Orpheus - Haunting the Dead.pdf - Dice

HAUNTING THE DEAD
ALLEN RAUSCH
else, they heard loud music come from a cantina on the
corner.
Solitaria camina la bikina
La gente se pone a murmurar
Dicen que tiene una pena
Dicen que tiene una pena
Que la hace llorar.
The voice was heartbreaking, full of more anguish
and loss than she thought she could bear.
“Now what?” Teo asked. He looked over at Calavera.
“What’s that?”
Although the driver was unable to change expression,
Eileen thought she detected nervous energy
coming from him.
“That is bad, señor,” he said. “It is the voice of the
Llarona—the crying woman. Do not listen. She brings
you only lies and destruction.”
Altanera preciosa, y orgullosa
No permite la quieran consolar
Pasa luciendo su gran majestad
Pasa, camina, y los mira
Sin verlos jamás.
Eileen listened closely, feeling the pain and anguish
that came through the music. She felt a kindred spirit
at the other end of that song.
“No, Teo,” she said. “I think it’s all right. Wait
here.”
“Eileen! You can’t!” Teo said. “You got fooled the
last time.”
The senior agent took his hand for a moment.
“Trust me,” she whispered. “I was caught off guard last
time. I think I have to do this.”
The music created an almost visible trail to the
swinging doors of the cantina. Eileen hesitated for just
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