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

for every birthday she feared she might miss. Alejandro had kept them locked away because opening them had been unbearable. Patricia had used that grief to erase Lucía from the house. Now, with shaking hands, he returned them.

Sofia held the box carefully. “Mommy wrote to us?”

Alejandro nodded. “Yes. And I should have given them to you sooner.”

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