Teasing his beautiful wife?

"Ah, young lady, this young man is your husband?" Maria spoke pointing at Santiago. 

"Hello, Mr. Mayes and Mrs. Mayes, I'm Vito Giovanni and this is my wife Juliet Giovani," Santiago introduced themselves with fake names. "Apparently, we were on our way when the lockdown was suddenly announced. Since we were new to this place, we got scammed by someone claiming that that would guide us to a hotel or an inn." He feigned helplessness and a bit of sadness and continued, "He stole all of our stuff leaving us with nothing but a credit card." 

Even Persephone made a crying face when she heard her 'fake' husband's fake sappy story. 

[Give us an Oscar!] 

However, it was working on the older couple. 

"Oh, child, you have suffered enough, " Maria said, hugging Persephone. She could sympathize with the lovely couple.