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Chapter 9
One morning when as usual I got up to get everything set up for my
business something really strange happened. My grandmother was
chopping some onions that she would later cook and I was cooking the
meat on top of the stove. All of a sudden I left everything and went straight
to my bedroom. From one of the drawers I took the envelope that had the
pictures and the negatives. From another drawer I grabbed some tape, the
kind used for moving boxes. Like a zombie I went to the balcony where my
dog Kristina had her little wooden house. I taped the envelope to the inside
of the roof of the dog house. Kristina looked at me like “what’s wrong with
him now?” I gave water as usual, put the tape back and went back to the
kitchen as if nothing had happened. Mamá, who was still chopping onions,
didn’t notice anything. After finishing up I headed to the Tamarindo.
Later that afternoon something happened that left me wondering for a long
time about it. Mamá was watching the television. I was putting in the
refrigerator what was left over from work. I gave Mamá a kiss and I asked
her how her day went. She told me all had been well and that she’d left a
plate for me on the stove. As I went into the kitchen I heard footsteps
coming from the back stairs. I got nervous. The house has two entrances,
one solid one and one made out of wire that keeps the insects out. A man
appeared at the second door. At first I thought he might be a Mormon, or
Jehovah’s Witnesses, or a salesman.
Without opening the door I asked him if there was something I could help
him with. He then let himself in like it was nobodies business along with
three other men. Mamá got scared and asked me who those men where.
The first one wore a suit and tie and had sunglasses on. The other three
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