Nightmare Country
“Rafaela said, and although she’d lowered her broom, she stood at Backra’s door obviously ready to fight for it.
“He didn’t even leave a message … or anything?” Tamara felt a numbness spreading through her. She suspected this was one shock too many. Rafaela appeared so kindly and motherly. If she’d beaten Tamara with that broom, she couldn’t have been more cruel.
“He left something only for one. One thing for one who is called Tomairra.”
“That’s me. What is it?”
Rafaela, whose voice was so soft ...and look for Tamara so hard, reached inside the door for a slab of stone, the one with writing carved into it that Tamara had seen when she’d followed them into the house and Dixie had seduced Backra. It reminded her instantly of the stela in the jungle where she and Backra had seduced each other, and she had an inkling of why people commit suicide.
The stone was heavy, and she staggered as she turned back into the cemetery, where the little dog he had called “My Lady of the Rum Belly”MoreLess
“He didn’t even leave a message … or anything?” Tamara felt a numbness spreading through her. She suspected this was one shock too many. Rafaela appeared so kindly and motherly. If she’d beaten Tamara with that broom, she couldn’t have been more cruel.
“He left something only for one. One thing for one who is called Tomairra.”
“That’s me. What is it?”
Rafaela, whose voice was so soft ...and look for Tamara so hard, reached inside the door for a slab of stone, the one with writing carved into it that Tamara had seen when she’d followed them into the house and Dixie had seduced Backra. It reminded her instantly of the stela in the jungle where she and Backra had seduced each other, and she had an inkling of why people commit suicide.
The stone was heavy, and she staggered as she turned back into the cemetery, where the little dog he had called “My Lady of the Rum Belly”MoreLess
Read book Nightmare Country for free
Write Review:
User Reviews: