26th July 2002 On the way back to pick up the evidence bag containing the bottle of muriatic acid, his mobile vibrated in his pocket. 'Digame, José Luis,' he said. 'They've found a Ukrainian hooker in the Poligono San Pablo who they're pretty sure is Sergei's mystery friend,' said Ramírez. 'She doesn't speak much Spanish, but she reacted to the photo of Sergei when they showed it to her.' 'Take her down to the Jefatura and get a translator,' said Falcón. 'Don't interrogate her until I get there.' 'It's nearly lunchtime.' 'Do what you can.' Back in the Jefatura, Nadia Kouzmikheva, dressed in a black mini-skirt, a white halter-neck top and flat shoes with no stockings, paced the floor of the interrogation room while Policía Carlos Serrano watched her through the pane of glass in the door. She'd already gone through three of his cigarettes and he was hoping that the translator was a smoker and would arrive soon. Ramírez and Falcón walked down the corridor with a female Russian translator from the university.
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