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About an hour later Elise and I stand in front of the playground, watching the children play. A young man holding a stacks of papers waves her over and she nodded.

“Thats Raul, our secretary, do you mind if I check in with him for a bit?”

“No, go ahead, I’ll just wait right here”

“Okay, thanks , be back in a sec okay?”

I nodded and watched her leave to join him, they talked for a moment and he pointed at something on the papers he’s holding, Elise shook her head and the both of them disappeared inside.

I hope there’s no problem I thought as I look forward to see two boys fight over who would go first on the slide, thankfully the older lady I’d seen earlier and now know to be called Carmen is a friend or Naomi’s and has been here for over a decade get the children to go in turns.

I’d only see two of the four teenagers, a girl and a boy, who came by briefly to get their food from the cafeteria waving shyly for a moment before leaving.

Something tugs at the side of my pants. I tur