SHE WAS JUST THE MAID NO ONE NOTICED—UNTIL SHE TOOK THE SLAP MEANT FOR A LITTLE GIRL, AND THE MOST FEARED MAN IN THE HOUSE SAW EVERYTHING

anything else. His child had learned to fear his own table.

Patricia stood. “You recorded me?”

Alejandro didn’t look away. “I recorded my house.”

“This is illegal.”

“No,” Alejandro said. “What you did to my children is.”

Patricia’s voice sharpened. “Your children? I raised them while you built your empire. I handled the crying, the tantrums, the grief they continue reading …