Summary and Analysis For Chapters 9-11 Summary

In Chapter 9, they waited for Papi to come back to them. Mami sleeps with Anita, and she knows that her mother is terrified. She asks her mother who Pupo is, and the mother tells her that he is the head of the Army who was supposed to announce the liberation, but it looks like he failed them. The next morning, Chucha wakes Anita up just as men storm into the room throwing things around as they search. They find El Jefe's body in the trunk of the Chevrolet and arrest Papi and Tio Tony. The soldiers tell Mami that they are going to take her husband where they took El Jefe.

Mami tries to call friends for help, but almost everyone is missing. Mr. Mancini comes over to help them and tells them...