114.

The state

says Temporary Custody

with Miss Freeman,

just for a little while,

and then I can

stay

with my grandmother,

if I want.

If she wants too.

But I don’t know

my father’s mother

that well.

I want to stay here,

I tell the judge.

Here with Miss Freeman,

so I can help

her with her store

and so I can be close to Mari

and so I can see Alex.

Temporary Custody,

he says,

but I can tell he

hears what I say.

We’ll see how it

works out,

he says.