She wore a red Puebla dress like his late mother’s the day he came to repair her sink. When he had repaired the air conditioner a couple of months ago, she had turned him down for a date. Even though she was not Latina or Catholic, he felt his mother urging him to try again.
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When he was little, his mother gave him a box of fabrics so he may trace the ribs of corduroy with his fingers; feel the rough wool, the luxurious velvet and satin. She wasn’t sure if it helped him in some small way, but it seemed to make him happy.