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Summary: Luis Had No Luck
Luis had no luck in chapter 3. He had to get surgery on his penis and he also had problems with his feet. Luis’s uncle took care of his food problem. Luis was also still up to the same stuff. Hanging around the wrong crowd, getting into trouble. Hs friend Clavo (I think he was the leader of the gang Luis was in), was a big double maker. He was fearless. One day, they all were hanging out and Clavo and a few of the other guys went up to this car. Little did they know, the guys in the car had guns. Clavo got shot in the eye that day, they are lucky that none of them got killed. After Clavo got better Luis and the guys all decided to go to the beach. They didn’t want to go to the same beach they always go to, so they went to a new one off the
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