Summary

In the section “Revelation,” Beli learns she is, indeed, pregnant. She believes that she has officially purchased her way into the life she’d always dreamed of living. In the section “Upon Further Reflection,” Beli realized years later the Gangster had told her to have an abortion even though he didn’t say it directly. In the sections “Truth and Consequences 1 and 2,” it is learned that the Gangster is married to the Trujillo’s sister. The Gangster’s wife makes a move in the section “In the Shadow of the Jacaranda.” She has two officers search Beli out and bring Beli to her. She tells Beli her officers are going to take her to a doctor for an abortion. They try to drag her into a car being driven by a cop with...