The Passenger

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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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I tried to look calm and collected as I gathered my things under Ruth's watch, but I could feel this all-over shiver, a constant vibration of nerves that I had a hard time believing no one else could see.

“You in some kid of trouble?” Ruth asked.

“No trouble, I said. “I just found a place to stay, long-term.”

“Don't fool yourself,” she said. “It's all temporary.”

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