THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

to Isabel, found in Doña Carmela’s locked chest. She places it on your table without ceremony.

“I thought you should have it.”

You touch the faded silk.

“Thank you.”

She nods.

Then, after a long pause, she whispers, “I am sorry I called you nobody.”

You look at her.

“I am sorry you believed you had to.”

That is the first bridge.

Small.

Unsteady.

Real.

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