TE19 Iberian Adventure

Sara Mesa

directed at “you girls,” in the plural. I can say where I planned to go, but I can’t speak for the others. In fact, I don’t understand why they have called me in but not them.

“Because you were the one who organized it. On that point they all agree,” the Booty says.

“They don’t agree on the other points?”

“We’re asking the questions, not you.”

Time and again they ask me the same thing: where were we planning to go. They know as well as I do, so I don’t see any reason to repeat it. I prefer to tell themwhat we were not planning to do.

“It wasn’t an escape. We were going to come back.”

The Booty resumes the interrogation. She is obviously at ease in these situations.

“Comeback?Comebackwhen?YouwantedtomakeittoCárdenas. You can’t walk there and back in one day.”

“If you know that’s wherewewere going, why do you keep ask¬ing me?”

“Because I don’t know whether or not Cárdenas was just one stop on a longer trip.”

“I already told you it wasn’t.”

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