Concepcion Moving To Mexico Summary

This story takes place during the 1990’s in a small city in Mexico. A women named Concepcion recently married a man whom she thought she loved. The two were married for about 3 years before the big tragedy happened. Around 1991, Concepcion found out she was pregnant with a boy. Fast forward nine months, she had her first born child. Her marriage was healthy after the birth of her son up until the second year. The two were expecting again, but this time with a girl. Her husband did not want the child, but Concepcion wanted her and said she was keeping it no matter what. One day, Concepcion went to work like any other normal day, but came home to an empty house without her husband or son. She was so confused because all their belongings were gone. Concepcion
Five years later, she made the huge decision of leaving her daughter with her parents to move to Mexico city to make more money. Mexico city was eight hours away from home, but she knew she was doing this to make a better life for her family. While Concepcion was in Mexico City, she worked as a housemaid for a wealthy family and was able to save up enough money to be able to cross the border and make it to the United States. She knew it wasn’t going to be an easy trip and it sure wasn’t. When she was in the process of crossing the border she met a man that told her that he would be able to cross her over for free. But Concepcion did not realize that there would be consequences. Nevertheless, she agreed to go with him and when he crossed her over to the United States things turned rough. This man who was “helping” Concepcion did not let her leave his side. He kept her in his home and forced her to be his house wife. Even though she refused, there was nothing that could be done. During her stay with this man, she discovered she was pregnant once