In the novel Bodega Dreams, Chino has to hide from his wife the fact that he is working for Bodega, because he doesn't want her beliefs to interfere with what Chino thinks is best for his family as well as his community even though he works with a drug dealer. The reason why chino has a conscience is because even though he is doing something wrong like lying to his wife and doing jobs for a drug dealer chino is doing it for the best of his family as well as his community.