The Nude Nurse and the Master of the Whip.
Part 29 March 30, 1974 - The Fourth Day, evening, Colonel Rodrigues’ Office
The three officers clicked their wine glasses and drank a hearty toast from
Rodríguez, “Here’s to Miss Eulalia Burns, the sexiest, dumbest slut, I’ve ever known. May her sufferings be stupendous.” The three hooted and howled with laughter and drained their glasses.
“You were spectacular, Antonio!” said Trueno as the Colonel refilled their glasses. “Chief of fucking staff to
General de Brigada Manuel Contreras!
I salute you!”
“God, it was hard keeping a straight face when you were berating me, Antonio,” said the Colonel. “You were so convincing. And you did a great job sneaking up on her with the evidence. Did you see the bitch’s face when she realized she was dead meat? Fucking priceless.”
“It was when I mentioned that dean from her University, that she really seemed to fall apart,” said Antonio. “What’s so special about him?”
“Oh, he’s special alright.” Chuckled the Colonel. “Trueno, you remember when I said I might get additional information on Miss Burns?”
“Yes. You were vague about it.”
“I wasn’t sure then it would work. We have a Lieutenant in DINA who had some medical training before he joined the military. General Contreras decided it would be useful having a man trained in emergency resuscitation and basic treatment. To keep from losing a prisoner due to an over-eager interrogator. He arranged for the Lieutenant to go study in a special program at Glasgow.”
“And he knows Miss Burns from Studying there?”
“Even better. The program is the pet project of Dean Hawkins. He has been pushing it as a way to generate additional revenue. He is targeting military regimes like ours, knowing our ‘special’ needs.”
“Isn’t he a clever one,” said Antonio. “There would be a lot of demand for that in Latin America, not to mention Africa and Asia.”
“And the Middle East - those guys are really mean!” agreed Trueno. “But how does he sell helping torturers?”
“He actually supplies sample documents for us to show it’s a humanitarian outreach program. I am working on a lead to add the imprimatur of the South American Branch of the International Red Cross!”
“Since Hawkins is so anxious for his program to succeed, he has taken in our man and they’re drinking buddies. When our man told him about the possible cooperation of the Red Cross, he says the dean almost came in his pants!”
“That’s great, but what’s it got to do with Miss Burns?”
“He’s her former lover!”
“Fuck! Are you serious?” Antonio and Trueno burst out laughing.
“Better. She broke up with him about six months, called him a pervert and said he abused his position. Even hinted at complaining to the authorities!”
“Oh shit! I’ll bet Robert really hates the bitch.”
“Deeply. When the Lieutenant let slip that Burns was arrested and we didn’t like her either, Hawkins jumped at the chance to dish dirt on the slut.”
“Does he have any idea what we are going to do to his old girlfriend? How ‘serious’ it will become?” asked Trueno with a leering grin.
“Maybe he doesn’t know, or he doesn’t care, or, maybe, he likes the idea. Our man said he seemed to get excited at the idea of her been interrogated, real fucking excited!”
“Maybe he needs to make a trip down here to see how his program is going. If he has interests in discipline, we can certainly indulge them.”
“I’m already thinking that. I contacted him this morning and he’s thinking about it. But for now, he has been very useful. Not only did he give us that information on McAdam, he has described to our man, in great detail everything he knows about Miss Burns’ private life and dreams. And that is VERY interesting. Much of it, I’d deduced myself, but the detailed picture will be perfect to continue to drag her deeply through her own emotional mud!”
“If you can find some time, Antonio, we’d be glad to have you here as an observer for some of her suffering. After all, you and Trueno are in charge now.” The colonel laughed heartily.
“I’d like that, Juan. Thank you for including me in your little ‘charade.’ I haven’t had so much fun in years.”
“To more fun together at Eulalia Burns’ expense!” They raise their glasses and smiled.
, head of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) was reputed to be a deeply religious man. It was either this or his well-documented love of irony that caused him to have this Biblical scripture over the entrance to Villa Grimaldi:
I don't want you leaving because of that. 
I can promise you that the next chapter is positive and upbeat
- actually celebratory!
