I splashed water over myself, I need to stop thinking about this half-naked guy… I remained in the bathtub, wrinkling like a raisin. I felt my eyes heavy as my mind slowly drifted away. I must have fallen asleep.
***
“Salomé? Salomé! There you are. What are you doing inside the closet?”
“Hi, Mami…”
“Por qué lloras pricesita?”(why are you crying, little princess?)
“Nobody wants to be my friend.” *Sob* “Today the lights turned off, and I screamed because I got scared. I told Miss Pat that there was a ghost but everyone called me a liar…”
“Do you have your bracelet on you?”
“Sí mami.”
“Great, come out and I’ll show you something.”
“What?”
“It’s a secret”. I stepped out of the closet and Mom wiped my tears and hugged me. Then she put some distance between us, tying back her abundant
