The Burning Hill by A.D. Flint

Author:A.D. Flint [Flint, A.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unbound

Chapter 26

Vilson

The gringo lay curled in the dirt, coughing. Still trying to get his breath.

Searching around, Vilson prised a chunk of rock from the hard earth with his fingers and went to stand over him. He could tell that the gringo knew he was there a good few moments before looking up.

Vilson raised his arm and the gringo shrank back, flinging his hands up protectively.

“Did you go to Cruzeiro? Was he telling the truth?”

“Put the rock down, for fuck’s sake.”

Vilson raised it higher. “Tell me.”

“Yes, I went there.”

“Did you find my mother?”

“Yes.”

“Alive?”

“Yes, of course. She’s okay.”

“Graças a Deus.” The relief was overwhelming. His arm was starting to shake and he lowered the rock to shoulder level. And then the anger came back. “You thought it was okay to keep this from me?”

“I didn’t know how to tell you. I found her, out on a farm. I think she’s with the farmer. There’s something bad going on there, but she didn’t want to be found, she didn’t want to go back to the past.”

“You’re not making any sense.”

“Look, I know it’s hard, but that’s what she said.”

“You know nothing,” Vilson said. He knew the truth. It was in all those letters his mother had written. “You don’t know her mind.”

“Vilson, she asked me to tell you she was dead.”

“You’re lying,” Vilson shouted, raising the rock with both arms. Something had snapped inside him. He could do it.

The gringo scrabbled backward in the dirt. Vilson could see the fear he had felt so many times himself.

“Tell me where I find her,” he demanded.

And then the gringo took a breath and lifted his chin. “No.”

Vilson loaded his arms to strike, but the gringo didn’t budge.

“Kill me and you’ll never find her,” he said.

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