Campaigning for Christopher
““That was . . .,” she started, but her voice broke. She took a deep breath and tried again, her voice barely a whisper when she said, “just b-beautiful.”
A hum of excited chatter rippled through the assembled group, and Christopher noticed Julianne swipe at her eyes and sniffle softly. Taking a handkerchief out of his back pocket, he nudged her elbow gently. She turned to him, nodding gratefully as she took the starched white cloth and pressed it under her eyes.
“I learned that song whe...n I was a little girl,” she said to him, her face uncharacteristically open and wistful. Younger. So beautiful, it made his chest ache.
Turning back to the children, she sniffled again, then smiled at them and said something that sounded like “pill maya.”
“What does that mean?” asked a little boy in the second row.
“It means ‘thank you,’” she said.
“Are you Puerto Rican or Dominican?”MoreLess
A hum of excited chatter rippled through the assembled group, and Christopher noticed Julianne swipe at her eyes and sniffle softly. Taking a handkerchief out of his back pocket, he nudged her elbow gently. She turned to him, nodding gratefully as she took the starched white cloth and pressed it under her eyes.
“I learned that song whe...n I was a little girl,” she said to him, her face uncharacteristically open and wistful. Younger. So beautiful, it made his chest ache.
Turning back to the children, she sniffled again, then smiled at them and said something that sounded like “pill maya.”
“What does that mean?” asked a little boy in the second row.
“It means ‘thank you,’” she said.
“Are you Puerto Rican or Dominican?”MoreLess
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