Chapter 65

PRESENT

“Wait, wait.” Johanna stopped the recorder with a violent gesture, and continued: “You did what? Why did you want to see that psychopath?”

Her emotions affected me deeply, but I tried to remain stoic.

“Why do you think he wanted to?” I asked, slowly.

“Revenge. What else could it be? It’s obvious, you are very obvious. But I don’t know what you expected to get, it’s clear that his family wouldn’t let you touch him,” she replied, with a snort. She turned her face towards the window, her hands clenched over the small device. “I can’t believe you’ve hidden it from me all this time. He’s alive, and you wanted to talk to him?”

“You and I have a deal, remember?”

“This happened about a thousand years ago, you should have told me. Our deal has nothing to do with it,” Johanna interrupted me, with an offended tone. “And Álvaro is embalmed, somewhere? I have to see that, definitely. I want to spit on him.”

I appreciated the frown on her face and