Excerpt from the statement of Enzo Woods
EW: Vera Rodríguez sought the help of the Counterfeiter to get the Chance scholarship, yes.
JA: We have her testimony and the defence of her lawyer. Could you corroborate the facts?
EW: I doubt it.
JA: What do you mean?
EW: I say that I doubt that you can corroborate them, officer, if what Vera and her lawyer have told you is not the truth.
JA: What is the truth, Mr. Dubois?
(Enzo Woods taps his fingers on the table. Another agent enters the room and sits at the back.)
EW: The truth is… Vera has never been a client of the Counterfeiter.
JA: What do you mean?
EW: What you hear. Vera asked us for help.
She was lucky to ask me, because I knew her.
She and I have always… had our disagreements.
We competed a lot, I mean. She’s very smart.
So am I. (Pause.) Maybe it was just selfishness on my part, you know?
I didn’t want Vera to get better grades than me for having falsified her report cards. So, I didn’t, not even once.
JA: You didn’t falsify Vera Rodríguez’s file?
EW: No, I didn’t. My colleagues didn’t, either; I made sure of it.
JA: You yourself said that you had done it, Laurent—
EW: Enzo, please.
JA: I’m sorry. Enzo. You sent the real one to Vera by mail along with the stolen money, and you also sent it to André Saidi, if I’m not mistaken.
EW: You’re wrong. I sent them a fake one. Vera Rodriguez has never been a client of the Counterfeiter, even if she thinks she was. Try to prove otherwise.