gMateo told his side first, sitting across from Luc…

a hand, stopping him. “Let me finish.”

He sat again, shaking.

“I told my aunt because I needed help. That was my mistake. She looked at me like I had disgraced the family. She said you had planned it, that you used me for money and left me with a baby to trap another man someday. I defended you. God, Mateo, I defended you like my life depended on it.continue reading …