Towards the middle of the book, a scene stood out to me where Negi (Esmeralda) went to stay with Abuela ( Papi's mother) for a week. Papi took her there Sunday and was suppose to pick her up the next Sunday. When they arrived everything was fine, before Papi left they had dinner and talked. But as Papi was leaving he said that he had to see some people on the way back to Macúm, as he said goodbye Negi noticed a couple things. "His eyes had a peculiar expression, as if he were begging. He kissed and hugged me, and in his arms there was a plea. I was confused by the rage that thudded in my stomach like a fist. I was certain that he was not going home to Mami and my sisters and brothers and that somehow I had been used". Negi just had the worst realization, she realized that her father was not going to return to her family and instead he was going to someone else. She had heard people say that her father was a cheater but she did not believe it until now. Up until that point, she loved her father, she looked up to him and in that moment that changed. He now was not her father, he was the person who cheated on her mother.
This scene made my mad and sad at the same time. I was mad at Papi because he was cheating on Mami and that he was ruining Negi's family. But I also felt sorry of Negi because she always hoped that Papi was not a cheater, she always hopes that he loved his family, but right then to her it seemed that she was wrong and that Papi did not love her. I was also mad because when Papi was supposed to pick up Negi on Sunday, he didn't, instead Mami had to pick her up a week later. Negi was actually happy that she was going to see Papi even after what he did, but he never showed up, she waited all night but he never came. Which made me sad because it broke her heart that he did not come, she was ready to forgive him but he never came.
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