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the table.

At your mother’s rage.

Your father’s cowardice.

Your sister’s envy.

The truth arrives quietly.

A house can hold your childhood and still not be your home.

“No,” you say.

Doña Carmela stands so abruptly her chair strikes the floor.

“You ungrateful girl.”

Francisco rises too.

Don Ignacio slams his hand on the table.

“Enough.”

Everyone turns to him.

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