serialized fiction #2 (2 of 4)
The plan involves Jose and Raul buying a second bodega somewhere downtown to keep the cash flowing back home where their parents and six younger brothers and sisters depend on it. ‘All I said is that she’s nice bro,’ says Raul admiring city lights flickering under a hazy blanket of night sky. ‘She’s a nice girl.’ Carmen loves to smoke although cigarettes make her sick. She prefers Garcia Vega Corona cigars on a budget, and whatever...