3.15 Yal'la!

Back at my apartment, I placed another call to my cousin. It was getting late on Naila’s side of the planet. If I didn’t get through to her soon, the next window I’d have for ringing her wouldn’t be until the evening, my time. Trouble was I had promised a friend I would throw her a small going away party then.

I dialed my cousin’s number and let it ring and ring and ring.

“Yal’la, Naila, answer the goddamn phone!” After ten rings, I slammed the receiver down. “Fuck me!”

It was tempting to give my mother a call to see if she might be able to contact her sister, my aunt Michelin, and tell Naila to call me. The poor woman, though, already had enough on her plate. She was caring for my father who was in the advanced stage of Alzheimer’s. The last thing Mama needed was one more thing to upset her. No, I’d have to try again in the evening.

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