The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez

Author:Cristina Henriquez [Henriquez, Cristina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2009-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

The night after the cockfight, I call Beth, Asha, and Juliette, in that order, but not one of them answers. It’s Sunday. Nine p.m. I imagine them all out together, probably at Doc, watching a movie, as we usually do on Sunday nights. They’re probably in their seats already, their winter coats crunched up behind their backs, their boots dripping snow onto the floor. Asha is probably pinching the skin around Juliette’s wrist to signal that she really, really needs to stop talking now that the previews are over. Beth is probably sneaking Raisinets out of her bag and slipping them into her mouth one by one.

I run my fingers through my hair and shake my head. Then I pull out the postcards I bought earlier that week and start writing.

Dear Beth,

I just tried to call you guys but you didn’t pick up. I know I talked to you yesterday, so I’m sending this for historical purposes, just so you have a record of my time here. Ahem . . . Herewith writes Mira Reid from an apartment in the Exposición neighborhood of Panama City, Panama, to where she has traveled to find her father, whom as of this day she still has not met. It is with much sadness that she misses her friends, who she assumes are currently watching a movie, although she is having a good time here and has been fortunate to make new friends.

Okay, that was lame. But whatever. I just wanted to send you a postcard and I don’t really have anything to report that you don’t—or won’t by the time you get this—already know.

Much love,

Mira

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