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

me.”

Miguel lifted his own hand to meet hers through the glass.

“I buried you in my mind years ago.”

Tears rolled silently down her face.

“I buried myself too so they wouldn’t kill Abril.”

Abril stood between them.

One hand touching each side of the glass.

As if she could reconnect what the world had torn apart.

“I don’t want any more secrets,” she said.

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