Sleepless Night Page #3

- Bye-bye, Peking.

He's crazy !

- Hi, Lorenzo ! How are you ?

- Fine.

- How are you ?

- Great.

- What are you doing ? - l've been

working in my Dad's law office.

You know him... he's always

on my back, just like then.

- How long do you want to stay ?

- l don't know.

- Why do you call me ?

- l thought you might be interested.

Anyway, you can stay

as long as you like.

Good morning. My name is

Adolfo Farina. l got summons.

Yes, take a seat, in there.

- You'll have to wait a while.

- Not too long, l hope.

l've got an alibi,

l was with my girlfriend.

Will you make copies of all the old

files for me ? For old times sake.

Ok. For old times' sake.

Thanks.

- You're pretty good on that machine.

- l had to learn.

- Things have changed.

- l know.

Now the police talk about GPS bugs,

telecommunications printouts, DNA...

We used to say ''tailing''

and now they say ''surveillance''.

We used to say ''following leads''

now they say ''tactical intervention''.

They sound more like

marketing managers than cops !

This investigation could take a long

time. You might go back to Rome.

- What's keeping you here ?

- My mother, Maria Gallo.

l heard what you said.

l would never have recognized you.

- What do you mean ?

- You were just a boy then.

- Oh, you are the Chief lnspector...

- Moretti. l'm retired now.

- What are you doing here ?

- The same as you, my boy.

- What's that ?

- Answering the call of a ghost.

Listen,

l would like to take you somewhere.

- There.

- The ghost of the past !

We lived on the first floor,

me and my Mom, just the two of us.

- Then you went and live

with your father. - Not for long.

- Never came back here ?

- No. This is the first time.

- lt happened under the stairs.

- Yes, in front of the cellar door.

- l'll be upstairs if you need me.

- Alright. And thank you.

Mummy !

Mummy !

Mummy !

- You alright ?

- Yeah.

He killed her, right in front of me,

with a musical instrument.

- They said... it was an english horn.

- You didn't see anything else ?

-You asked me the same question then.

-And what did you answer ?

That l couldn't see his face.

But there was something.

Not something l saw,

but something l heard.

- What ?

- A sound.

A strange sound,

a kind of whistling, or hissing.

There was all the other noise.

The struggle, my mother's screams,

and this whistling.

l hear it almost every night, but

l still can't figure out what it was.

What a great team,

you and l.

You remember, but don't know.

l know, but don't remember.

- So, you don't remember the promise

you made to me. - What promise ?

- ''l'll find out who killed your

mother.'' - l told you that? - Yes.

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