Celia Vega is a 21-year-old woman, born in Puerto Rico, who is brought, by the police, to the emergency room of a city hospital in handcuffs and leg chains. She is interviewed by an attending psychiatrist, called by the emergency room staff for a consultation. Ms. Vega is a tiny, appealing, childlike woman with dyed red hair who is dressed in hospital clothes. Her face and arms are covered with bruises and scratches from the events of the night before. She is smiling and seductive, rolling her eyes, crossing and recrossing her legs.