CHAPTER 10
BUENOS AIRES
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As he did every time he came home late Lucas Colombo prepared the keys ones block before so as not to waste any time to enter the house. Like all the young locals he had increased security measures in the course of time, in order not to be mugged on the street, and especially not to provide access home to any criminals.
As each day he also hung his jacket on a coat rack and left his backpack on a table against the wall where one of the phones in the house was located. While repeating the ritual he thought "I'm too young to have so many routines." But that kind of thinking faded away as he confirmed how effective they proved to save time. Only then he called his wife.
“Nancy, I'm home!” Although he did not like to shout, much less at home, he had to speak out loud to make sure the girl learned of his arrival wherever she was in the old and spacious house that Uncle Cheng had lent them, or rather gifted.