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Miguel set his stack of library books next to his computer and plopped down in the chair. He had a major research paper due on Monday and was hoping he could put it off by blaming his inability to study on his swollen face. His father refused to allow him to go anywhere except to school. When Miguel argued he wanted to go back to La Casa to check on Señorita Courtney, his father said she’d call when she got back. After all, she was with Professor Perkins, so it wasn’t like she was alone.
Miguel sighed and opened the laptop, a gift from Courtney, as was the Internet connection at his home.
“You can’t expect to get ahead in school if you don’t have the right tools,” she’d explained when he said he couldn’t accept it. That was when she offered to help get him in at UCSD, but only if he
