for a moment julia could not anything wxcept his own heartbeat

to go back inside.

“Julián,” she said.

He stopped.

“If Amalia asks, tell her…” Rosa struggled for words. “Tell her I am sorry.”

He looked back. “That is not mine to deliver.”

For the first time, Rosa seemed to understand the size of what she had broken.

The court-approved DNA results came two weeks later.

There was no doubt.

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