Diego

Diego’s brief appearances connect Bea’s emotional life to both a family emergency and her professional work. At the hospital, his presence feels to her like personal support, even as she knows he may simply have come to help Irene; later, he appears at Bea’s workplace as her treehouse project and impending marriage enter the same conversation.

At the Hospital

When Bea’s sister is at the hospital in Santander, Diego is there with her. Bea understands that he probably accompanied Irene because she was too nervous to drive, but in the crisis she feels—or imagines—that he has come for her as well. His presence comforts her. That comfort is complicated by her awareness that the sense of being supported may be a fantasy and that things between them are still strained.

Bea later catches Diego in the corridor as he is about to take the lift and thanks him for coming and accompanying her sister. The exchange confirms the practical reason for his presence while also showing that Bea values the gesture personally. Diego’s understated role in the emergency is not to take charge, but to be there when the family needs help.

At Bea’s Workplace

Diego also appears at Bea’s workplace while she is discussing her wedding with another person. Ingrid identifies Bea as the architect of the treehouse and says that she is getting married; Diego asks who is getting married. The brief exchange places him in the overlap between Bea’s professional project and her personal plans, without clarifying what he knows or how he feels about the news.

Relationship to Bea

Across these scenes, Diego’s significance lies in the uncertainty surrounding his presence. At the hospital, Bea experiences his company as support but immediately qualifies that feeling: he may have come only because Irene needed help, and the relationship between him and Bea remains unsettled. At work, his question about the wedding brings her impending marriage into his orbit, but the scene supplies no further reaction. Together, the moments present a connection that matters to Bea while leaving its nature unresolved.