rried mother. I was so happy I let tears fall right there as I
rode the ferry home. And because I was on the ferryI did not think to be afraid when I felt a breeze. To
me it was a comfort. But then I looked up.
There was Fu Nan. One of his eyes was missing.
I nearly jumped off the boat I was so scared. It was as if I were seeing what would happen to me. "Give
me some money he said.
That night
I put Precious Auntie's picture on a low table and lighted some incense. I asked her
forgiveness and that of her father. I said that the gift she had given me would now buy me my freedom
and that I hoped she would not be angry with me for this
as well.
The next day
I sold the oracle bone to the second shop I had gone to all those months ago. With my
savings as a maid
I had enough money to buy a ticket in steerage. I got the boat schedules and sent
GaoLing a telegram. Every few days
I gave Fu Nan money for his habit
enough to put him into dreams.
And then finally the visa was approved. I was a Famous Visiting Artist.
I sailed for America
a land without curses or ghosts. By the time I landed
I was five years younger. Yet
I felt so old.
PART THREE
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