In the next 100 pages of the book Marcelo stops working with Jasmine, and works with Wendall. For a while he’ll work part time with both of them, then eventually he’ll work full time with Wendall, because his father thinks that would be good for him. He then learns Wendall wants to use Marcelo. He wants Marcelo to invite Jasmine on his boat, so he can have sex with her. Marcelo recently learned, from the rabbi, that sex can be used to hurt people, and has a feeling that’s what Wendall is going to do to Jasmine. He also knows that if he doesn’t please Wendall, then Wendall will tell his father. If his father finds out he hasn’t succeeded, he could be forced to go to real high school next year. During this time Marcelo also find a picture of a girl with a very deformed face in the trash while he’s working for Wendall. He feels the need to learn more about this girl, so he consults Jasmine. Jasmine figures out what law firm the picture was taken at, and Marcelo goes to talk to the lawyer. The lawyer turns out to be a college friend of his father’s. He works in a poor part of town, and works with people who have had accidents. He tells Marcelo he sent his father a letter asking for the windshield company (since it was their windshield that wasn’t supposed to shatter that damaged her face) to cover the reconstructive surgery. His father doesn’t agree to this, but Marcelo goes against his father’s rules, and decides he’s going to go meet the girl, Ixtel.
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