Paloma is quiet on the car ride back, thinking over what she has learned about Gael and Lizzie’s father. This explains why Gael bought the medallion for protection and why he insisted that they could not contact his father in New York.

At home, her mother is on the phone. She hangs up, telling Paloma that university personnel have just informed her that Gael and Lizzie’s father is not an artist but is in prison for theft. Further, neither Gael nor Lizzie is enrolled in the language institute. Paloma’s mother is angry that the twins have duped them. Paloma is certain that there must be some reason that Gael involved her in the search for the ring.

Two days pass and Paloma receives no note from Gael. Then, during her school break, he and Lizzie appear. Paloma confronts them about their father’s imprisonment. Gael explains that their father was framed: After noticing that several items were missing while cataloging them at his job at Casa Azul, he tried to alert authorities. His alerts went unaddressed; then, someone placed the jeweled necklace inside of his bag. Gael insists that, because personnel were ignoring the alarm that his father was trying to sound, it is Mr.