Tourist Season (2010)
Tourist Season
““Where is Jesus?” Wiley demanded.
“Don’t know,” Viceroy Wilson said.
“He was gone when we got here,” said Tommy Tigertail.
Both men were shirtless, with leather carpentry belts strung from their waists. The Indian had a red bandanna around his neck, and his caramel chest was beaded with perspiration. Viceroy Wilson wore gray sweatpants and faded aqua wristbands, which kept his hands dry.
They had worked unceasingly since dawn, and the skeletal contraption had grown to fill the warehouse from fl...oor to ceiling.
“It’s coming along,” Wiley said haltheartedly. “You’re doing fine.”
He paced with agitation, gnawing his lower lip, hands crammed in the pockets of his jeans. With each step his track shoes squeaked on the dusty concrete—a noise that only added to the tension. El Fuego was on the threshold of eruption; Viceroy Wilson and Tommy Tigertail could sense it.
In slow motion Skip Wiley picked up an iron mallet. He studied it methodically, weighed it in each hand, then began to pound the aluminum door like a gong.MoreLess
“Don’t know,” Viceroy Wilson said.
“He was gone when we got here,” said Tommy Tigertail.
Both men were shirtless, with leather carpentry belts strung from their waists. The Indian had a red bandanna around his neck, and his caramel chest was beaded with perspiration. Viceroy Wilson wore gray sweatpants and faded aqua wristbands, which kept his hands dry.
They had worked unceasingly since dawn, and the skeletal contraption had grown to fill the warehouse from fl...oor to ceiling.
“It’s coming along,” Wiley said haltheartedly. “You’re doing fine.”
He paced with agitation, gnawing his lower lip, hands crammed in the pockets of his jeans. With each step his track shoes squeaked on the dusty concrete—a noise that only added to the tension. El Fuego was on the threshold of eruption; Viceroy Wilson and Tommy Tigertail could sense it.
In slow motion Skip Wiley picked up an iron mallet. He studied it methodically, weighed it in each hand, then began to pound the aluminum door like a gong.MoreLess
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