Operation Whiplash (14 page)

We drove to Miami where we sold the Ford. We caught a plane to Detroit where I went to a disbarred surgeon in Hamtramck who took care of my arm. After that, I packaged up $1000 in hundreds and mailed it to The Schemer, General Delivery, Washington, D.C. Four hours later we were aboard American Airlines Flight No. 195 from Detroit to Mexico City. We arrived at 4:40
p.m.

We spent the night at the Hotel Ritz on Avenue Madero, and nobody had to sing us lullabies to get us to sleep. We slept right through breakfast, and then had lunch in the Muralto Restaurant in the Latin-American Tower. In the afternoon we caught the daily flight from Mexico City to Zihautanejo via a 14-passenger Viscount which deposited us on the edge of the Pacific.

And here we are.

Hazel spends the days swimming, sunbathing, and snor-keling.

I sit on our terrace overlooking the blue-green Pacific while my arm heals.

We don’t talk yet about Hudson, Florida.

The subject will come up eventually, of course.

But for now, we walk the beach evenings in the sunsets and savor
filete
of huachinango in the hotel dining room.

For the moment it’s more than enough to know there will be tomorrows promising the same.

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