Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Reluctant Adventurer

I hear she's in Uruguay now, but at one time long ago we ran together, and what I remember most was the incident after which she asked me to keep a secret.  I did, not that I had much choice, revealing it would cause all sorts of trouble to her, her associates and probably myself as an unwilling accomplice.  No one died, as far as I know, but laws had been broken and by pure accident I happened to witness some of the activities.

It was her mistake, She was to take with her Harry, but due to a time and day mix up, she had me, a complete innocent and reluctant adventurer to accompany her.   Afterwards, she realized her error, apologized to her bosses, telling them that I didn't understand Portuguese, which was true,  and asking them to leave me alone, and demanded of me  that I keep a secret.

I had a friendly visit from the FBI nonetheless.  I told the two humourless G-men nothing, they themselves knew little beyond that I was her friend, they asked if I spoke Portuguese and I told them "a little",  they warned me against her associates, thanked me for my cooperation, and that was the end of it.

Not long thereafter I moved out of the area, primarily for health reasons - my doctor recommended that I move to a drier and cooler climate -  and I lost contact with her.  I hear she's in Uruguay now.

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