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Subject: They Call Him Diablo-Part #8 - (Prose)


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Wanda
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Date Posted: 08:23:00 03/10/02 Sun
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They Call Him Diablo
Part #8

Diablo sat at the table with the locket in his hand looking at the picture of Maria and her daughter. They both looked so happy in that picture. He could tell Tia looked much like her Mother did when she was a child. If she were alive, what would she look like now? He wondered why Maria had not been able to find any information about the fire and Tia. Why didn’t someone know what had happened? Could Tia still be alive?

Sierra was sitting across the table watching Diablo. It appeared he was reliving in his mind all those things that had happened. Once again she saw tears welling up in his eyes. She softly asked, “Why do you think Maria never tried to contact you and let you know she was alive?” “Sierra, I just don’t know; maybe there’s something here in these papers we have overlooked.” They started through the papers once again. It was much like sifting through years of memories, but they saw what they had missed before. Maria had evidently tried to write the paper when she was ill for the writing was difficult to read. It was not at all like the other things she had written.

Diablo stared at the paper for some time. “I’m not sure I can make this out Sierra; why don’t you try to read it?” Maria had started the page with the word, “WHY?”
Then she had scribbled – “TO HELP ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.” It took Sierra some time, but finally she was able to make out the words. “Diablo, after spending fifteen years with those awful people, I was so ashamed of who and what I was, I could not bring myself to tell you I was alive. I kept waiting and hoping that one day I would feel better about myself, then I would contact you. I wanted you to see I had made it; I couldn’t bear having you disappointed in me. I asked myself hundreds of times, ‘Why did you wait so long to try to escape?’ How could I possibly have made you understand why? Please, please try to find my Tia, and tell her I love her.”

There was more writing on the page but neither of them could read it. “This must have been the last thing she wrote,” said Sierra. She looked at Diablo, and saw furrowed eyebrows. “What are you going to do Diablo?” She asked. He reached for her and said, “Right now, I am going to hold you, and show you how much I love you. I don’t know how I would have gotten through this without your understanding.” He wrapped his long arms around her, and drew her so close she could feel the beat of his heart. My, how she loved this man they called Diablo.

Tomorrow they would make a decision, but not now. Tomorrow would be soon enough.

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Re: They Call Him Diablo-Part #8 - (Prose)Deb18:11:18 03/10/02 Sun
Re: They Call Him Diablo-Part #8 - (Prose)Lori S. Maynard18:13:28 03/10/02 Sun


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