His mother called her unfaithful because she had two daughters…

” she asked.

Sebastián was putting soup in the refrigerator.

“Sometimes.”

Her eyes lit up.

“What does he say?”

“He asks why you didn’t love his sisters right.”

Carmen looked away.

A tear slid down her cheek.

“I was wrong.”

Sebastián stopped moving.

It was the first time she had said it without adding an excuse.

“I was ignorant,” she whispered. “Cruel, maybe.”

He continue reading …