[Once he knows it's about time for Newt and Hermann to return home Joaquin makes the trip as short as possible, motoring over to the porter and then taking a taxi to the right apartment complex despite the toll. He did have a decent job, after all, so paying wasn't an issue. Frugality took front seat most days but he really, really needed to vent and he couldn't do that back home in Heropa. Not anymore.
Hoping he wasn't too early, he knocked on the door outside their apartment and stood back to wait.]
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Hoping he wasn't too early, he knocked on the door outside their apartment and stood back to wait.]