Chapters 16 - 18 Summary

After D.Q.'s mother leaves the cafeteria, Poncho takes a walk down Lomas Avenue, away from the hospital. He walks for an hour until he reaches a rundown looking restaurant called MaxDonald. There's a sign on the window proclaiming that the best jalapeno burgers in town are served here, so Pancho goes inside. He orders a burger, fries, and soda, Father Concho's money weighing heavily in his wallet. There's an older man sitting next to him at the bar, pounding back beers, watching Pancho out of the corner of his eye, especially when he takes out his money. Pancho feels the guy's eyes on him the whole time he's eating, knowing what's about to happen: this guy is going to try to rob him. Pancho almost embraces the exchange he knows is coming, this is a situation where Pancho feels...