“I’m on the way to see you,” said Sabueso in his usual playful tone.
“Oh, great…”
The detective has already tried to get in touch with Laura, but she couldn’t answer the call in the hospital while sitting with Kovacs. That and she totally forgot about checking her missed call list.
“Okay, so let’s put our personal life aside and talk seriously. A girl called Bea came up to me who saw me talking with Carmen Zalán’s mom. Don’t ask how she knew I’m a cop. I haven’t checked my back yet, but maybe some jokester stuck a ‘Look out! I’m a cop’ sign on it,” he jabbed. “Well, the thing is that this girl was Carmen’s classmate before she changed schools.”
“Hmm...” Laura arched her eyebrows.
“She doesn’t have any fond memories of Carmen. First, she said that Carmen had burned that book, and then
