Elena called the police station.
Municipal police, good afternoon.
—Deputy Director Elena Vera, National Agency. Contact Inspector Ricardo Cruz. Federal emergency.
The receptionist’s voice changed.
The inspector is busy.
“She has thirty seconds to pass it to me before federal agents walk in through that door and include her in an obstruction investigation.
There was a click.
Then another.
“Inspector Cruz,” said Ricardo, upset. What's going on?
Elena wasted no time.
“He has Director General Manuel Rivas in custody. He suppressed an Alpha alert. He has six minutes to release him before he arrives with forty agents and turns his police station into a federal scene.
Ricardo stopped breathing for a second.
“Deputy director, there’s been a confusion.
The confusion happened in the park. The crime occurred when he saw the screen and closed the laptop. We have the records. We got the cameras. We have everything.
“We can fix this.
