![]() They argue then Yunior returns to the bar, where the Vice-President and his bodyguard invite him for a ride to see "the birthplace of our nation." They drive on dark roads and then get out of the car and stumble uphill through the underbrush. At the time of his fling with Cassandra, Yunior's relationship with Magda "wasn't the sun, the moon, and the stars, but it wasn't bullshit, either." That night in Santo Domingo, Magda gets dressed up and tells Yunior she wants to be alone. He tells Magda during an argument at breakfast, "I feel like you rejected my whole country." Magda says she and Yunior should do separate things and Yunior goes to a local bar where he meets "these two rich older dudes." One, who introduces himself as the Vice-President, advises Yunior to find another woman. Yunior is unhappy at the huge, artificial, sequestered resort. So they head earlier than planned to a hotel in La Romana. ![]() Yunior loves Santo Domingo, where he was born, but Magda is bored and uncharacteristically quiet. With apprehension, and against of the advice of her family and friends, Magda gets back together with Yunior, who says the affair with Cassandra was "a stupid mistake." They take a trip to Santo Domingo, which they had planned earlier in the year. Although his relationship with Magdalena had been going well, the narrator cheats on her and the other woman tells Magda in a letter. ![]() Short story about a Dominican man who cheats on his girlfriend and then goes on vacation with her to a resort in Santo Domingo. ![]()
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