"When the Mask Falls"LorenzoThe air in the hideout felt heavy, I couldn't sit still, I walked from one side of the small, damp room to the other. The only light in the room came from a single, weak bulb hanging from the ceiling. Old boxes were piled in one corner, and a rough wooden table stood in the center, I felt trapped, like an animal in a cage."Anything?" I asked, stopping my walk to look at Sergio.Sergio sat at the table, cleaning a gun,h e did not look up at me. "No, Lorenzo, nothing yet. You need to be patient.""Patient?" My voice sounded high, stressed even to my own ears. "It has been hours, Sergio. Hours! Our spy should have sent a message by now. What if something went wrong, what if they caught him?" My mind raced, imagining the worst possibilities.Sergio finally looked up, his face was too calm and it irritated me. "If something went wrong, we would know," he said. "No news is often good news in these situations, boss, and I'm sure the spy knows what he is doin
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