![]() ![]() Her aunt goes downstairs with her and waits outside while Amor has to go back to the hostel to pack her suitcase. It’s a sorrow we all have to bear, she adds in a serious voice, while Tannie Marina trembles and dabs at her eyes with a tissue, though she has always looked down on Ma and doesn’t care at all that she’s dead, even if she isn’t. Or maybe she did once and has been permanently disgusted ever since. Some of the other girls say Miss Starkey is a lesbian, but it’s hard to imagine her doing anything sexy with anyone. I’m sorry, Miss Starkey says again, covering her big teeth behind thin, pressed-together lips. And especially not to Ma, who will always, always be alive. But now that the moment has really come, it feels far away and dreamy. Amor has been waiting and waiting for this moment for so long, has imagined it so many times, that it already seems like a fact. This is in Miss Starkey’s office, where the voice over the Tannoy told her to go. ![]()
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