The Absent Voice (La voz ausente)

- Rivera. - What's up?

What do we have?

We found signs of a struggle here.

- Hmm. He resisted. - Yes.

He was definitely pushed.

- Okay, take him. Thanks. - Okay.

Nobody saw you when you arrived? No, nobody saw me.

- Yes, I talked to the guard. - Leave us alone, please.

It's exactly what we thought.

The monster's taking revenge on other monsters.

What are you doing?

Mansilla raped Dante.

Look, it's clear in his drawings.

It's a drawing of Mansilla cornering Dante.

What are you doing, Rouviot?

You can't just come alone.

- You're a collaborator, that's all. - Yes, clearly.

I tried to warn you. You didn't pick up.

If I don't pick up, you sit and wait.

Girl.

You can come in now.

But you can't talk to my witnesses, okay?

And now you have to wait.

Kid, look what I found.

The historic benefactors of the institute.

What does it say here?

Hontou Foundation.

- You owe me half your salary. - (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

What, you play chess?

My dad taught me, but I haven't played in a long time.

The king.

The king's exposed.

Wow.

THE ABSENT VOICE

"I shall ascend my funeral pyre triumphantly,

"and exult in the agony of the torturing flames."

Raúl Hontou.

"He knew he was in front of the body of a self-destroyer. 'We're too late.'"

José Rouviot.

"I shrieked as I saw it shear through the vampire's throat.

"Whilst Mr. Morris's bowie knife plunged in the heart."

Francisco Mansilla.

It's crazy.

The author of the crimes is recreating the death of the literary monsters.

So, we know how the other deaths may go.

What we don't know is who the next victims will be.

And in what order.

Fuck everyone.

Fuck you and you. You too, for getting me into this.

- You can't talk like that. - Fuck off, Oscar.

Getting me into this shitty situation at my age is unforgivable.

USB UNIT

You were right.

Motherfucker.

Another monster.

The vampire gets into your head.

To keep himself young, he has to drink blood from his victims.

Their essence, their being.

Why did Hontou put that much money into Lemos Institute?

Was he hiding something?

- (CECILIA SIGHS) - Maybe his own abuse.

More than a charitable action, it seems--

Like a membership?

Child abuse.

Dante was the star.

The guy was obsessed with him.

Dante wasn't just pointing at a way to kill his victims,

but the link he had with them.

He's taking revenge on his abusers.

And what does that theory have to do with my brother's death?

I will leave you for a moment.

There's something I didn't tell you.

Your brother worked at the Lemos Institute.

Since when?

March 2004 to February 2005.

He treated several kids, including Dante Santana.

What are you trying to tell me?

Well, that...

This is a hypothesis, let's keep an open mind.

My brother wasn't a pedophile.

Dante left your brother a book about a guy with two faces.

Jekyll and Hyde, the doctor and the monster.

Just because he had contact with him,

he's a molester?

Will you accuse every person who worked at the institute?

I'm not accusing anyone. Let's just keep the option open--

You're wasting your time with these speculations.

Will you tell me how to do my job?

I have, for a while.

I'm sorry.

But you can't link my brother to a pedophilia network.

I can. You can't.

So, until we clear this up, it's best if you stay out of the case.

Don't do this to me.

It's for your own good.

JOSÉ: How are you, brother?

I did something terrible.

And? You want to tell me? - JOSÉ: Yes.

Why?

Because you're the only one who can tell me if I'm a monster.

Thank you, Alicia.

The topic Alicia brings is very interesting.

The topic of ghosts.

What's left with the ones that are still living.

I always say that donate their clothes, their books, their records.

- Get rid of everything. Yes.

But it's not about cutting ties with the past, or something like that.

It's about being able to leave that room that Alicia describes so well.

Because, if we don't leave,

we will never be able to get to know the other parts of the huge house

that is our story.

I told you the other day.

I came in two years ago. I didn't get to know him well.

But he was the principal. You had contact with him.

Yes, sure. Yes.

He was very polite, yes.

Does the name Raúl Hontou ring a bell?

No, it doesn't.

I have been working at the institute for years.

Many people have come and gone.

I have worked there for many years. More than 30.

Sometimes, you hear things, even if you don't want to.

Let me tell you, that kid had a rough time.

Did Mansilla have a preference for him?

I don't know about preference, but he was always keeping an eye on him.

Were there other victims?

Many, yes.

Ernesto, they told me you and Dante were very close.

We shared some traumas.

He always got the worst part.

I'm glad he did it.

I'm glad Dante killed that son of a bitch.

Do you remember Dr. José Rouviot?

Did he behave that way too?

Never with me.

- And with Dante? - He would spend more time with Dante.

He would get frustrated with me.

I never told any truths about myself.

That's what a molester does.

He makes you disappear.

You have no face, you have no name.

You have no history.

So, you have to make up an identity for yourself.

And you lie.

Because lying is a way of surviving.

Lucas, pick up. What are you up to?

Do you have what I need?

Uncle.

Are you okay?

I'm good, and you?

Good.

Your mom?

She's not here.

She's doing group therapy for grief.

- She's there. - I see.

I didn't know about the therapy.

I have the gun

Do you mind if I take some files from your dad's office?

What did you do with your dad's stuff?

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Dante Santana.

Uncle, wait. Listen. This doesn't concern you, really.

You're making things worse. Calm down.

Stay out of it!

What's going on?

What are you doing?

Are you just going to erase my brother?

What are you saying?

You're not okay.