Salvador lends Domingo some cash and goes back to work. He then approaches his friend, a Jewish businessman named Harry, about helping him find a ring. Harry agrees and finds him a beautiful diamond for about one-fourth of its retail price. Salvador goes to show it off to his mom and Luisa, but when he proposes that Domingo deliver the ring (as is family tradition), Doña Margarita starts crying and says Domingo is not good enough for the task, that he helped Nellie abandon her three children in order to come with him to California. She then squeezes her grandchildren by the balls and tells them to pay attention to Domingo’s mistakes, that they need to be more responsible with their “tanates” than he has been (405).

Back at home, Lupe finds a tearstained Mark sitting on her doorstep. They go for a walk, and he tries to kiss her, saying that “you people don’t understand anything unless the man’s aggressive” (406). This infuriates Lupe, so when he asks if there is someone else, she says yes. He walks away but comes running back, kisses her, and announces he’ll return.

Back at the distillery, Salvador catches Domingo drinking outside of their house, an act that could easily get them arrested.