Chapter 81-84 Summary

When Celaya meets a boy named Ernie, she decides that he will be her ticket out of the house. He is polite, funny, and kind. The two run away to Mexico where they agree to get married, until he goes to talk to a priest who convinces Ernie that he should not marry Celaya. She is not a pure girl, one he can take home to his mother.

After Celaya's trip, Inocencio decides that it is better he move the family back to Chicago. He is depressed when he gets there because nobody cares about quality anymore. His brothers have turned the business into a plastic chair place, and fine items are no longer in high demand. He is so depressed that one day he suffers a heart attack. Outside of his hospital room, Zoila tells Celaya the truth about the...