Part Two
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Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
[Part Eight]
“You mean to tell me that you folks
are headed to Lazero Cardenas? Serious?”
Ana and I looked at each other in
confused silence. She elbowed me, voicing the concern that we both
undoubtedly felt.
“Why does he know about Lazero Cardenas?” she muttered, “I don't think it's much of a tourist destination...for most tourists, at least.”
“Why does he know about Lazero Cardenas?” she muttered, “I don't think it's much of a tourist destination...for most tourists, at least.”
“I don't know, you tell me,” I
muttered through gritted teeth, the heavy rain masking our already
muffled conversation. “I've only ever heard of it from you.”
“You've only ever heard of anything from
me,” she grumbled back. I was mentally readying a retort when the
driver interrupted my thoughts, probably for the best.
“Hello?
Y'gonna answer me, or stay puckered up like a pickled fish?”
Neither
of us had an answer to that. “Uh....yeah, we are, why do you ask?”
said Ana, with suspicion evident in her voice. “I didn't think
many people had heard of it.”
“Well,
I'd only heard of it when I was assigned to pick you two up 'n take
you there, so you're right in sayin' so.”
Ana's
mouth hung open in surprise for a moment before responding.
“Excuse me, what? Pick us up? Who told you that?”
“Excuse me, what? Pick us up? Who told you that?”
The
driver glanced over his shoulder at me. “You didn' tell her
anything?” I
could do nothing but stare back in confusion.
“Sonofabitch,”
muttered the driver. “Scorpion wasn't kidding, you musta got
conked worse than I thought.”
I
leaned forward, forgetting the damp and my discomfort. “What are
you talking about? Do you know me?”
He started to answer, but I cut him off, grabbing his shoulder
probably too harshly.
“Why
can't I remember anything?”
“And
who's this 'Scorpion'?” added Ana distantly.
Silence
followed our questions, broken only by the driver muttering“Shit.”
After
a few minutes of nothing but pattering rain and windshield wipers,
the driver spoke again.
“
'Fraid I don't have all your answers, but I'll explain things as best
I can. Seem's we've got a long drive ahead of us anyway.”
