A Field Guide To Murder & Fly Fishing by Tim Weed

Author:Tim Weed
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Green Writers Press
Published: 2017-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

Don’t get me wrong: I’d had girlfriends before. Nothing like this, though. Not a girl I’d met in the street and come to visit for the specific purpose of having sex. But then, I’m not the only foreigner who’s behaved differently in Cuba than he would at home.

After it was over, Lisbet and I lounged on the bed in silence. The Joni Mitchell tape ended, and down the hall the muffled television blared. At risk of drifting off to sleep, I got up and started getting dressed. Lisbet rolled over to watch me, a teasing smile playing across her lips. “Don’t dress. I’m not finished with you.”

“I have to get back,” I explained. “The tour group. You remember.”

She stopped smiling and sat up, not bothering to cover her generous, inquisitive breasts. “Stay with me. You can get up early. I’ll make you a good Cuban breakfast.”

“No. I really have to go.” I took a roll of twenty-peso bills out of my shorts pocket and saw from her dismayed expression that I’d made a mistake. But it was too late to change course. She watched in wide-eyed alarm as I pulled three crisp bills off the roll. I held them out for her to take and she glanced at them in distaste.

“I’m not a prostitute,” she said, quietly indignant. “I’m a student of accounting.”

I was embarrassed, but I tried to put the best face on things. “I know you’re not a prostitute. But I also know you can use this money. Please, take it, as a gift. For your family.”

She shook her head. Her eyes had filled with tears. I sat beside her on the mattress and put my arm over her naked shoulder. It felt awkward, so I took the arm back. “Look,” I said. “I’m sorry. But you do need the money, don’t you?”

After a moment she nodded, tears flowing, and held out her hand for the twenties.

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