for a moment julia could not anything wxcept his own heartbeat

every day. Because Esteban came and said Amalia’s baby had died but there was another baby, a baby no one wanted, a baby who needed a home. Later I suspected. Then I knew. By then you were walking. Calling me Mamá. How was I supposed to return you like a borrowed pot?”

Amalia made a sound like the words had cut through her.

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