Arribada by Estela González

Author:Estela González
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / World Literature / Mexico

FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian
Publisher: Cennan Books of Cynren Press
Published: 2022-05-10T00:00:00+00:00

Madre held on, but under her makeup she seemed gray. Her eyes hid something small and terrified that I could not name. On the table her fingers twitched. I feared. Another stroke would kill her.

We will have a Mass!

She reached for the chime. Who can she call now? She shifted uncomfortably in her chair, as though accommodating something large in her stomach, a cancer.

And the burial? she asked.

We will scatter his ashes on los terrenos del mar.

Her mouth was a gaping hole.

I placed my hand on Madre’s shoulder. We’ll build a walkway for your wheelchair. It will be a beautiful service. Alonso will always be there, in the place he loved so much.

Madre pushed my hand away.

My sister looked up at the clock. She said I have things to do. Mrs. Guzmán is waiting in the dining room. She will work evenings. And Patricia will do days, as usual.

And we are looking for a third person, Madre.

I went to arrange her coverlet on her lap. So you’re always—

Covered? So you don’t have to bother with me? She almost slapped my hand.

We prepared the room next to yours for Mrs. Guzmán.

Your room, Mariana?

My name is María.

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