THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

even after only two meetings.

Francisco Montenegro.

Your breath stops.

You move to the bedroom door and press your ear against the wood.

Don Ignacio’s voice trembles with false warmth.

“Señor Montenegro, what an unexpected honor at this hour.”

Francisco does not return the politeness.

“I came to ask after Señorita Elena.”

The silence that follows is so long continue reading …