Chapter 11
Before returning from New Jersey she had repeatedly tried to communicate with Federico but had not been successful, so had concluded that his cell phone would be out of order, so she had finally resigned to not anticipating her return to New York and thus assumed she would be able to surprise him. Arriving at her own home that Saturday Paula showered, ate something light and rested for a while to recover from the four-hour bus ride. Then dressed to withstand the cold weather of late autumn and headed to the building of Henry St.
After sounding the bell for a while without answer, the girl concluded that Federico had left, and as she had the key of his apartment decided to wait for him inside. As soon as she entered some subtle signs indicated that something was not right. Th
