His mother called her unfaithful because she had two daughters…

in the doorway with both hands at his sides.

He did not stop her.

That hurt more than if he had shouted.

At her brother’s house, in a small neighborhood on the edge of Puebla, Valeria slept with Sofía curled against her and one hand over her pregnant belly. She did not cry until dawn. Then she cried quietly, not because she was weak, but because she knew continue reading …