Awake by Fernando Iglesias Meléndez

Author:Fernando Iglesias Meléndez [Meléndez, Fernando Iglesias]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-04T22:00:00+00:00

Gerardo and Lorena sit in one of the empty booths. The place is pristine, covered only by a fine sheet of dust. There are no obscenities written on the inside, no stench of urine, no busted windows or charred walls. Lorena hands Gerardo a glass of whiskey as thick as dirty sap. “Where are you going?” she asks.

“Pill Haven in Guatemala. They offer pill rations for work,” Gerardo says, mostly speaking into his glass. The whiskey’s shit, but it’s a peace offering, and it takes some of the edge off, untangles the knot behind his eyes, if only a little.

“What kind of work?”

“Not sure.”

“So, let me get this straight. You’re gonna risk your lives to cross the border to Guatemala, only to do God knows what for pill rations? You know they lose their potency, right?”

“Sleep is sleep.”

“Anita’s telling the truth, Gerardo. She can sleep. Real sleep, not the type that comes in a pill, fades a little every night, and gives you terrible nightmares.”

“Maybe. Maybe not. But you can’t prove the Place exists anyway.”

“She drew a map,” Lorena says, leaning back in the booth with a smile on her face, as if her and Gerardo were playing chess instead of talking. And that? That was a check. Not a check mate, but she’s convinced she’s getting there. Gerardo shrugs.

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