Summary

Chapter VI follows Brando, as he is interrogated about the Witch’s murder and supposed riches. He is beaten and tortured nearly to death by the police and a man named Rigorito, and then thrown into a prison cell. Brando did not find any money in the Witch’s house, but he did tell the police about a locked room he could not get open.

Brando does not feel any guilt over the Witch’s death, saying she deserved it “for being a dirty fag” (156). He also claims Luismi was the one who stabbed her, not him. Brando reveals that he caused a fight between Luismi and the Witch, as the Witch lent Luismi some money that Brando secretly stole.

Flashing back to Brando’s childhood, Brando grows up poor, as he is abandoned by his father and left with a mother who...