I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork
Author:Francisco X. Stork [X. Stork, Francisco]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2023-07-02T00:00:00+00:00
She took her laptop out of her backpack as soon as she entered her apartment. During the ride home with her father she kept thinking about what Rabbi Sacks had said: What we know for sure is that he needs help. Thatâs what she wanted to do. Help Alberto find out if he was innocent by locating Jimbo, which meant finding the church where Jimboâs mother worked. Grace wasnât sure how Jimbo could help Alberto since, according to Alberto, they were already gone when Mrs. Macpherson was killed. But Alberto thought it was good place to start and she wanted to honor that.
In her room, sitting at her desk, she found twenty-one churches in Brownsville. She wrote down their phone numbers and started calling them on her cell phone. When someone answered, she asked if she could talk to Mrs. Jasmine. On the twentieth call, a man who sounded as if he had no teeth, said, âNo asmin, asmeen.â
âMrs. Jasmeen? Is she there?â Grace asked, her heartbeat quickening.
âEe only comes on aturdays now. Ey cut er hours.â
âOn Saturdays?â
âEs!â
âDo you have her address, by any chance? I was thinking of hiring her.â
âOld on.â
Please. Please. Have her address, Grace said to herself. She laughed at the thought that she quite possibly had just prayed.
âNo aress. Come ere on aturday. See er. Ate o welve.â
Click.
Grace wrote down the name and address of the church, then went on Google Maps. Our Lady of the Presentation was a forty-five-minute walk from Josephâs house. Grace was almost certain that the old manâs last words were eight to twelve. She tapped Josephâs number.
âItâs me,â she said when Ernestina answered. âHowâs Alberto?â
âHeâs still sleeping. And as soon as he wakes up, heâs going to take a much-needed bath.â
Grace giggled. âDo you have pen and paper? I have an address for Alberto.â
âYep, right here.â
Grace gave Ernestina the name of the church and the address. âTell him Mrs. Jasmine is only there on Saturday from eight to twelve.â She thought for a moment and then said, âTell him Iâll be there around eight.â
âOkay. Iâll tell him. And Grace?â
âYes?â
âYou did good today.â
Grace stared at her phone after Ernestina hung up. She had done good? Then why did she feel as if she had just unloaded a problem into someone elseâs lap?
I did what I could. I took him to a safe place. I found the church where his friendâs mother works. Thatâs enough, isnât it? What more can I do? I canât help him anymore. I shouldnât have told Ernestina that Iâll be at the church. Why did I do that?
And the kiss? And the tenderness and hunger I feel?
Grace had no answers to her own questions.
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