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carmen didn’t roll her eyes in front of her parents but she did as soon as she walked out of her house to buy the groceries they asked for. with her trusted grocery list scribbled in her palm, she threw the desired items in the basket along with some of her favorite snacks. finally she made it to the medicine aisle. like vick’s vaporub will cure heart disease, she thought to herself, but she threw it in the basket too. she was not about to question her puerto rican mother. she checked her list, trying to ignore the whispers behind her. she expected nothing different, but she had hoped lake wisteria to give her at least 24 hours to settle back in before bringing up her almost wedding. she turned around abruptly, realizing she had forgotten the cereal and bumped into someone else. “oh, damn, sorry,” she mumbled.