Chapter 53
The truth
(Third person)
‘What the hell are you doing here?’, De Nicola said bitterly.
He’d have liked to maintain his composure in line with his role but he wasn’t able to. Those two had come up here just to gloat and he couldn’t accept that.
‘We need to talk’, Ferrari said, without a trace of irony in his voice.
‘Talk about what?’
‘It would be better to go inside’, Tancredi said softly.
De Nicola scrutinized them carefully. He had caught a nuance of urgency in their voices. Although he didn’t hold them in great esteem, he doubted they’d come that far just to make fun of him.
He took the keys to his office out of his pocket and they went in.
The Public Prosecutor didn’t waste any time inviting them to sit down. In silence they all took a place around the desk.
‘What
