Chapter 3
Kevin
Kevin can't believe this was happening. One moment his daughter is the talk of the town. The first one who made it out of the barrio. Next thing he knows she says 'Sorry I dropped out' How can this happen? When he was little he was the one who would get out of Puerto Rica finally. He was going to change the world. Then he met Camilla and it became their dream. Nina came along and they knew that she was going to change the world. She was always the best in the barrio. The only one who got strait A's in every class. Everyday she would go to Abuela Claudia and learn about Spanish and her past. She was not only his dream but the whole neighborhoods dream. To Abuela Claudia she was the one who had the education that she had always wanted. To Camilla, she was the one who had the chance to be in this country. To the other students. she was the one who was always had the right answers and would always be right. To him... well she was the one who had supporting parents who would push her all the way.
Was that the problem? Had he held her back from pursuing her dreams? Was he to hard on her? One thing was for sure. He could not just let his daughter run away from the dream of the community. This was for all of them. Sure it was a lot to handle, but Nina was the one who made it out. The one who always made the grade. Next time she came home it would be with good news. They would support their daughter even if it was hard. She would have the opportunity that they all wanted her to have. Nina would make it. She couldn't not make it. She was the neighborhood's dream and they would help her be their estrella. She would make it. This dream could not be pushed off for another generation. Nina must win. She would. He raced off after her to tell her that they would help her. He couldn't find her anywhere. She must be with that Benny guy. He was not the type of guy who his daughter should have been with but chances were that she would find someone else off at college anyways so there was no reason to sweat on that matter.
Nina would succeed and that was that.
