THE EX-SOLDIER RETURNED TO HIS FATHER’S RANCH, BUT A WIDOW GREETED HIM WITH A SHOTGUN AND EXPOSED THE SECRET HIS FAMILY HAD HIDDEN FOR 10 YEARS

to hear too.

—Your father didn’t lose this ranch only because of debt. And Elena didn’t end up here by chance.

Elena closed her eyes.

—Dad, don’t.

—It’s time —Mateo replied.

Relámpago pressed against Santiago’s injured leg.

The old man stared into the fire, then at the former soldier.

—Efraín Aranda didn’t owe me money, Santiago. He owed me a life.

PART 2

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