HER FATHER PUSHED HER INTO THE FOUNTAIN AT HER SISTER’S WEDDING—THEN HER SECRET HUSBAND WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR

when she clearly wasn’t?

Daniela had no answers that made her look good.

Beatrice called Mariana every day for two weeks.

Mariana answered only once.

Her mother’s voice broke. “I didn’t know how bad it was.”

Mariana stood in her kitchen in Denver, looking out at the mountains under a clear winter sky.

“You were there,” she said.

Beatrice cried harder. “I continue reading …