The building bore her name… and she feared the worst.

she left there.

I would also remember the silence of the house upon returning.

And, more than anything, I would remember Lucia, standing in the middle of the room, hugging an old teddy bear, looking at the door as if she were still waiting to see her father come in.

Nobody was forcing Alicia to stay.

There were no papers to bind her.

There was no law that continue reading …