The next day was the last Friday before Christmas and the last official day of term in my faculty. I somehow dragged myself out of bed at an early hour, made a coffee and almost staggered on to my miniscule balcony. The traffic was moving along as usual, but I felt anything but normal. What on earth had yesterday been all about? The assassination, meeting this guy Gerardo in the bar and then being dragged out of there, seemingly seconds before the bloody Guardia Civil turned up. I could still se