You Are Free to Go

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Sarah Yaw. You Are Free to Go

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Ed looks at Jorge with concern. “Good night, men.”

When he’s sure Ed is gone, Moses swings his feet to the side of his bed, squeezes down on his knees between the cots, his back to Jorge, and pulls the cooler of Lila’s hair out from under it. He takes out the ball in his pocket and inspects it to see if he can find the new strand. He can’t. He smells the ball of hair and caresses his cheek with it, then puts it in the box. He looks over his shoulder to make sure Jorge isn’t paying attention, and he reaches his right hand, the one with the bruise forming from Jenkin’s chair, into his pocket and pulls out the compact. He holds it greedily in his palms. It’s heavy and warm. He holds it up and smells it, then stashes it quickly away under the bed of hair.

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