But a lot has changed since she left her small desert hometown years ago - Jeremy is now a veteran of the Iraq war, a revelation that threatens to tear apart the new-found intimacy that brings them together in a time of crisis. At her father's wake, Nora encounters a friendly face from the past - Jeremy, an old high school classmate. When Nora hears the news while having drinks with her roommate in Oakland, she rushes back home to California's Mojave desert. The sole witness to one immigrant's death is another - undocumented and terrified that a phone call to the police could have him deported. A man falls from the hood of the car, which speeds off into the night.ĭriss Guerraoui, an elderly immigrant from Morocco, had become the victim of a fatal hit-and-run with only one witness.Įfrain digs his phone out of his pocket to call 911, but he never makes the call. A few seconds later, he hears a car speeding up - and then a dull bump. Late one spring night, Efrain stops at a darkened road junction to fix the broken chain on his bike.
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