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At lunch, Ja’nae reveals that she’s been using phone cards to call her mother every night after her grandparents have gone to sleep. She says that her mother is living in someone’s basement while she develops her practice of laying hands to heal sick people. Raspberry recognizes this practice from her time on the street and knows that it’s not something Ja’nae’s mother could make a living doing. Throughout Ja’nae’s story, Raspberry realizes that this is the most Ja’nae has ever shared about her mother. Ja’nae says that her mother wants her to come live with her, and Raspberry at once worries knowing that Ja’nae’s mother could not afford to take care of her.
The conversation is interrupted by Ming and Sato’s arrival at the table. Sato gives Mai a hard time for quitting work at the food truck and says she’s only done working there because of her dad. Sato complains that he’s still hungry, and Raspberry sells him a bag of barbecue chips. Sato calls her greedy but buys the chips for 50 cents, and soon Raspberry sells the rest of the chips to her classmates. After lunch, Ja’nae asks Raspberry if she can lend her more
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