THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

wanted me hidden because I carried your truth. But truth does not die because a family refuses to speak it.”

The wind moves through the cemetery.

You close your eyes.

For a moment, you imagine her hand on your hair.

Not memory.

Not fact.

Something softer.

When you return to the carriage, Francisco offers his hand.

You take it.

Not because you need help climbing continue reading …