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Enrique’s Journey | Chapter One: The Boy Left Behind By Sonia Nazario Sept. 29, 2002 12 AM PT The boy does not understand. His mother is not talking to him. She will not even look at him. Enrique has no hint of what she is going to do. Lourdes knows. She understands, as only a mother can, the terro…

Enrique’s Journey | Chapter One: The Boy Left Behind By Sonia Nazario Sept. 29, 2002 12 AM PT The boy does not understand. His mother is not talking to him. She will not even look at him. Enrique has no hint of what she is going to do. Lourdes knows. She understands, as only a mother can, the terror she is about to inflict, the ache Enrique will feel and finally the emptiness. What will become of him? Already he will not let anyone else feed or bathe him. He loves her deeply, as only a son can.