You've just signed a two-year lease for a two-room apartment. A tenement, your father says. You've sequestered the larger of the two small rooms for your bedroom. In the whole apartment, there is one closet. Sort of.
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On the morning of the big day, I became overwhelmed with fear. I had heard horror stories about the beauty shop, from cousins and neighborhood kids. They told tales of the awful stench of konkoline and hair grease sizzling.
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