The Rag Doll Plagues by Alejandro Morales

Author:Alejandro Morales
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arte Público Press
Published: 1992-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Bill and Phyllis arrived unannounced and threatened to take Sandra back home with them. When I entered our bedroom, Bill was packing bags while Phyllis was trying to convince her to return home. Phyllis insisted that new doctors, specialists in blood diseases, were what Sandra needed.

“No, mother, I’m staying. Gregory and Flink are doing everything they can,” Sandra said, determined to remain.

I would not interfere. I would not keep her from her parents. I loved Sandra, but it had to be her decision to stay.

“Put those down, Dad! I’m staying here!”

Bill threw the luggage on the floor.

“Damn you! She would have been better off if she had never met you, Gregory. She’ll die if she stays with you!” Bill left the room.

“But I’ll die sooner at a sanitarium or at home! Don’t you understand that being close to you makes me sadder? Don’t you understand that when I see you, I remember the way it used to be? I can’t bear your suffering. I have to try to live. I’ll choose where I want to die.”

At the door, Phyllis embraced me. “Anything. Money, whatever it takes. Call us,” she said.

A buried groan came from Bill, as tears streamed down his face. “You brainwashed her.”

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