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

another generation.

My mother began to cry.

Not softly. She broke down.

For a second, I almost stood. Reflex. Daughter reflex. Comfort the mother who wounded you. But Andrés held my hand under the table, and I stayed seated.

The judge granted the protective order.

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