The two girls greeted me and Joe with kisses while Carl just kissed me alone. We all sat down for some drinks Edna had made and caught up on the lates... news. I sat down between Debbie and Carl while Joe sat next to Joan and Edna. I finally mentioned to Edna that she said she had a surprise for us. Looking over at Bob, who nodded back to her, Edna related this tale. Right after giving birth to her first daughter Edna had a one night fling with a black man. When she told Bob about it, he decided. I walked outside towards the truck but something stopped me about half way there. I saw a bulletin board with all kinds of colored flyers pinned to it. I walked over to it, remembering the poster boards like this in college. I started looking at the different papers and realized most of them were missing persons. I pulled out my small notepad and started writing down their names and information. Most of them disappeared within a hundred miles from here. I finished writing down the information. I wish it could’ve been me consoling her that day. “It’s absolutely hideous and I don’t have time to make another for my portfo--” I grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around. I looked into her eyes and saw all the frustration. “Sabine stop saying that. It’s beautiful and you know it is. You’re extremely talented and if you don’t get into that school the reviewers are idiots.” I slowly wiped the tear that cascaded down her perfect cheek. I felt a rush of energy, like a jolt of. The heat and the country slow me down.People all seem to move slower in South America, not rushing from one pointless, deadening job to another, like we do in the North. While I am there, I become one of them, enjoying tastes, sounds, people, and living.Vendors pack the open air markets, selling more fruit that you could ever imagine. Cashew nuts come from a fruit, and so does chocolate. But I loved the coffee more than anything. Nothing beats the smell of fresh roasted coffee beans.One day I.