The Invisible Guardian Page #3

to revise for the exams.

Do you know

if Anne took any kind of drugs?

No drugs, no alcohol, nothing.

I know it's hard, but, really,

if you try, can you remember

if there was anyone new in her life,

on the social networks, in class,

- or anyone in the town?

- I told you no, nobody.

She had a totally normal life.

Was she dating anyone

or was there an ex-boyfriend?

She was very young.

Her friends had kissed boys, but...

she told us she hadn't.

She even got nervous

talking about it.

Do you need anything, inspector?

We'll have to take her computer.

He removes their make-up

as part of his ritual.

That's why none of them

had any traces of make-up.

Not even Carla Huarte,

who was killed on New Year's Eve.

- Why does he do that?

- He's purifying them.

Look at this image

of Mary's Immaculate Conception:

Her hands are by her body in an attitude

of surrender, palms upward,

like the girls at the river.

He doesn't like that they grow up,

that they become corrupted and dirty.

That's why he washes them

in the river.

The guy is completely nuts.

So, he brings them to his house,

he kills them,

then he takes them to the river

where he removes their make-up,

strips them, lays them out, shaves

their pubis and places the little cake.

He must be strong,

he can carry a body down to the river.

He must carry them because

they don't have any scrapes or

scratches,

and no girl in her right mind

would go down to the river at night.

That rejection of youth

doesn't fit with a young man.

Good thinking, Jonan.

But I don't think

he kills them in his home.

I doubt the girls

would go to a stranger's house.

Either he stalks them and attacks them,

which doesn't seem likely,

or he takes them

in a large vehicle, a truck,

that he uses afterwards

for transporting the body.

In a town,

everyone knows and trusts each other.

Getting into a neighbor's car

wouldn't be so crazy.

That's right.

A man aged between 30 and 45,

with a very strict education.

Perhaps he still

lives with his parents,

or maybe he was feral

when he was young

and created his own moral code

which he now applies to the world.

If we're right

and that's what's tormenting him,

he won't stop until we catch him.

We only know she liked a boy.

She liked a boy?

She never told you his name?

No, she never said anything.

She was a slut.

She had everyone fooled

with that innocent virginal image.

But she'd been dating

a married guy for over a year.

She'd say she was going

to a friend's house to study

and she'd take off with him.

Did she tell you?

Yes, she said he gave her presents,

he screwed her everywhere

and they had plans for the future.

Do you know who he is?

I've got no idea.

She told me

that it was something between them

and they'd decided not to tell anyone.

How was her relationship with

your teachers? Did she behave in class?

Aunt..

Hello.

Hello, sweetheart.

- How are you?

- Fine.

- And how are you?

- Tired.

I see...

Aunt...

Last night I thought

I saw the missing girl

at a time

when she was already dead.

Did she say anything?

No. She looked at me

and when I went up to her she left.

I see.

Who gave you that walnut?

It was in the girl's coat.

Her pockets were full of them.

I see.

You know that walnuts

symbolize the power of witches.

Inside its small brain,

the witch gathers her evil desire,

and when she gives it

to someone to eat

she is able to possess them,

make them sick,

erase their willpower

or curse them.

You know

I don't believe in such things.

Many of us don't believe

until we see.

I was like that until one day

I was lucky enough to see.

What did you see?

When I was 16

I went to the forest every day

to get firewood

until it got dark.

One night, coming home,

I heard his whistle.

I looked up

and I thought I saw a very tall man,

bare-chested

and with long grey hair.

But when my eyes got used to the light

I could see that it wasn't a man,

it was a magic creature.

An extraordinary vision

in front of me

that seemed to be warning me

of something.

I went closer to him

and our eyes met

for the most intense and relaxing

instant I've ever lived.

Then he turned

and disappeared through the trees.

The next day I went back there

and I saw that

if his whistle hadn't stopped me,

I would have fallen into a cave

from which I could have never got out.

Do you understand?

Do you understand, Amaia?

The basajaun warned me.

He preferred to reveal himself

rather than let me fall into the cave.

He helped me.

I know what you're thinking

in that little head of yours.

The answer is yes, Amaia:

I'm as sure of what I saw then

as I'm sure now

that I'm seeing you.

Have I ever let you down?

Never.

And I'm not doing it now.

Cut.

No, aunt.

Some other day.

- I promise.

- All right.

- Here, sweetheart.

- Thanks.

CONCERN:

FOR THE MISSING GIRL IN ELIZONDO

There, there.

It's all right.

She told me to put it on.

And the shoes.

You know what?

I'm going to talk to Aunt Engrasi

and she'll see to your clothes.

Would you like that?

Here. This is for you,

to buy whatever you want.

Mom will take it from me

and scold you.

Not if she doesn't find it, love.

That's why

you have the key of the bakery now.

Your key.

There it goes.

Keep your money here

and you can come and get it

while mom is in the house.

If you always close the door

and don't spend it all at once,

- your mother will never realize.

- Thank you, dad.

Don't be afraid of mom,

little b*tch.

I'm not going to eat you today.

What do remember exactly?

DAY 4

I know that a foreign girl

was found dead,

with lots of candy

scattered on top of her.

And I seem to remember

that she'd been raped.

You seem to remember?

It should be in here.

Our profile doesn't include

rape or sexual assault.

Don't pay too much attention

to the reports from back then.

At that time detectives

had a pretty basic training

and there were none

of the new scientific advances.

What do you mean?

If the semen was visible,

there was semen.

If it wasn't visible,

there wasn't.

If the panties had been pulled down,

that meant sexual violence.

It was all very rudimentary.

Follow me.

When did the case

of the girl and the candy happen?

Do you remember anything else?

It was 14 years ago.

At that time

I was the head of the National Police

and the investigation

was carried out in my station.

The girl's name was Teresa Klas.

The autopsy said

she'd been abused,

but like I said, the reports back then

were very relative.

Why do you remember it so well?

Well... I used part of that case

for "Intruders from the Sewer".

What?

My first novel.

The first one I wrote

with Jaime Cajigas as the protagonist.

Destino Editions

published the whole saga.

It's one of the few novels I wrote

that ends well.

People love it

when things end well,

although that doesn't always happen.

No, take them.

Do you remember

where the girl had the candy?

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