“and then, all of a sudden, he wasn’t there.”
“All of a sudden… Curious expression officer” said the inspector as he clicked the pen, once more.
“Yes, I know it sounds crazy, but, that’s what happen, that’s what we saw, and no one could figure out how he had done this, so we called you.”
“OK, tell me the story, one more time.”

Mr. Callaghan was a discreet man, and he was a mystery for everyone, not because of his loneliness and quietness, but because of his apparently normal life. He had a studied routine which he followed step by step, ever since anyone had ever met him. As a matter of fact, no one in the town remembered when had he arrived, most of the people said that was because he had always been there, but no one really knew how long had he been around them.

Everyday he left his house at 6:00, he took the newspaper that was delivered at his door, and he headed to the local café. He spoke to none as he drank the espresso that was almost waiting for him in the table 29. After this, he left $2.30 dollars on the table. The coffee was $2.00 and he left the tip for the nice waitress who kept his table for him. After this, he walked towards his house again, and spent the time there, doing god knows what, until 11:15 when he got out for lunch with Mrs. Marty who had a small restaurant. And as he finished he went back home. He didn’t go out for dinner for which people assumed he cooked home.

He was thin as a stick, and with sad eyes. And even though he was always like this, the people in the town where indifferent to this behaviors and talked about him as if he was one more person from the town. The only thing they’ve dared to criticize once about him was his lack of faith, since he never attended church. And this was a quick comment which was never mentioned before.

This town, lived in peace. But one day, this tranquility would fade away.

[ Mrs K i t e ]