One day Ana went down to breakfast and noticed Berto was not there. When she asked around, she found out that he had left the center. Someone slipped Ana a note a lunch that was from Berto. The note told Ana that he had left the center to go to a place with people for AIDS. He told her he would try to get them to take her too and he would never forget her. Ana was confused and didn't know what to think. Her only friend had left her. She tried to forget about Berto but she couldn't, he was all she could think about.
A few weeks later, a woman stopped by the administration office at the center. She heard a guard walking to her room and soon after tell her that she was being transferred. She had no idea where she was going. She gathered everything she had and did as she was told. She was not too upset because she did not really have any friends to say goodbye to. Ana got in the car with the lady who came to pick her up. She told her she was taking her to a new home especially for people with HIV/AIDS . When they arrived Ana walked in and notice how nice and much more appealing this place was compared to the reform center. On the other side of the room, Ana saw a teenage boy sitting with his back to her. When he turned around she saw his face, it was Berto. She screamed his name happily and asked what he was doing there. He told her he promised he would take her to a better place. She could not speak. Everywhere else people with AIDS were outcasts and not welcomed, but here she felt welcomed.
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