“McKenna...” she hesitated again, thinking about how to proceed.“Owen, please,” I said.“If you learned something that would put a person at risk of having the authorities come after them, even if they’d done nothing wrong, would you feel compelled to report them?”“I already know that Paco is an illegal immigrant, if that’s what you’re wondering. I’m not about to call the border patrol. I know that he has no family.”“So I don’t have to worry about you making trouble. Then there’s something else y...ou should know before you start calling the social service agencies.”“What’s that?”“Paco doesn’t exist.”TWELVE“Paco doesn’t exist?” I repeated. “In what way?”“In every way but the physical. He has never been in the data banks. The state doesn’t know about him. While many local people know Paco, he doesn’t officially exist in county records, either. He’s a classic illegal immigrant, more invisible than most.”“So Cassie isn’t really his foster mom.”“No, Cassie is most definitely his foster mom, in the truest and most important sense.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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