Keldy was anxious about Carlos’s killing, and Mino was growing concerned about their finances. They decided to leave their sons with Amanda and set out for the United States. They would live there for, at most, a few years, enough time to earn money to fund a more stable life in La Ceiba. Keldy’s brothers, who were still in Denver, would hire a smuggler to help them cross the border once they made it through Mexico.

