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Help, Written Backwards

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Someone traced the word HELP on a fogged window in Valparaíso — carefully written backwards, so only the neighbor across the street could read it. The police insist that apartment is empty.

Part 1 of 4 in Written on the Glass

Eran las once de la noche y llovía en Valparaíso. Marcelo lavaba los platos en su cocina. Su edificio está en un cerro, y la calle es tan estrecha que él puede ver dentro del apartamento de enfrente.

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