I blinked at the black man. "Are you the Syrian?" "Boy, I'm from Compton. The man ain't here. We gonna search you again, and get you back on the road." "Why do you have to search me again?" "Coz that's the way we do things. Get your ass out of there." Wander gave me the ugly smile, which he probably took to be encouraging. "You checked out fine, bro. Everything's copacetic." The black guy stepped back so I could get out in the tight space between the van and a dark green Ford Explorer. They brought me into an empty house to search me, but Wander stayed with the van. It was the last time I saw him. A
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