Part 1, Chapter 4 Summary

Mary waits in the hospital corridor for the doctors to come talk to her. Celesta, Marina, Rose and Fran are at the Jackson's across the street from their home, playing in the backyard while they wait for their mother to come back. Mr. Jackson comes home, and Celesta overhears him talking with his wife. Mrs. Jackson is not very kind when she talks about Mary. She says that Mary was too busy flirting with a man in the alley to take care of her baby. Celesta decides she does not want to stay there anymore. Celesta takes the girls and heads for Salvatore and Carlotta's house.

The doctors come to talk to Mary. Dolores' burns are bad. She is burned on her face and her left arm. The doctors have wrapped her up in gauze. The doctor talks about skin grafts...