Keeper Of The Night – Kimberly Willis Holt (1)

She lets me out in front of Liberty House department store, where they’re supposed to be waiting for me. Mary Kelly is there instead. I didn’t know she was invited. “I’ll pick you up two hours from now in this same spot,” Auntie Bernadette says, then rushes to Kmart. Auntie Bernadette dreams of being locked up all night inside Kmart. She gets the biggest thrill reading Noxzema jars and comparing toothpaste costs per ounce. “Hafa,” Mary Kelly says. “Hey,” I reply, watching down the street for Delia’s mother’s pickup.

One shared cigarette doesn’t make us friends. We wait and wait on the hot concrete. “I’m calling Delia,” I say. I walk away to find a pay phone, expecting Mary Kelly to follow, but she stays behind. Delia answers the phone. “Where are you, girl?” I ask. “My mother’s pickup needs a new battery.” “Why didn’t you tell me?” “It just happened,” she says. “How was I supposed to know?”

“Well, is Tonya going to pick you up?” “She was going to ride with me. Her mom left earlier in their car, so I guess we won’t be there.” “Great!” I say, and hang up. I could walk away and leave Mary Kelly alone in front of Liberty House. I think about doing that a good long while but change my mind.

Maybe she has another cigarette tucked in her sock. OceanofPDF.com Elvis Lives at the Hard Rock Cafe “Where is everyone?” Mary Kelly asks. “Car trouble,” I say, wishing I was with Auntie Bernadette, racing down the aisles chasing after Blue Light Specials. Mary Kelly and I decide we might as well shop.

We weave in and out of the boutiques. Japanese tourists with fat wallets are everywhere, walking from the fancy hotels into the stores. Someone has to buy the expensive clothes and goods the stores carry. It isn’t us and the salespeople know it. They ignore this Chamorro and haole. Their X-ray eyes see right through to our empty pockets. After admiring all the things we can’t afford, we head over to the Hard Rock Cafe and order a hamburger and fries to share.

While we wait, a guy with banana sideburns and sunglasses walks in. Mary Kelly leans over the table and whispers, “Elvis lives.” I try to frown, but the man does look like Elvis, so I smile and add, “Elvis lives on Guam and traded his pink Cadillac for a water buffalo.” Mary Kelly laughs. We take turns naming the famous customers around us.

Lunchtime at St. Cletus A Meal of Words Wanted: One Knock-Knock Joke Magic Man Dishes Delia’s New Haircut Sister Agnes and Sister Rachel List Maker My Mother’s Gifts A Charitable Act List of Confessions Making Time Things to Do That Might Help Us Return to Malesso Teacher for the Day Falling into Water Phone Call No Crying Over Spilled Milk Return to Malesso Malesso Home List for Vendors A Place at the Table My Room First Night First Morning List First Morning Home No-Legend Death Cocos Island Roman Teresita Lorenzo, King of the Cockfighters The Fish Artist The Way It Was Before Second Night Sleepy Days, Sleepless Night Lost Birds Golai HagunSune Mary Kelly Eyebrow talk New Girl Day An Admirer Suruhana Bingo and Cockfights Not Now Breakfast of Champions When Frank Almost Downed Where Was She?

The Dream Robbed Pictures Chicken Noodle Soup God’s Instrument Playing Hooky Another Visitor Musical Chairs Impostor No-show Olivia’s Crab Don’t You Remember? Ana, Who Likes Animal Crackers, Peanut Butter, and Comics Taotaomo’na Evening Watch The Marks on Frank’s Wall A Stranger in the House Not a Rose Is He the One? Ana Cruz Gives Birth Watch Me Watching Olivia Dance Outside the Cafeteria Closed Docs A Different Hat It’s a Girl Parents Night Full Moon Legend of Santa Marian Kamalen Nightly Ritual Gone The Christening of Carmella Iglesias Martina Cruz Flores Auntie Bernadette’s Baby Fiesta A Proposal Happily Ever After Collecting in the Jungle Latte Stones Mind Your Own Business Shopping Day Elvis Lives at the Hard Rock Cafe Fiesta Queen A Bridge of Words The Blue Fabric Model Mother Searching for Frank Inventory Roman’s Tickets The Blue Dress The Boy Who Likens to Blend My Essay My Family’s Trip to Disneyland Bet An Unwelcome Visitor Auntie Bernadette to the Rescue This Week’s List for Vendors Fittings Ticket Sellers Scars Bikini Blues Green-eyed Monster Second Thoughts List for Olivia A Different Island Bathing Suit Switch A Thousand Miles Away No Tom Cruise The Power of Chocolate Good-bye Secrets Breaking Up Nice Girls Swimming Preparations Sorry Surprises List for Fiesta Preparations Morning of the Pageant The Legend of Sirena Someone Else Primping A Familiar Face Queen Queen’s Ball Cha-cha The Great Escape Cockfight Dance with Me Food and Family Fiesta I Hat Who Knew?

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