My Vingette - House on Mango Street
...isten to me. Only a few yeas older than me, but much more experienced. She always is telling me what to do. Soon I stopped talking to her. One day mama said Yolanda fell ill. I did not care. It was Yolanda. The bossy girl. Nenny told me she had gotten some kind of pox. But I was not listening. I did not care. She would get better. Then she would boss me. Again. But Yolanda did not get better. She got worse and worse. and then she was gone. Mama told us while I was playing with Carlos’s red truck. Mama came in the bedroom. Eyes that glistening with tears. Yolanda passed away last night. A crystal drop flowed down her left cheek. What? Yolanda died? Yes, mija, Yolanda died. Now mama was hugging me. ...