Lourdes is losing touch with the voice of her father, Jorge. He's kind of drifting off into the cosmos.
He still has things to tell Lourdes: 1) He loved Celia; 2) Celia loved Lourdes; 3) He tried to destroy Celia, leading her to mental illness and emotional distance from Lourdes. Ouch.
Jorge admits that his mother and sisters were horrible and that Celia was treated with heavy meds and electroshock therapy. He wanted to break her because of her Spanish lover.
He tells Lourdes of Felicia's death and says that it's time for her to go back to Cuba.
The final shocker: he knows about Lourdes' rape. He asks her to apologize to Celia for him.
Lourdes has a vision of a decorated church altar in April, her favorite month (contrary to her mother).
Pilar (1980)
Pilar buys an old Beny Moré album (remember the one Felicia played over and over?) and reflects on her Punk days, which seem to be somewhat in the past now.
She has calmed down tremendously and that scares her a little.
Pilar visits a botánica, a shop that sells folk medicine, herbs and religious amulets. The proprietor has knowledge of santería and immediately calls Pilar a daughter of Changó.
He also says that she has to "finish what [she] began" by the "moon after next." He gives her herbs to bathe in and a candle to light so that she finds spiritual clarity.
Pilar is not religious, but she's kind of lost her way, so she takes the items and heads home.
On the way, she is assaulted by three young boys with knives. She is molested and finally makes it home in a state of shock.
Pilar uses the herbs as directed for nine nights. She realizes that she must go to Cuba and calls her mother to tell her so.