The Orange Houses Chapter 7

FATIMA

• In a diner, twenty-two days before the hanging, Fatima eats French fries and writes to her sister back home.
• The only thing she knows how to sign is "Hello, good-bye, I love you."
• Fatima asks the waitress how to get the Statue of Liberty, but she's not sure; you probably have to take a boat, another mentions.
• One of the other waitresses whispers they might shut the diner down since the immigration police are here and they might not like what they see.
• Fatima hides her face in her scarf and asks for her check.