Thirteen Cents: A Novel (Modern African Writing Series) by Duiker K. Sello

Author:Duiker, K. Sello [Duiker, K. Sello]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780821444542
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2013-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

“No, Gerald.”

“They taught you how to survive. I had to kill them so that you would learn never to spill another’s blood. Blood frightens you, doesn’t it?”

I look at him and think of saying yes but I don’t.

“It isn’t supposed to be on the outside,” I tell him.

He laughs and drinks from the glass, all of it.

“Do you understand what Richard did to you?”

“No, Gerald. I’m stronger.”

“He made you understand everything. You had to understand what hunger is, what thirst is.”

“But I know that already.”

“Let me finish,” he raises his voice. The candle crackles.

“You had to understand everything so that you could live. People are trying to kill you.”

“Who, Gerald, who?”

“Everyone. Gangsters, the mafia. Everyone. You had to understand that. You had to understand pain.”

“But I hate pain.” He sees my fear.

“You had to understand that. You had to understand what it means to be a woman. That’s why they did that to you. I know that you understand what it means to be a woman already. You bleed through the anus when you shit, don’t you?”

“I’ve always been like that.”

“Your mother did that to you. She loved you too much. So much that you wanted to understand everything about being a woman. Do you know how evil that is?”

“No, Gerald.”

“You say you’re thirteen but your piel looks like you’re five.”

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