Lilia's Secret (2007)
“It picked its way carefully over the pocked stone. Bill didn’t move a muscle. This was the closest he’d ever come to a wild thing. When the waiter bustled in the bird flew away and sadness welled up inside him. He cleared his throat and rustled the pages of the newspaper in a businesslike way.
‘More coffee, Señor?’ When the waiter had gone Bill furtively took out his new photograph of Lilia, peeking around to see if anybody could see. He had the whole balcony to himself. He went over to the bal...ustrade and lay Lilia down, hunching over her. Her hair was trained around her head like a crown. Her long lashes didn’t blink. He imagined he could see a fine layer of down on her cheek.
The rational part of Bill could see he had allowed himself to be fixated on a disturbing woman, long dead. One who’d wrecked his family and may even have murdered his father. But he could no longer believe she was all bad. There seemed to have been too many contradictions in her. Yes, she’d buried his father as an outcast, but there could be a reason for that he didn’t yet know.MoreLess
‘More coffee, Señor?’ When the waiter had gone Bill furtively took out his new photograph of Lilia, peeking around to see if anybody could see. He had the whole balcony to himself. He went over to the bal...ustrade and lay Lilia down, hunching over her. Her hair was trained around her head like a crown. Her long lashes didn’t blink. He imagined he could see a fine layer of down on her cheek.
The rational part of Bill could see he had allowed himself to be fixated on a disturbing woman, long dead. One who’d wrecked his family and may even have murdered his father. But he could no longer believe she was all bad. There seemed to have been too many contradictions in her. Yes, she’d buried his father as an outcast, but there could be a reason for that he didn’t yet know.MoreLess
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