title: Nightmares of Fidel: (Short stories, Narrations, and Newspaper Articles)
author: Edgar Giraldo
description: Edgar Giraldo Alzate.B.S., M.B.A. Journalist and writer. B.S., M.B.A. His writings have been published by El Nuevo Herald of Miami, El Mundo of Boston and some Latin-American newspapers. Has been consultant for the pharmaceutical industry and university professor. His professional activity has taken place in Canada, U.S.A. and Canada. He now lives in Boston.
zlib_text: # MAFIA ROMANCE
  
  
  ## Kennedy 5
  
  
  Araneae.
  
  
  _Araneae._
  
  
  His pronunciation was different than the spider, a syllable less— _uh-rain-ā_.
  The name reverberated off the walls of the small office, drowning out whatever
  else he’d said. Or perhaps it was the rush of my blood coursing through my
  ears.
  
  
  In the whirlwind of emotions, my mind filled with thoughts—my mother’s
  warning, the name Sparrow—but voicing any of them wasn’t possible. In a matter
  of seconds, my tongue had forgotten its role. Instead of speaking, the useless
  muscle became glued to the roof of my mouth as saliva evaporated.
  
  
  No longer lost in the darkness, this mountain of a man walked around the desk,
  his movements graceful and predatory until he came to a stop before me, his
  prey. Lurking nearly six inches taller than me in my heels, the dark gaze from
  earlier in the parking lot shone downward as if I were merely a child under
  his admonishing stare.
  
  
  Before my words could find their way out of my mouth, his large hand g