Summary

Delia entered Caserta’s father’s old sweet shop. She immediately realized that the shop looked different from the way she had remembered it since she was viewing it from a different height than when she was younger. Also, the room was empty and left no trace of the shop Delia remembered. She lit a match and found a figure sleeping in a cot along one wall. The match’s flame went out, but she found a flashlight and saw that the figure on the bed was a black plastic bag. Amalia’s old underwear was scattered across the bed. Delia called out, but no one responded.

There was a rope with men’s clothes strung across it, which had the same label as the shirt Delia had found in Amalia’s apartment. She searched the pockets of the jacket and found Amalia’s...