Chapter 18 Summary

Lupe and her family once again leave to follow the crops, stopping to trade for eggs and milk at the house of Juan's mother. At the same time, Juan has sold two barrels of whiskey, and then sells the truck and the last barrel to a man at a service station and has him drive him to Mexicali. As they are ready to leave, Juan looks across the road and sees a group of Mexicans camped by the gas station. As he looks more closely, he thinks he sees Lupe among them, and she briefly glances at him also. The gas station owner finally gets them to Mexicali where they say goodbye, Juan making sure to tell the man the he is going to Jalisco, never to return. The next morning when Lupe's group goes to the little gas station to gas up...