Summary

In Chapter 6, the family moved to South Carolina, where Mauro often suffered racist insults, and then to a town in Delaware called Hookford, where Talia was born. Elena wanted to return to Colombia, but Mauro insisted they stay in the U.S. After Talia's birth, the nurse at the hospital suggested Elena get a hysterectomy. She declined. The family lived with a Pakistani couple they referred to as Madame and Mister. Mauro began drinking heavily and Elena considered leaving him but knew the family was better off together.

In Chapter 7, Madame and Mister's landlord told them the family had to move out. Shortly thereafter, a dead woman was found in the dumpster behind the motel where Mauro worked and then Mauro was arrested when the police found him sleeping in his car and he had no license or insurance. He was released when...