Ray Vera (Remake-verse)

**Santiago Raymond "Ray" Vera** is the ex-husband of Marisol Vera. He is also the biological father of Melanie Vera, and the legal father of Margarita Vera.

## History

### Early Life

Ray and Marisol were both professors at the Hilltowne University when they met. Seeing how kin they were in personality, they fell in love and eventually married and had a daughter named Mel. Dedicated to his work in archeology, Ray was often traveling around the world digging up lost artifacts and exhuming old civilizations while Marisol stayed home with Mel. This made her lonely and ultimately fell back into the arms of her ex-lover, Dexter.

Ray found out about the affair and the child they had. Wanting to fix their marriage, Ray became Maggie's legal father. However, the betrayal and resentment stayed with him, and he started down a depressed period. Ultimately his marriage to Marisol ended and he left the day after Maggie's fifth birthday. Since then he resided in Minneapolis and barely kept in touch with his daughters, and often cancelled any plans to see them despite having promised them. One such occasion being Maggie's seventh birthday when he was to take her to a ballet dance, and didn't show up. Maggie was crushed, and Marisol and Mel consoled her by making up an excuse about Ray having to leave for work and giving her a music box as an apology.

When Marisol passed away in mid-2018, Ray went to the funeral and, needing money for himself, stole a talisman that he later sold to the black market.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Ray and Mel Vera:** His only true born daughter; however, their relationship hadn't been in a good place since he walked out on her and her family. She remembered the turmoil of her parents' relationship. After walking back into their lives, Ray and Mel found common ground and reconciled before he left again. They remained in contact and started playing online games to mend their relationship.
* **Ray and Maggie Vera:** The day after Maggie's 5th birthday, he walked out on Marisol and the kids. He barely kept in touch with Maggie and always found excuses not to visit. He knew Maggie wasn't his biological daughter, but he came to love her. He would watch the stars with her when she was little. Since he walked out, Maggie had longed for his return and was always disappointed whenever he was absent during holidays and canceled dinners. Many years later, Ray came back into their lives, he started mending his relationships with his daughters. Seven months after Macy died, Ray gave her a much-needed counseling session to figure out why she has become angry and destructive.

### Romantic Life

* **Ray and Marisol Vera:** It was known he got together with Marisol Vera after she was forced to leave her ex and daughter. Together, they conceived Mel. It was implied seven years later Ray was duped that he also fathered Maggie. However, he left the day after she turned five, making his relationship with Marisol before her death unreconciled. Ray later explained to Mel that he left Marisol because he knew her heart belonged to another man, and that he knew that Maggie was not his biological daughter.

## Trivia

* He was the second father mentioned in the series.
* Mel doesn't like him because he always finds excuses to not see Maggie.
	+ However their relationship is on the mends ever since Season 2 as Ray vowed to make up for being an absentee father to his daughters more specifically Maggie.
* When Macy altered reality to make it so that Mel was the one who could not meet Marisol, Ray moved away with Mel for her protection.
* He used to sing to Maggie as a child and called her Little Bug.
* He also taught Mel to play poker and called her Dorito.
* He promised to take Maggie to a ballet for her seventh birthday, but never showed up. Marisol made up an excuse that he was called away on business, while Mel brought Maggie a ballerina box with a fake apology note from Ray.
* Ray's full name was revealed to be Santiago Raymond Vera in "*Things to Do in Seattle When You're Dead*". Ray is a short form (hypocorism) of Raymond.
* Ray Vera is revealed to be alive in episode "*Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*" and season 2. He faked his death to avoid trouble.
	+ In addition, he learns that Maggie, Mel, and Marisol were witches.
	+ Also he meets Marisol's another daughter, Macy who was Marisol's firstborn daughter with her ex-lover, Dexter.