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The new apartments that Chino and Blanca moved into were burned down by Nazario although he says it was Fischman a rival for power  of bodega who is never introduced.

Summary Book 2 Rounds 1-4

Chino talks to Blanca about Alberto Salazar's death and Blanca starts to wonder if Sapo had anything to do or was he the murderer of Alberto Salazar. Chino meets Nazario, the right hand man of Bodega ,and they talk about how Bodega wants to improve Spanish Harlem and how Chino should join them. Then Chino meets Bodega to go meet Vera at the school were he acts as Bodega's wing man.

Sapo

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Vera, Blanca's sister, stabbed her boyfriend Victor because she found out he went out to the movies with another girl. Victor denied it but he actually did have another girlfriend. She worked at the local hospital and Victor did not want to go there because she was on her working shift.

Travel Tracer: Book 3

Book three begins with the day of Bodega's funeral. Chino first finds Sapo by tracing a flying a kite, which what he did when something really bad happens. Sapo was founded on the roof, where they had reflected and reminisced. After, Chino goes home and decides to confess what he knew about Bodega and Salazars' death to the cops. Then transitions to Bodega's funeral service held at church where everyone paid their respects. Then at the cemetery, crowds gathered, but when the crowd left, the cops came. They arrested Vera, Nazario, and Nene.

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This is an image of R.I.P murals in the Spanish Harlem. Chino was a great painter and once painted dozens of R.I.P.s for money. Even at school all the teachers would like them. After Bodega's death, Sapo suggested Chino to do one last R.I.P for Bodega.

Summary Rounds 6-9

Chino reconsiders Bodega's offer and accepts it for something in return. Bodega wants to reunite with his love, Vera, Blanca's aunt, and Chino went through an illegal situation between Negra, Blanca's sister, and her husband, Victor, to try to find information about Vera to exchange with Bodega for a two-bedroom apartment for his building family. When Chino and Bodega meet to share information, Chino also meets Nazario, but during an arguement about a guy named Albero Salazar. When Blanca found the document for the new home, she is happy but angry at Chino not sharing this information. Blanca also asks Chino to find a way to legally get a green card for her friend, so he goes asks Sapo who only knows junkies who will marry her. Once Chino and Blanca moved into their new apartment,Chino found out that Alberto Salazar was murdered and he knew who the murderer was because of  a bite mark on his shoulder, Sapo.