Summary

In Chapter 11, Elena, Karina, and Nando moved into a house in New Jersey, where they shared a room with a Moldovan man, his wife, and their baby. One night, when everyone else was asleep, Elena saw the man masturbating while staring at her. Elena had a nightmare about an event she remembered from childhood. When the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted in Armero, a girl got stuck in a hardened pit of mud and ash. Rescuers tried to pull her free for days, but eventually she died there. Elena dreamed she was a bird, watching this unfold from overhead.

In Chapter 12, Mauro told Elena over the phone that he wanted her to stay in the U.S. She dreamed she saw Mauro standing on a roof, holding baby Talia over the edge. She ultimately decided to send Talia to Colombia to live with...