eddie sinks into a depression and annoys a fellow mexican named manuel (luis accinelli) with his problems. coerced by uncle tito, eddie decides to go to mississippi to make amends with miranda. border patrol agents repeatedly catch eddie attempting to cross the u.s. border illegally with help from tito. eddie finally gets to oxford, mississippi. upon meeting miranda's family, he learns that she has married her previous boyfriend. despite promising to leave miranda alone, eddie sneaks in and awakens miranda as her husband sleeps. her husband wakes up when martin bursts in and attacks eddie with a baseball bat, until doc intervenes. eddie agrees to leave if miranda says she truly loves her new husband, which she does. eddie leaves with doc, without knowing miranda that looks longingly from her balcony as he walks away.