Seeing Yanely resplendent with charm and charisma, Dan felt a strange sensation in the pit of the stomach. Leydi at his side, waiting in the lobby behind the doors of the customs area. Dan had the wind at Leyden, first, then gradually approached his lips to the cheek Yanely. Leydi noisily showed his surprise.
- Why so much distance with your girlfriend? She asked surprised.
- no question of him riding a shovel now surprised to think Dan.
- You saw the world he is here? ... He advanced without deceiving his world.
actually give a real kiss Yanely seemed moved after nearly a year of separation. Even if she behaved like a true "novia [1] , he needed more time to Dan and also some very concrete examples, so that he can convince himself that he really liked this beautiful girl.
He had met her first trip. Jose Angel had made presentations.
A guy from a trade rather than sympathetic when he was drunk ... so there was better to avoid quarrel with him! Finally! ... Everyone around her ... thought that Dan had learned to know through their extensive discussions, and then it's also in his company he had tasted his first glass of Havana Club [2] , añejo. Pijindi had soon join them. Lurking nearby since the morning, he came appear, giving the impression of being there by chance. Since then, Dan no longer had lost sight of. Sacred
phenomenon, Pijindi. mostly carpet at the corner of Obispo Street. In constant search for a service they can monetize with his new contacts, but rarely a penny or assistance without compensation. His pride automatically excluded any compromise as he put it a point to return the ball to his friends benefactors.
- It will never change this one, "thought Dan.
His only motto: "aprovechar [3] !". He was scraping by clawing a few dollars on the black market. The little he succeeded to poach, here and there, by the sale of "puros [4] ," was devoted entirely to the satisfaction of primitive impulses he struggled to satisfy in an orgy of alcohol and girls. "It should certainly try the coke from time to time, here is not very complicated to find."
people around him did not fail to highlight two key features of his personality: his speed to "make" money as well as his extreme talent for spending it. His daily behavior, completely amoral, gave a good overview of its trade with the ladies. To evoke his vision the world in this area, it liked to give some examples of his adventures. One of his last bride standing in spite of it was heroin. In Havana, in the middle of a hot afternoon last August, he had caught her in the marital bed in gallant company. He asked very quietly to her companion to take his lover and then ordered him to return to the room. Sitting on the edge of the bed paralyzed with fear, his wife, unable to articulate a word, looked to close the door tight. She was on her quite incapable. He made love for hours, then exhausted but happy, picked up his things and left them permanently apartment. Crossing the girl's mother some time later, she thanked him warmly for his indulgence ...
Yet he had other facets. The last time Dan had seen Pijindi had appeared less frisky than usual, no longer feeling the same pleasure to gratify his inclinations, or at least mixing it with a hint of desperation. Dan remembered one of his comments:
- I went to F ... last night she had her period ... But you know me, I do not care. Besides, I care about everything, including AIDS ... I even put on condoms for the kiss ...
- He tries to feel sorry or what? ... Dan had thought. Maybe not after all ... If it fails the most basic precautions, here speaks volumes about his state of mind ... Pijindi José Angel Yanely and me ... It was always a lot of fun together ... "remember he took a slight attack of melancholy. We all met in this greasy spoon nestled between the "palacio de justicia [5] 'and' Manzana de Gomez. We ate with relish fried chicken soaked in oil which surely would feel entitled to throw in the face of a waiter in Paris ... The place had disappeared, probably victim of his reputation ...
This microcosm was catalyzed festive union. Everything was very fast between Yanely and Dan, too fast indeed. In the Caribbean rides in, - a second-class hotel after Jose Angel - already exchanged the first kiss ... Certainly not very supported, but still, one foot in an unknown world, exciting and frightening at the time ... Dan still remembered the mixture of feelings he had felt. Also probably because he was still married then. He was granted leave, without a woman ... he said had no ulterior thought. In explanation, he had invoked his need for absolute quiet. And he still did not understand why Carina - his wife - had given him carte blanche, without qualms. Demonstration was made that Dan could find a good case when he tried to convince ...
After this kiss, a large disorder mixed with the excitement had invaded. Yet the path that would lead to perfect happiness was still far from clear. His past was in charge of sharpening when the worst came against a background of guilt which inevitably spoiled the moment.
Dan drove those thoughts just take, now in a cab to the Habana Vieja [6] he had full advantage of every moment of his journey. Installed at the front again, Leyden, as usual, spoke to the driver on the tone of invective. Dan and Yanely occupied the back seat. He had spent his left arm on the shoulders of his beautiful who allowed himself to be an accomplice and responsive. He was in no hurry to break the ice. For now, continuing to design an attitude, especially cold and distant, he preferred to wait, believing that confidence and naturalness would eventually settle them. His feelings for her were confused, it was also impossible to express in a few words simple, but one thing was sure, they were powerful. For those of Yanely ... He doubted it again and again, despite the passionate letters he received on paper bearing the letterhead of the Hotel "Sevilla", despite the pretty colored imprint of her lips, as a signature ... Despite all these memories so widespread, it still dragging with him the same doubts, the same ambiguity ... Since his arrival, yet he managed to push all these unspoken uncertainties in the last entrenchment of his conscience, because he hoped to take full advantage of these moments. It was
Now more than 18:00, the heat did not seem to want to bend. Dan felt a drop of sweat to form the shoulder blades, then up her spine, she ran down the small of her back like a fury to the lower back.
- Dan? questioned Leydi
- I think we should have taken a taxi conditioning!
- Now that you react? he replied smiling.
However, the circumstances were that he had almost never had the opportunity to take a taxi with this accessory very useful! The driver completed the lower her window, now we drove all open windows and a nice breeze going through the vehicle. Surely
protected by the image of the Virgen del Cobre [7] plated above the windshield of the car, streaked in many places by disturbing cracks, miraculously withstood the chaos of the roads of Havana. Yet one detail soon confirmed by the driver, finished surprise Dan spots of adhesive were applied along the cracks to keep with - agree with - some success, the rigidity of the assembly. Two stickers "Visa ™" and "Mastercard ™" were driven into a corner by provocation? To avert the fate? To nominate a payment method? Nay, simply to display a symbol of God found "money."
[1] Bride.
[2] Famous Cuban rum brand.
[3] Enjoy!
[4] Cuban cigars.
[5] Courthouse.
[6] Old Havana.
[7] Virgin, patroness of Cuba
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