Undone (2011)
Undone
“I had lost the trail somewhere near the border, according to the map. I was considering this as we crossed the Albuquerque city limits, but there were no answers to be found on the flimsy paper, which flapped in the wind coming from the shattered passenger’s window, and I folded it carefully and put it away.
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“First thing, I’m dropping the truck off at the body shop,” Luis said. “Then I’m crashing for about two hours.” He paused for a moment, and his voice changed ...timbre. “I have to go to the funeral home at ten.”
Funeral home. An odd combination of words. Homes were for the living, and for a moment I thought about the house—no longer a home—where Manny and Angela and Isabel had lived. Someone else would make it a home, in time, but for now it was a reminder, an empty shell filled with inert, abandoned things.
A place I had once felt happy.
“Should I go with you?” I asked. That earned me another glance, and a moment of silence.MoreLess
“Where are we going?” I asked.
“First thing, I’m dropping the truck off at the body shop,” Luis said. “Then I’m crashing for about two hours.” He paused for a moment, and his voice changed ...timbre. “I have to go to the funeral home at ten.”
Funeral home. An odd combination of words. Homes were for the living, and for a moment I thought about the house—no longer a home—where Manny and Angela and Isabel had lived. Someone else would make it a home, in time, but for now it was a reminder, an empty shell filled with inert, abandoned things.
A place I had once felt happy.
“Should I go with you?” I asked. That earned me another glance, and a moment of silence.MoreLess
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