Augusto
The first sound was a siren, very distant. So distant that for a moment I thought it was just another ambulance crossing the city.
I remained motionless by the window, my wine glass untouched on the table.
Vanessa paced back and forth in the apartment, unable to stay still for more than a few seconds. I could only hear a second siren… Then another. Then a fourth.
This time they weren't distant anymore; they were coming right at us.
I felt my stomach clench. I slowly approached the enormous window that overlooked the avenue.
I pulled back the curtain just a little and saw them: three patrol cars. Then a black SUV with no markings, then another… The vehicles stopped right in front of the building.
The doors opened almost simultaneously. Police officers, many of them quickly g
