Some brilliant writing here. A real work with words, imagery, and a great mood set up. The first thought that came to mind was “why such a solid writing piece has no up-votes?” But then I quickly realized why. You put too many demands on the eyes and minds of the modern generation, whichever it is now X or Y? Right from the beginning you can sense that you as a reader cannot just be entertained by seeing how a good guy is neutralizing a bad guy and gets the girl in the process. That you’d have to face the real history, real drama, real sufferings and real problems, and be enveloped by a dense and uncomfortable feeling that you’d have to deal with later on. Wish I could give you more than one up-vote, but this is all I have. Will read the other of your story soon. I am especially interested because I was always curious how it came about that after the WWII Spaniards stayed with Franco, who supposedly was a fascist dictator.

Cheers