Chapter 2- Forged by Fire

Gerald's vivid imagination and the author's intricate descriptions help us to fully understand what is happening in the book. In chapter 2, Gerald is in a hospital, finds out his mother is in custody, and that he is going to live with his Aunt Queen until his mother returns. This child has been through much in his short life, and I feel bad for him, but hopefully he can have a better life at his Aunt Queen's.

In Wisconsin on November 3, a woman who has abused and tortured her 14 year old daughter has entered an insanity plea. Yet, it was stress and thoughts that the daughter "had the devil in her" that brought this woman and her husband to torture their daughter, not insanity. The mother, Minerva Lopez, has been put in jail with a $32,000 bail, and the husband, Olivas-Lopez, with a $24,000 bail. They also both have immigration holds. This is undoubtedly hard to read about, and I am very disgusted by the things that they've done. They did things to child such as beating her with a metal rod, a broomstick, a frying pan and other objects. They also choked her, scaled her with hot water, cut her wrist with a kitchen knife and bit her in the face. How such unspeakably barbaric acts of treachery is unknown to me. Hopefully, these criminals will stay in jail, and away from their children. These children were a 14 year old girl who was the victim of two charges, and a 5 year old brother and an 8 year old sister that were the victim of one charge each. The daughter is currently out of the hospital and in a safe location.