Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Imelda anoratidza rutivi rwakaipa rwomunhu oga pashure pekukanganisa ("Nyeredzi uye Muranda") uye akabudisa hasha dzake pamusoro peFerdinand anorwara uyo ari kukumbira ruregerero kubva kwaari ("Murombo") - Imelda anoti iye achava iye anotungamirira nyika, zvino kuti Ferdinand ari kurwara. 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") kungova
akapondwa 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.