‘I am going to live in Cuba,’ he explained. Luis sat behind his desk, tilted his chair back, and lit up a cigar. ‘I mean, what the hell is going on in this family?’ ‘I feel like one,’ she confirmed bitterly. Luis pried open a bottle of Canada Dry, poured it into a glass, and handed it to his daughter. This way they will be much easier to pack. Seeing his daughter’s reaction, Luis explained, ‘Estelle showed me how to catalogue the books and journals. The journals that had once been strewn like so many autumn leaves were now arranged on shelves. She could not help noticing how neat it had become. Laura nodded and followed her father into his private domain. Come to my study and have a drink, niña.’ He then added quickly, ‘I mean a Coca-Cola or something.’ ‘She spends some time in prayer, and then she goes to sleep. Now that the cleric had departed, Laura turned to accost her mother for abandoning her.īut Inez had disappeared. Because the Lord certainly wasn’t with him when he was mugged three months ago and I had to sew five sutures in his cheek.’ Luis could not keep himself from whispering sardonically to Laura, ‘Let’s hope he’s right.
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