"No. You can use the next five minutes to call a lawyer.
Elena hung up.
Ricardo stared at the dead phone.
Alberto Flores came through the side door, pale.
Was it the agency?
Richard couldn't lie.
The man in the cell is Manuel Rivas.
Alberto dropped into a chair.
The director?
"Yes.
“And you knew it?”
Richard didn't answer.
Alberto closed his eyes.
“Idiot.
I thought I could control it.
Control a federal alert? The country's research director? Really?
Sergio showed up in the hallway.
Inspector, what's going on?
Ricardo looked at him as if he had just seen him for the first time.
As if Sergio was no longer his protégé, but the stone tied to his neck.
“Get him to interrogations.
They pulled Don Manuel out of the cell and sat him in front of them.
Now the wives were in front.
A small gesture.
Desperate.
Ricardo tried to sound firm.
