Santiago's Way by Patricia Laurent

Author:Patricia Laurent [Laurent, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780720617085
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Cuco is on top of me, kissing me. Beside us is a lamp, and by its light I can see the same suffering in his eyes. Blindly I choose a sore on his back and run the pad of my finger over it as if it were an antique Egyptian scarab lately discovered by an anthropologist. Then I choose another and another. They are like the maggots in the cat, only fossilized on his skin. He is embarrassed and hides his face in my neck. After we caress each other for a while he starts to cough. First a few dry heaves, then a crackling burst of phlegm. He wants to get off the bed, but the coughing doubles him over. He manages to hold one hand to his mouth, but blood-streaked phlegm slips out between his fingers. He covers his head with the sheet. Coughing and reeling he heads to the bathroom. From the bed I can hear him spitting and choking. I hear him pull back the sliding door of the medicine cabinet and the clinking of glass bottles. He takes a long swallow of medicine and comes out of the bathroom grinning, ready to carry on with his caresses. Santiago, still in a sulky voice, begs that we get out of there.

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