for a moment julia could not anything wxcept his own heartbeat

before my guards arrive, Esteban will take the papers, and Rosa will deny everything. You will be left with only a story too ugly for people to believe.”

Julián looked at her with raw hatred. “You used me.”

“Yes,” Amalia said, and the shame in her voice was real. “I used the only way I had left after every legal door closed. I tried to approach you as continue reading …