He opened the apartment door using a key he had always left in his parents' house and brought it back from Milan. Ivo had called three times during the trip to Venice and had not gotten a response so that it was not surprising that the apartment was empty. Everything was in order and the first thing he did was open the refrigerator and find that it was full, which gave him relief since he had not eaten since dinner at his family's house the night before. He prepared what he could easily and quickly eat, since he had no cook's talents.
Then he called Federica's cell phone but the answering machine again informed him that she was not available. He looked in the agenda that the woman always kept updated on the telephone table and read that it had the notation "Lausanne" crossing the columns until the following day. This check informed him of his her whereabouts.