This Is Not Miami by Sophie Hughes

Author:Sophie Hughes [Sophie Hughes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Published: 2023-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

5.

But barely a week had passed and he was back. And he felt like the house knew it, the whole of Boca del Río knew it, and all the people driving over the bridge and giving them disapproving looks knew it. On the other side of the road, a homeless woman was standing in the middle of the pavement pointing at them. That was already a bit much.

‘Look at them, off they go!’ the old lady shouted, poking her grubby finger towards them.

Her hair fell in greasy locks around a dirty, puffy face. She opened her toothless mouth and burst out laughing.

‘There they go! These kids have had it now!’

‘Fuck me,’ Tacho muttered under his breath, visibly shaken.

But that was all he said.

Jorge stared intently at his friend. He wanted Tacho to look him in the eye and admit that the whole thing was a terrible idea. Tacho had been there the week before, he knew about the cadets, he’d seen the look of horror on their faces. But he didn’t say a word; he even seemed offended when Jorge held his gaze. Tacho’s gaunt, sullen face was a silent reproach that seemed to say: Don’t say a word – you’ll only make it worse. You don’t talk about these things.

‘There they go!’ the beggarwoman was still yelling. ‘Would you look at these idiots!’

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