Affections by Rodrigo Hasbún

Author:Rodrigo Hasbún [Rodrigo Hasbun]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782272861
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

II

THE DEAD

“My girl’s godmother has told me about you lot,” the old man said as he fed them in the living room of his hut on that first afternoon of December 1967. “I know those aren’t your real names. I know who you are, at this stage of the game everyone knows.” He said, “Teaches at a school in the city, my girl’s godmother. She says I have to help you, says you’re fighting for us.” Inti and the other four listened to him in silence. The fifty thousand pesos President Barrientos was offering for their heads would turn anyone’s life around. They knew it would be all too easy to lure them into a trap. “You can stay here. You better recharge your batteries,” the old man said. He must have been about seventy. People from the country died younger, died from any old thing, died without even realizing they were dying. “Me and my granddaughter will help you,” he said.

That night they discussed their situation. None of them doubted the old man’s good intentions, or the hut’s favourable location.

They agreed to stay.

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