El Cuerpo Page #5

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You taught Chemistry.

Yes. I didn't like it.

I took a trip to think it over.

One morning, going up

a Mountain, a tyre blew out.

Mayka was the only person

I saw in three hours.

She gave me water, her mobile...

and I changed the tyre.

- Lost on an island...

- We were at the same hotel.

She'd just lost her parents

and felt lost, like I did.

Lost but a millionaire.

She'd just inherited a fortune.

- We fell in love.

- How nice, like in the movies.

It's what happened.

I was lucky.

Luck's something you have...

or you seek it out.

What do you think?

What the hell

do you want from me?

Let's go back to when

you found your wife's body.

I told the police

who came to my house.

I want you to tell me.

I came home and Mayka

was lying on the sofa, dead.

I thought she was asleep,

but it was strange

that she had her shoes on.

I took her pulse, called an ambulance,

and they called the police.

- And the last time you saw her alive?

- That morning.

Three weeks apart.

She arrives and you leave.

What are you insinuating?

I loved my wife.

- You loved her?

- I loved her to the last moment.

Don't you still love someone

after they're dead?

Your calm at her unexpected death

surprises me, it's unnerving.

I'm a scientist,

I know we're not machines.

I heard the forensic person:

A fear of flying can...

A handy theory for you, eh?

I'm sure you already knew.

I had a heart scare two years ago,

with no previous signs.

These things come without warning.

What did you do after

your wife's body was taken away?

I made some calls, I cried...

Gloria, Luna and my sister came over,

we reminisced about Mayka.

And later?

Gloria, Luna

and your sister went home.

- What did you do then?

- Nothing.

We sent a patrol car for you.

You weren't at home.

I went out for painkillers.

I told you.

- Painkillers...

- Yes. I had a headache.

You came straight here

after our call.

Exactly.

So you have the painkillers.

Show them to me.

This is absurd.

Convince me.

Now you're ringing true.

And as a reward, I'll give you

proof of my theory.

Proof you say I don't have.

Your wife hired a detective

three months ago.

He's been following you, Mr. Ulloa.

We have the invoice.

And also your marriage contract.

I think your wife suspected you

of cheating on her.

If so,

you would've violated

one of the main clauses,

and you'd lose all rights

if your wife divorced you.

The question is:

Did the detective catch you?

I think you know

the answer to that,

and you killed her before

she cut you off with nothing.

We'll soon know for sure.

A patrol car is heading for

the home of Javier Alonso.

Javier Alonso?

Your wife's detective.

Anything true you'd like to add?

Look at the name.

Diego Aguilar.

What are you doing?

Go ahead, Pablo.

We're in Alonso's office

and there's no trace of him

or any of the cases

he was investigating.

Someone's taken his hard disk.

Register of last calls?

Messages?

There's nothing here, Jaime.

Go to Ulloa's house.

- I'll call the judge for a warrant.

- Okay.

Where's the transfer car?

Norma here. Do you read me?

I read you. Go ahead.

Central said you were coming.

What's the delay?

The road's cut off.

The storm tore down some power lines.

They don't know how long

it'll take to shift them.

Any news?

Yeah, babe. I'm knackered.

Want me to get you a coffee?

- Alex, is that you?

- Javier Alonso is a detective

I know.

- You found him?

- Not exactly.

Someone put an envelope under my door

while I was at the hospital.

There was a pendrive in it.

- Is it from Javier Alonso?

- No sender.

It has a file in his name.

I'm sending you the photos.

Alex?

Alex!

Yes...

That's not all.

They put a Mike on you. Listen.

I've got everything.

Mayka's going to L.A. soon.

It'll be when she comes back.

She hates flying.

It'll explain the heart attack.

Mayka knew everything.

She sent it.

She'll be coming for you.

- You have to leave! Now!

- I am.

We'll be together soon.

You've been saying that all night

and you're still there.

The main thing now

is to get you safe.

- And you?

- I'm fine.

How can you be fine?

Alex, they won't let you go!

Of course they will.

- They'll make you confess!

- Listen to me, listen.

If Mayka's still alive,

they can't accuse us of anything.

She knows it and wants us

to pay in her own way.

She can do what she wants.

She's certified as dead,

she's free of any blame.

But I promise, nothing bad

will happen to you, okay?

I can't take this any more.

You and I should never have met.

Carla, I love you.

- And I love you, but...

- Then trust me, please.

What was that?

The lift is stuck.

Are you trapped?

F***. It's stuck!

Push the alarm.

What's happening now?

It's moving.

But are you alright?

I don't know.

I get the feeling someone's here,

that I'm not alone.

Carla, are you alright?

Do anything to get out of there

and join me.

I promise.

We'll soon be together.

It'll all be fine.

- Don't abandon me.

- Don '1' worry. Where will I find you?

- In the car.

- Good, go for a drive.

Don't stop, that'll be safest.

Carla?

Carla?

Carla!

What's he doing?

- Where the hell are you going?

- I've got to go.

I give the orders here

and you're in my custody.

Someone needs my help.

- Your help?

- Yes.

Who?

Who the hell do you think you are?

You think you can hold me?

You've got no f***ing idea

of what I'm capable of!

Piss off!

Alright.

Yes, that's the address.

Call me if there's any news.

A patrol car is heading for

the address you gave us.

Now tell me everything again,

from the beginning.

Her name's Carla, Carla Miller.

I met her 8 months ago.

Class B, transposition...

I was giving a talk

at the university.

I'd been arguing with Mayka

and I couldn't concentrate.

I kept losing the thread.

I was about to stop the class

when she arrived,

twenty minutes late.

Excuse me.

Come in, come in.

In this process,

the proteins can behave

as co-factors...

...in an approximate percentage...

She came up and asked me

if she'd missed anything.

I said yes. I lied to her.

She snared me straightaway.

She'd started Medicine.

She was struggling with Chemistry.

I offered to help her.

It was all very easy.

It seemed natural to me.

At first we worked,

but the classes became an excuse

and we began seeing each other

every day.

I wanted to be honest,

and told her I was married.

She had a boyfriend,

so it was all fine.

What are you doing here?

It was a harmless game.

We didn't do anything, just talked.

But we spent so much time together

that Mayka began to suspect.

I expected you earlier.

I tried to stop seeing her.

But it was impossible,

all I could think of was her.

In the end,

the inevitable happened.

With Carla I felt alive again.

That night,

I told her my life story,

things I'd never told anyone.

Neither of us wanted secrets.

But there was my wife...

She said she didn't want

to deceive anyone.

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