I want to see the story. More than anything, I am frustrated by the fact that I’ll never know how things turn out. - Louise Erdrich

Here I am
Where I ought to be

And Patrice thought another thing her mother said was definitely true — you never really knew a man until you told him you didn’t love him. That’s when his true ugliness, submerged to charm you, might surface.

We would all be together on the journey then, our destination the village at the end of the road where people gamble day and night but never lose their money, eat but never fill their stomachs, drink but never leave their minds.