CHAPTER 85

SANDRO AND PAOLO ran up the stairs when they heard the hollow sound coming from the second floor, and when they arrived they saw the pastor lying on the floor.

— Jonathan — said Sandro — Jonathan — continued saying and shaking the man.

Gradually Jonathan regained consciousness and whispered:

— My... son... disappeared...

Paolo went into the bedroom and gave the detective a negative sign.

Shit... here we go after another stubborn one, are all of Spanish descent stubborn like the Rillencourt's?

— Calm down — Sandro said to the man in his arms — we're going to find your son, I need you to stay here, we're going to find him.

Sandro and Paolo left, but they had no idea where the boy could be.

As he always did, he closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

What were the possibilities?

— Mr. Palmeira — he said scared — ¿Estás bien?

Sandro smiled and said:

— Sure, I just need a minute to think of something.

Sandro closed his eyes again and concentrated.

What Poirot and Ms. Murple would?

Suddenly, like a flash in his mind, he knew exactly where to go.

— This way.

They ran down the street.

— What are you doing? — Said Paolo — it was easier for each one to go to one side of that street.

— If you want to do it, do it, but it's easier to go downtown, a young man does better where the flow of people is intense.

— Maybe that's what he wants us to think.

— Did you think of different plans when you were sixteen years old?

— No, I thought of something and the best and easiest way to do it.

— So you weren't the only lazy teenager on earth.