Chapter 21
Canada, Twenty-Eight Years Ago
After nearly two weeks, the boy, weak from hunger said, “Mommy, I’m tired. I can’t bang rocks and yell today. I wanna sleep.”
“Sleep, little one. Rest.”
When Noshi returned that evening again without game, Chepi said, “You’ve got to do something. We can’t lose our other child, this one to starvation. Please…”
Northern California, Present Time
Besides a Carl’s Jr., a Del Taco, and a Quizno’s Sub, there were five restaurants in all of Wicklow. A few weren’t open on weekends, which everyone thought crazy. “No wonder folks go down to the city and spend their money there instead of here. Nothin’ ever open on weekends,” people said. There was Martinez’ Mexican food, run by the same Thai couple who also owned the only Chinese restaurant in town, The
