Cuba Libre: A Novel by Elmore Leonard

Author:Elmore Leonard [Leonard, Elmore]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

LAST NIGHT TYLER AND AMELIA brought their hammocks and blankets to the trees along the edge of the slope to make a bed on the pine needles, Tyler putting off what he wanted to tell her until, finally, he couldn’t keep it to himself.

“You didn’t have to say you love me.”

The words came out of a silence and he was sorry as he heard them, sounding so serious. Amelia, on her knees spreading a blanket, looked up at him.

“I didn’t?”

“Just so I’d go with you.”

She rose and kept looking at him as she undid the skirt she wore over the pair of trousers, let the skirt slip to her feet and stepped out of it. All she said was “My, my.”

“I couldn’t help but think it.”

“I see myself as trade goods. Is that what you’re saying?”

“What’d you tell Boudreaux?”

She said, “Ah, it’s not as simple as you make it sound. Did I tell Rollie I love him? We could discuss what I did with him, and maybe with others you don’t know about? That could take a while and you might be more confused than you are now.” Amelia began unbuttoning her shirt. “Why don’t we keep it simple and get undressed. You don’t sleep in your clothes, do you, Ben? Let’s wait till we’re in bed, bare naked, then decide if you want to talk or what.”

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