For a few seconds after my mother said she could not congratulate me for “defying God’s will,” no one moved.

me. “After your mother posted last night, I checked the joint account. She transferred another 300,000 pesos this morning.”

“For what?”

He could not look at me. “A legal fund.”

Andrés went still. “Against us?”

My father nodded.

The room became very quiet.

Abuela’s hand slammed onto the table. “That snake.”

My father covered his face. “I think Abel convinced continue reading …