She is Mexican-American and excitable. She conceals none of her emotions. She is mystical, believing in fate and predestination. She supports her serious photography by taking souvenir snaps in casino showrooms. Alex and Isabel cute-meet.
Birth control fails.
He is prepared to do the right thing, but she pre-empts him by letting him off the hook. Alex may then drop out of sight. All of this is going to break her traditional Hispanic family's heart, so Isabel just wants her folks to know that the baby has a father and what the father looks like. This is fine with Alex until he sees a baby. He is seriously blissed and insists that Isabel ignore the substantial cultural and temperamental gap between them and get married.