Jasmine

bloomed from a diffident alien with forged documents into adventurous Jase.

Taylor didn’t want to change me. He didn’t want to scour and sanitize the foreignness.

think it was the hardest lesson of all for me to learn.

In America, nothing lasts.

I offered to move out, which seemed the American thing to do, but Wylie begged me to stay.

pillow was dry, a launch pad for lift-off. Taylor, Wylie, and Duff were family

Jase went to movies and lived for today

Jasmine lived for the future, for Vijh & Wife

Jase. Jase was a woman who bought herself spangled heels and silk chartreuse pants.

did not want to live legally if it also meant living like a refugee.