« closed starter for @rcsagisele » location: benny's barber shop
There was nothing more surreal to him than walking through the streets of 'downtown' Tonopah. Having just been released from jail yesterday, Carlos was still very much getting used to his freedom. He was able to walk down the sidewalk without guards shouting orders at him or watching his every move and he didn't know what to think about it. After five years of the same, it was hard to wrap his head around it all. First thing on his list of things to do was get a hair cut. After five years in prison, he knew he looked rough, and he didn't want to see Gabriela looking like he'd just gotten out of jail. That was what was most important to him, seeing Gabriela. Juan had told him that she had been staying with Rosa for a while now, and while Carlos could tell there was something Juan wasn't telling him, he didn't care enough to force his brother to tell him right now. He'd hear it from Rosa anyways.
That was priority number two. Getting to see Rosa. He knew it had been tough on her seeing him in jail, carrying the weight of yet again looking out for Juan and Gabriela. He hadn't quite understood why she stopped coming to see him, but he couldn't say he blamed her. But everything was going to be alright now that he was out. After the way things had been before he went to jail, Carlos was pretty certain that even after all this time, they could pick up where they left off, maybe finally be together for real.
That was partly why he came to Benny's, hoping he'd run into Rosa there, or at least get some intel on where to find her. As he walked into the barber shop, a place as familiar to him as just about anywhere else in this town, a weird feeling crept over him. He had been going to Benny's to get his hair cut for as long as he could remember. But now, after being gone for so long, it felt different. As he walked into the shop, he greeted a few of the guys, barbers who he had known for years. Everyone's eyes were on him as he walked around saying hi to people he'd known for forever, but who now didn't know what to say to him.