Welcome to Bordertown
“It begins with the promise Analise and I made, four years ago now, a promise between two best friends about our future— That’s not right, either.
Papá and Mamá would say it began sixteen years ago, with a desert crossing beneath a blazing sun, a baby—me, Miranda—in their arms. My first border crossing, though I don’t remember it.
Where does any story begin?
Let’s say this one began here, with me and Analise—two Soho newbies whose clothes dripped water, gasping and laughing from the crazy moment... when the dry desert washes we’d followed from home flash flooded with rusty Mad River water.
We weren’t stupid. We’d known enough to keep our heads above the surface, to make sure we didn’t swallow a single drop as we half ran, half swam for shore. Like all newbies—like you—we arrived here with a dream and what we thought was a plan.
We were stupid. That first border crossing nearly killed my parents and me.
Why did I expect this one to be any different?
* * * Analise was the brave one.MoreLess
Papá and Mamá would say it began sixteen years ago, with a desert crossing beneath a blazing sun, a baby—me, Miranda—in their arms. My first border crossing, though I don’t remember it.
Where does any story begin?
Let’s say this one began here, with me and Analise—two Soho newbies whose clothes dripped water, gasping and laughing from the crazy moment... when the dry desert washes we’d followed from home flash flooded with rusty Mad River water.
We weren’t stupid. We’d known enough to keep our heads above the surface, to make sure we didn’t swallow a single drop as we half ran, half swam for shore. Like all newbies—like you—we arrived here with a dream and what we thought was a plan.
We were stupid. That first border crossing nearly killed my parents and me.
Why did I expect this one to be any different?
* * * Analise was the brave one.MoreLess
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