Episode 16: “The Café That Didn’t Exist”

An Address, a Whisper, and a Locked Door

Gràcia — 1:12 AM

By the time they reached the square, the city had taken on that strange, hushed quality that only exists after midnight. Gràcia was a maze of sleepy streets and iron balconies, where life slowed but never truly stopped. Streetlamps cast golden pools of light on cobblestones slick with recent rain. In the silence, even their footsteps fel…