The Falling Woman
“"I'm just pissed at Liz." "Yeah? Why?" "She wants me to leave the dig." "Yeah? Where does she want you to go?" "The Caribbean coast. Back to Los Angeles. Anywhere, she said." "Why?" I watched the men in the square. They had returned to an animated discussion. "She said ... this is weird, but she said that the curandera said that I should leave." "Liz said that?" "Yeah." Barbara tapped her fingers restlessly on the table.
"Do you think ..." I hesitated, uncertain.
"What?" "Sometimes she ...watches things that aren't there. Her eyes follow them, and when you look there's nothing there at all." "I've noticed that. She has always done that." "Sometimes, she talks to herself. I keep meeting her wandering around early in the morning and half the time she is talking to herself.'' "That's so." "Do you think she's crazy?" Barbara looked down at the square. The two flower-selling children were pestering a retired American couple in matching leisure suits.MoreLess
"Do you think ..." I hesitated, uncertain.
"What?" "Sometimes she ...watches things that aren't there. Her eyes follow them, and when you look there's nothing there at all." "I've noticed that. She has always done that." "Sometimes, she talks to herself. I keep meeting her wandering around early in the morning and half the time she is talking to herself.'' "That's so." "Do you think she's crazy?" Barbara looked down at the square. The two flower-selling children were pestering a retired American couple in matching leisure suits.MoreLess
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