Breaking Lorca
“He brought it to the interrogation room, pulling it out of a manila envelope. It was a large man’s watch, a Bulova with gold trim and a gold flexible band. It was engraved on the back: To M. from J.The Captain read the inscription aloud. “Who is this J.?” he asked her. “Who is this J. who gave you the watch?”“José. José was my brother. He is dead now.”“Brothers do not give watches to their sisters,” the Captain said. “Nor do they engrave them.”He asked her the question over and over, and every ...time she gave the same answer.Captain Peña said to Victor, “Clearly, the M. is just to convince us her name is really Maria, although we know it is not Maria. The J., however, is another matter. This J. could be a real person, and I want to know who it is.”“I told you. It is my brother, José.”“Listen,” the Captain said to her. “Maybe you can win your smelly little watch back.” He unbound her thumbs and slid the watch over her left wrist. “All you have to do is tell us what we want to know.”“You wanted his name,”MoreLess
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