AS I LEFT MY IN-LAWS’ HOUSE WITH NOTHING, MY FATHER-IN-LAW HANDED ME A TRASH BAG AND SAID, “THROW THIS OUT ON YOUR WAY.” BUT WHEN I OPENED IT AT THE GATE… MY HANDS BEGAN TO TREMBLE

grizzled man with a patch over one eye, looked at her with a nod. She handed him the crumpled ticket she had bought on impulse an hour before and boarded the bus, her steps hesitant but determined.

The seat she found was by the window, and she sank into it, staring at the world passing by as the bus slowly pulled away from the familiar streets of San continue reading …