The Fountains of Silence: A Novel

When Daniel returns to the hotel, he realizes that Ana has captioned each of his photographs, each of which “provides a new lens into the image, peeling back invisible layers to reveal a human story” (285). Daniel is delighted to see the caption underneath the picture that Ana took of him at the candy shop, which says simply “Hola, Daniel” but simultaneously “says everything” (285).

Rafa’s supervisor tells him that the sponsor had been in to ask about Rafa and Fuga, and wants Fuga to participate in another caping. Fuga’s behavior with Ana also disturbs Rafa, especially because he believes that bullfighters should not have romantic entanglements. In fact, Rafa broke up with his girlfriend during the dance for that very reason: “Success requires complete focus” (286). He is also puzzled by Julia’s declaration that she would rather have Ana “with an amateur bullfighter like Fuga than the rich Texano,” Daniel (287).

Puri tries to talk to her mother. She tells her mother that Sister Hortensia said children are better off with no parents than they are with the wrong parents. Puri asks her mother whether those children should ever know about the “wrong parents” from whom they were taken, but when her mother doesn’t respond, “that’s when Puri realizes.