What is the English translation for chapter 11 in the book la chica de los zapatos verdes?

Answer 1

Chapter 11

Laura comes into the police station. Once inside, she approachs a policeman ...

"Could I talk to Officer Carlos Fargas, please?"

"Come to the office in the hall".

Laura knocks. A voice answers:

"Come in!"

The commissioner is sitting behind a desk full of papers. Listening to a young man wearing a tie that is standing by his side. Ibanez is the inspector.

"Tell me," he says without looking at Laura.

"I wanted to talk to you about the murdered girl..."

"The girl killed, what about the murdered girl," asks the sheriff, looking very seriously at Laura.

"There are some things that are not clear".

"Oh, yeah? What things?"

The young man with the tie raises his head…

"The murderer is left-handed".

The young inspector looks at Laura more and more surprised.

"Yes?" Carlos Fargas gets in a very bad mood.

"... and Jose is not a lefty" continued Laura.

"José?"

"Yes, Jose Puertas. Now it stopped ..."

"And who has said that the murderer is left-handed?"

"Nobody".

"Then, how do you know?"

"I do not have to be very smart to realize that. Or you did not know, Mr. Officer?"

The police moved in his chair, anxious, angry. Looks at Laura in the eyes.

"Have something to say?" he said at last.

She does not answer.

While thinking down the stairs a lot. Each time is more certain that Jose did not kill Maribel. As you do not see the police? Julio may be a murderer. Everything is so strange ...

When you reach the street there are voices behind her.

"Senorita!"

"It's Inspector Ibanez, who has followed Laura to the door.

"Can we talk for a moment? There's something..."