Chelsea is just arriving in the historic city of Boston, Massachusetts to pursue her Master's degree in English from Boston English College. As an Idaho native, Chelsea finds the city to be both welcoming and overwhelming.
One day soon after classes start, Chelsea is walking home when she passes by a house fire at a South End brownstone. A crowd has gathered around the house as it burns: the heat from it feels like a bonfire back home. As Chelsea starts to leave, she notices a mysterious man leaving the scene quickly. He carries an old and decidedly shabby suitcase. Two big men in black suddenly brush past Chelsea and chase the odd man. He drops his suitcase as he starts to run.
Chelsea is left holding the suitcase and a mystery. Who was the man with the suitcase? Who were the men chasing him? What caused the house fire? As her loneliness as an Idaho transplant in the big city grows, Chelsea starts to investigate.
Chelsea finds herself entangled in a web of mystery and seduction as the man with the suitcase turns out to be something quite different from any man Chelsea had ever known before.
“Good morning, Chelsea”, greeted Mrs. Iscovich, my elderly next-door neighbor. I’ve only lived here a few weeks now and I’ve already received a basket of muffins, a list of available single men in the neighborhood, a home-cooked meal and an invitation to her church. Suffice to say, Mrs. Iscovich is the definition of a friendly neighbor.
I just moved in a few blocks away from the University where I just started my first year of Grad school. Coming from a small town out west to the big, busy city of Boston, I preferred the peace and quiet I get being on my own, further away from campus. I’ve never been a social butterfly, by any means, but being surrounded in the big city makes me pine for a calm retreat every now and again. I took the apple Mrs. Iscovich offered to me and smiled.
“Thanks, Mrs. Iscovich”. It was nice to have a friendly neighbor, someone with that caring feeling, especially so far away from my family and hometown in Idaho.
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Portuguese
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Translated by Emanuel Guedes Santos
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Spanish
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Translated by Lilia Janette Trejo
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