NARRADOR

"He recognizes communication that comes with no conditions, no strings attached, no hidden motives, no sales pitch, and no desperate attempt to be liked.

Somehow, after years of travel, it was in perhaps the most un-American of places where ...

This feeling was different. I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom. This, and this, and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry tha...