Posts Tagged ‘World Cup’
Searching ”“ A Serial Novelle Chapter 16: El Corrido De Don Jaime
By Patrick Cabello Hansel When Angel and Luz arrived at her abuela”'s house, the whole neighborhood was gathered. Children running everywhere, elderly women dancing to scratchy phonograph records from Mexico. Even though it was freezing outside, Luz”'s cousin Rodrigo was in the backyard, turning steaks and sausages on a large grill cut from an oil drum. People who had run in terror from the raid just a few hours before were partying as if Mexico had just won the World Cup. Luz finally found her grandmother Dolores in the kitchen. Over the noise, she asked her what happened. “Your Uncle Jaime is free!” she shouted as she gave her a big hug. “What?” Luz cried. “Immigration let him go?” “No, mi amor””he escaped””he flew the coop””¡voló como un paloma!” It took a few moments for this to sink in. “Where? How? Abuela, they”'re going to come looking for him! They”'ll bust the door [...]
