Chapter 12 Summary

Don Victor leaves for the lowlands with Carlota, who will cook for her father and take care of him while he is gone. Socorro and her twin boys are going with them, as Socorro feels that she needs to create a life of her own, much to the dismay of Victoriano who has begun to love both her and her boys. Don Tiburcio goes also to bring back supplies.

Lupe finds that her father and mother also feel the deer needs to be returned to the forest. She finally lets him go with a herd of deer near where she buried the Colonel's coat, feeling that two loved ones have left her.

Maria convinces Esabel to "steal" her. Lupe finds out, and threatens to tell their mother, but is finally convinced to keep quiet. When Esabel comes to their house late at night...