Now somehow I missed that the Grandmother died. I realized she was dead when Celaya went to Mexico and she kept seeing the grandmother pop up in her mind. I thumbed back through and although I knew she had a stroke I missed an entire chapter. The Grandmother died on a night in January and Zolia made them open all the windows in the house even though it was in the 40's. She wanted to air the house out and get the smell of the Grandmother out. Lala doesnt think she left. She says things fall when she is in the shower, doors slam, and all kinds of weird things happen.
When I last left off Celaya called her dad to come pick her up from the hotel in Mexico. Lala's dad has a friend come to pick her up and he travels to Mexico to get her. When he gets there she expects him to scream at her, but instead he breaks down and cries. Celaya expects to fight her father, but she cries too and ends up consoling him. She thought it would be the other way around. She doesnt want to tell her father that Ernesto did "steal" her, but she wanted to be stolen. That she lost her virginity at the young age of 15 and then was left by the boy she thought loved her. She did not tell her father that after Ernesto left she walked over to the old house on Destiny Street and it was worn down. It was painted the color of "caca" and it made her very sad.
Shortly after they return from Mexico Lala's father gets into a fight with Mars, the owner of shop he works in. They get into very nasty name calling and he quits. Inocencio calls up to Chicago and decides to go back into business with his brothers. They leave San Antonio and buy a 3 story house in Chicago. The business is going awesome and they even rent out their basement for extra money. Then one night Inocencio suffers a stroke and spends the next month in the hospital. He is expected to die. Lala's mother tells her about the father her father had out of wedlock before she met him. Then she reminds Lala of the time in Acapulco and tells her that is when she found out. It is a lot to take in. Lala goes into the room and pleads with her Grandmother to leave him. She is not ready to live without her father and they barter back and forth. Lala promises to tell her grandmothers story and that is how we find out about Soledads past. They agree and Lala is left her father to take care of. The story ends with Lala's parents having their 30 anniversary. Everyone dresses up and dances. The last part of the book is Lala promising her father that she will try her best to go down the right path. She is now just like her grandmother, obsessed with her father. She tends to his every want and need is completely ok with it.
I liked PRABE, but it was hard for me to find time to read for 90 minutes a week. I was happy to get the chance to read, because it is one my most favorite things to do. It is hard being in school full time, full time job, 2 year old daughter, grouchy husband :), cant keep up with house work, and recently pregnant, its time consuming. I make it work and I am happy to do it. Just a little stressed when it boils down to finishing everything up! Although, I have to admit that it was nice to have a reason to spend more than 15 minutes in the tub :) That was the time I was able to concentrate and submerge myself into the reading.
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