my parents' tomb-episode 19
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MY PARENTS’ TOMB
By Lionel Levy
Copyright 2014 Lionel Levy
EPISODE 19
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Episode 19
Isaac leaned forward and dropped my dirty Hawaiian shirt
into my lap. “Wear this.”
I shakily eyed the guard’s trigger finger. “What’s going
on?”
“The watchmen recently passed a new rule I wasn’t aware
of,” eanette said. “White shirts represent purity. !asture
guests can’t wear them.”
The guard prodded my shoulder with the mu""le. “Wear it.
#ou don’t want the watchmen to see you in a white shirt.”
I slipped off $ather Hogan’s shirt.
The guard snatched it from me and threw it to the grass.
“I’m %eing nice. If ake were here, he’d ha&e ordered me to
shoot through the shirt.”
We went into the ca%in. The !asture inspector was typing
on the key%oard of Isaac’s laptop. I placed my cell phone on
the ta%le.
“I won’t %other to search the %ackpack,” the inspector
said, his %reath reeking of "onkers. “It’s going to rain, so
lea&e me and the computer alone and %e on your merry way.”
“#ou’re a %it misinformed again, old chap,” Isaac replied
in an assumed 'ritish accent. “The scattered clouds won’t
amount to much.”
The inspector finally looked up from the display screen.
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“I can feel it in my %ones. If a drop of rain falls, I keep
your computer. (on&ersation o&er.”
Isaac turned to us, as if we could really do something.
He stuck his finger into his nose. “)lder $ong is rumored
to ha&e died from alcohol poisoning.”
The inspector shook his head and frowned. “!eople will say
any flippin’ thing these days. )lder $ong showed all the
classic symptoms of a heart attack. I was right here when
Watchman $ong, ake, and the others carried him out. He was
pale and wasn’t %reathing right.”
The laptop %eeped.
“*cientists should e+tend the life of laptop %atteries,”
the inspector said, resuming his typing.
Isaac went around the ta%le and %ent to look at the screen.
“!lease don’t modify or delete any of my files.”
The inspector shut the lid. “I’m not &ery computer
literate. Things happen.”
The clim% up the earth cut steps didn’t go well with my
legs. I paused at the last tread, kneading my fists into my
-uadriceps and looking %ack as far as I could at the distance
I’d hauled myself up.
“I declare myself top dog in the stamina arena,” Isaac
panted.
“ o on without me,” I told the others.
“We’ll stay here as long as it takes,” eanette said.
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I dropped my cargo pants and %egan slathering heat ru% on
my thighs. The %anana gro&e on our left rustled. Isaac uncased
his camcorder. / flock of parrots with red patches on their
necks started from the gro&e and flew o&er us. Their high
pitched cries mocked our ina%ility to follow them.
“*isserou0” Isaac yelled.
“Those are acos,” eanette said.
“I guess seeing aco !arrots is enough to sustain me for
one day,” Isaac said as he tracked the %irds through his
camcorder. “These ama"ing creatures are more sincere than most
women I know.”
I wanted to plant a solid kick on Isaac’s %ehind.
“/ll of a sudden I don’t feel like walking all the way to
the guest ca%in,” eanette said.
Isaac lowered the camcorder. “*urprise, surprise. We’re
going to (amp 'uckley with you.”
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When we reached the gates of the camp, the sky had turned
gray and warned us with a %urst of light dri""le. ake stood at
the entrance. He checked his watch my watch.
“Why is my 2ole+ at (amp 'uckley?” I demanded.
“Three minutes to noon,” ake said.
“I ga&e my watch to Watchman Harper,” I said hotly.
ake walked off into the forest, muttering and laughing.
“I e+pect a good %ele performance tonight,” eanette said.
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*he headed for )&e’s Temple.
Isaac watched her enter the %uilding. “3peration 2umor can
now %egin.”
“The !asture inspector didn’t look like he had anything to
hide,” I said. “What made him a target for 3peration 2umor?”
“I was throwing a red herring to eanette,” Isaac replied.
“4on’t underestimate her,” I said. “*he knows what she
knows and suspects what she suspects and won’t change her mind.”
