One week. Exactly a week had elapsed since that night, I did not see Alana after fleeing to the port. When I approached the area, a large number of policemen surrounded the place and some FBI agents were already surrounding the shipment in search of those women.
-Tell me agent rodriguez. Who gave you the whistle ?. Nicols was in front of me, arrogant as always, he had more than 12 men at his disposal, luckily everyone involved in that operation had left minutes before the siren sounded.
-I am here for the same reasons as all of you and I must not answer where I get the information. I turned my feet to return to the car and leave the scene. It was all over for that night and it would only represent one more file on my boss's table.
-You can't always hide it, you know. Nicols said. i knew what he meant, i also knew the way he operated, He was a man of care and if i took a wrong step for sure i would be just one more casualty in the field.
When I returned home all was quiet. I placed the keys on the star table, I took off my coat and boots. Then I took a shower hoping to silence my thoughts and not turn them into a black cloud haunting me every moment of the day.
I hope you are well. I'd like to know what happened on the dock. Talk to me .S.R
I sent the message at 4.50 am, I waited another hour for one to return and it did not happen. I waited day by day and nothing happened. It was a complicated week, two new cases arrived at the office. The morning after the operation, my boss visited my office casually, assigning me two new different objectives to the official case.
By Tuesday night I was off the case and nicols was the only one in charge. Still I continued to visit Elizabeth day after day. Hoping to arrange the pieces of the puzzle. I discovered many absurd things, nothing seemed to agree with the cuts, the dates, places and even the history of her brothers. Everything was a maze with no way out
-"Listen to me, what we have now won't work for us. So far we have only been able to prove Miguel's complicity in the murders, but that is not enough to be able to take up the case.
The smoke from her cigarette stunk the place and ended my little patience. Maybe a few days ago I could consume it or bear it but the smell of it only increased my anxiety.
-Already. but it is something new. We are close, do not hesitate agent. By the way, I regret your dismissal of the case, if that was my fault I will compensate you.
-Nothing of that.Nicols is usually territorial, we also dig into his territory, he must be too concerned about this.
-Yes, I suppose the son of a bitch must know everything by now, she said, putting out her cigarette and taking out a new folder from her desk
-It is good information, you will know how to take advantage of it. She extended the envelope and the first thing in it surprised me a lot. They were high quality photographs, Alana was in all of them with Vito and other men that she did not recognize at that time
-How did you get them. I mused quickly, concentrating on the envelope and the directions behind each photo.
"It's a gift from me to you. You've been half dead for several days because you don't know anything about the girl, it has been a favor for another. She's alive, that should be enough, right?" Another cigarette accompanied her lips now , smoked more than necessary in recent days.
-Do you have other problems? I mean, you may like the smoke and everything you like but you are exceeding your limits, your lungs will not hold so much.
"Perhaps, the matter of this man has me too tense. That agent can discover us and it will be over. You will understand that despite being ready to die, it is not something i wants to do."
-I understand, but you shouldn't worry, the case is too big. You knew that, you always knew, it will take many months to solve this.
-I know . she got up and went to the office window, her gaze was fixed on a small house away from the street, it was small and a color between red and perhaps red. It looked abandoned, the lawn was long and there was a large amount of accumulated mail in the mailbox.
-Why do you always look at that place?
-My mother lived there. It is all that I have left, that and my brother, if I do not solve this I know that theirs souls will never rest and she will not be able to forgive me.
I left the place, leaving her alone with her thoughts and with a new goal in mind, to find each direction of the photographs. I would give with Alana even if that would generate more problems for me.
When I got to the car, I turned on the radio and was in my favorite station. Alana and I used to listen to the same song for hours on our hill nights, that reminded me of the girl with blue eyes. Suddenly my cell phone rang, there was still no I started the car, I had remained static for several minutes without noticing the noise of the mobile.
-Say it .I did not identify myself, I did not even ask to hear the name behind the line, my shift was over and the job was out for the moment.
-I need to see you, it's urgent. Her voice was there, again and my soul once again occupied a place in my whole body.My love comeback