gMateo told his side first, sitting across from Luc…

black, crying before the gate camera. Lucía watched from the living room screen.

“She looks smaller,” Mateo said.

“No,” Lucía replied. “She looks caught.”

Lucía agreed to see her only with Mateo’s lawyer present.

Rebeca entered the study wringing her hands.

“Mija,” she began.

Lucía lifted one finger. “Don’t.”

Rebeca’s mouth closed.

“You lost the right to call continue reading …