Chapter 4
The Paper Trail
Muliazas and Piyonas visit the town hall to search for Aldona's current address. After navigating dusty records and bureaucratic resistance, Senoji Akis guides them to a forgotten file that reveals Aldona moved to a coastal town decades ago. Muliazas decides to travel there, setting up the next chapter.
The morning arrived grey and damp, the kind of day that settled into the bones and reminded Muliazas of his age. He stood at the kitchen window, watching the mist curl around the ochre walls of the neighboring houses. The sealed envelope lay on the table, a weight he had carried since the previous night. He had not slept well. His chest had tightened with each breath, the familiar resistance of his lungs a constant companion.
Piyonas arrived at nine sharp, as promised. He wore a thick coat and carried two cups of coffee from the café on the corner. "You look like you haven't slept," he said, handing a cup to Muliazas.
"I slept enough."
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