Isabel

Isabel thinks about the journey as a song again. As the sun goes down, Luis turns off the engine, both to conserve gas and because they are not sure how to navigate by the stars. Isabel’s mother announces that she feels like she is going into labor, but she was in labor for ten hours before Isabel was born. After Isabel’s mother says that she does not have a name picked, everyone in the boat starts giving joke names for the boat itself. Lito suggests “the St. Louis” but no one understands the joke. While floating beside the boat, Iván is attacked by a shark. Those on board pull everyone in the water back into the boat, but Iván’s leg is badly mangled. Iván bleeds to death in the boat, and several more fins appear in the water around them.