Where the Library Hides

Content Warning: This section includes discussion of substance use, addiction, sexual content, physical abuse, and gender discrimination.

Whit proposes that Inez marry him to avoid being forced to return to Argentina. She’s initially skeptical, as he has been drinking, but he convinces her that the offer is sincere, and she considers it. If her Uncle Ricardo successfully forced her back to Buenos Aires, she would have to enter an arranged marriage and abandon her adventurous dreams. Whit’s offer could be her escape, granting her independence, access to her inheritance, and the freedom to hunt for answers about her mother, Lourdes, about Lourdes’s betrayal, and about her father’s disappearance. However, Inez realizes that she’s in love with Whit, which terrifies her. He leaves her hotel room to give her time to think about it.

Inez considers Whit’s proposal. When Ricardo gives her the tickets for her return to Buenos Aires within the week, Inez decides to accept Whit’s proposal, since it’s her last chance to stay and seek justice for her father. While Ricardo is distracted, she meets with Whit and tells him of her decision.

Whit then scrambles to arrange the wedding in secret. He goes to find his estranged military friend, Leo, at the exclusive Khedivial Sporting Club.