Ana Carla Urizarri was an expert on abortions. At sixteen she had her first one when Freddy, a classmate at the Preparatory to whom she lost her precarious and never highly valued virginity, left her pregnant. Feigning ignorance of his obligations from that escapade, several months later Freddy married his real girlfriend, a chubby, nerdy girl with a sanctimonious air. All Freddy’s girlfriend needed was a stiff headpiece to look just like a nun.