stayed firm.
“Yes.”
He swallowed hard.
“My mother is ashamed.”
Valeria almost smiled.
“No. She is embarrassed. That is not the same thing.”
“She wants to apologize.”
“She can write it down and burn it.”
“Valeria…”
“No, Sebastián. Your mother does not get to spit on my daughters and then enter my life again because a paper proved what my word should have been continue reading …