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The Custodian

  That was the year I turned seventeen, and Mother started to rail on me a lot for the way I looked and the way I dressed. And Dad wasn’t there any more to defend me or just say “stop it.” “Chilton Ford!” My toes were already curling inside of my old sneakers. “You know…

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On Federal Highway 200 Near Salina Cruz

On Federal Highway 200 Near Salina Cruz     It was late in the afternoon, and a gentle wind was pushing heat off the country when we found the man. Our traveling bicycle gang had split in two by this point — Robbie and I were riding ahead, and hadn’t seen Jamie or Alejandra for…