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Diego doesn’t know what he’s expected to say. He stares at his hands while he tries to think of an answer to a question he doesn’t understand, and Antinucci goes on.

“Listen to me carefully. Do you want me to tell you something? Losada even went so far as to say you weren’t a bad 13guy, that you treated him well during the kidnapping and that, in short, he didn’t come to any harm. And as the wife, a certain Ursula López, said she never received a ransom demand, the witnesses did you a favour.”

Diego extends his fingers, gazes down at his hands, and thinks – or guesses – that Antinucci’s eyes are looking him up and down, scrutinizing him, trying to get inside his head.

“Strange, wouldn’t you say? Tell me something. Didn’t you say Sergio had convinced you to kidnap Santiago to ask his wife for money? So, when you realized your partner had taken off with the money Santiago had in his car, why didn’t you go ahead and ask the wife to pay the ransom? I mean, you were already at the ball, so you might as well dance. I don’t understand. Why hold the guy hostage for three days if not to demand a ransom?”