Summary

Chapter 23. Lizet wakes up Leidy to wish her a happy New Year, before leaving for the rally with Lourdes. Leidy tries to stop her, revealing that she has done the same thing and saw Lourdes making up stories about her past for the cameras. Before they leave, Lourdes gives Lizet a t-shirt, covered in slogans and a picture of Ariel Hernandez, to wear to the rally. She has made it herself.

At the rally, Lourdes meets up with her friends, but does not introduce them to Lizet. In watching her, Lizet recognizes her own actions at Rawlings, as someone trying to fit in to a new group. When Ariel and his uncle first come out of the house, Lizet is as enchanted by them as the other people there; however, she soon realizes how the situation could get out of hand, and the...