On Tuesdays Rafaela`s husband comes home late because that`s the night he plays dominoes. And then Rafaela, who is still young but getting old from leaning out the window so much, gets locked indoors because her husband is afraid Rafaela will run away since she is too beautiful to look at.

A long time passes and we forget she is up there watching until she says: Kids, If I give you a dollar wiill you go to the store and buy me something? She throws a crumpled dollar down and always asks for coconut or sometimes papaya juice, and we send it up to her in a paper shopping bag she lets down with clothesline.

Fafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams her hair is like Rapunzel`s. On the corner there is music from the bar, and Rafaela wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old.