Part Three:
Desconocido Estrafalario
"Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.” [A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.]—Quintus Curtius Rufus, De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni
"A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench."—William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth
IT WAS EASY ENOUGH slipping out the window while Juanita distracted her uncle. How could Diaz be her uncle, of all people? It just doesn't make sense. My pal the bug smuggler tells me Diaz has his fingers in every type of crime imaginable. Guess it figures about Juanita's sister and the bank—it runs in the family. Maybe she was even doing the bank job for him, who knows?
Either way, using the car keys she gave me wasn't as easy as it was supposed to be. Fi
