—What’s happening?
—I think they knew we were watching them.
At that moment the driver pulled out a phone.
He looked directly into one of the hidden cameras.
And he spoke.
—Tell Ernesto he arrived late.
Carlos’s face hardened.
—They discovered us.
But the worst was yet to come.
Because the man picked up another phone.
And he showed a photograph.
Mateo’s photograph.
The child.
The same one who had warned Ernesto.
At the bottom of the image there was a written message:
“If you want to see him alive again, come back home.”
The world seemed to stop.
Ernesto felt the blood drain from his face.
-Not…
Carlos picked up the radio.
—Call the nursing home right now!
An officer responded seconds later.
And her voice sounded terrified.
—Commander… we have an emergency.
-Speaks!
—Mrs. Renata disappeared thirty minutes ago.
Carlos remained motionless.
-That?
—And Lucia too…
