Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Son of a Weddingless Marriage: El Patroncito

La Fuente remained in the only part of the hacienda left standing--the servants' quarters. She stayed in the room over the water works. Her son was taken to the city, raised by la bisuela's family in San Cristobal. There the boy became old quick. He became el Patroncito, the lord of the burnt estate. At the same time his mother was cared for by the remaining servants at the estate. They are the descendants of la muchacha india (Guatemala). El Patroncito grows up twisted and avaricious. La Fuente sinks into her fertile primordial ooze and reforms herself. She is reborn, only cells at a time.

The dogs created each opportunity for the horrors of fate to compile. Those details I'll leave for the writing.

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