Summary

Chapter 27. Lizet receives an email from Dr. Kaufmann, asking to meet with her outside of class. This makes Lizet nervous, wondering what she has done wrong. When the meeting comes around, however, Dr. Kaufmann invites her to take part in a summer research program in California. There is a scholarship that means she will be paid a stipend, on top of her expenses. When Lizet sees the requirement to submit her official transcript, she is concerned about her grades and tries to use Ariel Hernandez as an excuse for her poor performance to date. Dr. Kaufmann misunderstands what she is saying, thinking she is talking about relationship problems, and dismisses the problem as something from the past. Knowing that her parents will not approve, Lizet decides to put off telling them for a day.

Chapter 28. As she is coming back from Spanish the...