Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of bullying physical abuse, and mental illness.

When Piddy emerges at four in the morning, her mother is sitting at the piano. Clara wants to talk, not about school but about Piddy’s father. Piddy bristles but listens. Clara explains how Agustín was married when they met, but Clara did not know this. They bonded over music, he bought her the piano, and eventually, they were engaged and living together. When Agustín returned to the Dominican Republic for a visit, Clara was pregnant and working at the salon. One day a woman came in, insulted her, and revealed that Agustín had a family back home. After that, Clara destroyed everything related to him except the piano and one photograph that is still taped inside the instrument. She shows this photo to Piddy. Despite wanting to know her father, Piddy feels empty and wonders if he ever wanted her. Clara declares her love for Piddy and then asks her who she plans to be.

On Sunday, Lila tells them that Mrs. Halper has been badly injured by her husband. When Piddy arrives, she sees caution tape, a police car, an ambulance, and a crowd of onlookers.