Fallout (Crank 3)

Famosa expected her husband to work

in the lush fields of the San Joaquin,

but Ignacio Garcia chose easy

riches, moving methamphetamine

for a Mexican cartel. One day

he went away and never came back.

Irena grieved for a time, but met

a new man. A very jealous man

who suspected her of things she

never did. He killed her anyway.

END OF STORY

Except for the fact

that this happens to be

the girls’ fourth foster home

in six years, and Rosa can’t

remember her mother’s

face. Sad, I supp

ose.

But “sad” is a main

ingredient in every foster

kid recipe. We must choose

to accept it, or go off the deep

end ourselves. I could

easily dive in

over my head right

now. The others wait for

my story, but this will not be

a straight exchange. “I’ve been

with my dad, but he just

went to jail for DUI.”