Chapters 18-20

Chapter 18- Celia frantically wakes Matt up. He gets ready but is still confused. Celia lets him know that El Patron had a heart attack, but is not dead. They go to the hospital to see El Patron. Matt is upset for El Patron because he thinks he is going to die. Matt tells Tam Lin about him going to the eejit pens and Tam Lin yells at him. Matt stays by El Patron's bed. He asks why El Patron won't give anything away and El Patron blows up on him. Tam Lin tells him he is brave for asking El Patron that. Tam Lin explains what a dragon hoard is to Matt and they talk about El Patron's wealth.

Chapter 19- One day, while Matt is playing the guitar and singing, he voice cracks. Celia gets really excited that he is growing up. She decides to throw a party to celebrate. Matt asks if he was born like a calf. Tam Lin wants to explain it to him, but Celia refuses. Celia send Matt to bed saying he had had enough of the party. Matt thinks of Mr. MacGregor and how he just takes what he needs from his clone. Matt convinces himself that he wasn't made to be used for transplants. He tells himself that El Patron didn't have his brain destroyed and he would let him help rule the drug empire when El Patron dies. Celia and Tam Lin come up and Celia believes he has a fever.

Chapter 20- Matt goes to the stables to get a safe horse. He rode to the oasis. While Matt swam, he thought about Celia and Tam Lin. When he got to land, he began to read The History of Opium. He can't believe what Esperanza is saying about El Patron. When Matt reads about the author, he realizes she is Maria's mother. Matt is sick from swimming in the oasis when he gets back. Matt continues spending time with El Patron. El Patron calls Matt, Felipe, which was his son that died almost eighty years prior.

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Interesting Quotation- ""I'll get the dosage right next time," she said. "Do you want to ruin everything?" "Maybe your plan won't work out. We need a backup," Celia said. "You'll kill him." ~Celia and Tam Lin, Chapter 20, page 199~ Celia has been giving Matt arsenic so that El Patron can't do any transplants. Tam Lin is sure she is going to kill Matt because she got the dosage wrong. Celia is simply trying to save Matt from El Patron. If El Patron did take his heart, it would kill him because he is already so weak. The arsenic would kill him.