The Honest Folk of Guadeloupe (2015)
““My friend Agnès Loisel.”
Anne Marie looked at the photograph and she could feel bitterness swelling in her throat. “Why didn’t you tell me before?”
“I never knew she was dead.”
“You didn’t know, Marie Pierre? You read the papers, you listen to the radio.”
“I didn’t know it was Agnès.” She pointed. “Not until I saw that photograph.”
Anne Marie turned the France Antilles over, hiding the grim face of death. “When did you last see Agnès?”
“When Dugain kicked us out in February.”
“You never saw he...r again after that?”
A grudging nod. “I chose not to talk to her.”
“I thought you were good friends. Isn’t that what you told me yesterday?”
“We were,” Marie Pierre said. “When I needed someone, she was good to me. Agnès was very good to me. She took me in and looked after me.”
“Your husband was also your friend—you just said so.”
Marie Pierre snorted angrily. “Jean Claude had become unbearable. In his opinion I was just a stupid woman—and all I wanted was to escape but there was nowhere to go.”MoreLess
Anne Marie looked at the photograph and she could feel bitterness swelling in her throat. “Why didn’t you tell me before?”
“I never knew she was dead.”
“You didn’t know, Marie Pierre? You read the papers, you listen to the radio.”
“I didn’t know it was Agnès.” She pointed. “Not until I saw that photograph.”
Anne Marie turned the France Antilles over, hiding the grim face of death. “When did you last see Agnès?”
“When Dugain kicked us out in February.”
“You never saw he...r again after that?”
A grudging nod. “I chose not to talk to her.”
“I thought you were good friends. Isn’t that what you told me yesterday?”
“We were,” Marie Pierre said. “When I needed someone, she was good to me. Agnès was very good to me. She took me in and looked after me.”
“Your husband was also your friend—you just said so.”
Marie Pierre snorted angrily. “Jean Claude had become unbearable. In his opinion I was just a stupid woman—and all I wanted was to escape but there was nowhere to go.”MoreLess
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