THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

strike anyone who mentions it.

Sofía stands as a witness.

Not maid of honor.

Not enemy.

Witness.

That is enough.

Doña Carmela does not attend.

But a letter arrives that morning, sealed in black wax.

You do not open it.

You hand it to Doña Mercedes.

She drops it into the fire without reading.

“Some ghosts do not deserve speaking parts,” she says.

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