El Collado

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“A Housekeeper's Hand” by El Collado

Submitted to Contest #138

I remember the drive in the black Honda from Puerto Plata to Santiago. The car was filled with a cool lime scent. My bro had gotten sick so my aunt whipped the car to a stop at a pulperia to get a whole load of limes. In the car, she reached into the compartment board and took out a heavy vaporous rubbing ointment. Abuela holding el “bee-baporu” (a.k.a. Vicks Vaporub) opened its green lime-colored cover and dipped her index finger in it and passed it along Charlie’s forehead, rubbing it in with her palm. My face in the backseat got the inte...

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