Chapter 09

I understand why Lanton hates this ridiculous gathering. They drink, smile, listen to the band play outside, besides, there are a lot of people there and I'm absolutely sure that not everyone who is here was close to the so called godfather of Lanton. Nobody knows that many people and even if they do, nobody is close to that many people.

My mother walks by Daud's side smiling everywhere and loving being introduced as his wife - although it looks much more like he's displaying it as his trophy. It doesn't look like a tribute party, but some kind of weird celebration. There's a picture of Lanton's godfather at the top of the stairs that he looks up to eventually.

There are two speeches. One made by Daud, the other by Lanton. One emphasizes Hector's great achievements, the other emphasizes what an amazing human being he was. In neither I feel a good truth, because if Hector was Lanton's godfather and a good friend of Daud, it means he was also part of this dirty underworld that is the ma