Read the excerpt from The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez.Once inside, we all walked over to Papá’s chair and helped him sit down. His clothes were dirty and rumpled. He smelled like the amphitheater bathrooms after a big concert, but I couldn’t get enough of him. To me, he had never looked so good."So, they dropped all the charges, right, Fernando?” Mamá asked.Papá nodded. "Most of them. But they’re keeping everything we hid away.”"I don’t care about any of that.” Mamá reached for his hand and put it against her cheek. "I’m just so glad to have you home.” She gave the palm of his hand a kiss.
Answer
A
“His clothes were dirty and rumpled.”
B
“But they’re keeping everything we hid away.”
C
“So, they dropped all the charges, right, Fernando?”
D
“I don’t care about any of that.”
Explanation
Mamá shows that she cares more about Papá being home than about losing the things they hid. When she says, “I don’t care about any of that,” she means the confiscated belongings do not matter to her. This shows that being reunited with Papá is what matters most.
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