Madrid episode 16: Gotcha, 134 (simple) 

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‘Sure thing, Mrs Maria José. Now let me go!’
Maria José gave Inés the piercing stare. It was making holes all over her body. She moved uncomfortably. Old women are the worst. They just wait and watch. Like crocodiles.
‘Here’s what you do,’ Maria José spoke quietly. ‘Go to the toilet, then go straight through the front door. The others won’t even notice. Here, money,’ she added, and she gave Inés twenty-five euros! Scrambled eggs tomorrow! Soap! Perhaps I’ll buy a wallet, just like Arturo’s!
‘You won’t follow me?’
‘I honestly won’t. I’ll tell them I let you go. I trust you to give the phone to Arturo.’
Inés went to the bathroom, then straight through the front door of the café. Although the others were too busy eating and arguing to see her, she felt very paranoid as she crept outside.
I’m not in a prison! I’m fancy-free! Crocodile woman doesn’t know what she’s talking about!
The last light had faded from the sky. Soon she was back in the metro. As she jumped the barrier and caught the train back to Arturo, the girl had a lot to think about. True, crocodile woman sort of helped me. But I’m pretty sure she has very sharp teeth.
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Maria José helps Inés escape.
Maria José locks Inés in the toilet.Wrong answer! Try again.
Inés doesn’t like pasta anymore.Wrong answer! Try again.
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