It was around 9:40 in the evening when I finally returned to my place of rest. As I entered, there she was, my wife, Alejandra, sitting at the table, enjoying her dinner. It had been an exhausting week for both of us, with each of us dutifully carrying out our roles as agents in this intriguing world of espionage. I had returned from a particularly grueling assignment, one that had demanded every ounce of my skill, wit, and resourcefulnessh and yet I bore the weight of the responsibilities.