THE MURDERER story by Antonio de Sola From the moment he saw the two of them enter through the door he knew what they we

THE MURDERER story by Antonio de Sola From the moment he saw the two of them enter through the door he knew what they were going to tell him, so many years in the disappeared had created a special instinct in him towards these things. Indeed they approached him with teary eyes and Their voices trembling and they told him that since the previous night their little son had not had appeared at home. Arming himself with patience and trying not to let the boredom in his voice he began to ask them how the events had been: Let's see, he said, let's go in parts; let's try to calm down and so on We will get things straight and we will be able to establish the facts and that way Help them, is that okay? At this both of them began to calm down a little. little and although she continued to hold the handkerchief, at least she did not hiccup. every time her husband answered a question related to their son. To begin, the inspector spoke, tell me: are you from here?. He nodded his head. Does your son know the area? - the inspector asked again - and Again the father nodded his head again without any further comment. Have you already talked to your friends? The father taking some air responded: Yes, sir, we have spoken with all of them and they were surprised because The last thing they did was take a walk around the area, they went into a couple of bars to see the atmosphere and since everything was very dull they decided to leave every one to go home to rest since today they had a flying competition and They wanted to be prepared so that the coach wouldn't tell them off. Very good, replied the inspector, so the child is athlete and is dedicated to flying, isn't that it? Exactly, the father answered, while the mother turned to bring the handkerchief to the bleary eyes that did not stop shedding tears. Well, let's go with something else, the inspector spoke again, According to what they tell me, he is a very formal kid, right? Hasn't he left with some female out there? Well, you know how to take a walk, to get to know each other a little better, in End at these ages you already know what is normal. The scandalized mother opened her eyes enormously and with a squeaky voice responded: Noooo, inspector, my son is not one of those, while he is not find your better half you will not do anything that is not allowed by the community, we could go that far! That's right, I don't even allow him to do it! hint! Okay, okay, lady, don't act like that, it's my obligation. ask it, do you Do you know how many people come through here? I can't meet the whole community and also people from other communities come and it is Impossible to keep everyone's faces, don't you think? At this explanation the lady calmed down a little and then The inspector took the opportunity to ask another of those questions that he knew It made the parents who passed by that office extremely uncomfortable, but What was necessary to do: Did you? They explained well to their son the problem that We have in this neighborhood and that you couldn't get close to the sixth of the building? It isn't true?. The parents looked at each other as if the inspector was crazy and again they both fixed their eyes on the inspector and with With all the contained rage they could, they answered him: Inspector, who does he take us for? You. We have done our job perfectly; he knows very well that You cannot approach through the sixth of the building, and if you do and we We found out he will be grounded at home without going out until he graduates and now we We cannot prevent him from going wherever he wants. Ok, replied the inspector, anyway we are going to send a patrol to the sixth and see what they find, however I warn you that the patrol will go at their expense and they will have to pay travel expenses and search and that if we find him and he has broken the rules we will put him in the dungeon and we will not allow him to graduate nor of course to continue belonging to the school flight team. Do you agree? Yes, of course, answered the father of the child. So The inspector put a paper in front of their eyes and told them. Please, Both of you sign these papers as I have explained the rules to you and you they agree. Tremblingly, both of them stamped their signatures on the papers. that had been placed before them and they began to cry. The inspector showed them into a waiting room where There were a few more couples, all of them tearful and sad. Returning to his post, he barked into the microphone: "Patrol de service, approach the sixth again and check that there is no other victim of the crazy!". When the patrol approached very slowly to the sixth floor, and after walking around it, he arrived at the madman's bedroom and There they found the damned spectacle again: stamped against the glass From the window there was another mosquito full of blood that had not been saved from anger or from the scraper that the madman had and that he used with all diligence. Despite having told all the young people not to never approach that area, let them go to other houses, recklessness or recklessness forced them to go again and again and they always finished, unfailingly, victims of the man who never slept, neither at night nor by day and who dedicated himself with an unusual passion to exterminating them smashing them against the walls or windows of the apartment. The patrol slowly, so as not to make noise, turned towards the police officer to report her macabre discovery and make a woman cry again new family (08-21-2001)