Heartland (2012)
“For nearly three stinking weeks they had remained here alone, out of contact except for Maria Soleres, the old landlady downstairs, and therefore totally out of touch with what was happening just outside their doorway.
He sat by the window looking down at the tiny rear courtyard filled with trash, holding his knees up to his chest and slowly rocking back and forth.
There had been food and some wine here when he and the others had first arrived with Vance-Ehrhardt and his wife, but within a coup...le of days it was gone, and the landlady began bringing their meals twice a day. But no wine.
By the sixth day there was no one left except Juan Carlos, Teva, and of course the prisoners. “You will hold them here until your instructions come,” Maria Soleres had told them that day. “They won’t give you any trouble. Just keep them tied up.”
“We are supposed to be on our way to Tripoli,” Juan Carlos had protested.
“I don’t know about that,” the snaggletoothed woman had creaked. “I only know that you are to remain here.MoreLess
He sat by the window looking down at the tiny rear courtyard filled with trash, holding his knees up to his chest and slowly rocking back and forth.
There had been food and some wine here when he and the others had first arrived with Vance-Ehrhardt and his wife, but within a coup...le of days it was gone, and the landlady began bringing their meals twice a day. But no wine.
By the sixth day there was no one left except Juan Carlos, Teva, and of course the prisoners. “You will hold them here until your instructions come,” Maria Soleres had told them that day. “They won’t give you any trouble. Just keep them tied up.”
“We are supposed to be on our way to Tripoli,” Juan Carlos had protested.
“I don’t know about that,” the snaggletoothed woman had creaked. “I only know that you are to remain here.MoreLess
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