Name of the Dog by Elmer Mendoza

Author:Elmer Mendoza [MENDOZA, ÉLMER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635060935
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2018-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Seven

They met in the bungalow in the garden at the mansion in Colinas de San Miguel, her father’s favourite spot for receiving visitors. Poinsettias and a few Christmas decorations in view. Dim lighting. César ran in to say goodbye: he was going to Altata with Minerva and three bodyguards. Don’t annoy your grandmother, eh? behave yourself. Mama, I love you so much, he kissed her and hurried out. Nine years old. He smelled of Fahrenheit for Men. Luigi was on the lawn, alert, eyes trained on the driveway gate: that was where his mistress would arrive, if she did. Without a word a young man served two whiskies on the rocks and left the bottle on the table. You look kind of beat-up, Lefty, what happened? Me, I slipped on a grape skin. Samantha Valdés shook her head as if to say, You’ll never learn. Well, first things first, she said; the detective waited uncomfortably, his mind a blank. Congratulations on Jason, we know he’s a good boy, no doubt he’ll go far. You know about him? He’s popular, a good student, a champion in the mile with a good shot at making the Olympics. What does this woman have in mind? They drank. The mother is lovely, isn’t she? and has she ever managed to keep her looks. She had a portrait painted that does the aging for her, do you really know about all that? This city is small and, like my mother says, we’re all neighbours. Several hired guns were posted at strategic spots around the discreetly lit garden; the dog sat unmoving. Second of all, and she rushed the words, her habitually severe expression softening, a wistful look in her eyes: They killed Mariana. The detective felt shocked, he guessed he must have widened his eyes because his bruise hurt. They killed her, Lefty Mendieta, in Mazatlán, Saturday before last; we were there, I left her alone in her room for a short while and when I went back she had a bullet-hole in her forehead. The detective filled his host’s glass and she tossed it back, he filled it again, as well as his own. That woman was a sweetheart, Lefty, she wanted to do good, she wanted to build a hospital for children with cancer and clinics in poor neighbourhoods. Silence for thinking about nothing. You lose a man and you get over it, you listen to sappy songs and that’s that, but when you lose a woman you lose part of yourself, a really big part, do you understand what I’m saying? Silence. Don’t think it’s a rib or a liver, like they say, it’s a slice of your heart or your soul, I don’t know. Were you at a hotel? The Estrella Reluciente, we were planning to spend a couple of days there, but as you can see God makes mistakes too; she drank; I want you to find the murderer and bring him to me. Samantha, I respect your grief and

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