The Civil Police were called because the body could no longer be taken to the crematorium. Not with a live baby inside. Not with a signed authorization lying on a table. Not with so many questions arising all at once.
An officer reviewed the basic documents, without yet touching anything related to the expert report. In the blue folder were ultrasound scans, a copy of the preliminary accident report, and a medical note that Marcos didn’t understand.
The time didn’t match.
It wasn’t conclusive proof. It wasn’t an indictment. But it was a crack. And sometimes an investigation begins exactly like that, with a small number that refuses to fit.
Ana Clara was rushed to Hospital das Clínicas. Marcos got into the ambulance without asking permission. No one dared to make him get out. During the journey, he held his wife’s cold hand and spoke with Miguel.
