Black Run by Manzini Antonio

Author:Manzini, Antonio [Manzini, Antonio]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-01-11T08:00:00+00:00

The young man nodded rapidly and went to summon his co-worker, who came in, immediately bringing with him from outdoors the cocky attitude of someone who’s not afraid of anyone or anything. “What’s this about?” he asked. “What happened Thursday night?”

“Bravo. You’re good. You should come work for us,” Rocco said, shutting him down. Then he stood face-to-face with the three instructors and stared hard at them for ten seconds or so. Ten seconds that to those three wizards of the ski slopes must have seemed like an eternity. The woman was the one who broke the metaphorical ice. “What can we do for you?”

“What time do you close?”

“Four in the afternoon. The lessons last an hour, and at 4:45 they close the slopes and the cableways, so the last slot to schedule a lesson is at 3:30.”

“Who locks up?”

“That depends. We take turns.”

“Who locked up Thursday?” Schiavone asked.

“Day before yesterday, I locked up,” replied the twenty-five-year-old.

“At four forty-five?” asked the deputy police chief.

“Yes, more or less. Actually, a little earlier than that, because when I left, the cableway was on its last run.”

Rocco took a quick look around. He looked at the poster of that season’s full team of instructors. There were at least twenty people there. All of them smiling. “Is the person who locks up at night the same person who opens up the next morning?”

“Yes. It’s always the same person,” said the young man. “In fact, yesterday, Friday, I opened up.”

“And how did you find the office door?”

“Locked. Why?”

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