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"Your stupid idea didn't work!" yelled Willa, slamming her schoolbooks down on a table. "We gave him the earrings and he still wouldn't break off the engagement!"
"You're telling us this just now?" Walter asked, fully aware he had given her the earrings the night before.
"Shush!" said Leo, lightly smacking his friend on the arm. "Let her finish."
"I am finished! I'm finished with this whole stupid thing!" She stormed around the bar and poured herself a shot of vodka.
"Willa!" Leo warned.
"What? I don't care if I'm underage!" Willa downed the shot. "Doesn't matter if I go back to jail or not. I'm going to turn myself into a gadji, even if I have to go to the Elders to do it!"
"Willa, would you please go to your trailer?" asked Leo. "Walter and I need to talk."
She shot him a mutinous look.
"Please? Walter and I need to have a discussion."
With one last dirty look, Willa dumped her shot glass into the sink, grabbed her books and left the bar.
"You need to figure out something to do."
"What do you mean 'me'?" Walter took a sip of iced tea.
"I mean, I can't do anything for her," Leo explained. "I'm a gadjo attorney. The law I know doesn't hold sway over the Romani. You're the Finder…find some way to get her out of this bind!"
Glossary
Gadji: (Romani) "outsider" [female]
Gadjo: (Romani) "outsider" [male]
