Passeig de Gràcia 42 — 9:42 AM
If buildings had poker faces, this one was ice.
Six floors of polished Catalan modernism, with iron balconies like watchful eyes. Tourists below snapped selfies with Gaudí’s Casa Batlló across the street, unaware that something worse than ghosts lived right above them.
Alex and Lucía stood at the heavy brass entrance.
Buzzers.…
