His mother called her unfaithful because she had two daughters…

one white flower on the grave. Sofía placed a green one. Renata hesitated, then placed nothing.

Nobody forced her.

On the drive home, Sebastián reached for Valeria’s hand.

She let him hold it.

Their marriage had never returned to what it was before.

It became something else.

Less innocent.

More honest.

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