Summary

In Chapter 28, a poor woman with a sickly baby came to the motel asking for shelter. Misbah gave her a room, but the woman disappeared during the night after stripping the room of all its furniture. In Chapter 29, the contents of Noor’s backpack spill out. Jamie mocks her for carrying around all her belongings, then picks up an expired green card and accuses her of being an illegal immigrant. Eventually, Noor loses her temper and punches Jamie in the face, at which the school’s security officer appears out of nowhere and forces Noor to the ground. In Chapter 30, Art and Sal realize that Ashlee has been buying drugs from both of them. Sal goes looking for her, only to find paramedics lifting her into an ambulance. In Chapter 31, Principal Ernst suspends Noor for two days when she refuses to apologize to...