If you don't help me I will go alone

After reading the novel I was even more intrigued, I read it in 2 days, it was not a very long novel, it only consisted of 35 pages and with an open ending, although in part it was logical to me because it was a real life event, so that afternoon I knocked on my brother's door and gave 2 knocks, it was already a sign that it was me, he gave 3 in a row and my parents gave 2 slow knocks.

When I heard his voice I came in and after putting the novel on his desk and I sat on the edge of the bed, I stared at the novel and said at last

Casandra: brother... that novel has many that coincide with us.

Ricardo: you didn't get too much in the paper.

Casandra: of course not, there is a bar called "aleta aperlada", that reminded me of aunt Selene's jokes that any mermaid would notice the truth, the restaurant is called "perlas de sirena" and I know that the word "aleta" is associated to something else.

Ricardo looks at me intrigued when I say that and glances at the novel a little fast and then he looks at me with a look of "So?

Casandra: besides, it doesn't seem much of a coincidence to you, the male protagonist is a policeman and the female protagonist is a waitress, that is to say, he talks about mom and dad.

Ricardo: you've already read too much and you haven't slept well, that's all, besides, what an absurd nonsense... you know how many couples must have been waitresses and policemen.

Casandra: I know it sounds crazy... But I know it's mom and dad, so I'll find a way to know the truth.

Ricardo: Let's see, how are you going to do it? *snicker*.

It was true that I didn't have a plan, but I knew it was mom and dad and that I didn't want to stay with my arms crossed, it was a fact and a very strong one.

Casandra: Well... If you don't help me I will do it myself.

Ricardo's face was sometimes to laugh and with desire, he raised an eyebrow and looked at me incredulously, he even touched my forehead to see if I had a fever, it was logical that this made me mad, but I could only tell him that I'm not lying, look for yourself and from there I left a little uncomfortable.

Without caring if my brother would help me or not, I had already written down things that I considered important and curious, I also wrote down the villains just in case, you never know, but I considered that they were equally or more important, I did not know whether to call it a hunch or to be cautious.

By phone I copied the girls and asked them for help, with the silly excuse that I wanted to know if that person was still alive and hear the rest of their story, logically very few believed and others accepted without thinking about it.

There was a video mentioned in that book and no matter how hard I looked for it I couldn't find it, again I had the intuition that it was my parents that limited certain searches, so I asked Claudia and Camila for their help, Camila was more about playing with fire and entering the deep web or other deep sites on the Internet; she always told me *I'm glad she is my friend and not my enemy*.

Nearing dinner I finally had several answers, along with addresses and all, the bar one could refer to several bars nearby but one caught my interest, too much I would say, "mermaid fins", I was on my way to write it down as it also had another strong point; realizing a possible impulse that would be a huge blunder.

The club was for people over 18 and the other thing was that they were open from 8: 00 pm, so if my brother didn't do his part, I would invite them with fake invitations and with that idea already written and thought I waited for an answer.

After dinner Claudia told me that she had found something curious, I didn't even ask from where, I saw the video and they were of women disguised as mermaids, clearly because of the makeup it was hard for me to recognize them, but I decided to save the Link as important and watch the other one where I was left with a big *What the hell is what I see?* a mermaid or better said a woman with a megalodon style mermaid disguise entering the emergency room, when I saw the man I had to pause and say

Cassandra: *it can't be or is it* Dad?