CHAPTER 6.
I was walking quickly. The rain fell heavily and because it was very windy, an umbrella would have been useless. I hadn’t even taken it, so my whole face was getting soaked.
When I turned a corner, someone crossed my path, I was as scatter-brained as ever, but certainly justified under the circumstances, because I was in a hurry, not just because I was getting drenched but because I was late too, which I’ve never liked. I kept walking, when I heard:
“Don Manuel.”
I stopped in my tracks and turned around, then I noticed who had called me, it was the person who had crossed my path a moment ago.
“How long has it been since we’ve seen each other?” she asked.
I hadn’t recognized her before, but I did now, it was the librarian, but I couldn’t remember at that moment what she was
