Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vini took the opportunity to check out the story of Pacifiers' mother when she dropped Belgium off at home. At first he thought of calling Enzo, but soon realized that he would not be successful. He was on his own, once again. Still, he decided to try his chances.

- Vini?

In the background he heard an intense yelling.

- Enzo, what the fuck is this? Are you in a bar or a strip club?

- No, I'm at the Italy's house.

- What? I'm also in Italy's house.

- I can't see you.

- I'm in her condo, you idiot, not her apartment.

- Oh. Come over here. Her dad will make sandwiches, but he'll probably spit in mine and throw it in the toilet.

- I can't, Enzo. I have just spotted Pacifier's mother's car here.

- So what?

- You were all neurotic about her new car, you blister!

- I was. In the past.

- It was only two days ago!

- What's your point, Vini?

- There's something fishy going on. Something... odd. Can't you smell the mystery in the air?

- Well, Vini, the only smell I can identify at the moment is Victoria Secret hand cream and Russia's perfume.

- Oh, Enzo. I didn't need to hear that.

Vini hung up and carried on with his mini investigation without Enzo's useless help. How hard would it be? But as it turned out, very hard. He didn't know exactly where to start. All he knew was that Suzane was in the same condo as him, for some unknown reason. The problem was that the condominium had 8 buildings and 16 units, more than 2000 apartments. How could he do it?

About 30 meters away, he noticed a small guardhouse right next to a gate that blocked the vehicles. No one could enter or leave without the authorization of the person in charge or a resident. So Vini went to the doorman, who was distracted by a video .... Very interesting for that time of night.

- Excuse me, I need some information. - Vini ignored the content of the video for his own good. - Which building did the Jaguar's owner go to?

- Which Jaguar's owner?

- Oh, bugger.

Vini recalled that the doorman probably didn't even remember the Jaguar or Suzanne any longer. Once again, he would have to use Enzo, unfortunately. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed his friend's number.

- Vini, I know you miss me, but calling me twice in three minutes is just too needy.

- What? No, you dummy. What is the license plate number of Suzanne's Jaguar?

- What is it again?

- The license plate number, Enzo. Use your other worthless superpower you have.

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Oh, right. Enzo's other superpower was the facility to memorize the three letters and four numbers of any vehicle in the country. He first developed this trick from his grandmother, who from a young age encouraged him to memorize and learn the letters and numbers from the license plates of cars.

- KHN 3043.

- Thanks, buddy.

Once again, Vini turned off his cell phone and focused his attention on the doorman. He passed the license plate number and called back.

- Oh, block 3 and she went to apartment 5000.

- 5000? Where the fuck is that?

- Go straight ahead. Fourth door on the right.

Vini tried to visualize the directions, but without success.

- To the right of where?

- To the right of this straight line here. Do you see this line? - The doorman indicated with his arm. - So, the door on the right side. It's the fourth.

- Bollocks. All right, thanks. Good night.

- Night. Hey, kid!

- What's up?

- Don't go snooping around other people's houses. We have security cameras to keep an eye on you.

- I will.

As he walked away from the guardhouse, Vini spoke softly, before getting into the elevator.

- Idiot. There's no such shit at Lake.

He followed the path guided by the doorman. The plates on some of the walls were useful to keep him from getting lost in the middle of the way. When he pressed the button to go up, he found a bald man with a lot of tattoos, who didn't greet him and just pressed the fifth floor, the exact floor Vini planned to go to.

- Oh, crap.

Vini waited a few seconds so as not to attract anyone's suspicion. The man went at a fast pace and turned the key in the lock of the 5000 apartment.

- Oh, I have a bad feeling about this.

But what Vini could do? At that moment, a bad feeling started to creep into his thoughts. The truth is, he didn't really consider before following Pacifier's mother. Maybe that man knew her and they were friends.

But her suspicions grew when Vini saw her leaving the apartment, wearing different clothes and with a dark mark on her wrists. Suzane immediately recognized him and tried to hide it, but Vini had already noticed.

- Hello... Vinicius?

- Yes, yes.

- What are you doing here?

- I'm trying to find the apartment of the Europa sisters. But I got lost and Enzo left me.

Vini came up with a good excuse.

- Do you want me to help you?

- You don't need to. I'm already going home.

- Want a ride?

Vini smiled.

- I'll take it.

- What about Enzo?

- I don't know the number of the apartment he's in. I guess I'll have to sadly leave him behind.

And so he did. He would only meet Enzo again the next day, at Lake.