The third character is Maggie. She and her friend went
to Chile a month before and Maggie is still dreaming
about the romance she had with a Chilean tour guide,
Xavier. She has received an email from Xavier telling
her that he’s coming to England. He has written her a
letter explaining why (he is running away from some
‘bad people’ his brother has got in with, who think
he has some of their papers). This letter is burnt in
the mail van, so Maggie never finds out about Xavier.
On this Friday evening, Belen is coming to Maggie’s
for dinner. Maggie gets a mysterious phone call while
she is out buying food. Later, when she and Belen are
eating dinner, a Chilean stranger pushes his way into
the house and threatens them. He is looking for Xavier
and thinks that perhaps Xavier gave Maggie the papers
to take to England. Maggie phones the police and later
goes to sleep at Belen’s house because she’s afraid the
man will come back. Later, as she hears nothing more
from Xavier or the other man, she decides it was just a
holiday romance and starts to forget about him.