“I sold a house I owned.”
“Usted eliminó nuestra garantía percibida”.
“La garantía percibida no es una garantía”.
“No. But perception has value.”
“Not to me.”
Victor slipped one hand into his coat pocket. Santos shifted.
Slowly, Victor removed an envelope.
“I’m not here to threaten you,” he said. “I’m here to ask whether you intend to cover Brandon’s obligation.”
I laughed.
El sonido me sorprendió hasta a mí.
Víctor esperó.
“No,” I said.
“He is your son.”
“Yes.”
“And you’ll let him fall?”
I looked past Victor to the trees, bare-limbed in the February cold.
“Lo dejé reposar durante años”, dije. “Él eligió dónde caminar”.
Victor me estudió durante un largo momento.
Luego colocó el sobre encima del poste de la puerta de piedra.
“En ese caso, deberías saber lo que firmó”.
“I already know enough.”
“No,” Victor said. “You don’t.”
