Post 4

     "A flicker of tension twitches between us: five times on the way to school Aisha told me not to say anything about our trip to the border, not even to Lily Yee, my best friend at school."  pg.30

      What I like about this is how Marina Budhos uses flicker of tension to describe the tension between them because there not just lots of tension but just little burst of it (five times).  

    I also can not image not being able to tell your best friend about something huge in your life, but I guess Nadira is used to it.