“Is she hungry?” Eddie asks. He turns to one of his flunkies. “What we got? For a kid?” “I don’t know. Cheerios, maybe. A banana?” “Then give her Cheerios and a banana,” Eddie says. “What are you standing there for?” The girl sits down at the table and eats hungrily. Eddie watches her. When she’s done, he reaches into his pocket and gives Norma a thousand pesos. “Bus fare. My guys will run you to the station.” She takes the money. “What about my husband?” Norma asks. “He said to tell you that he loves you,” Eddie says. Actually, he didn’t. Eddie doesn’t even know which one he was, but what the
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