The doctor trying to save my life in the delivery room was my ex-husband—the same man who left me pregnant in the rain. What I told him made him stumble back.

business.”

Teacher Lupita whispered my name, frightened now.

The woman grabbed Sofi by the arm.

The child let out a sound so small most people would have missed it.

Camila did not.

“That’s where it hurts!” she shouted. “That’s where she has the black thing!”

The woman froze.

So did I.

“What black thing?” I asked.

Sofi began to cry for the first time.

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