.
Lady Chola, there I entrust you, eh?
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(Maribel) Rubí has become
my best friend in university, daddy.
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More like the only, because the others
pity me or don’t know how to treat me
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because of my leg.
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Don’t think about that.
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Look how fortunate you are,
all that you have,
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starting with a dad like this.
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You have all that you could ever
want to be happy.
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That’s right, princess. And, tell me, Rubí,
what does your dad dedicate himself to?
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My dad died, sir. My sister Cristina
supports my mom and me,
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and I am in the same university as Maribel
because I have a half scholarship.
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But it does not embarrass me that people
know this is the situation that I live in.
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For the time being.
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Hopefully I find something soon because
I also have to pay for Rubí’s school.
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Perhaps it is for the best if she stops
her studies and looks for work, too.
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Even if it is necessary, no way. I don’t
want that, because being a professional,
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it is going to be easier
for my sister to have an open path.
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No, because in these times, having
a career is not a guarantee of anything.
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There are lots of unemployed
professionals, my dear Cristina.
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No, that is not going to happen to Rubí.
She has always had lots of luck.
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Your dad really really liked me, eh?
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I love it.
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Although, as you saw, he is always
busy with his work.
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It must be a great responsibility
to major a brokerage house.
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And, really, since he has been widowed,
has he not had another partner?
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Well, he has friends
and sometimes he goes out with them,
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but I think he doesn’t want
to marry again because of me
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Would it bother you if he did?
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Not at all, it would make me very happy.
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It is more, I am sure that when I
get married, he is going to redo his life.
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Woah, woah, woah… what are you talking
about when you get married?
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Is it getting serious
with your gentleman from the Internet?
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Well, I don’t want to be forward, for now,
what I can say
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is that I am extremely in love.
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I am dying of desire
to have my Héctor near me
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Oh yes! My Héctor…
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Enough, Rubí!
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(New York)
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As you may realize,
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our proposals have always complied
with the rules laid down.
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In addition, its design was according
to Zone Zero.
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Something very ecological, and recapturing
the idea of a city with life
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Very good, Héctor.
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Well I think that there is no longer
any doubt.
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Will you excuse us?
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Of course.
Excuse me.
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(Mexico City)
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And your dad is okay with his princess
going with someone that he doesn’t know?
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Well we have not talked much about it,
but he has good references of Hector.
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He knows his godfather
because he has done business with him.
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His godfather is one thing,
But what about his parents?
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They passed away in an accident
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No way!
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His godparents are practically
his only family.
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His godfather handles his inheritance
and that appears to be good
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because they left him two cattle
ranches and now he has four.
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Well what luck you have, eh?
A rich and overly handsome boyfriend.
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Just like the man I want
to marry me.
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Héctor, congratulations.
They were very happy with your work.
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That makes me happy, Howard.
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So, get ready.
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I am sure that they are going to want
you to take charge of the next project
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We have already talked about this, Howard.
I have spent four years outside of Mexico
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and before I had no problems
staying, but now…
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But this project is very important.
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It can open doors for you
in the architecture world.
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Think about it, think about it.
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I’m sorry, Howard, but Maribel is more
important than all that and more.
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Ah, love…
♫ Love, love, love… ♫
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This girl from the Internet
has stolen your heart, eh?
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You don’t even know
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Cheers!
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A knight in shining armor
for the little princess of the castle.
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Ah, Rubí, forget the things,
the money doesn’t interest me.
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You say that because you have it
and Héctor, too.
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It isn’t the money that matters to me,
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but his way of being, of thinking,
his feelings.
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He is so cute!
Ao you are going to start off cheesy?
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No, Rubí, I am being serious.
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Wow! You bought yourself clothes.
This is precious.
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If you stay, I will give it to you.
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Oh no. What do you think? It’s yours.
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And you bought it for when
Héctor comes, right?
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I have others.
Try it, Rubí. Come on.
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Well, only because you insist. Yes!
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Rubí?
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No, mom, it’s me.
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It’s a miracle that you left
the office so early.
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It’s just that there wasn’t much work.
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And where is Rubí off to?
She has not returned from university?
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She should not be late. She must be
having fun with her friends.
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You know how she is.
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Yeah, mom.
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You have a much better eye than me.
Have them, Rubí, these match you.
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Take them! And the dress, too, yeah?
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Oh, good, thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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Thank you.
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Oh, I don’t feel like I have to study.
I would prefer to write to Héctor.
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I still don’t understand that you are
so in love with a dude
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that you have never seen in person.
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Well, we send pictures
and we talk on the phone often.
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Although, to me,
it is more enjoyable to write him.
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There are things that take less work for me
to say through the Internet than by phone.
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Your relationship is so strange to me…
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For me to fall in love, first I would have
to know what I feel
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when I have him near me,
when he touches me, when he kisses me.
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Oh, Rubí, then you say that
I am a romantic
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Well I am not feeling romantic,
rather realistic.
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The physical contact is very important
in a loving relationship
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Because if not, it is only like
having a good friend.
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Oh, well you don’t know.
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I believe that I am going to faint
the first time that Héctor kisses me.
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I am going to order the chauffeur that will take you to your house.
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(Rubi) Thank you
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You're forgetting your rose again.
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You're always so attentive to everything,
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aren't you?
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Mark my words
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about everything concerning Maribel?
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very well I have watched her
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Because I love her like a daughter
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Because I love her like a daughter
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(Rubi) Well mark MY words because
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She told me she loves me like a sister
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How lovely, right?
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(Maribel) Ready!
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Cayetano is waiting for us.