Summary

The training sessions for Liborio’s second fight are more intense, with Coach Truddy joining Mr. Bald in helping Liborio prepare for the match. One day the men make a set of weights out of concrete for Liborio to help him build more muscle. Every day after lifting, Liborio writes a letter to slip beneath Aireen’s door. On the day of his second fight, while he is preparing in the dressing room, Mr. Bald comes in and says there is someone outside who wants to talk to him. Liborio thinks for a moment it might be Aireen, but Mr. Bald informs him it is a man. They open the door and Jefe is standing there. He tells Liborio that there is a black mourning ribbon on the door across the street, and he saw Aireen walking outside dressed all in black earlier that...