It was a quarter past seven when Grace left the house. She left without eating breakfast. Luis, who was in the bathroom, heard her close the door and thought she had gone down to breakfast. Then he found out she was out. He felt uneasy and called her, but she did not answer.

Grace drove straight to the airport. She made an appointment with Logan to meet him there and bring him the waybill for the delivery.

Clutching her heart, she drove carefully, afraid that there would be something wrong at this critical moment. Even at the traffic lights, she was wary of the traffic around her, not daring to...