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at trip now? ning at nine, and that leaves lunch, and a few phone calls

or one.
laily routine.

us twist.

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CHAPTER 3

## Mary: February 2005

ownstairs, the doorbell is ringing. Mary's father shouts,
D gruffly:
"Ella está aquí. Su amiga con el camión."

"She's here. Your friend with the truck."

Mary runs down the stairs. It's game day, and Dad's already got the TV on. Her stepmom's out running errands. Mary's twin sister has gone out, too, Rollerblading with a few of her friends.

"Going shopping," she yells, and she pops a piece of Dubble Bubble into her mouth.

## "¿Dice quién?"

## "Says who?"

Mary's already halfway out the door. Her father calls out again, but on Sundays there's no getting him out of his chair. Besides, Mary knows he'll be happy when he sees the money she's made. Real money, like Joe's cousin Wendy Dobbs, is

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