/ dwarfish man with a machete in his hand entered the camp,
%rushing past Isaac.
“/pproach the first target,” Isaac whispered.
“There’s nothing wrong with him,” I whispered %ack.
“He’s walking without %ending his knees. That’s an
affected gait. I’&e ne&er seen a pygmy walk like that.”
“5ooks normal to me,” I responded.
Isaac threw up his hands. “ ust do it. $ind out a%out
*hepherd 'uckley’s demise also. We need a control for this
e+periment.”
“Is this an operation or an e+periment?”
“'oth.”
“It’s not going to work,” I said.
Isaac and 6ofi left (amp 'uckley. I followed the short man
to the door of /dam’s Temple.
“*ir0” I called out.
He opened the door.
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“*ir0” I said again. “(an we talk for a second?”
He entered the anteroom and slammed the door. / group of
men scru%%ing the north wall of )&e’s Temple laughed. I walked
%ack to the gates.
“3ne down, a thousand to go,” I told 'ill.
/ngie hurried toward us from the direction of )&e’s Temple.
“I %et I can find out the identity of eanette’s email
%uddy from her sweet sister,” 'ill said.
“Isn’t that plan on the %ack%urner?” I asked.
He tapped his chest. “I got things under control.”
/ngie accosted us with a li&id face. “Why is my sister in
a %ad mood?”
“ imme that platinum smile,” 'ill said. “(o&er girls ne&er
get upset.
*he glared at 'ill, as if he were Isaac. The smudge of
liner around the tightened skin of her eyes meant she’d either
%een crying or hadn’t washed her face upon rolling out of %ed.
“Ha&e eanette come outside and &ent the rage out of her
system,” 'ill said. “Tell her Isaac isn’t with us.”
*he %lew out air. “What did he say to her? I’ll crucify
the fucker with my %are hands. Where is he?”
“3n second thought, lea&e eanette where she is,” I said,
not wanting to %e distracted from my mission %y her presence.
“*he needs some shut eye.”
'ill reached out for /ngie’s hand. “(ome on, co&er girl.
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5et’s walk this !asture together.”
Her face rela+ed. “Where are we going?”
He pulled her close, his lips a couple inches from her ear.
“Where&er the 7ourney takes us. 5ondon, !aris, 2ome, or home.”
“To the *ource of 'lessings,” she said with some 7oy in her
&oice.
'ill winked at me. “We’ll %e right %ack after those
%lessings.”
They split %efore I could gi&e him a secret signal. I was
sure he forgot his wallet was condomless.
/ man and woman coming from the direction of 8nion Temple
%eelined for the gates, furiously sweeping their hands in the
air while talking to each other. When they got closer I still
couldn’t discern their words. They spoke low and in $rench
(reole kosher paranoid %eha&ior.
“'on7our, %on7our,” I said clearly.
They stopped at the gates. The man wore a pinstripe suit
and &iolet fedora hat, so naturally I pegged him as a reformed
pimp.
“#ou speak (reole?” the man asked me in )nglish.
“*pent my first twel&e years in 4ominica,” I answered in
(reole.
“9ate, that patois came out comical with your /merican
accent,” the woman said. “I don’t want to laugh at you, so we
should all speak )nglish.”
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9y ego took a hit. “$ine with me.”
*he screwed up her face, as if she were a%out to cry. “If
he were ali&e today he’d %e preaching against /ngie’s morals.”
“They going to fornicate,” the man said. “He would ha&e
%lock /ngie and the pagan from lea&ing (amp 'uckley if he was
here flesh and %lood in the !asture.”
“How can you guys %e certain that /ngie and my roomie are
going to fornicate?” I asked.
The man shook his head. “That %eside the point. Watchman
'uckley too soft on her.”
“We know why,” the woman said.
“(are to share?” I asked.
The sun %urned a hole through the cloud co&er.
“He’s up there looking down on us in this camp,” the woman
said.
The man sighed and shuffled his feet. “They didn’t ha&e to
kill him.”
“They didn’t ha&e to,” she echoed.:::
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