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Orange is the New BlackFor some reason, custom demanded that the town driver would pull up her white minivan to this door, where a small crowd gathered to say goodbye, and then Toni would drive the soon-to-be-free woman fifty yards down the hill. Most women just walked out the door with nothing more than a small box of personal items, letters, and photographs. JanetБЂ™s friends had gathered to wave goodbye to her-Sister, Camila, Maria, Esposito, Ghada. Ghada was sobbing and carrying on-she always went bananas when anyone she liked went home. БЂњNo mami! No!БЂ«she would wail, tears streaming down her face. I still didnБЂ™t have any idea how long GhadaБЂ™s sentence was; long was a fair assumption. Usually I loved saying goodbye. Someone going home was a victory for us all. I would even go up there in the morning to say goodbye to people I didnБЂ™t know very well-it made me that happy. But this morning, for the first time, I understood what Ghada felt. I wasnБЂ™t about to throw my arms around Yoga JanetБЂ™s legs and sob, but the impulse was there ...» |
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