Kiss And Kill
“said Claire. “I was in a daze. We canceled out the visits to Guanajuato and Dolores Hidalgo and came back to the States.”
They were eating in a roadside diner. Barney and Ed had decided to avoid greasy foods—they were both having problems—and Barney was sipping cream of asparagus soup and milk, while Ed made a meal of soda crackers and oyster stew. Claire, however, seemed to be thoroughly enjoying a steak and French fries, as if, having tossed her destiny into Barney’s lap, she had thrown off all her worries, too. The thought weighted him down a little. Ed and Claire were like two orphans abandoned on his doorstep.
“Are you sure he mentionned a girl’s name?” asked Barney. “Mona?”
“His voice was very faint, but I heard it.”
“Mona means a female monkey in Spanish. ‘La mona, aunque se veste de seda, mona se queda.’”
“What does that mean?”
“‘The monkey, although she dresses in silk, remains a monkey.’” Barney smiled. “He couldn’t have had very good taste.
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