Shadowshaper

The next morning over breakfast, Sierra learns from her godfather, Uncle Neville, and her father, Dominic Santiago, that a man named Vernon Chandler went missing from his apartment. When Sierra looks at his picture, she realizes it is the man who chased her from the party last night. Sierra visits Grandpa Lázaro again, asking him about Vernon, and he points to a picture hanging on the wall. In the picture, Sierra sees a group of men she recognizes from the neighborhood, including Manny, Papa Acevado, and Vernon Chandler, standing behind Grandpa Lázaro posing with a white man named Dr. Jonathan Wick. Grandpa Lázaro tells Sierra that Lucera can help her and gives her a clue to finding Lucera: “donde mujeres solitarias van a bailiar” which means “Where lonely women go to dance” (32). Sierra calls Bennie and asks her to look up Dr. Jonathan Wick. As Sierra passes by a mural of Bennie’s brother, Vincent, who was killed by police, she notices that his expression has changed from the original mural, just like Papa Acevado.