The villa was quiet. Both Inés’s and José’s doors were closed. Nat stole down the corridor and exited the villa. He retraced his steps of the night before, up the hill and across the scrubland. There were no landmarks to indicate exactly where the trapdoor was, so he approximated the position and started clawing at the earth with his fingers. His first bout of digging revealed nothing, so he moved and tried again. This was unsuccessful too, but on his third try, his fingernails came into contact with wood. He quickly scraped the rest of the earth away to reveal the wooden trapdoor. He pulled at the steel circle on its surface. The door flipped up and onto the ground, revealing the hole below. Nat took a quick look round to make sure he wasn’t being watched, and lowered himself inside. At the bottom was a tiny passage. There was just enough room for him to crouch down and crawl through it. At its end was a small opening, on the floor of which was the rucksack Nat had seen José carrying the night before.
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