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at her. “Are you the grandma who made Mommy sad?”

The air disappeared from the space around us.

Rebecca’s face went pale.

I knelt quickly. “Mateo.”

He looked at me, genuinely confused. “You said we use true words.”

Gabriel turned his face away, though I suspected he was hiding a smile.

Rebecca lowered her hand.

“I hope,” she said carefully, “I can be a better continue reading …