gMateo told his side first, sitting across from Luc…

Lucía inhaled sharply.

Mateo saw it too.

“You knew,” Mateo said.

Armando’s mouth tightened. “I knew she claimed she was pregnant.”

“She was pregnant.”

“She could have been lying.”

Lucía spoke then, her voice steady though her hands trembled. “Her name was Alma.”

Armando did not look at her.

That told them everything.

Mateo pulled a folder from under his arm continue reading …