Tuesday, October 24, 2017

ms found in a green notebook - 4. the woman


by nick nelson

illustrated by roy dismas

part four of six

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nothing ever surprised alfredo.

he had seen and done many things, most of them too terrible to be described.

and yet when the black limousine turned off the highway into the barely visible dirt road he felt that he was about to come to the end of his long journey.

or to start a new one.

the limo bounced along the dirt road. and bounced and bounced. thick vegetation covered both sides of the road, and brushed up against the tinted windows.

the rear passenger seat that alfredo occupied was blocked off from the front seat and alfredo could not tell how many persons, if any, were in the front seat.

alfredo wondered how often the limo, or any vehicle, drove the road and how often any vehicle that did had to be repaired and serviced.


finally the limo stopped. alfredo waited.

the door was opened. by the most beautiful woman alfredo had ever seen. and alfredo had seen a great many beautiful women.

the woman was wearing a uniform of some kind. a chauffeur’s uniform? a military uniform? who was she?

alfredo only knew that he would possess her. if he had to destroy the universe to do so.

but he would bide his time. the woman motioned to alfredo to get out of the limousine.

when alfredp got out of the limo he saw that it had pulled up to a dock at what looked like a large lake. nothing was visible on its horizon.


a small boat waited at the dock. the woman pointed to it and its motor started up.

“this is getting a bit tiresome,” alfredo told the woman. “ will this boat take me to don reynard?”

“one way or another,” she answered.

alfredo looked around. the lake seemed surrounded by dense jungle. except for the dirt road they had arrived by, he did not see any other openings. there was no beach of any kind, and there were no buildings visible.

“no one is forcing you to do anything, sir,” the woman said. “if you wish to meet don reynard, get on the boat.”


“and if i do not wish to do so, will i be driven back?”

“if you like. but who is being tiresome now?”

alfredo smiled and nodded. his eyes burned into the woman, telling her, we will meet again. he turned and got on to the boat.

the boat started up immediately. it had no human crew, and was obviously remote controlled, or sentient. it headed directly into the center of the lake, toward the bare horizon.

alfredo turned his eyes back to the shore. the woman and the limousine were gone.

part 5



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