Since Lio went away, Minerva has been having headaches and bad asthma. She goes into her father's armorer and goes through the pockets of his clothes. She finds four letters addressed to her from Lio. He talks about his proposal that she leave the country with him, which of course Minerva knows nothing about. Furious, she drives the Jeep over to the Campinas house where she knows she will find her father's Ford. He comes out and asks her what she wants, but she runs away. When Papa gets home that night, he brings Minerva outside into the garden, where he slaps her. After he slapped her, he says "thats for not respecting me" and she replies "you have lost it".Minerva has also found an invitation to one of Trujillo's private parties in her father's