HIS WIFE COLLAPSED FROM EXHAUSTION WHILE HIS MOTHER SAT EATING—BUT WHAT THE SECURITY FOOTAGE REVEALED SHATTERED THEIR FAMILY FOREVER

claimed Sofia was emotionally unstable. She claimed Alejandro was under his wife’s control.

For a moment, the old fear returned.

Then Mateo’s baby monitor crackled softly from inside the house.

The fear turned into fire.

“No,” Sofia said.

Alejandro looked at her.

Sofia folded the document neatly and handed it back. “This time, we don’t hide. This time, we continue reading …