THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

You have had old dresses, cold meals, forgotten birthdays, and a room at the end of the hall where no one came unless they needed something mended.

Your mother grips your chin.

“Listen carefully. Tomorrow you will tell Señor Montenegro that you are ill, that you are entering a convent by your own wish, and that you apologize for misleading him.”

“No.”

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