Always Running DJ #9

In the novel Always Running by Luis Rodriguez, the author first starts out with his luck up and down like a roller coaster. Luis becomes president of ToHMAS, realizes his worth, is having some of his work published, gains money, gets a contract with Quinto Sol, graduates high school, attends Cal State LA and this is when his luck begins to turn. He gets a girl pregnant, she disappears and Luis ends up in jail again for "assaulting a police officer"when he was only trying to help a woman who was being brutalized by the police. After not being able to make bail, Luis and the woman, Licha, made a pact to visit each other once they were released. Luis's only chance was to plead guilty, when out tensions have built between the two and Licha tells Luis it won't work because he's too young for her.