Summary

In Chapter 41, Lupe forgave Mia after she read the letter, but Mia’s good mood was destroyed when she found her mother, bleeding from a head wound and lying on the side of the road in front of the motel. Ying said people had tried to break into the front office. Ying confronted them, but they kicked her in the stomach and the head. Hank chased off the people who were trying to break in, but he had not yet come back. Mia’s father was in the laundry and had not heard what happened.

Mia insisted her father take Ying to the hospital. Mia brought out her tip money when Ying worried because they did not have insurance. The doctor determined there were no serious injuries, but the bill was $5,800. Yang explained in broken English that they did not have insurance. Even...