Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Imelda anoratidza rutivi rwakaomarara rwemunhu mushure mekukanganisa ("Nyeredzi uye Muranda") uye anoratidza kutsamwa kwake kuna Ferdinand anorwara uyo ari kukumbira ruregerero kwaari ("Murombo Ini") - Imelda anoti ndiye achatungamira nyika, ikozvino Ferdinand arwara. Sezviri pachena, vanhu havadi zvaiitika kuPhilippines ("Ndapota Usadaro") pasi pehutungamiri hwaImelda; asi ari kuita kudzora dambudziko nekuratidzira vatungamiriri venyika dzakawanda. Zvinosuruvarisa, Estrella anoita hurukuro-yese ("Solano Avenue") iyo inoguma mukukakavadzana pakati pake neshamwari yekare Imelda, kwaanopa Estrella mari. Apo Estrella anoramba, Imelda anoita kuti aiswe mutorongo. Nokuda kwenhamba inokura yemhirizhonga ("Mhirizhonga uye Mabhomba") muManila, Ferdinand anozivisa Mutemo weMartial ("Order 1081") uye boka rinoimba nezvezviitiko zvavo nekutambura: pakati pavo ndiNinoy, uyo anokura zvakanyanya zvokuti anosungwa. Imelda anoshanyira Ninoy muchitokisi chake uye anomuudza kuti anofanira kuenda kuUnited States uye asadzoka ("Makore Manomwe"). Ninoy anoenda kuUnited States asi anodzoka ("Gate 37") chete kuti aurayiwe panhandare yendege
. Amai vaNinoy, Aurora ("Bvunza Maruva Chete") vanotaura nezvorufu rwomwanakomana wavo uye vanokurudzira vanhu kuti vapandukire. Achitarisa mukurumbira wake uye kutsigirwa kunoparara pamberi pake, Imelda anochema kurasikirwa kwake sezvo mufananidzo waEstrella uchimutsoropodza nehasha ("Nei Usindide?"). Mamiriro ezvinhu muPhilippines zvino ava kunze kwechiremera chavo, Imelda naFerdinand vanobviswa mumuzinda neherikoputa, vachiunza hurumende yavo kumugumo.