Summary

In Chapter 19, Antonio drops back to a memory. When he was young, he heard his parents discussing a university professor who was their colleague. This man was about 50-years-old when he left his wife to begin a relationship with a woman half his age. Antonio took away the message that “a couple might separate and divorce, but that it wasn't right for a university professor to get together with one of his students” (126). A couple of years later, his parents told Antonio his Father was moving out. They made the distinction that they were not getting a divorce but they were separating. They assured Antonio nothing would change and he was free to stay with either parent when he wanted. Antonio knew this was a lie because nothing would be the same. He also made the connection between Father moving out and the...