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words reach you.

“Forgive me, Isabel.”

Your breath catches.

Isabel.

Not Carmela.

Not a family name you know.

Your father touches the stone.

“I failed her again.”

You step on a twig.

It cracks.

Don Ignacio turns sharply.

When he sees you, his face collapses.

“Elena.”

You step into the moonlight.

“Who is Isabel?”

He rises slowly.

“You should not be here.”

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