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CHAPTER TENIt’s Daddy!” Juanita screamed. “Some lady brought him home!”
Maria Sandoval looked out the window, smiling with relief that washed over her like soothing warm water. “It’s Ms. Sanchez, the principal of his school, honey.”
Dad waved to Ms. Sanchez as she backed out the driveway. He looked very tired when he came through the front door with his briefcase, but he looked happy too “What a day,” he sighed. “It’s like the start of that novel by Charles Dickens—A Tale of Two Cities. It was the worst of days, it was the best of days.” He walked over to his easy chair and collapsed into it while Abuela got his favorite drink, hot chocolate.
“What happened?” Mom asked. “Where’s our minivan?”
“Water pump problem,” Dad responded. “I was going to walk home, but Julie Sanchez took
