.Ingrid protests, yet ultimately relentsu00e2 $” she knows her task to her good friend, but sheu00e2 $ s also familiar with the stakes, that include potential criminal fees if the authorities become aware of her anticipation of Marthau00e2 $ s goals. They take a trip up, however at that point promptly have to go back to New York when Martha loses the pillu00e2 $” in a heart-pumping pattern they switch her home inverted searching for it. (To order an additional unlawfully, she claims, would certainly be actually far as well tough.) When Ingrid situates it, in an envelope doodled with words u00e2 $ Bye-bye, u00e2 $ you question if sheu00e2 $ ll hand it overu00e2 $” but she does.Over the next couple of days, back in their new estate, both set out their ground rules: Martha asserts that Ingrid ought to make an effort to enjoy herself (though not write about their knowledge, lest the authorities discover itu00e2 $” though, naturally, she performs), and also hang around until sheu00e2 $ s ready.
Then, Ingrid will definitely discover Marthau00e2 $ s cherry-red room door finalized, and also thatu00e2 $ ll be actually the confirmation that sheu00e2 $ s gone.Thereu00e2 $ s a sort of Hitchcockian hate in this portion of the tale, specifically the tries of Ingrid climbing the stairways to check out the position of the door once again as well as againu00e2 $” however additionally an invited dose of melancholy humor. Martha mentions wishing to make love with a mutual friend, Damien (Severanceu00e2 $ s John Turturro), againu00e2 $” a mutual lover from their past, along with whom Ingrid is still in touch. Ingrid also heads to the health and fitness center, and also relapses to discover herself out of breath and also haggard, unexpectedly regarded about her personal death, too.
In one of my preferred series, Ingrid observes the door is actually finalized and also promptly pukes as well as cries, but after that a pale and ghostly Martha, dressed in white colored, happens downstairs, claiming sheu00e2 $ d opened up a window and the wind had actually goofed shut. Ingrid is actually furious.Photo: u00c2 u00a9 El Deseo, image through Iglesias Mu00c3 u00a1 s.