HER HUSBAND STATIONED TWENTY ARMED MEN OUTSIDE THE DELIVERY ROOM—BUT HIS WIFE WAS ALREADY TEARING DOWN HIS EMPIRE FROM 30,000 FEET

beside Samuel beneath a vineyard arch.

The old Ricardo would have felt rage.

The broken Ricardo would have felt despair.

The man he had become felt grief.

Then gratitude.

He closed the article and whispered,

“Be happy.”

Then he returned to grading papers.

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