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JUAN FRANCISCO BLANCO
released Tital, and tried to sit up, feeling very stiff, and suddenly
old.
“Where are my children?” he wanted to know from Tital, his
eyes searching around.
Tital responded again, “I have only seen the two of you in
days. My name is Tital Almanza and I am from Cancún. I was
riding by when I saw the two of you lying here hurt. You say that
you have three children?
“Yes,” answered the woman, “My name is Teresa Negreté
and this is my husband Tomás. We were camping out here, next
to the ocean for a week. It was this morning when a very strange
man came by our campsite. We were eating breakfast with our
children....”
“We offered the man something to eat, and as we ate, we
talked. He was going to Tulúm, and I remember that he had an
odd-looking medallion hanging around his neck, which looked
like it was made of Green Jade. He told us it was from his
grandfather, who was a Mayan priest,” Tomás told Tital while
rubbing his legs.
“Ah, now I remember what happene B