HE WAS SCHEDULED TO DIE AT 6 PM, BUT HIS DAUGHTER WHISPERED A SECRET—AND THE JUDGE TURNED PALE

it too.

Salazar turned toward him.

“Richard knew.”

The prosecutor raised his hands.

“Be careful what you’re saying.”

“You buried the medical report. You hid Mariana’s statement. You said that if she ever surfaced, Abril would end up in a ditch.”

Abril let out a sob.

The social worker wrapped her arms around her.

Miguel looked at the prosecutor as though he continue reading …