CHAPTER 16

CARL.

I was urgent to get there because I needed to get out of that place as soon as possible.

I parked at the back of the building, getting a free place for an easy exit.

The door officer and security gave me one of the tickets to the parking lot, the greatest treasure. So I put it in the glove compartment. I turned off the vehicle, got out with the belongings required for my appointment, and activated the alarm as I closed the door.

The back entrance of the insurance company was smaller than the main entrance and my car was diagonal to it; I had to take a few steps to get inside.

This is the moment to confess that my predicament had dressed —before arriving— in another suit: invisibility. I was sure that Olivia, the woman I'd been sleeping with, was there. Something told me that my luck couldn't be so well-adjusted as to send me to that building on one of her days off. So I must also confess that the idea of parking in the back area was intended to keep me from running into her. I'd