Resumen del Capítulo 1 y 2

Chapter 1 Summary

• Carlos, a patient with PTSD, is seeing a psychologist specializing in nightmares.
• His family believes his nightmares are a sign of mental illness.
• His mother disappeared when he was young, and his family sent him to live with his grandmother.
• The nightmares involve his mother in a black dress.
• Carlos believes going to Chicago to find his mother is the only way to resolve his problems.
• He uses painting to cope with disturbing thoughts and feelings.

Chapter 2 Summary

• Carlos researches the night his mother disappeared.
• His mother received an invitation to a private room at the Calaca Alegre restaurant.
• She was reported missing, and the police checked the restaurant and her car.
• The police found her belongings in her car but confirmed she was not inside.
• His family urged him to stay, take his medication, and visit a psychologist due to his worries.
• Carlos suspects his mother is still alive but that the police never found a body.

Chapter 3 Summary

• Carlos travels to Chicago with his uncle.
• His uncle also searched for his mother for years and suspected foul play.
• The family believes she was never going to return and that she has passed away due to reasons unknown (she might have passed due to death),
• They eat tacos at a restaurant, and Carlos has a strange encounter with someone who seemed familiar, giving him an insight into feelings of his mother,
• They later saw a similar restaurant name to the one linked to the disappearance of his mother, "La Calaca Alegre."

Chapter 4 Summary

• Carlos's uncle and family members are close.
• His family looks into the night of his mother's disappearance.
• They find a picture of his mother on his family's photo album from that night.
• The family wants money from an insurance policy to pay for Carlos's college expenses,
• His family wants him to seek psychological help for the nightmares. Carlos is anxious about the situation and wants to go back to the restaurant.

Chapter 5 Summary

• Carlos has another disturbing dream and wakes up to a family member making breakfast.
• He wants to talk to staff at the restaurant immediately after breakfast, which led to conversation about what could be done to help him
• He was urged to visit a local museum and his cousin urged him to bring his sister to the museum so they could talk about Mexican art.
• This event makes Carlos feel anxious and paranoid.
• His family member believes his grandmother's perspective is correct about his state of mental health.

Chapter 6 Summary

• Carlos visits an art museum with his family, where he expresses interest in Mexican art.
• They ultimately visit the restaurant.
• At the restaurant Carlos was confused because there wasnt a private dining room as his mother was purportedly in.
• He wanted a private room but there was no private room offered, ultimately disappointing him about the possibility.
• Family members expressed concern about his actions and mental health.

Chapter 7 Summary

• Carlos wants to go to the restaurant at night when no one is there.
• The family members agreed to go with him.
• Carlos was hit on the head after looking through a window of the restaurant office.
• He fell unconscious and needed stitches.
• His family and medical care team were worried and concerned about his safety.

Chapter 8 Summary

• Carlos wakes up from a dream where his mother tells him that the situation is hazardous.
• He finds his aunt making lunch which upsets her.
• He talks to his cousin, who tries to help him but isn't very successful
• He speaks to his uncle, also about the situation, who gets angry with the idea of visiting the restaurant, telling him that his sister did not return and calling him crazy
• Carlos decides to visit the restaurant alone while the family is sleeping.

Chapter 9 Summary

• Carlos spends his day reading about his mother's disappearance.
• He plans to visit the restaurant at night.
• He experiences anxieties about his father, whom he does not know.
• He feels lost and wonders about his father's absence.
• He eventually goes to the restaurant.

Chapter 10 Summary

• Carlos enters the restaurant through a duct.
• He wanders in the kitchen and senses a presence.
• He encounters the restaurant owner who acts suspiciously.
• The owner threatens him.
• He feels threatened by the owner's actions.

Chapter 11 Summary

• Carlos tries escaping through the attic and hides in the freezer.
• He hides in a freezer in the restaurant's attic,

Chapter 12 Summary

• Carlos wakes up and his family member notices he is missing.
• His family member looks for him all over the house.
• Realizes he's missing and calls for help.
• His family member calls for help and 911.
• His uncle decides to take him back to the restaurant.

Chapter 13 Summary

• A man finds Carlos in the attic.
• The man knows Carlos and questions him.
• The man tells Carlos that he knows where he was.
• A family member tried to stop his uncle from getting into the restaurant.
• The man asks Carlos how he knows him, and Carlos is confused.

Chapter 14 Summary

• The man and Raimundo argue while discussing a cost.
• Carlos figures out his needs to escape.
• Carlos tries to escape the house and finds himself in the hallway.
• The sound of the necklace alerts them.
• Carlos tries to escape from the restaurant and family member,

Chapter 15 Summary

• Carlos heads home to his grandmother and visits the psychologist.
• He is no longer haunted by nightmares of his mother.
• Carlos learns that the man in the restaurant is his estranged father (Diego Guzmán).
• His mother passed away, and her death is connected to her argument with her husband.
• Carlos's uncle is recovering from a gunshot wound.