A Father to My Baby

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having a barbecue in the backyard with her parents. I don't even mind

ance and my umbrella flew away. When I spread my arms like an octopus trying to grab it,

l because he was

you're going

ee it, I'd lov

t see anything. I thin

tting what I thought was a

y water off my face, but I too was disgusted and

e a wet dick and finally saw

s friendly with a playful smile. He protects me with his umbrell

is gone too, " I said, feeli

If you turn into the street instead of

l... usually. I feel th

: I'm always daydreaming. I am easily distracted. Li

t I have a meeting in half an hour, " he said a little awkwardly

hes. I already thanked him for the handkerchief. My

ively. I'm usually shy with st

a really good mud bath, by the

or making me laugh, " he sa

thank God my backpack was rubber

ital, this is what Dad calls the mechanic's garage whe

d walking home for

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re are only a

e almost all the money for the down payment he's asking for. We will end once and for all the threat that has lo

me, but it's better tha

States and Mexico with the help of coyotes. A tourist visa is a bare minimum they ne

m very poor families, and sometimes the

is almost as big as the difficulty of finding someone to hire them. However, over time their lives

n't imagine living away from my parents if they had to leave. I went wherever they we

mechanic who specializes in classic cars—I used to call them antiq

ed by a Mexican who is le

job can give, the money from the job and the pastr

eam of further education and worked three jobs in rotation to he

house trying to balance

Dad to fix it. The entire house needs renovations, but we can't move any extra money. Law

! " I yelled fr

ay I decided to take half a day off and prepare a

lp me? The bag fe

g of pots and pans as she is always inventing some del

at today is your wedding anniversary. I thou

n't worry, I'll be back in your room to mak

eps, and the silence

the middle of the day

d how my parents' stay in the US was not guaranteed. So I searched

n, I reached

er's mobile phones many t

on the verg

nd the only thing that came to mi

my nightmares come true, he is