| Excerpts: Naranjo
Excerpts from Working Draft ©Marcus Wilder 2009
Naranjo, an Assassin
He is called Naranjo. No one knows why. Naranjo means orange tree in Spanish. Naranjo is an assassin. Mexicans call him El Naranjo.
The unshaved priest stank of sour sweat and stale rum. He stood in the darkness at the head of the grave, mumbling over the uncovered body in the pit. Naranjo and the Guatemalan Colonel of Intelligence were the only mourners at Naranjo's funeral.
* * *
The quietly pretty young woman pushed a grocery cart toward her BMW. She wore a yellow sundress and sling sandals. She did not see the man until he was beside her.
* * *
Mourners packed the small San Fernando cathedral, and spilled into the plaza. Mourners outside fanned themselves in humid heat. The archbishop led the funeral Mass. Among mourners in reserved seats were members of San Antonio’s business and political elites. The archbishop’s beautiful young boyfriend - a Eurasian priest - sat with the family.
* * * Ursula von Treppen chased enemies of the Reich through lunar light with the propeller of her Storch.
©2009 Marcus Henderson Wilder
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