Chapter 18 Summary

Arturo comes home to find Camilla locked in his room, smoking marijuana in the closet. He does not want to make her feel caught, so he goes out and comes back in, as if he does not know what she was doing.

Camilla is in poor health from being on the run. Arturo decides they should live in Laguna Beach together. He can write and take care of her, and they will get a dog. They dream of what they will do when he is rich.

Arturo buys her a puppy, Willie, who Camilla nurses with a bottle. Willie quickly becomes her focus of comfort. Traveling south along the ocean, Arturo is blissful. They find a little house on the beach and Camilla runs on the beach with Willie. After disposing of Camilla's marijuana and leaving some money for food, Arturo heads back...